DC: I do not own Buffy and Co. They belong to Joss Whedon, who won't let me borrow Spike for reasons to be undisclosed. (HEHEHEHEHEHEHE)

Chapter Four: Anya

Song: "Fade Out" from Paloalto (Daredevil: The Album)

"It's my turn!" Anya said, running up to the dance floor.

"The bride's chosen to sing a song. What can I do for ya?" the deejay said sarcastically.

"Innocence gone, it's likely with the TV show's on

Feelin' like a high school prom

And you want to pretend

Useless and full of it

Why no one else can believe in it

You want to feel somethin' to call your own

That they can't cut out, the can't cut it out

I've seen better days than this

Comin' closer to my waitin' over, feelin'...

I don't wanna fade out, I don't wanna fade in

Like everybody should

I don't wanna fade out, I don't wanna fade in

Like everything before

Fall asleep soon

Like they're gonna wake you up

It's pushin' out this insecurity

Where you won't push me, you can't push me

I've come near you sliced and bruised

I'll get my way, not until the day it'll come out clearer

I don't wanna fade out, I don't wanna fade in

Like everything before

Fade in, fade out, fade in, fade out, fade in, fade out, fade in, fade out, fade in,

Fade out, fade in, fade out, fade in, fade out, fade in, fade out

I don't wanna fade out, I don't wanna fade in

Like everybody should

I don't wanna fade in

Like everything before

It's a killer, underneath us

As in between us

I don't wanna fade out, I wanna fade in

Like everything before

You must swear it all

It's far too gone, it's far too gone, to late, to just push you away"

"Anya with 'Fade out,' ladies and gentlemen," the deejay said, abruptly turning to another random track.

"That was quite good," a stranger said to her as she stepped off.

"Spike?! What the Hell are you doing here?" Anya asked.

"News travels fast in the demon world. Heard you almost didn't get married," Spike said, tossing a white envelope into a wishing-well shaped object.

"Well, thank you for coming," she said, brightly.

"You know, you're not at the shop," Hallie (Halfrek) said, nodding towards him.

"I heard it's turning into a karaoke party. Can't have a party in SunnyHell without the Big Bad, now can you?"

"I guess so. What are you gonna sing?" Anya asked.

"It'll be a surprise until I sing it, now won't it?"