| Dancing Part 8 by Kass Shakespeare Buffy was sitting on the couch, waiting for her sister. Angel had gone out for patrolling. It was already three in the morning and Dawn still wasn�t back. �That�s it,� Buffy said to herself and wanted to look for her sister. She went to the door, grabbed her jacket and was just about to head out as the door suddenly was pushed open and Dawn entered. Her eyes were blurry and red and she looked really bad. �Dawn!� Buffy said and hugged her sister. �What happened?� �Nothing, I-I, Jim and I had a fight,� she lied and wanted to go upstairs to her room. �I know that you met Spike tonight,� Buffy said and folded her arms across her chest. �How do you kn�I mean, no, he wasn�t there.� �Dawn, don�t lie to me. I know he was there.� Buffy looked deep into her sisters eyes. �I have to sleep now.� Dawn turned around but Buffy grabbed her arm. �Dawn, tell me what happened!� her sister ordered. Dawn tried to pull free as the tears were streaming down her face again. �Nothing happened,� she cried. �What happened? Did he do anything�� Buffy suddenly let her sister go and looked at her with wide open eyes, shocked. �Oh my god,� she said and opened the door to head out. �No, Buffy, it�s not what you think,� Dawn shouted after her but Buffy was already running down the street. �Dawn, what is going on here?� Angel, who was suddenly behind her asked. He had come in through the backdoor. �Buffy, she is gonna kill him.� Dawn was sobbing so hard she could hardly speak. �What happened?� Angel asked concerned. �She thinks he�he did something to me.� �Did he do anything?� �No, I swear, he didn�t do anything.� Dawn was desperate. She didn�t want her sister to kill Spike. �I have to go there and stop her.� �No, you can�t go.� Angel held her shoulders and prevented her from leaving. �But, but she will kill him!� Dawn still sobbed. �I will go,� Angel said and quickly headed out. He didn�t know what had happened and why Dawn was crying so hard, but he believed her that Spike didn�t do anything to her. And if Buffy thought he did, the vampire would be dusted in a few minutes. Not that Angel really cared, but after all Spike was kind of helpless with the chip and Dawn for some strange reason seemed to love him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Buffy cursed herself for not asking in which room Spike was. But Dawn wouldn�t have told her anyway so she looked for one with tight closed curtains. It was night and most people closed them but a vampire would take good care that not even a glimpse of light could come through them when the sun would set in less than two hours. Buffy grinned evilly as she found what she was looking for. With a hard kick the door flew open and she looked into the room that was only brightened by the moonlight. �Bob, who is that?� asked the woman, who was lying under a fat ugly man. They both looked at Buffy, who stood in the door, a stake in her hand. �Sorry, wrong room,� she said deeply embarrassed. �The other girl knocked at least,� the man said, still lying on top of his lover. Buffy stopped and looked back at them. �What other girl?� �A pregnant girl. She went to room number 23.� Buffy nodded and quickly headed for that room. �Could you close the door again?� he shouted and Buffy came back, closing the door. �Sorry,� she said again. �Who was that Bob?� the woman asked again. �I don�t know,� he answered. Buffy found the door to room number 23 and proceeded in the same way as with the other one before. With a loud crashing noise it flew open and Spike, who was lying in his bed woke up and looked at her. �Bloody hell, Slayer!� he said. �Can�t you knock?� But Buffy didn�t say a word and rushed to the bed, grabbing the vampire by his shoulders and punched him in his face. �Ow, what was that for?� he asked, holding his bleeding nose. �That�s for touching my sister, you bastard!� she shouted angrily and kept punching him. He shoved her off, causing the chip in his head to be activated and screamed in pain. �Wait!� he shouted. �I didn�t touch her.� �Shut up! I don�t believe you.� Buffy�s eyes were sparkling with anger. �You are gonna die a long and painful death now!� She ran to him and wanted to hit him again but he could jump to the side in the last second. �I swear, I didn�t do anything to her.� Spike was scared. Buffy obviously got something wrong and wasn�t willing to listen to him. And he couldn�t defend himself because of the chip in his head. �You are a liar!� She was furious. A second later she was above him, continuing to beat him up. He would die, he would definitely die now. �Buffy!� they heard a familiar voice from the entrance. �Look who�s here Spike,� Buffy said. Oh bloody hell, now it�s truly over, Spike thought. �Get off of him.� Both Buffy and Spike looked up at Angel, surprised. �What?� Buffy asked. �Get off of him. He didn�t do anything to Dawn,� Angel said. �How would you know?� �Dawn told me and now get off,� Angel ordered. Buffy punched the blonde vampire a last time and then got up. �What did she tell you?� Buffy asked. �She said Spike didn�t do anything to her and that you went to kill him.� Spike spit blood and slowly tried to sit up. �Yeah, I didn�t do anything. She came here and danced for me and tried to sedu�� He paused. �I sent her home.� �Shut up!� Buffy kicked him in the guts and Spike fell back on the floor. �Stop that Buffy!� Angel sounded angry. �Why should I? He tells me lies about my little sister seducing him?� She faced Spike again. �You are really sick!� �Maybe we should listen what he has to say first,� Angel suggested. Buffy shot him a surprised look. �I am NOT listening to this jerk telling some shit about my little sister.� �She is not so little anymore.� Angel looked at the terribly beaten up vampire on the floor. �This is too much Buffy, he can�t defend himself. You went too far.� �You dare telling me I went too far?� Buffy was in rage. �I think this�this�� She pointed to Spike, �asshole is the one who went too far.� �Bloody hell, I didn�t touch her. Well I did, but she wanted it.� Spike bit his tongue. Did he really say that? Buffy kicked him again and Angel grabbed her arm, pulling her away from Spike. �Let me go!� she screamed. �No, not until you calm down.� She shook him off. �I will not calm down. Not when it�s about my sister.� �Buffy stop, or I swear I�.� Angel said seriously. �Or you what? You hit me?� �No, I didn�t mean�� �Yes you did.� �Buffy stop!� he yelled. He glared at her and then went over to Spike, kneeling beside him. �Now you tell me what exactly happened or I will beat you up, Spike.� Spike tried to sit up again. His whole body hurt and he felt very uncomfortable, especially when he had to tell them what happened. Buffy wouldn�t like to hear it. �Okay, but promise you wont punch me again,� he said to Buffy. �I wont promise anyth�� But Angel shot her an angry look and motioned her to be quiet. �I watched her dancing tonight. Then I left and she was upset.� �Why did you leave?� Angel asked. �Have you ever seen her dancing? I mean�Slayer, you shouldn�t allow that your sister goes to this club. What they are doing there is way beyond dirty dancing.� Buffy just growled angrily. Spike had never seen her so furious before. �Well, she came to my room then and,� Spike already saw fists flying to his face if he continued to talk. �And what?� Angel asked. �Well, she danced for me and tried to�seduce me.� �Spike, if you are lying I swear I am gonna rip you to pieces!� Buffy threatened. �Why would I bloody lie? But maybe you ask your sister first what she was doing her.� �Okay, what happened then?� Angel wanted to know. �I sent her home. That�s all, I swear, nothing happened.� He decided to leave out the part where he found out she was still a virgin. �Nothing?� Buffy was now standing beside him again. �No,� the vampire said and Buffy kicked him again. �Liar!� �Buffy!� Angel glared at her. �Okay okay, we kissed,� Spike confessed, holding his aching stomach. �Thanks, that�s all we need to know.� Angel got up and dragged Buffy to the door. �Let me go!� Buffy said, still angry and shook him off. �Buffy, what the hell got into you?� �What the hell got into me? What the hell got into you to defend him?� Angel shook his head. �I think you can�t think clear because your motherly instincts towards your sister make you act all crazy.� �I can�t believe you�re on his side,� she said angrily. �This isn�t about on whose side I am. You overreacted Buffy.� �Leave me alone.� Buffy turned her back to him and ran away. Angel sighed and headed home. He hoped she would calm down soon and see things more clearly in the morning. As Angel entered the house, Dawn was sitting on the stairs, her arms wrapped around her knees. �Did she kill him?� she asked through tears. �No,� Angel sat down on the first step. �Where is she?� �I don�t know,� he answered. �What happened?� Dawn asked worried. �When I came to the motel, Buffy was beating him up.� Dawn looked up at Angel with red eyes. �He�s gonna be okay,� Angel tried to calm Dawn. �I can�t believe she wouldn�t listen to me and went to kill him,� Dawn said angrily. �She wants to protect you. After all you are her little sister,� Angel explained. �But I am almost twenty and she treats me like a baby, everybody does.� �For her you will maybe always be the baby, especially after your mother died.� �Buffy is not my mother, she is my sister and only five years older than me but she acts as if she was forty or something.� Dawn sighed. �And how should I ever grow up if everybody treats me like a small kid?� �Maybe it takes longer,� Angel said. �But you should be glad that you don�t have to grow up so fast. Buffy had to, faster than was good for her because being the Slayer means a lot of responsibility and maturity.� Angel made a pondering face. �Although she really didn�t act very mature tonight.� �Is Spike really gonna be okay?� Dawn asked concerned. �Yes, he will be okay. You are really in love with him, aren�t you?� Dawn nodded. �I think I am.� Angel sighed. �Buffy won�t like to hear that. She already went crazy when she heard you would meet him.� �That�s what I was gonna ask next, how did she find out?� �Anya accidentally told us at dinner,� Angel answered. �Oh no, I am so gonna kill her!� �Shall I help you?� Angel offered, smirking and Dawn laughed briefly. He caressed her cheek and smiled. �It�s so much better seeing you smiling than crying.� Dawn reminded him on his own sister. She had been much younger than Dawn when she died, when he had killed her. He regretted that he never had the chance to see her grow up. �I am scared, Angel,� Dawn said. �Scared of what?� �How is this supposed to go on? I mean Buffy will never tolerate that I am in love with Spike.� �She will have to,� Angel said simply. �And I, I don�t even know if he wants to be with me. This was already the second time he pushed me away.� �He said he sent you home, is that right?� Angel asked. �Yes. I am so embarrassed. I shouldn�t have�.� She hesitated and looked away from Angel. �He said you wanted�� He didn�t want to make her feel ashamed but had to know if Spike really had told the truth. �You danced for him?� Dawn turned red. �God, I am so stupid. I threw myself to him like a whore and he sent me away.� �He�s more of a gentleman than I thought,� Angel said surprised. �I can never look him in the eyes again after that,� Dawn said ashamed. �Why not? If he feels the same way for you like you for him there should be no problem.� Dawn raised an eyebrow at him. �Are you encouraging me to give this relationship with Spike a try?� �No.� Angel frowned. �Well, yes. I don�t know. You should just be sure he won�t hurt you.� �I�m not so sure about that, that�s the problem.� Dawn pondered. If Spike was just interested in using her he would have done it already. He said he wanted her but sent her home after he had found out that she was a virgin. Maybe he really cared about her that much and wanted it to be right for the first time. �It�s almost day. You should get some sleep,� Angel said and got up. �I want to wait till Buffy comes home.� �Maybe that isn�t a good idea. She will still be upset and needs to clear her mind.� Angel gave Dawn his hand and pulled her up. �You�ll better go to bed. I will wait for Buffy.� �Okay.� Dawn nodded and smiled. �Thanks Angel.� �For what?� �For listening.� Angel watched as she went upstairs to her room and then sat on the couch in the living room, waiting for Buffy to come home. When Dawn got up only four hours later she found Angel asleep on the couch. She hadn�t been able to sleep properly after all that happened the last night. Dawn went to Angel and pulled the blanket which was only covering his feet over him. Buffy still wasn�t at home and Dawn was worried. In that moment the door was opened and Buffy came in. She looked tired and horrible. Dawn didn�t say a word and they both just looked at each other silently. �Buffy, we have to talk,� the younger sister finally said, folding her arms in front of her chest. Buffy sighed. �I think we do.� �Why didn�t you listen to me first before you went to beat up Spike?� �I thought he had done something to you. You came in, looking totally miserable and were crying, I thought he�� Buffy sighed again. �How could you even think that? He saved my life five years ago, why would he do any harm to me now?� Dawn asked. �And besides that, even if he wanted, he couldn�t hurt me physically because of the chip.� Buffy really had forgotten that. �I didn�t think so far. I was just so angry and worried.� �Will you always do that?� Dawn asked. �Do what?� �Going and beat up my lovers?� �Lover? I hope he isn�t your lover,� Buffy was upset again. �He isn�t,� Dawn answered, �not yet. But I am in love with him.� �Dawn, you don�t know what you are saying. He is a vampire!� �I know that Buffy, I am not stupid.� Dawn was annoyed. �But you are still so young, so inexperienced,� Buffy said. �I am older than you were when you fell in love with Angel.� �But Angel has a soul, that�s a difference. Spike has no conscience and he will only use you.� �If that�s what he wanted he would have done it by now. He sent me home. I wanted to sleep with him, he didn�t. And now I will go and look after him.� Buffy put her hands on her ears. �I don�t want to hear about that, you are not going to see Spike.� �You can�t forbid it Buffy. I am old enough to make my own decisions,� Dawn said. �Then why are you making the wrong ones?� �Do you really want to see me unhappy, Buffy?� Dawn asked seriously. �Oh my god, Dawnie, everything I want is that you are happy.� She wanted to hug her sister but Dawn pulled away. �Then let me go.� She folded her arms across her chest again. �I just don�t want you to get hurt, that�s all,� Buffy said honestly. She hugged Dawn and this time she returned the hug. �It�s so hard to realize that you are a big girl now. I just feel like I have to protect you.� �And I am glad you do but you have to let me live my own life, and maybe make my own mistakes.� Dawn pulled free from the embrace. �I won�t stay long. I just want to see if he is all right, which he most likely isn�t after your visit last night.� Buffy nodded. �But tell him from me, this was just a preview of what I am gonna do with him if he hurts you.� �I will,� Dawn said and headed out. Buffy sighed deeply and went to the living room where Angel, now awake, was sitting on the couch. He had heard the whole conversation. �Hey,� he said calmly. �Hey,� she replied. �I know this was hard for you,� he said and got up. Buffy just sighed again. �I really overreacted, didn�t I?� �Yes you did, but you only wanted to protect her.� �And I almost killed Spike although he didn�t do anything. God, how am I supposed to make that up again?� �Just talk first and then act the next time,� Angel suggested and took her hand into his own. �I am so sorry,� she said and leaned against his chest, wrapping her arms around him, as the tears began to stream from her eyes. �It�s okay,� Angel said and kissed her forehead. �It�s okay.� |