Somewhere around midnight, Buffy decided to take Dawn home. She needed to talk to her sister at least once this month, beyond what she'd done a few weeks ago. And she knew that Dawn was probably dating someone, because that was definitely not her sweater or one of Spike's or Giles' or even their dad's. And she'd heard about the car. The Aston Martin DB-whatever the heck It was, a car that no doubt belonged to someone with a lot of funds and a few years on their back.
"So, you liking your new place?" Buffy asked finally.
"Yeah. I found some pretty cool furniture nearby."
The slayer could hear the amusement in dawn's voice. Apparently the owner of the car -who was probably her professor- had seen fit to replace everything Dawn owned. The drive was full of an oppressive silence.
"So, how's school?"
"It's a lot of work," Dawn finally said. "But I like it. I've made some friends, and found a place to hang out with them. Dun-Professor MacLeod helps me out a lot and I sit in on his study sessions sometimes for help in history class."
And there it was. Dawn was dating her teacher. But if that was the truth then the two of them had to keep things quiet. For Dawn's sake and that of this MacLeod guy. Maybe, she'd just wait and see how things turned out. Maybe.
Buffy was impressed by the amount of money and time MacLeod had invested into Dawn, she remembered the horrible conditions of the apartment before and noticed that most if not all of them had been fixed. She noticed everything though, and she liked what she saw thus far.
Both of them jumped when they heard the lock jiggle however, and within seconds, Buffy had the intruder pinned against the wall. It was a woman with closely cropped brown hair and a slight build. Unfortunately she wasn't a slayer, though she did give off a funny sort of vibe.
"Amanda! Buffy let her go!"
"Oh hey! Just hat I need!" Amanda laughed cheerfully. "You remember that artifact you and Adam told me not to go grab, well, it's in my back pocket and now there's a crazy woman trying to kill me."
"I'm not crazy, or trying to kill you," Buffy defended, letting the woman go.
"Not you, her!"
The Summers sisters both turned around then, expecting the worst, but getting what was possibly the best thing they could have in their present situation.
"Anya?"
"Hello Buffy and Dawn," the demonic blonde smiled before approaching Amanda. "If you'll excuse me for destroying your things, I must punish the thief."
"thief...Wait! Anya stop!" Buffy cried, putting herself between the two of them. "If you keep from punishing...Amanda?...If you keep from punishing Amanda you'll stay in the world longer right?"
"Well I suppose so yes."
"Then why not let her go and spend you time with Xander?"
The blonde cocked her head in thought and nodded in approval. "I think I like that. Now hurry and take me to Xander that he might give me many orgasms."
"Uhm..alright, the car is downstairs." Buffy turned to her sister. "Dawn, I don't want you to be here with..." a thief.
"Amanda and me are cool. She just gets in a bit of trouble sometimes. We'll be fine."
Buffy didn't want to leave her sister with this thieving college friend of hers, but Anya was tapping her foot impatiently by the door, her demonic visage replaced by her human appearance.
It looked like that talk with Dawn was going to have to wait just a bit longer.
I tried really hard to write for Buffy. I really did. But she's just so...simple. Reveiws welcome, but please, no ideas. Otherwise I get distracted and can't write more.
