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- Last Chapter –

The Vampire starred at her long and hard, not sure if he would regret this later or not. He sighed and slowly stepped towards her more, his hand gently lifting up her chin so she would look up to him. Gently brushing away the hair from her face, he watched as her eyes were looking down to his lips, then back up into his eyes.

He gently began to pull her head closer to his and he saw her eye's gently close as his lip's met with hers in a soft kiss.

And he couldn't help but think how...right it felt.

- Just Practice...right? -

The sound of applause shattered the dream world that Dawn was in and dragged her back to reality.

Taking a step back, she gazed at Spike in amazement before the blood rushed to her face in seconds.

"I gotta go" she mumbled, feeling Spike's hand still on her waist.

"Wait, Dawn-"Spike started as she slipped out of his hold and disappeared into the crowd.

He sighed as he starred at the spot where she just was before turning around slightly, being greeted by the older man he had scared earlier as he clap him on the shoulder and offered to buy him a drink.

Not waiting for an answer, the man dragged him towards the bar and Spike soon found a beer clamped tightly in his hand.

The vampire didn't listen to the voices around him as they all started talking and asked questions, he was far to absorbed in his own thoughts. Like...how was he going to fed tonight? And...what was on the telle right now?

Yeah right.

All his thoughts were orbiting around one single thought.

'Why the hell did I kiss Dawn like that?' he thought, his eyebrows furrowed, almost glaring down at the foaming liquor in his hands.

'It's not like I have any sodden feelings for the girl...she's just a good friend. And these people were pushing us. Like I said before, it's all an act...

So why is it that ever since I first saw her in the Bronze...that she's never left my thoughts?

It isn't love...' he snorted silently at himself.

'No...A vampire isn't meant to love. Should have listened to Buffy all those years back. Even with a bloody soul...never did me any good...still can't be trusted.

God, listen to me. Sounding like that fucking poofer Angel'

Spike pulled a face as he said the name in his head.

'Angel could love...everybody loves Angel...' he growled bitterly in his head as he clutched to the glass harder.

"Bloody make a soap opera..." he muttered to himself as he raised the glass to his lips finally and took a long drink.

Luckily no one had heard him; all the men seemed to be watching the game on the TV, and the woman were dancing and socializing with each other.

'Why did she look so freaked out though? I know that she knows it's all an act...

Or was it?

Face it Spike...you've fallen for the Slayer's sister...

Well why not? Even when I was chasing after Buffy, Dawn has always respected me, trusted me, and treated me like a real being. Just like my mother did...so what's not to love?'

He slowly let this thought sink in as he took another drink.

'No...Not love...lust?' he thinks, his eyebrows knitting together as a puzzling look came onto his features.

"Bloody hell" he growled before rising from his seat.

He needed to move...no, he needed to feed.

He looked around all the couples around him before shaking his head.

No, he couldn't feed off them, after they allowed but him and Dawn onto their bus.

Plus, the blood might be tainted from age.

So, there he was, in front of the clerk's desk. Quan wasn't working the night shift, so there was another teenaged boy running it.

The boy looked up to him; he seemed to be in his late teens.

"Can I help you sir?" he asked in a squeaky like voice.

"Er...yeah, I was just wondering where you can get some towels..."

"How many do you need?" he asked, turning away from the counter and unlocked a door that was behind the desk.

Spike watched him silently before following after him.

"Er...two" he answered.

The boy turned and looked at him. "Uh, sir, I need to ask you to stay on the other side of the desk" he ordered.

Spike then suddenly pushed him into the room and kicked the door shut, grabbing a hold of the boy who had his back turned to him.

He felt his facial features morph into his vampire face as he covered the teen's mouth.

The boy whimpered in his grasp as Spike dipped his head to bite him.

But something stopped him.

It was partly the chip, but it was also something else...

He wasn't all that...hungry at the moment.

"Bloody hell" he grumbled, his face changing back to his human one and he let his hold on the boy go.

The boy panted, starring at him.

"Er...right...the towels" Spike started.

"Here!" the boy squeaked, terrified beyond possible as he quickly shoved the towels into the vampire's hands.

"Right...uh...oh" he mumbled, picking up a tube light and looked over to the boy.

The boy gulped and managed a small smile, his knees trembling under the bright blue gaze.

"Heh" Spike grinned somewhat before crashing the light over his head, knocking the boy out.

Looking around, he quickly dropped the remains and flicked off the light in the room before gently closing the door, leaving the body in there.

Sighing, he pinched the bridge of the nose as he calmly made his way towards the hotel room.

Opening the door with the card, he walked inside and set the towels down in a chair, he mumbled something under his breath as he sat down on the edge of the bed, elbows resting on his knees and he pushed his palms onto his eyes, having a major headache from the chip.

Taking his hands away, he looked around the room as Dawn walked out of the bathroom.

His eyes looked over to her.

She still had the dress on, only the front part was folded down and the dress stayed up on her hips, she wore a white bra and her hair was down and swept over her shoulders slightly.

Her green eyes looked up to him as she had her head tilted slightly while taking out the earrings.

Spike gulped slightly while looking at her, before quickly tearing his gaze away from her and focused on the ground by the bed.

"Hey" Dawn said, her tone more, cheerful then he had thought it would have been.

"Look, Dawn...about downstairs..." he mumbled, looking back up to her.

He shook her head while placing the earrings down on the dresser.

"No big...we were acting remember?" she smirked slightly at him before turning and headed back into the bathroom.

Spike set his jaw slightly as he stood up to his feet and followed her, leaning against the door frame as he watched her remove the make up from her face.

"You looked pretty...freaked though" he recalled.

Dawn, who was currently leaning over the counter to get up closer the mirror, leaned back and looked at him.

"It's nothing"

He continued watching her as she removed all the make up and walked past him.

"Dawn..."

"I don't see why you're making a big deal out of it" she said, turning around to face him with a smile on her face. "I'm perfectly fine"

He walked up to her and examined her carefully.

"What?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing" he muttered, looking away from her and started slapping his pockets to find a cigarette.

"Spike, believe me when I say this...nothing is wrong! It was just a kiss..."

"Right, just a kiss" he mumbled, still searching for the cancer stick.

"It meant nothing..."

"Uh huh..."

"So we should just move on..."

"I agree..."

Dawn frowned while crossing her arms. "Spike are you even listening to me?!"

Spike looked back up to her before looking her up and down, but she didn't even seem to notice as she continued on yelling at him.

"I'm trying to say something and you keep on looking for...what the hell are you looking for?!" she exclaimed.

"You" he muttered finally and Dawn blinked.

"What?" she asked, being quite puzzled.

But Spike didn't answer her as he gently grabbed her shoulders and kissed her hard on the lips.

Dawn sucked in a breath as soon as he came close to her face, her hands clutching the front of his shirt before finally she slowly began to let go as she kissed him back.

Spike began to ease off slightly, but had made the kiss more passionately as he pulled her more closely to him.

Dawn's hand had come up and wrapped around his neck, just as the vampire's tongue flicked across her lips, asking for permission in.

And to his pleasure, she let him in.

Now with the kiss even more deeper, his hand trailed down from her waist and to her left thigh where he quickly began to hoist her up, her legs wrapping around his waist.

The 18 year old gently bit down on his bottom lip playfully and he let a groan escape from his mouth and into her mouth.

Finally, the two broke away from air, both panting slightly.

"Spike"

"Yeah?"

"What was...?"

"Uh..."

An uncomfortable silence came between them before Dawn slowly slid down and had both of her feet back on the ground.

She rubbed her upper arms as Spike scratched the back of his head.

"Practice" he said finally.

"Right...just in case we have to..."

"Yeah" he agreed quickly.

"Right...night!"

"Night!"

And with that they both turned away from each other and didn't say another word for the rest of the night.

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Wow, you guys rock! I thought for sure I'd get some flame-age there...

It's so...short! I'm so sorry guys! –sobs-

You know the part where the Princess walks out of that cave thing and it's in the morning and she's like...singing and stuff? Then the bird sings along then blows up? That's where the song is played. The one that I put is the ACTUAL song itself. Lol, it's a VERY good song at that too.

Well, I think that I've FINALLY gotten things settled down over here... –mutters- and yeah. Got a MAJOR plot twist at the very end!! –theme music plays- But! You'll have to wait! Bwahaha!

Well, I hope all this...fluffiness and romance crap will hold you for a while! I got another story going on and I'm eager to get it well on it's way as well!

Bwahaha! A cliffe! I'm so evil!

Until next time!

M.Parker