Chapter 9
Extract from Dawn's diary
I talked to that girl today, her name's Sarah. I don't know why but we seem to just...click, as if she knows me completely and I know her, well obviously I don't I've only known her five minutes. Anyway, she's working down at the student bar, maybe I'll see her tonight when I go down there.
Willow and Tara sat in the kitchen talking about their little scout around looking for whoever is causing these disappearances. "Well that was a nice waste of time," Tara murmured.
"Yeah," Willow agreed, they had found nothing. "It's a shame we don't have somewhere like Willi's he always knew what was going on. I wonder where Angel has set up shop these days."
Angel had moved out some time ago, he moved to New York where there had been a spate of demon attacks. Tara moved over to Willow and gave her ear a cheeky nibble.
"Hey, we're meant to be thinking..." Tara had another nibble and Willow gave a small moan, that's when Dawn walked in from the hall. She wore a blue tank top and blue denim jeans.
Dawn made a gagging sound, "oh come on, you two have your own room," Dawn walked over to the cupboard and pulled out a pack of biscuits. She opened them and took a few before throwing the pack to Willow. "Here, if you're that hungry, eat."
Dawn heads for the door.
"Where are you going Dawnie?"
"What? It's Friday. I'm off to the student bar."
"Well don't stay out too late," Willow warned, "this may not be the Hellmouth but vampires still exist."
"I'll get a cab home, don't you worry." Dawn walked back over to Willow and Tara giving them each a small hug, and quietly said "thanks."
"For what Dawnie?" Tara asked.
"You know, just for being there, I don't know how I'd have gone through the last week without..."
Willow put a finger on her lips and shushed her, "we know Dawnie, just be careful, ok?"
Dawn nodded her head and walked out the door.
"A bottle of WKD please love," Sarah, wearing a black shirt and black trousers walked over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle by the neck. As she stood up, she flicked the bottle, letting it turn 360 degrees in mid-air before catching it, again, by the neck.
She hooked the bottle top under a hook behind the bar and with another flick of her wrist had the top off before putting it on the bar. "That'll be $5.00 please," she said after tilling the bottle in, the young man paid her the money and walked off.
"You know? If you break any bottles flicking them round like that, it'll come out of your wages." Steve had watched Sarah do that with several bottles.
Sarah flashed her famous smirk, "I know, you think I'd do that if I ever dropped one?" Steve laughed before turning round to serve another customer.
"Hey Sarah," Sarah turned to see Dawn smiling at her.
"Hey Dawn, what will you have?"
"Erm, just a glass of coke," Dawn had gone on a drinking binge when she was younger she still hadn't forgotten the outcome. She still drank, just not starting early.
"Ice?" Dawn nodded, Sarah took a sip of her own coke behind the bar before putting some ice in a half pint glass and putting it under a machine befrore pressing two buttons, coke flowed out of a tap and stopped when the glass was full. Sarah tilled it up, "$2.20 please,"
Dawn paid up and hung around near the bar drinking, listening to the music. "You gonna come for a dance?"
"Dawnie, I'm working."
Steve had heard while he was wiping down the bar, "as far as I'm concerned young lady, you're wiping down tables for half an hour while we aren't so busy," Steve winked and Sarah grinned.
"Thanks Steve, I'll be back in half an hour." Sarah walked around the bar and Dawn grabbed her hand, Sarah could feel an odd spark of electricity as they walked towards the dance floor dancing in time with the music.
Dawn and Sarah danced to the heavy rock beats blasting out of the speakers, "So, having a good time?" Dawn shouted across.
"Yeah, so, you live near here or on campus?"
"LA was my sister's old stomping grounds and I moved down here with some of her friends."
"Cool, I think Steve's calling me back to work," Sarah put her hand on Dawn's shoulder and felt a spark, man why does this feel so right? Sarah walked over to the bar and behind it serving customers."
The scene was not a happy one, Cain and Bane had come back and they had no idea where Sarah was. How could you lose her?" Abel raged, The Piper stood in the corner of the room, not looking happy either, a bored look on his face.
"She was meant to call, she's in America though," the female, Bane, now in her natural form replied.
"And what a help that is," The Piper's voice rang out scornfully, "so, how do you propose to find a girl in the largest country in the world, considering she didn't even need a ticket to travel here?"
"Be patient wretch!" Cain spat back, "you shall have your girl, it's just a matter of time."
The Piper drew his pipe looking at the three stood before him with anger in his eyes, his blue gaze could freeze water, "don't you ever talk to me like that fool. You have one week, then I find her on my own and the deal..."
"You will have your girl Piper," Abel cut him off, "you will have her soon."
The music was off and people were being asked to leave, it had been a good first night for Sarah. Sarah now walked around picking up empty bottles and looking for any glasses that would need cleaning before the staff went home. Dawn sat on a chair waiting for her.
Sarah threw the last bottle into a bin with a loud metallic clank. "All done Steve."
"Yeah, ok you can get off now, you going to be in tomorrow?"
"Sure, from nine?"
"Yup, well come in half hour early, to help set up and you can have that half hour later on in the night."
"Ok,"
Sarah headed for the door and Dawn caught her up. "Hey, you getting a taxi?"
"Nah, I live on campus,"
Dawn remembered Willow's warning to be careful, Willow and Tara wouldn't have said that if they weren't worried about anything. "Ok, how about I walk you home and get a cab from your place?"
"Ok," Dawn and Sarah walked together.
Sarah and Dawn walked up to the front door of the uni accommodation, Dawn had just rang for a taxi off her phone. "I'll see you tomorrow Dawnie," Sarah said quietly, ready for bed.
"Yeah," Dawn felt herself drawn to Sarah and gave her a light kiss on the lips, Sarah responded before both drew back, looks of shock on their faces. It had seemed so natural. "erm...sorry...that is..."
Sarah put a finger on Dawn's lips to shush her, "It's ok, I..." Sarah was cut off by the beep of a taxi and Dawn stepped in.
Extract from Dawn's diary
I talked to that girl today, her name's Sarah. I don't know why but we seem to just...click, as if she knows me completely and I know her, well obviously I don't I've only known her five minutes. Anyway, she's working down at the student bar, maybe I'll see her tonight when I go down there.
Willow and Tara sat in the kitchen talking about their little scout around looking for whoever is causing these disappearances. "Well that was a nice waste of time," Tara murmured.
"Yeah," Willow agreed, they had found nothing. "It's a shame we don't have somewhere like Willi's he always knew what was going on. I wonder where Angel has set up shop these days."
Angel had moved out some time ago, he moved to New York where there had been a spate of demon attacks. Tara moved over to Willow and gave her ear a cheeky nibble.
"Hey, we're meant to be thinking..." Tara had another nibble and Willow gave a small moan, that's when Dawn walked in from the hall. She wore a blue tank top and blue denim jeans.
Dawn made a gagging sound, "oh come on, you two have your own room," Dawn walked over to the cupboard and pulled out a pack of biscuits. She opened them and took a few before throwing the pack to Willow. "Here, if you're that hungry, eat."
Dawn heads for the door.
"Where are you going Dawnie?"
"What? It's Friday. I'm off to the student bar."
"Well don't stay out too late," Willow warned, "this may not be the Hellmouth but vampires still exist."
"I'll get a cab home, don't you worry." Dawn walked back over to Willow and Tara giving them each a small hug, and quietly said "thanks."
"For what Dawnie?" Tara asked.
"You know, just for being there, I don't know how I'd have gone through the last week without..."
Willow put a finger on her lips and shushed her, "we know Dawnie, just be careful, ok?"
Dawn nodded her head and walked out the door.
"A bottle of WKD please love," Sarah, wearing a black shirt and black trousers walked over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle by the neck. As she stood up, she flicked the bottle, letting it turn 360 degrees in mid-air before catching it, again, by the neck.
She hooked the bottle top under a hook behind the bar and with another flick of her wrist had the top off before putting it on the bar. "That'll be $5.00 please," she said after tilling the bottle in, the young man paid her the money and walked off.
"You know? If you break any bottles flicking them round like that, it'll come out of your wages." Steve had watched Sarah do that with several bottles.
Sarah flashed her famous smirk, "I know, you think I'd do that if I ever dropped one?" Steve laughed before turning round to serve another customer.
"Hey Sarah," Sarah turned to see Dawn smiling at her.
"Hey Dawn, what will you have?"
"Erm, just a glass of coke," Dawn had gone on a drinking binge when she was younger she still hadn't forgotten the outcome. She still drank, just not starting early.
"Ice?" Dawn nodded, Sarah took a sip of her own coke behind the bar before putting some ice in a half pint glass and putting it under a machine befrore pressing two buttons, coke flowed out of a tap and stopped when the glass was full. Sarah tilled it up, "$2.20 please,"
Dawn paid up and hung around near the bar drinking, listening to the music. "You gonna come for a dance?"
"Dawnie, I'm working."
Steve had heard while he was wiping down the bar, "as far as I'm concerned young lady, you're wiping down tables for half an hour while we aren't so busy," Steve winked and Sarah grinned.
"Thanks Steve, I'll be back in half an hour." Sarah walked around the bar and Dawn grabbed her hand, Sarah could feel an odd spark of electricity as they walked towards the dance floor dancing in time with the music.
Dawn and Sarah danced to the heavy rock beats blasting out of the speakers, "So, having a good time?" Dawn shouted across.
"Yeah, so, you live near here or on campus?"
"LA was my sister's old stomping grounds and I moved down here with some of her friends."
"Cool, I think Steve's calling me back to work," Sarah put her hand on Dawn's shoulder and felt a spark, man why does this feel so right? Sarah walked over to the bar and behind it serving customers."
The scene was not a happy one, Cain and Bane had come back and they had no idea where Sarah was. How could you lose her?" Abel raged, The Piper stood in the corner of the room, not looking happy either, a bored look on his face.
"She was meant to call, she's in America though," the female, Bane, now in her natural form replied.
"And what a help that is," The Piper's voice rang out scornfully, "so, how do you propose to find a girl in the largest country in the world, considering she didn't even need a ticket to travel here?"
"Be patient wretch!" Cain spat back, "you shall have your girl, it's just a matter of time."
The Piper drew his pipe looking at the three stood before him with anger in his eyes, his blue gaze could freeze water, "don't you ever talk to me like that fool. You have one week, then I find her on my own and the deal..."
"You will have your girl Piper," Abel cut him off, "you will have her soon."
The music was off and people were being asked to leave, it had been a good first night for Sarah. Sarah now walked around picking up empty bottles and looking for any glasses that would need cleaning before the staff went home. Dawn sat on a chair waiting for her.
Sarah threw the last bottle into a bin with a loud metallic clank. "All done Steve."
"Yeah, ok you can get off now, you going to be in tomorrow?"
"Sure, from nine?"
"Yup, well come in half hour early, to help set up and you can have that half hour later on in the night."
"Ok,"
Sarah headed for the door and Dawn caught her up. "Hey, you getting a taxi?"
"Nah, I live on campus,"
Dawn remembered Willow's warning to be careful, Willow and Tara wouldn't have said that if they weren't worried about anything. "Ok, how about I walk you home and get a cab from your place?"
"Ok," Dawn and Sarah walked together.
Sarah and Dawn walked up to the front door of the uni accommodation, Dawn had just rang for a taxi off her phone. "I'll see you tomorrow Dawnie," Sarah said quietly, ready for bed.
"Yeah," Dawn felt herself drawn to Sarah and gave her a light kiss on the lips, Sarah responded before both drew back, looks of shock on their faces. It had seemed so natural. "erm...sorry...that is..."
Sarah put a finger on Dawn's lips to shush her, "It's ok, I..." Sarah was cut off by the beep of a taxi and Dawn stepped in.