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Chapter 16
Buffy met up with the girls after school.
“Hey Buffy!” Fred greeted cheerfully.
“Hey. Why are you so happy?” Buffy asked.
“I have a date to the Prom! And a dress!”
“Oh my gosh! Who?” Willow asked, excited.
“Jesse.”
“Cool. I’m going with Xander.” Anya said, smiling.
“And Oz asked me, so I’m going too!” Willow added.
“Excuse me? When did all of this happen? What about making a statement?” Buffy asked.
“Well, we talked about it, and we decided to go to our last high school dance and have some fun. Who cares what everyone else thinks? Besides, I really want to see Xander in a tux.” Anya told her.
"Amy and I are going together. Come on, Buffy. Why don’t you go with Spike?” Tara asked her.
“I don’t know. I guess I’ll think about it.” Buffy said.
“Good, cuz I think we should all go together.” Willow said, grinning.
They said their goodbyes and went their separate ways.
~*~*~*~*~
Dawn walked out onto the porch and sat down next Hank.
“Hi pumpkin.” Hank said, not looking up from his paper.
“Hi daddy.”
They sat in silence for a moment before Dawn spoke again.
“Daddy, as you probably already know, the Prom is this weekend. I was wondering if I could go-“
“Dawn, you know the deal. If Buffy doesn’t go, you don’t go.”
“But daddy-“
“No buts. I am not going to bend the rules for that hot rod Angel”
“What’s a hot rod?” Dawn asked confused.
“Never mind that, if Buffy goes, you can go too. End of discussion.”
Hank turned back to his paper. Dawn sat there for a minute, before getting up and stomping into the house.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Buffy watched the conversation between Dawn and Hank. She decided it was time to talk to Dawn. She went upstairs and knocked on Dawn’s door.
“Come in!” Dawn said, angry.
Buffy opened the door and smiled hesitantly.
“Hi Dawn.”
“What do you want?”
“Um, I wanted to talk to you. About the Angel, Prom deal.”
“Yeah, what?” Dawn asked, huffily.
“Listen, I know you hate having to sit at home because I’m not Suzy High School.”
“Like you care?”
“I do care.”
“Then why won’t you go, so I can go too? I’m the only sophomore asked to Prom and I can’t go because you don’t feel like it.” Dawn yelled.
Buffy sighed.
“Angel never told you that we went out, did he?”
Dawn looked at Buffy shocked.
“No. So?”
“We went out in tenth for about six months.”
“Why?”
“Well, he was ‘such a babe’.” Buffy said, chuckling.
“But you hate Angel.” Dawn said, puzzled.
“Now I do.”
“What happened?”
“Well, we, uh“- Buffy stammered, not knowing what to say.
Dawn mouth dropped open.
“Oh my gosh! Please tell me you’re kidding!”
Buffy shook her head.
“It was just once. Right after mom died. I was in love with him, and I thought he was such a wonderful guy. Turns out I was wrong.”
“What do you mean?’
“He cheated on me with a girl, Darla. She went to another school. I didn’t find out until the night of the Homecoming dance. I found them in his car.” Buffy said, sadly.
“Why don’t I know about this?”
“I warned him that if he told anyone about it, I would tell the cheerleading squad how tiny his dick is.” Buffy said, laughing.
Dawn chuckled.
“Ok. So why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t want to see you get hurt. Angel is not a good guy-“
“So you protect me from Angel by not letting me experience anything?” Dawn yelled.
“Not all experiences are good, Dawn.”
“It’s not like I’m stupid enough to repeat you mistakes.”
“You can’t always trust the people you want to.”
Dawn stood up and went to her door and opened it. She looked at Buffy and glared.
“Well I guess I will never know will I?”
Buffy looked at her, shaking her head, then got up and left the room. Dawn slammed the door shut, and sat down on her bed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Buffy lay on her bed thinking. She stayed that way for a while, before reaching over for the phone. She dialed Willow’s number.
“Hello?” she heard Willow say.
“Hi Will. I’ve made my decision. Do you have a dress yet?”
She heard Willow squeal on the other end and giggled.
“No.”
“Let’s meet up and go shopping then. I’m gonna go. I need to talk to Dawn. Do you think you could be here in thirty minutes?”
“You betcha. See you then.”
They disconnected, and Buffy put the phone down. She got up and headed towards Dawn’s room. She knocked on the door.
“What?” Dawn yelled.
Buffy winced. This was not going to be easy. She opened the door and walked in.
“What do you want now?” she asked, glaring at Buffy.
“Um, how much money do you have?”
“What?” Dawn asked, confused.
“How much spending money do you have?”
“About two hundred, I guess. Why?”
“Good. Willow will be here in a few minutes. Meet us downstairs.”
“Buffy-“
Buffy left before Dawn could say anything else. She shook her head and headed downstairs where she was greeted by Willow.
“Hey Dawn!” Willow said, cheerfully.
“Hey. What’s going on?”
“Not gonna say.”
“You guys ready?” Buffy asked coming out of the living room.
“Yep.” Willow said.
“Let’s go then.”
Dawn followed, unsure of what was going on. They got into Buffy’s car and left.
~*~*~*~*~
Buffy parked in front of the mall. They got out and headed inside.
“Will someone tell me where we are going?” Dawn asked, almost hysterical.
Buffy and Willow didn’t say anything. They headed into a small store and walked over to the Prom dresses. Once Dawn realized what they were doing, she stood there motionless, until Buffy poked her.
“Are you going to stare at them all day? Pick one!” she told Dawn, giggling.
Dawn slowly smiled, then looked at Buffy and squealed. She gave Buffy a big hug, and ran off to find the perfect dress.
~*~*~*~*~*~
When they got home, Buffy went up to her room and called Spike.
“’Lo?” she heard Spike say.
“Hi. It’s Buffy.”
“’Lo, pet. To what do I owe this call?”
“Listen, um, I’m sorry about the other day. It’s just, I have a hard time trusting people, especially guys.”
“S’ok, luv.”
“So, I was wondering, um, if you would go to Prom with me. Unless, you already have a date. If you do, that’s completely understandable, because I refused you, and I would understand if you asked someone else, and I’m babbling so I’ll shut up now.”
Spike chuckled. ‘God, I love this girl.’
“Sure, luv. When do you want me to pick you up?”
Buffy covered the mouthpiece on the phone and squealed, and then she answered.
“How about seven?”
“Ok. Seven it is. See you then, luv.”
“Ok. Bye.”
They disconnected, and Buffy ran into Dawn’s room.
“I have a date!” Buffy yelled.
Dawn smiled.
“That’s great! Is it Spike?”
“Yep. You better have fun at this dance.” Buffy told her, smiling.
Dawn grinned.
“I’m going with Conner, so I will.”
“Good.” Buffy said.
She turned to leave, but stopped when Dawn spoke.
“Um Buffy?”
“Yeah?”
“I wanted to give you something. Well, it’s not really mine, but you should have it.”
Buffy watched Dawn open her jewelry box and take something out.
“What is it?” Buffy asked, confused.
“This.”
Dawn opened her hand and handed the item to Buffy. Buffy looked at her mom’s locket and smiled, tears coming to her eyes.
“I know how much you loved it, so you should have it.” Dawn said, smiling.
“Thank you, Dawnie. You don’t know how much this means to me.”
“Dawnie? You haven’t called me that since I started high school.”
Buffy smiled sadly.
“You didn’t want me to, remember?”
Dawn looked down at her feet, guilty.
“Yeah. Um, I’m gonna go take a walk. I’ll talk to you later.”
“Ok. Be careful.”
“I will.”
Buffy walked back into her room and sat down on her bed staring at the locket in her hand.
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