Chapter 3
Buffy was in her room and looking out the window. She had a nice view of Spike next door washing his car, without a shirt on. She felt bad about watching him, but she figured that it wasn't a big deal if he never found out. "What are you doing?" Buffy pulled away from the window at Harmony's voice.
"Nothing," she said and Harmony wasn't convinced. She walked over to the window and noticed what had Buffy's attention.
"Are you kidding me? You actually have a thing for Spike? You must be crazy if you think he would ever notice you. That's really pathetic, Buffy." Harmony said and Buffy tried not to let her words hurt.
"I wasn't looking at him." Harmony laughed as she shook her head.
"Sure you weren't. If I had that view, I would be looking all day. You're wasting your time, I happen to know that Spike is into me." Buffy really dreaded asking her next question, but she was curious.
"How do you figure that?" Harmony rolled her eyes at how dense her sister could be sometimes.
"Not that it's any of your business, but Megan told me. She said that she overheard Spike talking about me. Her brother works with him. She told me that he said he was crazy about me and wanted to ask me out, but he's not sure how. I figured I would make it easier for him. I plan on making my move at Cordy's party, so you better stay out of my way. You would only get hurt. I mean, it's obvious that Spike has feelings for me. You can tell by the way he looks at me and he's always coming over here. He probably didn't know how to talk to me before because I was so into Ryan. I knew a good thing would come out of him breaking up with me. I'll tell people that I dumped him, of course. I need a real man anyway." She said as she looked back out the window to see Spike stretching. She licked her lips at the sight of his muscles. "Yeah, Spike definitely qualifies." She then turned back to look at the hurt expression on Buffy's face. "Sorry, little sister. You really didn't have a chance anyway." She told her as she left the room. Buffy turned back to the window to see that Spike was no longer there. She sighed as she looked away. Her sister already gets everything, why did she have to get the one guy that Buffy liked?
"She is such a bitch." Buffy looked up at her sister when she said that.
"Watch your language, Dawn." She said and Dawn rolled her eyes.
"Come on, you know she is. Harmony thinks she's so perfect. You're way hotter than she is." Buffy gave Dawn a small smile of gratitude.
"At least I can count on you to make me feel better, even if you're lying." Dawn sat down next to Buffy on the bed and could tell that her sister was near tears. She then wrapped her arms around the older girl and tried to give her what little comfort she could.
"It'll be okay, Buffy. Spike wouldn't really fall for her. He has better sense than that." Buffy nodded as she wiped at her eyes.
"I really wish I could believe that. I guess it was stupid to think that he would ever be interested in me. I actually thought he came over here to see me, but it was to see her this whole time. God, I feel so stupid." She said as she buried her head in her hands. Dawn patted her on the back and then had a grin on her face.
"You wanna move on to phase two? Making Harmony's life miserable should cheer you up." Buffy smiled also and then shook her head.
"As tempting as that is, it's probably not a good idea. Mom would be even more pissed at us." Dawn nodded in understanding and continued to rub Buffy's back.
"She'll get what's coming to her, Buffy. I have a feeling this whole thing is gonna blow up in her face." Buffy looked at Dawn in confusion.
"What makes you so sure?" Dawn shrugged as she thought about what to tell her sister.
"I'm usually good at that sort of thing. I may only be 15, but I've been told that I'm very wise beyond my years." Dawn said and Buffy laughed this time.
"Yeah, you're right about that. Thanks for trying to cheer me up, Dawny. I'm glad someone is on my side." Buffy told her.
"I'd have to be crazy to take Harmony's side. I still think she's adopted." Buffy nodded in agreement.
"You're not alone in that." They both then just sat there in silence.
Buffy walked outside after dinner to get away from Harmony. She was on the phone talking to another one of her ditzy friends about how she plans on seducing Spike. It wasn't something Buffy really cared to hear. She wrapped her arms around herself and realized that it was colder than she thought. She was about to walk back inside to grab a jacket, when she noticed Spike walk over to her. He gave her a smile as he handed her the leather jacket he was holding. "Saw you out here, figured you could use this." She smiled in return as she took the jacket from him and put it on. She was surprised by how well it fit her; it was like he bought it for her. She quickly banished that thought and realized that it was crazy to think about. "So, why are you out here on such a cold night?" He asked her and she shrugged.
"It's colder inside the house." She said referring to Harmony more than the actual cold, but he didn't need to know that. "I just needed to get out for a bit." Spike nodded in understanding and stood next to her. They were both silent as they looked up at the sky. They then noticed a shooting star and Buffy was mesmerized by it. "Cool, I've never seen one before." She said as she continued to look at the sky.
"You should make a wish." He practically whispered in her ear and Buffy felt herself shiver. She only shook her head as she looked at him.
"What would be the point? I never get what I want." Spike moved closer to her.
"Well, there's a first time for everything." He told her and Buffy felt nervous at his close presence.
"Did you make a wish?" She asked and he gave her a smile.
"I don't need to." He replied as he started to walk away.
"Wait, you forgot your jacket." She said and was about to take it off, until Spike stopped her with his voice.
"You keep it. It looks better on you anyway." He said as he headed back to his house. Buffy watched him go and had to smile at what he said. Things were starting to look a little better.