The Silence of Dawn
by Dark Angel
Chapter 2- Sister Chat
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Chapter 2 - Sister Chat
Buffy looks down at me, "I know you are not asleep any more, Dawn, so you can quit pretending."
I open my eyes. She looks down at me and smiles. I just stare blankly at her. It's been a long time since I have shown any emotion. She wasn't the only one who died that day. When she died, a little bit of me died as well.
"Dawn, what's the matter?" She is worried now.
I stare back at her.
"Hey, Willow, Tara can you give us a minute?" They both look at her.
"Yeah, sure," they both reply at the same time.
They get off my bed. I get up and go over to my window sill. I sit down. It's a good thing that it is so wide. Other wise my butt would hurt. Also Willow thought to put a pillow on it.
Buffy tries again. "What are you looking at?"
I just shrug my shoulders.
"Dawn, let me in. Don't you remember what I told you before I jumped ?"
How could I forget?
"Dawn, listen. Listen to me. I love you. I will always love you. This is the work that I have to do."
((quoted directly from "The Gift."))
I nod my head. She looks pleased.
"Well, that's more than anyone else has gotten out of you." She's talking more to herself than me.
"Okay, I'm going to ask you questions. All you have to do is nod your head yes or no, alright?"
I nod yes.
"Good." She smiles and then asks, "Is the reason you won't speak because I died ?"
I nod yes, then no.
"Wait, what does that mean? Okay, is it part of the reason that you won't speak ?"
I nod yes.
"Okay, did everyone truly try to get you to speak?", Buffy asked with a worried expression on her face. Her full focuse on her hurting sister. Her own pain forgotten.
Nod. This is getting boring, but she died for me. I might as well humor her.
"Are you mad at me?"
Headshake. She shakes her head slowly. Then then looks down.
"Are you mad at any of the Scoobies ?"
Nod.
"Willow?"
Headshake.
"Xander?"
Headshake.
"Tara?"
Nod. She nods her head fast, with a quilty look on her face.
Of course, she stole Willow from you. I wanted you and Willow to be together. You two were too slow getting together.
"Okay... this part is going to be hard..."
I get up from the window, go to my dresser, and get a pad of paper.
--I am not mad at you. I'm mad at Tara for not leaving me alone. Also, because she got in the way before you died. When the Gentlemen came, you and Willow were so close to getting together. If you and Willow would have been together, things would have been different. ---
I didn't mean to write that last part. I try to scribble it out, but Buffy reads it before I can cover it up.
"Okay, first off, why didn't you write all this time ?"
---Didn't care to.---
"How did you know I like Willow ?" Buffy is shocked. Her face looks like a deer caught in head lights.
I roll my eyes.---You may be able to hide your feelings from the rest of the Scoobies, but I am your sister. Real or not.----
"I'll give you that. You are my real sister, Dawnie." She hugs me a little. "Why haven't you spoken ?"
---After you died, I was up on the platform screaming. Then that night, after I finally got to sleep, I dreamed about it. I screamed more. I ended going down to the basement to sleep. It didn't help. That night I screamed so much I damaged my vocal cords.---
"How can you know that ?"
---Went to the doctor---
"You're underage. You would need an adult to sign the papers." Buffy gives stars down Dawn. Which as her sister dosn't faze her.
---I had an adult.---
"Who?" Oh, she is getting mad.
---Spike.---
Oh, shit. She is pissed. "You would think that he would tell someone."
---I made him swear not to. He said that if I didn't tell them in a six months, then he would---
"Why would he wait six months ?"
---I told him to. To make sure they didn't heal. I went to the doctor last week. They won't ever heal---
"Okay. Spike thinks of you like a little sister. Which is weird, but somehow I get it." Buffy had gotten filled in earlyer by Willow and Tara that Spike had been helping out with taking care of Dawn. "But, I want to see for myself. Also you are going to learn sign language AND you are going back to school.", Buffy has a no none sense look about her. That has stalled even the bigest demon in there tracks.
Damn, I can tell by the look on her face she means it. I'm not even going to argue. Besides, I'm too tired.
---Fine, fine. Not that I am not happy to see you, sis, but it's six a.m., and I have gotten maybe three hours of sleep.---
"Okay. Night, Dawnie"
As I drift off to sleep, I wonder why she didn't say anything about me knowing she had more-than-just-friends feelings for Willow.
End of Chapter 2
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Thanks again to my beta. Also I will try to do at least two up dates a week. This is all I have writen so far. Also thank you everyone that reviewed this story. It's good to know that people enjoy it. Please keep them coming.