A/N: Hey! I just wanted to thank Pumpkinbelly and Eunoia! Thanks for the
reviews! You guys rock! Thanks also to my beta Abby! Love ya! Also, I have
just been informed how weird it is that I spell 'yeah' like 'yea,' I'll try
to work on that. (Abby, you're so picky!)
Ch. 3-Pairing Up!!!
Dawn got up an hour early the next day, as to not make the same mistake as the day before. The only class she had all day was TV Communications, so she could get some homework done, and maybe catch a movie that night.
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Conner groaned and rolled out of bed. Rubbing his tired eyes, he grabbed an old tee-shirt and some jeans. He then proceeded to pull on some shoes, pick up his messenger bag, and sleepwalk out the door.
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An hour later, Dawn was all set and ready for class.
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Dawn walked confidently into TVC and saw who other than Conner sitting at a table. She had never noticed him in the class before, but she vaguely remembered him doing a very funny newscast parody when they were using the teleprompter. She thought this would be a good time to return his notes she had borrowed.
"Uh, Conner! Hey! I um, thought you would want these back." She smiled, pulling the notes out of her bag.
"Oh, thanks. Professor Daly isn't as bad as she seems, but major mood swings." He joked.
Dawn laughed politely.
"What did you say your name was?" Conner continued, making small talk.
"I'm Dawn. Dawn Summers. You're Conner, right?"
"Oh yeah, I'm Conner, uh, Sullivan." He answered. Sullivan was the name Angel had thought up for Conner's college application, seeing as he didn't remember his last name from centuries ago.
Just then, the Professor walked in, and the room became silent.
"Welcome again, class, I hope you all had a lovely first few weeks back here at UCLA." He said in a strong British accent. "I want to get the ball rolling once more and divide you into groups of four. 2 ladies, and 2 gentlemen. I will be deciding groups, of course, seeing how disgraceful your last presentations were. Honestly, you'd think by college you would be a little bit more mat-"He stopped talking and composed himself.
"Anyway, you will be using all the things we've used before. It will be a soap opera, so I think this could be quite fun." He crinkled his eyes as he smiled.
"So!" he clapped his hands together, "I will assign you alphabetically." ************************** Conner was paired up with Dawn, and two other people, Maggie and Melvin.
"So. What do you think we should do? Death, Affair, what?" Dawn asked.
"Well, death is something we can all relate to." Conner put in.
"Well yes," Dawn agreed, "But I think we would get better marks if we did an over-dramatic evil love affair sort of deal."
"But I'm sure half the class will be doing that." Conner put in.
"Well I'm sure all of the other groups think the same thing."
And just like that they were in an argument. Each had good points, which made it so hard to decide.
Melvin began, "I think-"but was cut off by Dawn.
"Okay, how 'bout we just do both. Give it some actual substance."
"Isn't that kind of like the opposite of a, like, soap opera?" Maggie asked.
Conner laughed. "She has a point."
"It doesn't matter. We'll do both, make it way dramatic, and it'll be a simple as that."
"Class dismissed!" Professor Aston piped, and opened the door.
"We should all meet for lunch sometime. To discuss this." Dawn offered.
"Oooh! We should all go out for dinner tonight! Like a party with just the four of us." Maggie giggled.
"I-I like parties." Melvin said softly.
"Tonight? I don't think I can." Conner apologized. "I think I'm gonna be busy." He had gotten tipped off of a possible demon rampage tonight.
"Yeah, me too." Dawn sighed, gathering her books. Giles had called her earlier, nagging her to still patrol for vamps, even though she was off the hellmouth.
"Awwww. Come on, you guys! Don't be big ol' party poopers!!" Maggie whined.
"Well..." Dawn thought. "I guess I could let my plans slide."
"I'll see what I can do." Conner said stiffly.
"Hurray!!!!" Maggie cheered, giggling childishly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R/R as usual.
Ch. 3-Pairing Up!!!
Dawn got up an hour early the next day, as to not make the same mistake as the day before. The only class she had all day was TV Communications, so she could get some homework done, and maybe catch a movie that night.
***~~~***~~~
Conner groaned and rolled out of bed. Rubbing his tired eyes, he grabbed an old tee-shirt and some jeans. He then proceeded to pull on some shoes, pick up his messenger bag, and sleepwalk out the door.
***~~~***~~~
An hour later, Dawn was all set and ready for class.
*****######*****
Dawn walked confidently into TVC and saw who other than Conner sitting at a table. She had never noticed him in the class before, but she vaguely remembered him doing a very funny newscast parody when they were using the teleprompter. She thought this would be a good time to return his notes she had borrowed.
"Uh, Conner! Hey! I um, thought you would want these back." She smiled, pulling the notes out of her bag.
"Oh, thanks. Professor Daly isn't as bad as she seems, but major mood swings." He joked.
Dawn laughed politely.
"What did you say your name was?" Conner continued, making small talk.
"I'm Dawn. Dawn Summers. You're Conner, right?"
"Oh yeah, I'm Conner, uh, Sullivan." He answered. Sullivan was the name Angel had thought up for Conner's college application, seeing as he didn't remember his last name from centuries ago.
Just then, the Professor walked in, and the room became silent.
"Welcome again, class, I hope you all had a lovely first few weeks back here at UCLA." He said in a strong British accent. "I want to get the ball rolling once more and divide you into groups of four. 2 ladies, and 2 gentlemen. I will be deciding groups, of course, seeing how disgraceful your last presentations were. Honestly, you'd think by college you would be a little bit more mat-"He stopped talking and composed himself.
"Anyway, you will be using all the things we've used before. It will be a soap opera, so I think this could be quite fun." He crinkled his eyes as he smiled.
"So!" he clapped his hands together, "I will assign you alphabetically." ************************** Conner was paired up with Dawn, and two other people, Maggie and Melvin.
"So. What do you think we should do? Death, Affair, what?" Dawn asked.
"Well, death is something we can all relate to." Conner put in.
"Well yes," Dawn agreed, "But I think we would get better marks if we did an over-dramatic evil love affair sort of deal."
"But I'm sure half the class will be doing that." Conner put in.
"Well I'm sure all of the other groups think the same thing."
And just like that they were in an argument. Each had good points, which made it so hard to decide.
Melvin began, "I think-"but was cut off by Dawn.
"Okay, how 'bout we just do both. Give it some actual substance."
"Isn't that kind of like the opposite of a, like, soap opera?" Maggie asked.
Conner laughed. "She has a point."
"It doesn't matter. We'll do both, make it way dramatic, and it'll be a simple as that."
"Class dismissed!" Professor Aston piped, and opened the door.
"We should all meet for lunch sometime. To discuss this." Dawn offered.
"Oooh! We should all go out for dinner tonight! Like a party with just the four of us." Maggie giggled.
"I-I like parties." Melvin said softly.
"Tonight? I don't think I can." Conner apologized. "I think I'm gonna be busy." He had gotten tipped off of a possible demon rampage tonight.
"Yeah, me too." Dawn sighed, gathering her books. Giles had called her earlier, nagging her to still patrol for vamps, even though she was off the hellmouth.
"Awwww. Come on, you guys! Don't be big ol' party poopers!!" Maggie whined.
"Well..." Dawn thought. "I guess I could let my plans slide."
"I'll see what I can do." Conner said stiffly.
"Hurray!!!!" Maggie cheered, giggling childishly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R/R as usual.
