Causing a Ruckus at Merlotte's

[bratty_dawn]

Who: Dawn and Open (more than one person is more than acceptable)
Where: Merlotte's
When: The next evening after she was turned back to normal
What: Getting some much needed normal time
Status: Incomplete

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[bontempshero]

"Shit," Jason said quietly, as he, and probably just about everybody else at the bar cast eyes the young little thing that had walked into Merlotte's. "Another one? Some new school open up or what?" He had yet to go a day without meeting at least one pretty new girl. Bon Temps was starting to look more and more like Jason Stackhouse's ideal of heaven every day, and he sure wasn't complaining.

Before anyone could even start the debate on who was gonna be the one to go talk to her first, Jason was on his feet and headed to the bar. He even was nice enough to bring along a second beer with him, plucked straight outta Hoyt's hands before the guy had even had so much as a sip.

"Forget the coke, we gotta treat the new girl in town a little better than that," Jason said, as he offered her his very best smile along with the beer, compliment of poor Hoyt, who was still sitting at their table wide eyed and open mouthed.

[bratty_dawn]

Dawn hadn't realized that she had made quite such a stir. Of course, being new to the town proper (she lived with Buffy outside of town), she had figured that she would catch a little bit of attention. If you showed up new in Sunnydale, back when it was still on the map, everyone got to talking very quick. It seemed to be the same thing multiplied by a thousand in Bon Temps. Which just made Dawn 'pleased as punch' as some possibly southern person said once. She liked being the center of attention

[bontempshero]

"'m glad to here that!" Jason said, as if he could have all the credit for the warm treatment Dawn might have received in his town so far.

"And hey! My ex is named that, too!" Jason blurted out, maybe a little too loud for his own good. He dodged a glare from the other Dawn, who while at first had wanted to take pity on Jason for his night of unjust questioning, suddenly went back to her crazy ol' self when he showed up the next night with Amelia and Sookie at Merlotte's. "'nyway, I always thought it was a nice name."

"And I'm Jason Stackhouse." He raised his own beer and clinked it lightly against the one Dawn was now holding. "Welcome to Bon Temps. Hope you stay awhile," he smiled, honestly meaning what he had said. He often forgot those manners Gran had drilled into his brain, but around a pretty girl they always seemed to come right on back well enough.

[bratty_dawn]

Well, strangely enough, Jason *was* all of the southern hospitality that she had experienced so far. So, he was more than welcome to take credit for all of the treatment that she had gotten so far.

Dawn did happen to see the glare from 'other Dawn.' It honestly just made her laugh. Sure, maybe she should be a little freaked that, in four sentences, she had already been compared to an ex girlfriend, but she really wasn't worried about it right now. "I've actually never met another Dawn. Kind of neat to have another one around." She thought it was neat, anyway. Everyone she had went to school with had always been named 'Sarah' or 'Jessica' or something like that.

"Nice to meet you Jason," she said, clinking her bottle back to his before taking a sip. "Well, it's my intent to stay a while, anyway. I'm trying to enroll at Louisiana Tech in Ruston, since it's not too bad of a drive from here. Are they any good?" He looked old enough to at least know about the college, even if he wasn't the type to attend himself.