Chapter Seven ~ Honesty Is NOT Always The Best Policy
Disclaimer: I've said it before and I'll say it again...I wish it WAS mine!!!!
Spoilers: Into the Woods and some more of season five.
A/N: Sorry this took so long! Thanks for the awesome reviews! Welcome back from Greece artemis! Hope you had fun! Well, I have no idea where this chapter is going to lead me. I have not thought thru anything so work with me here. I am winging it! Who knows where this road will take me, to more SPUFFY? I think so! Well...maybe ;) Enjoy! ~AJ~
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"Wow."
"I know."
"Wow" Was all Spike could muster. "So she's the key? And she's not really your sis? But I know she was there. The night that we made the truce against Angelus. She was there with your mum and us. But she wasn't. This is a lot to handle."
"I know. But Spike? You have to make sure you don't act all weird around her now. Please? I don't want the others to know yet especially since we don't know exactly what Glory is yet. Can you make sure you can do that?" Buffy sat beside him holding his hand looking at his very confused face.
"Uh, sure. Um...I think I need to go..." Spike got up and headed towards the door.
"Spike!" Buffy called after him.
"Yeah?" He turned to look at him.
"See you later." Deciding there really wasn't much more she could say as his brain wasn't processing information very well at the moment.
Spike gave her a tiny smirk and walked out the back door. He used the shade of the alley to get to the sewer.
"Giles?" Buffy called.
Giles entered the training room. "What is it Buffy?"
"Giles? I think it's time to tell the rest of the gang." Buffy stated simply.
"Buffy, are you sure about this?" He questioned removing his glasses.
"Yeah, I'm totally sure. I just told Spike about it and I wouldn't feel right keeping it from the rest of the gang."
"You told Spike? Are you sure that was wise?"
Buffy's head shot up at the question. He eyes hard and cold as she glared at Giles.
"I-It's just that it's Spike." Giles managed to stammer out.
"It's just Spike? Giles! I know you aren't exactly loving this whole me being with Spike thing, but I love him! I trust him with MY OWN life let alone Dawn's! He is not going to do anything to jeopardize Dawn's life. I'm sorry if you think I was hasty in telling him but he is in my life now and he deserves to know. Just like they deserve to know too. So I am going out there with or without your approval and telling them about Dawn." Buffy finished turning to leave the room, leaving Giles standing dumbfounded.
"Buffy!" Giles called before she reached the door.
Buffy turned to face him with her arms crossed. Her gaze shooting daggers at him.
"I'm sorry, but I have to ask this as well. What about Dawn? Are you going to tell her as well?"
"I am. She deserves to know. I know she is going to be mighty pissed when she finds out but we'll deal when the time comes."
"Don't you think we should wait until Spike comes back then? He seems to have a way with her in case she does fly off the handle about not really being human or part of your family in fact."
"I guess we should. But Giles, let's get one thing straight. Dawn is part of my family. Whether anyone believes that or not, the memories may not really be there but she is my blood. The monks made her out of me. She is still my sister. I just hope she will realize that too." With that, Buffy turned on her heels and headed into the shop area. Giles following closely after her.
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Later in the evening, the gang had re-assembled after the shop had closed. Everyone but Spike. Buffy was getting worried that he hadn't returned from his 'walk' yet. She needed him there, not just for support for her but support for Dawn in case she had a major case of the maxi-wiggins. She was starting to get really freaked out when she felt his presence near the store. Her gaze fell on the door and not two seconds later it opened revealing the blond vampire.
Buffy crossed the store over to him and gazed into his eyes searching for answers of where he had gone. But her questioning eyes were interrupted by Xander's comment.
"Hey Dead Boy Jr.! Nice of you to finally join us! We weren't allowed to start the Scooby-fest without you." His voice was filled with sarcasm.
"Xander..." Buffy warned. She turned her attention back to Spike. "Are you alright? I was worried. You were gone so long..."
He cut her off with a mind-blowing kiss that surged through her entire body. Even the Scoobies were taken aback by it.
"I'll take that as a 'yes'." She said with a very large grin on her face. She grabbed his hand and walked over to the research table to meet the rest of the gang.
"Okay Buff, now that Captain Peroxide here has decided to grace us with his presence, can you tell us what the what is?" Xander asked leaning back in his chair.
"Okay..." Buffy began taking deep breaths. She relaxed a tiny bit when she felt Spike's hand on her back. She felt somewhat relieved to know that he was there in this moment, even if he didn't know what he was there for. "There's something that I have to tell you, it's not going to be easy to hear. But please do not freak out. Dawn," She said turning to her sister. "You need to know..."
"Know what Buffy?" Dawn looked up with innocent eyes.
Buffy inhaled deeply. 'How do you break the news to your little sister that she really isn't your sister? That she is some mystical ball of energy that was placed into a human form to be protected by the Slayer? How on Earth do you explain that to a 14 year old?'
"Dawn, you need to know who you are. Where you came from. You need to know."
"Buffy you are starting to freak me out. I know who I am. I'm your sister. And where I came from? I think it's a little late for a sex ed. speech! Tell me what you are talking about!" Dawn started to get very upset with the way Buffy wouldn't get to the point.
"Bit, she's trying. It's just really hard for her." Spike stepped in.
"Hard for her to what?" Dawn stood up from her chair.
"Dawn...please sit down and I'll tell you everything." Buffy asked her in the calmest voice anyone had ever heard from her. It was almost a whisper. Buffy began to tell them about the spell she cast to see if there had been a spell cast on her mother but then she found out that it was Dawn that was not right in the house. Then she proceeded to tell everyone about the Monk and the conversation she had with him about Dawn being a key that was made human and sent to The Slayer so that she would protect it. Everyone sat there very silent and still until Buffy had finished speaking.
Dawn was the first to speak up.
"So I'm not real?" Tears started to pour out of her eyes.
"Dawn...of course not. You are very real. You are as real to me now as you were before I found out everything. You are still my sister. The monks used my blood and my memories to make you. You are still part of my family." Buffy kneeled in front of her taking her hands and holding them.
Dawn pushed Buffy's hands aside. "So, why didn't you tell me when you found out? Why did you have to keep it from me all this time?" Dawn started to raise her voice.
"I wanted to protect you. I had to keep you safe what with Glory trying to get her hands on you. I don't want you to get hurt." Buffy said softly.
"Bull! You didn't want to protect me because you cared; you were protecting me because it was your job! You HAD to protect me."
"Nibblet, your sis was just doing what she thought was right. She didn't mean any wrong by it." Spike came over to try to comfort her but Dawn just brushed him away.
"You knew? You knew and you didn't tell me? I thought you were my friend?" Dawn's cold stare was like sheets of ice hitting the vampire.
"Bit, I just found out today. I am still trying to absorb it like you."
"Uh..." Xander finally spoke up. "So Spike found out before we did?" Buffy did not need this right now. She knew this would go badly. She just hoped it wouldn't go THIS badly.
"Xander, back off! I have enough to deal with right now without your petty jealousy over Spike finding out before you guys did!" Buffy snapped at him and a second later her eyes going wide with shock that she had talked to him that way.
Xander looked at her with hurt eyes. She got up out of his chair and walked towards the door.
"Xander, I'm sorry. I didn't mean..." She was cut off by the door slamming behind him as he left the shop.
Buffy turned to the rest of the gang with tears filling her eyes. "I guess you guys are pretty upset with me too huh? I don't blame you." Her head hung low as she waited for the rest of the gang to pour their judgement onto her.
"I think perhaps we should all just go home and get a good night's sleep and deal with this tomorrow." Giles offered as a temporary solution.
"I think you're right Rupe's. C'mon Bit, let's get you home." Spike replied putting an arm around Buffy and leading her and Dawn out the door and back to the house.
"Wow." Was all that was heard from Willow's mouth. Tara just nodded.
"Well," Anya began. "That was interesting. I am going to go home to Xander now. He might need some comfort sex tonight." With that remark she was out of the store leaving the rest of the group with blanched looks on their faces. The last thing they needed was a mental image of what Anya and Xander were going to do that night.
A/N: Again, sorry it took so long. I just realized that I have to get the rest of this fic done in 3 weeks because I am going back to school and I won't have my computer then. *sigh*. I am pretty choked about it. Well enjoy and REVIEW!!!!
Disclaimer: I've said it before and I'll say it again...I wish it WAS mine!!!!
Spoilers: Into the Woods and some more of season five.
A/N: Sorry this took so long! Thanks for the awesome reviews! Welcome back from Greece artemis! Hope you had fun! Well, I have no idea where this chapter is going to lead me. I have not thought thru anything so work with me here. I am winging it! Who knows where this road will take me, to more SPUFFY? I think so! Well...maybe ;) Enjoy! ~AJ~
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"Wow."
"I know."
"Wow" Was all Spike could muster. "So she's the key? And she's not really your sis? But I know she was there. The night that we made the truce against Angelus. She was there with your mum and us. But she wasn't. This is a lot to handle."
"I know. But Spike? You have to make sure you don't act all weird around her now. Please? I don't want the others to know yet especially since we don't know exactly what Glory is yet. Can you make sure you can do that?" Buffy sat beside him holding his hand looking at his very confused face.
"Uh, sure. Um...I think I need to go..." Spike got up and headed towards the door.
"Spike!" Buffy called after him.
"Yeah?" He turned to look at him.
"See you later." Deciding there really wasn't much more she could say as his brain wasn't processing information very well at the moment.
Spike gave her a tiny smirk and walked out the back door. He used the shade of the alley to get to the sewer.
"Giles?" Buffy called.
Giles entered the training room. "What is it Buffy?"
"Giles? I think it's time to tell the rest of the gang." Buffy stated simply.
"Buffy, are you sure about this?" He questioned removing his glasses.
"Yeah, I'm totally sure. I just told Spike about it and I wouldn't feel right keeping it from the rest of the gang."
"You told Spike? Are you sure that was wise?"
Buffy's head shot up at the question. He eyes hard and cold as she glared at Giles.
"I-It's just that it's Spike." Giles managed to stammer out.
"It's just Spike? Giles! I know you aren't exactly loving this whole me being with Spike thing, but I love him! I trust him with MY OWN life let alone Dawn's! He is not going to do anything to jeopardize Dawn's life. I'm sorry if you think I was hasty in telling him but he is in my life now and he deserves to know. Just like they deserve to know too. So I am going out there with or without your approval and telling them about Dawn." Buffy finished turning to leave the room, leaving Giles standing dumbfounded.
"Buffy!" Giles called before she reached the door.
Buffy turned to face him with her arms crossed. Her gaze shooting daggers at him.
"I'm sorry, but I have to ask this as well. What about Dawn? Are you going to tell her as well?"
"I am. She deserves to know. I know she is going to be mighty pissed when she finds out but we'll deal when the time comes."
"Don't you think we should wait until Spike comes back then? He seems to have a way with her in case she does fly off the handle about not really being human or part of your family in fact."
"I guess we should. But Giles, let's get one thing straight. Dawn is part of my family. Whether anyone believes that or not, the memories may not really be there but she is my blood. The monks made her out of me. She is still my sister. I just hope she will realize that too." With that, Buffy turned on her heels and headed into the shop area. Giles following closely after her.
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Later in the evening, the gang had re-assembled after the shop had closed. Everyone but Spike. Buffy was getting worried that he hadn't returned from his 'walk' yet. She needed him there, not just for support for her but support for Dawn in case she had a major case of the maxi-wiggins. She was starting to get really freaked out when she felt his presence near the store. Her gaze fell on the door and not two seconds later it opened revealing the blond vampire.
Buffy crossed the store over to him and gazed into his eyes searching for answers of where he had gone. But her questioning eyes were interrupted by Xander's comment.
"Hey Dead Boy Jr.! Nice of you to finally join us! We weren't allowed to start the Scooby-fest without you." His voice was filled with sarcasm.
"Xander..." Buffy warned. She turned her attention back to Spike. "Are you alright? I was worried. You were gone so long..."
He cut her off with a mind-blowing kiss that surged through her entire body. Even the Scoobies were taken aback by it.
"I'll take that as a 'yes'." She said with a very large grin on her face. She grabbed his hand and walked over to the research table to meet the rest of the gang.
"Okay Buff, now that Captain Peroxide here has decided to grace us with his presence, can you tell us what the what is?" Xander asked leaning back in his chair.
"Okay..." Buffy began taking deep breaths. She relaxed a tiny bit when she felt Spike's hand on her back. She felt somewhat relieved to know that he was there in this moment, even if he didn't know what he was there for. "There's something that I have to tell you, it's not going to be easy to hear. But please do not freak out. Dawn," She said turning to her sister. "You need to know..."
"Know what Buffy?" Dawn looked up with innocent eyes.
Buffy inhaled deeply. 'How do you break the news to your little sister that she really isn't your sister? That she is some mystical ball of energy that was placed into a human form to be protected by the Slayer? How on Earth do you explain that to a 14 year old?'
"Dawn, you need to know who you are. Where you came from. You need to know."
"Buffy you are starting to freak me out. I know who I am. I'm your sister. And where I came from? I think it's a little late for a sex ed. speech! Tell me what you are talking about!" Dawn started to get very upset with the way Buffy wouldn't get to the point.
"Bit, she's trying. It's just really hard for her." Spike stepped in.
"Hard for her to what?" Dawn stood up from her chair.
"Dawn...please sit down and I'll tell you everything." Buffy asked her in the calmest voice anyone had ever heard from her. It was almost a whisper. Buffy began to tell them about the spell she cast to see if there had been a spell cast on her mother but then she found out that it was Dawn that was not right in the house. Then she proceeded to tell everyone about the Monk and the conversation she had with him about Dawn being a key that was made human and sent to The Slayer so that she would protect it. Everyone sat there very silent and still until Buffy had finished speaking.
Dawn was the first to speak up.
"So I'm not real?" Tears started to pour out of her eyes.
"Dawn...of course not. You are very real. You are as real to me now as you were before I found out everything. You are still my sister. The monks used my blood and my memories to make you. You are still part of my family." Buffy kneeled in front of her taking her hands and holding them.
Dawn pushed Buffy's hands aside. "So, why didn't you tell me when you found out? Why did you have to keep it from me all this time?" Dawn started to raise her voice.
"I wanted to protect you. I had to keep you safe what with Glory trying to get her hands on you. I don't want you to get hurt." Buffy said softly.
"Bull! You didn't want to protect me because you cared; you were protecting me because it was your job! You HAD to protect me."
"Nibblet, your sis was just doing what she thought was right. She didn't mean any wrong by it." Spike came over to try to comfort her but Dawn just brushed him away.
"You knew? You knew and you didn't tell me? I thought you were my friend?" Dawn's cold stare was like sheets of ice hitting the vampire.
"Bit, I just found out today. I am still trying to absorb it like you."
"Uh..." Xander finally spoke up. "So Spike found out before we did?" Buffy did not need this right now. She knew this would go badly. She just hoped it wouldn't go THIS badly.
"Xander, back off! I have enough to deal with right now without your petty jealousy over Spike finding out before you guys did!" Buffy snapped at him and a second later her eyes going wide with shock that she had talked to him that way.
Xander looked at her with hurt eyes. She got up out of his chair and walked towards the door.
"Xander, I'm sorry. I didn't mean..." She was cut off by the door slamming behind him as he left the shop.
Buffy turned to the rest of the gang with tears filling her eyes. "I guess you guys are pretty upset with me too huh? I don't blame you." Her head hung low as she waited for the rest of the gang to pour their judgement onto her.
"I think perhaps we should all just go home and get a good night's sleep and deal with this tomorrow." Giles offered as a temporary solution.
"I think you're right Rupe's. C'mon Bit, let's get you home." Spike replied putting an arm around Buffy and leading her and Dawn out the door and back to the house.
"Wow." Was all that was heard from Willow's mouth. Tara just nodded.
"Well," Anya began. "That was interesting. I am going to go home to Xander now. He might need some comfort sex tonight." With that remark she was out of the store leaving the rest of the group with blanched looks on their faces. The last thing they needed was a mental image of what Anya and Xander were going to do that night.
A/N: Again, sorry it took so long. I just realized that I have to get the rest of this fic done in 3 weeks because I am going back to school and I won't have my computer then. *sigh*. I am pretty choked about it. Well enjoy and REVIEW!!!!