Entropy is just unused energy anyway.
Timeline: post Entropy and slightly Seeing Red but AU after that. Dialogue from this episode is courtesy of WIP Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters so I settle for writing fan fiction. Hope you enjoy. Pairings: Not sure yet, but Spanya and Spuffy possibilities.
R&R please
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Chapter 1
Spike's standing inside his crypt holding a glass of blood in one hand and proceeds to pour some whiskey in it. He's too lost in though, of his slayer, of how much it hurt the way she looked at him last night like she despised him, should've been use to that look, but it stung every single time. He was so caught up in his revere; he didn't notice the girl who snuck into his crypt up until she spoke.
"Does it help?"
He gives a short look behind his back then turns to his glass once more.
"Doesn't hurt."
"Not planning a camp-out, are we?" he inquires.
"No. I'm sleeping over at Janice's. Figured Willow and Tara might want some time to, uh..."
"Oh, so the birds are flying again, eh?" he pauses a second to consider this "Ain't loved grand."
He turns to sit in his armchair, not looking at Dawn.
"I wanted to stop by on my way and, you know. Everybody's pretty mad at you."
"Yeah. Kinda picked up on that."
"You're not going to be coming around anymore. Are you?"
"It's complicated, Nibblet."
The girl lets out a small laugh "Everybody's been saying that."
"Must be true then."
"Was it worth it? What you did with Anya?"
Spike looks over at her in obvious surprise.
"Buffy told you?"
"Kinda caught the show. There was a camera somewhere in the Magic Box."
Spike looks shocked and confused at that so Dawn continues "Warren and Jonathan and that other guy have been watching Buffy."
"Wankers!"
"Do you love her?"
"Oh, no. No. It was just a ... It was a bad day. For both of us. And we just had a few drinks and, things just-"
"No. Not Anya. Buffy."
"Do you really love her?" He doesn't answer, not point in explaining something he doesn't even totally comprehend, he loves her, sure, but even saying it seems so pointless now.
"Then how could you do that to her?" Smart girl, she knows how he feels even when he doesn't say a word, somehow it only makes things worst.
"Oh, right, 'cause Big Sis was treating me so well up until that point. Must still be a bit of the evil left in me after all."
"I don't know what happened between you two. But what you did last night ... If you wanted to hurt Buffy, congratulations. It worked."
"You know? That's pretty unfair" a third voice spoke as Dawn was turning to leave.
"Anya? What are you doing here?"
"Hello to you too Dawn" she respond sarcastically to the glare the girl is giving her. "And hi Spike" she says turning to the vampire.
"Demon Girl" he acknowledges hit an uncertain nod.
"Dawn I need to speak with Spike alone, do you mind?"
"I was here first."
"Thought you were leaving bit"
"Maybe I wasn't!"
"Oh, then don't mind me if you haven't finish, please go on, tell Spike how he is an evil disgusting thing who isn't capable of any good thing" The demon said as she took a seat in the sarcophagus as the vampire just quietly watched the exchange between the 2 girls.
"What? I wouldn't say that to Spike"
"You wouldn't?" Spike interjected sheepishly.
"Off course not! You're not any of those things, not to me"
"Oh, thought you were mad at me"
"I'm very pissed off, I mean my sister is hurting because of you, and now I know the real reason why you abandoned me after she came back, so yeah I'm mad" she gave him a small smile "Doesn't mean i hate you"
"Wait, you thought I'd abandoned you?"
"Like you didn't? I mean, the girl was going clepto because we weren't paying attention to her and that includes you buddy"
"Thank you Anya" said the teenager embarrassed.
"Look Nib, I'm sorry, never meant for you to feel like that, I-"
"Look is fine, is not like I thought you actually care about me"
"Bit,I do care about you, and I am sorry I hurt you-I just"
"Look I just wanted to hear your side, and tell you, you shouldn't come around for a while, I'll better let you 2 talk now" And with that she left before, the emotions would overwhelmed her and she burst out in sobs.
The crypt fell silent, as Spike tried to gain some composure.He sure as hell wasn't expecting Dawn here making feel even worst. He was such abastard, didn't even realice he hurt the only one of the scoobies who liked him, and now he had a vengance demon in his crypt looking at him all funny like; that couln't be good.
"So, what brings you here pet?"
"Misery"
He Chukles bitterlyt "Well it does love the company"
"Aside from that I came to make you a proposition" That got her a raised eyebrow from the vampire.
"What kind of proposition and why am I not liking the sound of that?"
"Well first of all let me say something ok?"
"Go ahead"
"I didn't mean what I say last night, about you just being there I mean, you really smell good." she offered with a smile.
"You're apologizing?" she nodded.
"To ME?" the tone in Spike's voice was surprised and a little amused. Must be the alcohol, Anya thought.
"Well yes, I mean I was just shocked at seeing Xander there, but you were being a good friend last night and I shouldn't have said that"
"Oh"
"So?"
"Oh right... you're forgiven pet, no worries"
"Good! Now I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I wanted to ask you to be my new roommate"
"What?" he asked surprised.-
"Well I got this new place, and is not like I can't pay for it, but sharing the cost would be nice, so I figure I should get a roommate, it could be fun like in 'Friends', except we're demons"
"Okay... but why me, and aren't you suppose to be an all girl-power independent woman, who doesn't need a man to support her and all that rot?"
"Hey I don't need a man to support me, I do well on my own, and I'm not asking you to anyway"
He was about to say something but thought better of it and let her continue, while he poured a glass of scotch for her.
"The thing is, I hate living alone, it's so pointless, I get there at nights and there is no one to share the happiness of what a good day of well earned money represents, with Xander we would talk about our days during dinner before we gave each other nice orgasms" she got a dreamy face on her for few seconds before she remembered and snapped out of it. "Until the bastard went off and left me at the altar"
"Well, Y'know I'm sorry for you pet but what does that have to do with me? and specially after last night I thought you'd be going after the whelp begging for forgiveness and such" The vampire replied handing her the glass he served for her.
"I stand by what I said, I don't owe him anything, hell I owe Buffy more since you're not suppose to sleep with your friends' boyfriends, and why didn't you tell me it was her anyway? Could've spare me the surprise"
He managed to lood sheepish at that for a second"Guess I could, but since I'm not actually anything to her, it was her call to let you lot know, 'course I had to get pissed at the Whelp and spill the beans, not like she could get angrier anyway. So what's this about? Me living with you? a non vengeance way to piss him even more?"
"well yeah, but also, is practical, if I get myself a roommate I have to place an ad on the paper, do the interviews, hope that they have an open mind about living with a demon if they're human, if they don't then I have to get myself a demon one, and lest face it, most of our kind are smelly, unorganized, untrustworthy and plainly gross, you are not. Plus we already had sex, so we wouldn't have to wonder what that would be like and let it grow to unsettling levels of UST that would make living with each other unbearable"
"I see, you've put some thought into this."
"I couldn't sleep last night" And god, he probably couldn't refuse her what with the way her voice got all sad and croaked.
"You do know, I don't have a job therefore don't have money to pay you rent"
"Please I know you can make rent money out of one night's poker game"
"I'm not sure this s a good idea"
"It probably isn't but who are we if not people- demons, willing to take risks?'"
"You're right. Know what? I'll do it, I just wish I didn't have this chip in my head when our dear Scoobies find out and try to stake me" not before he had let the words out of his mouth Anya's face changed into her demon features.
"Wish granted" She said and Spike let out a high pierced scream before falling unconscious, Anya looked into her palm to see a little square piece of metal on it, she sighed before going to help out the vampire.