She lied her head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her.
Tell me…
"Tell you what, love?" He asked stroking her hair.
"Never mind" Dawn said as if it wasn't that important to her. But it was.
Tell me you love me…
"I will, bit, I will" he softly said. But he didn't say the words. Which made Dawn feel insecure.
"You will have to go," she said all of a sudden, standing up and gathering her clothes. Spike looked puzzled
"Why?" he asked.
"Because somebody is going to be home soon," She tried hard to repeat the words that she had just said in her head so Spike wouldn't hear anything else but that.
She put on underwear and a spaghetti banded pink top.
"Who are you trying to fool now, love?" He asked with a tone of anger in his voice.
"What?" Dawn shrugged her shoulders
"You're hiding,"
"It's not so much fun when you're able to look inside my head!" She defended herself. "I just lost all of my privacy!" She crossed her arms over her chest closing herself to him once again.
"Maybe there's a bloody reason why I'm able to"
This triggered a waterfall of thoughts.
Get out… Get out! Get out! Get ouuuuut!
I hate you.
You don't even love me anyway.
You can't even get these words out of your fanged mouth.
Why would I trust you? I hate you!
All you really want is Buffy.
I'm not good enough…
I'm not good enough
Her body started to shake as she finally broke down crying. She turned away from him.
Great,
Now look what you've done…
Get out of my head!
She suddenly felt two strong arms around her waist. She tried to get out of them, but the grip was too tight.
"Dawn, you're gonna listen to me very carefully now," Spike said in a low voice that was almost too calm for his being.
"I don't know how thoughts like this creep up in that pretty little head of yours, but you are way of base. This doesn't revolve around Buffy anymore, love. It's you! Get the thought of you not being good enough out of your head immediately. You are outstanding!" He paused "And I know that you don't hate me," He placed his hands on her shoulders and turned her around. He placed his hand under her chin so she was forced to look him in the eyes.
"And when I feel ready I will say it" He cupped her cheeks into his hands and gently brought her face closer to his. He leaned in for a deep kiss. It made Dawn skip her breathe for few seconds.
But how could you love me?
Not too long ago all I was is energy.
He kissed her more passionate holding his hand on the back of her neck.
When they broke apart she looked dazed at him.
"I can hear it's gone finally more quiet in there" he pointed his finger at her head. But till his surprise she frowned at him.
"No, actually it isn't. I was just thinking things"
This time it was Spike's turn to frown.
It looked like the mind-reading gift he had been given had disappeared as quickly as it had come…
A/N: Ohhh where did it go?