"Move it, Peaches," Spike said, pushing past Angel. "Punch needs more... punch."
Angel rolled his eyes as the younger vampire made his way to the punch bowl. "Try not to pass out this year, Spike."
Lorne chuckled, coming down the stairs. "Good luck with that. Hey, Angelfood, are we expecting Faith?"
"You are," Faith grinned, walking through the lobby towards the group. "It's very... festive in here."
Before she could say more, Cordelia had her by the arm and was dragging her up the stairs.
"I have a dress for you to wear," she was saying. "You are not wearing that."
Sam & Dean
Sam's eyes locked on Faith as she was whisked away.
"Never fear everybody!" Dean announced as he entered the room, "it's alright to party. I'm here."
Spike and Gunn
"Chootles!" Spike exclaimed, coming over to Dean after liberally spiking the punch.
"Oh good," Gunn commented, appearing next to Sam. "Spike and Dean, together with alcohol."
Sam & Dean
"Could be worse," Sam's eyebrows rose.
"Hey! My favorite fang!" Dean greeted, gving him their special handshake, "how goes it?"
Spike, Gunn, Cordelia and Faith
"Better now," Spike grinned, finishing the handshake. "Party will be fun this year."
"True," Gunn replied, shrugging. "Though... you didn't have to put up with Spike last year."
Cordelia finished putting Faith in a strapless cocktail dress, that brought out all of her features and her colouring.
"There," Cordy said, stepping back. "Shoes are over here."
Faith stepped into the heels, and blinked slightly at the sudden height change. "You know, you need a hobby."
Cordelia grinned and held the door open for Faith, walking alongside with her back to the party.
"Doing this is my hobby."
Faith came to the stairs and held onto the railing. "If I fall, I'll punch you."
Sam & Dean
Sam looked up again at the sound of Faith's vioce, and smirked when he saw her.
"It will be now that I'm here," Dean winked at Spike, "tell me there's alochol within striking distance."
Spike, Gunn and Faith
"Yeah, just finished giving the punch more punch," Spike grinned, indicating. "Or there's nog. Or beer somewhere. Lorne is setting up the bar over at Reception."
Gunn wolf whistled at Faith as she came over to them. "Who knew that underneath it all, there was a genuine hottie."
"Did you just say 'hottie'?" Faith raised an eyebrow.
"Shut up."
Dean & Sam
"Right. Then let's get this party started," Dean insisted, making a beeline for the punch.
Sam slid an arm around her waist, pulling her in to kiss her forehead.
"I'm sorry," he chuckled.
Spike, Angel, Cordelia and Faith
Spike grinned and followed along behind, prompting a groan from Angel and a chuckle from Cordelia.
Faith glanced up at Sam. "No, you're not."
She pouted slightly.
Sam
"Ok I'm not," Sam relented with an amused grin, "but you're kinda cute when you're being gullible."
Faith and Angel
"You know I only let her do it for you," Faith poked her tongue out at him.
"Aww," Angel teased, walking over to join them.
Sam
"Hey," Sam smiled at Angel in greeting, keeping Faith at his side.
Angel, Faith and Gunn
"Hey," Angel responded, then whistled, looking at Faith.
Gunn chuckled, and nodded. "I agree."
"They're called breasts," Faith told them. "And yes, they are exceptional."
Sam
"They're also mine," Sam grinned, playing along.
Gunn, Faith, Angel and Lorne
"I think, technically," Gunn grinned. "They are Faith's."
"Nah," Faith replied, waving her hand. "I worked out awhile back that if Sam could take them and run, we would've been broken up ages ago."
Angel chuckled. "That's a disturbing image."
"Hey there lovebirds," Lorne greeted Sam and Faith. He handed the pair glasses of alcohol. "Merry Christmas."
"Hey Lornytunes," Faith replied, letting the demon give her a kiss on the cheek.
Sam
"Thanks," Sam nodded, still unsure if he should be drinking that night or not.
Gunn, Faith and Angel
"Hey," Gunn said, tapping Faith's shoulder. "Three words for you. Limited. Edition. Transformer."
"No way!" Faith grinned. "Show me!"
"See," Gunn shot Angel a triumphant look, as Faith started dragging the lawyer in the direction of his office. "Told you Transformers were awesome."
Angel chuckled, shaking his head. "I seriously don't know what he spends his money on."
Sam & Dean
"Gee I wonder," Sam watched after them, putting his free and in his pocket awkwardly.
"Dude!" Dean appeared, glass in hand, "you gotta try this."
He shoved it in Sam's face, taking the glass he held out of his brother's hand.
"Dean...?"
"Just do it."
"Why?"
"Because I told you to. And I'm the boss."
"No you're not."
"Yeah I totally am. Do it!"
Spike
"Pip Pip!" Spike chuckled, coming over with his own glass of punch.
"Good old Pip. Oh wait a minute... he's alone for once!"
Dean & Sam
"Perfect time to strike," Dean mused.
"One sip," Sam insisted.
"Wuss," Dean almost snorted.
Sam took is sip, almost gagged, and handed it back.
"That's all yours," he insisted.
Dean hesitated, shrugged, and downed the rest of it.
Dean
"Oh I'm sure there'll be one," Dean cut in.
Faith, Gunn and Spike
"Autobots!" Faith announced, coming out of the office with her arm linked through Gunn's.
"Transform and roll out!" he finished, and they both started laughing as they walked back over.
"Whoa!" Spike grinned, leering at Faith. "Say, Rogue... I'm a bit tired. May I sleep on those?"
Faith smiled and then slapped him hard over the back of the head.
Dean & Sam
"I second that, with me in his place," Dean nodded, stepping behind Sam so that she couldn't hit him though.
Sam raised an eyebrow.
Faith and Spike
Faith paused, thoughtfully. "Anything for you, Dean."
Spike eyed her suspiciously.
Dean & Sam
Dean looked around Sam and squinted.
"I don't trust you," he said flatly, making Sam chuckle.
Faith
Faith smiled innocently at Dean.
"No, seriously," she assured him. "You can touch them, if you like."
Dean & Sam
Dean looked at Spike.
"I'm bailing," he said, before sprinting back into the punch room.
Sam broke out laughing.
Spike and Faith
"Nah mate!" SPike yelled, chasing after him.
Faith grinned and slid her arm around Sam's waist.
Sam
"You've gotta hand it to Dean. He's nothing if not entertaining when tipsy," Sam shrugged.
Angel, Lorne and Faith
"I'm just worried that something is going to get broken," Angel told him.
Lorne turned his head and grinned at Faith, listening to her hum under her breath.
"Faith!" he said, with a shocked expression on his face.
Faith held her hands up. "Innocent."
Sam
Sam linked his arm in hers as a loud bang came from the other room.
He flinched.
Faith, Angel and Spike
"We should check that out," Faith said to Sam, starting to pull him in completely the opposite direction of the nose.
Angel closed his eyes and silently counted to ten.
Spike's laughter could be heard from the other room.
Dean & Sam
"I didn't do it!" Dean exclaimed.
"What are we doing?" Sam looked confused as he let himself be pulled.
Faith and Spike
Faith grinned, and kept pulling Sam along. "I have a room here, remember?"
"Think it's a ghost," Spike said, chuckling.
Dean & Sam
Dean snapped his fingers.
"That's gotta be it! Let's hunt it!"
Meanwhile, a knowing look crossed Sam's face.
"A bit uncouth, but I'm all for it," he grinned, following her aimably now.
Spike and Faith
"Rocksalt at the ready!" Spike announced.
Faith grinned, and opened the door to her old room.
"Thought you might be. Sex fiend."
Dean & Sam
"Yes. And... shotgun. I'm gonna go get my gun get. Yes. Gun. Back soon," Dean spun and darted out of the room and headed for the garage.
~*~
"We are gonna miss a great deal of the party though," Sam pointed out.
"But on the plus side, you can get out of that dress."
Spike and Faith
"I'll get the punch!" Spike called after him.
~*~*~*~
"And you get to see me naked," Faith grinned.
"Ok. One round. Then we'll go be sociable."
Sam & Dean
"Don't make it sound like a chore," Sam smirked, pulling his shirt off.
~*~
Dean made it to his car, loaded a shotgun, and headed back in. He walked straight past Angel with a determined look on his face, barely registering the vampire there.
"GOT IT!"
Lorne, Angel and Faith
Lorne raised an eyebrow. "Does Spike remember the Sanctuary spell?"
Angel shrugged. "Hope not."
~*~*~*~
Faith grinned, unzipping the back of her dress.
"Never."
Dean
"Do you know where this ghost is or not?" Dean demanded as he returned to the room.
Spike
"Nah," Spike said, holding a glass of punch.
"Couldn't find it in the punch."
Dean
"Oh what?" Dean groaned, shoulders slouching.
"You were supposed to watch out for it!"
Spike
"Punch called, mate," Spike shrugged.
"Oh god, food's out!"
He darted off in that direction.
Dean
"Food!" Dean followed suit, dashing to the table.
He grabbed a bread roll and stuffed it in his mouth.
Spike, Angel, Lorne and Faith
Spike grabbed a plate and grinned at Dean.
"And we invited them, why?" Angel groaned.
"Well," Lorne smiled. "We technically invited Faith, and that comes with a nonverbal invite for Sam. And that comes with one for Dean."
~*~*~*~
"Where are my panties?" Faith asked, looking around the room for the missing underwear.
Sam
"Uh... I think they ended up over there somewhere," Sam waved in the direction of the back corner.
"Sorry, wasn't paying attention."
Faith
"Eh, I can't be bothered," Faith shrugged.
"The dress covers enough."
She stepped back into her shoes.
"Ready to be social?"
Sam
Sam sighed, falling back onto the bed still shirtless.
"Do we have to?"
Faith
Faith grinned and leaned over him.
"Well, you can stay here. But I should be social."
Sam
"As long as you're coming back," Sam's eyebrows rose.
Faith
Faith's expression immediately turned cheeky.
"Well alright, but how will I know you'll stay?"
She opened the bedside table with her foot, and then reached over to pull out some restraints.
Sam
"Because I don't plan on... oh no," he caught sight of them and blushed a little.
Faith
Faith straddled his waist and leaned down to kiss him.
"Awwww, you don't want to play?"
Sam
"I'd rather you just stayed right where you are now," Sam replied honestly.
Faith
"I know," Faith said, then leaned in for another kiss.
"But, Tru and Liam are meant to be coming to this, and I still need to catch up with people."
Sam
"But you see them all the time!" Sam pointed out.
Faith
Faith pouted.
"I see you all the time too. Twenty minutes won't hurt you."
Sam
"I'm sure it will," Sam countered, "how would we know any different?"
Faith
"Aww," Faith said, running her fingers across his chest.
"What if I leave you with phone in hand. So you can text me a code word when you feel sad? And I'll come back."
Sam
"Any time constraints on that?" Sam asked innocently.
Faith
"At least half an hour," Faith replied.
She grinned faintly.
Sam
"Half an hour?" Sam whined.
Faith
"Maybe an hour," Faith said, tilting her head slightly.
"I am hungry, after all."
Sam
"If you're taking an hour, then I'm coming with regardless," Sam said decidedly.
Faith
Faith grinned and pulled on his arm then.
"Alright."
Sam
"Alright what?" Sam's eyebrows rose.
Faith
"Well, I'm hungry," Faith grinned.
"So, I'm off to be social. And eat. So... alright, are you coming?"
She grinned faintly at that last statement.
Sam
"I meant 'alright, are you going for a half hour or an hour'?" Sam corrected.
Faith
"I'll go for forty five minutes," Faith said.
Sam
Sam sighed.
"Ok, I'll stay," he relented.
Faith
Faith leaned across and kissed him again.
"Just watch the tv. Time will fly."
Sam
"Yeah. Great. Christmas specials," Sam smirked after kissing her back.
Faith
"You can watch the secruity cameras, if you like," Faith grinned.
"Watch what's going on at the party?"
Sam
"Watching my brother be a dick might be amusing for some, but I have to live with it. So not so much," Sam pointed out.
"Just put Sci-Fi on or something."
b>Faith
"Just put Sci-Fi on?" Faith repeated.
"What am I? Your slave?"
Sam
"I guess, as of now, I'm yours," Sam grinned teasingly.
Faith
Faith laughed and leaned down for another kiss.
"Guess you are."
She reached over for the restraints.
Sam
"One hand," Sam insisted.
Faith
Faith pouted, but she nodded anyway.
"Alright. One hand."
Sam
Sam held up his left wrist, ready.
"And don't purposely take too long either."
Faith
"Would I do that?" Faith asked, somewhat rhetorically.
She fastened his left wrist to the headboard of the bed.
Sam
"Don'tforget, Sci-Fi," Sam insisted.
Faith
Faith grinned and grabbed the remote from the bedside table. She flicked the tv on, then switched the channels for him.
"There you go, dear," she said, mock seriously.
Sam
"Thankyou honey," Sam replied in the same tone.
Faith
Faith grinned and got up from the bed.
"Alright, I'll see you in a bit."
Sam & Dean
"Have fun," Sam pouted, sinking down onto the bed.
~*~
"WOO!" Dean yelled, spilling his glass of champagne down Spike's front.
"Dude, Zeppelin. Karaoke. You and me. Tell me you know and respect the Zep."
Faith, Spike, Tru and Liam
Faith walked down the stairs, just as Spike was high fiving Dean.
"Zeppelin rules!" he exclaimed.
Tru and Liam glanced over at them, then Tru noticed her mother.
"Mom!" she exclaimed, giving Faith a hug once they were close enough.
Dean
Dean looked over at the exclamation.
"Damn Tru's hot," he appreciated for a moment, before turning back to Spike.
"Stairway To Heaven. You're on pal."
Spike
"I know, mate," Spike grinned, throwing his arm around Dean. "I would totally go there. Though, I'd also go there with Faith."
He lead Dean over to the karaoke machine.
Dean
"Amen brother," Dean bumped fists with the vampire.
He flipped through the directory on he karaoke machine, searching for Zeppelin songs.
"Ramble On! Spike man, hit me up!"
Spike
Spike stumbled over to Dean and grabbed a microphone.
"Let's do it!"
Dean
Dean started it up and grabbed a microphone as well.
"Leaves are fallin' all around, time I was on my way. Thanks to you, I'm much obliged for such a pleasant stay! Sing it Spikey!" he sang at the top of his lungs.
Spike, Angel and Faith
"But now it's time for me to go. The Autumn moon lights my way. For now I smell the rain, and with it pain, and it's headed my way. Sometimes I grow so tired, but I know I've got one thing I got to do..." Spike sang along.
Angel glanced at Faith and she grinned, singing along herself.
Dean
Dean spotted someone's mouth moving.
"Faith baby! Come on!" he called her over.
"A-RAMBLE ON! And now's the time, the time is now. Sing my song, I'm goin' 'round the world, I gotta find my GIRL!"
Faith and Spike
Faith laughed and jumped up onto the small platform where Spike and Dean were.
"I've been this way ten years to the day, ramble on, gotta find the queen of all my dreams..." Faith and Spike sang together.
Dean
"Got no time to for spreadin' roots, the time has come to be gone. And though our health we drank a thousand times it's time to RAMBLE. ON!" Dean fist pumped.
Tru, Angel, Spike and Faith
"Is Mom drunk?" Tru asked Angel.
Angel shook his head. "No."
Spike launched back into the song, then once his bit was done, he let Faith have her go.
Dean
Dean stepped to the side and bowed his arms to Spike and Faith when the song was over.
"NEXT!" he yelled, jumping over to the machine.
Faith
"Pour Some Sugar On Me!" Faith told Dean.
"I'm in the mood for some Leppard."
Dean
"Rock on," Dean snapped his fingers before punching the song in.
He threw her another microphone and spun his around his fingers as the music started and he jumped on stage.
"Let's GO!"
Spike and Faith
"I'm out!" spike said, handing the microphone to Faith.
"You're nothing but a disappointment," she told him.
She grinned over at Dean.
"Step inside, walk this way! You and me babe, hey hey!"
Dean
"YOU!" Dean pointed at Spike, "SUCK! Love is like a bomb, baby, c'mon get it ON!"
Faith, Spike and Lorne
"Livin' like a lover with a radaaaar phone!" Faith sang along.
Spike flipped them the bird, and jumped down to get more punch.
Lorne chuckled, then glanced at the ring on Faith's finger, glittering when it hit the light.
Dean
"Ooh!" Dean jumped from the stage suddenly and beelined for the food table.
He'd spotted pie.
Faith and Lorne
Faith broke out into chuckles, and couldn't finish the song, so she stepped down from the mini stage to go talk to Lorne.
Dean
Dean perked up again as the music stopped, and pointed in Spike's direction.
Spike
"Kiwi!" Spike exclaimed, gesturing wildly.
"I've missed you!"
Dean
"Where have you been all my life?!!" Dean exclaimed, rushing over to give him the handshake.
Spike
"Waiting here. For you," Spike replied, complying with the handshake.
"Now my unlife is complete!"
Dean
"Aw man!" Dean sniffed, chugging a beer real quick then reaching out for a hug.
"I love you!"
Spike, Angel and Faith
"I love you too!" Spike announced. "More than the Rogue loves Pip!"
Angel glanced over and then looked back at Faith with his eyebrows raised.
"Hey," Faith said. "It's not my fault they're in man-love."
Dean
"Marry me! No wait. Spike. Hug me!" Dean grabbed him and held him tight.
He leant around his shoulder to drink more.
Spike
"I have a strange urge to do a nudie run all through this place," Spike chuckled.
Dean
"DO IT!" Dean yelled, stepping back and pulling out his phone.
He tried to find the camera in the menu.
Spike and Faith
Spike chuckled and took his duster off.
Faith pulled it from him. "No, I don't think so."
"Oh, come on," Spike half whined. "You want to see me naked. You'd like to be naked with me. Tell you what, I'll meet you in your room!"
Dean
Dean's eyes widened.
"Race you there!"
And he bolted.
Faith and Spike
"Don't you dare!" Faith exclaimed, running after them.
"Oooohooo!" Spike grinned, still running. "Something she doesn't want us to see!"
Dean
Dean decided the elevator was taking too long, and bolted for the stairs.
Faith and Spike
Faith had overtaken Spike to stop Dean, but, being drunk and less likely to worry about hurting a Slayer, Spike simply crash tackled her to the ground.
"GO KIWI, GO!"
Dean & Sam
Dean disappeared.
Sam hear footsteps outside the door and leant back on the bed, displaying himself for Faith. As the doorknob turned slowly and it opened, he grinned.
"Hey, that was quick," his eyebrows rose.
Dean stepped in and his eyes instantly fell on his brother.
"DEAN?!" Sam sat up, startled.
"What the...?"
"Dean get OUT!" Sam rushed to cover himself.
Spike and Faith
"I barely touched you," Spike said, helping Faith to her feet.
Blood was dripping from a cut on her forehead, and she glared at him, then remembered what she was stopping them from doing. She took her shoes off and ran in the direction of her room.
"I said I was sodding sorry, Jesus!" Spike yelled after her.
Dean
Dean was standing outside the room with his arms folded as Faith approached.
"So. Word of warning next time might be nice," his eyebrows rose.
Faith
"Hey!" Faith protested, wiping the blood from her forehead.
"I was trying to stop you, but Spike crash tackled me."
Dean
"You could have yelled something like 'I have your brother cuffed naked to the bed'," Dean insisted.
Faith
"You could've not run into my room!" Faith returned.
She put her hand on the doorknob to go check on Sam.
Dean & Sam
"I repeat: WARN me next time!" Dean waved her off, before going to find Spike.
"Faith?" Sam asked hopefully.
Faith and Spike
"Yeah," Faith said, closing the door behind her.
"Uh, sorry about that. I didn't get to him in time. Or rather, I would've, had I not been crash tackled."
Spike snickered when he saw Dean.
"You look like you've seen something terrible."
Dean & Sam
"I think I'm sober," Dean countered, "let's make shots."
~*~
"We are so not doing this again when he is anywhere nearby," Sam insisted.
Spike and Faith
"Heck yeah," Spike agreed, holding his hand up for a high five.
~*~*~*~
Faith grinned and leaned over him.
"Yeah, probably a good idea."
Dean & Sam
Dean led the way back down to the main room and headed straight for the bar area.
~*~
"Thanks," Sam nodded, turning his eyes back to the tv as he waited.
"Did you know they're making a new Star Trek movie?"
Faith
"Yeah, the guy who's going to be Kirk is hot as."
Faith reached up to unlock Sam and she grinned faintly.