Who: Dawn Summers and Angel When: The past! Mwa ha ha…. Where: The Summers residence Rating: Medium – Angel was bleeding? Status: In progress
“You can go to work mom…I’ll be fine. I don’t need a sitter, I’m just going to sleep all day.” Dawn smiled weakly at her mom from the blankets she was piled under, then closed her eyes as if she were going to go to sleep. She’d already heard Buffy leave for school, and as she lay in the bed, still feverish, she listened as her mom left for the gallery. Dawn really did try to go to sleep, because she really did feel like crap, but she just couldn’t. After an hour, she finally pushed the blankets off and rolled out of the bed, then pulled a robe on over her favorite pajamas, which were covered with tiny cookies and ice cream cones. Pulling on her slippers, the ten year old padded into the hallway and headed down to the kitchen to try and make herself some soup. As she entered the kitchen, she went to the cabinet and pulled out a package of Ramen, then eyed the door to the basement. She had heard the exchange between Buffy and their mom the night before, then after their mom had gone into her bedroom, she had peeked around the top of the stairs and saw the guy, Buffy’s “history tutor”, following her into the kitchen, and she hadn’t heard the back door open.
Grabbing a bottle of water from the fridge, she hesitated, then grabbed a second one. After another minute of thinking about it, she slowly walked to the door and opened it, then moved partway down the stairs, large blue eyes peering around the basement. “…Hello? I know you’re down here.”