Dawn was extatic, Buffy had agreed to let her go out on a date. In a time
such as this, when the first was about to possibly destroy the world, it
was good for Dawn to have a little fun to take her mind off of all of it.
She had met the new boy as soon as her first class started, it was his
first as well. As the bell rang she asked if he needed her to help him
find his way around and quickly found that they had all the same classes.
So by the end of the day Dawn knew more about this one new boy than she did
about any of the other boys that had been there all year. She knew his
name was Drake Williams, he was seventeen, and drove a Mustang. She also
knew that he had asked her to join him at the Bronze that night, being that
it was a Friday, and he owed her for helping him around. She also knew
that he was gorgeous, tall, and had the deepest eyes underneath his gelled
black hair. When he had asked her out, she had freaked, mumbling a
thousand things at once. When Buffy had dropped her off that night at the
Bronze she gave her the motherly, "Be good, be safe," speech and left her
sister to her own.
Dawn entered the Bronze searching the sea of faces until she saw him. Drake was casually leaning over the pool table, playing against some very large man. Dawn approached him slowly trying to catch his eye with her very sexy clothes, but she didn't. So when she did reach him, she put her hand on his shoulder and softly whispered in his ear, "Hey there handsome." He slowly raised from his leaning position as he sank the eight ball, corner pocket for the win. He slowly raised his eyes from her feet all the way to her eyes and then looked deep into her gorgeous eyes. "You are, by far, the most beautiful thing God ever created." He softly laughed as he raised her hand in his and kissed it softly. "Want to dance?"
He was straight to the point, and Dawn liked that. But something about him caught her eyes and then her mind. He stood before her, spiked brown hair, leather jacket, dress white shirt, with black slacks, with black boots. He looked eerily like Spike and Angel mixed, something that made her both laugh and feel quite attracted. She squeezed his hand and nodded yes, and as they walked to the dance floor, she found herself feeling oddly comfortable with him, especially as they started to dance to the slow love song that was on. He looked down into her eyes, and asked softly, "What do you do for fun around here? Not for tonight, but for future reference."
"What makes you think there is a future," Dawn smirked as she talked, knowing full well she had picked her humor up from Spike.
Drake stumbled across his words, "No, I..uh.well.not that I don't hope we will see each other again, just wondering."
"I know," Dawn laughed, "saw an opportunity to make you squirm. Nothing much really, between school and slayin.. I mean sleeping, there's little to do."
Drake's eyes flickered at the word slaying, he knew something Dawn thought, but then just figured the look was caused by the weird placement of the word. They stared closely at each other and Drake softly, and much more confident than his rambling moment from before stated, "Well, no matter. If I can somehow woo you, then I won't need anything else to keep me entertained. Looking in your eyes is quite fulfilling you know."
"Wow, for someone that has known me for a whole day, you seem to have me felt out already." Dawn blushed at the unintentional use of a word that could be construed as sexual. Why did I have to say 'feel' she thought.
Almost as if he was reading her mind, he looked into her eyes, "No, not felt you out yet. But, I wouldn't mind... just joking." Drake had found his chance to make her squirm as payback for earlier.
The song stopped and a faster, more rhythm based song came on and they started dancing standing as close as they did for the slow dance. Dawn knew how to dance, mostly from watching Buffy, and knew what to do to make Drake squirm, or so she thought. Instead, she learned the Drake was a fantastic dancer himself. As they continued into the night they shared conversations about everything possible and Dawn was quickly falling for Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome. Just as the two caught eyes and slowly started to lean in to kiss, Dawn saw a man leading a young girl out the back door and noticed that he didn't have a reflection in the adjacent mirror. Right as their lips touched Dawn pulled back, and quickly stated, "Hold that thought, oh God, please hold that thought." She quickly pushed Drake aside and ran towards the back door. Unbeknownst to her, Drake was following in a sprint.
Dawn slung the door open and heard the girl scream, Dawn quickly ran to the corner of the alley and saw the scene. The vamp hadn't sunk his teeth into the girl yet, and if Dawn could stop it he wouldn't. She quickly shouted, "Hey let her go!" The vamp noticed the young girl standing alone with him in the alley and laughed.
"Oh, more food, this night couldn't get much better," he laughed to himself.
"Let's see," Dawn said meekly as the vamp approached her dropping the young scared girl. He underestimated Dawn, and when he charged Dawn grabbed his right arm falling and flipped him over. She landed with the vamp on the ground and her knee in his side. She quickly reached in her pocket, pulled out her stake that Buffy wouldn't let her leave the house without and quickly dusted the vamp. As she did, she heard a group clapping. When she looked up, she saw what she feared the most, a crew of vamps closing in on her and the other scared girl. Dawn quickly helped the scared girl to her feet and told her to run. As the girl ran around the corner she bumped into Drake with eyes full of tears, Drake asked her, "What's going on?" The girl just looked him in the eyes with fear and ran. So Drake hurried around the corner to find Dawn standing still in shock ready to face five vampires, on her own.
Drake quickly walked up to her side and tapped her on the shoulder and then pointed at the approaching vampires, "Friends of yours?"
"Drake, oh God, we got to get out of here!" Dawn had completely lost her mind for a moment. She was preparing to take on five vamps by herself. "I can't explain, but just know that they are not going to give us a hug."
Before Dawn and Drake could turn to run though, they were surrounded. Drake looked back at Dawn and whispered, "I don't think leaving is an option, you wouldn't happen to have another stake would ya, vamps are hard to kill ya know."
"How did you know about vamp." before Dawn could finish all five swarmed towards them. Dawn turned to Drake only to be more surprised. As three vamps approached him she saw him fling his arms forward, and swords appeared from under his jacket sleeves. "Um, swords won't kill vamp." again before she could complete her sentence was stunned. Drake raised his arms and quickly swung, two vamps head's rolled, and dust flew. Dawn couldn't stay shocked for long, she had two vamps approaching herself. She turned her attention to one and gave a quick boot to the shin, as he bent to grab his shin, she thrusted the stake through the vamps back into it's heart. The second vamp on the other hand knocked her to the ground with a right hook. She fell to the ground and was helpless as the vamp straddled her, leaning down preparing to bite. Dawn heard a third slice sound from Drake's sword and then, right as the vamp neared Dawn's neck, he too met Drake's sword.
Dawn lay on the ground watching as Drake flicked both his wrists, bringing the swords back under his jacket. She just stared in awe as he bent down to check her over. "Are you alright? What were you thinking taking on all those vamps?"
"I wasn't, I was taking on one, then they all just showed up. Wait.. how do you know about vampires?"
"Well, that's a long story. How do you?"
"Sister's the slayer."
"Oh, okay, maybe not such a long story. My mom was a slayer in the early nineties, she died giving birth to me."
"Oh God, I am so sorry."
"It's alright," Drake softly said as he held out his hands for Dawn. She placed her hands in his and caught his eyes with hers. Drake slowly picked her up and looked her over, "Can I walk you home? We could talk about all this stuff."
"Sure. Like how did you do that cool sword trick." Dawn laughed as they turned towards her home. She held onto his hand as they rounded the corner out of the alley. She was thinking and then thought, 'now I know why he made me feel so comfortable.'
Dawn entered the Bronze searching the sea of faces until she saw him. Drake was casually leaning over the pool table, playing against some very large man. Dawn approached him slowly trying to catch his eye with her very sexy clothes, but she didn't. So when she did reach him, she put her hand on his shoulder and softly whispered in his ear, "Hey there handsome." He slowly raised from his leaning position as he sank the eight ball, corner pocket for the win. He slowly raised his eyes from her feet all the way to her eyes and then looked deep into her gorgeous eyes. "You are, by far, the most beautiful thing God ever created." He softly laughed as he raised her hand in his and kissed it softly. "Want to dance?"
He was straight to the point, and Dawn liked that. But something about him caught her eyes and then her mind. He stood before her, spiked brown hair, leather jacket, dress white shirt, with black slacks, with black boots. He looked eerily like Spike and Angel mixed, something that made her both laugh and feel quite attracted. She squeezed his hand and nodded yes, and as they walked to the dance floor, she found herself feeling oddly comfortable with him, especially as they started to dance to the slow love song that was on. He looked down into her eyes, and asked softly, "What do you do for fun around here? Not for tonight, but for future reference."
"What makes you think there is a future," Dawn smirked as she talked, knowing full well she had picked her humor up from Spike.
Drake stumbled across his words, "No, I..uh.well.not that I don't hope we will see each other again, just wondering."
"I know," Dawn laughed, "saw an opportunity to make you squirm. Nothing much really, between school and slayin.. I mean sleeping, there's little to do."
Drake's eyes flickered at the word slaying, he knew something Dawn thought, but then just figured the look was caused by the weird placement of the word. They stared closely at each other and Drake softly, and much more confident than his rambling moment from before stated, "Well, no matter. If I can somehow woo you, then I won't need anything else to keep me entertained. Looking in your eyes is quite fulfilling you know."
"Wow, for someone that has known me for a whole day, you seem to have me felt out already." Dawn blushed at the unintentional use of a word that could be construed as sexual. Why did I have to say 'feel' she thought.
Almost as if he was reading her mind, he looked into her eyes, "No, not felt you out yet. But, I wouldn't mind... just joking." Drake had found his chance to make her squirm as payback for earlier.
The song stopped and a faster, more rhythm based song came on and they started dancing standing as close as they did for the slow dance. Dawn knew how to dance, mostly from watching Buffy, and knew what to do to make Drake squirm, or so she thought. Instead, she learned the Drake was a fantastic dancer himself. As they continued into the night they shared conversations about everything possible and Dawn was quickly falling for Mr. Tall Dark and Handsome. Just as the two caught eyes and slowly started to lean in to kiss, Dawn saw a man leading a young girl out the back door and noticed that he didn't have a reflection in the adjacent mirror. Right as their lips touched Dawn pulled back, and quickly stated, "Hold that thought, oh God, please hold that thought." She quickly pushed Drake aside and ran towards the back door. Unbeknownst to her, Drake was following in a sprint.
Dawn slung the door open and heard the girl scream, Dawn quickly ran to the corner of the alley and saw the scene. The vamp hadn't sunk his teeth into the girl yet, and if Dawn could stop it he wouldn't. She quickly shouted, "Hey let her go!" The vamp noticed the young girl standing alone with him in the alley and laughed.
"Oh, more food, this night couldn't get much better," he laughed to himself.
"Let's see," Dawn said meekly as the vamp approached her dropping the young scared girl. He underestimated Dawn, and when he charged Dawn grabbed his right arm falling and flipped him over. She landed with the vamp on the ground and her knee in his side. She quickly reached in her pocket, pulled out her stake that Buffy wouldn't let her leave the house without and quickly dusted the vamp. As she did, she heard a group clapping. When she looked up, she saw what she feared the most, a crew of vamps closing in on her and the other scared girl. Dawn quickly helped the scared girl to her feet and told her to run. As the girl ran around the corner she bumped into Drake with eyes full of tears, Drake asked her, "What's going on?" The girl just looked him in the eyes with fear and ran. So Drake hurried around the corner to find Dawn standing still in shock ready to face five vampires, on her own.
Drake quickly walked up to her side and tapped her on the shoulder and then pointed at the approaching vampires, "Friends of yours?"
"Drake, oh God, we got to get out of here!" Dawn had completely lost her mind for a moment. She was preparing to take on five vamps by herself. "I can't explain, but just know that they are not going to give us a hug."
Before Dawn and Drake could turn to run though, they were surrounded. Drake looked back at Dawn and whispered, "I don't think leaving is an option, you wouldn't happen to have another stake would ya, vamps are hard to kill ya know."
"How did you know about vamp." before Dawn could finish all five swarmed towards them. Dawn turned to Drake only to be more surprised. As three vamps approached him she saw him fling his arms forward, and swords appeared from under his jacket sleeves. "Um, swords won't kill vamp." again before she could complete her sentence was stunned. Drake raised his arms and quickly swung, two vamps head's rolled, and dust flew. Dawn couldn't stay shocked for long, she had two vamps approaching herself. She turned her attention to one and gave a quick boot to the shin, as he bent to grab his shin, she thrusted the stake through the vamps back into it's heart. The second vamp on the other hand knocked her to the ground with a right hook. She fell to the ground and was helpless as the vamp straddled her, leaning down preparing to bite. Dawn heard a third slice sound from Drake's sword and then, right as the vamp neared Dawn's neck, he too met Drake's sword.
Dawn lay on the ground watching as Drake flicked both his wrists, bringing the swords back under his jacket. She just stared in awe as he bent down to check her over. "Are you alright? What were you thinking taking on all those vamps?"
"I wasn't, I was taking on one, then they all just showed up. Wait.. how do you know about vampires?"
"Well, that's a long story. How do you?"
"Sister's the slayer."
"Oh, okay, maybe not such a long story. My mom was a slayer in the early nineties, she died giving birth to me."
"Oh God, I am so sorry."
"It's alright," Drake softly said as he held out his hands for Dawn. She placed her hands in his and caught his eyes with hers. Drake slowly picked her up and looked her over, "Can I walk you home? We could talk about all this stuff."
"Sure. Like how did you do that cool sword trick." Dawn laughed as they turned towards her home. She held onto his hand as they rounded the corner out of the alley. She was thinking and then thought, 'now I know why he made me feel so comfortable.'