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When; Saturday November 22
Rating; PG-13-ish
Characters; Thelma Bates deadlesbian and Dawn Summers tothelibrary
Summary; It's like Katy Perry only not insulting! Or, it's a nice night for questioning one's sexuality. In which there is dinner, and dancing.
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Dawn smooths down her dress and takes another sip of her water, glancing nervously at the clock on her cell. So what if Thelma still has five minutes until she's even on time? It's still nervous time.

A quick glance down at her feet shows newly manicured red toes peeking out from the new shoes Tosh bought her. Okay, so even if she passes out, she'll look amazing doing it. Check and check.

Another sip of water. Please let this go well. Please, please, please.

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Thelma grinned and looked over her options. "Something light, I think. Since I was told there would be dancing."

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"Oh, completely there will be dancing!" Dawn's enthusiasm is of the bubbly sort. Once she relaxes, it's back to the normal Dawn-like programming. Only with an added desire to kiss a girl, though. "It wouldn't be complete without dancing."

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Dinner itself went well, happy banter and good food. It didn't take them much time after paying the check to head out to the club.

"I was about to say I'd not been dancing in forever, but I just remembered about Halloween."

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Dawn nods. "That was my first time since... God, since I got here."

Dawn's on alert as they walk up to the club's entrance-- it's the Underground, and she's happy, not stupid-- but it's not showing much.

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"You okay?" Thelma said. "You seem all... ready to spring into action."

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Dawn shrugs. "Underground," she explains succinctly. "Gives me the heebies. Kind of a training thing."

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Thelma nodded. "You reminded me of Ella, there," she said. "And I guess I just... I don't think I'm invincible or anything, definitely. But I'm less likely to worry about my safety, now."

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"It's one of those things. You spend enough time in a place where dark alleys might as well be buffets, you react a certain way all the time."

"Yeah, well. You should still worry a good amount. Because you have people who would rather you stick around." Before she can think twice about it, Dawn leans in to press a kiss to Thelma's cheek-- thank God she wore that stain stuff and all the gloss wore off at dinner-- then, drunk and giddy on her own daring, tugs Thelma ahead, towards the door. "Come on! Let's go dance."

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"Dancing, yes," Thelma said, laughing a bit. She was smiling from ear to ear.

"And I'll keep that whole safety tip in mind!"

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Dawn's grin matches Thelma's. "Get ready to boogie, Ms. Bates."

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Thelma followed Dawn, glad that the other girl was totally taking point on this, and not needing to be egged on.

"Boogie I can manage. I've got a lot of moves in this body of mine."

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Well duh. Once a Summers girl makes up her mind, that's that. Plus, how tacky would it be to ask someone out then make them do all the work? Lame.

"Good, because I am so entirely ready to dance." Dawn drags Thelma to the dance floor; do not pass go, do not set anything down or grab a drink. It's dancing time.

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"You are absolutely adorable!" Thelma said, over the din of the dance floor. Her moves weren't write-home worthy, but she did her best to shake her groove thang.

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Dawn's moves are pretty damn good. And this isn't even how she usually dances. Get her into anything partnered and she'll knock your socks off. She laughs, and does a pretty nifty looking curtsy. "I dance!" She yells back. "Ballet, when I was a kid. Then add slaying and sparring and I can get jiggy with it with the best of them."

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"Oooooh, all fancy training," Thelma said. "I'm sadly purely amateur, with a side of yoga."

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Dawn shows off just a little bit more before giggling and moving closer to Thelma, resting one hand on her hip. "Is this okay?" she yells, and then laughs again because asking a serious question over the music of the club is admittedly hilarious.

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Thelma giggled a bit, and nodded in encouragement. She danced ever so slightly closer to Dawn.

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Let it never be said Dawn Summers can't take the hint. She moves closer to Thelma, closing the gap between them even further. Her other hand rests on Thelma's shoulder, and this isn't new. She's danced with at least half of the baby Slayers like this a bajillion times.

...Okay, the part where her gaze keeps drifting down to Thelma's mouth and she really really wonders what would happen if Dawn just leaned in and kissed her is admittedly a little newer.

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Thelma herself was just enjoying the dancing, the atmosphere, and the music. She didn't follow Dawn's eyes completely, but she couldn't help but smirk just a little at the vibe she was getting from her dance partner.

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Oh, the hell with it. Dawn leans in the last inch and kisses Thelma, light and if not chaste, not exactly the stuff of romance novels. Hey, it's a first kiss! And Dawn is just a little nervous, though the fact that kissing Thelma just feels exciting and fun-- and okay, sexy-- goes a long way towards both confirming her theory and killing her nerves.

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Well, Thelma was hardly one to get in the way of a good kiss... or to push a woman beyond her comfort zone.

She let Dawn take the lead here, but did make sure to kiss back just as good as Dawn gave.

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Dawn appreciates that. As much as it might be nice to be kissed, this one feels better if it's her call. No way to rationalize away anything, that way. But next time it can be Thelma's turn to take charge!

Dawn's deepens the kiss just a little, then pulls away, lips wet and grin fixed on her face. "I'll buy you the toaster oven tomorrow," she yells, laughing. Hopefully that's a reference in Thelma's world, too, or Dawn will have explain it, and witty revelations aren't as witty when they have to be explained.

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"Ooooh, it can go in my trophy case," Thelma added jokingly.

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Reference accomplished! Dawn laughs again, a little giddily. "As long as you put it in the very front, I'm okay with that!"

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"Reserved spot, promise," Thelma said with a grin. "Shall we keep dancing?"