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Buffy had been practicing how to cook properly because the best thing she had been able to cook by herself was burgers at the Double Meat Palace. After the big move to Rome, she wanted to give them all a treat and cook a good, edible meal. All the others were out on the city and Buffy had told them that she wanted to spend some time alone. Buffy looked out the window and watched the sun go down as she waited for her cooking to finish in the oven. Eventually the sun disappeared and Buffy noticed that her kitchen window had perfect view of the moon. Her mind started to wander as she stared at the moon. She was interrupted by a dark figure blocking the brightness of the moon. At first she dismissed it but it got very hard to dismiss when something crashed through her kitchen window. She was thrown to the ground and wedged between the floor and the person. Buffy assumed it was just a mugging but when she tried to push them off she realized that he was stronger than an average human and that's when his face changed and he exposed his fangs. Adrenaline started to flow through her and she grabbed the vampire by the hair and threw him to the side.
"Now we are going to do this without trashing my new apartment" Buffy said with humour in her voice.
"I heard the slayer was in town and you were in the first apartment I looked in" the vampire responded. Buffy punched the vampire in the face which caused him to go flying back while spinning. The vampire turned the spinning into a flip and his feet landed against the wall which he then pushed off and lunged at Buffy. Buffy was thrown to the ground yet again. She pushed him up to allow her feet to move then she kicked him up in the air while she used her enhanced reflexes to grab a wooden spoon and stake him as he was falling from the roof. Just as the vampire turned to dust she was startled by the oven beeping behind her. She reached over grabbed an oven mitt then she swung around quick enough for her hair to fly around; she turned off the beeping and pulled out her three trays of food. She pulled them out onto the bench and finally took a breath.
"Cooked to perfection" She laughed. Even though she said it sarcastically she was actually quite happy with her work. She jumped as she heard the door shut.
"We're back" Willow yelled out.
"Are we ordering pizza tonight?" Dawn asked as she entered the kitchen.
"No, I have cooked us dinner." Buffy said sitting at the table with everything set out nicely. Everyone took their seat at the table.
"Is it safe?" Dawn asked cautiously.
"Yes, now this goes for everyone, I want you to tell me the truth about what you think and what I could improve on. I won't be offended if you don't like it but I will if I continue making food that you think is disgusting and I find out later." Buffy replied. Buffy sat nervously nearly breaking the table as she was waiting to hear what they had to say. Xander was the first to finish.
"That was the best thing I have ever eaten. Do you have any more?" Xander asked.
"Sorry, No, but I have made dessert" Buffy mentioned happily. Xander started walking towards the kitchen to put his dishes away with a grin on his face.
"What the hell happened in here?" Xander yelled from the kitchen. Everyone got up and walked into the kitchen and straight away they noticed the glass and dust all over the floor. All of them turned to Buffy who was standing in the doorway playing with her hands.
"Well, I was watching the sun set and the moon rise and a dark figure covered the moon, I dismissed it and then a vampire broke through the window. We fought; I won, as you can obviously tell." Buffy said answering all of their questions.
"Why didn't you call us?" Giles asked.
"I want so badly for you guys to have a normal life" Buffy answered sadly.
"You are the slayer, if anyone needs a normal life it's you" Giles responded.
"Giles, I don't know how. I don't even understand what having a normal life means. I have been fighting since I was in my mid-teens and it's all I know. I don't know how to live like everybody else." Buffy cried.
Everyone started to back off a bit as they noticed Buffy was about to cry. Everything started to settle down and they had Buffy's dessert which they absolutely loved. Buffy was delighted and now that she could cook, she could make meals more often. One by one as they finished their meals they moved over to the lounge room to watch TV. No one was really paying attention to the TV and they were telling Buffy about what they had seen and done while she stayed home.
"That sounds great, I'm glad that you could have a fun, normal day. Next time I will go with you." Buffy promised.
"Just give me a few days to rest before we do that again though because it took so much energy to use the magic to make people we needed to communicate with understand us because we don't speak Italian." Willow said in response.
"Okay Will, you rest up. Hey, where's Kennedy?" Buffy asked.
"Oh, she's resting. I think the move is starting to get to her" Willow answered.
Suddenly they heard loud stomping noises from the kitchen. They jumped up and ran to the kitchen to be greeted by a gang of vampires entering through the broken window.
"Hello slayer." The leader said smiling.
Buffy and her group looked at all of the vampires in horror as the vampires laughed as hard as they could. They were now surrounded by vampires. Buffy didn't know how she was going to get out of this one even though she had help.
To be continued...
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