Silence
Riley wondered what was wrong with his girlfriend. Dawn had been quiet all week long, and though it was summer she was wearing sweaters and long jeans. They had gone out to the movies tonight but everytime he touched her she seemed to back away. Finally he had just stopped trying to touch her and asked her what was wrong.
'Dawn what is wrong?'
They stood in front of her house, and she had been busy opening the door.
'Nothing, why?'
Her hand was shaky and she couldn't get the key into the lock.
'You've been quiet with me all week. Ever since we made love you won't allow me to touch you, everytime I get close to you you pull away...'
'It's nothing'
She finally managed to open the door and held it open for him to come in.
'I don't think I should'
'Why not?'
'You're not speaking to me, you're hiding something...you promised to talk to me...that's what broke Buffy and me up...not talking'
He couldn't help comparing her with Buffy this one time. He was desperate to make this work, but how could he, when she did the same thing her sister did?
'I'm not! There's nothing wrong'
Her voice pleaded to him to believe her. She couldn't look him straight in the eyes though.
'I know there is. You don't even look at me...I can't take this Dawn...talk to me...please...'
He hoped he had persuaded her to talk. But when she spoke his heart broke.
'There's nothing wrong. There just isn't...please believe me'
He couldn't. He knew she was lying. In silence he walked home, without even saying goodbye to her.
When someone approached him he tried to avoid her, he wasn't really in the mood for chitchat. Neither was she, he saw, when he saw her face in the lantern light.
'Hello gorgeous'
She tried to smile, showing her fangs. He knew her from long ago, she stirred up memories he'd rather forget.
'Leave me alone or I'll dust you'
Her laugh made him furious. He didn't need this shit, not now.
'I mean it'
She went over to him and touched the scars on his arm.
'You had it before...you felt lonely...and now you're feeling lonely again'
He couldn't deny he was. Her cold fingers ran up and down his arm and made him feel a little more alive. Before he knew what he was doing he was handing the cash over to her and she started sucking his arm.
'O god...it feels so...ah...do it harder'
He leant against a wall and felt his body heat up. When he opened up his eyes for a second he saw Dawns face. Shocked. Before he could react she ran away. He dusted the vamp and sat down leaning against the wall, hiding his face in his hands. It was all a mess.
Riley wondered what was wrong with his girlfriend. Dawn had been quiet all week long, and though it was summer she was wearing sweaters and long jeans. They had gone out to the movies tonight but everytime he touched her she seemed to back away. Finally he had just stopped trying to touch her and asked her what was wrong.
'Dawn what is wrong?'
They stood in front of her house, and she had been busy opening the door.
'Nothing, why?'
Her hand was shaky and she couldn't get the key into the lock.
'You've been quiet with me all week. Ever since we made love you won't allow me to touch you, everytime I get close to you you pull away...'
'It's nothing'
She finally managed to open the door and held it open for him to come in.
'I don't think I should'
'Why not?'
'You're not speaking to me, you're hiding something...you promised to talk to me...that's what broke Buffy and me up...not talking'
He couldn't help comparing her with Buffy this one time. He was desperate to make this work, but how could he, when she did the same thing her sister did?
'I'm not! There's nothing wrong'
Her voice pleaded to him to believe her. She couldn't look him straight in the eyes though.
'I know there is. You don't even look at me...I can't take this Dawn...talk to me...please...'
He hoped he had persuaded her to talk. But when she spoke his heart broke.
'There's nothing wrong. There just isn't...please believe me'
He couldn't. He knew she was lying. In silence he walked home, without even saying goodbye to her.
When someone approached him he tried to avoid her, he wasn't really in the mood for chitchat. Neither was she, he saw, when he saw her face in the lantern light.
'Hello gorgeous'
She tried to smile, showing her fangs. He knew her from long ago, she stirred up memories he'd rather forget.
'Leave me alone or I'll dust you'
Her laugh made him furious. He didn't need this shit, not now.
'I mean it'
She went over to him and touched the scars on his arm.
'You had it before...you felt lonely...and now you're feeling lonely again'
He couldn't deny he was. Her cold fingers ran up and down his arm and made him feel a little more alive. Before he knew what he was doing he was handing the cash over to her and she started sucking his arm.
'O god...it feels so...ah...do it harder'
He leant against a wall and felt his body heat up. When he opened up his eyes for a second he saw Dawns face. Shocked. Before he could react she ran away. He dusted the vamp and sat down leaning against the wall, hiding his face in his hands. It was all a mess.
