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Buffy the Vampire Slayer:

Everyone's a Comic

Chapter 1

Xander awoke to the sound of faint giggling. He smiled without opening his eye and sighed.

"Ahn," he grumbled a little.

He opened his eye then. His face fell as reality came zooming back in: Anya was dead. Dawn stood over him, in her place. He smiled at Dawn, happy to see a friendly face.

"No," Dawn said softly. "It's...me."

They were held in a deep silence before Dawn spoke again.

"Um, Willow was making breakfast. Wanted to know if you wanted any," she said.

"I'll be down," he replied.

"Okay," she said before heading out the door.

As soon as she had closed the door behind her, he got out of bed, yawning. An old comic book that had been resting on his chest fell to the floor. Ignoring it, he headed down the stairs in his morning ensemble of yesterday's shirt and boxer shorts. He greeted all of the women with a groggy smile.

"Hey," he said cheerfully walking toward the island in the middle of the kitchen. "Smell's good."

"We thought we'd try something new," Willow said turning her face from the stove, smiling.

Xander took a good wiff.

"Who's 'we'?" he asked.

"Dawny and me," the red-head told him, already facing the eggs again.

"What's different?" he asked, a little scared.

"That's what I'd like to know," Buffy said from her end of the island, a glass of orange juice halfway to her lips.

"Oh, come on, Buff. It can't be that bad," he told her optimistically.

She gave him the pursed-lipped don't-encourage-them look. He put his hands up in surrender.

"Or I could be gravely mistaken," he said, smiling.

Dawn and Willow had already taken up the cheesy omelets and were now placing a plate in front of Xander and Buffy. They both looked at each other and then the cheese oozing eggs. Gulping Xander picked up the fork.

"Oh come on," Willow coaxed. She paused before speaking again. "I promise," she said, holding up her right hand.

Xander cut a piece from the corner and put it into his mouth. Chewing, he analyzed it. Dawn and Willow both looked at him hopefully. Finally, he swallowed and nodded.

"Cheesy," he told them, "But delicious. What's the extra?"

"Wait," Buffy said, looking at him, "It's safe?"

"Of course," Willow told her.

Buffy proceeded in taking the teeniest bite, before finally nodding in agreement. They sat in the kitchen in silence as they ate.

Dawn went off to school, Xander went off to the new construction site. Willow was going to the magic shop downtown and Buffy was left home alone. Plopping down onto the couch, Buffy sighed. She looked around at the now empty house, beginning to feel a little lonely. The four of them hadn't separated since they'd defeated the First Evil back in Sunnydale. Now here they were in Italy and everyone had somewhere to be, except for Buffy.

Getting bored with the quiet of the house, Buffy decided to get out of the house and do some sightseeing.

I'll get the new chapter up as soon as I can get it written. Keep the review coming in the mean time. ;)