A/N:As I mentioned in the first chapter I completely re-structured this story, due to the problems some people had with the dialogue. I hope people find this easier to understand. Also some bad news, Ihave to go away to to somewhere with no computers, so updates for the next week or two will be impossible. Belive me, noone is more upset then me! I will try my hardest to find a way though, but I cant promise anything! Thanks to all those who have read this story, you are the BEST! And those who review? EVEN BETER!

Disclaimer: Choose from the various sarcastic comments in the last chapters, all of which will tell you that I own nothing.

Buffy gulped. Right now, for the first time in a long time she was actually scared. She had no idea what Dawn was planning to do with this mistletoe but she was all too aware of her little sister's vivid imagination.

Dawn was just grinning. She couldn't believe it when she had found it but now, she was thanking God that she had. This would be the perfect way to get Tara and Willow back together, and she could have a little fun in the process. The problem was, what would be the best way to go about it?

Spike looked at Dawn's mischievous grin to Buffy's terrified face. He knew that he should let this go, Buffy had done something nice for him by siding with him against Xander and he wanted to show his appreciation for that. But this was just to tempting. What the hell he thought, guess I must still have some evil in me after all. Oh well, here goes nothing.

"Dawn, what exactly do you plan to do with that?" Spike asked innocently.

Buffy looked at Spike as he said those words and she knew instantly that he wasn't going to make this easy for her. Stupid idiot, she thought. This is the thanks I get for backing you up?

"Dawn maybe you should put that away, I mean there aren't any real couples here anyway, well apart from Xander and Anya and Anya isn't even here yet." Buffy told her sister in a kind but firm tone.

Spike glanced at Buffy. Right, he thought, there aren't any real couples here? We'll see about that.

"Oh I don't know Buffy, seems the bit here might have found us a little bit of fun, besides, where's the harm in mistletoe?" Spike grinned at Buffy as he said this.

Buffy felt like punching Spike. He's so arrogant she thought, and he knows that this is going to bug me.

Dawn looked from Spike to Buffy. What was going on there? Seemed like they were having a silent battle.

Willow came in the room. "Hey guys, the upstairs is done. And the tree looks great you guys"

"Yeah it would do if it had a star on top" Xander mumbled.

"What was that?" Buffy asked Xander innocently. Xander took the hint and shut up.

"Come on, everyone in the living room, I've just thought of this great game we can play" Dawn said eagerly.

Everyone just looked at each other. All of them except Spike looked unsure.

"Oh for God's sake, it won't kill you to have a little fun you know" Spike almost accused them.

"Fine. I'll play but just don't tell Anya, she'll kill me" Xander said a little scared.

"Whipped" Spike said as he coughed very unrealistically.

"You know that would work if you actually breathed" Xander retorted glaring at Spike.

"Come on let's just stop sniping at each other and get on with it" Willow said rolling her eyes.

" I don't know…" Buffy trailed off.

"What? Everyone else is willing to do it right? What's your problem?" Spike shot at her, knowing he had her cornered.

Buffy looked at all of them and sighed. She just hoped this wouldn't turn out how she was dreading. She got up and followed everyone else as they went into the living room with Dawn. Spike and Dawn sat on the sofa and Willow and Tara sat on the floor next to each other, throwing little smiles at each other. Dawn noticed this and her grin got wider. This was going to be fun she thought. Xander went and sat in the armchair. As Buffy was the last in she was forced to sit next to Spike. Their finger's touched for an instant but it sent shivers down both of their spines. Dawn got up and stood before them all.

"Ok so basically here is how the game goes. We put the mistletoe above the doorway and we pick one person to stand underneath it. Then every person has to say one thing they think that person would like for Christmas. If they get it right, then they get to stay sitting down but if they get it wrong they have to give the person a full kiss" Dawn emphasised the word full and looked at Willow and Tara.

Spike's mind was racing. A full kiss eh? Well, he thought, I think I am currently experiencing selective amnesia.

Buffy's mind was also working furiously. What did Spike want for Christmas? Blood? She was dammed if she knew. She would just have to pray that he wasn't picked.

"So who's going first?" Spike said trying hard to suppress a grin.

" I vote Willow should go first" Dawn said, praying that everyone else should agree.

"Oh I don't know Dawnie…" Willow looked worried, what if she had to kiss Spike?

"Tough, I am the mistletoe holder so I make the rules" Dawn stood with her arms folded, with her version of a resolve face.

Willow sighed and got up. All she could hope was that Tara had forgotten what she wanted. Dawn stuck the mistletoe on the top of the doors in the living room. She grinned at Willow before sitting down.

"Ok who wants to go first?" Dawn asked. "Buffy?"

"Ok, I think Willow wants some new clothes for Christmas". Buffy said smiling at her friend. She hoped she was right, she hadn't been paying much attention to her friend lately.

Thankfully, Willow smiled to indicate that Buffy was right.

Dawn looked excited. "Xander?"

Xander thought for a moment. "Oh I know, you want a new psych book, you told me you highlighted all over your last one." He chuckled slightly.

Again Willow smiled. Dawn then looked nervously at Spike. "Um, Spike?"

Spike was trying desperately to think of things that Willow might like, unfortunately most of them were R rated considering her relationship with Tara. Then, he had an idea. " A broomstick?"

Buffy looked at Spike and felt like rolling her eyes. Wow Spike, can you say STEREOTYPE? Still, it beat him having to kiss Willow. She almost shuddered at the thought. Judging by the look on everyone else's faces, they agreed with her.

Willow considered not letting Spike off with that, but then she saw Tara's face and she quickly smiled at Spike. Spike looked relived. Dawn was practically bouncing. She really hoped that this worked out.

"Tara?"

Tara looked at Willow and she smiled at her. "I can't think of a thing she would like"

Willow broke into the hugest grin at this; it was almost big enough to match Dawn's. Tara got up slowly and went over and kissed Willow softly. Dawn was just ecstatic and both Buffy and Xander looked uncomfortable. Spike was just sitting back and enjoying the show, until Buffy hit him lightly. Spike just winked at her.

Willow and Tara broke apart and smiled at each other. Without saying anything they both went over and sat down holding hands. Dawn felt like singing, she had done it! She knew she had taken a HUGE gamble because they might not have been in the right place yet but after seeing the way Tara smiled at Willow when she first got here, Dawn knew she was doing the right thing.

"Ok who's up next?" Willow said almost in a daze she was so happy. This is what she had wanted for so long, and now she finally had it. She was not going to screw it up this time; she wouldn't use magic until Tara trusted her with it again. But even if she didn't, with Tara here, Willow felt she could walk on water without using so much as a single spell.

Buffy shifted around in her seat uncomfortably, she was praying harder then she ever had in her life that her or Spike wouldn't be picked next. As much as her and Spike had a history together, she didn't know anything about him, and for once that wasn't going to work in her favour.

"I vote for Buffy" Spike said smirking.

"You think we can't see through that dead boy? You just wanna get your hands all over Buffy. Like you'd know what she would want for Christmas" Xander practically snorted.

Spike just continued smirking and all of a sudden it occurred to Buffy that Spike might know what she wanted, but was just not going to say anything. At that moment, Buffy had never ever in her life wanted to beat the crap out of Spike more.

"You going up next?" Dawn asked Buffy.

Buffy said a thousand prayers to every God in existence and got up like she was going to her execution. Boy, she thought, I feel real sorry for the vampires I meet tonight INCLUDING Spike. She shot him a death glare and tried to send him a telepathic message. If you screw this up I will strangle you with your own nervous system. She just hoped he would get it.

"Ok, so let's start with…" Dawn looked around the room. She was kinda bored now Willow and Tara had got back together, so know she was looking to have fun. Xander? She thought, nah, that's just gross and I don't want to choose Willow or Tara so I guess that leaves…

"Spike?" Dawn said looking innocently at Spike, trying not to laugh at her sister's face, which had just turned several shades of green. Spike on the other hand was at that moment deciding what kind of present he could get for Dawn for doing this for him.

"Hmmm, what would Buffy like for Christmas?" Spike asked out loud pretending to think.

Xander was just watching him fists clenched. He really hoped that Spike's stalking habits had paid off and he somehow knew, because there was no way he was letting Spike kiss Buffy. Just then, Xander caught a glimpse of Buffy's face and he relaxed, he didn't need to do anything. Buffy looked like she was going to kick Spike's ass just for being picked.

"You know what? I have no idea what Buffy would like, isn't that weird?" Spike said with mock realisation.

Dawn felt like giggling, she, like everyone else in the room could see straight through that, especially since at Spike's request she had told him what Buffy wanted.

"Dawn I think we should give someone else a go, maybe we should ask Willow next?" Buffy hoped that her sister and Willow would get the message.

Unfortunately, Dawn was not on her side. "No, no Buffy, you know the rules. Because Spike didn't know he has to kiss you" She grinned.

Spike went to get up but Xander intervened. "You are soo not kissing Buffy"

"Xander, it's the rules, and unless you want Anya to know you played this game then I suggest you shut up" Dawn said as she glared at him.

Xander looked at Dawn shocked. "You would'nt"

"I would". Dawn had a wicked gleam in her eye similar to the one Spike was currently wearing and Xander shut up. Buffy on the other hand looked at Xander like he was a lifeline that had just been pulled away from her.

Spike got up and went over to Buffy. He grinned at her and before she had a chance to protest he kissed her. As soon as his lips met hers the rest of the room melted away. Buffy felt the huge need that Spike awakened in her whenever he was near burn through her. At that moment, she didn't care that the most important people in her life were watching a live show of her darkest secret. All she cared about was getting more of Spike.

Spike was on fire. He was kissing her which was always amazing but now he had the exact right audience, actually considering where their hands were going, maybe Dawn wasn't the best audience, he thought. He could feel Xander's eyes burning a hole in his back but that just made him pull her in closer. She moaned in his mouth and pulled him in further too.

Dawn just stood there like a goldfish. Buffy and SPIKE? She knew that Spike loved Buffy but this… by the looks of things that love wasn't unrequited any more. Dawn looked around at Willow who was wearing a similar expression while Tara just looked embarrassed but not shocked, Does this mean that Tara knew? Dawn wondered. She looked at Xander and almost burst out laughing, he was looking at Buffy and Spike who were STILL kissing in a very NC-17 way like he either wanted to throw up or burst into a fit of rage. The result was a face that looked like it was being wrung out to dry.

Buffy and Spike finally pulled apart so she could breathe. It took a few minutes for them to break apart as Buffy's head was still spinning. The look on Xander's face brought her sharply back to reality.

"Err Buffy? Is there something you want to tell us?" Willow said still looking shocked.

Buffy just looked at her friend at wished the ground would swallow her whole. Judging by the look on Xander's face this was not going to be pretty.

SO...what do you think? Good? Bad? Tell me! I feel like Buffy (although not in the i-dont-want-to-kiss-Spike way!) I need a lifeline! Your reviews will help me through this... and who knows? I might just come back with the whole story finished!