FORGETTING EMPTINESS

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Buffy.

SPOILERS/TIMEFRAME: Slot it in after Buffy's Birthday.

RATING: PG-13

SUMMARY: Dawn just wants to forget the emptiness she feels and doesn't care about the consequences. Prepare for a less innocent kid sister Dawn Summer.

AUTHORS NOTE: This is the possibility if Dawn keeps going of the rails, at least my opinion. Buffy has done similar things, Dawn doesn't have the support crew Buffy does.

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I'm not so young and innocent and to be truthful, I love darkness. It kind of comforts me, I crave to be bad. Is that really so bad though. When I'm alone I'm not the innocent who writes in a diary about her teen angst, I sneak through my window and I go out.

Buffy thinks the fact I've gone of the rails is her fault, she thinks she can't be as good a gaurdian as mum was. All I need from Buffy is the chance to see her once in a while, I know we need the money but I just can't stand not seeing her. When Buffy was 14 and I was 8 and Mum and Dad were still together, oh and we still lived in LA, Buffy used to take me for ice cream all the time. We'd go to the Mall and Buffy would shop and buy me stuff and mum would always pick us up and we'd grab a couple of videos and stuff our faces with junkfood. We used to do that at least twice a week. It was so much fun, we'd get video's like Home Alone, Grease, National Lampoons and never get bored. I still have a necklace (I do have jewellry I didn't steal) that Buffy bought be from this boutique, I had been eyeing it for weeks and Buffy bough it for me and everyone at school was so jealous, the girls at least.

When we moved to Sunnydale, I was only 10 and I remember on Buffy's first school night she went to a club and didn't come home to real late. Mum cracked it and Buffy was grounded. She was about to slip out the window with a bag when I opened the door. Buffy was obviously going to slay vampires but at the time I didn't know that. I had to keep mum away from Buffy's room the entire night. Buffy took me to see this movie mum didn't want me to see after that, she owed me. As we got older, I found out her 'slayerage' and I also found out about Angel. I so loved Angel, and even though he hurt Buffy, he really is the only guy for Buffy. Riley knew that, Spike knows that, even Xander at some point knew that. Up until her death, Buffy and I were the best.

Now everything has changed. I wish I could take away the emptiness Buffy feels but I can't. All my love isn't enough to help me sister.

All of this is the reason I am at the Bronze tonight. I'm tired of being mature and I have a three bottles of Bacardi Rum in my bag. I don't care what the consequences are. I'm here to take away the emptiness.

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A girl who was very petite but looked about 16 walked into the Bronze. She was so beautiful, she had gorgeous brown hair that was strait and went to her hips, she had a Black leather jacket on with a small purple tank top and purple leather pants that showed the perfectly petite body. She went to a table and sat down, placed her bag on her lap and pulled out a bottle of Bacardi. The girl didn't have lot of make up on and her skin sparkled a natural glow that any male would love to get there hands on.

Any Male including me. It was time I go over to that young women. I need to get my hands on her and never let go. I walked over and I sat in the chair opposite her. She smiled as soon as I sat their, the smile was definatly flirtatious, and so sexy. Although I could tell know there was definate innocence in the look a like bad girl.

"So, you thought you could sit at my table?" There was a hint of sarcasm in her voice. The girl has already downed half the Bacardi bottle.

"Yes, I didn't think it was right for a beautiful sexy thing like yourself to be sitting by her lonesome." A blush crept upon her cheeks. She took another swig of the Bacardi.

"Well, I'd be careful, I'm pretty rough company, especially tonight." She took of her jacket and downed the rest of her Bacardi. "Would you like to dance?" She wasn't afraid to ask an older guy to dance, she has definate guts.

"You know I'm suppost to ask you. The answer is definatly yes, but you gotta give a man his dignaty?" She just laughed and stood up.

"I'm a changed women, I'm the one calling the shots and I'm telling you now, I can take care of myself." The tank top revealed no back and 18 year old Aiden was definatly getting turned on by this girl who hadn't introduced herself, was very forcoming, drank a bottle of Bacardi Run in less than 10 minutes and had escorted her to the dancefloor, turning around and dancing in the most seductive way a 16 year old could possibly dance. Aiden could feel himself tightning inside as he grabbed on to her thigh with no denial from the girl.