PART 3: Time to deal
Chapter 11: FORGETTING EMPTINESS
DISCLAIMER: Can be found on Chapter 1.
A/N: Chapter's 1-10 were all written during March-May and there is some parts of the story that needs to be edited. For example, Conner's name needs to be changed and Reference to Sunnydale High is premature. This story is ongoing however due to Exams updates won't be often until exams are over with and I have more that 2 days home in a row. Any requests or queries can be submitted in the review section or by e-mail. Both are welcome. I will also eventually improve grammar and the general flow of the writing, as I have improved in these areas and this will intern make it easier to understand.
Always, dream_orb7
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Dawn was sitting crouched on the coach looking at the floor, trying hard to choose her words carefully, trying to avoid saying something she might regret.
Buffy, sitting next to her, waiting patiently thought to herself about the answer she about to receive. The answer could be either way and Buffy wasn't even sure which one she preferred. If a demon has tried to impregnate Dawn, who's to say that an ordinary pregnancy test would be an accurate reading and Dawn could potentially be in danger, she could even be the key to the worlds demise. Dawn Summers is the Key, Buffy reminded herself.
And then there was the latter, the possibility that Dawn had in fact had sex which led Dawn to believe that she could be pregnant.
The inevitable was here.
"Buffy, I had sex. But I don't remember having sex, or at least I think I had sex...ahh...Well, what happened was a little while ago I went to the Bronze and I got kinda drunk. Stuff's been screwed, I mean you know that. I met this guy, gorgeous and I was in a really bad state of mind. I mean, I was wearing this really slutty outfit and I'd brought myself some Cruisers which hit me so quick, I guess mystical key's can't tolerate their alcohol. Anyway, I don't remember much but I went dancing and gradually I remembered small details. I remember a car, dancing at the Bronze and then I remember waking up in his Bed, a waterbed and I was naked." Dawn sat silent and then she got up and attempted running out of the room.
"But you don't remember having sex?" Buffy asked trying to be cool and Dawn called back.
"No, Just waking up!" Dawn voice faded out and Buffy was left alone to think about what she had just discovered.
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The next day arrived and Dawn went to school, the nerves of being pregnant having finally passed. However the anxiety had shifted to Buffy who woke up late and lay in her bed, with the knowledge of Dawn apparent loss of innocence wailing on her brain. However this wasn't the part that was scaring Buffy the most.
The scary part was knowing that there was this craving for darkness within Dawn, or a seductive streak which Buffy knew only to well. Buffy herself has been dallying in an extremely sexual relationship with Spike which included allowing Spike to do practically whatever he wanted to her willingly and the craving to get deeper and deeper into the seductiveness of the darkness being the reason. Whenever she was with Spike, Buffy always found herself able to forget the emptiness inside her and evolve in the ecstasy that is her climax.
An excuse for her recent behaviour could be her recent resurrection, but Buffy knew better. Buffy always had a need to become evolved in the darkness, and slaying was definitely more than just an inconvenience on the part of her birthright. When Angel came into her life, Buffy yearned to be with him, part of him and part of the attraction was his demon within in and the soul forever left in the dark. Angel enticed her and when Buffy and Angel were alone, the craving was almost unbearable.
After Angel left her life, Buffy grabbed onto the first bit of meat she could find in the form of clean- initiative soldier Riley Finn. After Riley left and Buffy had experienced a wide array of sexual (and human) experiences, Buffy found herself content. Then a stint of death entered her life and the craving returned. It came in the form of Spike and many breakable items.
Dawn was supposed to be made out of parts of Buffy and this made Buffy think about the craving, the craving for seduction and darkness. If Dawn was heading down that road, Buffy definitely didn't want that happening.
With this thought still in her mind, and the house empty and her room dark, her doorway opened and a figure stepped inside. The figure put his knee on the bed, started unbuttoning its shirt and began pulling the covers of the bed.
Buffy turned, now laying on the bed naked and watched as her figure of emptiness quickly undressed in order to service her every need and every want.
