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tequila_n_tonic in sunny_dale

From One now Two??

Feb 18, 2005 01:43

I stood over the sink hands soaking in the soapy water trying to piece together the last hour. It was pretty much a blur of giggles and exchanged glances. This was why Hank and I had waited a few years before having Dawn. Buffy was older and the gap between their ages was a good thing. My focus returned to the noise in the front room. Taylor's ( Read more... )

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exposedto_words February 18 2005, 08:08:18 UTC

The fact that Taylor had a car was totally freaking Mom out. I know she even gave her the whole Dawn can't drive your car talk, which was fine with me. I didn't really want to drive anyway. Tay's car was way too fast for me anyway, and the last thing I needed was to crash it ( ... )

onlyoneinmany February 20 2005, 18:55:44 UTC

Putting my new room together was totally fun. There's just something about decorating a new room that I find wildly entertaining. I dunno, maybe I'm just a freak like that or something. Nah, that couldn't possibly be it. I'm just too cool. I glanced down and smiled at myself for a second. Not that I'm conceited or anything, but just ask anyone. I can't help it. But hey, at least I'm not some total ditz right?

I grabbed another box and started emptying it while Dawn ran downstairs to check on her mom. Her connection with her mom is kinda creepy to me. I mean my mom and I are close, but no where near that close. And let me say how okay with that I am. My mom can be a little weird like that sometimes. And ew.

"So... what are we going to do tomorrow?"I stopped what I was doing to turn to look at her. Ahh, kids these days. "We'll figure tomorrow out tomorrow," I replied with a grin. "Tonight we need to figure out what we're going to wear and our big escape." I waited for it to sink in before I continued on. You know, give her a couple ( ... )

exposedto_words February 20 2005, 19:31:52 UTC

She stopped rummaging through a box and looked at me like I should already know the answer to this. I tried to think really hard wondering if we had already talked about it. Or maybe this was some sort of test, like I was hanging with an older girl and should already know these things. Too bad I was coming up with a big blank.

"We'll figure tomorrow out tomorrow, tonight we need to figure out what we're going to wear and our big escape."

So that was not what I was thinking. I mean it makes sense, well up to the part about a great escape. I rolled onto my stomach propping my arms up on bent arms. Was she serious? I mean I wasn't as old as she was... I didn't sneak out. I was the good daughter. Buffy was the trouble maker. I got the good grades and didn't burn down gymnasiums. However I couldn't let Taylor know that. I had to be cool.

"Oh... totally."

I sat up on the edge of the bed as she gave me a look of disbelief. I so didn't sell that line with confidence. She saw right through me... right into my Girl Scout Cookie insides.

" ( ... )

onlyoneinmany February 20 2005, 19:49:02 UTC

"Sounds like fun. Where might we be going then?"

I tried really, REALLY hard not to roll my eyes at her. I mean a little deductive reasoning and she could have figured it out. But I was going to be nice, I mean she was only a Freshman and she seemed a little too goody-goody to do this on a regular basis.

Oh well, I'd just have to break her of that. Ooh, this could be fun. "We're going to the Bronze silly girl," I finally replied.

"Oh! and we can totally sneak out the window. My sister used to do it all the time, and she never got caught. So yeah... let's get ready and then the town of Sunnydale better watch out!"I gave her a kind of forced smile. We'd definitely have to go over her use of cool terms later. Especially if I was going to take her to meet college boys with me at the next frat party ( ... )

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superhero_grrl February 18 2005, 19:21:00 UTC

I walked into the house, instantly I was bombarded by the sound of teenage giggling. Did Dawn have company? Man my little sister was getting popular, go her. Maybe she'd fair better than I had.

"Mom?" I called out, standing still.

I heard something from the living room which was covered up by more giggling. I decided to leave my statuesque postion in front of the door and walk the two steps to the living room. With the giggling at least I knew Faith hadn't you know murdered my little sister, unless they were making friends on the grounds of hating me, cause you know it could happen, this was Sunnydale.

My two step journey was quickly interrupted by boxes. Boxes? So she was going to be using my room for storage? Thanks mom.

I manuvered around the massive ammount of boxes and saw mom sitting on the couch.

"Hey." I said stupidly. Good Buffy, you haven't been home or called in weeks and all you can say is hey?

tequila_n_tonic February 18 2005, 19:36:39 UTC

The sounds of thumping were echoing on the ceiling, I glanced up hoping the plaster would hold the two of them and whatever they were doing. All of this paperwork was frustrating. I wasn't taking legal guardianship of Taylor, she was just finishing out the school year. Yet here I was in a heap of papers trying to make the schools understand it all. It was enough to give me a migraine.

"Mom?"

I picked my head up at the sound of Buffy's voice. It had been so long since I had heard from her this was more than a pleasant surprise. It was a reprieve from paperwork. I started to collect the piles of papers, and called out to her.

"Out here dear."

I finally managed to get most of them into a makeshift stack atop the coffee table and watched as she made her way through the maze of boxes. Oh dear. Taylor's boxes. In the rush of everything I had forgotten one big part of this whole Taylor moving in thing. Buffy.

"Hey.""Well hey yourself! Come here!" I motioned for her to give me a hug. She was probably too old for it, but I had missed her ( ... )

superhero_grrl February 18 2005, 19:42:26 UTC

She hugged me tightly and I had to admit even though my instant reaction was "MOM" of the whiney don't embarrass me kind, I was glad to feel her arms around me. It was a comfort in the world of insanity I liked to call my life.

"Sorry about the boxes... we can talk about those in a second. So what's with the surprise visit? Oh dear... are things evil or something?"I bit my lip, I internally chidded myself for being here because I had to warn her. I was a horrible daughter. So selfish and ... Don't beat yourself up Buffy it won't do any good ( ... )

tequila_n_tonic February 18 2005, 19:54:50 UTC

She bit her lip, I wanted to tell her to stop it. It was a horrible bad habit, and she could end up with an infection or something, then I realize that her being the Slayer she could probably heal in a second which was a relief.

"Well yes, but before I go there ... I'm sorry I haven't been by or called. I'm horrible and I should be punished. I've been caught up in the world that is UC Sunnydale. I miss you, and even the brat."

My smile softened at her remark. I knew she was busy, with Slaying and college, it was just nice to know that she missed me.

"Oh, not horrible. I know you are busy, but it would be nice to get a phone call every once in a while letting me know you are still alive."

"But I am here for ... Faith's back. I haven't seen her, just Xander and he decides to tell me today when ... Nevermind I was just worried, because she kind of well hates me beyond belief and I was afraid she'd come after you or Dawn.""Faith? She is out of her coma? Well if Xander saw her, and he is still in one piece that has to be something of a ( ... )

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