I know it's been a while and I'm sorry. I just want to thank everyone for their reviews and patience I promise I'm not abandoning this story. Ok enough of my boringness onto the real reason you're here.
"Hey, sorry to interrupt." Harry said softly knocking on the door frame gaining the attention of the two girls.
"Hey Harry." Ginny grinned as Buffy gave him an unsure smile in greeting.
"Can we talk?" Harry asked unsurely standing in her doorway.
"Um sure." Buffy said nervously.
"I'll just go..somewhere else." Ginny said getting off the chair she'd been lounging on while Buffy packed her things. Sharing a quick look with her blonde friend she exited the room closing the door behind her.
"So." Buffy said nervously fiddling with the various items on top of her dresser.
"I um...about last night....I mean what I said.....I...." Harry tried to get out his face rapidly turning an alarming shade of red.
"It's ok." Buffy cut him off. "I mean we don't really need to talk about it do we?"
"I just wanted to apologize." Harry replied.
"Apologize?" Buffy said confused. "Oh, you didn't mean it?" She asked forcing her tone to stay casual and praying the disappointment wouldn't show.
"No...I mean of course I don't......" Harry stuttered. "Bloody hell." He sighed burying his head in his hands as he sat on the edge of her bed he couldn't stand liars and he wasn't about to start lying to her as embarrassing as it would be for him he owed her the truth. "I meant it." He said avoiding her gaze. "It's not like I do it on purpose though...I mean I don't even like it...Ok well maybe I do like it but it's not like I expect you to be like that or do anything just because I...I mean...I just shouldn't have...I didn't mean to blurt it out like that, or even at all. It's not something I really wanted you to know." He admitted quietly.
"You..you didn't?" Buffy asked unable to mask the hurt in her voice.
"Of course not!" Harry declared finally meeting her gaze reluctantly. "I know it's 'normal' or whatever but it's not something guys like to talk about or anything. It's bloody embarrassing."
"Embarrassing?" Buffy said confused. "Why is it....oh." She froze as the realization hit her unable to stop the smile that spread across her face. They were definitely not talking about the same thing. She'd been so thrown over the whole I love you declaration that she'd almost forgotten about the dirty dream admission. "I..I mean right. Like you said it's normal and whatever. I guess I should be glad that it's me and not some other girl your....well you know."
"So then your not mad?" Harry asked nervously. She almost laughed at the hope in his voice but instead took pity on him.
"I'm not mad." Buffy assured him. "You got drunk and a little handsy and said some junk it's ok, just don't make it a habit."
"I wont." He promised. "So then we're good?"
'Yeah were good." Buffy nodded smiling. She didn't know wether to be disappointed or relived that he told her he loved her and didn't remember. Part of her was dying to know if he meant it but the other part was terrified that he did and she wasn't sure how she felt. If he remembered and they had to talk about it what was she supposed to say to him. 'Not thank you' she scolded herself. Maybe it was for the best that he didn't remember that part of their evening.
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"She's suck a freak." She laughed as she and her friends passed by the teen sitting on the curb waiting for her ride.
"I know I like heard he sister was a major one too so it must be genetic."
"Oh my god! Who is that?"
"I have no idea, maybe he's new."
"Ladies I believe I just found my prom date."
"No fair I saw him first."
"The world is ending and your worried about some stupid dance." Dawn mumbled under her breath trying to tune out the bane of her existence. Christy and her three empty headed cheerleader friends who's sole purpose in life was to point out just how unpopular she was. She almost felt bad for whoever she'd set her sights on now but hey the guys didn't seem to mind putting up with the bitch.
She was so lost in trying to tune out the cheer squad that she didn't notice anyone approach. It wasn't until a shadow fell across her that she noticed she wasn't alone. She glanced up and smiled for the first time since she walked into the school that morning.
"What are you doing here?" Dawn asked surprised.
"Giles got sick of me asking when you got out so he sent me to get you." Conner shrugged. "This going to school thing sucks."
"Your telling me." Dawn laughed secretly doing a happy dance in her head because he obviously missed her.
"Dawn!" Christy called running over. "Aren't you going to introduce us to your friend?" She asked openly appraising Conner. Dawn sighed her smile vanishing. She was about to answer when Conner cut her off.
"I don't care who you are." He said barley glancing at them. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah." Dawn replied happily.
"I got it." he said grabbing her bag. "My dad let me take his car." He said leading her over to the shinny red convertible.
"Angel drive's a convertible?" Dawn said confused. "Isn't that kind of...."
"Stupid.." Conner offered with a shrug tossing her book bag in the back seat. "Let's get out of here."
"So are you mad at me?" Conner asked breaking the silence as he pulled up to a stop sign a block away from her house.
"Why would I be mad?" Dawn asked confused.
"I guess I was kind of rude to your friends." Conner shrugged.
"Their not my friends." Dawn corrected.
"Didn't think so." He replied. He noticed how her smile had faded at their approach. "Your usually not this quiet."
"Yeah well...it's just high school." She replied as if that explained it all but then realized he had no idea what she was talking about. He'd never been to a real school. "High school is...." She tried to explain. "Well for most teens it's their own personal hell dimension and then there are the other one's, like Christy who are like the demons who get kicks out of torturing you."
"Oh." Conner replied unsurely. "Not sorry I missed that."
"I guess it's not that bad, I mean for other people." Dawn tried to explain. "It's just me....I had this whole breakdown when I found out about being the key and when mom died and....not that I was really all that popular to begin with...It's just...I'm a freak I guess."
"So am I." Conner shrugged.
"Yeah." Dawn smiled. "I guess where both freaks."
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"Hey." Ron Said poking his head through the open door. "Fred and George are putting together an ultimate game of exploding Snap, I think they messed with the cards so who knows what's gonna happen. You guys in?"
"Sure." Buffy smiled as she and Harry followed him downstairs. "Are we hiding from your Mum?" She asked jokingly as he led them into the twin's room. Usually they all hung out in the living room downstairs.
"We've been banished." Ginny answered as she tried to squirm away from whatever trick her brother's where trying to test out on her.
"What's going on?" Harry asked confused.
"Emergency Order meeting." Hermione replied looking up from the book she was reading.
"We're not to even glance in the direction of the stairs until called." George grinned shuffling a deck of cards.
"She even found a way to block the extendable ears." Fred said disappointedly.
"Why didn't anyone tell us about the meeting?" Harry demanded.
"Probably cause you'd insist on going and then get mad when they told you no." Fred shrugged..
"I'm not mad." Buffy replied calmly.
"Your not?" Ginny said skeptically.
"No, but I'm not going to sit up here and play cards while they decide exactly how Harry and I are supposed to save the world." Buffy shrugged walking back out the door she just came through. "You guys coming or what?" She called from the hallway.
"You're seriously going to crash an order meeting?" George asked stunned.
"Yup." Buffy nodded.
"Sounds like fun." Fred grinned. "Let's go!"
"Mum's going to kill us." Ron groaned earning a nod of agreement from his sister as they followed the group down the stairs.
"How are we even going to get in we're sealed from the room." Hermione asked unsurely. "Dumbledore preformed the spells himself there's no way we'll be able to break them before they realize what we're up to."
"Ok then maybe I need to be a little mad." Buffy said sharing a grin with Harry as she lifted her foot and kicked the door in.
"That should do it." Harry smirked as they stood in the doorway the shocked members of the order staring back at them.
"Can we help you?" Snape sneered breaking the stunned silence.
"I don't know." Buffy shrugged smiling sweetly. "That's what we're here to find out."
