A/N: First off, Annonymous - cross overs mite not work for u but I don't write for you. I take my two fav things and combine them, yay me. It wasn't a dream it was a demon induced alternative reality. And the Ender thing? I'm not one for going with the cowd, never will be. I appreciate that you like my stories but maybe you should accept that this is what TSW is and if u don't like it thats a shame.
Secondly, I'm getting sick of this series. Theres only so much angst u can deal with in this situation so I'm considerring I new series which will hopefully be completely different but obviously not since I'm still writting it.
P.S this is the last part.
Part 7
Ender and Dawn had escaped into the kitchen, both anxiously awaiting Paige or Willow to appear.

Dawn was amazed by how much they had in common. Both more powerful than anyone could imagine, both thought of as too young to fully comprehend situations when they understood just fine, both top worries of there family and both trying to act nomal and be teenagers but not doing so well.

"So, what's the future like?" Dawn asked curiously.

Ender frowned, "I think I'm more from another dimension."

"Hey! Ever need to crumble those pesky dimentional walls, I'm your gal." She joked.

Ender laughed giving Dawn a lasting smile. "I'll remember that... But aren't you too old for me?"

Dawn hit Ender's arm, "you're not even born yet!"

"Awww, sorry I didn't mean to insult you. You're a really pretty ball of energy." He said letting his hand drift to her's.

Dawn blushed, surprised to feel his fingers lace with her's. "You're not part vampire or wearing any charmed clothing are you?"

Ender gave her a bewildered look, "Uhh... part whitelighter, part witch but not part vampire and no charmed clothing though... I guess I am part charmed."

Dawn let out a relieved laugh, "good... Thats's good."

"You're so cute when you're nervous." He said without thinking then got an equally embarresed look. "God, I'm cheesy huh?"

Dawn looked at him seriously, comfoted by the fact she wasn't the only one nervous. "Cheesy is good. Just not in the smell way, but since you smell nice, it's all good."

Ender moved Dawn's hair behind her ear, moving in to kiss her.

"Excuse me." Phoebe said with a sly grin.

Dawn and Ender jumped to their feet looking at Phoebe, mortified, not realising they were still holding hands.

Phoebe had to try hard not to laugh at the look on their faces. "I just came through to make sure you two were ok... obvious you are." She said pointing to their joined hands.

Dawn looked to Ender with a 'what do we do?' look, He shrugged with a slight smile creeping on his face as he gripped her hand tighter.

"Something wrong, Aunt Phoebe?" He asked trying to wipe the grin off his face.

Phoebe couldn't stop the grinning pride on her face. Her little nephew of a week was holding a girl's hand.

Prue, Piper and Leo paced into the kichen.

"Pheebs, you want some coffee?" Prue asked.

"Yeah, coffee would be good." Phoebe said as she collected the mugs while Piper gave Phoebe a 'look at them' look. Phoebe just smiled and put her arm around Piper's shoulder. "Young love, sis."

Ender took the chance to escape and led Dawn into the living room where they sat on the couch.

"Aunt's who'd have 'em?" He joked.

"Wait till you meet my family." She said with a straight face.

Ender laughed but forgot about talking as he put his arm around Dawn and she rested her head on his shoulder.

After a few minutes Dawn spoke up, "This is nice."

"Very nice."" He agreed.

"Do you do this a lot?" She slipped in.

Ender sighed, "no... I kinda haven't got close to many people before. I don't like the not being truthful with people. But you... You're special. I don't need to hide who I am with you."

Dawn couldn't help but smile. He was so cute and she really liked him. More imporatantly he liked her.

"I get how you feel. Everything that's made me who I am. Everything in my life I can't share with people. Guess that's why I don't bother too much with the whole friends thing."

"Yeah, plus they think you're weird cause you're there is always some 'family emergency.' or you can't go at the weekend cause you've got a demon to fight."

"Exactly. You understand. It's not easy, huh?" She said as she started to play with the beads on Ender's arm.

"Nope, it's not." He sat up and took a set of beads off and started to put them on Dawn. "So, you don't forget me all the way in Sunnydale."

"I wouldn't... I'm never going to get to see you, am I?" She said sadly.

Ender almost kicked himself. "Of course you will. All the time. I orb... I can orb to you." He told her.

Dawn giggled nervously, "Orb?"

Ender gave her one of his amazing smiles as he exploded into little blue orbs and reformed behind her, tapping her shoulder.

"Oh my god! That was cool!" She exclaimed as she jumped up.

"It's pretty cool. But its means we can see each other, you know if you want." He said nervously, not wanting to get ahead of himself.

"I do! you know... want to see you."

Ender grinned as he joined her on the sofa again. Taking her hands he fastened the beads.

"So you like them?"

Dawn nodded, "They're very cool. In that multicolored way." She said.

Ender noticed something on her fore arm. Running his finger down the scar he asked, "How did you get that?"

Dawn squirmed and pulled her arm away. "I-I.. uh, when we were fighting a demon, scratched me, very soar." She said avoiding his eyes.

Ender frowned, "You're lying. Dawn, you said it. I understand."

Dawn looked him in the eyes and sighed, "I'm sorry. It's a long story... I didn't know I was the key until I overheard everyone talking about me being the key and I freaked I didn't understand how my whole life could be fake, that I wasn't Dawn Summers. I uh... I cut my arm to prove to them I was me and not some ball of energy."

Ender his hand to her cheek, "I'm sorry. That must have been really hard."

Dawn noticed that Ender was shaking slightly, looking upset. "Ender, are you ok?" She asked with a concerned tone.

"Yeah, sorry. I..." He trailed off, not sure how to go on.

Dawn found herself wrapping her arms around his neck, pulling him in a gentle hug. "You can tell me." She said quietly.

Ender relaxed into the hug, waiting before breaking apart. "My best friend, back in the 'future' used to cut himself. It just... I guess it scares me."

Dawn squeezed his hands, "He was ok though?"

The witch nodded, "Eventually... though I thought he wouldn't be, thought that I wouldn't be."

Dawn, running on instinct leaned forard and gently kissed Ender. They were both shocked at how slow, how comforting one small kiss was to them.

"Dawn!!" She heard Willow's voice. and they had to break the lingering kiss.

Dawn's cheeks were scarlet and she knew it. "What?!"

Ender was just as bad, "I'm sorry, we just... I mean it was just..." He groaned and forced himself to shut up.

Willow waved her hands in frustration, "No! You two were glowing! Like... the strange not supposed to happen, glowing way."

Everyone else rushed in the room, Paige not escaping them.

"What happened?!" Piper shouted.

"They glowed!" Willow said.

Prue frowned, "Are you sure? Maybe it was an aura thing?"

"They were glowing... And making with the smoochies." Paige unable to contain a laugh considerring the mortified looks of Dawn and Ender.

"Quick Leo, go get a camera." Phoebe joked.

Piper raised an eyebrow at Phoebe, "Oh, what? They obviously like each other."

Piper wiped the cheeky smile off her face.

"Ok, back to the important fact of, they were glowing. In what way?"

"It was kinda... Greeny-Yellow. Do you guys normally glow?" Willow asked looking a little worried.

Leo was in rpotective mode, "I'm going to check with the elders." He orbed out, not giving anyone a chance to say anything.

"It was their hearts." Paige said quietly.

"What?" Everyone asked in sync, Dawn and Ender included.

Paige shrugged, "It was their hearts, maybe their souls but something around their. Like... they healed."

Piper tried to take this in. So her son was hurting inside... yet none of them noticed.

Willow gave Dawn a sympathetic yet questioning look. "Dawnie?"

Dawn just shook her head. "Let's not do this now."

Ender turned to Dawn, "What's bothering you?" He asked softly.

"I can't." She told him.

"Ok, everyone in the kitchen while we talk." Paige ordered.

Piper and Willow were the only ones who looked like they were going to put up a fight.

"I should be the one talking to him." Piper argued.

Paige sighed, "Pipe, just trust me. I think it'll be easier this way."

Piper gave up as she let Phoebe lead her away.

"Dawnie?" Willow asked again.

"I'll be ok." She promised. Willow joined the rest in the kitchen.

Paige then sat across from Ender and Dawn who sat side by side on the sofa.

"What just happened?" Paige asked.

"We kissed." Ender answered.

"And before that?"

"We talked."

"What about?"

Ender began feeling like Paige was the gistappo. "Why do you need to know?"

"Because your glowing could be good or bad, we don't know that. I get the feeling it was healing, but why were you two healed with a kiss?"

Dawn sighed and spoke up, "We talked about serious stuff... that's hurt us."

Paige began to look more sympathetic. "Have either of you spoke about these things before?"

Both shook there heads.

Paige relaxed "then there's the answer, sharing for the first time, letting someone in showed itself because you're both magical. No scary swapping of entities so its all good."

Both let out a breath of relief.

"Ah, we're not so done yet. Are you both ok? Whatever it was or is must be heavy."

They looked at each other and shook there heads. "We're fine." Ender said for them both.

Paige wasn't ready to back down. "I know that growing up around the supernatural can't be easy. It's hard enough to grow up normally but you know you can talk to me, and Dawn, maybe you should consider talking to Willow or your sister."

"Yeah, maybe but Willow... I can't."

"Well, I'm not gonna go force you to talk to her but she made me face up to some things."

"Aunt Paige, your ok right?"

She nodded, "Yeah. Just that darn alternative reality."

********

Paige Matthews walked into the lving room, seeing her big sister looking lonely.

"You ok, Pheebs?"

Phoebe looked up at the red head, "Hey... I was just thinking about you."

Paige dumped herself on the sofa. "That's worrying."

"As are you, little sis."

"How so?"

Phoebe sighed, "You havn't spoke to me about what's been going on. I havn't been the big sister I've wanted to be to you."

Paige frowned, "Pheebs you're a great sister and I love you but you shouldn't feel like I'm blocking you out. I'm sick of feeling down, sick of letting evil get to me. I have this perfect family and I refuse to let some alternative reality taint that. Willow said some things that made me wake up and realise just how lucky I am."

Phoebe looked at Paige with a new found respect. "We are lucky. We get to save the world and we have each other. We've lost so much but gained more. I think you were the best gain any of us had though. You should me a lot. You helped me through losing Prue, dealing with... Cole and every other little thing. I owe you a lot Paige and I'm going to try and be the big sister that Prue and Piper were for me."

Paige bit her lip trying to hold back tears. But for once they weren't tears of sadness and pain but clarity.

Phoebe got up and hugged Paige, kissing the side of her head. "I love you."

Paige hugged Phoebe back with as much caring. "I love you too, Pheebs."