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Rating: PG mild language Category: Drama/angst/romance
Summary: In season six set after "as you were" and keeping most of the major plot points intact in one way or another. (Story about B/S, and S/D friendship)
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Old Friends and new enemies
Chapter 1 Spike sat quietly in what was left of his crypt, the look on Buffy's face still haunting him, the look of resolve. Something in him knew she meant it knew that it was over, but that didn't help his longing, for her. Getting up he walked into the doorway at the edge of the daylight extending his hand into the deadly rays of the sun scorching his hand, but felt nothing. Walking back into his crypt he searched for any bottled to dull the pain but found nothing but shattered bottles, swearing loudly, he punched the wall with his damaged hand, looking at it but still felt nothing, and fell to the ground.
"What have you done to me?" He asked himself quietly, thinking how twisted it had all become, and why he now cared. Closing his eyes the thought of Dru and simpler times, kill of be killed. Then he thought of how he felt the day Buffy had died, the last words she spoke to him "protect her no matter what." Spikes eyes shot open, "The last pure thing that him and Buffy shared. "Right then she wants it over well, I'm not her bitch anymore." Spike said loudly, but his voice wavered. "God I want this all to be over." He whispered to himself. "One day at a time." He said to himself.
Buffy walked through the cemetery, avoiding his crypt but being drawn to it at the same time, when Spike appeared out of the night his face cold and for the first time fear in his eyes a fear she had never seen before. Taking a second the fear was quickly replaced with resolve as he walked up to her.
"Buffy" He said coldly.
"Spike" she responded nervously, leading to an uncomfortable silence.
"Bugger it" Spike said breaking the silence.
"Look it's over right, well lets just get to it, no more fun in the sheets all business."
"Right just business." Buffy agreed smiling nervously,
"And I know this isn't what you want to hear but I would like to be frien." Spikes look stopped her dead in her tracks, A small smile formed on his face
"Were not friends? We'll never be friends. We'll fight, and shag, and we'll hate each other till it makes us quiver, but we'll never be friends. See I was right just got the names wrong."
"Well business, just like it was before."
"No not like it was before, you thought you used, well no more old pal lovable Spike, that would drop everything to help you and your bloody people, nibblet needs a hand give me call otherwise don't." It came out harshly; Buffy's hurt was quickly melting at his resolve,
"Look pet I can't do this anymore, it hurts to much."
"I understand" Buffy said quietly,
"And if Dawn needs help I'll give you call." Buffy said uneasily "Wait your not just transferring, because that's a very good way to end up at the dusty end of stake." Spike shook his head, sadly,
"Nothing like that pet, but she treats like your Mom used to like I'm real is all besides I made promise a long time ago to a good person, and that's one I intend to keep." Buffy smiled a little of the pressure lifted between the two of them
"Well good then just business and if we need a sitter we'll give you a call." Yeah and if you need a boy that's looking at Dawn the wrong way killed I'm your vamp."
"Oh secondary befits to an undead babysitter." She said with a smile. Their eyes connected, Spike could hear her heat pick up a few beats. Spike pulled away,
"But I mean it love, I don't lift a finger for your boy or red or any of them. Spread the word." Spike said turning away walking down away from her.
"Thank you Spike" She said nervously, stopping the vampire in his tracks, for second, and then he continued away. "One day at a time." she said to herself as he disappeared into the night.
Spike finished his blood and closed his eyes thinking of her like always, her scent her touch, Getting to his feet, he put on his coat he strutted to the door, looking for a kill, kicking the badly damaged door open, stopping dead in his tracks, as he saw the badly bruised Dawn. Pulling her into the crypt quickly he scanned the night for demons. "What did it?" Spike asked angrily.
"It was a Buffy." Spikes head shot around, to look at the girls face.
"Care to repeat that nibblet?" He asked confused.
"Crazy demon poison, she tried to kill us all."
"Slayer's on the loose?' Spike asked concerned.
"No all fixed up now good as new."
"So you want what exactly?" Dawn looked at him angrily about to loose control.
"What are deficient or something, my sister tried to kill me." Spike looked back at her impatiently.
"Look you want something from me just bloody well ask, the last girl your age I knew was a snack, I don't mean to piss you off, but just get to it." Dawn looked at him her eyes wide, with shock and anger.
"I want the friend I thought you were, I want a person who doesn't just say it was the poison and all is forgiven, I want the person who helped me when mom." Spike looked at her coldly for a second.
"I'm sorry bit going through a bad patch myself, but trust me, me and her will have a little talk about it." Spike said with fire in his eyes.
"That's not what I want Spike, god this was such a mistake." She said getting to her feet angrily, and heading for the door, but Spike stepped in front of her blocking her path, grabbing her shoulders firmly obviously annoyed, taking another breath, he calmed his temper,
"Let me go" She said angrily.
"Wait a second" He said holding her, then slowly pulled her into an uncomfortable hug she froze, Then slowly her arms squeezed around him and her tears started to flow.
"She tried to kill me." She moaned as she broke down,
Willow looked at the clock worriedly. "You think she'll be ok?" Xander asked,
"Well Buffy knows and she will either wait until Buffy goes to pick her up or Spike will walk her home." Willow answered.
"I know it's just with all the doc thing and Demon eggs do you think we can trust him with her?"
"Buffy does and that's enough for me. Willow answered
"Your right but I just wish she would come to us when she needed help." Willow nodded,
"She will when she's ready, she's still all freaked out by the Buffy thing and he's an outsider so it makes a kind of sense."
"Making sense and liking it are two different things." Xander muttered.
Spike had held her for hours until she had stopped crying, now gently sitting on small burned couch, still feeling awkward her being in his arms. "So what about you?" She asked looking up at him.
"What about me?" he asked
"Things, bad things pissing you off, making you all moody."
"I'm not moody and don't worry about it?" Spike said, looking at her,
"Boy you just don't get it, "Your going through stuff spill, that how all this works."
"For you maybe Spike said, sarcastically, she punched him on the arm,
"I said spill!" She demanded.
Spike shrugged, "well you couldn't tell a soul especially, a blond soul about your height not very bright, on punishment of an ugly death."
"Sounds juicy, Dawn said looking up at him, with interest.
"Its about Buffy and me." Spike started slowly.
Dawn looked at Buffy coldly, as they ate dinner, Anya and Xander prattling on about the wedding. "Oh we need someone to pick up Spike" Anya said, not looking up from the mass of papers.
"Do we need to, I mean he could walk, it could be a dusty wedding gift." Xander joked. Dawn shot him an angry look.
"Hey just kidding Dawnster."
"Don't pay attention to him." Anya said, not looking up,
"He's just a racist, every one of my demon guests has been a fight."
"I would worry more about your uncle." Buffy said with a smile.
"Don't think I'm not having night terrors about that to." Xander said with the slightest look of terror in his eyes.
"Besides I only tried to stop the evil, murderous ones."
"Like you haven't ever done anything wrong. "Dawn said angrily under her breath.
"Well maybe, but mass murder isn't one of my pass times." Xander responded.
"Oh what about the dancing spell I almost went to hell and you got that guy killed."
"Dawn!" Buffy said angrily,
"That was a mistake," Xander answered concern filling his face.
"I'm sure his family would be relieved to hear that." Dawn answered
"I wouldn't be throwing stones you little clepto," Anya said still not looking up from the seating plan.
"Really I'll think about that while you all ignore the fact that, you killed or cursed hundreds, or is it thousands?" Dawn said angrily. Anya looked up with compassion,
"It was thousands sweetie", she said happily then looked back down at the seating plan humming.
"Dawn that's enough" Buffy demanded.
"And that leads us to Buffy, you have never done anything wrong either have you."
"I know this is hard Dawn but I didn't know what I was doing."
"Right and you wouldn't say use someone then when they tried to stop you from doing something stupid beat the hell out of them?"
"What?" Xander asked confused
"God hypocrites much" Dawn all but screamed getting to her feet, and storming up the stairs, slamming the door.
"What the hell was that?" Xander asked shocked. Buffy completely lost for words.
"It's hormones, ignore until she's fully grown." Anya said, "but speaking of Spike I was thinking of putting him next to Halfrek, I think they would make a good couple."
Buffy kicked the door open Spike jumping to his feet.
"Bloody hell what do you want?' He asked angrily.
"What was it your plan to turn my sister against me?"
"No you're doing a bang up job of that yourself." Spike said angrily.
"Buffy punched him sending him back a few steps,
"Strike one pet?"
"Why?" Buffy asked
"All part of my master plan, after all I'm and evil soulless thing." Spike answered as Buffy lunged at him again, but he caught her throwing her back a few steps,
"Strike two pet."
"I thought we were done with this?" Buffy said.
"Well yes accept everything isn't bloody well about you now is it, maybe I needed some help after you rip my heart out besides I wouldn't talk considering how what you just did to her, and that was your only shot one more attack and it's either me or you in the dirt." Buffy backed off pain clearly visible from his words.
"You really think you can take me?' Buffy asked her voice slightly quivered,
"Before no, but since you came back you've been begging for it, I told you this would happen."
"You don't have it in you." She shot back; Spike now seemed to back off a little,
"Maybe your right, but one of us will be dust if you come after her again. I'll give you this though it takes balls to come here an be pissed at me after you tried to kill her?" Buffy snapped and kicked Spike to the ground, the tried to kick him again but he caught her foot, and sent her flying to the ground.
"This kick the Spike games is old, slayer" he said getting to his feet. Buffy was still on the ground but Spike didn't attack,
"So you decided to make it worse?" she asked him, as he took a few step backwards.
"She needed me and I needed her, you have your friends well all I have is her, so yeah I glossed over our sad little tale."
"Stay away from her Spike this is your only warning." Buffy said getting to her feet and heading for the door.
"Not a chance" Spike answered almost immediately, Buffy stopping a few feet from the door.
"Last chance here William." She said threateningly.
"Bad memory Buffy, I said I would protect her, that means from you to."
"I wouldn't."
"You did!" Spike interrupted her.
"You know I wouldn't do that again." She said both now inches apart
"Exactly" Spike threatened.
"I won't let you take her from me." Spike pulled back lighting a cigarette
"Not taking her from you, you're your driving her away theirs a difference pet and you have a bad habit of lying to the girl and so don't blame me when it blows up in your face."
"Let her go Spike for her own good."
"You mean your own good don't you, look I have two thing in this world that keeps me going, my promise and her, I'm giving up neither. So we can play nice or we can war it's your choice." Buffy turned and left the crypt, stopping the doorway,
"I don't want a war."
"Neither do I pet." He answered as she walked off.
Dawn barely looked up as Buffy came into her room. "Did you beat him down again or just dust him?" She asked,
"Neither Buffy answered quietly as she sat down at the end of her bed,
"Came close, we both did but no. What happened between me and Spike it was complicated me and him."
"I don't need to hear any more excuses Spike's already made them all for you. "I took advantage, she was depressed." Buffy smiled sadly,
"In a strange way that sounds like him. Look we both hurt each other both of us were wrong, in a weird way he made me feel alive again, but it wasn't real."
"It was for him." Dawn said finally looking over to her sister.
"Your right and that is why it was wrong."
"So what's next grounded for life, never letting me see him again."
"I thought about it, but no, look what you two have is different it s real, today he was willing to die to not loose you that counts for a lot. I never told you this but when glory had him she tortured him for hours, and he wouldn't tell her who you were, but that was for me, today it was for you and I don't like it but if you feel you need to talk to him about things, or yell about me, that's ok just be careful he was a killer, and he still may be one ok?"
"So we good?" Buffy asked. Dawn nodded,
"But you still need to apologise to Xander." Dawn rolled her eyes,
"Ok but not Anya."
"Kiddo it impossible to insult Anya."
"Buffy you don't have answer me but I don't get it why did you and Spike do those things to each other?"
"I don't get it either" Buffy answered honestly "an you better not hear any of the details or you will have a very dusty vampire friend."
"Eww gross I will gladly repress all the images you just made me think of." Dawn. Said scrunching her nose.
Spike leaned against the wall twitching uncomfortably in the suit Dawn had helped him pick out. As he talked to a demon, when Buffy and Dawn walked up to them. "Know each other?" Buffy asked with smile. Spike tried to stifle his laughter but failed looking the green taffeta dress.
"Just get it out of your system" Buffy said pretending to be angry, Spike slightly composing himself,
"Yeah this is Relnor and old mate back in the old country, Relnor this is Buffy." the demon quickly left.
"Didn't think the dress was that bad?" Buffy said.
"Not that slayer and all the out of towners are spooked, and yeah the dress is that bad." Spike said with a smile, and then continued to laugh, Dawn joining him. Buffy now getting annoyed,
"Hey I didn't make fun of your suit."
"Hey" Dawn said, "I picked that out for him, you should have seen the one he wanted to get?"
"Last season?" Buffy asked,
"Last three hundred seasons more like it was like he was in a costume," Spike looked at the two of them annoyed
"Sorry love it was all the rage, when I was breathing. And if it were up to me I would be wearing." Spike stopped ad he watched Halfrek walk by in an old fashion dress. "That takes a fell back." He said more to himself than to anyone else.
"Halfrek huh? Buffy said looking the girl over with slightly jealous look. "I think Anya wants to set you up, your sitting next to her in the reception."
"Something about going after a vengeance demon though sounds risky." Spike said his eyes still on Halfrek.
"Kind of what I want to talk to you about?" Buffy said grabbing Spike's arm and pulling away from Dawn. "I won't have much time and with all these demons around, do you know if I should be the looking out for any of them?"
"Halfrek's mate, has power, serious power, and most of them are pretty deadly, so pretty much all of them, you might want to close the bar." Buffy looked a little overwhelmed, Spike pulled out a cigarette out of his jacket pocket, but Buffy pulled it from his hand, Spike grimaced at her but continued
"But I would be worried about that Rory guy, he seems the worse of the lot. Buffy looked over to see Xander's uncle hitting on a seriously freaked out Willow.
"So just keep an eye on Dawn will you?" Spike nodded. As Buffy, walked away, pulling another cigarette out of his pocket Buffy rushed back ripping it from his mouth, then rushed to Willow, not hearing his soft growl of disapproval. As he turned around to see Dawn talking to young demon." He strutted back towards her.
Spike walked up to the Demon, gabbing him by the horn on his head and pushed him roughly back into the wall. The boy looked at him angrily, but Spike growled loudly and the boy's parents quickly ushered him away, glaring at Spike. Who smiled satisfied as he turned to Dawn who hit on the arm hard, "how uncool was that?" Dawn said angrily.
"Bone eater." Spike said simply, Dawn looked at him disappointed.
"Well maybe he was."
"Looking for a snack." Spike interrupted.
"Still very uncool, not liking Dad like Spike one bit" she warned, Spike shrugged pulling the pack of cigarettes, out of his pocket only to have Dawn grab it. "You know Spike these things are giving me cancer." She said sticking her tongue out, and throwing them out of the window. Spike dropped his head in frustration.
Dawn sat next to Buffy watching the late night movie, with bowl of popcorn, "I'm eloping" Dawn announced then continued to munch on popcorn.
"Reasons?" Buffy answered, as she munched on some of her own,
"I mean how often do these kind of things work out for us, really."
"Good point, but the fact that we had a church full of demons mixed with the hellmouth, and worse of all Xander's uncle I think it went pretty well." Dawn nodded,
"He even hit on me" Dawn said grossed out. Buffy laughed a little,
"You should have heard what he said to Willow." Buffy stopped, "Wait a minute you will never hear what he said to Willow."
"You should have seen what Spike did to him, after he tried it with me." Dawn said mischievously.
"Nothing permanent?" Buffy asked unconcerned.
"Well Spike had quite a headache for a few hours, well its worth seeing, good old Uncle Rory's nose getting broken, when Spike, head butted him." Buffy laughed,
"You know your right it would be worth it."
"Especially when it not our headache." Dawn giggled, "soda?' She asked Buffy who nodded as her sister left the room, coming back a few seconds later throwing Buffy and can.
"So did you meet anybody nice?" Buffy asked her sister with a smile.
"There was this guy at the church, but he just wanted to eat me. I'm eloping and that is all there is to it." Dawn said sadly.
"Me too Buffy agreed opening her soda. "Wait a minute who wanted to eat you because either way, there would be a major ass kicking involved." Buffy asked concerned
"Bone eater." Dawn said with a shrug grabbing another handful of popcorn. "I'm following nicely with the Xander precedent, it's really depressing."
"Well that's much better than the Buffy precedent." Buffy answered.
"I know that's all that keeps me going." Buffy hit her lightly in the arm,
"Brat" Buffy said. "So where were you when it started?" Buffy asked her sister.
"Well me and Willow were dancing I really didn't see too much, just heard a bunch yelling then, it was a complete free for all. Willow helped me out of the crowd, Spike found me a few seconds later as Willow went back into the mob to get Tara,
"And so they left you and Spike alone?" Buffy asked eating more popcorn,
"Well it really wasn't spike he just dragged me next that scank he was trying to pick up, and her friend and, most everyone left us alone, he must have been some bigwig," She shrugged and guzzled some soda burping softly afterwards both of them laughing.
"So most of them just left you alone." "All the demons ignored us, but good old uncle Rory didn't disappoint." She said with smile. "I didn't hear it all but it was something about grass on the field, and well there was fun all around after that, there were Spikes, and head buts, and blood and I'm not sure but I think that Dehorn guy offered to disembowel him. But like I told him, in few years he doomed to die in bar fight, so why waste time on him."
"Quick thinking" Buffy added scooping up more popcorn
"And it worked well mostly. What about you?" Dawn asked
"I was outside when it all started, I rushed in and all I saw the huge fight.
"What about Anya or Xander?"
"No I didn't see them just uncle Rory flying through the air."
"Well that was the mostly part." Dawn said unconcerned. "He felt up the scank, and well none of them liked that to much."
"She is pretty strong."
"Your telling me, but Spike was really pissed I mean he went all vampy and the chip fired a few times, I'm pretty sure he likes the scank."
"Enough with the Scank." Buffy chastised,
"Besides I think he knows her from before."
"Come one admit it I saw the way you looked at him when he was looked her, I saw you with the jealous."
"Well maybe a tiny bit, flee sized jealousy." Buffy answered,
"Looked good in the suit didn't he?" Dawn prodded with a smile.
"I refuse to answer on the you interrupted my story clause." Buffy said sticking her tongue out at her sister,
"Well after I caught Rory, I just gave up and trying to talk to people and started with the punching, which is not easy in Taffeta after a while all we had a bunch of unconscious party goers and Xander and Anya were gone."
"Think they're ok?" Dawn asked, as the phone rang and Buffy answered it reaching over Dawn's head, to pick up the phone.
"No Will we're still up." She said with smile."
"Willow says high," Buffy said to her sister. And Dawn waved happily,
"No that was Dawn's waving sounds encase you didn't hear it." Buffy said with smile,
"So you found them?" There was a long pause, and Buffy gasped a few times and giggled,
"Ok Will we'll see you tomorrow." Buffy hung up the phone. Turning to her sister excitedly, "you will not believe this?"
Rating: PG mild language Category: Drama/angst/romance
Summary: In season six set after "as you were" and keeping most of the major plot points intact in one way or another. (Story about B/S, and S/D friendship)
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Old Friends and new enemies
Chapter 1 Spike sat quietly in what was left of his crypt, the look on Buffy's face still haunting him, the look of resolve. Something in him knew she meant it knew that it was over, but that didn't help his longing, for her. Getting up he walked into the doorway at the edge of the daylight extending his hand into the deadly rays of the sun scorching his hand, but felt nothing. Walking back into his crypt he searched for any bottled to dull the pain but found nothing but shattered bottles, swearing loudly, he punched the wall with his damaged hand, looking at it but still felt nothing, and fell to the ground.
"What have you done to me?" He asked himself quietly, thinking how twisted it had all become, and why he now cared. Closing his eyes the thought of Dru and simpler times, kill of be killed. Then he thought of how he felt the day Buffy had died, the last words she spoke to him "protect her no matter what." Spikes eyes shot open, "The last pure thing that him and Buffy shared. "Right then she wants it over well, I'm not her bitch anymore." Spike said loudly, but his voice wavered. "God I want this all to be over." He whispered to himself. "One day at a time." He said to himself.
Buffy walked through the cemetery, avoiding his crypt but being drawn to it at the same time, when Spike appeared out of the night his face cold and for the first time fear in his eyes a fear she had never seen before. Taking a second the fear was quickly replaced with resolve as he walked up to her.
"Buffy" He said coldly.
"Spike" she responded nervously, leading to an uncomfortable silence.
"Bugger it" Spike said breaking the silence.
"Look it's over right, well lets just get to it, no more fun in the sheets all business."
"Right just business." Buffy agreed smiling nervously,
"And I know this isn't what you want to hear but I would like to be frien." Spikes look stopped her dead in her tracks, A small smile formed on his face
"Were not friends? We'll never be friends. We'll fight, and shag, and we'll hate each other till it makes us quiver, but we'll never be friends. See I was right just got the names wrong."
"Well business, just like it was before."
"No not like it was before, you thought you used, well no more old pal lovable Spike, that would drop everything to help you and your bloody people, nibblet needs a hand give me call otherwise don't." It came out harshly; Buffy's hurt was quickly melting at his resolve,
"Look pet I can't do this anymore, it hurts to much."
"I understand" Buffy said quietly,
"And if Dawn needs help I'll give you call." Buffy said uneasily "Wait your not just transferring, because that's a very good way to end up at the dusty end of stake." Spike shook his head, sadly,
"Nothing like that pet, but she treats like your Mom used to like I'm real is all besides I made promise a long time ago to a good person, and that's one I intend to keep." Buffy smiled a little of the pressure lifted between the two of them
"Well good then just business and if we need a sitter we'll give you a call." Yeah and if you need a boy that's looking at Dawn the wrong way killed I'm your vamp."
"Oh secondary befits to an undead babysitter." She said with a smile. Their eyes connected, Spike could hear her heat pick up a few beats. Spike pulled away,
"But I mean it love, I don't lift a finger for your boy or red or any of them. Spread the word." Spike said turning away walking down away from her.
"Thank you Spike" She said nervously, stopping the vampire in his tracks, for second, and then he continued away. "One day at a time." she said to herself as he disappeared into the night.
Spike finished his blood and closed his eyes thinking of her like always, her scent her touch, Getting to his feet, he put on his coat he strutted to the door, looking for a kill, kicking the badly damaged door open, stopping dead in his tracks, as he saw the badly bruised Dawn. Pulling her into the crypt quickly he scanned the night for demons. "What did it?" Spike asked angrily.
"It was a Buffy." Spikes head shot around, to look at the girls face.
"Care to repeat that nibblet?" He asked confused.
"Crazy demon poison, she tried to kill us all."
"Slayer's on the loose?' Spike asked concerned.
"No all fixed up now good as new."
"So you want what exactly?" Dawn looked at him angrily about to loose control.
"What are deficient or something, my sister tried to kill me." Spike looked back at her impatiently.
"Look you want something from me just bloody well ask, the last girl your age I knew was a snack, I don't mean to piss you off, but just get to it." Dawn looked at him her eyes wide, with shock and anger.
"I want the friend I thought you were, I want a person who doesn't just say it was the poison and all is forgiven, I want the person who helped me when mom." Spike looked at her coldly for a second.
"I'm sorry bit going through a bad patch myself, but trust me, me and her will have a little talk about it." Spike said with fire in his eyes.
"That's not what I want Spike, god this was such a mistake." She said getting to her feet angrily, and heading for the door, but Spike stepped in front of her blocking her path, grabbing her shoulders firmly obviously annoyed, taking another breath, he calmed his temper,
"Let me go" She said angrily.
"Wait a second" He said holding her, then slowly pulled her into an uncomfortable hug she froze, Then slowly her arms squeezed around him and her tears started to flow.
"She tried to kill me." She moaned as she broke down,
Willow looked at the clock worriedly. "You think she'll be ok?" Xander asked,
"Well Buffy knows and she will either wait until Buffy goes to pick her up or Spike will walk her home." Willow answered.
"I know it's just with all the doc thing and Demon eggs do you think we can trust him with her?"
"Buffy does and that's enough for me. Willow answered
"Your right but I just wish she would come to us when she needed help." Willow nodded,
"She will when she's ready, she's still all freaked out by the Buffy thing and he's an outsider so it makes a kind of sense."
"Making sense and liking it are two different things." Xander muttered.
Spike had held her for hours until she had stopped crying, now gently sitting on small burned couch, still feeling awkward her being in his arms. "So what about you?" She asked looking up at him.
"What about me?" he asked
"Things, bad things pissing you off, making you all moody."
"I'm not moody and don't worry about it?" Spike said, looking at her,
"Boy you just don't get it, "Your going through stuff spill, that how all this works."
"For you maybe Spike said, sarcastically, she punched him on the arm,
"I said spill!" She demanded.
Spike shrugged, "well you couldn't tell a soul especially, a blond soul about your height not very bright, on punishment of an ugly death."
"Sounds juicy, Dawn said looking up at him, with interest.
"Its about Buffy and me." Spike started slowly.
Dawn looked at Buffy coldly, as they ate dinner, Anya and Xander prattling on about the wedding. "Oh we need someone to pick up Spike" Anya said, not looking up from the mass of papers.
"Do we need to, I mean he could walk, it could be a dusty wedding gift." Xander joked. Dawn shot him an angry look.
"Hey just kidding Dawnster."
"Don't pay attention to him." Anya said, not looking up,
"He's just a racist, every one of my demon guests has been a fight."
"I would worry more about your uncle." Buffy said with a smile.
"Don't think I'm not having night terrors about that to." Xander said with the slightest look of terror in his eyes.
"Besides I only tried to stop the evil, murderous ones."
"Like you haven't ever done anything wrong. "Dawn said angrily under her breath.
"Well maybe, but mass murder isn't one of my pass times." Xander responded.
"Oh what about the dancing spell I almost went to hell and you got that guy killed."
"Dawn!" Buffy said angrily,
"That was a mistake," Xander answered concern filling his face.
"I'm sure his family would be relieved to hear that." Dawn answered
"I wouldn't be throwing stones you little clepto," Anya said still not looking up from the seating plan.
"Really I'll think about that while you all ignore the fact that, you killed or cursed hundreds, or is it thousands?" Dawn said angrily. Anya looked up with compassion,
"It was thousands sweetie", she said happily then looked back down at the seating plan humming.
"Dawn that's enough" Buffy demanded.
"And that leads us to Buffy, you have never done anything wrong either have you."
"I know this is hard Dawn but I didn't know what I was doing."
"Right and you wouldn't say use someone then when they tried to stop you from doing something stupid beat the hell out of them?"
"What?" Xander asked confused
"God hypocrites much" Dawn all but screamed getting to her feet, and storming up the stairs, slamming the door.
"What the hell was that?" Xander asked shocked. Buffy completely lost for words.
"It's hormones, ignore until she's fully grown." Anya said, "but speaking of Spike I was thinking of putting him next to Halfrek, I think they would make a good couple."
Buffy kicked the door open Spike jumping to his feet.
"Bloody hell what do you want?' He asked angrily.
"What was it your plan to turn my sister against me?"
"No you're doing a bang up job of that yourself." Spike said angrily.
"Buffy punched him sending him back a few steps,
"Strike one pet?"
"Why?" Buffy asked
"All part of my master plan, after all I'm and evil soulless thing." Spike answered as Buffy lunged at him again, but he caught her throwing her back a few steps,
"Strike two pet."
"I thought we were done with this?" Buffy said.
"Well yes accept everything isn't bloody well about you now is it, maybe I needed some help after you rip my heart out besides I wouldn't talk considering how what you just did to her, and that was your only shot one more attack and it's either me or you in the dirt." Buffy backed off pain clearly visible from his words.
"You really think you can take me?' Buffy asked her voice slightly quivered,
"Before no, but since you came back you've been begging for it, I told you this would happen."
"You don't have it in you." She shot back; Spike now seemed to back off a little,
"Maybe your right, but one of us will be dust if you come after her again. I'll give you this though it takes balls to come here an be pissed at me after you tried to kill her?" Buffy snapped and kicked Spike to the ground, the tried to kick him again but he caught her foot, and sent her flying to the ground.
"This kick the Spike games is old, slayer" he said getting to his feet. Buffy was still on the ground but Spike didn't attack,
"So you decided to make it worse?" she asked him, as he took a few step backwards.
"She needed me and I needed her, you have your friends well all I have is her, so yeah I glossed over our sad little tale."
"Stay away from her Spike this is your only warning." Buffy said getting to her feet and heading for the door.
"Not a chance" Spike answered almost immediately, Buffy stopping a few feet from the door.
"Last chance here William." She said threateningly.
"Bad memory Buffy, I said I would protect her, that means from you to."
"I wouldn't."
"You did!" Spike interrupted her.
"You know I wouldn't do that again." She said both now inches apart
"Exactly" Spike threatened.
"I won't let you take her from me." Spike pulled back lighting a cigarette
"Not taking her from you, you're your driving her away theirs a difference pet and you have a bad habit of lying to the girl and so don't blame me when it blows up in your face."
"Let her go Spike for her own good."
"You mean your own good don't you, look I have two thing in this world that keeps me going, my promise and her, I'm giving up neither. So we can play nice or we can war it's your choice." Buffy turned and left the crypt, stopping the doorway,
"I don't want a war."
"Neither do I pet." He answered as she walked off.
Dawn barely looked up as Buffy came into her room. "Did you beat him down again or just dust him?" She asked,
"Neither Buffy answered quietly as she sat down at the end of her bed,
"Came close, we both did but no. What happened between me and Spike it was complicated me and him."
"I don't need to hear any more excuses Spike's already made them all for you. "I took advantage, she was depressed." Buffy smiled sadly,
"In a strange way that sounds like him. Look we both hurt each other both of us were wrong, in a weird way he made me feel alive again, but it wasn't real."
"It was for him." Dawn said finally looking over to her sister.
"Your right and that is why it was wrong."
"So what's next grounded for life, never letting me see him again."
"I thought about it, but no, look what you two have is different it s real, today he was willing to die to not loose you that counts for a lot. I never told you this but when glory had him she tortured him for hours, and he wouldn't tell her who you were, but that was for me, today it was for you and I don't like it but if you feel you need to talk to him about things, or yell about me, that's ok just be careful he was a killer, and he still may be one ok?"
"So we good?" Buffy asked. Dawn nodded,
"But you still need to apologise to Xander." Dawn rolled her eyes,
"Ok but not Anya."
"Kiddo it impossible to insult Anya."
"Buffy you don't have answer me but I don't get it why did you and Spike do those things to each other?"
"I don't get it either" Buffy answered honestly "an you better not hear any of the details or you will have a very dusty vampire friend."
"Eww gross I will gladly repress all the images you just made me think of." Dawn. Said scrunching her nose.
Spike leaned against the wall twitching uncomfortably in the suit Dawn had helped him pick out. As he talked to a demon, when Buffy and Dawn walked up to them. "Know each other?" Buffy asked with smile. Spike tried to stifle his laughter but failed looking the green taffeta dress.
"Just get it out of your system" Buffy said pretending to be angry, Spike slightly composing himself,
"Yeah this is Relnor and old mate back in the old country, Relnor this is Buffy." the demon quickly left.
"Didn't think the dress was that bad?" Buffy said.
"Not that slayer and all the out of towners are spooked, and yeah the dress is that bad." Spike said with a smile, and then continued to laugh, Dawn joining him. Buffy now getting annoyed,
"Hey I didn't make fun of your suit."
"Hey" Dawn said, "I picked that out for him, you should have seen the one he wanted to get?"
"Last season?" Buffy asked,
"Last three hundred seasons more like it was like he was in a costume," Spike looked at the two of them annoyed
"Sorry love it was all the rage, when I was breathing. And if it were up to me I would be wearing." Spike stopped ad he watched Halfrek walk by in an old fashion dress. "That takes a fell back." He said more to himself than to anyone else.
"Halfrek huh? Buffy said looking the girl over with slightly jealous look. "I think Anya wants to set you up, your sitting next to her in the reception."
"Something about going after a vengeance demon though sounds risky." Spike said his eyes still on Halfrek.
"Kind of what I want to talk to you about?" Buffy said grabbing Spike's arm and pulling away from Dawn. "I won't have much time and with all these demons around, do you know if I should be the looking out for any of them?"
"Halfrek's mate, has power, serious power, and most of them are pretty deadly, so pretty much all of them, you might want to close the bar." Buffy looked a little overwhelmed, Spike pulled out a cigarette out of his jacket pocket, but Buffy pulled it from his hand, Spike grimaced at her but continued
"But I would be worried about that Rory guy, he seems the worse of the lot. Buffy looked over to see Xander's uncle hitting on a seriously freaked out Willow.
"So just keep an eye on Dawn will you?" Spike nodded. As Buffy, walked away, pulling another cigarette out of his pocket Buffy rushed back ripping it from his mouth, then rushed to Willow, not hearing his soft growl of disapproval. As he turned around to see Dawn talking to young demon." He strutted back towards her.
Spike walked up to the Demon, gabbing him by the horn on his head and pushed him roughly back into the wall. The boy looked at him angrily, but Spike growled loudly and the boy's parents quickly ushered him away, glaring at Spike. Who smiled satisfied as he turned to Dawn who hit on the arm hard, "how uncool was that?" Dawn said angrily.
"Bone eater." Spike said simply, Dawn looked at him disappointed.
"Well maybe he was."
"Looking for a snack." Spike interrupted.
"Still very uncool, not liking Dad like Spike one bit" she warned, Spike shrugged pulling the pack of cigarettes, out of his pocket only to have Dawn grab it. "You know Spike these things are giving me cancer." She said sticking her tongue out, and throwing them out of the window. Spike dropped his head in frustration.
Dawn sat next to Buffy watching the late night movie, with bowl of popcorn, "I'm eloping" Dawn announced then continued to munch on popcorn.
"Reasons?" Buffy answered, as she munched on some of her own,
"I mean how often do these kind of things work out for us, really."
"Good point, but the fact that we had a church full of demons mixed with the hellmouth, and worse of all Xander's uncle I think it went pretty well." Dawn nodded,
"He even hit on me" Dawn said grossed out. Buffy laughed a little,
"You should have heard what he said to Willow." Buffy stopped, "Wait a minute you will never hear what he said to Willow."
"You should have seen what Spike did to him, after he tried it with me." Dawn said mischievously.
"Nothing permanent?" Buffy asked unconcerned.
"Well Spike had quite a headache for a few hours, well its worth seeing, good old Uncle Rory's nose getting broken, when Spike, head butted him." Buffy laughed,
"You know your right it would be worth it."
"Especially when it not our headache." Dawn giggled, "soda?' She asked Buffy who nodded as her sister left the room, coming back a few seconds later throwing Buffy and can.
"So did you meet anybody nice?" Buffy asked her sister with a smile.
"There was this guy at the church, but he just wanted to eat me. I'm eloping and that is all there is to it." Dawn said sadly.
"Me too Buffy agreed opening her soda. "Wait a minute who wanted to eat you because either way, there would be a major ass kicking involved." Buffy asked concerned
"Bone eater." Dawn said with a shrug grabbing another handful of popcorn. "I'm following nicely with the Xander precedent, it's really depressing."
"Well that's much better than the Buffy precedent." Buffy answered.
"I know that's all that keeps me going." Buffy hit her lightly in the arm,
"Brat" Buffy said. "So where were you when it started?" Buffy asked her sister.
"Well me and Willow were dancing I really didn't see too much, just heard a bunch yelling then, it was a complete free for all. Willow helped me out of the crowd, Spike found me a few seconds later as Willow went back into the mob to get Tara,
"And so they left you and Spike alone?" Buffy asked eating more popcorn,
"Well it really wasn't spike he just dragged me next that scank he was trying to pick up, and her friend and, most everyone left us alone, he must have been some bigwig," She shrugged and guzzled some soda burping softly afterwards both of them laughing.
"So most of them just left you alone." "All the demons ignored us, but good old uncle Rory didn't disappoint." She said with smile. "I didn't hear it all but it was something about grass on the field, and well there was fun all around after that, there were Spikes, and head buts, and blood and I'm not sure but I think that Dehorn guy offered to disembowel him. But like I told him, in few years he doomed to die in bar fight, so why waste time on him."
"Quick thinking" Buffy added scooping up more popcorn
"And it worked well mostly. What about you?" Dawn asked
"I was outside when it all started, I rushed in and all I saw the huge fight.
"What about Anya or Xander?"
"No I didn't see them just uncle Rory flying through the air."
"Well that was the mostly part." Dawn said unconcerned. "He felt up the scank, and well none of them liked that to much."
"She is pretty strong."
"Your telling me, but Spike was really pissed I mean he went all vampy and the chip fired a few times, I'm pretty sure he likes the scank."
"Enough with the Scank." Buffy chastised,
"Besides I think he knows her from before."
"Come one admit it I saw the way you looked at him when he was looked her, I saw you with the jealous."
"Well maybe a tiny bit, flee sized jealousy." Buffy answered,
"Looked good in the suit didn't he?" Dawn prodded with a smile.
"I refuse to answer on the you interrupted my story clause." Buffy said sticking her tongue out at her sister,
"Well after I caught Rory, I just gave up and trying to talk to people and started with the punching, which is not easy in Taffeta after a while all we had a bunch of unconscious party goers and Xander and Anya were gone."
"Think they're ok?" Dawn asked, as the phone rang and Buffy answered it reaching over Dawn's head, to pick up the phone.
"No Will we're still up." She said with smile."
"Willow says high," Buffy said to her sister. And Dawn waved happily,
"No that was Dawn's waving sounds encase you didn't hear it." Buffy said with smile,
"So you found them?" There was a long pause, and Buffy gasped a few times and giggled,
"Ok Will we'll see you tomorrow." Buffy hung up the phone. Turning to her sister excitedly, "you will not believe this?"