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"Morning, Mere'." Matt greeted when the dark-haired girl pranced into the kitchen. "How's the wound?"

Meredith rubbed at her eyes, which were thick with sleep, and replied, "Much better. Mrs. Flowers' healing herb really helped."

"I'm glad." Matt smiled, pouring fresh pancake mix onto the griddle. "I was worried."

"It hurt a lot." Meredith admitted. She had changed into a pair of warm sweats and a thin long sleeved shirt. "Do you need some help?"

"No. I got." Matt pointed with the spatula to the island. "You need to sit down."

Meredith pouted but obliged and hopped onto one of the stools just as Matt set a cup of steaming coffee down in front of her.

"Thanks." Meredith blew at the hot drink and took a small sip. She watched as Matt turned the toasting pancakes over and scratched the side of his leg with his foot.

"Merry!" Elena's joyful cry startled Meredith, almost making her choke on the hot liquid.

Meredith hugged her friend back softly and grinned.

"It smells so good." Elena sniffed at the air and shot Matt a thumbs up before turning back to Meredith and bombarding her with questions. "How are you? How'd you sleep? How's your stomach? Let me see!"

Meredith didn't say anything, letting Elena carefully pull her shirt up.

"Oh, it's just a scar now!"

Matt peered over Elena's head at Meredith's tanned stomach and nodded. "It doesn't even look like it happened yesterday."

"This is great!" Elena clapped enthusiastically. "You're alright now and Bonnie will be with us soon and-"

"Wait." Meredith interrupted. "Did Mrs. Flowers find a spell to help Bonnie?"

Elena smiled sheepishly and slowly sat down in front of her. "Not exactly."

When a mix of unfamiliar voices and laughs floated into the kitchen, Matt leaned close to Meredith and whispered, "The Slayer and her friends are here. Just a heads up so you won't be too surprised."

"Wait, what?" Meredith reached across the table and gripped Elena's wrist tightly. "What is Matt talking-"

A swarm of people crowded into the kitchen. Trailing with them was Stefan, who was chatting and laughing with them as if they'd known each other forever.

The conversation came to a halt when they saw Meredith.

"Meredith, hey." Stefan pushed past everyone and hugged Meredith softly. "I'm glad you're better now."

"Good morning!" The youngest girl said, offering Meredith her hand. "I'm Dawn."

Meredith stared at her. "Morning." She said coolly and turned back to her coffee.

"It smells delicious." Dawn offered.

"Thanks." Matt muttered, not even bothering to look her way.

"Look, I know you guys are mad right now." Buffy snapped suddenly. "But Dawn didn't do anything. So don't treat her like that."

"Buffy." Dawn reddened. "It's okay."

"No." Buffy crossed her arms and met Meredith's cool gaze. "It's not."

"Why don't you sit down?" Elena offered nervously, motioning to the tile island. "Have some pancakes."

Everyone except for Stefan and Spike took a seat, crowding around the circular island.

"Why don't we try again?" said Stefan as he slid a plate of pancakes in front of each person. His leaf green eyes held Meredith's gray ones, begging her to cooperate.

"With what?" Buffy asked.

"Introductions."

One by one, everyone had their turn.

Buffy. Dawn. Anya (also known as Anyanka, born in Sweden, a thousand years old), Xander, Willow, Spike.

"I'm pretty sure you already know who I am." Meredith said with a forced smile. "Meredith Sulez. Vampire Hunter."

Buffy almost choked on her pancakes. "You're what?" She squeaked.

"A vampire hunter." Meredith purposely spoke slower.

"As in.." Buffy swallowed, eyes wide.

"Yes." Meredith cocked an eyebrow at her, stabbing at her pancakes with a fork. "Just like you, Buffy, I hunt down vampires and kill them."

"I'm sorry." Buffy blurted out. "I swear I didn't know. The way you fight..." She trailed off and took a small drink of her orange juice.

Meredith flashed her a real smile. She took that as a compliment. "It's fine." She shrugged.

Meredith rolled her eyes when she saw the satisfied look Elena shot Stefan.

"We can do the spell right after we finish eating." Willow spoke up.

"What spell?" asked Meredith.

"That's what I was telling you about, Meredith." Elena said excitedly. "They found a spell that can change Bonnie."

"Oh." Meredith nodded her approval. "That's good."

"They did?" Matt seemed surprise. "They really found a spell?"

"Yeah." Willow said. "We talked to Giles."

"Giles?" Matt frowned in confusion.

"You missed that too." Elena told him. "Giles is Buffy's Watcher."

"Watcher?" Meredith mimicked Matt's perplexed tone.

"He's her mentor." Stefan explained.

"Every Slayer has a Watcher." Buffy added helpfully.

"Cool." Matt clapped his hands together as if he understood but still seemed lost.

"Well, I'm done." Meredith stood up and tossed her empty plate and cup into the sink. "I'll wait for you guys in the living room."

She didn't wait for an answer. Once she was comfortably laying on the couch, she flipped through the channels on the flat screen TV.

Boring. Boring. Boring.

Her mind drifted.

It's actually sort of cool to meet another Vampire Hunter. Err, Slayer. Same thing. Besides Alaric, I mean. We could be friends. Maybe. If we put everything else behind. Like the fact that she tried to kill me. She obviously forgave me for giving her a knot on the head. I don't know.

"Meredith?" Mrs. Flowers warm voice brought her back to reality.

"Oh." Meredith sat up. "Hey, Mrs. Flowers." She reached over and kissed the elderly's woman cheek. "Thank you for helping me yesterday."

"That was no problem, my dear." Mrs. Flowers smiled and sat down beside her. "You should give them a chance."

"Who?"

"The Slayer and her friends." Mrs. Flowers responded, holding her uncertain gaze. "They aren't that bad."

"How can we be sure, Mrs. Flowers?" Meredith sighed.

"They're trying so hard." Mrs. Flowers said softly. "They really are. They just want to help. And I know Buffy feels bad about what happened."

Meredith stared at statue Bonnie, braiding her long dark hair while she contemplated the options. She could safely say that if Buffy had known she was a human, she wouldn't have staked her. The thing was: Would Buffy had staked Stefan and Damon had Bonnie's incident not interrupted the fight? Not that she cared so much about Damon, the jerk king himself. Alright, maybe she'd care a little. But Stefan was one of her best friends despite the fact that he was a vampire.

Stop being so judgy, Meredith. She scolded herself. Meredith knew for a fact that she would have killed Buffy and her friends without a second thought had she been given the opportunity. It made her seem a little hypocritical now that she thought about it. She was judging them when she would have done the same exact thing.

A soft nudge broke Meredith from her thoughts. She looked up, straight into Elena's excited blue eyes. Mrs. Flowers was no longer there. When had she left?

"I'm ready." Willow trailed into the living room, everyone else following.

Damon was already there, pushing aside the coffee table and carefully setting stone Bonnie down in the center.

Meredith watched as Spike went up to Damon and slapped his arm as if they were old buddies. She saw how Damon's familiar smirk crept onto his face and how they exchanged a few whispered words. Then she heard Spike's rambunctious cackle and Damon's choked velvet laugh.

Meredith shot Elena a shocked look. "What's up with them?"

"I don't even know." Elena shook her head and quirked an eyebrow, matching her confused expression.

"Excuse me." Willow grunted. She was staring down at a napkin.

Damon and Spike stepped back to give her room, still whispering to each other at top speed.

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Matt was leaning against the kitchen door frame, staring at Willow warily.

Elena shot him a dirty look, mouthing Shut up!

"Yes." Willow sounded frustrated. "I am! This isn't the first spell I've done before, you know."

"Something could go wrong..." Matt ignored Elena's threat and continued. "If you're not sure-"

"Let her do her thing." Xander insisted, arms crossed as he glared at Matt. He obviously did not appreciate the way Matt was speaking to Willow.

"Willow knows her magic." Dawn added, sticking her tongue out.

"Sorry." Meredith apologized though she wasn't the one everyone was upset at. "It's just that sometimes Bonnie can't control her Powers."

"Yeah." Matt agreed absentmindedly. "That's it."

"She has powers?" Xander snorted slightly. "Like flyyyying powers?" Xander waved his fingers around in the air.

"What are you talking about?" Meredith snapped, beginning to feel defensive about her MIA friend.

"They don't call Powers 'Powers'." Damon spoke up with a low chuckle. "They call it Magick."

"Oh."

"Get with it, Scary Mary."

"Shut up." Meredith shot Damon her deadliest glare, hoping to shake him a little but it only seemed to amuse him even more.

"Alright." Stefan slapped his hand down on the back of the leather loveseat. "Silence, please. So Willow can concentrate."

Elena smirked to herself before joining Stefan on the other side of the living room. Meredith tried not to make a face. Elena didn't bother to hide the fact that she loved that her boyfriend was taking charge. She really loved to show off.

Willow tossed the wrinkled napkin aside and rubbed her hands together. She closed her eyes and began chanting in a foreign language. Willow's palms began to glow with Power-Magick, excuse Meredith. All at once, the colorful beams shot from Willow's hands, engulfing Bonnie's frozen figure.

Willow stepped back, cocked her head to the side, and stared.

The stone covering Bonnie's face and body was cracking, disappearing into thin air with a zigzag pattern. The last of the stone dissipated and Bonnie's eyes flew open with a loud gasp. She fell back, right into Damon's waiting arms.

"Bonnie!" Elena exclaimed happily. She was about to race after Bonnie but Stefan held her back, pointing at the wheezing redhead.

Stefan, Elena, Matt, and Meredith impatiently waited a few seconds before rushing over to her. The redhead was swallowed with hugs and cheers.

"Give her some room." Damon snapped and everyone slowly retreated.

Bonnie's brown eyes widened in disbelief and fear when she caught sight of Buffy and her friends. She clung to Damon like a koala bear. Her next telepathic, psychic scream was so loud even Meredith could hear it.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?!

Damon bent down and whispered into Bonnie's ear, mussing her hair until she'd calmed down.

"What's he telling her?" Elena whispered to Stefan, who merely flashed her a small smile and whispered back, "He's taking care of it."

Finally, Bonnie stood up straighter and smiled. Still clutching Damon's hand tightly, she moved closer to Willow.

"Thank you." Bonnie smiled, tucking a stray curl behind her ear with her free hand. "I'll help you with the spell."

"You will?" Willow's mouth dropped open in surprise. Behind her, her friends cheered. "Okay! I mean, thank you. And I'm sorry for turning you into stone."

"The irony." Bonnie giggled. "And it's okay." She let go of Damon's hand and plopped herself down right between Spike and Dawn.

Meredith stared at Bonnie as she chatted and giggled away with her new friends.

"Bonnie makes friends faster than anyone I know." Elena said. She was observing the scene too.

Matt rolled his blue eyes and sighed. "Guess she'll never change."


A/N: Sorry for taking so long to upload. I hope my readers haven't lost interest. My first time writing Meredith's POV, hope I didn't do it too horribly. Also, no Buffy POV this chapter, again. Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave me a comment! :)