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Summary: Buffy, Dawn and Spike head to England, following a mysterious request from Giles and The Council.
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Buffy just barely finished getting dressed after getting out of the shower after pulling yet another disgusting double shift at Double Meat Palace, when she heard her sister's voice from downstairs.
"Buffy, I'm home! I got the mail!" Dawn bellowed from the front hall.
"Hey Dawnie, thanks. Anything good in there?" Buffy asked coming down the stairs.
"Lets see," Dawn said skimming through the pile in her hands, "Typical stuff, a magazine, a few fliers, the light bill, and ooh, a letter from Giles in England!!" she exclaimed, dropping the rest of the mail on the floor.
"Give it to me!" Buffy said as she dove for the letter. It was first letter in a long time they had received from Giles.
"No way! It's addressed to BOTH of us. I got the mail, so I get to read it first, and then you can read it."
"But I'm the one in charge & I say that I get to read it first!"
"HA! Not a chance! My name comes first, I got the mail, and I saw it first, so I'm opening it & reading it first! NOT YOU!" with that Dawn took off up the stairs to her room with the letter in hand leaving her sister standing in the front hall. A few short seconds later, she too was bounding up the stairs to Dawn's room. When she got to the door & went to open it, she discovered it was locked!
Brat, Buffy thought to herself. Then she had an idea, "Dawnie," she said sweetly, "please unlock the door, I promise I won't take the letter from you. Just unlock the door and we read it together."
"Nice try Buff, but it won't work." came the reply from the other side.
"Dawn Margaret Summers open this door right now or I'll break the lock and come in myself!" threatened Buffy.
"I already told you, No way! But here! This is for you, it was in the envelope." Dawn slipped another envelope under her door with Buffy's name written on it. Buffy picked it up & went downstairs to read it & pick up the rest of the discarded mail from the front hall. She walked into the kitchen, placed the rest of the mail on the counter by the phone, and sat down at the table to read her letter.