Chapter 5

 

      They pulled up in front of Dawn’s apartment. Spike turned off the car and sighed deeply. “So you wanna come up?” Dawn asked him.

      “Yeah.” They got out and he followed her up to her apartment. She unlocked the door and invited him in. He looked around the place as he walked in with a surprised look on his face.

      “What?”

      “Huh? Oh nothing, Bit.”

      “Then why the surprised looked, not what you were expecting?”

      “Well, yeah, kind of.”

      “I did tell you how much a stripper makes in one night, right?”

      “Uh yeah, but I mean still,” he said chuckling. She motioned for him to sit on the couch.

      “Do you want something to drink?” she asked as she grabbed herself a bottle of water.

      “Unless you have some blood packed away in there for emergencies I’m ok.”

      “No I don’t.”  

      “So if you live so close to Angel, why haven’t you gone to see him before?”

      “Well, I had no need to, and I didn’t know that they all had relocated. I just figured they were still working out of the hotel.”

      “Wow, so you really were behind in all the happenings with Team Angel.”

      “Look who’s talking Mr. I came back to life and forgot to tell every body about it!” She moved closer to him on the couch leaning her head against his shoulder. She sighed lightly breathing in his scent.

      He tensed up at her closeness knowing that this was a bad idea. He didn’t have a high restraint tolerance for this situation at the moment. He didn’t know how long he could resist temptation and didn’t know if he really wanted to find out.

      “I’m so glad you’re back.” She put her arms around his neck. “I’ve missed you so much.” He hugged her back being very careful not to do something he’d regret. Unfortunately he couldn’t hold back and he began to nuzzle her neck almost unknowingly to Dawn, almost. “Spike?” she asked quietly.

      “Hm?” he answered as his hands roamed over her back.

      “What are you doing?” she asked him trying to pull back, but he wouldn’t let her go and instead held her tighter and moved her onto his lap. “Mmm, Spike,” she moaned as he began to kiss her pulse point and moved up to her mouth.

      “Dawn, I need you so much,” he told her between kisses.

      “Spike, we have to stop.” She tried again to push him away and this time he pulled back a little.

      “What’s wrong?” he asked confused meeting her eyes.

      “As much as I’m enjoying this, and believe me, I am,” she said with a smile watching Spike’s ego inflate, “I’m not ready for this. This is just to fast for me. I mean I just found out you weren’t all dusty anymore a few days ago and now we’re sitting here mauling each other, or really just you mauling me.” She stopped talking to look him over causing him to give her a smirk. “And I’m pretty sure I know where all this sexual tension is coming from.”

      “Oh, do you really now?” he asked going to reach for her, but she moved off of him to the other end of the couch putting space between them.

      “Yes I do, it’s from going and seeing me at the club the past few nights. If you’re going to feel this way when you leave, I don’t think you should go anymore,” she said shaking her head.

      “Feel what way?”

      “This wanting to jump me way.”

      “Did it ever occur to you that it may just be you in general not because I went to see you strip the past two nights?”

      “That may be, but I think it’s a good percentage of it.” She smiled at him. “Look, I’m not saying we shouldn’t get together anymore, we can meet up at the firm or here. I just don’t think you should wait at the club until I’m done from now on. Do you promise?”

      “Yeah, I promise,” he smiled genuinely at her.

      “Good. I want to you know that I’m not against s getting together, but this is just to fast.” She looked at the clock on her wall and saw that it was getting later. “Maybe you should go?” she asked.

      “Yeah, well I’ll see you tomorrow I guess?” he asked her getting up and heading to the door as she followed.

      “Sure. I’ll call you to make plans, alright?”

      “Alright.” He stopped when the reached the door, “So do I at least get a goodnight kiss?”

      “Why not.” She stood closer to him as he wrapped his arms around her waist. He leaned in making the last kiss of the night count in his favor. Dawn almost didn’t want him to leave, but she knew if she didn’t she would regret it in the morning.

      “Goodnight,” he whispered to her as he pulled away. All Dawn could do in response was shake her head at him.

      He walked out and she closed the door behind him. She turned around and leaned against it, sliding down to the floor with a heavy sigh. “What had she gotten her self into.”