Jealousy Shown: 4
by Spikes Queen
1 Year later, Spike defeated the first without dying. Ashley, Dawn, Buffy and Spike live in L.A.

“Ashley!” Dawn screeched.

“I’m sorry,” Ashley whispered.

Spike ran into the room. “What happened?” He asked.

“On patrol, she wasn’t paying attention and almost got me killed,” Dawn said.

“It was an accident. I was paying attention but I hesitated in the kill,” Ashley said.

“What’s going on?” Buffy asked, coming into the room.

“Nothing,” Ashley said, going to her own room.

Dawn huffed and sat on her bed. “God,” she muttered.

“What’s going on?” Buffy repeated.

“Ashley hesitated in killing the demon and nearly got us killed,” Dawn said.

“Dawn…” Spike began.

“Spike, I know you’re close to Ashley but you cant keep defending her,” Dawn said. “What about me?”

“Don’t make me take sides,” Spike said, softly. “I’ll go talk to her and figure out why she hesitated.”

Buffy sat next to Dawn as Spike left the room. “Are you jealous of Ashley?” She asked, softly.

Dawn nodded her head. “It’s like Spike forgot about me,” she said, softly.

“He didn’t forget you, Dawnie,” Buffy said. “You should talk to him about this.”

In Ashley’s room, Ashley was on her bed crying softly.

Spike sat next to her and stroked her hair. “Ashley?”

“I’m sorry,” Ashley whispered.

“Ashley, tell me what happened,” Spike said, gently.

Ashley turned over to look at Spike. “I hesitated in killing the demon because something caught my eye,” she said. “He took the moment to attack.”

Spike wiped her tears. ‘You girls are okay,” he said. “I’m gunna have to go talk to Dawn.”

Ashley smiled. “Okay,” she said.

Spike smiled and kissed her forehead. “Get some sleep.”

Ashley closed her eyes and Spike turned off her light.

In Dawn’s room, she was reading a magazine when Spike came in. “Dawn?”

“Yeah?” Dawn asked, not looking up from her magazine.

“Is something bothering you?” Spike asked, sitting next to her.

“Nope,” Dawn said, trying to ignore him.

Spike pushed the magazine down. “Dawn?”

Dawn sighed. “It’s like you forgot about me,” she said. ‘You seem to love Ashley more.”

“That’s not true,” Spike said.

“It feels like it,” Dawn said. “It’s not fair.”

“Dawn, I love you both but I don’t love one more then the other,” he said.

“It’s like I’m not your little girl anymore,” Dawn whispered.

“You are,” Spike said, with a smile. ‘You always have been. Try and get some sleep now, ok?”

Dawn nodded and laid down. “Good night Spike.”

Spike kissed her forehead. “Night, Dawn,” he whispered, before joining Buffy in the room they shared.

“Did it work out?” Buffy asked, as he stripped out of his clothes.

“Yeah,” Spike said, getting into bed. “Its hard but I love it.”

“Good,” Buffy said, as she kissed him softly. “My turn.”


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