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This story is dedicated to my beta: Sweetprinciple.  Without your help and encouragement this would never be here. Any errors or if it's just plain bad, blame me.

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Dear Diary,
 
Spike’s house is so cool! He talked to mom and told her I could go to his house everyday after school. I named the kitten Clem gave me Buttons, She has this little black dot of fur on her nose. We hang out and listen to music and watch TV and he still helps me with my homework. I’m glad mom said it was okay, I hate being home by myself after school. Plus sometimes the gang comes to Spike’s house to talk about the slaying stuff and I get to listen in! I hate being left out, I could totally help but Buffy won’t let me.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Spike is in love with Buffy! I’m okay with it I guess. I mean I really like him but he is more like a big brother to me now. Plus I can see the looks that Buffy gives Spike when no one is looking. I think she likes him too. I mean it would totally suck to have a super strong boyfriend and need him to save you all the time. Buffy and Spike are both strong and patrol together all the time, like a superhero duo!
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Spike is going to ask Buffy out on a date! Yes! I just know they are perfect for each other. It’s really funny though, Spike wanted to know if I could teach him how to ice skate for their date. So me and him went last night and he kept falling down. I didn’t mean to laugh, really I didn’t! I told him I was sorry for laughing at him, he said it was okay and he started laughing too. It took a while but he got it. Spike took me out for ice cream after as a thank you. There’s this girl at school named Janice, she came over and started talking to me today in school. She saw me and Spike at the ice cream shop and she wanted to know who he was. I played it so cool! I think she wants to be friends because of Spike, but he would never look at her like that. She seems nice though, we’re going to the mall tomorrow.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Faith, the other Slayer, woke up from her coma. She came to the house and tried to pretend to be Buffy. Mom totally bought it but I didn’t. When she wasn’t looking I ran out and got Spike. He came to the house and she started chasing him and trying to stake him and that’s when mom knew it wasn’t Buffy. We found out later that the mayor who wanted to be a snake had left her some doo-hickey that let her switch bodies. Faith ran off as soon as she switched back into her own body. Oh, I almost forgot! Willow has a new friend her name is Tara and she’s a witch too. Spike said he thinks they are more than just friends.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Ugh, geeks. Some kid Buffy went to high school with did this dumb spell that made him into some perfect superstar. Too bad he made a demon that started killing people at the same time. The gang stopped him.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Willow is dating Tara! I like her she is sweet and kinda shy. But really nice. Oz came back but Willow told him it was over and that she loved Tara. I feel kind of bad for Oz but I really like Tara.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
I have never seen Spike so mad! Dracula came to town! He tried to get Buffy to be one of his wives and Spike went ballistic! Xander said Spike ripped Drac’s head right off his body when he tried to bite Buffy.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Okay this is weird even for a town on a hellmouth. Xander got split in two! Some demon tried to kill Buffy by splitting her slayer from her. I don’t get it but Xander got hit by the magic and there were two of him! Anya didn’t want to change him back. And can I just say ewww! Young impressionable mind here people! But I guess she can’t help it. She hasn’t been human in like a gazillion years.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
It must be a curse of living on the hellmouth. It seems like every time something good happens something comes along and takes it away.  Buffy and Spike are happy, they’ve been dating for almost a year now and it seems to be going good. Xander and Anya are living together and Anya is running the Magic Box that Giles bought. Willow and Tara are living together in the dorms. See every thing is going good. But my mom is sick. She passed out at work. Spike found her, he stops by her work a few times a week to talk about art and poetry and that silly soap opera they both love. He found her on the floor and called an ambulance. By time we got to the hospital he was a nervous wreck. He blames himself cause he was late getting there. But that’s just silly to me. He got her help and that makes me love him even more. Not in an icky way. Okay I admit I had a little crush on him a few years ago, but I’m over that.
 
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Dear Diary,
 
Mom came home from the hospital today. She has to go in for more tests in a few days. I’m really scared but Spike said she would be fine. He told me he would take care of me and mom. Buffy wanted to try magic to fix mom. But it didn’t work, but Buffy looked at me weird during the spell. Did I have food in my teeth?