Kaeleigh had tried everything she could think of by ten o'clock that night. She'd even sugjested a sleepover type affair, but Molly and Annabelle were to tired, and Kennedy...well she had other plans. Giles, Xander, and Anya had returned to their respective places, and Buffy and Dawn had longsense gone to bed. Willow, ofcourse, had the same other plans as Kennedy. She was just about to consider if the TV would be enough comfort when a figured emerged from the dark kitchen.
She gasped and jumped to her feet, but a familar voice soothed her. "Relax there pet, its just little ol' me." Spike sounded sleepy, as though he'd just woken up. Apparantly, he had. "I dont think I'm ever gonna get used to this daytime thing." He mumbled, more to himself than to her. He glanced at the clock. "Your not a spook, so what are you still doing up?" he asked curiously. Kaeleigh crossed her arms over her chest. "I..can't sleep. Not tired." She lied. Spike snorted. "Yeah, I bet you aren't. I heard you girls outside a few times today, and a hellova lotta questions from the kitchen a while ago. Makes it hard for a bloke to sleep around here, but I got my winks. You on the other hand..." he gestured at her "Are wiped. You prolly just can't sleep cause your scared of the big bad thing that only comes out in the dark." He smiled at her, and she hated it for him. It was a smug, superior smile. She wanted to wiped the smirk off his face.
But right now, he was the only one awake. And as much as she'd never admit it to him,she desperatly didn't want to be alone. She sat down on the sofa. "All night reruns of Passions." She read off the tv, hoping something intresting would come on and keep him there. "Who actually watches that show?" "Are you bloody kidding me?" Spike pushed her over to one side of the counch. "Turn it back. I never got to see the part when Timmy got out of the well!"
They spent the next episode with Spike explaining who each character was, what was special about them, and his own feelings about each of them. As the next episode began, he looked over. Kae's head was laying on the arm of the sofa, and she was passed out. He hadn't even known she'd been asleep. Gently, he reached out and pulled a blanket over her sleeping body. Then, on impulse, he reached out and ran his fingers down her cheek. She stirred under his hand, brows furrowing and then relaxing as her subcounsis recognized his presense. Without waking, she sighed and turned her face into his palm. He could afford to stay one more night and keep watch over her, he thought to himself. He tried to convince himself that he was staying to watch Passions, but it didn't quite work.
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