Title: Babysitting Duties 6/?
Author: Forsaken2003
Pairing: S/X
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: I own none, all belong to Joss Whedon
Comments: Always welcomed!
Summary: Spike and Xander babysit Dawn for the weekend.
Warnings/Spoilers: Season 5.
Beta'd by: Unbeta'd

Prompt #502 from tamingthemuse- Blatherskite

Note: From now on most of my tamingthemuse stories will be named as the challenge.

The afternoon had been hell on Xander. He knew having girls as he best friends would get him into trouble and Dawn was no exception! While Spike got to stay at the Summers' home to take a nap Xander was off chauffeuring Dawn to the mall… on a Saturday afternoon. Evidently in a previous life Xander had been a bad, bad man.

Dawn had dragged him to multiple stores looking for the perfect outfit. And when she did she informed him that they now needed to go to the shoe store. Fortunately Xander convinced her to stop at the food court to grab a bite to eat before continuing on.

By the time they got home Xander wanted to call it quits and go to bed. But they promised to go to the Bronze. Okay, he promised and boy was he regretting it now. Thankfully when they got home Spike was already on dinner duty. Nothing too filling in case they wanted something greasy and extremely bad for them at The Bronze.

After supper they all took quick showers and by the time the sun had set they were heading out the door. The drive to the Bronze had been a short one and they were early enough that it wasn't packed meaning they managed to snag themselves a pool table with little to no problem.

Xander sat on a chair near the pool table as Spike and Dawn played a game. While they took turns Spike told them a story.

"So there I was surrounded by fifty Chaos demons all ready to see which one of them would get to kill me. But I wasn't going to let that happen now, was I? So with a roar a lion would be proud of I jumped into action. I took down every single one of those bastard without a single scratch on me in the end.

Dawn snorted as she sunk the eight ball. "Spike, you are such a blatherskite."

"I'm not lying!" Spike said insulted. "Xan-pet, you believe me right?"

Xander was just about to stuff a handful of fries into his mouth but paused. He could smell them and they smelt delicious. "Well…"

"What do you mean 'well…'?" Spike asked his eyes narrowed. "You don't believe me, do you?"

Xander placed the fries back into the basket. "It's just… fifty Chaos demons and you didn't even get a scratch? Last week when we were taking care of that nest of ten vampires you got a chair cracked over your head causing blood to drip down your face. So yeah I guess it's a little hard to think your story is true. Sorry, baby."

"Okay, so maybe it wasn't actually fifty Chaos demons," Spike admitted when he realized no one was taking him serious.

"How many was it than, Spike?" Dawn asked as she crossed her arms over her chest. She looked so much like Buffy that it was borderline scary.

Spike lifted his head high and let out a little sniff. "It was five."

They both stared at him. "Why didn't you just say that? I mean I could totally see that happening!" Dawn said annoyed. "I love your stories no matter how much Buffy doesn't like me hearing them but I want true Spike stories."

"I got to agree with Dawn. While I don't like all of your stories, these are the ones I like. Don't go ruining them because you want to impress us. We are already impressed by you," Xander encouraged as he squeezed Spike's hand and smiled at him.

Spike was just about to say something when he was interrupted by a new comer.

"Dawn?" The boy asked.

Dawn turned around and a smile suddenly appeared. "Dylan. Hey!"

"Hey, I didn't know you were going to be here," Dylan said.

"Oh, yeah it was kind of a last minute thing," Dawn replied. "So, are you here with anyone?"

Dylan nodded. "They basketball team is all here. We're celebrating our win tonight."

"The game was tonight? I completely forgot," Dawn rushed her words out. "I really wanted to be there to cheer you on."

"That's okay. We have another game on Friday against the Wild Cats. Maybe you could come and after maybe the two of us could grab a bite to eat or something?" Dylan suggested nervously. Before he came over he had noticed Dawn hanging out with some older guys.

While she was freaking out on the inside Dawn was playing it cool on the outside. "That sounds great."

"Great. I should get back to the team. I'll see you at school on Monday." Dylan waved and went back to his friends.

When Dawn turned back to Spike and Xander she noticed them staring at her. "What?"

"Dawn and Dylan sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g," Xander sang.

Spike smacked Xander's arm and started throwing out questions. "Who is he? Why haven't you mentioned him before? He's on the basketball team? What the twerp couldn't make it onto the soccer team?"

"His name is Dylan Phillips. I haven't mentioned him because you'd go all unbalanced. He's been playing basketball since he was a kid. And you live in America it's called football!" Dawn answered every single question Spike hurled at her.

"Soccer," Spike muttered. "You should have told me you had a crush."

Dawn lifted an eyebrow making Xander think she's been spending way too much time with Spike. "So you could scare him off? So not going to happen. I really like him. And mom's met and has approved. Especially after she had Buffy do "vampire" tests on him."

"He's been over to the house?" Spike growled.

"Spike," Xander cautioned. They didn't need to be gaining the attention of everyone. ""It's fine. Buffy was there, remember?"

Dawn became upset when she noticed Dylan looking over at them. "Can we get out of here? I want to go home."

With a glare at Spike, Xander stood up and grabbed his jacket. "Sure, Dawn. Let's call it a night." When he saw Spike going for his duster Xander stopped him. "Why don't you stay here? You're onion blossom will be ready soon."

Spike wasn't an idiot. He knew exactly what Xander was telling him. Him being around Dawn right now probably wasn't a good idea. "Yeah, sure. I'll see you in the morning, nibblet."

Dawn didn't reply to him and decided to meet Xander by the door.

"We are going to be talking when you get back," Xander said in a low voice. He pecked Spike on the cheek and Spike knew he was in trouble. The two people that he cared about the most were mad at him.