[There'll be more where that came from. The face never really gets old. At least not until she's practically falling down.]

Spike is--[Complicated] a friend from home. He was---I mean we used to date but he sort of stuck around after I--[Dumped him? She's not entirely sure that's the right word.] we broke up. He had some--he needed help. [Because getting your soul back is hard, okay] And when I had to be--gone--[Dead. She hasn't covered that part of things with him yet. She doesn't think anyway.] Spike took care of Dawn for me because Slayer's little sister is a big target so--anyway. He's a friend. Vampire-shaped friend but a good vampire which explains the basement and the abundance of drapes in the rest of the house.