She tried to think about whether she'd ever had a friend that was pretty much her age and not a fish trying to get her to steal things for him. Other than Harth... no, she really hadn't.
Sunnydale set off the bells. Dawn. Sunnydale.
Mel opened her mouth a little, unsure of what to say. How did you tell someone you were from the future? Someone you'd read about in all the books, someone who was a total legend?
Happily, Dawn was still asking her things, so she could keep talking and figure it out.
"Yeah, kinda. Auditing?" She shrugged. "I missed the beginning of the school year so I can't take stuff for credit. It's kinda part of the deal with me being here. I have to take classes and be well-adjusted." She stuck out her tongue to show what she thought of that.