Fic: Rising, not shining

Title: Rising, not shining
Fandom: BtVS
Characters/Pairing: Dawn
Rating: PG-13 (mourning)
Concrit: Please, in comments
Disclaimer: They aren't mine, not yet, but the will be once I've taken over the world. Bwah-ha-ha.
Summary: She'll rise, but she won't shine.
Notes: Written for a prompt at Open on Sunday: coffee, but not posted there because I could not get it down to 100 words.
Word Count: 177
Edited: Changed rating from "worksafe".

Dawn stared at the bowl as she poured in the cereal and milk, filling it to the brim.

“Would you like orange juice?”

Dawn started smooshing her cereal into the milk. A glass of juice appeared next to the bowl. Dawn’s spoon clattered loudly on the table as she took two steps across the room, pouring herself a cup of coffee. She was adding the fifth teaspoon of sugar when she heard, “When I was your age, your grandmother told me coffee would stunt my growth.”

“Kiren has been drinking coffee since she was seven.”

“Her mother gave her milk with a splash of coffee, that’s not the same thing, besides Kiren doesn’t use a dozen teaspoons of sugar. Buffy causes enough trouble at school; I don’t need to hear that you’ve been hyperactive.”

Dawn looked away as she dumped the coffee down the sink.

“Why make coffee each morning if you aren’t going to drink…”

“Willow.”

“But Tara, she’s wasting… oh.”

Dawn grabbed her book bag. “I’m not hungry.”

“Wouldn’t you like a ride to school?”