Buffy remained upstairs for some time before going down stairs, she was still slightly flushed but smiled as she saw the scene before her. Some lone phone in the house was ringing and no one could locate it to unplug the damn thing.

"Is it the kitchen?" Spike said as he searched through the pillows on the couch.

"No I unplugged that one!" David said as he looked under another couch.

"It's the living room phone, I'm telling you…" Nick said as he stood in the doorway watching them.

"Ah-ha!" Spike saw a red light flashing in tune with the ringing, it was emanating from a decorative vase. Quickly Spike shoved his hand into the vase and smiled as he grabbed at the phone, "I got it!" That smile quickly turned to the most frightened look anyone could have seen, "My hands stuck… my hands stuck!"

The phone continued to ring and Spike hit the talk button carefully and started to talk to the vase, "I'm sorry to anyone who's on the phone, but my hand is stuck in this vase with you and I'd rather focus on this than your annoying babblings…" Spike clicked off the phone and jumped up and started running as he tried to figure out what to do.

"Calm yourself mate!" David grabbed him, "We can just break it…"

"We are not breaking this vase… its 5,000 quid… we are NOT breaking it…" Spike said giving David a very serious look.

Buffy just stood on the stairs giggling as she watched the men try and strategize what to do. Spike dropped to the ground on his knees, "I'm going to be vase man! Noooooo!"

Eventually they all settled down on the couch and started to think, Buffy joined Spike on the couch and rubbed his shoulder. It was an achingly long brainstorm and no one had any ideas. Suddenly Nick ran into the kitchen and came out with a stick of butter, "We're gonna grease you up like the dirty swine you are!"

Spike frowned, "Just what I always wanted… to be greased up with two guys I think might have a crushes on me…"

They all gathered around the vase as Nick and David greased up Spike's hand. With one good tug Spike's hand was finally free, "Yes!" He picked up the vase and turned it upside down until the phone fell out. He picked it up and walked out to the front porch and threw the phone as far out and away from the house as possible, "Bloody phone…" He frowned and went back inside to wash up.

Dinner time was rounding about and it seemed everyone had fallen into place with Buffy. Spike and she sat on the couch watching the television, his arm was stretched behind Buffy's shoulder on the couch, and they sat in silence.

"Dingalingaling, dinner's almost ready…" David yelled from the kitchen.

"Oh we are having dinner at the table tonight…" Spike jumped up from the couch and started setting the table.

Nick popped out of the bedroom Holly and he shared downstairs, "Since when do we have family dinners?"

Spike huffed a bit, "We have a guest… don't argue…" He set out the place mats and went into the kitchen for the silver wear.

"Show off…" Nick yelled and disappeared into his room again.

David started bringing out plates of food and setting them up on the place mats.

"What's on the menu today, good sir?" Spike said as he put the last glass on the table and sat down, he motioned for Buffy to come and sit down.

David sat down just as Buffy did, "Ummm well, I reckon we have some mashed taters, bit of chicken, and some peas. Nutritious…"

Nick and Holly came out of their room and joined the table, "If you make us say grace I'm gonna hurl…" Holly said as she sat down.

Spike shook his head and poured himself a glass of juice, "Nah… not that cruel, luv… plus in my case... it'd probably be considered sacrilege."

"Oh and you owe me a spa day, mister… you don't have any hair for me to dye for you anymore so in compensation, I get to give you a manicure…" Holly smiled and took a bite of chicken.

Spike groaned and looked at Buffy, "Holly was the one who started me with the hair… and I have been known to walk myself into facials and various girlie activities…" Buffy giggled and took a sip of her drink.

"Oh he's just too nice to say no to me… David is always hidden somewhere in the house… and I would never subject Nick to that…" Nick smiled and gave Holly a kiss.

Buffy smiled, "That's cute… I'll be around, we could have our own little spa day…"

Holly clapped her hands together enthusiastically, "See… this is why you two need to get girlfriends!" She pointed at Spike and David, "Then you wouldn't have to subject yourselves to my torturous doings as a woman…"

Nick started laughing, "Haha… then you'll have to run to the store for both Holly's feminine products and your bird's… haha…"

Spike frowned, "Well if you manned up and did those types of things when your fiancé asks you too, she wouldn't come to her best guy friend and ask…"

"I'm so lucky to have you around, William…" Holly smiled, then turned your attention to Buffy, "So, Buffy… you have a hot piece of teenage man meat for yourself?"

Buffy almost choked on her food; luckily she saved herself, "I-umm… I don't know… I mean there are a couple guys at school who like me…" She glanced over at Spike for a moment, but he seemed to preoccupied with making a volcano shaped mash potato sculpture.

"Aww… well then why aren't you dating some one?" Holly was curious; Nick had neglected to tell her of the incident he saw almost happen.

Buffy sighed, "They're just… boys… not interested in boys… maybe in college… of course a lot of those guys are boys also…" She laughed a little hearing Holly giggle.

Under the table Spike's hand slid onto Buffy's knee and she did her best to try and pay attention to what Holly was saying, "I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"I said, you're completely right, I'm lucky I found Nick when I did… we were both at just the right age and we…" looked at Nick who catapulted a pea at David with his spoon, "Okay, I have the maturity to handle our relationship…"

Buffy laughed and watched as David flung a return attack of mash potatoes, which landed right in Nick's eye. Suddenly Nick grabbed his chicken and smacked David with it, David grabbed a handful of peas and smushed them into Nick's face.

Holly stepped between the two men, "Stop it! You two are done! David, in the bathroom! Clean up. Nicholas, in our bathroom, clean up…" The two men left the table glaring at each other.

Holly sat back down; "This is why we don't have family dinner…" she poked at her chicken for a moment, "I'm just surprised Spike didn't start it…" She heard Nick yelling and got up from the table to help him.

Spike just looked at Buffy and gave her knee a soft squeeze, "Sorry… families…" He shrugged and smiled.

Buffy smiled, "My family was never like that…" She laughed and continued to eat.