Here's part two, I just wanted to thank everyone who wrote me feedback on
this story, I really wasn't going to continue it, but because of you guys I
am, so thanks! :)
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"Here you go, " Dawn said as she tossed Xander a can of coke and the movie rentals. "I'll be right back, just gotta get changed, you can get the movie set up if you want." She smiled and flew back out of the room again as he sat on the edge of the king sized bed contemplating whether to stay put of jump out the open window.
He rubbed the palms of his hands on his jeans and got up to pop the DVD into the player. As he turned the TV on and sat back down on the bed, she bounced back into the room. He glanced over at her and could almost hear himself pant. She had changed out of her jeans and t-shirt and into tight gray sweatpants with a pink low cut halter top. Her hair was messy and wild, and he loved it. He mentally kicked himself in the groin. She smiled at him and pushed his shoulder. "Any room for me on here?"
He realized he was staring at her. "Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry." He scooted over and she jumped onto the bed next to him, lying down while the main menu of Armageddon came on the screen. Xander hit the play button on the remote control and tossed it back on the bed.
Dawn looked up at Xander and smiled. "Don't mind me if I start crying at the end of this, it always gets to me."
He smiled halfheartedly back at her and realized he could see down her shirt, and there was no sign of a bra. His wide eyed gaze immediately went back to the screen and he moved positions, laying down next to her so that he wouldn't be tempted to look over again. Why wasn't she wearing a bra? Was she trying to seduce him? If she was, it was working, although he was sure he would never like to admit it. He stayed cemented to the same spot until the scene where Ben Affleck proceeded to walk animal crackers across Liv Tyler's abdomen. Dawn touched his hand, "I always wish someone would do that with me, just laying there in the grass completely in love, you know?"
He cleared his throat. "Yeah, except they've got the whole 'end of the world' thing going on. Not that we don't have our share of apocalypses. We just have hell opening up instead of asteroids hitting the planet."
She rolled her eyes at him. "You know what I mean, just to be able to do that kinda stuff. It's nice to daydream about that stuff sometimes, especially when things around here seem so dark and depressing."
Xander nodded, " I know. And who do you daydream about anyway? Ben Affleck is hunky and all that, but I think he's J Lo's new catch... well, this year at least."
She winked, "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"A guy in school?"
"Uh uh." She shook her head from side to side, her light brown hair splashing down past her shoulders. "High school guys are too immature."
He laughed. "Yeah, and usually we still are even after high school."
"True, but they're a hell of a lot hotter, so it makes up for it." She thought for a moment. "Usually."
"Celebrity?"
She made a face at him. "Please. I mean, I do think some celebrities are hot, but why would I waste my time pining away for some guy who doesn't even know I exist? Besides, all the celebs I think are hot are like ten years older then me."
"So you like older men huh?"
She nodded vigorously. "Hell yeah. Have you bseen/b Keanu Reeves in The Matrix?" He nods, seeing her point. "I rest my case."
"I don't know what else that leaves. College guy?"
"Not exactly. More like college guy, minus the college."
Xander's jaw almost dropped to the bed. If she wasn't talking about him, he didn't know what the hell to think anymore. He looked at her, and she was giving him this look that he couldn't quite tell what kind of look it was exactly. He decided to play along and see what happens.
"So, what does this mystery guy look like?"
She thought for a moment before answering. "Well, he's got these big brown eyes which make my knees weak just looking into them whenever I get the chance to, and brown hair which is adorable, even when its messy. He's got the greatest personality of anyone I know, he can be witty and comical, but he's got this serious side to him also that not many people get to see, but when you do it makes you respect him even more then you already did." She stares off into space with this far off look in her face. He feels beyond flattered; he honestly didn't think she still had a thing for him.
He decided to break the silence. "Wow, well he seems to be quite the guy."
She snaps out of her reverie and looks at him with her big blue eyes. "He is, even though he doesn't realize that he is quite the perfect guy."
"Maybe you should tell this guy, maybe he'll think the same of you."
She shook her head. "He doesn't, but I'll tell him anyway." Her fingers lightly graze the top of his left hand. "You're quite the perfect guy Xander."
He mentally bit his lip. Her hand was still lingering on his and he wasn't sure whether to pull back, grab it or run out of the room because he knew what he really wanted to do, and he knew it wasn't such a good idea. He looked at her and saw her cheeks flush with embarrassment. She probably thought he didn't feel the same towards her, but he really did. He just wasn't sure if he should tell her that. He moved closer to her and lightly kissed her cheek, pulling back again just as fast. "You're quite the perfect girl Dawn."
A look of surprise passed her open mouthed face, and then was replaced by a hard stare. "You're just saying that to be nice, I know you don't feel the same way about me as I do for you. Everyone still thinks I'm a little kid, no one realizes that I'm 17, they still think I'm 12 or something."
Xander sat up on the bed as she did the same. "Dawn, I really don't think of you as little anymore. Beyond the physical obviousness, your maturity has probably exceeded mine by now and you've got such strength in you, you're a true member of the Scooby Gang."
A little smile broke out upon her face, but he could still see the hesitation there. "I saw you looking at me."
He raised his eyebrows and laughed. "Yeah, I'm looking at you right now."
She shook her head. "No, I mean I saw you looking at me last week at the Bronze when I was dancing with RJ."
Xander could feel all the color drain from his face. "Oh."
She continued. "I saw the way you looked at me, saw the jealousy on your face." She leaned forward a little, scooting closer to him. "I really didn't want to be dancing with RJ." She twirled a strand of hair around her finger. "I wanted to be dancing like that with you."
He swallowed hard. He wanted so badly to take her in his arms and kiss her, but every rational thought in his head was screaming at him not to. He could see endless amounts of stop signs and red lights in his head and at the end of the road there stood Buffy with a stake, ready to shove it into him for corrupting her sister. Before he could stop her though her lips were on his, and all the coherent thoughts that were in his head previously vanished within seconds. She lifted herself up and onto him and he returned her kisses with just as much enthusiasm. Her tongue sought access to his mouth and he opened it willingly, the sensations of her movements causing his body to react. She smelled like peaches and tasted like strawberries, her mouth was so soft and sweet, no one had ever made him feel like this before, not even Anya which surprised him to no end.
She broke the kiss and looked into his eyes. "My heart is beating faster then anything right now." She took his hand and placed it on her chest and then captured his lips with hers again. When he didn't return the kiss she looked at him, confusion clouding her pretty face. "What's wrong?"
Xander looked at her and shook his head slowly. "Dawn, I don't think we should be doing this."
She smirked. "Some other part of you disagrees I think." She peered down between their bodies.
Xander's eyes widened. "Well, I um..." He thought for a moment about what kind of horrific torture Buffy and everyone else would inflict upon him once they found out what he and Dawn were doing and decided that it would be worth it. He looked at her pouting full pink lips and the way her tongue darted out to moisten them and he made his decision, there was no going back now.
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"Here you go, " Dawn said as she tossed Xander a can of coke and the movie rentals. "I'll be right back, just gotta get changed, you can get the movie set up if you want." She smiled and flew back out of the room again as he sat on the edge of the king sized bed contemplating whether to stay put of jump out the open window.
He rubbed the palms of his hands on his jeans and got up to pop the DVD into the player. As he turned the TV on and sat back down on the bed, she bounced back into the room. He glanced over at her and could almost hear himself pant. She had changed out of her jeans and t-shirt and into tight gray sweatpants with a pink low cut halter top. Her hair was messy and wild, and he loved it. He mentally kicked himself in the groin. She smiled at him and pushed his shoulder. "Any room for me on here?"
He realized he was staring at her. "Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry." He scooted over and she jumped onto the bed next to him, lying down while the main menu of Armageddon came on the screen. Xander hit the play button on the remote control and tossed it back on the bed.
Dawn looked up at Xander and smiled. "Don't mind me if I start crying at the end of this, it always gets to me."
He smiled halfheartedly back at her and realized he could see down her shirt, and there was no sign of a bra. His wide eyed gaze immediately went back to the screen and he moved positions, laying down next to her so that he wouldn't be tempted to look over again. Why wasn't she wearing a bra? Was she trying to seduce him? If she was, it was working, although he was sure he would never like to admit it. He stayed cemented to the same spot until the scene where Ben Affleck proceeded to walk animal crackers across Liv Tyler's abdomen. Dawn touched his hand, "I always wish someone would do that with me, just laying there in the grass completely in love, you know?"
He cleared his throat. "Yeah, except they've got the whole 'end of the world' thing going on. Not that we don't have our share of apocalypses. We just have hell opening up instead of asteroids hitting the planet."
She rolled her eyes at him. "You know what I mean, just to be able to do that kinda stuff. It's nice to daydream about that stuff sometimes, especially when things around here seem so dark and depressing."
Xander nodded, " I know. And who do you daydream about anyway? Ben Affleck is hunky and all that, but I think he's J Lo's new catch... well, this year at least."
She winked, "Wouldn't you like to know?"
"A guy in school?"
"Uh uh." She shook her head from side to side, her light brown hair splashing down past her shoulders. "High school guys are too immature."
He laughed. "Yeah, and usually we still are even after high school."
"True, but they're a hell of a lot hotter, so it makes up for it." She thought for a moment. "Usually."
"Celebrity?"
She made a face at him. "Please. I mean, I do think some celebrities are hot, but why would I waste my time pining away for some guy who doesn't even know I exist? Besides, all the celebs I think are hot are like ten years older then me."
"So you like older men huh?"
She nodded vigorously. "Hell yeah. Have you bseen/b Keanu Reeves in The Matrix?" He nods, seeing her point. "I rest my case."
"I don't know what else that leaves. College guy?"
"Not exactly. More like college guy, minus the college."
Xander's jaw almost dropped to the bed. If she wasn't talking about him, he didn't know what the hell to think anymore. He looked at her, and she was giving him this look that he couldn't quite tell what kind of look it was exactly. He decided to play along and see what happens.
"So, what does this mystery guy look like?"
She thought for a moment before answering. "Well, he's got these big brown eyes which make my knees weak just looking into them whenever I get the chance to, and brown hair which is adorable, even when its messy. He's got the greatest personality of anyone I know, he can be witty and comical, but he's got this serious side to him also that not many people get to see, but when you do it makes you respect him even more then you already did." She stares off into space with this far off look in her face. He feels beyond flattered; he honestly didn't think she still had a thing for him.
He decided to break the silence. "Wow, well he seems to be quite the guy."
She snaps out of her reverie and looks at him with her big blue eyes. "He is, even though he doesn't realize that he is quite the perfect guy."
"Maybe you should tell this guy, maybe he'll think the same of you."
She shook her head. "He doesn't, but I'll tell him anyway." Her fingers lightly graze the top of his left hand. "You're quite the perfect guy Xander."
He mentally bit his lip. Her hand was still lingering on his and he wasn't sure whether to pull back, grab it or run out of the room because he knew what he really wanted to do, and he knew it wasn't such a good idea. He looked at her and saw her cheeks flush with embarrassment. She probably thought he didn't feel the same towards her, but he really did. He just wasn't sure if he should tell her that. He moved closer to her and lightly kissed her cheek, pulling back again just as fast. "You're quite the perfect girl Dawn."
A look of surprise passed her open mouthed face, and then was replaced by a hard stare. "You're just saying that to be nice, I know you don't feel the same way about me as I do for you. Everyone still thinks I'm a little kid, no one realizes that I'm 17, they still think I'm 12 or something."
Xander sat up on the bed as she did the same. "Dawn, I really don't think of you as little anymore. Beyond the physical obviousness, your maturity has probably exceeded mine by now and you've got such strength in you, you're a true member of the Scooby Gang."
A little smile broke out upon her face, but he could still see the hesitation there. "I saw you looking at me."
He raised his eyebrows and laughed. "Yeah, I'm looking at you right now."
She shook her head. "No, I mean I saw you looking at me last week at the Bronze when I was dancing with RJ."
Xander could feel all the color drain from his face. "Oh."
She continued. "I saw the way you looked at me, saw the jealousy on your face." She leaned forward a little, scooting closer to him. "I really didn't want to be dancing with RJ." She twirled a strand of hair around her finger. "I wanted to be dancing like that with you."
He swallowed hard. He wanted so badly to take her in his arms and kiss her, but every rational thought in his head was screaming at him not to. He could see endless amounts of stop signs and red lights in his head and at the end of the road there stood Buffy with a stake, ready to shove it into him for corrupting her sister. Before he could stop her though her lips were on his, and all the coherent thoughts that were in his head previously vanished within seconds. She lifted herself up and onto him and he returned her kisses with just as much enthusiasm. Her tongue sought access to his mouth and he opened it willingly, the sensations of her movements causing his body to react. She smelled like peaches and tasted like strawberries, her mouth was so soft and sweet, no one had ever made him feel like this before, not even Anya which surprised him to no end.
She broke the kiss and looked into his eyes. "My heart is beating faster then anything right now." She took his hand and placed it on her chest and then captured his lips with hers again. When he didn't return the kiss she looked at him, confusion clouding her pretty face. "What's wrong?"
Xander looked at her and shook his head slowly. "Dawn, I don't think we should be doing this."
She smirked. "Some other part of you disagrees I think." She peered down between their bodies.
Xander's eyes widened. "Well, I um..." He thought for a moment about what kind of horrific torture Buffy and everyone else would inflict upon him once they found out what he and Dawn were doing and decided that it would be worth it. He looked at her pouting full pink lips and the way her tongue darted out to moisten them and he made his decision, there was no going back now.
