Chapter Two
The next morning Buffy, Dawn, Willow and Anya were sitting at the kitchen table in the Summer's house. Each of them held a mug of hot chocolate between their hands, Anya was still admiring the ring that Xander had given her.
"It was so weird." Buffy was telling them about what had happened. "One moment I was reluctant to even say thank you for saving Dawn's life." She paused to reach across the table to touch her sister's hand. "And then suddenly I was kissing him." She looked around at the expressions on her friend's faces.
Anya was staring at Buffy and had stopped looking at her engagement ring for long enough to become engrossed in the Slayer's confession. Dawn and Willow, however were looking at Buffy with very different expressions. Dawn was keen to know the details whilst Willow's cheeks turned from pink to crimson with guilt and embarrassment, Buffy picked up on this.
"What's going on?" Buffy asked looking and Dawn then Willow and back at Dawn again."
"It was a spell." Dawn answered.
"What!" Both Buffy and Anya exclaimed in unison.
"I'm sorry Buffy." Willow apologised.
"Me too." Dawn seconded. "Don't blame Willow she was only trying to help because I asked her to. It was all my idea."
"But Dawn why?" Buffy asked.
"Can't you see how good you two would be together?"
"He's a vampire!" Buffy exclaimed, Willow broke in before she had thought through what she was going to say.
"So was Angel."
"Yes I know but look how that turned out."
"Maybe you're being given a second chance." Dawn reasoned to an exasperated Buffy.
Tara and Spike were sitting together in the corner of an underground bar talking. Spike had told Tara about how he felt for Buffy and how last night had been a surprise but not an unwelcome one. Tara listened sympathetically to the vampire feeling bad about what she had witnessed last night.
"Well if she feels the same..." Tara stopped not wanting to give Spike false hope.
"The thing is I think it was something demonic or at least wiccan that happened." Spike mused becoming nearer to the truth that he knew.
"You cast a psell to make me fall for Spike?" Buffy demanded.
Willow looked at Buffy her face and eyes showing her uncomfortable embarrassment. She nodded. "We reversed it though."
"Do you want me to thank you?" Buffy replied sarcastically. "What was the point then?"
"To make you see what could happen."
"Right. I can't listen to this anymore." Buffy banged her empty mug down on the table and stormed out of the room.
Anya, Dawn and Willow heard the door slam and looked at each other anxiously.
"I told you it wouldn't work out." Willow sighed.
"But it did work. If she didn't care about Spike, she wouldn't have got so upset would she?" Dawn replied.
Willow groaned. "You don't give up do you?"
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