It was morning, and Dawn opened her blue eyes, taking in her surroundings.
"Home," she whispered, as she sat up and winced at her new wounds. The
last thing she remembered was getting ready to kick some demon ass when
she was knocked upside the head. Which would explain the bandage on her head.
"Great, now I get to hear about it from Angel," Dawn stood up too quickly and got dizzy
as she nearly fell when she caught her balance on her bed frame. Gazing at herself
in the mirror, she again ran a finger through her hair before tying it in a bun and grabbing her
robe and slowly and quietly exited the room. For she knew it must have been a long
night, and everyone would be sleeping. Well mostly everyone. Little did she know
Spike was taking up residence in the room next door.
"Dawn?" a voice said as she stopped dead in her tracks and turned to see
Connor, her best friend, her brother, sitting on the couch in the foyer.
"Hey," she said quietly not wanting to wake everyone.
"How ya feelin after last night?" Connor said. Dawn shrugged, as she searched
her robe for her cigarettes. "Listen um. . .there's something I need to tell you. .
it's about. . ." Connor didn't get to finish as Dawn silently walked outside to
get a moment's peace. It was her morning routine, have a cigarette and
clear her brain, then scrounge for caffinated goodness. But he knew
his best friend and sister would react differently when she found out
the vampyre of her dreams was sleeping in the room next to hers.
And had been there last night with them.
Dawn sighed outside, and winced as her head ached slightly.
Upside to being an immortal being was that her wounds wouldn't
take long to heal. Still didn't mean they hurt. "Stupid demon
cronie, if I was awake I'd have kicked his ass," she grumbled
as she inhaled and stared at other people walking down the street.
Crushing her cigarette bud she said a small chant and covered the
scent of smoke with the faint smell of vanilla as she walked inside.
"So Connor what were you trying to tell me about last night?" Dawn
said as she sat down.
"Ello nibblet," Spike said, standing in the middle of the lobby
smirking all bad ass and menacing.