I am flawed but I am cleaning up so well

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Buffy and I didn't really do much slaying after our conversation. It wasn't really a surprise considering all the thing I finally knew about. I couldn't believe it. Faith was dead, Spike was back, Angel had gone evil again. Okay. So that part I could believe because it was us. The part that was unbelievable to me was that my big sister couldn't

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"Blood-" Opened the door to a slap in the face. Which wasn't a first, except it was coming from the firecracker who jumped across the threshold to lock her arms around my waist. "-y hell niblet!" Hesitated a half second, looking behind her for that sister of hers. Coast seemed to be clear so's I reluctantly put one arm around her. Good to see the niblet and all, course the way I remembered it she hadn't gotten over the last spat her sis and I had gone through.

"Tell you I was back?" Snorted and pulled away from her. No reason her or the rest of the bloody scoobies would give to snorts if I were dust or a ghost or a vampire. "'Nuff of the happy reunion. Just what in the sod do you think your doing here?"

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I frowned when he pulled away and gave me the same crap Buffy gave me. What are you doing here, Dawnie? Don't you know you're supposed to hide away in Europe and pretend that you're not a mystical shiny key and that your sister isn't the slayer and that everything is totally normal when your name is Dawn Summers. Did he mean here here? Or L.A. here? Oh whatever, I didn't even care

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"They do tend to keep the stick in their arse full time over there. So you snuck out from ol' Rippers watchful gaze did you?" Had the feeling she was less than thrilled by the reception she'd gotten from big sis. Same from this big bad, former that is.

"Big sis isn't much for talking to anyone these days niblet, don't take it personal like." Eyeballed her as she looked around my new digs. It wasn't the grand hotel Angel had nested in but it was something. Had my very own Clash poster and a playstation. Headed for the fridge and pulled out a pair of cold bottles, set one in front of her on the counter. "Welcome back to the states then. Imagine if you managed to sneak back here you managed to sneak into a pub or two back across the pond." What I wanted to ask was exactly what load of crap her sister had actually fessed up to and just how the hell she'd tracked me down so bloody fast.

"So what did big sis tell you anyway?" There, that wasn't so hard.

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"I didn't sneak out, I asked him if I could go and he said yes. I think he was getting sick of me always trying to cook in his kitchen or something." I loved Giles but he made it pretty clear that he didn't want a teenage girl living with him every holiday break. I hated my school so I tended to go back to Giles' house on the weekends too. He was probably just ready to get rid of me

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"Can't imagine Rupert not taking to anchovies and peanut butter as the main parts of his diet." Most proper english sorts loved the taste of rubbish, look at their meals. Mincemeat pie, I mean really, no wonder the yanks had rebelled. "Least we have pizza and chinese delivery 'round here." I'd been trying to get the chinese place down the block to start with onion blossoms for weeks. They kept arguing with me about spinach onions. What the sod was a spinach onion anyway? Or was he saying spanish onion? Hell if I know

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"You were a ghost?" I asked him with a raised eyebrow. I wanted to know everything and I had a lot of questions for Spike. Mostly how did Angel go evil again because was he sleeping with Buffy? You would have thought she'd have learned her lesson the first time around and I was pretty sure that she had. I mean, that was why Angel had left in the first place right? Because he sleeps with Buffy and then killed everyone. Was that why Spike wasn't at the hotel with Buffy? Because she slept with Angel again

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"The sky still blue?" Snorted as she asked about Angel. Least the niblet hadn't gotten the hair up her arse to come to LA during the Angelus' big comeback. He'd of had her bound, gagged, raped, turned and sent to hell before teatime.

"Look niblet..." Balls. What was I going to say? No worries luv, I'm only jealous on days that end in 'y'? "Things around here, they get a bit cracked. Thats all." Shrugged and gave her a look. Wasn't going to get all weepy and go on about her sis. Nobody wanted to see that show. Besides, had an image to keep up and all.

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I raised an eyebrow when he said that things got cracked. Cracked? That was what he was going to call it now? Had everyone misplaced their brains while I was in Europe? Not that it mattered. I was just mostly glad to be back home with my family. England never seemed like home, even if I was missing Xander, Giles and Willow.

Instead of arguing with him some more I just nodded slowly, watching as the two Spike's finally merged into one. Whoa. Okay, no more beer for me tonight. I'd already had too much. I needed to go home and lay down.

"Spike," I said in almost a whine. "I don't feel so good. I think I should go lay down." With that I bent my head down and yacked all over the pavement, missing his shoes by just inches.

[bloody_willy]

Christ on a cracker that stunk. About the worst thing to do around a vamp was toss the cookies, makes a bloke want to tear his nose clean off. "Little warning pet?"

Way she was looking now, you'd think I'd half drained she was so pale. Then again she never had done tan that much, all the time she spent lurking about after her sis and me. "Look petal, you want to go back to the hotel?" Course she'd probably blab to the slayer about me getting her good and smashed. "Maybe you ought to have a cup of joe, try and clear your head." Was the thing to do. Least I thought so, course I've never had the hurley bills during my drinking fun.