Disclaimer: Joss owns all, for now. He's a rat bastard who got me hooked
on show tunes, especially his. *glares* For now, he owns all characters,
and some dialog that takes place in the beginning. But I will prevail. Just
watch….
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We can live forever if we try
It's up to you, yeah you
Yeah, yeah and nothing's gonna stop us now
We're young…I stand for you
"I Stand for You", Nick Carter
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Dawn stood up; she couldn't take it anymore. "This is leading us no where. In none of these books does it say how to get rid of a demon spirit; in fact, we don't even know what kind of demon it is!"
Aidan looked at her, "You're over reacting."
Dawn turned to him. "Am I?" she asked.
Aidan shrugged, "That pen seems to think so," he pointed to where Wesley was furiously writing on a piece of scrap paper 'Yes!' Dawn scowled in his general direction.
"Sod off," she muttered before flopping down onto the couch next to Aidan, who put an arm around her shoulders. Wesley looked in their direction and glared at Aidan, who could not see him.
When Dawn saw this, she sent another icy glare towards her father, "I thought I told you to bugger off?" she said.
Aidan gave her a strange look, also forgetting that he could not see Wesley, and therefore could not see whom Dawn was cursing off. He sighed, and finally gave up. By that time Wesley had walked over, and remembered that Aidan couldn't see him, or hear him.
But if he concentrated, he could feel him. Wesley steeled himself and with difficulty, he lifted Aidan's arm off of Dawn's shoulders.
"Um…what's happening to me?" Aidan asked as he saw his arm move in the air, though not by his own accord.
"Daddy," Dawn snapped.
Wesley dropped Aidan's arm and gave Dawn an incredibly innocent look that Dawn had never seen before. In fact, she didn't know he could pull off that look, maybe it had something to do with being dead. Rolling her eyes Dawn stood up.
"Well it's been real, but I actually have something to do," she said as she headed to the door.
"We'll call ya tonight, or I'll send Wes after ya," Eve said.
Dawn smiled softly and exited the room, intent on getting home quickly, so she would have time to get ready. Stepping into the hotel, she was face with a slightly more than irate Connor.
"Where were you?" Connor attacked before Dawn could get properly into the hotel.
"With Aidan," Dawn said vaguely. She was always with Aidan, it was a good alibi.
Connor gave a very undignified snort. "You were with that Eve girl. I know her. She stays in detention almost every single day. I want you to stay away from her, she's bad news."
Dawn eyed him warily, "I told you, I was with Aidan, last time I checked he wasn't a girl and his name wasn't Eve." With that she tossed her hair back and went upstairs. She felt a bit guilty by denying that she wasn't with Eve. But then again, she never said she wasn't….she just stressed the fact that she was with Aidan.
Along with Eve and two ghosts.
That fact could be hidden for now.
Running into her room, Dawn headed to her closet, looking for the perfect outfit for the night. If her father was good for anything, it was clothes and any other kind of materialistic items. She liked pretty things.
Searching through it, she came out with a black skirt and a black blouse. Shrugged, she'd go for the black look tonight. And if it didn't scare the prospective boyfriend, even slightly, he'd get brownie points.
Quickly she did her makeup, making sure to put eyeliner on them, making them look dark and mysterious. She hopped down the hall, putting her shoes on.
"Dawn!" Faith called from down stairs.
Casting a baleful look at the banister, Dawn chose instead the stairs. "I'm coming, I'm coming." As she got to the bottom of the stairs, she saw that her mother's date was already there.
"Dawn, I'd like you to meet Oz, Oz, this is my daughter Dawn." Faith introduced the pair.
Dawn smiled and stuck out her hand, Oz looked at it for a minute before taking it. "Hey," he said finally.
Dawn blinked and smiled wider, "You're short," she said plainly. He was only an inch or two taller than she was, and she was no tall person. At most she was 5'4".
"Dawn!" my mother said with a note of horror in her voice.
Oz just smirked slightly, "She's right though."
Dawn looked at this guy, he got brownie points for sure. "So what are we doing tonight?" she asked, hoping to divert the attention off of her, and onto the night at hand.
Faith shrugged, "Dinner mostly."
The night past quickly and Dawn found herself falling into her bed, almost falling asleep the instant her head hit the pillow. After a few hours of blissful sleep a eerily translucent Wesley rudely awakened Dawn.
"What is it?" Dawn muttered angrily as she saw her adopted father standing in front of her.
"We got the break, but we need you to come now," he reported.
Glaring at the spirit, Dawn stood up, clad only in her pajamas and headed towards the window. "Here goes nothing," she whispered and stepped out into the cold pre-dawn of the Los Angeles morning.
Quickly running, in order to stay warm, Dawn made it to Eve's apartment in less than ten minutes.
"Okay, what's the deal?" Dawn said as she burst into the room, not even noticing that Aidan was still there, still dressed in his school clothes.
"We found a way to defeat the thing," Eve said decisively.
Dawn stared at her, "Well, out with it!" she said, agitated.
Eve shrugged, "I really don't know how to explain it. But they should know." She pointed to two figures that stood in the corner, and just then Eve just noticed them.
They were plain looking pair, the girl was a red head that had her hair in a messy pony and the boy had a moderate build, he looked a bit like a surfer. But they were somewhat plain, a pair that you couldn't pick out of a crowd.
The girl opened her mouth, "We know how to defeat the demon you summoned, unfortunately it won't be easy."
Dawn gave her a bored look. "Well what ever we have to do will be okay. I don't want this evil whatnot to weigh in on my mind when I go to sleep at night. I happen to need my beauty sleep."
The guy looked at his female companion. "Well you see, we told you it be hard. It is, very hard."
Aidan rolled his eyes. "Oh stop beating around the bush. You know how hard it is? We have to die."
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I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
"Wanted Dead or Alive", Bon Jovi
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Thanks to:
tigerlily
Lorelai Anastasia*
Buffy-Spike-Mad*
Danica*
gidgetgirl*
Ivorycat*
Hehe, wow people really do love me! But I know there are people out there who don't read, don't think I don't know about you. Because I sue to do the same thing. But I loved the reviews I got, so I'm not taking down the fic. Cause I was seriously thinking about doing that, and then when people e-mailed me, I'd send them a chapter. That way I knew people would respond. That's all I ask really. Please respond to my fic, I want to know what you think of it.
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We can live forever if we try
It's up to you, yeah you
Yeah, yeah and nothing's gonna stop us now
We're young…I stand for you
"I Stand for You", Nick Carter
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Dawn stood up; she couldn't take it anymore. "This is leading us no where. In none of these books does it say how to get rid of a demon spirit; in fact, we don't even know what kind of demon it is!"
Aidan looked at her, "You're over reacting."
Dawn turned to him. "Am I?" she asked.
Aidan shrugged, "That pen seems to think so," he pointed to where Wesley was furiously writing on a piece of scrap paper 'Yes!' Dawn scowled in his general direction.
"Sod off," she muttered before flopping down onto the couch next to Aidan, who put an arm around her shoulders. Wesley looked in their direction and glared at Aidan, who could not see him.
When Dawn saw this, she sent another icy glare towards her father, "I thought I told you to bugger off?" she said.
Aidan gave her a strange look, also forgetting that he could not see Wesley, and therefore could not see whom Dawn was cursing off. He sighed, and finally gave up. By that time Wesley had walked over, and remembered that Aidan couldn't see him, or hear him.
But if he concentrated, he could feel him. Wesley steeled himself and with difficulty, he lifted Aidan's arm off of Dawn's shoulders.
"Um…what's happening to me?" Aidan asked as he saw his arm move in the air, though not by his own accord.
"Daddy," Dawn snapped.
Wesley dropped Aidan's arm and gave Dawn an incredibly innocent look that Dawn had never seen before. In fact, she didn't know he could pull off that look, maybe it had something to do with being dead. Rolling her eyes Dawn stood up.
"Well it's been real, but I actually have something to do," she said as she headed to the door.
"We'll call ya tonight, or I'll send Wes after ya," Eve said.
Dawn smiled softly and exited the room, intent on getting home quickly, so she would have time to get ready. Stepping into the hotel, she was face with a slightly more than irate Connor.
"Where were you?" Connor attacked before Dawn could get properly into the hotel.
"With Aidan," Dawn said vaguely. She was always with Aidan, it was a good alibi.
Connor gave a very undignified snort. "You were with that Eve girl. I know her. She stays in detention almost every single day. I want you to stay away from her, she's bad news."
Dawn eyed him warily, "I told you, I was with Aidan, last time I checked he wasn't a girl and his name wasn't Eve." With that she tossed her hair back and went upstairs. She felt a bit guilty by denying that she wasn't with Eve. But then again, she never said she wasn't….she just stressed the fact that she was with Aidan.
Along with Eve and two ghosts.
That fact could be hidden for now.
Running into her room, Dawn headed to her closet, looking for the perfect outfit for the night. If her father was good for anything, it was clothes and any other kind of materialistic items. She liked pretty things.
Searching through it, she came out with a black skirt and a black blouse. Shrugged, she'd go for the black look tonight. And if it didn't scare the prospective boyfriend, even slightly, he'd get brownie points.
Quickly she did her makeup, making sure to put eyeliner on them, making them look dark and mysterious. She hopped down the hall, putting her shoes on.
"Dawn!" Faith called from down stairs.
Casting a baleful look at the banister, Dawn chose instead the stairs. "I'm coming, I'm coming." As she got to the bottom of the stairs, she saw that her mother's date was already there.
"Dawn, I'd like you to meet Oz, Oz, this is my daughter Dawn." Faith introduced the pair.
Dawn smiled and stuck out her hand, Oz looked at it for a minute before taking it. "Hey," he said finally.
Dawn blinked and smiled wider, "You're short," she said plainly. He was only an inch or two taller than she was, and she was no tall person. At most she was 5'4".
"Dawn!" my mother said with a note of horror in her voice.
Oz just smirked slightly, "She's right though."
Dawn looked at this guy, he got brownie points for sure. "So what are we doing tonight?" she asked, hoping to divert the attention off of her, and onto the night at hand.
Faith shrugged, "Dinner mostly."
The night past quickly and Dawn found herself falling into her bed, almost falling asleep the instant her head hit the pillow. After a few hours of blissful sleep a eerily translucent Wesley rudely awakened Dawn.
"What is it?" Dawn muttered angrily as she saw her adopted father standing in front of her.
"We got the break, but we need you to come now," he reported.
Glaring at the spirit, Dawn stood up, clad only in her pajamas and headed towards the window. "Here goes nothing," she whispered and stepped out into the cold pre-dawn of the Los Angeles morning.
Quickly running, in order to stay warm, Dawn made it to Eve's apartment in less than ten minutes.
"Okay, what's the deal?" Dawn said as she burst into the room, not even noticing that Aidan was still there, still dressed in his school clothes.
"We found a way to defeat the thing," Eve said decisively.
Dawn stared at her, "Well, out with it!" she said, agitated.
Eve shrugged, "I really don't know how to explain it. But they should know." She pointed to two figures that stood in the corner, and just then Eve just noticed them.
They were plain looking pair, the girl was a red head that had her hair in a messy pony and the boy had a moderate build, he looked a bit like a surfer. But they were somewhat plain, a pair that you couldn't pick out of a crowd.
The girl opened her mouth, "We know how to defeat the demon you summoned, unfortunately it won't be easy."
Dawn gave her a bored look. "Well what ever we have to do will be okay. I don't want this evil whatnot to weigh in on my mind when I go to sleep at night. I happen to need my beauty sleep."
The guy looked at his female companion. "Well you see, we told you it be hard. It is, very hard."
Aidan rolled his eyes. "Oh stop beating around the bush. You know how hard it is? We have to die."
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I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
"Wanted Dead or Alive", Bon Jovi
************
Thanks to:
tigerlily
Lorelai Anastasia*
Buffy-Spike-Mad*
Danica*
gidgetgirl*
Ivorycat*
Hehe, wow people really do love me! But I know there are people out there who don't read, don't think I don't know about you. Because I sue to do the same thing. But I loved the reviews I got, so I'm not taking down the fic. Cause I was seriously thinking about doing that, and then when people e-mailed me, I'd send them a chapter. That way I knew people would respond. That's all I ask really. Please respond to my fic, I want to know what you think of it.