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Spike threw the doors to Willies bar open violently, looking for a spot of violence before bedtime. His blood was humming threw her veins, maybe not his but he could hear someone's. He moved to Willie grabbed him by the girl and pulled him up off his feet, "Information." Spike growled out.

Willie's eyes widened at the flash of yellow in the vampire's eyes, "I don't got none!" Willie called.

"How do you know you don't have any bloody info if I didn't ask you yet?" spike asked raising an eyebrow. "Now, you're going to answer my question. Truthfully. It's easy, yes or no." He told him.

Willie nodded, "Sure. Spike, anything for old friends!"

"New auction-trade thing." Spike said, "One in good old Sunnyhell?" Spike asked tilting his head.

Willie shook his head, "I don't know anything."

Spike sighed, "I can smell lies," Spike told him.

Summers' House

Buffy woke with a shiver; she looked at the window that she left open. She sighed and got up, she went to close the window when she noticed the cigarette box sitting near the window frame. She took a deep breath and grabbed the box. She put it on the table next to her bed then grabbed the window and pulled it closed, locked it.

She looked at the sun threw the stain glass window as it rose above the houses and trees. She sighed. "Another day." She closed her eyes tight at the annoying beeping of her alarm clock going off, cutting threw her mind like rigid glass.

She pressed the stop button and then walked out of the room and into Dawn's she was passed out on the bed, her own alarm clock sounding. She rolled her eyes and silenced her alarm clock then woke her sister up.

"Uhhg, five more minutes." Dawn whined.

"Up now." Buffy said.

"Geeze, Spike, I'm goin—" Dawn stopped mid-sentence and looked at Buffy's confused face. "I'm up." Dawn said and watched her sister wearily walk out of the room and close the door behind her.

Buffy walked down the stairs and to where Giles was making breakfast in the kitchen. She smiled. "I was going too…"

"Don't worry about it, Buffy, you sit down." Giles said and watched as she sat down on the stool and Xander walked threw the back door and into the kitchen, "Hey, Buff!" He said cheerfully.

Buffy smiled dully and drummed her hands on the counter top, "Hey, Xand, you're here to bring Dawn to school… right?"

Xander nodded, "Yes, I am, X-man to the rescue." He said laughing; he grabbed a pancake from Giles and stuffed it in his mouth.

Giles glared at the boy, "What are you doing? Those are for Buffy and Dawn." He said.

"Sorry…" Xander moved to the door, "I'm gonna go get something out of the car, I'll be right back." He said, he opened the door and heard the screaming.

"Coming threw! Make way!" Spike burst threw the door; he threw the blanket down and looked at the flaming blanket on the floor, "Fire! Fire!" He started to stomp on it. He had his back turned to the gang. He hand his hands threw his hair, took a deep breath and turned, "Hello all."

Buffy smiled lightly, "Hey, Spike."

"Evil dead, why don't you go… away?" Xander commented.

"Listen, whelp, the only reason I keep you alive is because Buffy likes you for some strange reason so I'd keep your bleedin' mouth shut." He said snappily.

"Did you find out something about the trade?" Giles asked avoiding the Spike-Xander bickering.

"Yup. The vampire gang." Spike explained, "They run the auction." Spike explained, "Tons of rich demons and blood idiots go there to get blood, seer eyes, bloody things you can get on your own. Just a little bit of effort." Spike said and then looked at Buffy who was completely lost.

"And you wonder why we don't trust you?" Xander asked, "just a little bit of effort? Doing what? Torturing little girls?"

"Hey now!" Spike started.

"Hey," Buffy called, "Can you two act like four year olds later?" Buffy asked, "Spike. What did you find out they wanted?"

Spike nodded, "The Slayer,"

"Great." Buffy sighed.

"Then why'd they grab me?" Giles asked.

"Slayer's watcher, the slayer." Spike explained, "Come on, Buffy's bloody famous among vamps, everyone wants a bite."

"I'm famous?" Buffy asked.

"Buffy, you've done so much more then any other slayer," Spike said, "Come on, love, you had two vamps fall in love with you."

Buffy smiled, "Least they were both hott." Buffy said freely shocking everyone in the room. She got up and smiled sweetly at Spike. "Come here." She said and started to walk up the stairs to her room.

Spike was stunned. He smiled at Xander and followed Buffy up to her room leaving the Watcher, and Xander in the kitchen.

Spike opened the door to the Slayer's room. She was on the bed, looking at him. He stood at the door, closing it. "So, I woke up this morning." Buffy said, "And the window was open." Buffy explained, "So I went to shut it, when I did I found these." Buffy held up a box of Cigarettes.

Spike cursed, "Right. Those aren't mine."

"No?" Buffy asked, "They looked like yours." Buffy said and opened the box pulling out a silver flip lighter, "Looks like your lucky lighter."

"Yeah, that's the one someone came to my crypt and stole." Spike said.

Buffy smiled and handed him the pack of cigarettes. "You never lied to me." Buffy whispered. As he took the pack, "Don't start now."

"Wasn't a lie, white lie." He explained dully.

Buffy smiled and sat down on the bed, "What were you doing here last night?"

"Came to check up on you." Spike told her, like I usually do. But you were getting dressed." He saw Buffy's eyes widen. "No. I didn't watch you." He told her, "I turned then I heard you get in bed, so I just watched you for a while."

"Why didn't you just say that?"

"You're not angry?"

"Because you care about me?" Buffy asked, "Hardly."

"T's good." Spike said softly and took a seat next to Buffy on the bed.

Buffy took his arm and draped it around her shoulder and cuddled into his side. Spike rested his chin on the top of her head, "Buffy, love, you know I'm Spike right?"

Buffy giggled, "Mmmhmm." Buffy answered softly, "I like it when you're around." Buffy told him truthfully. She had nothing to hide anymore. Spike was here. He loved her, unconditionally. She needed that. She needed someone who didn't want anything from her. But loved her.

"I like when you're like this." Spike whispered.

Dawn jogged down the stairs and into the kitchen laughed at the looks on the men's faces. "What happen?" Dawn asked, "A big demon come by here?" Dawn's eyes widened, "Did it?!"

"What? No, well except for dead boy junior, god I hate that guy so much!" Xander hollered. "What's he doing with Buffy anyway?" He asked.

"Spike's here?" Dawn asked. "In Buffy's room?"

Spike felt Buffy slowly slipping to sleep in his arms. He kissed her lightly on top of the head. "Shh, it's okay, love, I'm not going anywhere." He promised.

Dawn walked into the room slowly, smiling when Spike didn't even notice she was there. To wrapped up in taking care of the vulnerable slayer. "Hey." She whispered.

"Shh." Spike said turning to Dawn, "She'd finally asleep." He slowly laid her down on the bed her hand still linked with his. "What is it, sweet bit?" He asked.

Dawn smiled, "You're not mad anymore?"

"Yeah I'm mad." Spike said, "But… why'd you lie to me?" Spike asked keeping his voice low.

"Would you let me go if you knew?"

"No," Spike sighed, "Come on, Dawn, don't you think you can tone it down a notch or two with Buffy? She just got back, she needs your help."

"She doesn't need anyone Spike, she blocks everyone out."

"I know, right now, she just needs time, and she needs your help." Spike told her. "Please, Dawn, do this for me?"

Dawn sighed, "She's really having that much of a hard time?"

Spike nodded, "You go to school, all your classes." Spike told her.

Dawn nodded and hugged Spike, kissed him quickly on the cheek. "Bye Spike." She whispered and left.

"Bye nib…" He looked down at the sleeping slayer. He knelt down next to her bed, hands still linked. He kissed her knuckles lightly, "What am I gonna do with you, love?" He asked reaching out with his free hand and caressing her cheek lightly.

Xander walked into the room, seeing Spike over Buffy, touching her. He charged grabbing Spikes jacket and throwing him against the near wall and punching him in the way.

Buffy wasn't sure what woke her, maybe it was the feeling of her arm being wrenched away from her body. She looked at Xander, her eyes foggy with sleep. Then she noticed he was hitting Spike. Fear. "Xander! What the hell are you doing?!" She demanded jumping out of bed and throwing Xander away from Spike.

"He was touching you!"

Buffy looked at Spike and then at Xander, "I fell asleep, Xander, he was just helping me."

"Sleep?" Xander asked.

TBC..

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