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Dawn walked down the stairs. The house was empty. It felt weird. No one to look out for her. "No" she mumbled. This had to be good. No one to boss around her and tell her what's right and what's not. Well, only Faith. And only because she paid the mortgage. And she kind of liked having Faith in the house.
There was a knock on the door. Dawn was a little surprised; it was almost midnight. Faith had a key, and Willow and Tara were staying in a dorm room.
Dawn shrugged a little and walked to the door. She opened it and to her surprise Spike was standing in front of her. "What do you want?" she asked. "I thought I told you we're over" she added.
"No one uses me, luv" Spike said, looking a little angry. He grabbed Dawn and kissed her. He closed the door and pushed Dawn against a wall.
Dawn tried to push Spike off, but he was too strong."Spike, let go of me" she said.
"No" Spike said. He ripped off her shirt and kissed her again.
Tears started to roll down Dawn's face. "No, please," she whispered. "Stop, Spike. Please, stop it!" she yelled as Spike started to take off her bra.
Faith was just passing the house, to go to The Bronze. As she walked past the Summers' house, she heard a scream mixed with a cry. It was Dawn. She ran to the house and burst in. Her eyes widened as she saw what was happening. She quickly pulled Spike away from Dawn and almost lifted him up. She just gave him a very angry look and threw him out of the door.
Dawn had fallen to the floor when Faith pulled Spike away. She was curled up into a ball and just crying. She could not belive what Spike had just done. She always thought that Spike was harmless. Even if he could hurt her.
Faith turned around and looked at Dawn. "Let's get you to your bed" she softly said and picked Daw up. She walked upstairs to Dawn's room and placed the younger girl onto the bed. She pulled the covers over her. "I'll be back soon" she whispered and walked out of the room.
"Don't go," Dawn whispered, but it was too late. Faith was already gone. Dawn buried her face into the pillow and just cried. About everything. She shed all the tears that she hadn't.
Faith walked to Spike's crypt. She gripped the stake hard as she walked. As she got to the crypt she just walked in.
Spike was just watching TV. He felt no regret to what he just did. The girl wanted it. He knew that. They all wanted it.
"Dead-boy" Faith said as Spike turned no attention to her. When Spike still ignored her, she walked to the vampire and lifted him up by his collar. "Did you really think you're going to get away with it?" she asked.
"There's nothing to get away with, pet" Spike said. "I didn't do anything to her" he added.
"Do you know how it feels when someone rips your clothes off while you try to fight him? You scream, but no one cares. You kick him, but he doesn't stop. Then he does all sorts of thing to you, while you're crying. And there's absolutely nothing you can do. And when he does finally get off you, he's grinning. He takes his clothes and say something like 'You could've done better' to you and leaves. And just leaves you onto the floor, crying" Faith said. There was darkness in her voice and eyes.
Before Spike could say anything, she pulled out a stake and staked him.
Faith looked at the pile of ash for a moment and then walked back to the house. She could hear that Dawn was still up, crying. Faith put the stake away and walked upstairs to Dawn's room. "I'm back" she said, as softly as before.
Dawn took her tear-stained face out of the pillow and looked at Faith. She knew what Faith had done. And she was thankful for that. "Could...Could you hold me?" she whispered.
Author's note: I'm sure it's not to clear everyone why Spike could hurt Dawn, but didn't fight Faith. Dawn really wasn't human. And we really didn't see on the show if Spike could hurt her or not. But Faith is fully human.