Jossverse Drabbles Challenge: Shakespeare: The lady doth protest too much, methinks — Hamlet, Act III, Scene II

Spike, Anya, Tara and Dawn were sitting on the back steps listening to the screaming match raging inside the house.

Buffy, Willow and Xander were going at each other hammer and tongs. Giles was silent, but after his last attempt at intercession, he may well have spontaneously combusted in response to the tongue-lashing he'd received.

The one thing the back stoop four agreed on was that Buffy was guilty of hiding something. Spike was betting it was sex, Anya money and Dawn a car accident. Tara just wanted everything to settle down, but tea and sympathy would have to wait.