DISCLAIMER: The Buffy the Vampire Slayer characters are the property of Mutant Enemy, Joss Whedon, and Fox Studios. The story contents are the creation and property of Djinn and are copyright (c) 2001 by Djinn. This story is Rated PG.
Little Girl's Eyes
by Djinn
I wish I knew what they were
talking about when they talk about me. I
keep missing the really important parts of the conversation. I come in too late, or they hear me and stop
too soon. I really want to know what's
going on. Because I think it has to do
with me. And I don't think it's good.
Buffy's been acting funny for
a while now. Real protective of me. When before I always felt like if she could
throw me out of the car without Mom noticing she would have totally done
it. But not anymore. She completely freaks when I want to go over
to my friend's house. I mean totally
overreacts.
"When will you be
back?" "Why can't she come
here?" "Don't you have
homework to do?"
She's really weirding me
out. But that's not the bad part.
The bad part was earlier
today. When I came downstairs and that
girl was in our living room. She was
pretty, and she smelled really good. And
she seemed to understand how Buffy leaves me out. Her words and the way Buffy ordered me
upstairs made me mad. But that's not the
bad part either.
The bad part was that she
made Buffy scared. I've never seen my
sister scared. I mean she's the Slayer—she's
supposed to just fight and win and stuff.
But this girl really got to her.
And Buffy didn't even try to fight her.
It was like there was just no point.
And that scared me. That was
bad. Because there's nothing she can't
fight. Right?
I was still on the stairs
when I heard Mom come out and ask Buffy who that girl was. I never heard the answer because Mom suddenly
came hurrying up the stairs. "Pack
some stuff," she said. "We're
going to stay awhile with one of Buffy's friends."
I was like, "Why? I don't want to stay with her friends, I want
to stay here." Although Xander's
would have been an ok place to end up.
But why were we going now? It wasn't
like Buffy had a boyfriend to boink anymore.
But Mom was not in a
reasonable mood. "Dawn,
now!" So I grabbed some stuff, and
my book, and my diary, and came down.
Buffy made me get my homework too.
Man I really don't like the responsible Slayer act. Then we left.
But it was weird. First she had
us drive around town to make sure that we weren't being followed.
Like hello? Do any of her enemies ever drive? Riley was the only one that even had a
car. Well except for Mister Giles. It took Buffy a gazillion times to pass her
driver's test and even then I say it was a pity pass. And she still doesn't drive if she can help
it. She's always walking or running or
whatever. It's kinda
weird if you ask me.
So anyway we drove all over
the place and then she had us go into the cemetery and I was thinking this
could be cool and maybe I was going to see her slay something, but then she had
us go to this crypt thing and she opened the door like she'd been before.
It was so skanky in
there. It smelled funny, all musty and
smoky. And there wasn't much in the way
of furniture. Mom and I just sort of
stood by the door while Buffy talked to that Spike guy who's always hanging
around our house.
He's kind of cute but scary
too. I mean they don't say it, but I
figured out that he was a vampire by the things Buffy says to him. "I'll stake you." "Kiss daylight." That kind of thing.
They argued for a while, just
like they always do. Then she said
something and he got that dippy expression he gets when she doesn't know he's watching
her only this time she was looking right at him and then he was telling us to
come in. I was thinking no way were we
going to stay there but Buffy was serious.
And Mom was going along with this.
It was such a nightmare.
So here I am, sitting on
Spike's bed with it's satin cover and freezing.
I've been trying to do my homework and ignore the fact that he and Mom
were like totally bonding over Passions.
And now they're over there whispering about something, and I know it's
me, but no matter how hard I try I can't make out what they're saying. But I think it's about that girl, the one
that made Buffy scared.
I really wish I knew what was
going on. I'm trying to write it all
down so that later I can go back and figure it out. Maybe I've missed something.
I remember what that girl was
asking Buffy for; she kept saying she wanted "The key." She thought Buffy had it, or knew where it
was. It's kind of a weird thing to want
so bad. Couldn't she just call in a locksmith
or something?
I bet Buffy is over with Mister
Giles right now talking about it. He
knows something about this too. He was
talking to Mom and Buffy that night when he got back from England. That night they were talking about me. Only I came too late to hear anything. I always come too late.
Also this place sucks!
There's nothing to eat or to drink.
And I don't like Spike. I wish I
were at Xander's. I wouldn't complain
about Anya always winning at Life. Or I
could stay at Willow and Tara's. They're
so cool. Or even with Riley. I wish Riley would come back and make it all
better. I wonder if he were here would
Buffy have brought us to Spike?
She said he could protect
us. I heard that. I think she meant from that girl that came
over. But Spike can't hurt humans. I heard Xander and Anya talking about him
once. They didn't know I'd already
figured out he was a vampire so they were trying to be quiet only Anya isn't
very good at that. They said he had some
kind of chip in his head that made him not dangerous for humans. So, even though she looked normal, that girl
must not be human. That's weird. But then what isn't in my life. I wish I had a normal sister and a normal
life in a normal town. One where my Dad
lived with us too, and I didn't have to sit in some icky tomb while my Mom had
some deep conversation with a punked-out
vampire.
But I'll never have that
because I'm the Slayer's sister. So I
guess I should just suck it up. But I
still wish I knew what they were talking about.
FIN