Title -The Picnic
Author -The Sorcerer Bard (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Pairing - Dawn and Mathew Jefferson (her boyfriend)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit.
Author's Note I haven't seen any of season 6 yet, but the clearing where they have the picnic is the same one Willow is in when she kills the fawn in Bargaining, part 1.
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The Picnic
Dawn put down the phone and did a small dance of joy, Mathew had just asked her out for a midday picnic.
"Well someone's happy." her sister said smiling.
"I've got to go get ready!" Dawn exclaimed as she rushed up the stairs.
"Ah the problems of youth." Willow said from where she was seated on the couch beside Tara.
"Choosing what to wear and how much perfume is too much." Tara added.
"Then the waiting for the boy," Willow said turning to her girlfriend with a smile, "or girl to turn up."
"Don't I know it." Buffy said sullenly.
"You're just jealous coz Dawny's got a boyfriend and Spike dumped you." Willow said.
"That's one point to the witch while the slayer has yet to score." Tara said with a smile.
Buffy, with a smile, threw a pillow at her.
Dawn had chosen a pretty floral patterned dress that came down to mid-calf, a purple scrunchy to hold her hair back, she was looking at herself in the new full length mirror she had pestered Buffy into buying for her.
"Something's missing." she said quietly to her reflection.
She stood there looking at herself for a few seconds before snapping her fingers as she realised what it was she was forgetting, "Necklace."
She moved to her dresser and got the small silver locket that Buffy had given her for her birthday only a month earlier, she clipped it round her neck and went back to looking at herself in the mirror.
Twenty minutes later there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" called Dawn as she hurried down the stairs. When she reached the bottom she accidentally tripped over the last one.
Luckily Buffy was there and thanks to her superior slayer speed was able to catch Dawn as she fell, "Okay more speed less haste." she said with a smile.
"Tanks." Dawn said as she moved to open the door, there standing in the doorway was Mathew Jefferson, the boy Dawn had been going out with since her birthday.
"Ready to go?" he asked in that voice which sent shivers up and down Dawn's spine.
"Ready and willing." Dawn said with a smile.
"Shall we then?" Mathew said offering her his arm.
"We shall." Dawn answered taking the offered arm.
Mathew led her towards his car.
Less than an hour later they were pulling up into a clearing beside the woodlands on the outskirts of Sunnydale.
"A few minutes in there's a clearing that's the perfect picnic area." Mathew said as he opened Dawn's door like the gentleman he was.
"Oh this is beautiful." Dawn said looking round.
"You haven't seen anything yet." Mathew said with a smile. He opened the backdoor and got out a picnic hamper then locked the car and switched on the car alarm, "This way."
Dawn followed closely so as not to get lost and after a few minutes walking along a path they came across a clearing. Mathew had been right it was a beautiful place.
There was a pond in the middle surrounded by grass, birds in the woods were singing, and crickets were chirping.
"Wow." Dawn said looking round.
"Yea I know, there was a little trouble a year or so back, someone killed a young baby deer, but the cops couldn't do anything about it." Mathew said as he spread a blanket down on the ground.
"Really?" Dawn asked, although she was more interested in the scenery.
"Distracting isn't it?" Mathew said with a smile as he got the salads and plates out.
"W-what?" Dawn asked suddenly realising she wasn't paying any attention.
"I said 'the scenery can be distracting' " Mathew repeated, his smile getting bigger.
"Yea, it's amazing." Dawn said sitting down and accepting a plate from Mathew.
"That was delicious." Dawn said after finishing off her plate, "The salads and cold meat were both wonderful."
"Thank my mom." Mathew said.
"She's a hell of a chef" Dawn said.
"I know." Mathew said as he began packing up the utensils.
Dawn looked deep into his green eyes, "And you're a hell of a boyfriend."
Mathew leaned over and planted a kiss on her lips, "Can I be honest with you?"
"Always." Dawn answered with a smile.
"Your sister? She strikes me as someone who's different." Mathew said.
"How do you mean?" Dawn asked, she began to worry that he was clicking onto the fact that Buffy was the slayer.
"Well when I'm near her it feels like it does when I'm near my own sister." he said.
"I didn't know you had a sister?" Dawn made it a question.
"Yea, she's in an exclusive boarding school in England." Mathew said.
"What's the school?" Dawn asked, she was getting interested.
"Um ... It's not one you would know." Mathew said deftly avoiding the question.
"What aren't you telling me?" Dawn was getting concerned.
"Can I trust you?" Mathew finally met her eyes.
"Of course."
"You're word?"
"My word."
"You know my mom's Greek?" he looked at Dawn, who nodded, "Well some men she knew when she had been young, came to see her, they saw something in my sister, they called in some British men, men that watch for people like her."
"Men who watch for people like her?" Dawn asked, she had an idea percolating in the back of her mind.
"Yea they said she was chosen, chosen for something." Mathew said, "Then they recommended that she go to this special school."
"Did they say what she was chosen for?" Dawn's idea was almost fully formed.
"They called her a slayer." Mathew answered, he seemed uncomfortable.
"You mean they called her a potential slayer, don't you?" Dawn said.
Mathew's head flew up and he looked her directly in her eyes, "How...?"
"It seems I'm one up on you then." Dawn said with a knowing smile.
"What do you mean?" Mathew said with a look of confusion on his face.
"My sister is the current slayer." Dawn said with a smile.
"You're kidding!" Mathew exclaimed.
"Nope." Dawn's smile got bigger.
Mathew lunged at her tackling her to the ground and enveloping her in a huge hug, both he and Dawn were laughing. They were rolling round on the ground for a few seconds until they ended up with Mathew lying on his back with Dawn straddling his waist.
"I love you." Mathew said pulling her into a passionate kiss.
Dawn pulled out of the kiss long enough to say the same before returning her lips to his.
THE END.
Author -The Sorcerer Bard (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Pairing - Dawn and Mathew Jefferson (her boyfriend)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit.
Author's Note I haven't seen any of season 6 yet, but the clearing where they have the picnic is the same one Willow is in when she kills the fawn in Bargaining, part 1.
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The Picnic
Dawn put down the phone and did a small dance of joy, Mathew had just asked her out for a midday picnic.
"Well someone's happy." her sister said smiling.
"I've got to go get ready!" Dawn exclaimed as she rushed up the stairs.
"Ah the problems of youth." Willow said from where she was seated on the couch beside Tara.
"Choosing what to wear and how much perfume is too much." Tara added.
"Then the waiting for the boy," Willow said turning to her girlfriend with a smile, "or girl to turn up."
"Don't I know it." Buffy said sullenly.
"You're just jealous coz Dawny's got a boyfriend and Spike dumped you." Willow said.
"That's one point to the witch while the slayer has yet to score." Tara said with a smile.
Buffy, with a smile, threw a pillow at her.
Dawn had chosen a pretty floral patterned dress that came down to mid-calf, a purple scrunchy to hold her hair back, she was looking at herself in the new full length mirror she had pestered Buffy into buying for her.
"Something's missing." she said quietly to her reflection.
She stood there looking at herself for a few seconds before snapping her fingers as she realised what it was she was forgetting, "Necklace."
She moved to her dresser and got the small silver locket that Buffy had given her for her birthday only a month earlier, she clipped it round her neck and went back to looking at herself in the mirror.
Twenty minutes later there was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it!" called Dawn as she hurried down the stairs. When she reached the bottom she accidentally tripped over the last one.
Luckily Buffy was there and thanks to her superior slayer speed was able to catch Dawn as she fell, "Okay more speed less haste." she said with a smile.
"Tanks." Dawn said as she moved to open the door, there standing in the doorway was Mathew Jefferson, the boy Dawn had been going out with since her birthday.
"Ready to go?" he asked in that voice which sent shivers up and down Dawn's spine.
"Ready and willing." Dawn said with a smile.
"Shall we then?" Mathew said offering her his arm.
"We shall." Dawn answered taking the offered arm.
Mathew led her towards his car.
Less than an hour later they were pulling up into a clearing beside the woodlands on the outskirts of Sunnydale.
"A few minutes in there's a clearing that's the perfect picnic area." Mathew said as he opened Dawn's door like the gentleman he was.
"Oh this is beautiful." Dawn said looking round.
"You haven't seen anything yet." Mathew said with a smile. He opened the backdoor and got out a picnic hamper then locked the car and switched on the car alarm, "This way."
Dawn followed closely so as not to get lost and after a few minutes walking along a path they came across a clearing. Mathew had been right it was a beautiful place.
There was a pond in the middle surrounded by grass, birds in the woods were singing, and crickets were chirping.
"Wow." Dawn said looking round.
"Yea I know, there was a little trouble a year or so back, someone killed a young baby deer, but the cops couldn't do anything about it." Mathew said as he spread a blanket down on the ground.
"Really?" Dawn asked, although she was more interested in the scenery.
"Distracting isn't it?" Mathew said with a smile as he got the salads and plates out.
"W-what?" Dawn asked suddenly realising she wasn't paying any attention.
"I said 'the scenery can be distracting' " Mathew repeated, his smile getting bigger.
"Yea, it's amazing." Dawn said sitting down and accepting a plate from Mathew.
"That was delicious." Dawn said after finishing off her plate, "The salads and cold meat were both wonderful."
"Thank my mom." Mathew said.
"She's a hell of a chef" Dawn said.
"I know." Mathew said as he began packing up the utensils.
Dawn looked deep into his green eyes, "And you're a hell of a boyfriend."
Mathew leaned over and planted a kiss on her lips, "Can I be honest with you?"
"Always." Dawn answered with a smile.
"Your sister? She strikes me as someone who's different." Mathew said.
"How do you mean?" Dawn asked, she began to worry that he was clicking onto the fact that Buffy was the slayer.
"Well when I'm near her it feels like it does when I'm near my own sister." he said.
"I didn't know you had a sister?" Dawn made it a question.
"Yea, she's in an exclusive boarding school in England." Mathew said.
"What's the school?" Dawn asked, she was getting interested.
"Um ... It's not one you would know." Mathew said deftly avoiding the question.
"What aren't you telling me?" Dawn was getting concerned.
"Can I trust you?" Mathew finally met her eyes.
"Of course."
"You're word?"
"My word."
"You know my mom's Greek?" he looked at Dawn, who nodded, "Well some men she knew when she had been young, came to see her, they saw something in my sister, they called in some British men, men that watch for people like her."
"Men who watch for people like her?" Dawn asked, she had an idea percolating in the back of her mind.
"Yea they said she was chosen, chosen for something." Mathew said, "Then they recommended that she go to this special school."
"Did they say what she was chosen for?" Dawn's idea was almost fully formed.
"They called her a slayer." Mathew answered, he seemed uncomfortable.
"You mean they called her a potential slayer, don't you?" Dawn said.
Mathew's head flew up and he looked her directly in her eyes, "How...?"
"It seems I'm one up on you then." Dawn said with a knowing smile.
"What do you mean?" Mathew said with a look of confusion on his face.
"My sister is the current slayer." Dawn said with a smile.
"You're kidding!" Mathew exclaimed.
"Nope." Dawn's smile got bigger.
Mathew lunged at her tackling her to the ground and enveloping her in a huge hug, both he and Dawn were laughing. They were rolling round on the ground for a few seconds until they ended up with Mathew lying on his back with Dawn straddling his waist.
"I love you." Mathew said pulling her into a passionate kiss.
Dawn pulled out of the kiss long enough to say the same before returning her lips to his.
THE END.
