The sun shone high the next morning. Dawn woke at 8:00. Logan had
classes so he had already left. Dawn went into the bathroom to take a
shower and get dressed. She wanted to go see her sister. She looked in the
mirror at the new bruise Logan had given her. After she showered and
dressed she covered it the best she could with face powder. She sighed as
she grabbed her purse and jacket and left the house.
Dawn drove twenty-five minutes across town to Buffy's house. She was exited to see her sister and Willow and everyone else.
"Hey Dawnie" Buffy said when Dawn walked in the house.
"Hi Buffy" Dawn said and hugged Buffy tightly. She wanted to move back in with her, but Buffy was now married and had a child and there was no room for her now.
"Auntie Dawn!" Buffy's three-year-old daughter Maggie said as she ran to Dawn.
"Hey Maggie honey how are you?" Dawn said and picked up the little girl.
I'm good, what about you?" Maggie said.
"I'm okay sweetie" Dawn said.
"So are you staying for dinner?" Buffy asked. "We're having hamburgers and hotdogs."
"Uh. . ." Dawn said and then her cell rang and she answered it. "Hello?"
"Where are you?" Logan asked.
"Uh, I'm at my sister's" Dawn told him.
"Well come home, my parents are coming over" he said.
"But I was gonna stay and have dinner with my sister" Dawn said.
"Do I have to repeat myself?" he asked coldly. She knew what that meant. If she didn't obey she would pay for it later.
"Okay, I'll be there soon" Dawn said and hung up.
"You're not staying?" Maggie asked, still in Dawn's arms.
"No sweetie I'm not" Dawn said.
"Auntie Dawn, what happened to you?" the three year old said as she touched Dawn's face. Dawn flinched. The bruise was still sore.
"What happened?" Buffy said.
"Nothing" Dawn said and put Maggie down.
"Come here" Buffy said and licked her thumb so she could wipe away the powder to reveal the bruise on Dawn's cheekbone. "Who did this, was it Logan?" Buffy asked furiously.
"I. . .I made him mad, it was my fault" she finally said.
"No. . .don't you dare say that, I'll kill him" she said heading for the door.
"No!" Dawn said stopping he in horror. "Please, if he finds out I told then-"
"He won't hurt you again, I promise" Buffy said, hugging her baby sister.
"Buffy, I love him" Dawn whispered.
"Well you're stupid for it" Buffy said and Dawn glared at her.
"You love Spike, and he-" Dawn began but Buffy stopped her.
"Shhh!" she whispered loudly. "Uh, Maggie baby, go upstairs and play with your toys okay" Buffy told her daughter.
"But mommy I don't want to" Maggie complained.
"Margaret Joyce Summers do what mommy tells you" Buffy said sternly. Maggie pouted and went upstairs. "Dawn, it was different with spike and you know that."
"How?" Dawn asked.
"Because before he fell in love with me he was evil, okay, and he had no choice being that way, he's a vampire" Buffy said.
"If he had no choice being that way then why did he change when he fell in love with you, he was still a vampire?" Dawn asked.
"Honey, I'm not trying to be the bad guy here, I just want to protect you, and I'll tell you one thing, if he ever touches you again, I will kill him" Buffy said. . "Look I have to go okay, I'll see you. . .sometime" Dawn said and hurried out. Buffy leaned against the door and sighed heavily. She wanted to do something to prevent her sister from being hurt again, but what could she do? Dawn didn't want her in interfere with it. She sighed again and went over to the phone and picked it up and dialed a number.
"Hello?" a man's voice sounded.
"Hey, look, it's Buffy, could you come over here? I'd like to talk to you."
Dawn drove twenty-five minutes across town to Buffy's house. She was exited to see her sister and Willow and everyone else.
"Hey Dawnie" Buffy said when Dawn walked in the house.
"Hi Buffy" Dawn said and hugged Buffy tightly. She wanted to move back in with her, but Buffy was now married and had a child and there was no room for her now.
"Auntie Dawn!" Buffy's three-year-old daughter Maggie said as she ran to Dawn.
"Hey Maggie honey how are you?" Dawn said and picked up the little girl.
I'm good, what about you?" Maggie said.
"I'm okay sweetie" Dawn said.
"So are you staying for dinner?" Buffy asked. "We're having hamburgers and hotdogs."
"Uh. . ." Dawn said and then her cell rang and she answered it. "Hello?"
"Where are you?" Logan asked.
"Uh, I'm at my sister's" Dawn told him.
"Well come home, my parents are coming over" he said.
"But I was gonna stay and have dinner with my sister" Dawn said.
"Do I have to repeat myself?" he asked coldly. She knew what that meant. If she didn't obey she would pay for it later.
"Okay, I'll be there soon" Dawn said and hung up.
"You're not staying?" Maggie asked, still in Dawn's arms.
"No sweetie I'm not" Dawn said.
"Auntie Dawn, what happened to you?" the three year old said as she touched Dawn's face. Dawn flinched. The bruise was still sore.
"What happened?" Buffy said.
"Nothing" Dawn said and put Maggie down.
"Come here" Buffy said and licked her thumb so she could wipe away the powder to reveal the bruise on Dawn's cheekbone. "Who did this, was it Logan?" Buffy asked furiously.
"I. . .I made him mad, it was my fault" she finally said.
"No. . .don't you dare say that, I'll kill him" she said heading for the door.
"No!" Dawn said stopping he in horror. "Please, if he finds out I told then-"
"He won't hurt you again, I promise" Buffy said, hugging her baby sister.
"Buffy, I love him" Dawn whispered.
"Well you're stupid for it" Buffy said and Dawn glared at her.
"You love Spike, and he-" Dawn began but Buffy stopped her.
"Shhh!" she whispered loudly. "Uh, Maggie baby, go upstairs and play with your toys okay" Buffy told her daughter.
"But mommy I don't want to" Maggie complained.
"Margaret Joyce Summers do what mommy tells you" Buffy said sternly. Maggie pouted and went upstairs. "Dawn, it was different with spike and you know that."
"How?" Dawn asked.
"Because before he fell in love with me he was evil, okay, and he had no choice being that way, he's a vampire" Buffy said.
"If he had no choice being that way then why did he change when he fell in love with you, he was still a vampire?" Dawn asked.
"Honey, I'm not trying to be the bad guy here, I just want to protect you, and I'll tell you one thing, if he ever touches you again, I will kill him" Buffy said. . "Look I have to go okay, I'll see you. . .sometime" Dawn said and hurried out. Buffy leaned against the door and sighed heavily. She wanted to do something to prevent her sister from being hurt again, but what could she do? Dawn didn't want her in interfere with it. She sighed again and went over to the phone and picked it up and dialed a number.
"Hello?" a man's voice sounded.
"Hey, look, it's Buffy, could you come over here? I'd like to talk to you."