Chapter 10:

Dawn awoke from Spike practically crushing her body against his chest as he slept. It made her feel so protected to be held onto so tightly in his arms. She wished she could stay like this forever...the only problem with that was, she couldn't breathe. She tried to turn to face him, but that only made his hold on her even tighter, as if he thought she was trying to get away.

Dawn elbowed him in the ribs, "Spike, wake up." ...nothing. "Spike! Wake up." she tried again, elbowing him harder.

Spike jerked, but didn't let go of her, "Huh...what...what do you want?" he slurred, still half asleep.

Dawn laughed to herself, he's so adorable when he wakes up...oww! another squeeze, stupid vampire strength, "Spike, you're suffocating me. If you squeeze me any harder, you're gonna crack my ribs."

Spike opened his eyes and lessened his hold on her, "Mmhh, sorry 'bout that, kitten. Didn't mean to hurt you." Didn't realize I was holding her so tight. "Mornin'." he smiled, then leaned in to kiss her.

Dawn kissed him back and instantly, Spike was on top of her. As he kissed her, he was gradually making his way to her neck. When he came to the bite marks he left left the night before, he smiled and placed a light kiss on them. Still can't believe she trusted me enough to let me bite her, she even asked for it. No one's ever done that for me before. He parted her legs with his knee, and settled himself in between her thighs, gently rubbing himself up and down on her, before positioning himself at her entrance and gently started to push inside.

As soon as Dawn realized what happening, she shook her head and stopped him, "Uh uh. Stop." she said, jerking back in pain, making him look at her with a questioning expression. Dawn didn't exactly mind what he was wanting to do, but she was extremely sore from the night's activities to be able to attain any kind of pleasure. Even him barely touching her was hurting.

Spike rolled back over onto his side and propped his head on his arm, looking at her. "What's wrong, luv?" he wondered. Please don't tell me you've changed your mind about us, pet.

Dawn felt her cheeks get heated from embarrassment, "Nothing, it's just that...umm...I'm kinda sore...down there." she answered quietly, looking down.

God, I'm an idiot. Of course she's sore, she was a virgin. And here I am, thinkin' with my other body parts instead of my brain, causing her more pain. "Bloody hell, pet, I'm sorry. Wasn't thinkin'." he apologized.

Dawn shrugged, "It's okay," She smiled, as she moved herself on top of him and slowly crawled down his body, disappearing under the sheet, stopping when her head was right above his hardening member.

Spike kicked the sheet to the end of the bed, just in time to be able to see her grip his length in her small hand. Dawn looked up to meet his eyes, "Is this okay?" she asked nervously.

Of course it's ok. I would be outta my bloody mind if I said no. "Only if you want to, luv." he answered. Dawn grinned, then took an experimental lick before she took the head of his penis into her mouth. Spike fought the desire to lean his head back and close his eyes, instead opted to watch her while she pleasured him. Christ, her mouth is so warm.

Just then, the door to the basement came open. Spike was the first to hear the person approaching. He quickly looked up to see Wood descending down the stairs. Spike immediately alerted Dawn to his presence.

Dawn grabbed for the sheet to cover both herself and Spike as quick as she could.

"Well, isn't this interesting. Buffy asked me to grab some weapons from down here, and I find this." Wood commented as he glared at the two.

Spike grumbled, "You know, it's customary to knock and wait for an invite before barging in on someone." He couldn't believe he had the audacity to still enter when he could clearly see that they were engaged in a private moment.

Wood shook his head in disgust, "I don't understand how someone could degrade themselves like this." he said looking pointedly at Dawn, raking his eyes over her barely covered body.

Dawn pulled the sheet up even higher, "And I don't see how it is any of your business." she spat back at him.

Spike noticed Wood eyeing the bite marks on her neck, and put an arm around Dawn, "Get the bloody hell out of here!" he shouted.

Wood took a few more steps toward the bed, locking eyes with Dawn, "You're disgusting. You let this vampire make you his whore." he said coldly.

Spike had enough at this point. No one was going to talk to his girl like that. Within half a second, Spike was out of the bed and had Wood pinned against the wall by the throat, with enough pressure to make it nearly impossible for him to breathe. "Already told you once, mate, get the hell out. I don't very much like repeating myself. You even so much as look at her again, and I'll rip your bloody throat out." he growled as he threw him into the railing of the stairs, making him fall to the ground.

Wood scrambled up to his feet, If he honestly thinks he can threaten me like that...again, and get away with it, he's got another thing comin'. I'll make him pay for that and for what he did to my mother, and make his little bitch pay as well. Wood thought to himself as he shot the vampire and the girl another look before leaving.

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"That son of a bitch." Spike mumbled under his breath, while pacing furiously with clenched fists, as if looking for something to hit. He then turned to face Dawn, "Bloody wanker, comin' in like that, sayin' those things to you. You a'right, luv?" he asked softly.

Dawn nodded her head, she was mortified beyond belief, not about being with Spike, but having someone walk in on her in that kind of position, "Yeah, I'm fine. God, I must have looked like such a slut."

Spike walked over and bent down in front of her, "Hey now, don't say that. You're not, and if doesn't matter what it looked like to him. What we were doing was between me and you, and he had no right to come in and make judgments."

Dawn took a deep breath, "What if he tells Buffy?" she asked quietly. She was scared that if that happened, Spike would be mad at her. What if he doesn't want her to know about us? What if he wants it to be a secret?

Spike raised his eyebrow and shrugged, "So what? Are you embarrassed of me, pet?" He desperately hope that she wasn't. He remembered how Buffy had felt about not wanting anyone to know about him, and how bad that had hurt. He doesn't like being anyone's dirty little secret.

Dawn's eyes widened, "No, of course not. It's just I don't want you to be mad at me or anything. I figured you wouldn't want her to know." she trailed off, looking down to her hands.

Well, that's different. Instead of her being ashamed of me, she thinks I'm ashamed of her. "Dawn, look at me. I love you, and I don't care if the whole bloody world knows it." he said as he caressed her cheek.

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Not even five minutes later, Buffy was storming into the basement. "What the hell is going on?" she asked furiously to the still naked vampire.

"Bloody hell, does anyone knock around here?" he said looking to the sky for answers, before grabbing for his jeans, "Mind turnin' around and give a bloke some privacy?"

Buffy ignored his comment and marched over to Dawn, yanking her out of the bed by her arm, none to gently, "What the hell is going on?" she repeated in anger.

"Oh, bloody hell, Slayer! What does it look like is goin' on?" Spike asked annoyed.

Buffy let go of Dawn's arm, "How could you do this to me? Either of you?" she asked looking hurt, then glancing back at Spike, "You said you loved me, but if you did, then you wouldn't have slept with my sister."

Spike shook his head and took a step closer to the slayer, "I said that a long time ago, but you were right, I don't love you. I never did, the feelings I had for you weren't real, but what I feel for Dawn is."

Buffy tightened her jaw and studied him, trying to see if he really meant what he said, "And what is that? Do you love her?" she asked in disbelief.

Spike smiled, not a smug smile, but a true smile, "Yeah, actually I do."

"No. No you don't. You're lying. You can't love her. You love me, I know you do! That's why you fought for your soul. To be a better man, for me. So that I could finally love you." she said frantically.

"Oh, come off it, Slayer. I did not get my soul back for you. I never even tried to get the damn thing back, it was an accident. I never wanted the bloody thing in the first place. And I do love Dawn, she is the best thing that has ever happened to me. She has always accepted me for who I am, even before the soul." As much as she had hurt him in the past, and as much as he thought he hated her, he still didn't want to hurt her, but she needed to know exactly where she stood.

A tear slipped down Buffy's face as she nodded in understanding and turned to face Dawn, "I can understand how he could do this to me, but you're my sister, how could you? Were you that eager to hurt me? You knew how I felt about him, and you didn't care." she asked, feeling completely betrayed.

Dawn narrowed her eyes, "The same way you didn't care about how I felt, the entire time you were fucking him? You told me I was wrong to feel for him, to get over it, but it's ok for you to just use him? Like it didn't matter because he didn't have a soul? Is that how you justified betraying me?" Dawn asked, her voice full of anger.

Buffy crossed her arms, "So what, this is payback? I hurt you, so you hurt me? I didn't realize you actually really cared for him, I thought it was just a crush, that you would get over it."

Dawn couldn't believe this, she really didn't have any consideration for my feelings at all. "You thought wrong. An no, this isn't payback, I would never use Spike like that. Yeah, I hated you for what you did, but you're still my sister and I love you and I never wanted to cause you pain."

Buffy shook her head, "Well you did. I hope you're proud of yourself. You're not my sister anymore, never really were to begin with." she said as she turned around to leave.