"We are going on holiday," Willow said as she walked into the room with a huge smile on her face and envelope in her hand.

"Why?"

"Well about four weeks ago I entered a contest and the prize was an all expenses paid trip to Australia, and the great thing is that it is through school so we are going to study there and live with some people like an exchange program isn't that wonderful."

"That doesn't constitute a holiday luv you have to study."

"Yeah but still yeah."

"How many of us?"

"Well there has to be at least two students and there can be up to eight people and unless I can't count that means all of us can go isn't that fantastic."

"WooHoo!" screamed Buffy.

"I second your woohoo and raise you a YES!" Xander said joining in on the fun.

"Where, may I ask are we going, what about Spike and the sun and I am far from a college student."

"Australia, I have a spell that can make him able to go out during the day and eat human food as a supplement to blood though he will still need blood to survive. And it asked that if possible to take a chaperone which basically means an older person and you fit the bill admitted you're not as old as Spike but still." Willow said before she joined Buffy and Xander who were doing a happy dance around the room.

"When do we leave, what about the hellmouth?"

"We leave tomorrow, sorry about the short notice but the postal service sucks. The hellmouth will be fine and if anything weird starts happening it will be on the news and Mrs Summers can call us and then if need be we will call Angel."

"Well, I am gonna say yeah and when do we do the spell, Red?"

"Now if you're okay with it."

"Sure let's do it."

"I have to call my mom."

"I have already contacted the uni to let them know who's going and I'm picking the tickets up tomorrow. We can all stay at my place tonight if it will be easier."

"Groovy gotta go pack and tell the olds." Xander said leaving with Anya trailing behind him.

"Riley are you okay with this I mean you have yet to speak."

"Yeah just a little shell shocked but I guess I better go pack and tell the guys."

"Well I'll go with you would you mind dropping me at my mom's."

"Sure, come on." They too left leaving only the vampire, the witch and the watcher.

What ingredients do you need Willow."

"Just some sage but I brought it with me I could use your help though."

"Certainly."

They set about doing the spell and then Willow left with Spike after testing the spell.

Later that night they all gathered at Willow's house and got ready to go.

They arrived at the airport an hour before their plane was scheduled to leave. Willow walked up to the international departure's desk and asked for their tickets.

Once they had checked in they went upstairs to wait for their plane to board.

An hour later they jumped on the plane at the boarding call.

Spike sat by the window something he had never done and Willow was amazed that the look of pure joy on his face. She sat next to him and next Buffy, then Riley, followed by Anya and then Xander, and in the other window seat sat Giles, who looked very tired, and worn out Willow knew he needed the holiday and hopefully he would have fun.

The safety talk came and went as did dinner and by five hours into the trip everyone, but Willow and Spike were asleep. They were playing poker, which Willow was dominating with five wins to Spike's three, with a small deck of cards that the stewardess had brought them.

Seven hours into the trip Xander was the only one awake, he sat watching the movie and when it hit a boring bit he chose to study the little group that was sitting around him. He kept the headphones in as he examined them so that when it became interesting again he could return. At the far end he saw Spike and Willow, she was resting on his shoulder and for the first time in what seemed a long time she looked completely at peace. Although everyone thought that he was dense he could see that those two liked each other and though you would have to beat it out of him with a large stick, he thought that they made a good couple.

Next to them was Buffy and Riley, he hadn't really liked Riley to start with but since he had come to depend on him as a friend and a comrade at arms. He hoped that he and Buffy would be happy, she really deserved it.

Next to him was Anya, he loved her though he had never told her, he had a feeling she knew and he knew that one day he might get over himself enough to tell her.

On his other side was Giles, though he was not their real father all of them thought of him as one, since their parent were kind of on the neglective side, well Buffy's weren't but still.

Fifteen hours in and everyone was awake and having a heated discussion about the current movie, 'The Patriot'. Spike thought it wasn't accurate enough his only basis for the claim being that he was actually there. Willow thought Heath Ledger was a fine looking man and had mentioned that he was actually from Australia, Buffy disagreed and said he was really from England. Anya sighed and said that he was indeed nice looking but had heard he was really a woman, which both Buffy and Willow venomously denied. Riley said that he thought the way they held the guns was just wrong, and Xander agreed while Spike said the Americans really were pathetic and he thought Britain should have killed them all. Giles sat on the sidelines mediating.

Twenty Two hours after departing they arrived in Australia, Perth, Western Australia in fact, they went through customs and were greeted by a lady holding a sign with Willow's name on it.

They walked over and spoke to the women who looked to be in her early forties, she was wearing a pair of jeans and a sweater.

"Hey, I'm Willow and this is Spike, Buffy, Riley, Xander, Anya and Giles."

"It's nice to meet you I'm Miss April, no comment young man," she said gesturing towards Xander. "Do you wanna grab your bags, we have to get over to the other terminal so you can catch your plane."

"But I thought that we were staying here, in Perth."

"You are, but you're going down to Albany for a week first, that's where the people you are all staying with are. Mr Giles, you are welcome to remain up here and go down with the adults if you wish."

"No it's okay I'll go with them."

"Okay well we better get going."

Ten minutes later after grabbing they're bags they made their way into the domestic terminal and got their tickets.

"Well, goodbye I leave you here Thomas will pick you up in Albany, he'll probably have a sign with something stupid written on it."

"Okay well it was very nice to meet you and I assume we will be seeing you again sometime soon."

"Yes I will be down on Wednesday."

"Okay, bye Miss April."

Twenty minutes later they were again in the air, this time on their way to Albany.

An hour later they got off the plane and were greeted by a young man holding a sign. Saying 'Willow Rosenberg and her group of mouseketeers' Willow assumed this must be Thomas.

She walked over and spoke for the group again. "Hi, I'm Willow and this is my group of mouseketeers otherwise known as Spike, Buffy, Anya, Giles, Xander and Riley."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Thomas but you probably already known that I assume Miss April told you."

"Yeah, umm, can we get going I'm really tired," Buffy said speaking form her place resting against Riley.

"Sure, you got all you're bag?"

"Yep," Willow said following Thomas who led them out to an old car that looked pretty good.

"Nice, car, 1972 isn't it?" Spike said before putting his and Willow's bags in the car.

"Yep, good year even better once I fixed it up."

"Good job, whoever did it did a good job."

"I did, at my boss's shop, took me six months, but it was well worth it."

"You don't go to school?" questioned Willow from beside Spike.

"No, I pulled out after year ten for an apprenticeship."

"Oh, I thought that, well, sorry."

"Why? I enjoy what I do so you shouldn't be sorry, besides everyone assumes I go to school coz of Isabel."

"Isabel, that's the girl I'm staying with, she's supposed to be a brain right?"

"Yep, that's her, c'mon let's get going."

"I don't think we'll all fit in."

"I know three of you are going with Ben, the car with a bum sitting on the hood, I'll take your bags though."

"We'll go," said Xander pulling Anya and Giles with him.

"Well you four jump in."

They all got in Spike sat in the front with Willow, Buffy and Riley in the back.

"So what type of apprenticeship do you have?"

"Panel beater, but I also paint cars."

"And you worked on this." Riley said admiring how the car looked considering the age that Spike had said it was.

"Yep, but a friend of mine did the inside."

"What type of car is it?"

"Holden." Spike said surprising Buffy and Riley.

"Never heard of them." Buffy said.

"I doubt you would have their Australian."

"Spike can we swap, I get sick riding in the back."

"Sure, luv. Why didn't you say anything before?"

"Well I haven't ridden in the back for ages and I kinda forgot."

"Well hurry up gotta make it back before Ben."

"Why," Willow said belting herself in.

"Coz we have a bet, whoever's there last has to wear a dress cobblering then has to gut and fillet them all be themselves also in a dress."

"Interesting."

Ten minutes later and with Buffy and Riley asleep in the back seat and Spike busy smoking out the window. Willow took the opportunity to check Thomas out. He was tall standing about the same height as Riley, he was dressed in a pair of boardies and a Billabong shirt, he had a pair of converse skate shoes on but no socks. He had blonde hair but his was natural unlike Spike's and he had the most beautiful blue eyes, with both light and dark blue. He was thin as a rake, but still had muscles, which she could see quite easily, on his bare legs. Which lead back to his huge feet, and Willow looked up to his hands curious as to either or not his hand were as big, which they were. He had tan skin but a light tan and was very good looking.

The way he had spoken of Isabel had made her curious, he had spoke as though they had know each other forever, but at the same time their seemed to be a distance to his voice. She figured she might be imaging things and decided to wait until she saw them together.

In the back seat, Spike sat watching Willow check Thomas out then saw her face become pensive and he wondered what she was thinking about.

At this point Thomas turned into a dirt road and began making his way down it, behind them he saw Ben and his car, and heard Thomas let out a deep laugh.

"I won."

Then came to a stop in between some trees and Thomas jumped out. Willow turned and woke Buffy and Riley and then they too stepped out of the car and followed Thomas who was heading towards a woman.

Anya, Xander and Giles made their way over to the car Thomas had gestured to, it was a car similar to Thomas's but red where his was blue. Anya checked him out; he was tall and muscular, wearing a pair of jeans and a form-fitting sweater, with a pair of boots on his feet. She noticed he was good looking and had a dangerous aura to him.

He jumped off his car and opened the door before getting in himself. They drove off as soon as they were all strapped in. He told them of the bet and they went on to discuss what they all did.

"I'm an army boy, in training but I am going to uni to become a doctor."

"Riley's an army boy too." Anya said adding a few comment here and there, some of which Xander didn't appreciate. Which was mainly the ones about how many jobs Xander has had.

"Really, was he the bleach blonde or the tall guy."

"Tall guy, the blonde is Spike, the redhead is Willow and the other blonde is Buffy."

They turned down the same gravel road as Thomas and Ben swore profusely when he saw Thomas up ahead.

They parked next to Thomas's car and got out going in the same direction as Thomas and his passengers had.

Anya, Xander and Giles arrived just as Willow was introducing herself to the women they had just meet.

"Hi, its nice to meet you, I'm Isabel, Ben, Jasmine's still in bed, can you drag her out and tell her breakfast is ready."

"Is it?"

"No, just tell her, okay."

"Okay." Ben said leaving the group.

"Do you guys want some breakfast?"

Xander's eyes lit up and Isabel laughed. It was a rich sound and Spike instantly liked her, Xander and Riley were equally affected though Thomas didn't even seem to notice.

Isabel turned and led them towards a large room with a wood burning fire in one corner and a stereo and TV set up next to it. The TV looked dusty and barely used but the stereo had CDs piled on top and was on, a soft melody came through but it was quiet and hard to hear. There were tables set up haphazardly in an L shape as you entered the room, leaving a rectangle of free space diagonally opposite the door. At the corner of the space there was a ramp that led to another room. Opposite the fire was an extension that was the kitchen. Isabel walked into this area and began gathering things to make breakfast.

"Bacon and eggs okay?"

"Yep," came the reply from six hungry people.

"Please sit, get comfortable."

They all sat except Spike who strolled over and began speaking to Isabel. Willow strained to hear the conversation that was passing between the two of them, but wasn't able to pick anything up but a few small words.

"Do you want some help, luv?"

"No, I can handle breakfast, but if you really want to help chuck some toast in."

Spike put some toast in and looked at Isabel as she moved easily around the kitchen alternating between looking after the bacon and the eggs. She was tall, almost as tall as Thomas was but she wasn't so thin she had muscle but she was still thin. She was wearing a pair of black sweats and a pair of untied sneakers; she also had on a loose light blue singlet and a jacket. She had long brown hair that sat around her shoulders and dark brown eyes that were almost black. She had mesmerised all the guys excluding Thomas with her smile and as she cooked she swayed slightly to the music Thomas had put on, 'Last Night' by Az Yet. She was pretty and didn't wear any make up, and smelt of strawberries. She pulled up her sleeves and he saw that she wore a bracelet on each wrist, on her left was a small delicate one that sat in the middle of watch tan lines, while on the other she wore a slightly bigger one that had four dolphins and a pretty link. He also noticed a thin chain that sat around her neck, with a small dolphin charm.

Isabel finished and felt Spike's eyes finally leave her she gathered everything and made her way over to the table everyone sat around. There were two places left one in between Willow and Thomas and one in between Willow and Riley. She took the one in between Willow and Riley; she didn't need to sit next to Thomas at the moment.

Just a she sat down and everyone began to eat the door opened and Ben and a new girl entered the room.
 
 

The woman who had just walked in headed straight for the kitchen and got herself a cup of coffee.

"Morning sunshine." Isabel said sounding like a presenter off one of those kids' shows.

"Don't start." The new girl said.

Riley looked at her she was a thin girl who wore a pair sweats like Isabel's, but hers were light grey. And she wore a sweatshirt and a pair of ugg boots. Her hair was blonde and sat at her shoulders. She had hazel eyes and was pretty even when barely awake. She was about the same height as Buffy and she seemed to wake up after sipping her coffee a few times and receiving a kiss on the forehead from Ben. She sat down on a chair she pulled over and sat between Spike and Thomas. That reminded him of the fact Isabel had seemed to purposely sit between him and Willow instead of Willow and Thomas, he would have to look into it.

"When everyone's finished you can jump in bed there are some set up for all of you Jaz will show you," Isabel said getting up and taking her dishes with her.

"Sure, but why did I have to get up only to go back?" Jasmine questioned. "Hey, we haven't been introduced sorry before my morning cup of coffee I'm out of it."

"Well, that's okay I'm Buffy, this is Riley, Willow, Spike, Anya, Xander and Giles," she said going around the table.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Jasmine, but everyone calls me Jaz, you're welcome to."

"And everyone calls him Moron," Spike said gesturing towards Xander.

"And we call him Fang Face or Deadboy Jnr," Xander said retaliating.

Jasmine smiled and Ben stole some bacon off her plate.

"You're not going back to bed I need you to go into town and pick up some things for me, and for dinner okay?" Isabel answered her previous question.

"Okay c'mon guys."

Everyone but Spike and Isabel left and she hurried herself cleaning up then left to set up the outside campfire.
 
 

Thomas and Ben had gone fishing while Jasmine had left to pick up some things for dinner. Everyone but Spike had gone to sleep and Isabel walked back inside after having built up the outside campfire. She chucked some logs on the inside heater and went to get a drink. Spike sat at the table through all this reading a book he had brought with him, 'The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'.

"Do you want a drink? Though we don't have any blood."

"Nah, I'm fine. WHAT!?"

"Well, your a vampire vampires drink blood we don't have any since I wasn't expecting you, so you'll have to wait until Jaz gets back to get any."

"What's a vampire?" Spike said trying to hid it, but doing a poor job.

"Don't be stupid my vampdar went skitzo, which means one thing, you're one of the undead."

"Vampdar?"

"I'm a slayer, but I'll make a deal with you, you don't kill me I'll do the same for you k?"

"Uh huh."

"Oh and don't tell the others, well I've gotta go out for a while, see ya," she said before leaving the room and a dumbfounded Spike behind.

"What?" was all Spike could say before shaking his head, and discovering he was dreaming.
 
 

Spike was still a little shaken from his dream so he decided to go for a walk. He headed towards the back of the dorms, and he noticed a small path off the right of where he had stopped to have a smoke, he headed in that direction but was soon lost in the overgrown bush. He stopped and stilled then reached out his senses and was shocked to hear a heartbeat from further into the bush, he followed and noticed that there was in fact a long overgrown path leading him to the heartbeat.

He cleared the forest and found Isabel lying on a large circular rock that lay on the beach to the bay that he had heard earlier. He looked at her and found that she had a discman resting on her stomach and he could just make out the music coming through the earpieces to her ears. Her eyes were closed and her breathing laboured, she wasn't asleep just meditating.

"Hi, what do you want?" she said shocking him out of his thoughts.

"Nothing I just went for a walk and found myself here."

"Well sit," she said sitting up and wrapping the earphones around the discman

Spike did as she asked and sat on the large rock so he too could see the bay.

"How did you just happen upon this place usually unless someone knew where it was or was purposefully looking for it the would have some trouble finding it."

"Oh I saw to opening when I when behind the dorms for a smoke."

"Oh, are you okay I noticed you seemed a little dazed and confused when you walked out of the bush."

"How could you have noticed you're eyes were closed."

"I don't just rely on my sight to notice things I hear you and you were walking like a person lost but since you could see the bay I was highly doubtful that you were lost."

"How could you have heard me I could hear the music."

"I only had one earphone in the other was resting on my shoulder so I could hear if someone came but could still hear the music."

"Okay well I had just had a dream and it was a tad bloody confusing."

"You're English, right?"

"Yep, how did you guess?"

"The accent."

"I thought so, what were you doing out here all by yourself anyway?"

"Meditating I just felt like being alone for a while, what with everyone being gone and all."

"Or asleep."

"Yeah, how come you aren't up there sleeping away the afternoon?"

"I don't need much sleep, so I layed down for a while but only for a few minutes."

"Then the dream?"

"Yep."

"Oh well down here you can set for hours and barely think."

Spike hoped this was happy and he heard Isabel lay down again and put her discman on again he took the opportunity to look at the bay.

To his left was a small beach with wet white sand and rocks jutting out of the ground in many places, even further than that was a path between reeds that lined the water's edge and the bush that sat upon the ledge that ran to beyond the rock he was sitting on. In front of him was of course the bay, on the other bank was a small port and the actual town behind these were mountains. As his eyes moved right he saw more mountains until the bay moved into an inlet, as he keep going he saw another beach that stretched from the edge of the inlet all the way around to the edge of the property that sat next to the camp. Directly to his right was a six foot high ledge with trees all the way to the edge, this was the edge of the camp site, in that direction at least. Next to that was a lookout that was slightly lower and had a path that led to a small rock pool. Coming closer to himself was a small stretch of beach that had seaweed littering it, at the end of this area was a rock jetty that stretched out for about ten metres. Then as you moved even closer towards Spike, there was a path overrun with reeds that lead to another larger rock pool. This one held bigger rocks than the one below the outlook but they weren't ventured onto much by the look of them, he noticed why when he saw some mussels and rock crabs in the holes the water had dug into them. The path continued until you hit the rock he was now sitting on. Satisfied and more at peace he followed Isabel's led and laid back but he choose to keep his eyes open and listen to her music while looking for patterns in the clouds.
 
 

Anya woke up and looked around the dormitories; she was sleeping at the end with Buffy next to her and then Isabel. Next to Isabel was Willow, she had
jumped on the bed without bothering to make it first and was still if not rather comically curled around her bag. Jasmine had the next bed, and while no one else was here yet the bed after that was also made up. Following that bed there was another fifteen beds on the girls' side. On the other side and directly opposite Anya slept Xander, next to him was Riley looking a tad unnatural on the small bed with his legs from half way up the calves dangling over the edge. Next was Thomas's bed but it had Isabel's doona draped across it. Next to his bed was Spike's which was missing the blonde vampire. The next one had a pair of boxers dumped upon it, and she suspected it was Ben's bed and the next in the line had a bag, pillow and sleeping bag thrown on top of it, that bed and the other unclaimed one must belong to someone coming soon.

Anya was curious as to whether or not there was a place that she could drag Xander off to. She got out of bed and stretched before taking a quick look at the long room, there were three exits, one at either end and one in the middle of the boys' side. She strolled out the middle door and was hit with a sudden burst of sunshine, she had to shield her eyes for a few moments before she got used to the light.

She looked straight ahead and saw the fire that Isabel had been creating earlier, in front of that however was a tire swing and a see saw. She walked beyond the play things and had a closer look at the fire. It was in the middle of a round cement wall that was only knee high. Around the wall was about ten wooden stumps that she assumed were for sitting on.

To the right of the campfire was a hexagon shaped outdoor area with two massive barbeques and three sets of wooden outdoor tables, with benches. Behind this area was a wooden fence that reached a little beyond the edge. She continued to head right and reached the large grass field that was in the middle of the camp she walked to the centre and surveyed the whole area from there. She looked back at the area that she had just been and turned to the left where she saw the kitchen, attached to this was a semi-circular roofed room, she assumed that the ramp in the kitchen lead to this building. She was turning again to the left when she eyes set on the parking lot that a car had just pulled into. She remained there but watched as Jasmine got out of the car and made her way towards Anya.

"It's an odd shaped building isn't it."

"Huh?"

"That one it strange isn't it," she said gesturing towards the building attached to the kitchen.

Anya followed her hand before responding. "Yes, it is although it does look familiar somehow."

"Maybe you've seen it on some army movie it's an old army building called a Nissen hut, can't remember what they used it for though."

"Oh…I was just looking around."

"Okay well, let me help."

"Sure."

"You've seen the kitchen and nissen hut," Jasmine turned further to the left passing the car park and driveway until her eyes hit a building that started about twenty metres from the edge of the driveway. "That building in made up of four different rooms, the front two are reserved for a couple of the parents. The back two have Mr Giles in one and Miss April has the other…. Oh, I have to talk to Mr Giles, some people we know in town are taking their boat out tomorrow and Miss April is coming down early to go and wanted to know if Mr Giles would be interested."

"Call him Giles everyone else does, I hope he does, he really needs this vacation."

"Well I'll talk to him, anyway, those rooms aren't usually used until the parents get here and they won't be here or more than a week."

"Hmmm.”

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Okay," Jasmine again turned around, her eyes glancing quickly at the fence that separated this block from the next until she had turned a full one-eighty. She was now looking at a rope swing, next to a wall of tyres, a basketball ring and a volleyball net that was no longer used. "They are pretty self explanatory and that old green building beyond the volleyball nets is an outdoor toilet." At the look on Anya's face she smiled and continued. "But that isn't the only toilet don't worry."

"Good, umm where is the toilet?"

"Here, come with me I'll show you then I better get the stuff out of the car."

Jasmine led Anya beyond the campfire and the door of the kitchen to a building that was also attached to the kitchen this one however was on the other side. But Jasmine continued to walk past the front around to the back.

"That was the boys' toilets, I wouldn't advise going in there they are truly disgusting."

They walked along the back of the building until they hit two doors next to each other; one led to the toilets and the other into the kitchen. Jasmine stopped at the door and pointed inside.

"The first and last are toilets the other two are showers."

"Okay."

Jasmine left Anya and walked around the back of the kitchen to the carpark and began to grab stuff out of Ben's car.
 
 

Willow slowly woke up, noticing that she had something in her mouth, she opened her mouth and moved her head back before opening her eyes and seeing
black, she moved her head back and bit more and she began to lose her balance. She felt herself begin to fall off the bed and before she knew it she felt someone's arms catch her. She turned her head and was again presented with a wall of black, this time she closed her eyes. She felt the arms lift her slightly and place her back on her bed, she opened her eyes again when she felt herself stop. This time she was able to focus a little better and she saw that the black was actually just Spike's chest. She blushed slightly at the fact she had just been in his arms.

"Oh, Spike thanks."

"That's okay luv."

She turned her head and saw what she had been slobbering on when she had woken up, it was the corner of her bag, she knew from the darker and
decidedly wetter patch at the corner.

"I noticed that, interesting bed habit, pet."

"Yeah, where is everyone else?" Willow asked changing the subject.

"There all in the kitchen. Are you coming luv or do you need some time to be with your bag," he asked chuckling as he began to walk away.

"Ha ha," she stood up and straightened her clothes before jogging to catch up with him.

When Spike opened the kitchen door and walked in he noticed two things, one Isabel and Thomas weren't there and two everyone else seemed to have
overdosed on happy medicine. They were all sitting at various tables playing board games and everyone was laughing and joking and acting a bit too much
like Xander. Spike turned around and mumbled his need for a smoke to Willow before leaving the kitchen.

Spike was leaning against the wall looking out over the field. He melted back in the shadows content to observe, the only acknowledgment that he was even there was the small red light at the end of his cigarette.

He finished his cigarette and was about to return inside when he sensed a vampire close, Spike slipped silently into vampire mode and was about to make his presence known when a stake flew at the vampires chest and he turned to dust. Spike changed back and remained in the shadows curious to find out what had killed it like that. He waited for a good five minutes before reappearing and deciding that they must have disappeared in the other direction.

He turned to walk back into the kitchen when he heard someone in the carpark, he thought that maybe it was whoever had killed the vampire and so he went to investigate.

He walked out into the carpark and found nothing, he turned to walk back cursing his imagination when he ran smack into Isabel who proceeded to stumble backwards into Thomas which resulted in both of them falling flat on their arses.

Spike lent over to help them up; he was just about to outstretch his hand when he noticed that they seemed to be in a great hurry to get away from one
another. Spike found this odd but filed it away for later, he held out his hand and helped Isabel up, Thomas stood up by himself.

"Are you two all right?"

"Sure we are but what are you doing out here?"

"Oh I was just having a smoke, don't want to kill anyone."

"Just yourself."

"Not really a problem there," he mumbled in a hushed tone that they should not have been able to hear.

"Why, do you think you're invincible?"

"No, just don't think I have to worry too much."

"Yes well, we better get inside, gotta cook dinner."

"Are you cooking again Isabel."

"Yeah, I like to cook so I do."

"Good for you luv."

Isabel turned and began to walk into the kitchen; Thomas gestured for Spike to follow and didn't move until after Spike was between him and Isabel. Spike filed that away too.
 

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