A Rocking Birthday Chapter 10: Dawn finally get's to sing!, a buffy: the vampire slayer fanfic

"Buffy?" Dawn called as she knocked on Buffy's bedroom door.

"Come in" called Buffy as she quickly wiped her eyes.

"Hey" smiled Dawn gently as she entered. "How are you?"

"I'm fine" smiled Buffy unconvincingly.

"Mmmhmm" agreed Dawn. "You sang a song about it, didn't you!" she exclaimed.

"About what?" avoided Buffy.

"Your feelings for Spike"

"I don't have any feelings for Spike"

"Buffy, it's about time you stop pretending. Tell me, when do you feel safe and loved most?"

Buffy paused and sighed. "When I'm with him"

"Exactly" smiled Dawn. "I think you're lucky, at least you have somebody. I don't have anyone"

"You've got me" smiled Buffy.

"That's not what I meant and you know it. Besides, it doesn't always feel like it"

"I'm so sorry Dawnie; I don't mean to go out so much…"

"I know, but just imagine if Spike lived here. You'd spend so much more time here"

Buffy thought about it, it was true. So having Spike with her would make two people happy. 'This is starting to become an option' thought Buffy.

"You'll find a guy of your own Dawn" smiled Buffy to change the topic.

"It's just so annoying" sighed Dawn. "I mean:"

Dawn:

Where have all the good men gone

And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules to fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and I turn and I dream of what I need

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
and gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasies
Somewhere just beyond my reach

There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night
he's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast
and he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I can swear that there's someone somewhere watching me
Through the wind and the chill and the rain
and the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood

"Wow, that was so cool!" cried Dawn as she bounced up and down with the left over energy. "I never got to sing last time!"

"Well you sang really well" laughed Buffy.

"Yeah, and you were great as backing vocals" grinned Dawn. "You going to come back down now?" she asked cautiously.

"Yeah" grinned Buffy as they hugged before walking downstairs.