| TITLE: The Last of the Sunnydale Gang (tLotSG) Chapter 11 AUTHOR: Inquisitive One EMAIL: [email protected] or [email protected] RATING: PG-PG13 DISTRIBUTION: Sooner or later my site http://www.angelfire.com/tv/inqstive1sfanfiction and any lists I send it to. If you want it let me know. TIMELINE: Takes place after season finale then goes off into its own universe, so if you haven't seen the finale and don't want to know what happened then don't read. SUMMARY: Dawn and Spike are the only two left of the Sunnydale Gang. _____________ Chapter 11 THAT NIGHT "Spike what time will my Dad be here?" Dawn asks "His flight gets in after nine. He should be here around 10:30." "We should make up the guest bed." Dawn mutters "Its done." Spike assures "Just relax Dawn" "I can't. I'm going to see Daddy for technically the first time ever." Dawn paces she stops in her tracks looking at Spike "Are we going to tell him the truth about me? About Buffy?" "If we need too." "He won't understand. Mom was easier to understand because of her tumor. The others were because they understood the supernatural. He doesn't never did." she continues pacing "Dawn relax take a deep breath." Dawn looks at him "You don't breath" she teases Spike rolls his eyes "C'mere luv" he holds out his arms Dawn crawls onto his lap "Ugh I'm getting so fat soon I won't be able to sit on your lap 'cause I'll crush you" Spike chuckles "That'll never happen I'm a vamp luv. You crush me all I need is to drink some blood and back to normal" Dawn laughs "Funny." she sighs "Spike what are we going to explain to Dad that you're a vampire?" "Maybe we won't have too." "Spike the apartment is always dark. There's blood in the refrigerator. You don't go out during the day." "I put the blood in the back of the fridge. We'll tell your father I've got a sun allergy." "OK. Thought this all out" she teases Spike smirks "Comes with livin' amongst humans" "Uh hum... Key?" she reminds pointing to herself "Just in human form" "And such a sexy form it is" Spike purrs stroking her middle Dawn giggles kissing him "Thanks" 9PM: THE AIRPORT Tall, sandyhaired Hank Summers steps out of the terminal looking around he searches for his youngest child when he notices a man in a suit and tie holding up a sign 'HANK SUMMERS' shouldering his bag Hank walks over to the man "I'm Hank Summers" The man nods "I'm to take you to Mr William's home. Do you have any other luggage?" "No" "Come this way. The cars waiting out front." Hank nods following the chauffer out to the waiting car. THE APARTMENT Spike is finishing up with some work on the computer when the doorbell rings "Dawn your father's here." he calls standing he heads to the door opening it to find Hank Summers standing there. He surpresses a growl at the scent of anger radiating off the man. Startled at the sight of the peroxide blond man before him dressed in black Hank glares at him "Where's my daughter?" he demands Spike sighs needlessly "Come on in." he steps aside allowing the 'older' man to enter. "She should be out in a minute" "Who exactly are you? And why is my daughter living with you?" "Name's Spike." "Dad don't give Spike the third degree" Dawn says softly the two turn to see Dawn standing in the doorway of the bedroom. "Mom and Buffy asked him to take care of me." she walks to Spike's side giving the vampire a small smile "And he has." "Where have you been?" Hank demands "For these last five years I've thought you were dead. You should have called me." "We didn't know where you were" Dawn retorts "My secretary could have reached me" Hank argues "Which one? the one you were off in Spain with? Or the one who never gave you the messages Buffy left after Mom got sick. You disappeared Dad. Spike was the only one I had to count on when Mom first got sick and Buffy was too wrapped up in her boyfriend." "Then how is it you managed to find me?" Hank asks "I had some people keep their ears open. When they told me you were back in the country I told Dawn. It was her decision whether or not she wanted to tell you where we were" "You had been gone for over a year Dad. You didn't even know Mom and Buffy were dead." "You were 14 too young to be living with on your own." Hanks says "I wasn't alone. I had Spike." Dawn argues then at the anger flashing in her father's eyes she continues "And no we didn't have a sexual relationship... not until just before my 18th birthday." "I'm your father, I have every right to worry and know where you are." "Dad" Dawn begins then winces "Dawn you OK?" Hank asks seeing the look on his daughter's face Dawn nods rubbing her side "She's not use to big emotions" "Nibblet you need to calm down." Spike says ushering her over to the couch he helps her sit. Dawn smiles at Spike "I know." she snuggles against Spike holding his hand tightly. She looks at her father "Dad I know this is all a surprise." "Spike" Hank says coldly looking at the man beside his daughter "didn't tell me much when he called." Dawn nods "I know." "You have questions ask away mate" Spike offers "Who exactly are you?" Hank demands Spike looks at the man "William Branford. Everyone calls me Spike." "Why?" Hank asks Spike shrugs "Had a thing for railroad spike's when I was younger." Dawn bites back a giggle. "Had a big collection of 'em so blokes started callin' me Spike" "Where are you from?" "London." "How is it you became friends with my daughters and ex-wife?" "Buffy used to date one of Spike's friends.." Dawn replies "Peaches wasn't my friend. He was a bloody ponce" "Spike I liked Angel so no insulting him." Dawn smacks his arm "Angel? The one Buffy cried over for weeks?" Hank demands "Peaches always did incite tears." Spike snickers "Anyway Spike came back after his girlfriend dumped him" "Dru didn't dump me" Spike argues "You were lusting after someone else" Dawn retorts "I thought we agreed never to bring that up?" Spike snaps "Then behave." Dawn looks back at her father "Sorry he's trying to cut back on his smoking its making him a little cranky." she sighs shifting "Anyway when he came back he started hanging around the house and we became friends. Mom trusted him so when she got sick" Dawn pauses swallowing tears "she asked Spike to help Buffy and the others take care of me." "Why didn't your mother call me?" "Mum tried. Your secretary didn't know where you were." Spike replies biting back a growl Dawn sensing Spike's restrained anger strokes the back of his hand as it rests on her belly. "When Mom died Buffy couldn't get ahold of you." Spike kisses her temple sensing her sadness "Before the uh Buffy died she asked me to take care of Dawn. We tried to find you but no one would tell us where you were." "Why call me after all this time?" "Because of that" Dawn nods at the coffee table Hank picks it up reading it "Its a court order for a blood test." he looks at Dawn and Spike "I take it you want to fight it." Dawn nods "I don't want to know who the father is because in every important way Spike's her father." she smiles at Spike then looks back at her father "They don't deserve to know because once they know... they could take her away. If they do that what's to stop them from hurting her." Spike kisses her temple "And how do you know that Spike's not the father?" Hank questions Spike winces "I can't have kids" "You sure about that?" "Positive... very positive" Spike nods "Dad even if Spike was her biological father I still wouldn't take the blood test." "You help us or we're disappearin' for good." Spike threatens "I'm not lettin' those wankers near Dawn or the baby." Hank sighs knowing the man is serious nods "I'll help you." Dawn smiles at her father "Thank you" "Dawn you'll have to tell me the truth about what happened." Dawn looks down giving a slight nod "It all began one night seven months ago, Spike and I had gone out to celebrate finals...." Dawn proceeds to tell her father what happened AFTER MIDNIGHT "She's sleepin'" Spike says walking out of the bedroom to find Hank waiting "she probably won't sleep long. She only gets a few hours of sleep at a time." Spike enters the kitchen "More coffee?" "No thanks" Spike nods pouring some more coffee for himself opening the fridge he grabs a colored container pouring some blood into his coffee. "The babe doesn't let her sleep long at night." he smiles "She's a bloody night owl. If I didn't know better I'd say she's a vamp" he chuckles at the thought of a newborn with fangs "You love Dawn don't you" Hank states Spike looks at him "She is my life... and so is our daughter" "You seem to have taken the father role pretty well. Most men wouldn't take the role of father when its not their child." "I'm not most men." Spike shrugs "Besides she's the closest I'll ever get to having a child. Besides Rupert took the girls on as his own." "Rupert?" "Giles... he used to be a librarian at Buffy's school. He became their father figure." Hank winces "I know I wasn't around for the girls I'm glad they had someone they could count on." "Why don't you get some sleep" Spike suggests "the guest rooms made up." he nods towards the open door. "Just a little warning... don't open the shades in the morning... I'm allergic to the sun." Hank lifts his brow and nods "I've got somethings to take care of. I should be back before Dawn wakes up." Spike rinses out his mug "Make yourself at home." he grabs his duster heading out the door |