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My thoughts were moving at lightening speed.
Panic.
Dawn wanted to talk, she had arranged a room with a single bed and she had gotten herself even more pretty than normal with a new dress.
Yeah, I saw which way this was going.
The question was...did I want it to go that way?
I loved Dawn...but did I Love her?
That's a question I did not dare to think before now because the answer might be yes. Because if the answer was yes, things immediately got much more complex.
I'm at least a decade older than her, her teacher and a friend of her sisters. Her very scary sister with lots of experience killing supernatural beings.
But the question at its' base was simple.
Did I Love Dawn?
"Hello?" Dawn asked, waving her hand in front of my face "Anyone home?"
I blinked "Oh...sorry. Tuned out for a second there. You were saying?"
She smiled and shook her head "I said, we need to talk."
I looked down at her big blue eyes. Beautiful.
Yes, yes I did.
Damn.
"I have been thinking..." Dawn started and then sighed "I think we should go back."
My thoughts went to a screeching halt as the train of thought completely jumped of the rails.
"Uh, what?" I managed to get out.
Dawn sighed and sat down on the bed, crossing her legs "I think we should go back to The Portal and rejoin the forces. As soon as we are done in Stormwind."
"Dawn, I'm not sure that is such a good idea..." I slowly started "It has only been a couple of months."
She nodded "Most of it was spent traveling so it will take us a couple of months to get back. I'm mostly fine already, you know that. The reason we even went away was for me to get my head screwed back on. I haven't had a nightmare for over a week, Winter. I think I will be fine."
I sighed and then dropped onto the bed next to her, leaning my back against the wall "Dawn...mental trauma is not that easily overcome. It might be better to leave it another month or two..."
"But that's just it. I have another month or two as it will take that long to get back, especially if you still want to stop to get me a White mana in Westfall." Dawn said, turning to face me.
Damn, she look cute like that.
I cleared my throat "Well...I guess? You are doing better..."
She smiled "Thanks..." and then she frowned "I just...It feel like I'm not doing anything. People are fighting and dying to save this world from hordes of demons, but I'm just buying dresses. Just lazying around here make me feel bad."
Summers girls. It really wasn't the Slayer spirit.
I nodded "Fine. We wait until your things are ready and then start making our way back."
Dawn smiled "Thanks for understanding." she said and then hugged me tight.
Hugging back slightly awkwardly I sighed softly. Not only did I completely misread the situation, I also managed admit to myself that I love Dawn.
Yeah, that wont complicate things.
She pulled back with a smile, sitting up properly again before I frowned and looked around.
"Ok, but now I have a question...why is there only one bed?" I asked, slightly cautiously. I had already misread the situation once today.
Dawn shrugged and sighed "Only room they had free. I didn't want to go out looking for a inn with a room with two beds only to not find one and need to come back here and find that this one had been taken as well. Besides, it is almost half the price of a double room."
See, jumping to conclusions is bad.
I nodded and cracked my neck "That's fine. I'll unpack a bedroll and take the floor, you can have the bed."
Dawn turned to frown at me "Don't be silly, you don't need to sleep on the floor. We can share."
"Share?" I asked her carefully.
She nodded "Well, yeah. We are both adults. We can share a bed, right?"
"Yeah. Sure." I answered, hopefully sounding normal.
Bollocks.
Yeah, this didn't make things more complicated. Not at all.
If I didn't know better, I could have sworn she was doing this to me on purpose.
AN// Big thanks to frozenchicken for betaing this section.
Panic.
Dawn wanted to talk, she had arranged a room with a single bed and she had gotten herself even more pretty than normal with a new dress.
Yeah, I saw which way this was going.
The question was...did I want it to go that way?
I loved Dawn...but did I Love her?
That's a question I did not dare to think before now because the answer might be yes. Because if the answer was yes, things immediately got much more complex.
I'm at least a decade older than her, her teacher and a friend of her sisters. Her very scary sister with lots of experience killing supernatural beings.
But the question at its' base was simple.
Did I Love Dawn?
"Hello?" Dawn asked, waving her hand in front of my face "Anyone home?"
I blinked "Oh...sorry. Tuned out for a second there. You were saying?"
She smiled and shook her head "I said, we need to talk."
I looked down at her big blue eyes. Beautiful.
Yes, yes I did.
Damn.
"I have been thinking..." Dawn started and then sighed "I think we should go back."
My thoughts went to a screeching halt as the train of thought completely jumped of the rails.
"Uh, what?" I managed to get out.
Dawn sighed and sat down on the bed, crossing her legs "I think we should go back to The Portal and rejoin the forces. As soon as we are done in Stormwind."
"Dawn, I'm not sure that is such a good idea..." I slowly started "It has only been a couple of months."
She nodded "Most of it was spent traveling so it will take us a couple of months to get back. I'm mostly fine already, you know that. The reason we even went away was for me to get my head screwed back on. I haven't had a nightmare for over a week, Winter. I think I will be fine."
I sighed and then dropped onto the bed next to her, leaning my back against the wall "Dawn...mental trauma is not that easily overcome. It might be better to leave it another month or two..."
"But that's just it. I have another month or two as it will take that long to get back, especially if you still want to stop to get me a White mana in Westfall." Dawn said, turning to face me.
Damn, she look cute like that.
I cleared my throat "Well...I guess? You are doing better..."
She smiled "Thanks..." and then she frowned "I just...It feel like I'm not doing anything. People are fighting and dying to save this world from hordes of demons, but I'm just buying dresses. Just lazying around here make me feel bad."
Summers girls. It really wasn't the Slayer spirit.
I nodded "Fine. We wait until your things are ready and then start making our way back."
Dawn smiled "Thanks for understanding." she said and then hugged me tight.
Hugging back slightly awkwardly I sighed softly. Not only did I completely misread the situation, I also managed admit to myself that I love Dawn.
Yeah, that wont complicate things.
She pulled back with a smile, sitting up properly again before I frowned and looked around.
"Ok, but now I have a question...why is there only one bed?" I asked, slightly cautiously. I had already misread the situation once today.
Dawn shrugged and sighed "Only room they had free. I didn't want to go out looking for a inn with a room with two beds only to not find one and need to come back here and find that this one had been taken as well. Besides, it is almost half the price of a double room."
See, jumping to conclusions is bad.
I nodded and cracked my neck "That's fine. I'll unpack a bedroll and take the floor, you can have the bed."
Dawn turned to frown at me "Don't be silly, you don't need to sleep on the floor. We can share."
"Share?" I asked her carefully.
She nodded "Well, yeah. We are both adults. We can share a bed, right?"
"Yeah. Sure." I answered, hopefully sounding normal.
Bollocks.
Yeah, this didn't make things more complicated. Not at all.
If I didn't know better, I could have sworn she was doing this to me on purpose.
AN// Big thanks to frozenchicken for betaing this section.
