Out of the Blue
Chapter 1
By The Spooky Mulder
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Wars, and I don't condone making bootleg copies of movies before they are actually released on video.
Dawn and Andrew were used to being left behind. Everyone that was "special" went out to kick demon butt, while the two "normies" (excluding Xander, who got to tag along because he'd been there since the beginning) stayed home and…make cookies.
"I think chocolate chip is too plain," Dawn stated. Andrew pulled his oven mitts on and shook his head. "Chocolate chip is the original, the one and only," he said. "Chocolate chip is the Yoda to all of the other cookies."
Dawn raised an eyebrow. "I think we should make peanut butter and raisin. I know Amada likes them, and I'm sure the others would like them too."
"I don't know," Andrew replied. "The girls don't strike me as the raisin type." Dawn glared steadily at Andrew. "It's my mom's recipe." Andrew's eyes widened. If he had known that, he wouldn't have brought up a sore subject. "I'm sorry," he said, looking guilty. Dawn shrugged nonchalantly. "It's okay," she said. She was lying, of course, but she didn't want Andrew to feel bad. She knew that he hadn't meant to bring up her mother, however unknowingly he did it.
Two hours after the cookies were finished and cooled, Andrew and Dawn were sitting on the couch. No one had come home yet, but they weren't worried. After all, Buffy had been the Slayer since early high school. She could take care of herself.
"So…what do you want to do?" Andrew asked. When Dawn didn't reply he continued. "We could play board games."
Still nothing.
"How about we watch a movie?"
Dawn slowly turned to look at him. "A movie? That sounds okay." Andrew jumped up happily and ran towards the television. As he excitedly put a DVD into the player, Dawn felt a sense of foreboding. "Andrew, what movie did you put in?" she asked, her eyes narrowed suspiciously. Andrew immediately got a guilty look on his face. "Just some movie," he said, his eyes on the ground.
"Andrew."
"Fine, fine! You don't have to beat it out of me. It's Star Wars."
Dawn sat back on the couch. "Is that all? I kind of like those movies." Andrew sighed with relief. "Good." He walked back to the couch and sat on the far side from Dawn.
"Which one is it?"
Andrew got a guilty look on his face. "Well, it's Episode III," he said, adopting that nervous/guilty look he wore all too often. Dawn raised her eyebrows in surprise. "I thought it didn't come out on DVD until two months from now," she said. Andrew grinned lopsidedly. "Well, it's not exactly a, how would you say…legal copy."
"Andrew, you pirate!" Dawn said, pretending to be angry. "I might have to tell Buffy that you're turning 'to the Dark Side' again!"
Andrew's eyes widened in horror. "No, please don't tell Buffy! She'd kill me!" Dawn frowned. "I was only kidding. Push play." Beaming, Andrew pressed the "play" button on the remote. The amazing sounds of the Star Wars theme reached their ears.
Buffy and the rest of the gang returned right when the movie was ending, which was about 2:00 A.M. "I can't believe it took that long to track down eight vampires…" Xander said as they entered the Summers residence. He stopped talking when he noticed that everyone else was staring at something. Dawn was leaning against Andrew, who had his arm around her. They were both asleep. "What's going on?" Buffy asked. The sound of her voice startled the two dreamers awake. Dawn fisted the sleep out of her eyes. "What?" she repeated, looking at everyone through sleep-clouded eyes. "You two were sleeping on each other," Buffy said, glaring at Andrew, who had just wakened up himself. "We were watching Star Wars," he said, as if this was the ultimate excuse. Buffy, her eyebrows arched, said, "Whatever. We're going to bed." The gang trudged up the stairs to their respective rooms to hit the hay. Dawn and Andrew glanced at each other. "So…feel like cookies?" Andrew finally asked. Dawn shrugged one shoulder. "I could use some fattening goodness right about now."
To Be Continued…
A/N: I know this is short, but this chapter is mainly a trial for me. I want to see how people react to my story idea. If you couldn't tell from that short stint, here is a summary: It tells of the slowly blossoming romance between Andrew and Dawn. There aren't too many A/D stories out there, but the ones I read were really cute…and I can see them as a couple (totally!). So, I'm just giving it a shot! Let me know what you think! And sorry for rambling…heh.
