" Damn Angelus" muttered Spike, a notoriously evil vampire with bleach blonde hair that had a passion for violence. And who also had just caught his love and His sire Angelus doing the vertical thing, except it was horizontal the way they were doing it. Mad that he let it get to him again, he decided to go out looking for dinner. He came to the well lit up streets of LA and one of the richer neighborhoods.
"Bloody Hell," he thought, as one of the doors opened and a little girl of about six years came out. " They might as well start delivering food to my door." Spike thought with a smirk. He started to make his way to the little girl, and was strolling up the walkway when he heard shouting from inside the posh house. "So that's why the Bit came outside" Spike said out loud, unknowingly attracting the little blonde haired girl's attention.
"Oh" She gasped, " Hello Mister, um, did you need something?" " Shit" Spike swore, hoping she wouldn't scream while a part of him was astounded by the girl's politeness. "Uh, no pet, I was just wondering if I could um use the phone?" "Oh yea real smooth Spike man" he thought," and you're supposed to be an evil bloodsucking fiend."
" Oh well... I don't think our house's uhm phone is working, I'm sure the Madison's next door's is" She said while pointing to a blue/gray house to the left.
"This little elfling was lying through her teeth to a master vampire! " Spike thought." Probably doesn't want anyone to know her parentals fight. "Really luv, well would you mind coming with me to show me the house? After all, you've been so kind. And it seems like your parents are in a bit of a fight, so maybe I could ask them to take you for ice-cream?" Spike said, while inwardly cringing at the words that came from his fanged mouth. She looked doubtful, but he motioned her to the end of the sidewalk and then pretended to knock on the door and speak to her parents.
"All right pet, seems like we're going to get ice-cream."
"Okay, well, if my parents said...." the bit said uncertainly. "Don't worry pet I promised your parents to take good care of you." " yeah right, take good care of eating you" Spike thought as he led the little girl to her untimely doom. Then he began to think about Drusilla and Angelus and was planning ways to get Dru back when a cry called him out of his reverie. Thinking another vampire had stumbled upon them, Spike turned swiftly to see the blonde girl with a butterfly on her hand. " That's why you screamed? A fucking butterfly?" Spike said exasperated. The little girl with her fairy features and eyes much too wise to belong on a six year olds body looked up at him shocked then said " You said a bad word mister, you shouldn't swear. My mother says its a bad habit and that it's very unsophisticated" " Really pet, and I bet your mum is always right then?" " Well uh yes?..."
"How precious," Spike thought with a sneer," this little girl is so fucking hilarious... wait what's her name?"
" Hey, bit, what's your name?" "It's Elizabeth sir, what's yours?" "Spike" he answered shortly, wondering how on Earth this little girl could pronounce such a name.
"Spike?" Elizabeth said with a frown," that's a weird name, did your parents name you that?" At this statement Spike let out a bark of laughter. " No pet, I made it up myself because I didn't like the name my parentals gave me" "Ohhhh that's neat!" Elizabeth exclaimed with childish delight," can I have a nickname too Mr. Spike?"
"Sure pet how about.. Eliza? Or Liz? or Beth?" Spike was getting angry, as each of his suggestions was met by a shake of the blonde's head. " Fine then you little buff bit you think of one!" Spike finally yelled. Elizabeth stopped walking and just stared at Spike, and he thought maybe he had scared her and that she was going to run, but she just started laughing!
" Pet, what's so funny?" "Great, another loony tune" he thought while saying this.
" Buff Bit! I want my name to be like that!" She said excitedly. "Buff bit? fine.. how about... Bitty? or Buffy?"
"Buffy! I like that, can I be Buffy Mr. Spike?" "Sure pet, whatever you want, and it's Spike, not Mr. Spike." "My daddy says it's rude to call elders by anything other than Sir or Mam." the newly christened Buffy said earnestly.
" Is your dad always right too?" " No Spike, wait I mean.." Buffy said, then her hazel eyes widened as she realized what she said.
Spike had to laugh at this, apparently the chit wasn't too fond of her father. " It's okay Buffy I won't tell your da that you don't agree with everything he says." "Thank you Spike, and thank you for taking me to ice-cream, but hey isn't the ice-cream parlor in the other direction?" she said with an adorably confused expression on her face. "Fuck, I had hoped she wouldn't notice that," Spike thought, "time to think like the vampire you are." "Yeah pet, but I thought you might be uh cold! yeah cold so we're stopping by my house to get you a uh sweater." "Smooth one, Some master vampire you are." Spike said, disgusted. " Oh thank you Spike but It's not that cold, I'm fine, really." " Wouldn't want you to get sick though, it'll just take a minute."
On the way to the Crawford mansion, Spike began to think again about Drusilla. Then, suddenly, he remembered how much she loved children. Loved their innocence, and their screams as the monsters they were always assured weren't real came to life. Spike came to the conclusion that he wasn't that hungry, and instead decided to give the little Buffy to Dru. "After all, the poof doesn't give her anything but scars" Spike thought with bitterness.
They were inside the mansion and Spike said to Buffy " Okay, bit, now I'm going to go upstairs to get Dru uh to get you a coat." Buffy just looked at him with innocent and trusting blue/green eyes and nodded her consent.
"Bloody Hell," he thought, as one of the doors opened and a little girl of about six years came out. " They might as well start delivering food to my door." Spike thought with a smirk. He started to make his way to the little girl, and was strolling up the walkway when he heard shouting from inside the posh house. "So that's why the Bit came outside" Spike said out loud, unknowingly attracting the little blonde haired girl's attention.
"Oh" She gasped, " Hello Mister, um, did you need something?" " Shit" Spike swore, hoping she wouldn't scream while a part of him was astounded by the girl's politeness. "Uh, no pet, I was just wondering if I could um use the phone?" "Oh yea real smooth Spike man" he thought," and you're supposed to be an evil bloodsucking fiend."
" Oh well... I don't think our house's uhm phone is working, I'm sure the Madison's next door's is" She said while pointing to a blue/gray house to the left.
"This little elfling was lying through her teeth to a master vampire! " Spike thought." Probably doesn't want anyone to know her parentals fight. "Really luv, well would you mind coming with me to show me the house? After all, you've been so kind. And it seems like your parents are in a bit of a fight, so maybe I could ask them to take you for ice-cream?" Spike said, while inwardly cringing at the words that came from his fanged mouth. She looked doubtful, but he motioned her to the end of the sidewalk and then pretended to knock on the door and speak to her parents.
"All right pet, seems like we're going to get ice-cream."
"Okay, well, if my parents said...." the bit said uncertainly. "Don't worry pet I promised your parents to take good care of you." " yeah right, take good care of eating you" Spike thought as he led the little girl to her untimely doom. Then he began to think about Drusilla and Angelus and was planning ways to get Dru back when a cry called him out of his reverie. Thinking another vampire had stumbled upon them, Spike turned swiftly to see the blonde girl with a butterfly on her hand. " That's why you screamed? A fucking butterfly?" Spike said exasperated. The little girl with her fairy features and eyes much too wise to belong on a six year olds body looked up at him shocked then said " You said a bad word mister, you shouldn't swear. My mother says its a bad habit and that it's very unsophisticated" " Really pet, and I bet your mum is always right then?" " Well uh yes?..."
"How precious," Spike thought with a sneer," this little girl is so fucking hilarious... wait what's her name?"
" Hey, bit, what's your name?" "It's Elizabeth sir, what's yours?" "Spike" he answered shortly, wondering how on Earth this little girl could pronounce such a name.
"Spike?" Elizabeth said with a frown," that's a weird name, did your parents name you that?" At this statement Spike let out a bark of laughter. " No pet, I made it up myself because I didn't like the name my parentals gave me" "Ohhhh that's neat!" Elizabeth exclaimed with childish delight," can I have a nickname too Mr. Spike?"
"Sure pet how about.. Eliza? Or Liz? or Beth?" Spike was getting angry, as each of his suggestions was met by a shake of the blonde's head. " Fine then you little buff bit you think of one!" Spike finally yelled. Elizabeth stopped walking and just stared at Spike, and he thought maybe he had scared her and that she was going to run, but she just started laughing!
" Pet, what's so funny?" "Great, another loony tune" he thought while saying this.
" Buff Bit! I want my name to be like that!" She said excitedly. "Buff bit? fine.. how about... Bitty? or Buffy?"
"Buffy! I like that, can I be Buffy Mr. Spike?" "Sure pet, whatever you want, and it's Spike, not Mr. Spike." "My daddy says it's rude to call elders by anything other than Sir or Mam." the newly christened Buffy said earnestly.
" Is your dad always right too?" " No Spike, wait I mean.." Buffy said, then her hazel eyes widened as she realized what she said.
Spike had to laugh at this, apparently the chit wasn't too fond of her father. " It's okay Buffy I won't tell your da that you don't agree with everything he says." "Thank you Spike, and thank you for taking me to ice-cream, but hey isn't the ice-cream parlor in the other direction?" she said with an adorably confused expression on her face. "Fuck, I had hoped she wouldn't notice that," Spike thought, "time to think like the vampire you are." "Yeah pet, but I thought you might be uh cold! yeah cold so we're stopping by my house to get you a uh sweater." "Smooth one, Some master vampire you are." Spike said, disgusted. " Oh thank you Spike but It's not that cold, I'm fine, really." " Wouldn't want you to get sick though, it'll just take a minute."
On the way to the Crawford mansion, Spike began to think again about Drusilla. Then, suddenly, he remembered how much she loved children. Loved their innocence, and their screams as the monsters they were always assured weren't real came to life. Spike came to the conclusion that he wasn't that hungry, and instead decided to give the little Buffy to Dru. "After all, the poof doesn't give her anything but scars" Spike thought with bitterness.
They were inside the mansion and Spike said to Buffy " Okay, bit, now I'm going to go upstairs to get Dru uh to get you a coat." Buffy just looked at him with innocent and trusting blue/green eyes and nodded her consent.