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When; January 19, 2012
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Summary; It's Buffy's birthday! And Dawn has a day full of surprises planned for her.
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It's Buffy's birthday so Dawn has taken the day off from work. She told Buffy to do the same without giving her any idea as to what the plan was or where they were going. But they're currently walking through the City together, Buffy more following Dawn's lead than anything. But that doesn't mean Buffy hasn't tried to figure out what they're doing.

“Don't you know what the definition of a surprise is? It's something you don't know that you'll eventually find out and be all wow about cause you had no clue what was going to happen. This whole day would be a surprise.” No, she doesn't expect that to sate Buffy's curiosity. She knows her sister is always nervous about her birthday, which is why she decided to keep it a bit more low key this year than last year. You can't have a surprise party every year or the surprise party is just expected, which is not the definition of the word surprise.

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It's daytime! Nothing is gonna jump out from around the corner... supposedly. Okay, so there were daytime demons made of evil, but they are not ruining Buffy's birthday this year.

"This year, they're totally gonna be mixy. You'll see. Instead of oil and water they'll be like... milk and hershey's chocolate syrup. Or strawberry syrup cause that one's good too. Or maybe root beer and vanilla ice cream." Her nose wrinkles just a bit. "Now I'm hungry... or thirsty for super sweet tasting things."

She checks around the area, trying to remember where the place is since she's only been there once. "Just another block, I think."

Buffy sincerely hopes so. Birthdays not being ruined are top on the list of things she likes today.

"Mmmmm rootbeer and vanilla ice cream. We should have some of that today."

She's still a bit wary but growing slightly more comfortable as they walk along.

"Not telling me what we're looking for yet?"

"Nope. You're gonna figure it out soon enough. And I'm totally putting root beer floats on the agenda for today now. Only later. After this thing we're doing now." Dawn pretends to walk past the place she's stopping and then stops in her tracks and waits for Buffy to turn around and look at her.

"Okay, so are you ready? Tell me I'm the awesomest sister ever and I'll give you the first thing on the list for your birthday today." She cups a hand around her ear, the symbol for I'm listening and waiting not so patiently.

Buffy smirks then giggles a little before she responds to Dawn.

"Okay, fine. You're the awesomest--Giles is cringing you know--sister ever."

She smiles and takes Buffy's shoulders, turning her to face the storefront of Passione', Cinna's store. "I have money to get you three one of a kind outfits from this awesome store here."

Give her a moment. She's a bit stunned because this is a very good surprise. Buffy knows Passione. She's shopped there once or twice but really she can't usually afford it and certainly nothing custom.

"Omigosh." Buffy's just going to squeal a bit and throw her arms around Dawn in a hug.

Working at City Solutions has given Dawn a more than decent income. She likes to spread the love to Buffy all the time, but more so on her birthday. She hugs her back and smiles broadly, glad that she just made her sister so happy.

"Happy? Am I awesome or am I awesome? And when I say awesome I mean super duper the best ever awesome."

"And when I say awesome, I mean super duper the best ever awesome."

Buffy loops her arm through Dawn's and heads inside the store.

"I'm not having a fat day, right? I wouldn't want to get new clothes on a bloaty sort of day."

"You're so not having a fat day. But you might later when we go get yummy treats including root beer floats. And I'm not apologizing. Buffy birthdays only come around once a year and I'm giving you stuff."

She's idly browsing the racks and shelves as they walk by them.

"Later is okay. There can be sweat pants and sloppy tee shirts. Hey, I am all for this giving Buffy stuff thing. Especially if the stuff comes in cashmere and silk."

She's browsing the racks as well, stops to pull out a dress and hold it up to her. "What do you think? Is it a me thing?"

Dawn inspects her sister with the dress held up to her. It's a pretty lilac color and just long enough to hit the knees, one-shouldered with a bow at the one shoulder that isn't too overpowering. She nods her approval.

"I like it. That color always looks good on you. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that might be my favorite color on you. You always look good in the pale colors. You should try that on and get it fitted.

"To the dressing rooms, I go. You have to come weigh in on the final say though."

It's one of those flowy, girly dresses that Buffy likes to wear when she's not patrolling. Sometimes even when she is patrolling but that's more of an unplanned patrol kind of thing which she does a lot less of here in the City.

As she follows her sister toward the dressing room, Dawn is lifting other things off of the racks as they go. Buffy might as well try on more than one thing! She grabs two more dresses, a ruby red one that's very flowy like a sundress, a black cocktail dress, a pale pink blouse, a darker pink blouse, a white silk tank, two pairs of slacks and a leather tan skirt. Needless to say, by the time they're at the dressing room, her arms are full and she's transfering the clothes to a hook inside.

"Okay, try on one at a time and I'm gonna be out here waiting. You have to come out and model them in the full three way mirror outside so you can see how awesome you look." She starts out of the dressing room. "And if you need a different size, let me know!"

"Oh so you're sales lady and I'm the entertainment. I think I can handle being model-y with pretty clothes. It's a hard gig but someone has to do it."

She takes a moment getting undressed and putting on the lavender dress before she steps out, twirls and then walks over to the three way mirror, head tilted a bit. "What do you think? Is it a no-slay Buffy dress?"

"I prefer personal shopper, thank you very much. So much better sounding than sales lady. Plus, I don't work on commission so you know I'm getting you things I actually think are cute on you and not just trying to make a sale. And I have to add that sales lady sounds too much like bag lady and I'm way cuter than either of those things sounds. So personal shopper."

She waits as Buffy changes, idly checking over the racks of clothes nearest to the dressing room. When Buffy comes out, Dawn smiles at the sight of her in the dress. Her sister really is pretty. "I think it's super pretty and hot. Good for a date with Pyro or Dom or Jericho or whoever you're dating now. You have nice shoulders, you should show them off more."

"Personal shopper then." She says it from inside the dressing room. "How did I ever get along without you?"

And then there's the compliments, which Buffy likes. She does the twirly thing, turning around to gape a little at Dawn. "I am not dating...I don't think I'm dating anyone. I have friends and I'm not even entirely sure Jericho is my friend."

But then placating because yes, she does have nice shoulders. "They're one of my best features but you can't just go around in strapless shirts all the time."

"What do you mean you're not dating? You're always dating someone. I mean to be you is to date boys and apparently girls too... only in the singular sense, girl... as far as I know." Now she's having Buffy and Satsu thoughts and memories that are emblazoned onto her brain from that night when everyone and their dog had walked in on the pair.

She wrinkles her nose at the memory and looks back to Buffy in the dress. "Especially not in Winter. So do you think it needs to be taken in just a little at the waist or is it good with the breathing room and all?"

"I'm not...occasionally...I went out to dinner with Dom once. It was a friend dinner. We talked about his wife and kids. Jericho stays in our basement sometimes and I do not stay with him and no one knows what's going on with Pyro. That sounds like a lot of not dating to me."

Buffy is doing her best to block their interruption out of her brain as well. "Girl. Just one girl. I found out it sort of wasn't my thing."

She does some stretching and lifting her arms. "I think it's good. Even the length is good."

"It sounds like a lot of dating a lot of people who've all been bitten by the love spell that is Buffy and you not even noticing, like you did with Spike... and with Riley... and... nope, I think those two examples speak for themselves."

She watches Buffy move in the dress and then comes over to study the dress closer. This shop really does have the best clothing, well-made and fashionable and all.

She leans in at Buffy's chest. "That fits great, it's definitely a keeper. But I wonder how they would fit that for people who actually have a chest. Go try on something else."

"There is no love spell that is Buffy. Spike was...Spike and Riley was an actual boyfriend."

Almost offended but hey she gets to wear pretty dresses. Rising above it. "It wouldn't fit right. It's a petite chest thing."

"You're totally missing the point of what I'm saying. You were oblivious to their being under the love spell that is Buffy for awhile before you woke up and saw it... or a younger sister made of awesome told you about it... that would be me. Guys are always coming on to you and wanting to date you and you hardly ever see it until something makes you see it."

This is where she puts her hands on her hips in her 'don't mess with bb!Summers' pose. She gives Buffy a pointed look with an arched brow, waiting for her sister to try to argue that it isn't true when she knows it is. "I'm right and you know it.

Then she shoos her toward the dressing room. "Okay, birthday girl, try on something else that makes you look date-worthy." Because she's pretty sure that everything she scooped up from the racks on their way over here is going to look fantastic on her sister.

"And I think you're glamorizing my love life or something. Guys are not always coming on to me. I'm pretty sure most of them run the moment they find out about the whole slay girl thing unless they've got their own special kid thing. You know, vampire, demon, immortal, sets things on fire..."

Buffy rolls her eyes. Clearly Dawn is having none of this truth as Buffy knows it.

"Fiiiiiine. I'll go look date worthy but only because you're buying."

She disappears into the dressing room to try something else on, confident conversation will continue with the curtain between them.

"By saying that you're totally just making my point for me... and yet somehow still missing the point. You're that talented." Said as she waits outside the dressing room.

"Clearly or..."

And she comes out in one of the other dresses. "You're that deluded about my love life."

And twirling. Yes, she does believe Dawn is very deluded about her love life.

"I pay attention more than you think I do, you know."

When Buffy comes out of the dressing room, Dawn moves closer again. A smile spreads over her lips as she sees Buffy twirl and the fullness of the skirt that is still pretty full even when she isn't twirling. "I love the skirt on this one. It's totally in fashion, I think. Plus the color. Everyone needs a little black dress or two... or three."

She stands behind Buffy so that her sister can see herself in the mirror. "What do you think? Do you like that the skirt is so full? I don't think you've ever worn a dress like that before, I mean with a skirt like that."

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