Title: Where Do We Go From Here?

Disclaimer: In my dreams I own all this shit, so please be quite, cause I don't wanna wake up. ;)

Authors Note: Here's the edited 4th chapter, which I've combined with the 5th and 6th chapters, because they were meant to be one chapter anyway and it just makes more sense this way.

Katherine Elizabeth

Chapter 4 A: Getting Comfortable

The time for Dawn to go to meet Harry had finally come, and after grabbing a stake, and her favorite dagger, she slipped out of the house. She had gone through her whole closet looking for something cute to wear, that she could also move in. She was supposed to be killing vamps while she patrolled, and it would be good to be able to move while she fought. She decided on a pair of dark blue velour pants, and a light blue, form fitting, zip up, sweater over a white spaghetti strap shirt.

She walked quickly, and didn't meet any vamps along the way, so it was no time at all before she was at the park. She looked at her watch and realized that she was about 30 minutes early, so she decided to patrol around the park, and make sure there were no vamps around. She really didn't want to have to explain vampires to Harry, he seemed so nice, and didn't deserve that kind of trouble in his life.

Harry and Dawn hadn't talked about much of import the night before, and Dawn was eager to learn more about Harry's life. So far she knew that he was 16, and had lived in England all his life. She had found it interesting that he went to a boarding school, but he had insisted that he loved it there.

After circling the park twice Dawn headed back to the swings and sat down to wait.

Harry quietly slipped out of his bedroom window, making sure to leave it partially open, so that he could get back in again. He had gone to sleep early, and his normal nightmares had turned into weird dreams of a glowing green light. When he had first woken up he thought he had been dreaming of the killing curse again, but this light had been different. Whenever he saw the blinding green flash of light it instilled fear, and confusion in him, and made him feel cold. This light however had been softer and brighter at the same time, and when he saw it he was filled with warmth. It made him feel like the world made sense again.

He smiled at the memory of the dream, it had been so peaceful, there was still the underlying fear that all his dreams had, but the glowing green had almost made him forget about it. He had not woken up as he usually did, so he was not able to leave early to meet Dawn as he had planned.

When Harry finally got to the park he was almost 15 minutes late. When he walked into the park Dawn looked up at him, smiled, and waved at him. He hurried over, and sat down on the swing next to hers.

"Hey," Dawn said cheerily, as he sat down next to her, and they began to talk.

"Hi, I'm so sorry I'm late," Harry apologized, "I over slept a bit, and then I had to wait for my uncle to fall asleep."

"Don't worry about it," She said quickly, "it's not a problem." Harry smiled gratefully.

"So, is your uncle visiting, or does he live with you?" She asked curiously.

"Actually I live with my Aunt and Uncle, and their son Dudley." He wrinkled his nose in disgust as he said this.

"Oh really, where are your parents?" Dawn saw Harry's face fall, and withdrew her question "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to intrude."

"No," he sighed sadly, "it's ok; my parents were killed when I was one, and so I've been living with my Aunt and Uncle since then."

"Oh Harry, I'm so sorry, I lost my mom a couple years ago, so I know how you feel." She said sadly.

"Well, at least you still had your dad that had to have been a comfort?" Harry could see that her eyes were getting slightly misty at the mention of her mother, so he tried to make her feel better.

"Actually, my parents were divorced, and my dad didn't really come around too often, he didn't even come to her funeral. My sister and I have stuck together though." Dawn stated.

"Oh, so what brought you to England?" Harry asked, trying to change the subject to something a little less depressing.

"My sister's job got her transferred to London, and we were ready for a change anyway." Dawn replied sticking to the reason Buffy had decided to use for anyone not related to the whole slaying gig.

"Oh, what does your sister do?" He asked politely.

"She's a guidance counselor, for a major company called the council." Dawn replied automatically, as Buffy had drilled it into her, so as to be sure she didn't slip up, and say anything about the slaying.

"Oh" Harry said quietly.

"Yup," Dawn replied awkwardly. "So tell me about your Aunt and Uncle, what are they like?"

Chapter 4 B: Getting to know you

"Well..." Harry hesitated a moment, embarrassed at how they treated him, but he thought dawn would understand, and told her anyway. "Actually I don't really get along with them to well."

"Oh really?" Dawn asked, "Why not?"

"I guess it's because my Aunt, my mums sister, never really approved of my mothers lifestyle, or of my dad." Harry said thoughtfully, "Her and my Uncle Vernon take it out on me, I guess."

"Oh that sucks." Dawn said sympathetically. "What about your cousin, is he alright?" Harry laughed.

"Not at all, Dudley is worse then my aunt and uncle. When we were in school together he was the biggest bully, and he's real spoiled to; gets everything he wants and more." Harry said lightly.

"Why aren't you two in the same school anymore?" Dawn asked curiously, "Doesn't Dudley go to the same boarding school as you?"

"Oh no," Harry said, "Dudley got excepted to this school called Smeltings, my uncle used to go there. He goes on about how fine a school it is, but it can't possibly compare to Hog..." Harry cringed; he wasn't supposed to tell her that

"Hog?" Dawn snorted in laughter "Your school is called Hog? And why is it so much better then that Sweltlinks place"

"Um.. No it's Hogsens" Harry made up a name on the spot. "I was just saying that Hogsens is a lot better of a school then Smeltings."

"Oh," Dawn said, and then she paused. "Why?"

"Erg..." Harry didn't know how to answer he couldn't exactly come out and say because it's a magic school. "I guess it's because we have a better err environment, and we learn a lot of important stuff. You see Smeltings is very preppy, and strict. I'm pretty sure they don't learn anything worth a rat's ass there."

"Wow your school sounds... fun," Dawn said lamely, while thinking that it sounded even worse then before. Harry laughed.

"It's a lot better then it sounds," Harry defended, "We have girls and boys dorm rooms, and the guys you live with are like your best mates, we don't have a normal school cafeteria since we eat there every meal, it's a big dining hall, and the food is great, we get Friday afternoons off, and on the weekends we are allowed to visit a little town near the school."

"I can see how that could be fun," Dawn decided, "How many years do you go for?"

"Each student goes from the year they turn eleven until they graduate, so that's seven years" Harry informed her.

"Wow, that's a long time away from home" Dawn said in disbelief. "But then I guess it would be like a second home after all that time?"

"Well for me it is my home, my parents went there, and everyone knew them, so the people at Hogsens are like my family." Harry smiled as he thought of his real home, and Dawn smiled at the happy look on his face.

They went on to talk about their likes, dislikes, friends, and family until around two o'clock.

Chapter 4 C: Getting to like you

Dawn was laughing at a story Harry had told about how one of his best friends had overslept and missed an entire class in their third year of school, when she suddenly realized something.

"Oh my god, I totally forgot, do you know what time it is?" She asked worriedly. Harry quickly rolled up his sleeve, and checked his watch.

"It's ten after 2:00," He announced.

"Oh thank god," she exclaimed. "I promised Buffy I would be home by 2:30, I still have time." Harry looked confused.

"Your sister doesn't mind you being out this late?" He asked.

"Well, she and I both like to take walks at night, so she understands, and as long as I tell her where I will be, and I'm home by the time she sets, then she doesn't mind." Dawn explained.

"Oh, wow, she sounds pretty cool." Harry remarked.

"Yeah she is, but don't tell her I said that." Dawn replied while smiling at Harry.

"Ok," Harry laughed, and smiled back. "I guess you better get going then?"

"Yeah," She replied regretfully.

"What do you say meet up again tomorrow night?" Harry asked hopefully.

"Ok," Dawn replied, then she said, "You know we have never actually met in the daylight, how do I know that you are not a vampire?" Dawn joked. Harry smiled nervously.

"A what?" He asked.

"You know, a vampire like in horror movies and stuff, they can only go out in the dark." Dawn explained nervously, wishing that she had not brought it up at all.

"Oh, sorry, I must be more tired then I thought, lack of energy makes me stupid." He said.

"Your not stupid, your just not used to my Summers family humor," she explained, "I was just kidding, in case you didn't pick that up, don't want you thinking I'm crazy." She grinned, and Harry couldn't help himself, he grinned back at her like a maniac.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone you're a nut job." He joked playfully.

"You better not, or I might just have to start telling people that you vant to suck their blood." She said the last bit as though she where count Dracula, and they both cracked up laughing. After a while when they had sobered up a bit, they stood up, and began walking.

"Well," Harry said as they reached the corner of Privet Drive. "This is my street"

"Ok, before you go, do you want to meet sometime tomorrow, like during the day?" Dawn asked.

"Yeah," Harry smiled, "That would be nice; I don't really do much during the day when I'm here, so I'm free."

"Great, how about I give you my number, and you can call me in the morning, we can decide what we want to do then." She replied as she pulled out a piece of paper from the front pocket of her zip up sweater. "Oh, but we have to pick up some friends at the airport, so I won't be home until around one, but you can call me then."

"That sounds good." He grinned, yet again, and took the piece of paper, that already had her phone number on it. He looked at it curiously, and then asked, "How did you know you would need to give me your number?"

"Actually I didn't," she blushed, "You see, I haven't memorized our new phone numbers yet, so I wrote them down, to carry with me incase I needed to call home."

"Oh, that makes sense." He said.

"Yeah, so I guess I should get going, I'll see you tomorrow then." She said.

"Ok," Harry smiled at her, "I'll call you." He said as he took a step back onto Privet Drive.

"K," she smiled "Bye"

"Goodnight." He called, as they both reluctantly turned and headed their separate ways.

TBC...

Authors Note: Ok so I decided to have the chapter separated into sections where they used to be cut into three separate chapters, but other then that not much different.