Chapter 3: Uh oh
Buffy quickly turned to meet her scared sisters eyes, her own eyes slightly confused, "Huh?"
Spike stepped back with a smirk, allowing Buffy's hand to fall, he realized as soon as the truth came out she would go as crazy as he did, "She's talking about what I walked in on. Seems like our little ones here like to play together. I seem to remember something to the effect of lip tag or something like that." Spike stood back and waited for the oncoming onslaught by Buffy.
"What the hell are you talkin.." Buffy paused staring at Spike's smirk and realized what he meant by what he had said, she quickly turned towards Andrew holding him by his shirt, "What did you do to Dawn? Did you put a spell on her? Did you try to force yourelf, did you." Buffy's fists were clenching and her eyes were growing heated when Dawn stopped her.
"He didn't do anything, except be nice to me. I kissed him! He was just being my friend, and I kissed him, so don't blame him." Dawn screamed as she placed her hands on her hips looking at Buffy, pleading with her eyes that she take it out on her not on Andrew.
"What are you thinking Dawn? You know what he did, you know what he is. My God, he's gay for crying out loud!" Dawn's eyes grew angry as Buffy let go of Andrew and turned towards her sister.
Spike jumped in quickly, "He's not gay pet. I caught that much of the lovebirds conversation."
Buffy's eyes turned back towards Andrew and anger came back again, she almost growled, "I let you be around Dawn, and all the other girls because I thought you were gay. You tricked me you son of a bitc."
Andrew cut her off as calmly as he could, "I never once tried anything, I have the utmost respect for every girl in this house, I would never try anything."
"Well, from what I saw Tuck.Andrew, you tried something tonight. You may have been kissed first, but you were kissing back!" Spike shouted matter of factly.
"You know what? Yeah, I did kiss her back! I would've kissed her first, but I didn't want to piss anyone off. Hell, she needs this, she needs me right now."
Buffy's eyes were so wide at this point Spike was worried that she was really going to kill the little boy, so he forcefully held her back, "Pet, I heard this one already too, something about how bit gets lost in the shuffle by us."
"Dawn, what exactly is Spike saying?"
"Spike is telling you what we said, what I feel, what is going on. I know that I don't get to be the center of attention, hell, I don't get to be a fifth wheel anymore, but a slight notice every now and again isn't all that much to ask for! But hey, I know that there's heavy stuff going on, I know you don't have time to be all attention paying and all. I just need someone to be there for me, when I'm not in the group you know. Andrew's been there for me."
Buffy grew calm at this statement and looked at them both, "You two aren't allowed to spend anytime alone together, from now on. I don't trust you," Buffy said as she looked at Andrew who was standing slightly taller than she had ever seen him do before. "And if I here about you to kissing or touching or even looking at each other oddly, I will personally kill you.'
"No." Dawn simply retorted. She looked Buffy down, through her I'm the slayer look, and gave her the I'm not letting you do this look. "I am going to spend time with him, and I'm going to touch him-in non-sexual ways of course, and I'm going to kiss him if he still wants to!" Dawn grew louder as she finished.
"Dawn, you can't have feelings for this boy honestly, I mean he was evil. He killed a man pet. You can't have feelings for someone like that." Spike thought he had made a valid point, but what he had done was flick a switch in Buffy's mind, "He's also older than you. Hey, this isn't feelings Dawn, you just think you need someone."
"Spike, stop." Buffy calmly said as she turned to the blonde vamp, "Can I speak to you in the hall?" Buffy had several things running through her head at the moment, and had realized that Andrew may not be as bad for Dawn as initially thought. When Spike and her had reached the hall she turned to him softly as she closed the door. "Spike, I think we overreacted."
"Overreacted? What the hell you thinking? We just caught little sis sucking face with the formerly evil twit."
"Yeah, I know. Who hasn't?" Buffy said this as she looked into Spike's eyes, "Spike, I can't tell her something I don't believe. Everyone deserves another chance."
"Buffy, are you talking about Bit, or about us?"
"Spike, can you honestly look at yourself with me, then look at Andrew with Dawn as a bad thing? God Spike, we need each other right now more than we need ourselves and here we are telling two people that they can't be together because of one of their pasts? I don't like this, but I can't tell them no."
"What are you saying? Are you saying we should be together?" Spike asked softly and shyly. He didn't want to put words in her mouth.
"Yeah, I think I am."
As she said this, she leaned up and kissed Spike softly, passionately, and slowly. They didn't resort to their wild and kinky past selves, instead they kissed as if it were their first times. The kiss lasted for a good minute, and then they met eyes, both softly saying there I love you's through them. Then Buffy broke the silence, "So what do we do about them?"
"If you think that she's safe with him, let's let it be, but I swear I will kill him if he ever hurts her."
The two had agreed and turned to enter the door, but as soon as they opened the door, they saw their mirror images inside the room. Two young kids, much like their adult counterparts just did were sharing a soft and passionate kiss.
Spike broke them up with a soft clearing of his throat. They quickly separated with scared looks realizing that they had just been caught again. The look in the eyes of Spike and Buffy were very soft this time though. Buffy stepped towards them, "You two can be together," Buffy softly said as she watched their eyes meet and simultaneously start to glow, "but Andrew, I swear if you hurt her, or touch her even slightly wrong, I'll let Spike eat you."
Andrew softly walked over to Dawn, and softly picked up here left hand with his right. He looked into her eyes and smiled softly as he said, "Fair enough. But I will never hurt you," Andrew's voice softened as he changed his focus from Buffy and Spike, to Dawn's eyes.
Dawn softly whispered, "Promise?"
"Yeah, I do." Andrew and her continued to stare as Buffy and Spike slipped back out into the hall. As the two shut the door their was a simultaneous move to kiss by all four people. On one side of the door, the young and on the other the old, both sharing their hearts with the people they needed to make their lives worth living.
Buffy quickly turned to meet her scared sisters eyes, her own eyes slightly confused, "Huh?"
Spike stepped back with a smirk, allowing Buffy's hand to fall, he realized as soon as the truth came out she would go as crazy as he did, "She's talking about what I walked in on. Seems like our little ones here like to play together. I seem to remember something to the effect of lip tag or something like that." Spike stood back and waited for the oncoming onslaught by Buffy.
"What the hell are you talkin.." Buffy paused staring at Spike's smirk and realized what he meant by what he had said, she quickly turned towards Andrew holding him by his shirt, "What did you do to Dawn? Did you put a spell on her? Did you try to force yourelf, did you." Buffy's fists were clenching and her eyes were growing heated when Dawn stopped her.
"He didn't do anything, except be nice to me. I kissed him! He was just being my friend, and I kissed him, so don't blame him." Dawn screamed as she placed her hands on her hips looking at Buffy, pleading with her eyes that she take it out on her not on Andrew.
"What are you thinking Dawn? You know what he did, you know what he is. My God, he's gay for crying out loud!" Dawn's eyes grew angry as Buffy let go of Andrew and turned towards her sister.
Spike jumped in quickly, "He's not gay pet. I caught that much of the lovebirds conversation."
Buffy's eyes turned back towards Andrew and anger came back again, she almost growled, "I let you be around Dawn, and all the other girls because I thought you were gay. You tricked me you son of a bitc."
Andrew cut her off as calmly as he could, "I never once tried anything, I have the utmost respect for every girl in this house, I would never try anything."
"Well, from what I saw Tuck.Andrew, you tried something tonight. You may have been kissed first, but you were kissing back!" Spike shouted matter of factly.
"You know what? Yeah, I did kiss her back! I would've kissed her first, but I didn't want to piss anyone off. Hell, she needs this, she needs me right now."
Buffy's eyes were so wide at this point Spike was worried that she was really going to kill the little boy, so he forcefully held her back, "Pet, I heard this one already too, something about how bit gets lost in the shuffle by us."
"Dawn, what exactly is Spike saying?"
"Spike is telling you what we said, what I feel, what is going on. I know that I don't get to be the center of attention, hell, I don't get to be a fifth wheel anymore, but a slight notice every now and again isn't all that much to ask for! But hey, I know that there's heavy stuff going on, I know you don't have time to be all attention paying and all. I just need someone to be there for me, when I'm not in the group you know. Andrew's been there for me."
Buffy grew calm at this statement and looked at them both, "You two aren't allowed to spend anytime alone together, from now on. I don't trust you," Buffy said as she looked at Andrew who was standing slightly taller than she had ever seen him do before. "And if I here about you to kissing or touching or even looking at each other oddly, I will personally kill you.'
"No." Dawn simply retorted. She looked Buffy down, through her I'm the slayer look, and gave her the I'm not letting you do this look. "I am going to spend time with him, and I'm going to touch him-in non-sexual ways of course, and I'm going to kiss him if he still wants to!" Dawn grew louder as she finished.
"Dawn, you can't have feelings for this boy honestly, I mean he was evil. He killed a man pet. You can't have feelings for someone like that." Spike thought he had made a valid point, but what he had done was flick a switch in Buffy's mind, "He's also older than you. Hey, this isn't feelings Dawn, you just think you need someone."
"Spike, stop." Buffy calmly said as she turned to the blonde vamp, "Can I speak to you in the hall?" Buffy had several things running through her head at the moment, and had realized that Andrew may not be as bad for Dawn as initially thought. When Spike and her had reached the hall she turned to him softly as she closed the door. "Spike, I think we overreacted."
"Overreacted? What the hell you thinking? We just caught little sis sucking face with the formerly evil twit."
"Yeah, I know. Who hasn't?" Buffy said this as she looked into Spike's eyes, "Spike, I can't tell her something I don't believe. Everyone deserves another chance."
"Buffy, are you talking about Bit, or about us?"
"Spike, can you honestly look at yourself with me, then look at Andrew with Dawn as a bad thing? God Spike, we need each other right now more than we need ourselves and here we are telling two people that they can't be together because of one of their pasts? I don't like this, but I can't tell them no."
"What are you saying? Are you saying we should be together?" Spike asked softly and shyly. He didn't want to put words in her mouth.
"Yeah, I think I am."
As she said this, she leaned up and kissed Spike softly, passionately, and slowly. They didn't resort to their wild and kinky past selves, instead they kissed as if it were their first times. The kiss lasted for a good minute, and then they met eyes, both softly saying there I love you's through them. Then Buffy broke the silence, "So what do we do about them?"
"If you think that she's safe with him, let's let it be, but I swear I will kill him if he ever hurts her."
The two had agreed and turned to enter the door, but as soon as they opened the door, they saw their mirror images inside the room. Two young kids, much like their adult counterparts just did were sharing a soft and passionate kiss.
Spike broke them up with a soft clearing of his throat. They quickly separated with scared looks realizing that they had just been caught again. The look in the eyes of Spike and Buffy were very soft this time though. Buffy stepped towards them, "You two can be together," Buffy softly said as she watched their eyes meet and simultaneously start to glow, "but Andrew, I swear if you hurt her, or touch her even slightly wrong, I'll let Spike eat you."
Andrew softly walked over to Dawn, and softly picked up here left hand with his right. He looked into her eyes and smiled softly as he said, "Fair enough. But I will never hurt you," Andrew's voice softened as he changed his focus from Buffy and Spike, to Dawn's eyes.
Dawn softly whispered, "Promise?"
"Yeah, I do." Andrew and her continued to stare as Buffy and Spike slipped back out into the hall. As the two shut the door their was a simultaneous move to kiss by all four people. On one side of the door, the young and on the other the old, both sharing their hearts with the people they needed to make their lives worth living.
