Buffy sat next to the Christmas tree, watching Dawn rip open one of her presents. There was a loud knock at the door. Buffy got up and walked toward the door, opening it to Spike who had his arm draped around the shoulders of a gorgeous blond. Buffy looked at him shocked, "Umm, hi." She said, confused.

Spike was holding a brightly colored box covered in wrapping paper. "Dawn here?" she asked tilting his head to the side.

"Yeah, she's in the living room." Buffy answered, "Whose this?"

Spike looked at Buffy and then at Charisma, "Oh, this is Charisma, she's… my uh girlfriend."

Buffy looked at him shocked, "G-girlfriend?"

"Spike!" Dawn yelled happily and then she saw the blond at the door smiling. "Charisma! You brought her!" Dawn yelped happily, "Come on! Come in! I got your present underneath the tree Spike!"

Spike smiled and took Charisma by the hand and pulled her into the Slayer's home.

Spike sat down on the couch next to Charisma, the couple smiled and laughed as they watched Dawn open up her gifts. "You need to save some for tomorrow." Buffy told her sister, "It's actually Christmas."

Dawn nodded, "I know."

Spike handed Dawn her box and smiled at her eagerness to open it. "You can't open it till Christmas, bit." Spike told her, "Those are the rules."

"But! I don't like rules! They're more like… guidelines anyway!"

Buffy sat down next to Charisma, she looked at the goddess next to her. He seemed so much… happier with her. Then he ever did with her. Plus the girl was gorgeous. Any guy in their right minds would go for her.

"So, Charisma." Buffy started, "How did you and Spike meet?"

Charisma smiled at the blond next to her, "At the Bronze, two days ago." Charisma explained, "He bought me a drink."

"Two days go…" Buffy remembered. Was the night she kicked him out.

"I've only been in Sunny Dale about a week now. Spike's letting me stay with him at his crypt." Charisma explained.

"She's totally cool, Buffy! And she has powers!"

Buffy looked at her, "You're a demon?"

Charisma nodded, "Ice princess."

Spike looked at the Slayer, "A good demon." Spike added, "So keep your bleedin' pointy objects away."

Buffy rolled her eyes, "I'm not gonna hurt her."

"Whose up for a drink?" Spike asked standing and walking into the kitchen.

Buffy found that this time she was the one following him into the kitchen to be alone. "What's this?" Buffy asked.

Spike looked down at his hand, the Mickey Mouse cup. "A cup." He answered.

"I mean… the demon you brought into my house!"

"She told you what she was, she's an Ice Princess."

"What powers do they have."

"She can turn things to ice." Spike explained pouring some lemonade into a cup. "She's got some others. Why?"

"I have a bad feeling about her, Spike."

"That's nice." Spike said grabbing the cup.

"What is she? A weak attempt to make me jealous?" She asked.

"No, actually when I started dating her, you, pet, were the last person that came to my mind."

Buffy looked at him, "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying I love her, and she loves me."

"In two days Spike? That's not possible!" Buffy explained, "Not for you!"

Spike shook his head, "Why not? You think I still dream of a crypt for two? With a white picket fence?" Spike asked, "Not anymore, love. My eyes are clear."

Buffy felt new tears spring to her eyes, this was Christmas! Why was he saying all this, "You can't fall out of love with someone over night, Spike."

Spike shook his head, "Obviously you can, love." He told her, "I did, I don't see why you bloody care. I offered you everything I had and you threw it back in my face." Spike told her. "So, just leave it."

Buffy looked at him and blinked her tears away, "It's a spell." She exclaimed, "Its got to be."

Spike sighed, "No, it's not." He told her, he grabbed the lemonade and walked into the living room handing it to Charisma. She smiled up at him, and when he sat down beside her she snuggled up next to him.

Buffy watched the whole thing. She couldn't do this anymore, She knew he loved her, he used to… What did this girl do to make him fall out of love? What did she do to make him love her… to take him away? She watched as he dipped his head down and caught Charisma's lips in a gentle kiss. The kind of kisses she would never let him give her.

Dawn watched her sister's face as she watched Spike and Charisma. Of course she already knew about the new couple, she didn't think Buffy would care. She was always calling him evil and soulless. So why did the relationship bother her so much?

Magic Box

Buffy walked into the Magic Box and saw Anya at the register counting her money, "Anya?" She said, "I need your help." Buffy told the ex demon, "What do you know about Ice Princess'?"

"Nasty demons." Anya said, "If I were you I'd stay away." Anya put the money back into the register and turned to Buffy, "You don't have to fight one do you?"

"Umm, no, actually… Spike's dating one." Buffy said. "Do… do they have the power to make someone fall in love with them?"

"Yes." Anya told her, "But they only use it when they want to, they make direct eye contact." Anya explained, "Then they get into the male… or females, head."

"So… they're dangerous?"

"Not unless they want to be." She said, "They're aloud to chose, a weather of not they wanna be evil or not." She explained.

Buffy sighed, "So this… demon, she can have Spike under a love spell?"

"Spike's in love with her?" Anya asked, "Lucky guy."

Buffy sighed, she wasn't getting anywhere. She knew that Charisma had Spike under some kind of spell. She just needed to know how to undo it.

TBC…

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