A/N: I've never written anything like this before, but this idea has been floating around in my head for a few days and I just had to write it down. Hope you like it! This in Darla's POV.
New Beginnings
Chapter 1
"I don't like it here," Drusilla's English accent was punctuated by a perfect sounding child-like pout.
"Nobody does." I replied with a sigh of my own as I looked out our car window at the quickly moving scenery beyond our car.
"I do," Harmony chirped next to me, bouncing in her seat and looking out the window over my head.
I glowered at my cousin and pinched her on the leg, grinning when she gave a little yelp of surprise.
"Ow, Darlllaaaaa," she whined, drawing the word out as she rubbed the red spot on her leg and tired to tug her skirt down over it. "Uncle Giles, Darla pinched me."
Dad came to a stoplight and turned around in his seat, giving me a stern look. "Darla Aurelius," he said in a warning tone, "We're almost to Sunnydale, can't you kids just keep quiet?"
"I want to go back to England." I replied, earning another stern look and then shrugged and glanced at Harmony, "She deserved it."
Angel turned around in the passenger seat and smirked at me, giving me the brotherly, "You kids be good back there." I rolled my eyes, 'you kids' who does he think he is? He's a kid too! Just because he's fifteen, he thinks he's so great. He even gets to sit up in the passenger seat next to dad while I have to sit in the back, squished between Harmony, Dru and Spike.
"Are we there yet?" Spike asked unbuckling his car seat for the millionth time and trying to look out the window.
"Spike, sit down." I replied grabbing my four year old brother and buckling him back in, I don't know how he keeps getting out, those car seat are supposed to be kid proof. But, he's smart for his age, we all are, well, except Harmony, but she doesn't count, she's only my cousin.
"The stars are dancing," Dru said in a dreamy voice, her cheek pressed against the cool glass of the car window as she clutched her ratty old doll, Ms. Edith, in her hands.
Harmony gave her a blank look, well; maybe it's just a regular one since most of her facial expression seems sorta blank. "What?" she asked, "There aren't any stars, its daytime. Duh."
I rolled my eyes again; obviously she doesn't speak fluent Drusilla. Well, none of us really do, Dru's in a world of her own, but the rest of us have just learned to ignore her when she starts saying weird things.
Drusilla looked away from the window and turned her large brown eyes on Harmony, calmly arguing, "Yes there are, their singing to me."
I suppress a giggle as Harmony actually turns her head and looks out the window again just to make sure, before replying, "You're weird."
"She is not," I argue; no one makes fun of my sister.
"Is too"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Are we there yet, yet?" Spike whines, once again wriggling out of his car seat and climbing to the fort of the car where Angel grabs him as he starts to whine louder and kick, only seconds away from a temper tantrum.
Watching them, both Harmony and I are silent for a moment before she turns to me and resumes the argument, "Is too, infinity!"
I sigh, it's time to pull out the big guns, "Is not; double infinity no take-backs." She looks confused at this so I just shrug and pinch her again.
"Ow! Uncle Gileeeessss, she's doing it again!"
"Darla Elizabeth Aurelius, stop pinching your cousin this instant!"
This is going to be a long car ride.
TBC…please review and tell me how I'm doing. Oh and if you like Drusilla, go read 'Dirty Sunshine'.
