Dawn woke up in Willow's room, and her mind suddenly went to Buffy and
Spike. Oh my gosh.I hope everything's ok. I should go back and check on
Buffy. Why did I leave her alone in there? She got up, thanked Willow and
ran out the door back to her room. She knocked on the door and called for
her sister, who at the moment was in the shower, while Spike was just towel-
drying his hair from his shower.
"Buffy? Buffy? Are you in there? Are you ok?" With no reply, Dawn started knocking harder, until Spike opened the door. "Hullo bit." He called her by the nickname he had given to her. She pushed the door open, came into the room, and bolted it shut. She couldn't risk them finding Spike if Buffy didn't want them to. "And exactly where have you been all night?" He asked her.
"You better shape up.doo doo doo.cause I need a man.." They heard Buffy singing Grease tunes from the shower and laughed.
"Wow. She's singing in the shower? She hasn't done that since, well, Riley was around." Dawn said, noticing that her sister must obviously be happy. Spike flinched at the mention of the man who had placed a chip in his head and had once loved his beloved slayer. "Well bit, I'm sure you'll be happy to know that she's with me now. No more of those bloody military blokes." "Wait. Are you telling me that you, and Buffy.uh.you know.did it?" "Not that it's any of your business, but yes bit." Dawn was about to burst with excitement. She'd always liked Spike the best out of all of her sister's boyfriends and she had wanted them to hook up forever. "So, you guys are what? A couple now?" "Yes bit. And I'll let you in on a little secret, if you promise not to tell." "Ok. I won't! Spill!" After Dawn agreed not to tell Buffy, Spike whispered his secret into her ear. "Oh my gosh! Are you serious?" He nodded. "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! This is great!" She began to jump around the room from how excited she was. "SHHHHH!!! Bit, can I have some bloody peace?" He said motioning his eyes towards the bathroom to hint that Buffy was out of her shower. "Oh! Buffy! Hi!" Dawn said surprised. "Dawnnie, what is wrong with you? Overdose on the Red Bull?" Buffy teased her sister with a grin. "Yep. You caught me." Dawn laughed. "No, I was just excited that you and Spike are FINALLY together!" "Oh." Buffy smiled at Spike, as he did to her. "That." She laughed. "Well, at the moment we're gonna keep that a secret. You didn't tell anyone he was here did you?" Buffy asked her frantically, noticing that her friends could already know of Spike's presence. "No Buffy don't worry, I didn't say a word. I just said you wanted some alone time. Besides, Spike's the one who saved all of our butts, so why would anyone care if he was back?" Dawn has a point. Buffy thought to herself as she realized that Spike was the one who saved them all, and she had nothing to be afraid of by saying that they were together. Besides, she loved him and to her that was all that mattered. "Let me get dressed and we can go have breakfast with everyone. I'm sure Giles'll be knocking on the door any minute now." Just as she said that, she heard a knock on her door. She opened it and sure enough, it was Giles.
"Good morning Buffy." He said with a smile. "Same to you Giles. Breakfast right?' She replied. "Yes. Buffy, you look.well.different. Did you change your makeup or something? You look positively stunning. Almost like you have a glow." He said in awe of how much she was glowing because of Spike's love. She smiled at him. "Thanks Giles. You'll find out why I'm so happy later at breakfast. I have an announcement to make then, so I guess you'll just have to wait!" She told him and then waved goodbye. "See you in twenty minutes!" She shut the door and turned toward Spike and Dawn. Spike was fixing his peroxide blonde locks in the mirror and Dawn was looking through her small suitcase for new clothes to wear and change to do her laundry. "Anyone have a few quarters to spare? I don't really feel like wearing dirty underwear today." She directed towards the other two people in the room. Spike dug into both of his pockets searching for change and retrieved four quarters. "Here bit." He tossed them to her. Buffy looked at them and saw what a happy family they could make. That was something she had yearned for forever, and she felt that it was finally coming together.
As they headed down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast, Buffy and Spike held hands as Dawn walked ahead of them. "Spike, I'm nervous." Buffy told him her feelings about telling her friends about them. "Don't worry love. I'll be right here by your side the whole time. You don't even need to let go of my hand if you don't want to."
As they walked into the restaurant, all of their friends looked over at them and their jaws dropped. "Spike?" Half of them said as the others just gawked. "Yep it's me. In the flesh. Well, sort of." "How are you, like, alive?" Willow asked in a state of shock. "Well, we've been trying to figure that out too since last night. It kind of all revolves around this ring." He held up Buffy's hand as the ring reflected sunlight onto him. "Oh my gosh." Buffy said. "What is it love?" He replied. "Spike.you're in the sunlight, and you aren't bursting into flames!" Buffy told him. "What?!?!" He looked at the sunlight that was all around him, which he didn't notice before, and realized that he could go into the sun without bursting into flames! "Bloody hell! I'm human!"
"Buffy? Buffy? Are you in there? Are you ok?" With no reply, Dawn started knocking harder, until Spike opened the door. "Hullo bit." He called her by the nickname he had given to her. She pushed the door open, came into the room, and bolted it shut. She couldn't risk them finding Spike if Buffy didn't want them to. "And exactly where have you been all night?" He asked her.
"You better shape up.doo doo doo.cause I need a man.." They heard Buffy singing Grease tunes from the shower and laughed.
"Wow. She's singing in the shower? She hasn't done that since, well, Riley was around." Dawn said, noticing that her sister must obviously be happy. Spike flinched at the mention of the man who had placed a chip in his head and had once loved his beloved slayer. "Well bit, I'm sure you'll be happy to know that she's with me now. No more of those bloody military blokes." "Wait. Are you telling me that you, and Buffy.uh.you know.did it?" "Not that it's any of your business, but yes bit." Dawn was about to burst with excitement. She'd always liked Spike the best out of all of her sister's boyfriends and she had wanted them to hook up forever. "So, you guys are what? A couple now?" "Yes bit. And I'll let you in on a little secret, if you promise not to tell." "Ok. I won't! Spill!" After Dawn agreed not to tell Buffy, Spike whispered his secret into her ear. "Oh my gosh! Are you serious?" He nodded. "Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! This is great!" She began to jump around the room from how excited she was. "SHHHHH!!! Bit, can I have some bloody peace?" He said motioning his eyes towards the bathroom to hint that Buffy was out of her shower. "Oh! Buffy! Hi!" Dawn said surprised. "Dawnnie, what is wrong with you? Overdose on the Red Bull?" Buffy teased her sister with a grin. "Yep. You caught me." Dawn laughed. "No, I was just excited that you and Spike are FINALLY together!" "Oh." Buffy smiled at Spike, as he did to her. "That." She laughed. "Well, at the moment we're gonna keep that a secret. You didn't tell anyone he was here did you?" Buffy asked her frantically, noticing that her friends could already know of Spike's presence. "No Buffy don't worry, I didn't say a word. I just said you wanted some alone time. Besides, Spike's the one who saved all of our butts, so why would anyone care if he was back?" Dawn has a point. Buffy thought to herself as she realized that Spike was the one who saved them all, and she had nothing to be afraid of by saying that they were together. Besides, she loved him and to her that was all that mattered. "Let me get dressed and we can go have breakfast with everyone. I'm sure Giles'll be knocking on the door any minute now." Just as she said that, she heard a knock on her door. She opened it and sure enough, it was Giles.
"Good morning Buffy." He said with a smile. "Same to you Giles. Breakfast right?' She replied. "Yes. Buffy, you look.well.different. Did you change your makeup or something? You look positively stunning. Almost like you have a glow." He said in awe of how much she was glowing because of Spike's love. She smiled at him. "Thanks Giles. You'll find out why I'm so happy later at breakfast. I have an announcement to make then, so I guess you'll just have to wait!" She told him and then waved goodbye. "See you in twenty minutes!" She shut the door and turned toward Spike and Dawn. Spike was fixing his peroxide blonde locks in the mirror and Dawn was looking through her small suitcase for new clothes to wear and change to do her laundry. "Anyone have a few quarters to spare? I don't really feel like wearing dirty underwear today." She directed towards the other two people in the room. Spike dug into both of his pockets searching for change and retrieved four quarters. "Here bit." He tossed them to her. Buffy looked at them and saw what a happy family they could make. That was something she had yearned for forever, and she felt that it was finally coming together.
As they headed down to the hotel restaurant for breakfast, Buffy and Spike held hands as Dawn walked ahead of them. "Spike, I'm nervous." Buffy told him her feelings about telling her friends about them. "Don't worry love. I'll be right here by your side the whole time. You don't even need to let go of my hand if you don't want to."
As they walked into the restaurant, all of their friends looked over at them and their jaws dropped. "Spike?" Half of them said as the others just gawked. "Yep it's me. In the flesh. Well, sort of." "How are you, like, alive?" Willow asked in a state of shock. "Well, we've been trying to figure that out too since last night. It kind of all revolves around this ring." He held up Buffy's hand as the ring reflected sunlight onto him. "Oh my gosh." Buffy said. "What is it love?" He replied. "Spike.you're in the sunlight, and you aren't bursting into flames!" Buffy told him. "What?!?!" He looked at the sunlight that was all around him, which he didn't notice before, and realized that he could go into the sun without bursting into flames! "Bloody hell! I'm human!"