I'm -- I don't know. I was sitting there across from them while Elena was explaining only the first year and a half they missed and, I just came right out and told them I'm a hunter. And, I feel like, somehow, we both disappointed em in our ways. And, I hate that I don't feel worse about it, like, I know who I am and where I come from and what I went through.
( But the disappointment is palpable. He knows his sister can feel it. )
[She pauses for a minute, trying to discern what he needs when he isn't right in front of her for her to read. Not that Jeremy Gilbert is a particularly easy read, but he emotes in a way that you can feel, even if it doesn't show on his face.
So in lieu of not responding correctly, she asks:]
Do you want me to validate your feelings or help figure out their's? Because I think you're right to believe in who you are. You've put a lot of work into it, and I happen to like him a lot.
[She shifts up into a sitting position, before tucking her legs under her.]
Did you know that my mom kicked Buffy out when she found out she was the Slayer? I mean, it was a little more complicated than that. She reacted badly, and Buffy ran away, but I remember that after Buffy was gone and we realized that Buffy was really gone, Mom spent the entire summer worried about her. It isn't that she didn't love her. She wanted to keep her safe, and didn't know if she could do that and let Buffy be the Slayer. She felt that she should be the one protecting Buffy, not the other way around.
[It still hurts to talk about Joyce sometimes, but Dawn also still needs to talk about her. She misses her every day, especially since her father is such a disappointment.]
I think they're grappling with what they feel is an either-or proposition. They can either keep you safe or you can be a hunter. I think they need to understand that no matter what this is the world we live in, and hunting is keeping you safe.
( He didn't, didn't know how Buffy was parented before their mom died. )
And others. ( He nods, though, making the connection. ) Thank you. It's only going to get harder from here, so I don't think I'm leaving any time soon. How about you and Scotland?
I'll probably stay through Thanksgiving. I did promise Buffy that we could actually do a holiday this year, and Stefan's inviting his brother and their old southern vampire friends.
[She has no idea how this holiday is going to go.]
But so far so good. And, if you feel the strong need to flee, you can always get on a plane to Scotland and join in the fun?
[She's mostly kidding, because she doesn't think he would leave his parents like that, but the out is an honest one, should he decide he needs the space.]
Thanks. I'll remember that. And maybe after all of this - if we get the outcome we need - then maybe. But, if -- I think I want to stay close. Their first Thanksgiving back in an underground bunker in Kansas. But, I love you. And miss you, Dawn.
So, literally Southern. Did you know we show that in Mystic Falls, like practically every year. Even now. Ironically, the last few years, but it's tradition.
( He's not tuned into why it's out there, anyway, but, it's something. )
If they get out of this still alive... You will, okay?
Okay. If it lasts long enough, let me know and I can change my flight to Kansas, rather than home.
[If he needs the support she'll be there for him.
Also she's heard things about this bunker. Rumors on the supernatural superhighway that there is a group of hunters sitting on a bunker of supernatural knowledge and she wants to see it.
So. Bad.
But no she's really going for girlfriend support. She can do both.]
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( But the disappointment is palpable. He knows his sister can feel it. )
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So in lieu of not responding correctly, she asks:]
Do you want me to validate your feelings or help figure out their's? Because I think you're right to believe in who you are. You've put a lot of work into it, and I happen to like him a lot.
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( And if not good, on the way to being good. )
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[She shifts up into a sitting position, before tucking her legs under her.]
Did you know that my mom kicked Buffy out when she found out she was the Slayer? I mean, it was a little more complicated than that. She reacted badly, and Buffy ran away, but I remember that after Buffy was gone and we realized that Buffy was really gone, Mom spent the entire summer worried about her. It isn't that she didn't love her. She wanted to keep her safe, and didn't know if she could do that and let Buffy be the Slayer. She felt that she should be the one protecting Buffy, not the other way around.
[It still hurts to talk about Joyce sometimes, but Dawn also still needs to talk about her. She misses her every day, especially since her father is such a disappointment.]
I think they're grappling with what they feel is an either-or proposition. They can either keep you safe or you can be a hunter. I think they need to understand that no matter what this is the world we live in, and hunting is keeping you safe.
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And others. ( He nods, though, making the connection. ) Thank you. It's only going to get harder from here, so I don't think I'm leaving any time soon. How about you and Scotland?
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[She has no idea how this holiday is going to go.]
But so far so good. And, if you feel the strong need to flee, you can always get on a plane to Scotland and join in the fun?
[She's mostly kidding, because she doesn't think he would leave his parents like that, but the out is an honest one, should he decide he needs the space.]
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( Neither does Jeremy. )
Thanks. I'll remember that. And maybe after all of this - if we get the outcome we need - then maybe. But, if -- I think I want to stay close. Their first Thanksgiving back in an underground bunker in Kansas. But, I love you. And miss you, Dawn.
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[But she will. Oh she will.]
I love and miss you too. And it will be okay. I'm here if you need me. And I can't wait to meet them too.
[Because she very much does want to meet the two people responsible for her favorite person.]
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( He's not tuned into why it's out there, anyway, but, it's something. )
If they get out of this still alive... You will, okay?
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[If he needs the support she'll be there for him.
Also she's heard things about this bunker. Rumors on the supernatural superhighway that there is a group of hunters sitting on a bunker of supernatural knowledge and she wants to see it.
So. Bad.
But no she's really going for girlfriend support. She can do both.]
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( And, fine, Damon or whatever. )
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[And with that, she will hang up and get some sleep before she goes back to family time in the morning.]