A/n: last chapter I made a mistake by adding Giles, he wasn't supposed to be in there yet, he's just coming to the story this chapter, sorry guys!

Buffy sat on the couch watching some Tv when Dawn jogged down the stairs holding a bad over her shoulder, "Where are you going?" Buffy asked. She stood up and turned toward her sister.

"Janice's." Dawn answered opening the door. To Spike. "Hey, Spike! Bye, Spike!" she said pushing past him and he grabbed her arm and pushed her back.

"Woah, where are you off too?" Spike asked.

Dawn smiled, "To Janice's" Dawn told him, giving him a pleading look.

"You're walking there?"

"Straight there." Dawn promised, "No stops, she lives like a block away!" Dawn explained, "No biggie!"

Spike looked at Buffy who shrugged, "You promise to go straight there?" Spike asked.

Dawn nodded. "Cross my heart."

Spike nodded and moved aside. Letting the younger girl past him, he chuckled and shut the door. "Hey, pet." Buffy smiled and sat back down on the couch, she looked up at him when he walked into the room, he shrugged his duster off and threw it onto the recliner, the sat down on it. "Busy schedule today?" spike asked.

"Giles is coming in." Buffy explained, "Th-Willow called him."

Spike nodded, "So…"

Buffy looked at the TV. "Passions is on." Buffy explained.

Later

The door opened and Giles walked into the house, he was surprised at the sight he walked in on, Buffy was fast asleep, in Spike's arms. He was slowly stroking her hair. "Ghmmm." Giles cleared his throat. Spike didn't bother to look up.

"Don't wake her." Spike told the watcher, "This is the best sleep I've seen her have," Spike explained, his eyes never leaving the sleeping blond in his arms. "She's been threw a lot."

Giles nodded, tears welling up in his eyes. "H…how?"

"Red, the gang." Spike explained, grumpily. To be truthful he didn't want to talk about it, yes he was more then happy she was alive. Not only alive. In his arms. Sleeping. But what they did… it wasn't fair for her. It just wasn't right.

"How is she…doing?" Giles asked, tears spilling from his eyes, he shed his glassed and whipped away the tears and sat down on the recliner careful not to sit on the duster. He didn't say anything about Spike and Buffy's position. Sure he wasn't happy about it. Buffy was a daughter to him. But if she felt safe like that. He wasn't one to judge. Especially not now.

"She's… doing okay, I guess." Spike explained turning his head to Giles, finally, "She's still having trouble." Spike explained.

"I'm just… I feel like this is all a dream."

Spike chuckled softly. "I know what you mean."

Giles sighed, "I don't understand what Willow was thinking. She can't mess with these things."

"I've told her." Spike said looking over at him, "She wont listen, to happy Buffy's back." Spike explained, "Don't get me wrong seeing her again… even if she was broken… was the best second of my life." He looked down at her.

"It's wrong." Giles said, "But… I can't help being so happy."

Spike pushed a piece of hair away from the Slayer's face.

Giles watched the gentle acts of the vampire, he always noticed his affection towards women, but at the same time he was such a brutal killer. He never understood him, all the years he spent researching and reading about the vampire, all he got was more and more questions. Angelus was an easy vampire to figure out.

Giles knew exactly what made him tick, what made him angry. Spike though, only seemed to have one weakness. That was his girl, Drusilla, Buffy, Dawn, anyone messed with them and you would be dead in the next three seconds.

But Giles could never understand why. It was almost as if Spike had kept part of his soul with him. The part that allowed him to love.

Spike was his own puzzle; Giles doubted he even knew what made himself tick.

Buffy buried her face into Spike's shirt, "Mhmm, light." She said in a muffled voice.

"What?" Spike asked looking down at her.

"Too much light." Buffy moaned.

Spike looked at Giles and he stood up and turned the lamp next to Buffy off. Buffy moved her head away from Spike's chest, she looked at Giles a wide smile appearing on her lips, she jumped up into his arms. Hugging him tightly.

"Buffy…" Giles whispered returning the hug to the Slayer, his slayer. He looked at Spike who was smiling softly at them. He closed his eyes and Buffy's grip on him tightened.

"When did you get here?" Buffy asked pulling herself out of his embrace.

"Maybe a half hour ago?" Giles told her, "Spike didn't want to wake you, he said you haven't been having good sleep lately."

Buffy nodded, "Yeah…" Buffy looked at Spike, then at Giles, trying to figure out what else he'd told her Watcher.

Magic Box

They walked into the Magic Box, Giles first and then Spike and Buffy, Giles walked behind the counter and got a glare from Anya, "What?" Giles asked.

"Nothing." Anya mumbled and went back to counting her money.

Giles looked at Buffy and Spike, giving them both a questionable look. Xander walked into the room and smiled, "Hey! G-man!" He said excitedly. "We got our Princess back to the tower." Xander explained smiling.

Spike saw the pain flicker on Buffy's face but didn't address it.

"Evil-Dead, what are you doing here?" Xander asked. "Aren't you supposed to be somewhere? Else?" Xander added.

"I asked him to come with us." Giles said, "There was a few things I needed to have him do for me." It was a complete lie; he just didn't want to hear the boy go on and on. He wanted his first night back in Sunny Dale quiet, peaceful.

The phone rang.

"Hello Magic box?" Anya answered the phone, "Yes… no, she was at your house… no I'm positive." Anya said, "Yeah, sure." She looked up, "Buffy, it's Mary, Janice' mom, she wants to talk to you."

Buffy got up and took the phone, "Hello? Is it Dawn? Is she okay?" Buffy asked, "Umm… no… she did?" Buffy closed her eyes, "No… thank you." She hung up the phone. "Janice said that she was staying at our house tonight."

"No, the woman must be screwed up." Spike said.

Xander sent him a glare, "where do you think she is?"

"Dawn wouldn't lie to me." Spike said, "She's at her friends house."

Giles sighed, "Quiet day in Sunny Dale…"

Dawn sat in the car with Justin, she was nervously playing with the jacket he gave her to wear. "So? Does this work?" She asked leaning forward and pressing the button on the radio.

"If you turn the car on." He answered leaning forward and turning the engine on. He watched Dawn start flipping threw the stations. "You're beautiful. You know that?"

Dawn smiled and looked at him, "Thanks." She whispered.

"I want to kiss you." He told her leaning in.

Dawn gulped but leaned in also.

Magic Box

"Spike, grab a… something." Buffy said, "Where ever she is, she better be dying." Buffy looked at the group, "Giles, you and Xander take the parks, movie theaters, all those kinds of places." Buffy said, "Me and Spike are goin' to take… I have know idea. We'll cover more ground this way." Buffy explained. She looked at Spike who grabbed a cross bow, "Ready?" She asked watched him tuck it into his duster.

"What do you want me to do?" Anya asked.

Buffy turned to her, "You stay here, incase she comes by." Buffy said, "Call Willow and Tara tell them to stay at the house just incase."

Anya nodded with a pleased smile, "Can do."

Park

"Anything?" Buffy asked.

"Remember last year?" Spike asked, "When you annoyed the hell out of me by doing the same the you're doing right now?"

Buffy looked down, "Sorry…"

"We'll find her." Spike told her, he still couldn't wrap his mind around the fact that Dawn, Bit, his Niblet lied to him. What else did she lie to him about? He didn't even want to think about that right now.

"She lied to me too, you know." Buffy said.

Spike nodded, "Yeah, but I'm Spike."

A scream came from the "make out rock" Buffy ran up the hill followed by Spike. They got there and Dawn ran right into them. She quickly made her way behind Spike. Spike looked at the vamped out boy and sighed.

Spike moved to the boy and punched him, hard. Harder then he would a regular vamp. He kicked him in the check and the boy tried to punch him, Spike grabbed his hand and looked at the vamped out boy. "You really think you can fight me?" Justin asked, "I'm forever."

Spike rolled his eyes, clenched his hand, breaking bones in his hand making the younger vampire scream out in pain. Spike vamped out, "So am I."

Spike grabbed the stake from his duster and staked the vampire.

Buffy turned to Dawn, guilt written all over her face.

Dawn looked at Spike, he wouldn't even look at her. She bowed her head in shame, "Spike… I'm…" she started.

"You're alright." Spike said dryly. "T's all the matters, right?"

Dawn sighed. "I didn't…"

"I'm goin' back to my crypt." He said his voice dripping with disappointment. He looked at Buffy, "You're going to be okay?" He asked.

Buffy nodded, "Just tired."

"night." He said and walked away.

TBC…

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