PART 2, The Change
CHAPTER 5: FORGETTING EMPTINESS
Disclaimer may be found on Chapter 1
A/N: Please note that the remainder of the story will no longer be told from the character's point of view. I've also decided to write this story in parts (I'll have to re-post chapters 1-4 with the changes, I'll eventually do it).
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Dawn got out of the car and entered the house. She felt a little queasy and she dreaded the possible reason for the sudden cramp. Willow was sitting on the lounge eating popcorn and Buffy immediately sat next to her best friend. Dawn decided it would be best to go to her room and call her new friend Karly from school.
She walked up the stairs and went strait into her room. The room was dark and Dawn really couldn't be bothered getting up to turn the light on. The though occurred to Dawn that she should of put the light on as she entered. The door was closed and she was all alone.
Or was she? Dawn could sense that she wasn't the only presence in her room and shuddered at the thought of somebody waiting to take her away, just like Glory did. Suddenly the light turned on and Dawn willed herself not to scream.
Conner sat down next to her and touched her cheek with the back of his hand. "Hello beautiful!"
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Conner had decided that he'd face Dawn a week ago and it had taken him the entire week to work up the courage to confront Dawn about what he'd been doing the past three weeks.
"Conner, what are you doing in my room? How do you know where I live?" Dawn stood up and walked to the other side of the bed and looked very nervous. Dawn was seriously rethinking the plan to act calm and again considered screaming.
"I had to see you. Plus I followed you home the day you left. You left so suddenly and I was scared that I'd done something to hurt you." Conner also stood and walked over to Dawn who sat on the bed that was opposite to where they originally were.
"You did hurt me. I don't remember that night but I do know that I did something that I shouldn't of and I regret doing it. I'm disgusted with myself and I'd like you to leave." Dawn sounded sincere and scared all at the same time.
"No, Dawn...I can't stop thinking about you. You were so amazing the night we made love and I don't want that to stop. I want to be with you. I know you are scared because I am older and that you had never sex before me but I am willing to do anything to keep you in my life. I will do anything and I'm not taking no for an answer. We belong together." Conner sat down next to Dawn and pulled her into a tender kiss but got shoved away. Dawn got up and slapped him while pointing to the window.
"I assume you got in through my window and as I said earlier, I want you to leave. I don't want to see you and there is no us." Dawn walked out of the room and went strait to the bathroom and then she locked the door. Conner stood there and held his mouth that still lay moist with the taste of Dawn. Conner decided that he wasn't going to push the situation but he intended to make use of the visit he made. He went to Dawns dresser and atop the dresser was a bag that had some kind of herb in it and a label that read The Magic Box.
Conner decided he'd pay that shop a visit in case Dawn showed up and went out the bedroom window. The night blended in to Conner's tight black T-Shirt.
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Dawn had grabbed the phone on her way into the bathroom and sat on the side of the bath talking to her new friend Karly. She had decided that she didn't want anyone too close to her knowing her situation so Karly seemed like the best option.
"Conner was just here and he says he wants to go out with me but I don't know him and every time I think about him I remember the fact that I might be pregnant or I might have an STD which could include AIDS and-" Dawn was blabbering.
"-Hang on Dawn. You are way stressing too much about this. You gotta chill a little and wait and see how this player presents himself. I mean, he obviously wants a bit of your flavour, do you like him? And don't stress about STD's, that's a natural response to sex." Karly had moved to Sunnydale from Seattle and was used to the punk ass lingo that street kids used. She liked R&B music and preferred a Rave instead of a Live Band.
"I don't know. I don't know him well enough, I think he's gorgeous and when he kissed me just then I felt all hot, but, I could be pregnant." Dawn was talking fast and Karly struggled to understand what she was saying.
"Dawn, you said you period was less that a week late. Well, you still have heaps of time to get it. He used protection when you slept together right?" Karly kept persisting with the logic so to ease Dawn's anxiety.
"That's another thing. Lately my life has been really crappy and I guess I needed a break so I got some alcohol and got really drunk. In the process, I met him and I can't remember a thing. I can't even remember meeting him let alone if he used protection."
"Do you want me to get you a pregnancy kit? We could do the test at my house and no one will ever find out. You will have piece of mind and no one will know. If your pregnant, you can decided what you want to do. How about that?" Dawn cringed at the thought of having a pregnancy test. But Karly was presenting obvious logic.
"Okay, tomorrow after school okay?"
"Great. I'll get the test in the mourning. I'm sorry to do this but I got to go, Mum's got her boss over and I'm helping cook dinner. Call you tomorrow." Karly hung up and Dawn sunk into the bathtub, phone still in hand.
