Hey guys, sorry this has taken so long, I've been terribly busy. Has
anybody read the Angel spoilers for 5.12? .OMG!!!!! Anyway, before I get
off subject, I'll try and update more quickly next time.
Alas, chapter 4.*hugs*
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The atmosphere in the Summers household was relaxed and cheery, the two sisters sat around the island in the kitchen chatting and eating what Buffy was insisting were pancakes.
Buffy was happy, she realised that it had been a long time since she and Dawn had spent time together. It was defiantly something they needed to do more often, she had been distant since.since she had returned, and even before the fight with Glory she had been too preoccupied to pay the younger girl much attention.
She would have thought the death of their mother would have made them closer, but Joyce's death had just been the first in a long chain of bad events, so much had happened since so they had never really had an opportunity to do the sister thing. That was going to change now, Buffy was finally content with things and was ready to get on with life, she no longer felt nothing, last summer was just a distant memory.
She glanced over at the brunette and couldn't help smiling, Dawn noticed her sister's unusually happy mood and was not going to let it go without making a comment.
'Wow, all shiny and happy.Spike must be a really good f.'
'Dawn, you had better be saying he's a good 'friend'. 'Cause anything else that fits, that sentence, coming from my sister, is not right.
Dawn smiled innocently at her sister before continuing. 'Oh yeah, I mean, what else would I say? Your all glow-y and uber happy and with the pancake making. That and you practically have 'I got laid last night' tattooed on your head.Spike is defiantly a good close friend.'
Buffy stared at Dawn for a few seconds before bursting into a hysterical giggling fit, Dawn, laughing at her sister laughing joined in, before long the two were gasping for breath with tears of hysteria falling down their faces.
'I'm not interrupting anything, am I girls?'
'What' said Buffy looking up from her seat to see her best friends 'Oh, Xander.Will, Hi.um what're you guys doing here?'
'I just thought the Dawnster might want a lift to school?'
'Oh yeah, school, that might be an idea.Ill just grab my bag.'
Buffy smiled as she watched her enthusiastic sister run to get ready, things really where better now than they had been in a long time.
'You girls are happy this morning, what's up?' Xander implied. Willow also looked up at this and Buffy had the feeling that the red head would explode in anticipation if she didn't spill about the events in San Francisco soon.
The only problem was she did not quite know how to tell Xander about her relationship with Spike. She had thought about it, a lot, she had come up with several different scenarios but most of them ended in a spiky pile of dust. Her world had been so perfect lately; she had been trying to this of, terrified of Xander's reaction.
'Well, actually,' she ventured 'I have to tal.'
'What the hell is he doing here?' the dark haired boy asked cutting her of, whirling around she realised that her half naked boyfriend had chosen that moment to walk into the room.
Running her hand through her hair, she closed her eyes. She had been attempting to tell him gently, start slowly and eventually bring the conversation to the bleached blond.
This was going to be so hard, she loved Spike, she loved him with everything she had, but she also loved Xander, he was one of her oldest and dearest friends. He had been right there with her through everything, he was one of the few men in her life who had yet to leave. Xander had no super power, but his friendship and loyalty meant that he stuck around anyway. Despite the fact that he had his whole life ahead of him and he didn't have a sacred destiny to follow, he had willingly stayed around to help, putting his life in danger everyday.
Xander's jealousy and bitterness over Jesse's death had led him to hate Angel. Right from the start Xan had made it clear that he didn't trust the elder vampire, and he was right all along. Buffy knew in her heart that everything with Spike would be fine, but convincing Xander Harris that dating a soulless vampire was for the best was not a job she wanted.
Sighing, The blond slayer stole a glance at her two best friends. The witches face, though mostly impassive, was giving way to a small smile and her eyes sparkled knowingly. Xander however, looked irritated by Spike's presence and slightly confused as to why a topless vampire was wandering around the Summer's house at seven O clock in the morning. He was staring at the Buffy inquisitively.
'Well, see I.um' Buffy attempted to start nervously.
Seeing the slayer's discomfort Spike jumped into the conversation instantly, trying to sort out what was no doubt going to go dreadfully wrong.
'Actually Harris, not that it's any of your business, but I stayed out a little longer than expected last night.got caught in the sun. Buffy was kind enough to let me stay for the day'
Buffy stared at the chipped vampire in amazement; he was offering her away out, giving her some time to decide how to deal. Awe struck, she caught his eyes and smiled slightly. They were so full of care and love. She knew in that moment that she loved him truly, madly and deeply, nothing could come between them. She knew that no matter what Xander had to say he would be right there by her side, always. It still didn't make the prospect of loosing her best friend any better.
She snapped out of her love-induced daze just in time to hear the brown haired scooby retailed to the vampires explanation.
'That's great, Blondie. Was I asking you? If Buffy let you stay then she's one hell of a women 'cause if it were me I would have let you fry. You see spike your not welcome here.'
'Xander, I don't th.' willow finally spoke up, desperately trying to stop her long time friend from saying something he would regret, but was ignored by Xander who was on a roll.
'We don't like you Spike, your nothing more than an evil soulless animal. Buffy is never going to love you, I've told you before that only and insane, ditzy, fucked up, queen of bitch would ever.'
The slap came without warning, Xander who was not expecting it coiled backwards and it was enough to shut him up. He stared up and met the furious eyes of the slayer.
'Buffy I .Huh?'
'Sorry,' Buffy spat coldly, 'I was just trying to get your attention, I thought you should know that Spike is my boyfriend, before you say anything stupid!'
'Well, that's just.wait did you just say.no, I don't want to hear this' Xander looked like he was trying to be rational, but Buffy guessed he was unsuccessful as he was at the point of boiling. You cannot possibly be trying to tell me that you want to be with him.that's, that's oh my god.'
Buffy just stared at him not really knowing what to say.
'That's where you were' Xander said suddenly, enlightened 'All last week, you didn't tell me, you were with.that' he said distastefully pointing at the vampire.
It was then that Buffy exploded, stepping forward she started to scream at the man 'what right to YOU have to walk in here and tell me that I'm in a bad relationship? You can talk.I never complained when you started seeing Anya, I never interfered when you destroyed not only your thing with Cordy but Oz and Will' as well, and let's not get me started on Cor, I mean c'mon CORDELIA CHASE!'
It was at this that all hell broke loose in the kitchen, Spike, Willow and a now returned Dawn stood by not knowing what to do as the angry pair screamed at each other.
None of them wanted to interfere or to aggravate their friends further, but they had to put a stop to the yelling.
The three stood awkwardly, watching and occasionally glancing at each other. Xander and Buffy covered everything from the subject of Angel to the upcoming wedding.
Spike only decided to interfere when he noticed that Buffy was getting angrier, he knew she was lost in the moment and if she hit the boy again she would only be sorry afterwards, his face was still red from the slap earlier. He noticed that she was advancing on him further and that he currently pressed against the counter. He didn't want to force her away because that would only make her more angry.
Buffy was livid, she couldn't believe Xander was saying those things, anger had completely taken her over, she was so irate, she didn't even stop to feel upset. She was fuming, saying some things she didn't really want to say and a lot of things she didn't mean. She was about to reply to a hateful comment from Xander with just as much force when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
Spinning around with the intention of getting angry with the person who dared interrupt her, she was met with the calm blue eyes of her love. Once he had her attention, Spike realised that he didn't need to say anything.
She looked at him and he told her without words that this would not solve anything and pleaded with her to stop. Turning to glare at her best friend, Spike was worried for a moment that she would hit him, after a few seconds though she wordlessly stepped back.
The witch who had been silently standing next to Dawn stepped towards Xander. 'Maybe we should talk about this another time.'
Tearing his eyes away from the couple, the boy glared at the red head. 'You knew about this?'
Looking guilty, willow tried to explain 'Well, I didn't know, I just..'
'I don't want to know this' he explained looking betrayed
Xander then turned his attention back to the Buffy and Spike; he had seen the way they looked at each other. He hated it and didn't want to admit it, but he knew the truth. There was only one more thing he wanted to know. Directing his attention solely on the slayer, ' Do you love him?' he asked barely audible.
Buffy didn't speak she was afraid that she would just start shouting again, more miserable than angry now she wiped the silent tears that had started to fall down her face when she had calmed the rage. She took Spikes hand and nodded slightly, confirming Xander's suspicions.
The world seemed to slow, she saw as each emotion crossed his face. Anger, sadness, disappointment.disgust. She hated it, but didn't say anything.
Xander shook his head, turning he left with no further words.
The slam of the door echoed around the silent kitchen.
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So what did you think, did I handle that okay, I wasn't really sure how to write Xan's reaction. I hope y'all liked it. More ASAP!
Oh, and in the spirit of things.. ENGLAND!!!!! Yay, we won and we didn't even need voodoo dolls in our newspapers...Note to self: do not get so over excited about sport.
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The atmosphere in the Summers household was relaxed and cheery, the two sisters sat around the island in the kitchen chatting and eating what Buffy was insisting were pancakes.
Buffy was happy, she realised that it had been a long time since she and Dawn had spent time together. It was defiantly something they needed to do more often, she had been distant since.since she had returned, and even before the fight with Glory she had been too preoccupied to pay the younger girl much attention.
She would have thought the death of their mother would have made them closer, but Joyce's death had just been the first in a long chain of bad events, so much had happened since so they had never really had an opportunity to do the sister thing. That was going to change now, Buffy was finally content with things and was ready to get on with life, she no longer felt nothing, last summer was just a distant memory.
She glanced over at the brunette and couldn't help smiling, Dawn noticed her sister's unusually happy mood and was not going to let it go without making a comment.
'Wow, all shiny and happy.Spike must be a really good f.'
'Dawn, you had better be saying he's a good 'friend'. 'Cause anything else that fits, that sentence, coming from my sister, is not right.
Dawn smiled innocently at her sister before continuing. 'Oh yeah, I mean, what else would I say? Your all glow-y and uber happy and with the pancake making. That and you practically have 'I got laid last night' tattooed on your head.Spike is defiantly a good close friend.'
Buffy stared at Dawn for a few seconds before bursting into a hysterical giggling fit, Dawn, laughing at her sister laughing joined in, before long the two were gasping for breath with tears of hysteria falling down their faces.
'I'm not interrupting anything, am I girls?'
'What' said Buffy looking up from her seat to see her best friends 'Oh, Xander.Will, Hi.um what're you guys doing here?'
'I just thought the Dawnster might want a lift to school?'
'Oh yeah, school, that might be an idea.Ill just grab my bag.'
Buffy smiled as she watched her enthusiastic sister run to get ready, things really where better now than they had been in a long time.
'You girls are happy this morning, what's up?' Xander implied. Willow also looked up at this and Buffy had the feeling that the red head would explode in anticipation if she didn't spill about the events in San Francisco soon.
The only problem was she did not quite know how to tell Xander about her relationship with Spike. She had thought about it, a lot, she had come up with several different scenarios but most of them ended in a spiky pile of dust. Her world had been so perfect lately; she had been trying to this of, terrified of Xander's reaction.
'Well, actually,' she ventured 'I have to tal.'
'What the hell is he doing here?' the dark haired boy asked cutting her of, whirling around she realised that her half naked boyfriend had chosen that moment to walk into the room.
Running her hand through her hair, she closed her eyes. She had been attempting to tell him gently, start slowly and eventually bring the conversation to the bleached blond.
This was going to be so hard, she loved Spike, she loved him with everything she had, but she also loved Xander, he was one of her oldest and dearest friends. He had been right there with her through everything, he was one of the few men in her life who had yet to leave. Xander had no super power, but his friendship and loyalty meant that he stuck around anyway. Despite the fact that he had his whole life ahead of him and he didn't have a sacred destiny to follow, he had willingly stayed around to help, putting his life in danger everyday.
Xander's jealousy and bitterness over Jesse's death had led him to hate Angel. Right from the start Xan had made it clear that he didn't trust the elder vampire, and he was right all along. Buffy knew in her heart that everything with Spike would be fine, but convincing Xander Harris that dating a soulless vampire was for the best was not a job she wanted.
Sighing, The blond slayer stole a glance at her two best friends. The witches face, though mostly impassive, was giving way to a small smile and her eyes sparkled knowingly. Xander however, looked irritated by Spike's presence and slightly confused as to why a topless vampire was wandering around the Summer's house at seven O clock in the morning. He was staring at the Buffy inquisitively.
'Well, see I.um' Buffy attempted to start nervously.
Seeing the slayer's discomfort Spike jumped into the conversation instantly, trying to sort out what was no doubt going to go dreadfully wrong.
'Actually Harris, not that it's any of your business, but I stayed out a little longer than expected last night.got caught in the sun. Buffy was kind enough to let me stay for the day'
Buffy stared at the chipped vampire in amazement; he was offering her away out, giving her some time to decide how to deal. Awe struck, she caught his eyes and smiled slightly. They were so full of care and love. She knew in that moment that she loved him truly, madly and deeply, nothing could come between them. She knew that no matter what Xander had to say he would be right there by her side, always. It still didn't make the prospect of loosing her best friend any better.
She snapped out of her love-induced daze just in time to hear the brown haired scooby retailed to the vampires explanation.
'That's great, Blondie. Was I asking you? If Buffy let you stay then she's one hell of a women 'cause if it were me I would have let you fry. You see spike your not welcome here.'
'Xander, I don't th.' willow finally spoke up, desperately trying to stop her long time friend from saying something he would regret, but was ignored by Xander who was on a roll.
'We don't like you Spike, your nothing more than an evil soulless animal. Buffy is never going to love you, I've told you before that only and insane, ditzy, fucked up, queen of bitch would ever.'
The slap came without warning, Xander who was not expecting it coiled backwards and it was enough to shut him up. He stared up and met the furious eyes of the slayer.
'Buffy I .Huh?'
'Sorry,' Buffy spat coldly, 'I was just trying to get your attention, I thought you should know that Spike is my boyfriend, before you say anything stupid!'
'Well, that's just.wait did you just say.no, I don't want to hear this' Xander looked like he was trying to be rational, but Buffy guessed he was unsuccessful as he was at the point of boiling. You cannot possibly be trying to tell me that you want to be with him.that's, that's oh my god.'
Buffy just stared at him not really knowing what to say.
'That's where you were' Xander said suddenly, enlightened 'All last week, you didn't tell me, you were with.that' he said distastefully pointing at the vampire.
It was then that Buffy exploded, stepping forward she started to scream at the man 'what right to YOU have to walk in here and tell me that I'm in a bad relationship? You can talk.I never complained when you started seeing Anya, I never interfered when you destroyed not only your thing with Cordy but Oz and Will' as well, and let's not get me started on Cor, I mean c'mon CORDELIA CHASE!'
It was at this that all hell broke loose in the kitchen, Spike, Willow and a now returned Dawn stood by not knowing what to do as the angry pair screamed at each other.
None of them wanted to interfere or to aggravate their friends further, but they had to put a stop to the yelling.
The three stood awkwardly, watching and occasionally glancing at each other. Xander and Buffy covered everything from the subject of Angel to the upcoming wedding.
Spike only decided to interfere when he noticed that Buffy was getting angrier, he knew she was lost in the moment and if she hit the boy again she would only be sorry afterwards, his face was still red from the slap earlier. He noticed that she was advancing on him further and that he currently pressed against the counter. He didn't want to force her away because that would only make her more angry.
Buffy was livid, she couldn't believe Xander was saying those things, anger had completely taken her over, she was so irate, she didn't even stop to feel upset. She was fuming, saying some things she didn't really want to say and a lot of things she didn't mean. She was about to reply to a hateful comment from Xander with just as much force when she felt a hand on her shoulder.
Spinning around with the intention of getting angry with the person who dared interrupt her, she was met with the calm blue eyes of her love. Once he had her attention, Spike realised that he didn't need to say anything.
She looked at him and he told her without words that this would not solve anything and pleaded with her to stop. Turning to glare at her best friend, Spike was worried for a moment that she would hit him, after a few seconds though she wordlessly stepped back.
The witch who had been silently standing next to Dawn stepped towards Xander. 'Maybe we should talk about this another time.'
Tearing his eyes away from the couple, the boy glared at the red head. 'You knew about this?'
Looking guilty, willow tried to explain 'Well, I didn't know, I just..'
'I don't want to know this' he explained looking betrayed
Xander then turned his attention back to the Buffy and Spike; he had seen the way they looked at each other. He hated it and didn't want to admit it, but he knew the truth. There was only one more thing he wanted to know. Directing his attention solely on the slayer, ' Do you love him?' he asked barely audible.
Buffy didn't speak she was afraid that she would just start shouting again, more miserable than angry now she wiped the silent tears that had started to fall down her face when she had calmed the rage. She took Spikes hand and nodded slightly, confirming Xander's suspicions.
The world seemed to slow, she saw as each emotion crossed his face. Anger, sadness, disappointment.disgust. She hated it, but didn't say anything.
Xander shook his head, turning he left with no further words.
The slam of the door echoed around the silent kitchen.
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So what did you think, did I handle that okay, I wasn't really sure how to write Xan's reaction. I hope y'all liked it. More ASAP!
Oh, and in the spirit of things.. ENGLAND!!!!! Yay, we won and we didn't even need voodoo dolls in our newspapers...Note to self: do not get so over excited about sport.