Buffy's Blackmailing Little Sister Ch. 03

Dawn frowns, "How many of us are coming?"

Buffy swallows, "Er... all of us... I think..."

"All of us?" Dawn says suspiciously, "Cordy and Faith as well?"

"I... I don't know." Buffy admits truthfully.

"Mm... well I'll give them a ring just in case Riley forgets to invite them. I mean, you know how forgetful he is when it comes to them." Dawn says.

Buffy doesn't respond. She knows Riley probably hasn't invite Cordelia and Faith because he and his family are not entirely comfortable with the whole lesbian thing, and while Riley couldn't not invite Buffy's best friend he could get away with not inviting the formerly evil slayer who he suspected had and still does have a thing for his girl, if only he knew. However Dawn has always liked Faith and Buffy had a feeling if she tried to talk Dawn out of inviting her fellow slayer her sister might use the leverage she has over her to blackmail her into it and Buffy just doesn't have the mental strength right now to go through with all that, especially when weather her secret ex-girlfriend is attending this dinner with her fiancée's parents is actually the least of her worries right now.

"So... I guess I'll see you at 6... unless you want to stay for a little morning fun." Dawn says mischievously.

"N... no, I have to go meet Riley for lunch." Buffy says, backing away.

"Are you sure, I mean you could always blow him off and stay here. I'd love to have you for lunch." Dawn says with a mischievous giggle.

"I... I really shouldn't be late..." Buffy mumbles as she turns and tries to leave.

"Er Buffy, aren't you forgetting something?" Dawn asks.

Buffy turns and looks at her little sister blankly.

"The video camera." Dawn says, reminding her big sister of what she holds in her hand.

Buffy inwardly cringes as she walks up to her sister.

"Here it is." Buffy says handing Dawn the object she has been carrying in her hand since she left her hotel room.

Dawn smiles as she takes the video camera from Buffy looking forward to watching the footage it has on it.

"See you tonight." Buffy says and with that she walks quickly past Dawn and goes to open the door when she hears Dawn call out behind her.

"Wait a minute Buffy." Dawn says causing Buffy to stop and slowly turn around and face her, "Why don't we watch this together?"

Buffy does her best to hide her fear and shock at what she has just heard her younger sibling suggest.

"No, I really have to go and meet Riley for lunch... I'll be spending the day with him as well... see you later." Buffy says not sure how else to tell Dawn her plans nor is she sure what to say in response to Dawn's offer of them watching the blank video camera footage.

"Well we can watch this and then if you really want to go..." Dawn begins.

"No, I told you I have to go now." Buffy says interrupting her sister really not wanting to be around when she watches the video camera.

"Oh, ok." Dawn says for some reason getting a gut feeling that the reason Buffy is giving isn't the only reason she wants to leave.

"I'll see you tonight." Buffy says.

Dawn nods her head and watches as Buffy dashes out the door like the hounds of hell are chasing her.

Once she is outside of her sister's hotel room Buffy breaths a heavy sigh of relief however her relief soon turns back to fear due to the fact she doesn't know what Dawn is doing on the other side of the door. For all she knows she could be watching the video camera footage right now, or lack of video camera footage. This thought causes her to walk quickly to the lift, press the call button and as soon as the lift arrives she quickly get's on and press the ground floor button. The doors to the lift close and as they do Buffy watches Dawn's hotel room door like a hawk hoping and praying that her little sister doesn't come out of it. Once the doors close Buffy breaths a heavy sigh of relief as the lift makes it's way down to the ground floor and the hotel restaurant where Riley is no doubt waiting for her.

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The journey from the hotel to Riley's parents house is unusually long for Buffy because of the utter silence that fills the car.

Buffy can tell her soon to be husband is in no mood to talk due to the fact that following on behind them in a couple of taxi cabs is not only Xander, Anya, Willow and Tara who had been originally invited but also Faith and Cordelia who Riley had planned on not having at this family dinner however has been forced to allow to come along in the lobby of the hotel with Dawn.

Of course Buffy isn't as worried about Riley's silent annoyance as she is about the fact that her eyes keep wondering to one of the mirrors so she can look behind her at the back seat which contains her scheming little sister, who always seems to catch her looking at her and returns the look with a playful smile as if Dawn knows Buffy can't stop thinking about the wicked things that she has made her do.

Buffy tries to push these thoughts out of her head and not look at her blackmailer but she just can't help herself and due to the fact that nobody is talking she can't find something to distract herself.

Finally the group arrives at the Finn household and are greeted by Mr Stewart Finn and Mrs Rosemary Finn Riley's mom and dad.

Despite having met him on Sunday at the wedding dress rehearsal Buffy still finds it hard to get over how much alike Riley and his dad look. The only way you can tell the two of them apart is that Riley's dad looks older and they are both wearing different clothes, other than that there is no real difference, they both have the same hair style, same eye colour, same build, same height, etc.

As for Riley's mom she is the same height as Buffy with short shoulder length greyish hair with a very pale complexion and is very thin looking.

While Mrs Finn finishes dinner in the kitchen Mr Finn shows Buffy and the other around the house which although looks nice or rather is very well kept both inside and out there is nothing particularly special about it point of fact it is exacterly the way Buffy imagined it being.

Once Mr Finn has finished giving them all a tour of the house they sit down at a huge dinner table with Mr Finn sitting at the head with his son on his right and Mrs Finn sitting on his left Buffy is sitting next to Riley with Willow sitting next to her and Xander sitting on Willow's other side and Faith is sitting on Xander's other side and on the opposite side of the table next to Mrs Finn sitting opposite Buffy is Dawn and Tara is sitting next to her and Anya is sitting next to her and Cordelia is sitting next to her.

As they all tuck into their meals the table is alive with talk, the only two not talking are Buffy and Dawn.

Buffy is too busy eating her dinner and listening to the conversation Riley and his dad and mom are having while Dawn's focus is on her older sister.

Slowly Dawn turns her attention to Riley and his mom and dad as she looks at her potential brother in law's parents she can't help but not like them due to them being exacterly how she imagined they would be.

Mr Finn who is a former soldier himself is very straight laced and proper just like his son and Mrs. Finn from Dawn's perspective looks dead not physically but she looks like a vampire has sucked all of the life out of her. Also it is clear who wears the pants in the parents relationship and that of course being Riley's dad Mr Finn.

Slowly Dawn turns her attention back to her older sister who looks as though she is intently listening to her husband to be's conversation with his parents and as Dawn continues to look at her sister she can't help but imagine how she will look in a few years time if she does end up marrying Riley. Dawn can imagine Buffy ending up looking exacterly like Riley's mom which causes Dawn to close her eyes and hang her head as she involuntarily shudders at the thought of her sister ending up looking as though a vampire has sucked all the life out of her.

In an attempt to try and stop herself from imagining this potential future for her older sister Dawn tries to think of something she can do and suddenly get's an idea as she slowly lifts her head and looks at her sister and smiles as she secretly moves her right foot under the table and touches Buffy's right foot.

Buffy feel's something touch her under the table and for some reason she looks across the table at Dawn and see's the ear to ear smile on her face and knows that it is her that is touching her underneath the table and after a minute Buffy realises exacterly what Dawn is doing.

Her own sister is playing footsie under the table with her.

Buffy shakes her head trying to tell her sister no however Dawn simply smiles as she continues to play footsie with her.

"So Dawn." Mrs Finn says causing both sister's to turn their attention from one and other to her, "How do you feel about your big sister marrying my son?"

Buffy turns from looking at Mrs Finn to looking at Dawn wondering what she is going to say due to her having gotten the impression that she doesn't like what is going to happen in 6 days time.

Dawn turns and looks at her sister able to tell that she is scared of what she is going to say.

"I'm very happy about it." Dawn says turning her attention back to Mrs Finn and smiling, "It's great to know that she finally has a good strong steady man to look after her."

"I take it her past boyfriends weren't like our son then?" Mr Finn asks the youngest Summers sister.

Dawn smiles at him.

"Honestly I don't think any of my sister's lovers were good enough for her... and I don't think any of them ever truly gave her what she needed... but now I think she's finally found someone who can give her what she needs and can take care of her." Dawn says turning her attention to her big sister halfway through speaking.

Buffy's heart is pounding in her chest as she looks across the table at her little sister, having a gut feeling that Dawn isn't talking about Riley, not that anyone in the room seems to notice, or could possibly conclude that from what Dawn was saying.

"That's great to hear." Mr Finn says, beaming with pride at his son while totally oblivious to what Dawn is really talking about.

Mr Finn goes into some long-winded story about his son which occupies the polite attention of most of the group, except for that of the two Summers sisters as Buffy finds herself too distracted by Dawn's determination to play footsie with her to concentrate on the story and Dawn is too intent on playing footsie to care about a Riley story

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you currently seeing anybody special?" Mrs Finn asks Dawn when her husband has finished his long story.

Dawn smiles at Mrs Finn.

"I don't mind you asking at all." Dawn says honestly as she turns and looks at Buffy who is staring back at her, "As a matter of fact I am currently seeing somebody very, very special."

Buffy's expression turns from anger to shock and horror due to what her younger sister has just said.

"Mind if we ask who?" Mr Finn asks.

"It's nobody you would know." Dawn says turning to look at Mr Finn.

"Ah come on Dawnie, tell us more." Willow says.

"Yeah D, dish. Who's the hottie?" Faith says.

"Well." Dawn says thinking of how she can tell the group who this person is without making it obvious, "I can describe them to you."

"Ok then." Riley says, "Describe them."

Dawn turns her attention back to Buffy who's face is now a mixture of fear disbelief horror and anger.

"Well they have blonde hair, green eyes, a slim build... a really tight butt and... that's probably the best way I can describe them without getting too graphic." Dawn says turning her attention from Buffy to around the table seeing if any of the others have figured out who she is talking about.

"Have you invited them to the wedding?" Mrs Finn asks.

"No." Dawn says turning to look at Mrs Finn, "I don't know if this thing that we have is just a... holiday romance type of thing or if it's going to be something more serious."

"What would you like it to be?" Xander asks causing Dawn to turn her attention to him.

"I'd definitely like it to be serious." Dawn tells him honestly, "Spending the rest of our lives together type of serious."

"Wow... did any of you know about this?" Riley asks looking at the others around the table each one of them in turn shakes their head.

"Excuse me." Buffy says standing up, "I need to use the bathroom."

With that Buffy swiftly walks off.

"Is she ok?" Mrs Finn asks concerned, "Riley maybe you better..."

"I'll go." Dawn says just as concerned if not more so than anybody about her older sister as she get's up.

"Are you sure?" Riley asks.

"Yeah. I think I know why she left like that. Don't worry about it. It's a sister thing." Dawn says doing her best to play the situation down as she turns and heads off after her older sibling.

Dawn walks up the stairs and goes along the landing until she reaches the bathroom door.

She knocks on it a couple of times.

"Buffy." Dawn says loud enough so that anybody listening downstairs can hear, "Are you ok in there?"

Dawn doesn't get an answer from inside which makes her more concerned as she tries to open the door only to find that it is locked and so she taps on it again only this time quieter and whispers through the door.

"Buffy let me in." Dawn says.

"I'm fine." Buffy snaps through the door.

"Just leave me alone Dawn."

"I said let me in Buffy." Dawn snaps back doing her best to keep her voice down, "Or else."

Dawn leaves the threat in the air for a few moments before she hears the door being unlocked before it slowly opens. Once it's open Dawn slips inside the bathroom to find Buffy sitting on the toilet with both seats down and her head hung.

"Are you alright?" Dawn asks letting her concern into her voice as she looks down at her older sister.

Buffy lifts her head and looks at her younger sibling.

"What the hell do you think your playing at!" Buffy snaps doing her best to keep her voice down so nobody outside of the room can hear them.

"What do you mean?" Dawn asks having a gut feeling she knows what she means.

"I mean out there." Buffy says gesturing to the door, "Telling everyone my previous lovers weren't good enough and then describing me as your... holiday thing."

Dawn simply smiles.

"I was asked a series of questions and I answered them." Dawn says matter of factly, "I thought you would have been pleased me telling your future mother and father in law how great I think your future husband is compared to your previous lovers."

"I would have been if you had meant it." Buffy snaps.

"Oh I meant what I said about your previous lovers." Dawn says, "Angel could never be with you, not really thanks to his curse, Parker was only interested in one thing and let's face it, Riley is just way too boring both out and I'm sure in the bedroom for you. Of course none of them ever really satisfied you in the bedroom did they? They all treated you way too nice. Ok, so every girl likes a little soft and gentle sex now and again, and you definitely liked it last night..."

"Dawn please stop..." a blushing Buffy tries to interrupt.

"When I made soft, gentle love to you, fucking you with my tongue until you just couldn't stop cumming in my mouth, but most of the time that isn't how you like to be treated is it?" Dawn continues forcefully, "You like being treated like a little whore, preferably by another girl. That's why Faith was almost perfect for you, if she hadn't basically been the female version of Parker, only worse because while he only used you once Faith used you over and over and over again and she never loved you like you loved her. To her you where just a slab of meat, a piece of ass which she used over and over and over again for her pleasure until she finally got bored of you and then she tossed you aside like an old broken toy and got herself a nice new fresh piece of meat."

Buffy hangs her head hating to admit it but knowing deep down that what Dawn is telling her is the truth.

"Ok." Buffy says a lot calmer, lifting her head and looking right at Dawn, "However what you said about Riley being better than them you didn't mean did you?"

"Oh come on, you don't actually think I was talking about Riley do you?" Dawn asks.

Buffy doesn't answer.

"I was talking about me. I'm better than any of them, Riley included, because I can give you what you need. I can treat you like the little submissive slut you really are, fuck you better than anyone else ever could, but I'll do it because I love you and I want to give you what you need, I don't want to just use you like Faith did." Dawn says.

"You're not better." Buffy mumbles bitterly.

"Please, I so am and we both know it." Dawn says, "Don't even try and pretend there's any part of you that thinks Riley would be better for you than me."

Buffy shakes her head.

"Why do you hate Riley so much?" Buffy asks.

Dawn sniggers.

"I don't hate him." Dawn says honestly, "I just don't like you being with him."

"Why?" Buffy asks wanting to know.

"Look around you Buffy. At this house. What do you think of it?" Dawn asks.

Buffy looks around the room.

"It's alright." Buffy says not understanding the reason for her sister asking this question, "It's nice-"

"It's plain. There's nothing special or unique about it it's probably just like every other house on this street." Dawn says interrupting her, "What do you think about your future mother and father in law?"

"Where are you going with this?" Buffy asks not understanding the question or what relevance it has to why Dawn doesn't like Riley.

"Just answer the question." Dawn tells her.

"They seem like nice people." Buffy says after a brief silence, "What do you think of them?"

"I think Mr Finn is how Riley is going to be in a few years time and I think Mrs Finn is how you are going to end up if you marry Riley." Dawn tells her honestly

"A happily married couple." Buffy says.

"Mr Finn might be happy however I don't think Mrs Finn is." Dawn says, "I think Mrs Finn is just surviving, just doing what she has to to get by, walking through the motions... rather like you where when you first came back from heaven."

Buffy just looks at her sister in shock and disbelief.

"Only Mrs Finn didn't sacrifice herself for her younger sister and the world. Mr Finn broke her spirit." Dawn continues on, "I can imagine Mrs Finn was once a very independent woman who lived life to the fullest didn't let any man tell her what to do or anything like that."

"You don't know that for sure." Buffy says for some reason able to see the same thing.

"It's what I think and feel." Dawn tells her, "And I am not going to let you end up like her."

Buffy hangs her head and thinks about everything her sister has just told her.

"Ok." Buffy says lifting her head once she has thought through it all, "Let's just say for argument sake that your right. And Mrs Finn was like you described before she met Mr Finn and he did break her spirit or will. Riley wouldn't do that to me."

Dawn hangs her head unable to believe how blind her older sister is sometimes as she slowly lifts her head and looks at her older sibling.

"He's already doing it to you." Dawn says looking Buffy dead in the eye.

Buffy swallows hard.

"What are you talking about?" Buffy asks.

"Did you want to come here tonight?" Dawn asks her, "Did Riley ask you if you wanted to have dinner here tonight? An what about having the wedding here in Iowa did you want that as well? Did you want to leave nightly patrols to Spike?"

Buffy doesn't say anything she just hangs her head not wanting to believe what her sister is saying to be the truth about Riley.

"Bit by bit Buffy Riley is changing you from the way you where to the way he wants you to be. He's slowly turning you into Mrs Finn." Dawn says not wanting to hurt her older sister but wanting her to see how wrong Riley is for her.