DISCLAIMER: I don't own the rights to Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, or the people and places therein. I also do not own the character of Lucy Hannover. I've borrowed them to write this fiction, which is just that and not a way to try to steal money from Joss and company.
Now--Inside Spike's Room
"Dawn, I'm sorry," Spike told her after he'd shut the door.
"Huh?" Dawn had been expecting just about anything but that from him. "Sorry for what?"
"What do you mean for what? I'm sorry for how I treated you earlier." Spike put his hands on Dawn's shoulders. "You didn't do anything to deserve that. I wasn't angry with you."
"I know that." She pulled him into a hug. "Don't worry, Spike. I forgive you."
"Thanks." His eyes widened suddenly. "I didn't hurt you did I?"
The teen shook her head. "Nah. Just scared me a lot. You looked really pissed off."
Spike nodded somberly. "I was. She'd been drinking--did you know about that?" Dawn nodded, and he continued. "And then she ran off like that, alone and not all sober. It was like she was running from me, like it used to be, and that …it was just too much."
"She was just majorly freaked that you were back. She wouldn't have run if she'd seen you after she got inside."
"I know that, Bit. But it still hurt."
Now--Inside Spike's Room
"Dawn, I'm sorry," Spike told her after he'd shut the door.
"Huh?" Dawn had been expecting just about anything but that from him. "Sorry for what?"
"What do you mean for what? I'm sorry for how I treated you earlier." Spike put his hands on Dawn's shoulders. "You didn't do anything to deserve that. I wasn't angry with you."
"I know that." She pulled him into a hug. "Don't worry, Spike. I forgive you."
"Thanks." His eyes widened suddenly. "I didn't hurt you did I?"
The teen shook her head. "Nah. Just scared me a lot. You looked really pissed off."
Spike nodded somberly. "I was. She'd been drinking--did you know about that?" Dawn nodded, and he continued. "And then she ran off like that, alone and not all sober. It was like she was running from me, like it used to be, and that …it was just too much."
"She was just majorly freaked that you were back. She wouldn't have run if she'd seen you after she got inside."
"I know that, Bit. But it still hurt."
