Chapter 4
Dawn was walking along a busy street, thinking about what she had left to do. She had dropped their clothes off at the dry cleaner's. She had the groceries bag in one of her hands, as the butcher's blood was in the other. She hadn't found any information about the Scoobies, though, and she'd decided that stopping random people in the street to ask wasn't a very good idea.
So, heading home to Spike now.
The sun was just going down so she figured he would get worried if she didn't get home soon.
She walked along the street, suddenly stopping when she thought she'd seen someone familiar stand in the alley she just passed. She turned back.
It was Faith and principal Wood. Hugging and laughing. That's when Faith saw Dawn standing there.
"Dawn? Is that you?" Faith let go of Robin and sprinted towards Dawn.
"Faith! Hi!" Dawn was a little surprised when Faith ran up to hug her.
"Dawn! I can't believe you're here! You've changed so much! Your hair!Your..clothes!" Faith began tousling Dawn's hair and Wood walked up to them.
"Hi Dawn." He hugged her awkwardly. "You've grown up!"
"Well, yeah. So, are you still into the whole slaying business?"
"Yep. But now we've got this whole big organisation. It's the former Sunnydale Slaying Team and Angel Investigations all in one. We've even got this thing ment to be an office nearby. Oh, you've got to come by!"
"Well, I think I'd better go back to the hotel we're staying at now, but if you give me the address, I promise we'll be there later."
"We? As in Spike's still around?" Faith wondered. "You've certainly gotten the same look as him these days."
Dawn blushed a bit,being reminded of that.
"Well, actually these are his clothes. Our clothes were all dirty and since he's kinda allergic to daylight.."
"Oh, I see. Though those jeans seem to fit you. Can't imagine how Spike manages to get into them."
"Well..they might be a bit tight..."
"Dawn, you have to tell us all about where you've been and what you've been doing!"
"I know. And I will. Tonight. Wouldn't want you to spoil the surprise for everyone else, now would ya?"
"Oww but I soo wanna know! But okay, here's the address." Faith handed her a business card. "We won't tell anyone else you're around. Right, Robin?"
"Right. It was really nice to see you Dawn."
"You too Wood. And Faith. But we'll talk lots more tonight, I just have to get home. I promised Spike."
"Ok, no problem. But we'll see you tonight!"
"So you saw Slayer number two and her principal pet?" Spike was standing in the narrow hotel room, helping himself to a bag of blood.
"Yeah. And we're gonna go to their little office tonight. To see all the others. Apparently the Scoobies have joined forces with Angel's team."
"Can't say I'm not interested in what they've been up to." His fangs sank into the bag and he began sucking.
"Yeah, I guess so." At the beginning, Dawn had thought that Spike sucking a blood bag was groce, but her opinion had changed a lot. Now she didn't think anything about it, she'd become so used to it.
She even found it slightly arousing to see his cheekbones move as he drank the bag's contents.
"While you were away I made some calls. I guessed you don't fancy living in this sodden hotel room all the time, especially as it looks like we might stay for a while. Not that we have any kind of shortage when it comes to money anymore." He grinned. "Anyway, there's this big cellar not far from here that we could rent for a small sum. It's really cosy." Again a grin.
"Yeah, I bet there's lots of lovely rats and a nice, damp floor." She pretended to be refusing but both of them knew what she really thought. "Okay. So when can we move in?"
"As soon as you please, mylady. Tonight if you want to. All our stuff's still packed inside the suitcases so we could leave right now."
"Fine by me. I still have to wear your clothes though." She sighed.
"Hey! There's nothing wrong with my clothes!"
"Whatever. Now lets go check our new cellar out!"
Fifteen minutes later they were standing in their new 'home'. Dawn'd been right about the damp floor, but luckily she hadn't seen any rats yet. There was just one bed, and it looked as if it was falling apart. There were old pipes everywhere.
"Gee, if I knew it would be this nice I would've put on something better." Dawn said sarcasticly.
"It's great! And besides, you don't have anything nicer to put on."
"But there's only one bed, and I don't have any problem sleeping in the same bed as you, but it could get a bit small."
"We'll just have to deal with it. You could always sleep on me.."
AN: Yes, yes I know, short chapter. But i had to cut it in half or else it would get weird, you'll see.
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