Author: Shannon
Pairing: Willow/Spike
Rating: PG
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Spoilers: To be safe I'll say anything before Hell's Bells
Author's note: Fourth part of Love Series.
Summary: Anya's POV on Willow and Spike's new relationship.
Anya sat on the edge of the bed brushing her hair. She had definitely walked in on something earlier, she wasn't absolutely positive yet, but it looked like Spike was over his crush on Buffy. She was a little confused about Willow though, she had thought Willow was gay now. Anya figured this must be another of those human things she just hadn't figured out yet. She wondered if anyone else knew about Willow and Spike. She hated keeping secrets from Xander, well not at the moment she was still angry with him, but later after they made up she would want to tell him.
Xander must not know, she decided, he would have said something. He would have been to angry not to. He wasn't going to like this at all. Anya quickly decided she was going to keep this secret because she didn't want to be the one to tell him. Anya was pulled out of her thoughts by the soft knock on the door.
"Anya can I come in for a minute?" Dawn asked from the other side of the door.
"Yes." Anya said and Dawn pushed the door open.
"Is everything okay with you and Xander?" Dawn asked.
"It will be, it's just another fight about the wedding." Anya said, "He doesn't think my friends should be there. But he'll agree eventually."
"Why wouldn't he want." Dawn began, then stopped realizing what kind of friends Anya would be talking about. "Oh."
"You think they should be there right Dawn?"
"Well, uh, of course if they're your friends." Dawn said hesitantly.
"Dawn can I ask you a question?" Anya said, "I think it might be one of those things Xander says I'm not supposed to talk to you about though."
"Probably is, Xander still thinks I'm that little girl that mom used to make Buffy take to the beach with them. So do Buffy and Willow, but I'm not a little girl. So what do you want to ask?" Dawn finished realizing Anya wasn't interested in her ranting.
"Why was Spike here tonight?" Anya asked deciding that was the safest way to find out without saying something everyone kept telling her was inappropriate.
"Spike?" He uh, I'm not sure. Why?" Dawn stuttered.
Anya looked at the teenager for a minute before speaking. Dawn knew something she was sure of it. She didn't know why she wouldn't tell her though. "When I got here I think he was kissing her, or about to." Anya finally said reverting to the bluntness that usually worked for her.
"Kissing?" Dawn said, "Spike was kissing someone?" she said smiling slightly.
"Don't play dumb. When I got here Willow, you and Spike were the only one's here and you know it." Anya said, "How long as this been going on?"
"Anya, nothings going on. I mean not really." Dawn said. Anya stared at the girl until Dawn finally said, "Last night. They found out that they might, uh, like each other."
"From the look of tonight, there's no might about it." Anya said smiling. Even though her and Willow had worked through most of their problems, a little of the jealousy remained. But if Willow had Spike then she wouldn't be interested in Xander anymore.
"Anya you can't tell anyone. Especially Xander." Dawn pleaded.
"I won't tell. But she can't keep it a secret forever." Anya said.
"Fine but let her tell the others okay." Dawn said running her fingers over the pink blanket spread across the bed.
"Fine. You should be in bed now though right?" Anya asked, "Children are supposed to have early bedtimes."
"Yeah Goodnight." Dawn said standing up and leaving the room.
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"Poolside watching the sunset in the distance." Willow said, "You know someplace with no demons to contend with."
"What are you guys doing?" Anya said coming up behind Xander, Willow and Dawn sitting at the table in the Magic Box where they were supposed to be researching the demon Buffy had seen last night.
"Playing anywhere but here." Dawn said looking up guiltily.
"That sounds like fun, but it's not going to find that demon." Anya scolded thinking to herself that Willow would probably want to be somewhere with one demon in particular.
"We're just taking a break okay." Xander said, "Oh and it's my turn right?"
When Anya walked away to retrieve some items from the basement Xander continued the game form where they left off.
"In one of those really expensive restaurants having cocktails with my fiancee and not fighting with her about the damn wedding." Xander said. "Dawn your turn."
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"Hello Spike." Anya said spotting him as she went down the steps to the basement. "Would you like me to get Willow for you?"
"Willow?" Spike asked, "Why would I want you to get Willow?"
"So you can continue kissing her like you were last night." Anya answered.
"K-kissing?" Spike stuttered, "We weren't, we were just talking."
"Sure." Anya said, "Then I'll get her so you two can talk some more."
"No, I mean I don't think." Spike said, "I don't want everyone to know I'm here."
"I'm not telling anyone." Anya said, "I think it's great that you and Willow found each other. Now Willow will have you and won't try to take Xander and you can stop following Buffy all the time."
"Thanks, I guess." Spike answered.
"Willow!" Anya yelled up the steps, "Willow!"
"Yeah Anya?" Willow said coming to the top of the steps.
"Can you come and help me for a minute please?" Anya said smiling at Spike.
"Sure." Willow responded coming down the stairs, stopping when she saw Spike standing there. "Oh, uh, hello Spike."
"She knows Luv." Spike said.
"Anya you can't."
"Tell anyone. Why does everyone assume I don't know that." Anya said. "I'll just go back upstairs so you two can 'talk'" She finished smiling and heading for the steps.
Dawn met her at the top of the steps and took a couple of the jars she was carrying.
"What's going on?" Dawn asked.
"Spike's down there." Anya whispered. "Sorry to interrupt your game though."
"We stopped the game anyway. We were discussing horrible fads we're glad we missed." Dawn replied. "So what's yours?"
"Fad I'm glad I missed?" Anya asked, "I'm over a thousand years old. I haven't missed many fads."
"Then what's the worst one you lived through?" Dawn asked.
"Disco." Anya answered quickly. "Lets go see what's going on down there."
"Are you sure we should?"
"Of course." Anya replied, "How else do we make sure they don't screw up."
"Good point."
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"We need to stop." Spike said breaking the kiss and whispering in Willow's ear.
"Why?" Willow said pouting, "I don't want to."
"I didn't say I wanted to I said we needed to." Spike said kissing her lightly again.
"So why?" Willow said trying to recapture his mouth with her own.
"Because we have an audience Luv." Spike said moving away again, "So unless you want to give Anya and Dawn a show that will probably make you homeless and me a pile of dust when Buffy finds out we need to stop."
"Okay." Willow said, "Thanks a lot guys." Willow muttered as she passed her friends on the way back up the steps after watching Spike make his way back through the sewers.