Chapter 4
"Jerry, My Sister is Evil and Steals All My Friends."
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Chapter Four"Jerry, My Sister is Evil and Steals All My Friends."
"Dawn! Telephone!" Mrs. Summers called to Dawn, who sat on the couch watching TV. Dawn jumped up and ran to take the cordless phone from her mother, who was getting ready to run off to a gallery showing "Hello?"
"Hi, Dawnie, it's me." Willow's voice said over the telephone line. "I've got some good news! Your birthday party day's all clear. Got any ideas for presents you want?"
Dawn considered. "Not really." Mrs. Summers left, blowing a kiss at Dawn as she went out the door.
"Oh, come on," Willow said. "You must want something."
"It's not that I don't," Dawn explained, "it's just that I can't think of any thing I want really, really bad. Make it a surprise."
She could practically hear Willow grin. "Sure, Dawnie," she said. "Listen, I gotta go. Studying and everything. Talk to you later."
"Bye, Willow," Dawn said, hanging up the phone and turning around, coming face to face with Buffy.
"You were talking to Willow?" Buffy asked. "What'd she want?"
"None of your business," Dawn said, heading back for the family room to watch TV some more.
"'None of my business'?" Buffy demanded. "when my best friend calls me and you hang up without even leaving a message—"
Dawn spun around. "Did it ever occur to you that she wasn't calling for you?"
Buffy frowned. "Why would it?"
"Because you're not the center of the world, Buffy. She's not only your friend. She's allowed to have friends besides you and Xander, you know."
"How come you always have to butt into my life?" Buffy cried. "I can't even have my own friends! Do I have to share everything with you?"
"Not everything," Dawn said, just to get on her sister's nerves. "You've got your own stupid boyfriend."
"He is not stupid!" Buffy yelled. "And he's not my boyfriend! Okay, maybe he is. But maybe not. I'm not sure. He—why don't you just leave me alone? Go play with your Barbies or something."
"No one plays with Barbies anymore," Dawn retorted, "especially not me. Which you'd know if you paid attention to me at all!"
"Oh, you want attention?" Buffy asked, her voice like acid. "I thought you got enough from my best friend Willow."
"Oh, so it's a contest?" Dawn demanded. "Who she likes better?"
"It most certainly is not a contest!" Buffy shouted. "It's a matter of you're not supposed to have the same friends as me."
"Why not?" Dawn asked.
"Because it's…just…not…right."
"Oh, yes, because Buffy's always right," Dawn sneered. "All hail Queen Buffy, Ruler of All."
"You know what? I don't need this. You're too dumb to waste my time with."
"Well you're too dumb to know that you're dumb enough to be wasting your time!"
"Get a life, Dawn."
"After you, my darling, darling sister."
"It's no wonder you don't have any other friends."
"It's no wonder Willow would rather be my friend than yours. Don't worry, it's not your fault. I'm sure that nasty case of freakiness will wear off soon."
Buffy gave a huge frustrated sigh and slammed the front door on her way out.
"You can't leave me alone! Mom will kill you!"
"Call Willow," Buffy replied angrily, her voice muffled. "I'm sure she'd be happy to baby sit you."
"I hate you!" Dawn yelled at the front door. No one answered. So Dawn sunk down to the floor and cried.
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