Flash Back Dream

The trip to Phenix Arizona was a long one, and she didn't much care for the view. It was desert, red rock cliffs, and then more desert. She let out a long sigh and rested her forehead against the cool glass window pane.

She tried not to think about what the others would think of her when the found her note, which by any chance they already had and were already looking for her. But she didn't want to be found and was going to make damn sure that she wasn't.

When the conductor finally called her stop she was grateful to be off the train, anymore of the steady rocking motion and she thought she was going to be sick.

"At least the town has more going for it then the scenery on the way here" She mumbled to herself. Feeling refreshed and grabbing her bags from off the sidewalk were they were dumbed, she headed into town.

"First thing first" she said to herself as she window shopped, and then came up to a small diner, the sign read 'Franks Good Home Cooking Grill' "Let's see If I can get a job" Dawn remembered how her sister had done it, and immediately pushed the memory away as she felt a batch of fresh tears attempting to start.

Pushing the door open she heard the sound of a bell announce her presence, and couldn't help but smile at it.

"Can I help you" A young woman asked politely, she was about her age, maybe a few years older, she had spiky black hair, and some was brushed to cover her left eye partially. Dawn read her name tag and then glanced back up to the girls face.

"Yeah, you can Dedra, is the manager available" Dawn looked around the diner and noted how empty it was, she was fairly sure that the manager wouldn't be to busy.

"Sure, follow me" Dawn followed the woman into the back, then Dedra turned around and looked at her bags "Your new around here, what's your name?" She asked.

"Dawn"

"Well Dawn, it's nice to meet you" Dedra held out her hand and Dawn took it gratefully "I'm Dedra, but you already knew that" The girl said with a small laugh, motioning to her name tag. "Well here is his office, Is name is Frank if you haven't guessed, he's a nice man, I reckon hell give you a job, so don't fret"

Dawn thanked the girl and knocked on the door. To her surprise Frank was a elderly black man with a bit of a pot belly. And he was very chipper, and true to Dedra's word Frank gave her a job, the uniform was a mint green dress and white apron, as well as a gold name tag. And she would be required to wear her hair in a ponytail and keep her nails short.

She thanked the heavens that she had worn white tennis shoes on her trip over, because those were required also, but she didn't have any money yet to purchase them.

"You start this Monday ya here" Frank said with a smile, clapping her on the back "And I don't want ya ta be late, I run an honest business and I need honest people" He handed over a workers manual and sent her on her way.

"I promise Frank, You'll see me first thing Monday morning" she yelled back at him, heading back down the hallway to the front of the diner. She passed Dedra on her way out, who stopped her.

"Your still carrying all your bags, I'm assuming that since you came looking for a job first that you still ain't got no place to stay , I need a roommate and would be glad to cut you slack on rent till you get yourself nice and settled" Dedra asked nicely but Dawn could also see she was a bit desperate.

"Uh Sure" Dawn agreed, seeing as she had no better option, and Dedra seemed nice enough.

"Cool, I get off work in twenty minutes, if you can wait that long, I live walking distance from here so It wont be to dark when we head out" Dawn just nodded her head and took a seat in one of the booths.

End Flashback Dream

Dawn woke up curled next to a hard chest, and she realized something was very wrong with this picture because she never woke up with hard chests sharing the same bed with her.

Turning over slowly so as not to wake the hard chest, she realized that it was still Spike, and that he hadn't left her during the night like she thought he was going to. It was great sex in her opinion, amazing even, and for just a little bit she felt alive, like a new person; But she never once expected Spike to actually stay.

"Mornin' Bit" He said groggily, snaking an arm around her waist and pulling her harder against him.

"You're cold" she squealed trying to squirm away from his grasp.

"If you just stay bloody still for awhile I'll be warm soon enough" He tightened his grip on her "Bleeding hell woman would you stop" he snaked his other arm under her to get a even better grip, and she gave up, settling down into his body, a huge smile on her face. "Your a brat you know that lil' one"

"But you love it" She shot back, using the tips of her fingers to run circles around the top of his hand that was resting on her stomach.

"Never mentioned anything about hatin' it now did I" He retorted, His nose was settled next to her dark hair, and he couldn't resist himself and breathed in a large whiff of her scent. "You smell like peaches"

"You did not just smell me!" She mock screamed, Jumping out of the bed quickly and standing before him naked, her finger pointed at him accusingly, the other on her bare hip "You just sniffed me!"

"Ya, so, wat' of it" he challenged, eyeing her form up and down, causing a deep red blush to tint her cheeks

"That's gross Spike" She said more sternly, crinkling her nose and turning around to get some clothing, giving him a nice view of her dairy air.

"Yea, well I could smell just how much you want me right now to" He said, his voice dropping to a silky sultry tone.

"EEEEEWWWWW!" she yelled back at him, grabbing a towel and some clothes. "That is" she paused for the right word "Disturbing" when she turned around to look back at him she noticed him standing a few feet behind her, at full attention.

"Luv, I could do all sorts of disturbin' things to ya that are far worse den smellin' ya" he replied with one eyebrow raised.

"Spike" She whined, glancing at the clock "It's nine in the morning, I have a job interview in twenty minutes and I need to get a shower in edge wise" She took a few steps back when she noticed that he was coming closer to her with a leer in his eyes.

"I got's enough money to last both of us awhile pet, you can miss one interview" He said with a smirk on his face. Dawn glanced between him and the door that wasn't so well attached, that led to the bathroom and made a decision.

She bolted to the door with all the power and speed she could muster in one shot, and just before she was about to shut the flimsy wood on him, he was inside the bathroom with her, pinning her up against one musty old wall with his very hard, very equally naked body.

"That wasn't nice" He said in a amused dark tone. "And sumtin' tells me I'm a needin' ta teach you a lesson about playing nice" Keeping her pinned to the wall with his body, he reached one hand over and turned the tub faucet all the way over to cold.

"Spike no, please, I promise I'll behave" she begged, he just ignored her, licking and biting down her bare neck and using the pad of his thumb to gently rub the sore looking bite marks from last night on the other side of her neck.

"Sorry about that pet" he muffled out between kisses, referring to the mark on her neck that was an angry bright red.

"You want to know how I can forgive you" she pleaded, seeing that the old tub was almost full of freezing water "You could turn the water over to hot" she struggled trying to get free of him but his body just pushed more into her, pushing her even more against the wall, and making his erection just a little more evident.

Spike saw the water to the tub was almost full as well, and in a lightning speed action, picked up Dawn and placed her in the iceberg cold tub.

She screamed and scrambled over the edge of the tub in a rush to get out, slopping water onto the dirty tile floor. She stood up shivering, her hair soaking wet and her face nothing but rage.

"Got your bath in edgewise" he replied cockily and tossed her the towel she had dropped earlier, and started to walk out of the bathroom with a bounce in his step, and a frustrated noise huff thing came out of the woman he left behind.

Flash Back

"It's Cozy" Dawn said setting her stuff down just inside the door next to the wall.

"yeah" Dedra agreed "Not to big or anything but it serves it's purpose well, I can give you the grand tour if you want?" Dawn nodded her head and Dedra smiled, she took five steps into the living room and spun around.

"Thus concludes our grand tour" Dedra said with a laugh.

"There has to be more then that, you didn't even say anything!" Dawn protested with a small smile starting to tug at the corners of her lips.

"Well there is a small shower and sink bathroom, and the kitchen which you can see, and the living room, which I'm in, and that one door next to the bathroom door is the only bedroom, but don't worry it has two beds in it already" She said with a smile, plopping down on a pink and orange flower pattern couch.

"Beautiful couch" Dawn commented taking a seat next to her.

"Yeah, init ugly" Dedra laughed lightheartedly, patting the cushion she was sitting on then turning to face Dawn.

"So what's your story, come to town, no place to stay, no money, what or who are you running from?" Dedra asked curious, and feeling heartbroken for the girl, she was only two years older then Dawn, and she'd seen plenty of cases of teens running from stuff, some made it on there own...others didn't.

Dawn's face and features closed up when Dedra asked that question and she looked anywhere but a the other girls grayish eyes. Dedra felt immediately sorry she had even asked, she could tell that it must have been something really horrible for her.

"Can I use the bathroom, and..."Dawn paused "Maybe take a shower?" She asked quietly.

"Of course, you don't need to ask , you live here now to, officially" Dedra paused "That is if you want to, you haven't changed your mind have you?" She asked suddenly worried that she had lost her new roommate.

"No, no I'm stayin'" Dawn picked up her stuff and headed into the bathroom, she turned the knob of the shower over to hot and waited for it to warm up. As she was waiting she started searching through her bags for clean clothes that she could wear to bed.

Just when she was hopping into the shower, she heard Dedra knocking on the door wildly and yell through the wood that she wouldn't have hot water until tomorrow morning because plumbers were fixing the apartments pipes next door.

That warning came a little to late.

Dawn screeched an awful sound when the frigid water came in contact with her skin, and she bolted right back out of the shower. She heard hysterical laughing coming from outside the door, and Dedra trying to apologize between laughs.

Dawn couldn't take it anymore, she clutched the towel to her body and started laughing, hysterically. Everything had gone so wrong lately, and this just took the cake. Cold water. It was kinda Ironic. Dawn got dressed, and opened to the door to see Dedra sitting against the wall next to the door, she had a chasire grin on her face, streatching ear to ear.

"I really didn't remember till last second,I'm really sorry" She said, and she looked like she was trying desperately to keep herself from laughing again.

"It's ok" Dawn said, Dedra's smiles seemed to be infectious, she sat down on the floor next to her and just started busting up laughing again, causing Dedra to join in with her.

"My life's just gotten so fucked up that this just added the last straw to the camels back" Dawn said between laughs.

"Well you sure seem happy about it" Dedra said with her eyebrows raised, also between laughs.

"Yea, well I'm fresh outa' tears" Dawn said, leaning her head over to look Dedra in the eyes, and then started laughing again.

End Flashback