Buffy opened her dorm door. She spotted Dawn sitting on her bed looking guilty.
"How much?" Buffy asked as she leaned on the doorway.
"Huh?" Dawn eyes snapped up and fixed on her sister.
"How much did you spend?" Buffy moved out of the doorway and closed the door behind her. Willow was sitting cross-legged on her bed. She couldn't help but feel bad for Dawn. She had told Willow how much she spent at the mall and she had a feeling but Buffy would be less than thrilled.
"Um, w-well..." Dawn tried not to sound nervous, but the shakiness in her voice clearly said she was.
Buffy's hard features softened a bit and she went to sit by Dawn on the bed.
"Um, well..I have twenty-four dollars left..."
Buffy's eyes widened and she bit her tongue to keep herself from screaming.
"I'm sorry!" Dawn shot up off the bed and backed away from her sister.
"It's okay." Bufffy said through gritted teeth. She let out a deep breath. "Just don't let it happen again. You know we're on a tight bugdet." She said sternly.
"I'm sorry. " She repeated. "I just wanted a nice outfit for tomorrow."
"Tomorrow? What's tomorrow? Saturday?" Buffy asked, clearly confused.
"There's this party in the basement and-"
"Party? Will there be adult supervision?" Bufffy cut in. She had switched into Protective Sister Mode...over protective one could say.
"Sure. If I'm going to the 'My Pretty Pocket Protecter party.'"
Buffy crossed her arms and gave Dawn a look.
"What? I'm fifteen. And this is a school basement. How bad could it be?"
"Bad enough. Don't forget that your sitting on the mouth of hell." replied Buffy.
Dawn rolled her eyes. "I won't...Can I go?"
"Fine...Only because you already bought the outift. Or I could make you return them..." Buffy pondered aloud.
"Nope. I ripped and threw away the receipts." Dawn said with a slight hint of pride in her voice.
"You must be my sister..." Buffy grinned as well.
The three girls talked, studied and did homework for another hour or so before heading to bed. Dawn could barely contain her anitcipation for tomorrow night. When she finally fell asleep her dreams revolved around parties, guys and red skittles...
000000000000
Skittles...heehee. Please review!