AN: Dawn's around 19. Lives in her own apartment. And that's basically it. Well, she never had a real realtionship with Spike before; they were just friends. But, of course, she had a crush on him. Yeah, that's all.

Enjoy.


"Dawn, I'm leaving for San Francisco for a week, but I left my half of the rent check on the table. Hope you're okay. And with an empty house, don't do anything I wouldn't do. So that leaves everything open. Love you, girl. See you in a week," her roommate, Shay, said through the answering machine. Dawn rolled her eyes.

"This means you can stay, Spike."

"'Course I'm stayin'. I don't trust him," Spike accused as he pointed his black-painted finger nail at his younger self.

"Me?" William said in an amused voice. "What'd I ever do to you?" he leered.

Spike narrowed his eyes and mocked him

"What'd I ever do to you," he said in a high pitch voice. "I am you. You are me! Do you bloody forget? I know everything that is in your soddin' head! Which is why I don't fucking trust you," he screamed as he threw his arms wildly around. William just gave him a wide grin, which upset Spike even more.

"Why you bloody little ponce."

"Shut up, Spike. He's just playing with you. And William, stop harassing him. You guys are as bad as Xander."

With that knowledge, Spike's eyes widened, but still gave a glare at William. William just gave a confused face, but Dawn told him that it didn't matter. She gave him a wink and he grinned.

"What's planned for tomorrow night?" William asked as he walked over to Dawn and put his arms around her. Spike stared at the couple, obviously jealous. William was sure to flaunt his closeness to the brunette ever chance he got. Right that minute he was slipping his lips down her neck, making her arousal quite known in the air.

"'Donno," she answered with a shrug.

The elder growled then crossed his arms, making sure his sigh could be heard from Dawn's standing. She swatted at William and told him that it was getting late and he should go out and feed before the sun rose. He gave her a quick kiss and left.

"C'mon Spike, let's get you comfortable."

Dawn gave him a tour, showing him the kitchen, bathroom, and bedrooms.

"We have the luxuries. Hot water, a filled fridge, and heating and air, so don't mind if you splurge. The shower is fantastic; we just got a new high pressure/massaging nozzle. You can sleep with me tonight and I'll let William stay in Shay's room since all of his stuff's in there. You won't mind, will you?"

Spike shrugged, but inside he smiled as brightly as he could.

"Mind if I shower?" he asked, while stripping off his shirt.

"Nah, I'm just going to hit the bed."

After his shower, he wrapped the black towel loosely around his waist and walked into Dawn's room. She was sleeping on the left side of the bed, leaving a spot for him. There were a pair of gray sweatpants laying on a chair that were for him. Slipping them on, he checked the other room and saw himself sleeping like a log. It was the first time he ever really got to see himself. Resting his weight against the door case, he studied his former self who apparently still slept naked. He hadn't seen himself since he died. Some odd 200 years ago or so. He looked dead. Closing the door, he went back to Dawn's room and jumped in the bed.

"Missed you," she mumbled as she snuggled closer to him.

"Always miss you, 'bit," he replied while running his fingers through her hair.

"Night, Spike," she mewled and threw her hand on top of him.


I'm stuck on a part in Chapter 13. Anyone want to help me get out of it? aim- novel0city

Anyway, R&R,