“I think a lot of that would depend on how hungry we are and how little we want to move afterwards. My limit would be…two…probably.”
There was no stopping the soft laughter that came from Willow when she noticed Dawn’s shudder. Mostly because she had been thinking that herself. She fell into comfortable silence as she watched the younger girl consider the movies.
“Really? I don’t think I could do more than one. I bet Xander could eat a whole bunch, though; he always sucks everything up, like a vacuum cleaner!”
It takes her a minute or two, but Dawn’s quick to find their movie of choice. Popping up with Princess Bride in hand, she carefully inserts it nto the DVD player before scram- bling back over to her spot on the couch and pressing play.
“Complete with too sugary drinks and pretzels the size of our heads.”
Not quite that large but they were still a good size. She made a mental note to put aside a day just for this outing. Willow fiddled with the remote for a moment before handing it over to Dawn to let her do the honors.
“Pretzels the size of our heads, huh? How many of those do you think you could eat before getting stuffed? …Or throwing up, I guess.”
She shuddered, putting aside the mental image of eating that many giant pretzels for the moment being. Taking the remote from Willow, she didn’t even look at the TV as she turned it on, instead opting to rifle through the movies Willow had put aside for their choice instead.
optimisticyellowcrayon: [[I think I've probably said this before but I adore your music for Dawn.]]
I think you have too, but thank you again anyways!! tbh she has the character playlist I’m the most fond of, so it makes me happy to know that you like it too <3
“That’s fair enough.” Willow was quiet for a moment before grinning just a little. “Hey maybe when it’s not quite as tired out we could people watch at the mall.” That might also move Dawnie out of the fray a little.
“Sounds like a plan to me!”
Dawn returned the grin genuinely– - the idea of going out with Willow was nice, especially considering how busy the Scoobies had all been lately. Maybe they’d even be able to convince Tara and Xander to come, and make a date out of the whole outing.
“What would your type be then?” She tried not to let her amusement show as she asked. Mostly because she didn’t want Dawn thinking it was at her expense.
“Hmm… I don’t know! I think I’d kinda have to see someone who is to tell you.”
“It was the accent. And maybe the whole…kinda honorable pirate thing.” She paused as if she were thinking back. “The mustache had never really been an issue for me.”
“Well, honorable piratesare pretty cool… but I don’t know, I still don’t really see it. I guess we just have pretty different tastes, huh?"
“…Oh. Right. I guess that does put a damper on it.” Willow made a face before getting the movie set up and returning to her place on the couch. “I love this film. You know for the longest time I had a thing for Cary Elwes. Almost right up there with John Cusack.”
“Really?I guess I could kinda see why, but… I always just thought his moustache was kinda weird, personally.”
“I’m sure,” she assured. “I’m the epitome of sure. All will bow down before my sureness.” There was a pause from her. “Okay maybe that’s overstating it but I promise that I’m up for it." I just might need to make some coffee later on.
At Dawn’s question Willow stumbled slightly. What movie? “Um. Well. There’s…Uhhh…The Princess Bride. Labyrinth. Oh! How about X-Men?”
"Hmm… maybe The Princess Bride? X-men is pretty cool, but it’s probably even better when it doesn’t kinda seem like your everyday life.”
Willow made a face at Dawn’s objections and shook her head. Was she tired? Yes, very much so. But she also knew that Dawn sometimes felt left out—no matter how well intentioned the reasoning for it was.
“Shh. I don’t mind watching a few more movies. Just…” A sheepish look slid onto her features. “If I fall asleep at any point? Poke me. Because I kind of want to avoid any drool fiascos myself.”
"Oh…Well, if you’re sure…“
She trailed off slowly, a small smile spreading across her face. Even though she still was worried that staying up so late would wear Willow out, Dawn had to admit that she was excited for them to watch movies together.
"What movie do you wanna watch?”
optimisticyellowcrayon: [[I keep going to navigate away from the page but then I get into the music and just bop around for a bit. Oops.]]
Oh man– - to be honest, I totally do the same thing, even though it’s my own page. The songs are really catchy together, I guess? And we probably just both have the same hella rad music taste, too.
