Chapter 15. Dead friends

When Buffy and Spike came back from patrolling they walked in the house laughing and Willow walked over to them.

"Buffy." She said serious.

"What's wrong?" Buffy started to worry.

"Dawn."

"What? What happened?"

"She's drunk."

"She's drunk?"

Willow nodded.

"Where is she?"

"Up in her room. Or the bathroom."

Buffy sighed and marched up the stairs to Dawns bedroom and then heard the toilet flush and walked into the bathroom. Dawn looked up at Buffy, her eyes were puffy and smelt of sick.

"Why have you been drinking?"

"I went to a party." Dawn said and tried to stand up but put her head down the toilet again and was sick.

"You know not to drink Dawn!"

"Sorry." Dawn said between throwing up.

Buffy crossed her arms. "What is up with you lately."

"You ask me." Dawn got up and washed her face.

"What do you mean?"

"Now Spike is back your more focused on him. Plus you kept me up last night."

Buffy rolled her eyes. "So you do this to get attention?"

Dawn shrugged her shoulders.

"Dawn I love you, I care about you. Things aren't getting bad again. It's just now Spike Is back and has a soul. Things have changed between me and him."

"Do you love him?"

"I do," Buffy said softly.

"Ha I knew it." Dawn laughed and Buffy looked confused. "I know its not going to get bad I just wanted to get it out of you!"

"So why are drinking then?"

"I'm 16 nearly 17! Your telling me you didn't drink."

"You drink again and get the truth out me like that. I'll…I'll take away…Your curfew will be lowered. To 10 o'clock!" Buffy smiled. "HA!"

"Okay, okay I get it. Drinking is wrong, wont happen again. Blah, blah, blah."

"And just tell me if you want to know about Spike. You're my sister I would tell you things. But some things between me and him are private."

"What like last night was in your room?" Dawn laughed. "Because pretty much the people down the block heard."

Buffy pointed at Dawn and walked out back down the stairs.

"How's little sis?" Spike asked her and they both walked into the living room.

"She. She won't be doing it again." Buffy said and sat down on the couch next to Willow.

"She is a teenager. We were like it…Well not me, but other kids were." Willow said.

"We have all been there."

"I got to go to college tomorrow so I'm going to have an early night."

"Night Will."

"Yeah night." Spike said and sat down where Willow was sitting.

"Well then, just looks like its me and you." Spike said.

"I'm gonna go to bed as well. I'm pretty tired."

"Right then." Spike said and got up. "I will see you in the morning."

"That was an invite for you as well." She said quietly and smiled sweetly.

"Was it now?" Smiled Spike.

"Uh huh."

Buffy got up and pulled him close to her and started to kiss him. She wrapped her arms around him and he ran his fingers through her soft hair.

"Your amazing Buffy." He smiled.

"So are you." She replied and grabbed his hand and lead him up the stairs.

Outside there was an old friend of Spikes watching them. "Tut,Tut Spikey your all soulful and giving. Mummys here to stop it." Drusilla laughed and walked into the shadows.