A Revelation: Chapter 5: The Next Day

Spike's crypt the next day

Buffy awoke the next day with her head on Spike's bare muscled chest. He was holding her so possessively; as if he was afraid she'd fade away in the night like a dream. She slowly, silently broke free of his death grip on her. 'Have to check on Dawn,' was only thought in her mind. She slipped into her Joe Boxer slippers and went upstairs to the main part of the crypt. When she finally saw her sister, sleeping soundly on the sarcophagus that used to be Spike's bed, she paused. Seeing her sister sleeping in Spike's crypt reminded her of why they were there. It took her several minutes before she realized she should get Dawn ready for school, just because they weren't at home didn't mean Dawn couldn't go to school like any other day.

Dawn POV

Dawn felt a light tapping on her shoulder. She groaned. "Okay, Okay, I'm up," she mumbled sleepily.

When she opened her eyes and found herself looking at her Pj clad sister, and not her mother, did the day be fore's events come flooding back to her. "Buffy?"

"Come on, Dawnie. It's time for school. Wouldn't want to be late," her sister smiled wanly.

"But, Buffy-"Dawn whined.

"No 'buts', Dawn," her sister scolded her.

"Awwwwww........you're no fun," Dawn pouted.

"Now, Dawn. Just because Mom kicked us out doesn't mean you can't go to school. Now get ready," Buffy replied.

"Fine," Dawn said unhappily.

When she was dressed in jeans and a peasant top, she walked out the door into the surrounding cemetery without breakfast. She was going to eat at school.

As she reached the gates, she heard a shout, "Dawn! There you are! I was waiting for you at your house for nearly twenty minutes! What were you doing in the cemetery, looking for vampire boyfriends?" Janice babbled. Not exactly, Dawn thought. More like my sister's vampire boyfriend

"Oh, I was early and felt like a walk," Dawn lied quickly. Friend or no friend, Janice was a gossip. If everyone at school found out that she and Buffy were living with Spike in a cemetery, her life would be over. "So, what do you think of J.T.?" she quickly changed the subject.

As they walked to school, Janice babbled again about her life and everyone in it.

This is going to be a long day, Dawn sighed as she walked into Sunny dale High.

Back at the crypt

As soon as Dawn had left, Buffy went back down into the lower floor of their new bizarre home. "Spike?" she called. He was still asleep. She padded over to him and kissed him lightly. He stirred. "Nice way to wake up," he murmured.

"Spike, normally I'd let you do this whole 'vampire nocturnal' thing, but I have a doctor's appointment," Buffy said leaning her head against his chest.

"Isn't it daylight out? Won't I burn up on the way?" Spike asked worriedly.

"Yes, but I knew you'd want to be there, so I rented a black car- figured you'd like the color- with tinted windows, so I don't have Kentucky fried Spike sitting next to me at the doctor's office," Buffy explained.

"Oh, that's all bloody well and good, but how-?" Spike asked again.

"I got you a new blanket. Oh, and it's your favorite color: black," Buffy assured him again.

"Well, here are three words I thought I'd never say: Thank you, Buffy," Spike smirked.

"You're welcome, Spike. Anyway, I already did the 'mom' thing and shipped Dawn off to school," Buffy replied.

"That'd be bloody interesting........" Spike mused.

"What?" Buffy asked curiously.

"Seeing your best friend coming out of a cemetery," Spike chuckled.

At the doctor's office

"We're going to do an ultrasound, so the father may be present," the doctor told the nurse who was keeping Spike in the waiting room.

"Yes, sir," the nursed replied and went out and got Spike.

"Bloody Wanker," Spike muttered, some what pissed that he hadn't been allowed in before.

"Okay, here we go," he said as he put the metal indicator to Buffy's some what- bigger-than-usual stomach. "Well, it looks fairly healthy....."

"What is it? A boy or a girl?" Buffy asked curiously.

"It's hard to tell but it looks like a boy," the doctor replied studying the screen.

"Well, what do you know, Buffy? Billy's doing alright. Guess we're not complete failures at this......" Spike smiled.

"Billy?" Buffy asked uncertainly.

"Got to have a name, doesn't he?" Spike explained casually.

Spike chuckled, "You're right, Buffy, that is a first."

Buffy, out shopping

Buffy went to the butcher shop to get Spike more blood. She needed to get dinner for her and Dawn anyway. Spike kept trying to get her to wait till dusk so he could get it himself, but she insisted. She thought maybe Spike and Dawn needed a little bonding time. After all, they hadn't been able to talk lately with all the commotion about the baby. I wonder how that's going..........

Spike's crypt, after school, Spike POV

"So," Spike said staring at the floor, a few minutes after Dawn bound through the crypt door without warning and almost burnt Spike to a cinder. "How was school?"

Dawn stared at the same spot of floor Spike was staring at wondering what he was thinking. "Fine," she answered with a nod of her head, "So..... How was the doctor's?"

"Fine," Spike replied.

A heavy awkward silence fell between the two.

"So....... See you later," Dawn jumped up from her seat beside Spike on her bed, and walked to the TV that Spike had snitched.

"Okay....." Spike muttered knowing that that had been their 5 second bonding. That went well..... can't wait till Buffy gets home. Little bit is fun but its been over 200 years since I was her age, and back then there was no such thing as radio let alone a TV........

Flash forward a few hours

Buffy walked into the crypt carrying a bunch of groceries. "Dawn? Spike? Little help here."

Dawn got up from Spike's favorite chair and helped Buffy with the groceries.

"Where's Spike?" Buffy asked curiously.

"He's in the shower," Dawn answered simply as she helped Buffy put away the groceries.

"Dawn, as soon as he's finished you should probably head that way and get ready for bed," Buffy reminded her.

"Okay, Buffy," Dawn rolled her eyes as Spike came upstairs, bare-chested.

"Hello, luv, back finally?" Spike raised his eyebrow in amusement.

"Yes, I am. And what do you mean 'finally'?" Buffy shot back.

"Well, I missed you...." Spike started.

"I missed you too, honey," Buffy smiled.

"How much?" Spike asked playfully.

She kissed him, "Only a whole lot."

He smiled.

"So, Spike? How was your bonding time with Dawn?" Buffy asked after Dawn retreated downstairs to as she put it, 'escape the grossness'

"Fine," Spike said cautiously.

"That's good," she kissed him again. "I like hearing about how well you're getting along."

"Oh, really?" Spike smirked mischievously.

"Yeah...." Buffy smiled.

"Well, we talked about school...." he began.

She kissed him.

"the baby....." he continued.

She stuck her tongue deep into his mouth.

"....and we stayed out of each other's way," Spike finished.

As she kissed him again, Dawn came up from the lower level of the crypt in her PJs, she rolled her eyes. "Get a room, why don't cha?" she muttered.