Out of the Blue

Chapter 5

By The Spooky Mulder

Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or any other enterprises that may be mentioned in this fiction.


At five thirty in the morning Buffy and the Potentials dragged themselves back to the house, desperate for a shower and a good three hours of sleep. Buffy was walking ahead of the others, taking advantage of the quiet that had come over everyone after the fierce battle they had fought (some vampires mixed in with a few demons). She began to think about her little sister and Andrew. Buffy didn't know why she was outwardly so against their friendship; she was well aware that Dawn needed someone who was generally always at home, and that any animosity between the people who occupied the Summers home could cause serious problems later on. Inside she was perfectly okay with the fact that Dawn and Andrew had found a friend in each other, but for some reason she couldn't quite show it. Sighing, Buffy pushed the front door open and entered her home.

She stopped dead.

They were in bed together. In bed. All happy thoughts towards the two unsuspecting friends disappeared from Buffy's mind and was replaced with red anger.


Dawn was in the process of waking up when she heard Buffy and the Potentials return home. In her sleepy state it didn't occur to her that what Buffy and the others were seeing was her and Andrew in bed, which was very unfortunate for Dawn.

"Dawn!" Buffy practically shrieked. "What the HELL is wrong with you?"

Dawn rubbed the last of the sleep from her eyes, finally realizing the situation she was in. "Uh-oh," she said.

"Uh-oh is right," Buffy said angrily, grabbing Dawn roughly by the arm and pulling her out of the air-up bed. "You've got some explaining to do."

Andrew, the lucky guy, slept through this whole scene.

The Potentials left the sisters alone so they could talk (yelling was more likely) in the kitchen. "Dawn, I'm going to try and be fair by listening to your defense," Buffy said once the Potentials had gone. Dawn, who had been prepared for a scream-fest with Buffy, was somewhat surprised that Buffy was giving her the chance to defend herself before starting with the accusations. "Okay," Dawn said. "I couldn't sleep, and almost everyone else was gone. I went and woke Andrew up and asked if I could sleep NEXT to him, just to make me feel better. Nothing R rated, or even PG-13 rated happened. We just…slept." After pausing for a moment Dawn added, "Besides – I don't think of Andrew that way. I mean, ew! We're just friends." Dawn waited with baited breath for Buffy to explode and start some holier-than-thou speech about sleeping with boys, but instead Buffy just hung her head and sighed. "I'm sorry, Dawn. It's really my fault anyway."

Dawn's confusion level raised a few notches. "What?"

"I haven't been very nice lately, especially about you and Andrew becoming friends. God! I don't even know why; I really have no problem with it. I think you both need friends, and I'm glad that you found each other in that sense…for some reason I just couldn't make myself show it. I'm sorry I wasn't here in the early hours to help you…next time I'll take my cell phone and call you or something."

"So…you're not mad?" Dawn asked tentatively.

"Nope," Buffy smiled. "I'm not mad. Want pancakes?"

Dawn squealed and leapt forward to hug Buffy. "Thank you!"

And Buffy knew that she wasn't just thanking her for the pancakes.


A/N: Okay, before any of the few fans I have left jump me…I'm sorry. I've just been in a weird mood lately, and on top of that my muse decided to go on a ridiculously long vacation. I know this chapter sucks and is very short, but take it or leave it. I swear on my Buffy and Angel DVD collection that the next chapter will be better and MUCH longer. For those of you that are still bothering to read this, thank you. I promise that it's going to pick up after this chapter – we'll get more into the romance side (let's see how accepting Buffy is when they first start dating! Ha!). And there WILL be romance. I just don't think that they would suddenly start to feel that way- they have to be friends first. Anyway, thanks for reading and please drop me a line via reviews!