Bella paused, but then leapt down the rest of the stairs in one jump, and as soon as her feet hit the ground, she tripped. She closed her eyes awaiting the hard impact to the ground when she suddenly stopped. She looked up, and in relief saw Buffy holding onto her waist, preventing her face from meeting the ground.

"You're as clumsy as you were the last time I saw you. How is my baby sister? And is this you're boyfriend? Nice catch."

Bella turned red after that comment, and replied to Buffy's questions. "I've been alright. I've missed you so much though. This is Edward Cullen. And yes he's my boyfriend."

Buffy turned her eyes to Edward and studied him critically. She stuck out her hand. He took it immediately, and she squeezed his hand hard enough to break human bones. Edward didn't even wince, but was baffled about what she was. No ordinary human is that strong. He tried to read her mind, but found it empty, almost exactly like Bella's.

"So what brings you to Forks?" Edward asked slightly cautious. He was happy for Bella to see her sister, and was impressed of Buffy protectiveness for Bella. He was slightly scared. The blond was pretty intimidating, and being the older sister made it worse as he realized that he would have to make it in her good side. By looks alone it seemed like a hard task to accomplish.

Buffy looked slightly wary as he asked this. Unshed tears filled her eyes. "My mom learned something about me and she didn't like it and we ended up in a bad argument, which resulted to me being here. The last word always hurts the most." She said remembering the look of fury on her mothers face when she confronted Buffy on her being the Slayer.

Flashback

Joyce was walking to the kitchen phone, looking slightly bewildered and scared. Buffy was following, and took away the phone from her mother's hand.

"Cops can't fight demons. I have to do it."

"Do what? Buffy, what is happening?"

"Just have another drink"

Joyce threw her drink to the side.

"Don't you talk to me that way! You don't dump something like this on me and pretend that it's nothing!"

"I'm sorry, I don't have time for this."

"No, I am tired of "I don't have time" or… "You wouldn't understand." I am your mother. You make time to explain yourself."

"I told you. I'm a vampire slayer."

"Well, I just don't accept that!"

"Open your eyes, Mom. What do you think has been going on for the past two years? The fights, the weird occurrences. How many times have you washed blood out of my clothing, and you still haven't figured it out?"

"Well, it stops now!"

"No, it doesn't stop! It never stops! Do…do you think I chose to be like this? Do you have any idea how lonely it is? How dangerous? I would love to be upstairs watching TV, or gossiping about boys, or…God, even studying! But I have to save the world. Again!"

"No, this is insane. Buffy, you need help."

"I'm not crazy! What I need is for you to chill. I have to go."

"No. I am not letting you out of this house."

"You can't stop me."

"Oh yes, I …"

Joyce attempts to grab Buffy, but Buffy pushes her off roughly. Joyce gasps with horror when she noticed how strong Buffy was.

"You walk out of this house, don't even think about coming back!"

Buffy stared at Joyce for a moment, then turned around and walked through the door, not looking back.

End Flashback

Bella took the chance to question her sister. "How long are you staying in Forks, Buffy?"

Buffy immediately brightened and smiled at Bella's curiosity, "As long as you want me to little sister. Heck, I could probably even enroll in your High School. What do you think?"

Bella was ecstatic. She loved that her older sister could go to school with her. Bella took a closer look at Buffy. She had shadows under her eyes, and was looking really pale. The black shirt that Buffy was wearing had a little bit of blood on the shoulder, and a tear in the side. In short Buffy still looked beautiful, but she also looked like crap up close.

Bella bit her lip before replying to Buffy. "I want you to stay. Could you stay for your entire senior year?" Her chocolate eyes took on a pleading look as she started pouting.

Buffy giggled and ruffled Bella's hair. "I'll stay as long as you want me to sweetheart."

AN: This is my first story, but sometimes I stumble, so any comments, questions, and/or suggestions would be very much appreciated. TTFN

Long Live the Slayer