Buffy Summers wondered around aimlessly her house and paced with nervous steps. It had been nearly two weeks since her mother's funeral, and she was learning how to cope with the ordeal. Her younger sister, Dawn had .returned to school since her mother's death earlier that month. Buffy sighed as she looked at her home. She had to put up with this, taking care of Dawn, being the slayer and going to school at the same time. But Buffy knew she had to face it anyway. For two weeks, she still couldn't come in contact with her father. Her eyes lingered around the pictures on the wall. Most were of her and Dawn when they were little, and some of her relatives. Her eyes came upon the picture of her twin cousins, Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and her aunt(who was her mom's cousin)Alice Wakefield. Buffy had always loved both of her cousins, even though she was two years older then them, she was twenty and the twins eighteen. A pang of guilt ran through her. She haden't called her Aunt and told her the news. Buffy picked up the phone and dialed to Sweet Valley, California. After three rings, her aunt picked up. Briefly, she told her the news. A few seconds later, she heard sobs."Im sorry Alice,"she said softly."And Dawnie?How is she?"Alice sobbed through the phone."She's learning to live with it.". ''I m sure you need someone to be there right Buffy?" Buffy thought for a minute"Um I guess Aunt Alice." There was a pause"Liz is in a university right know in New York, so I guess I can send Jessica over there, you really need some time, And Jessica just broke up with her boyfriend from two years, she really needs time and start all over again." Buffy winced. It reminded her of Riley. "I know how she feels"she said softly. Her Aunt informed her that she had talked with Jessica a few minutes and she had agreed and would be arriving in Sunnydale tomorrow. Buffy hung up and glanced at the clock and grabbed her car keys.

She drove to Dawn's school and spotted her at the back waiting for her."Hey"she greeted. Dawn just smiled."Um I called Aunt Alice in Sweet Valley and told her about Mom, she said Jessica to is having a hard time and she wants to come here with me and spend time with us."Dawn's eyes lit up."Is Liz coming"she asked. Buffy shook her head. Dawn smiled and bit her lip."Is she going to sleep in Mom's room?"she asked. Buffy winced"Dawn-" Dawn cringed"Sorry"she mumbled and slumped back in the seat."She's going to stay in the guest room by my room"Buffy said softly."When is she coming?" "Tommorow"Buffy replied."Oh"she responded. Buffy parked the car in the garage and opened Dawn's door."Do you have alot of homeworkl"she asked"More or less"Dawn replied and opened the door."Can we order chinese?"Buffy nodded. She waited for what tomorrow would bring

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Jessica sighed as she grabbed her bags from the cart and walked around gate eighteen. It had been ten long hours since she had left Sweet Valley. Stuck on a plane just sleeping and watching bad horror movies. She straightened her v-neck shirt and combed her straight light blonde hair. Her eyes wandered around looking for her cousin, Buffy Summers orDawn. Then she spotted a girl with long blonde hair and green eyes. And then it hit her that was Buffy. She walked over to Buffy"Hi"she said softly. At the instant, Jessica and Buffy both burst into tears."Im so sorry Buffy"Jessica whimpered. Buffy hugged Jessica"Thanks"she said softly and got one on Jessica's bag's"Come on, were going home. A few minutes later, they were at Buffy's house and sipping tea. I can't tell her just yet Buffy thought to herself."How do you deal with it?"Jessica asked."I don't know it all just happened so fast, you just get alot of emotions some time you can't explain.""That's what my friend told me, you feel and say things you kind of regret later and deal with the pain. I know Dawn kind of went into a depression, but she got over that quickly."Jessica paused"I can imagine"she said quietly.Both girls sat in silence for a moment."Are you okay?"she asked gently. Buffy nodded, trying really hard not to cry."Um are you going to pick up Dawn today"Jessica asked. "No, she's riding on the bus today." Jessica just sat there. The moment was interrupted by the shrill ring of the phone."Hello?"Buffy answered."Buffy, it's me Giles. there is something I found out, you have to come to the magic shop immediately" "Um okay, I'll be there in a few minutes"she responded and hung up. "Um Jess, nevermind the bus, you can take your jeep and pick up Dawn from school, it;s about six miles from here, will you do me that favor? I need to do something very important"she said. Jessica nodded and rushed out the door. Buffy practically speeded all the way to the magic shop. She burst intot the door and ran up to Giles who was in the danger room, where Buffy trained."Oh Buffy you're here"he said. "What is it Giles?"she asked with sheer panic in her voice."I was looking over the history of the slayer, and it says that one slayer, was related to a pair of twins, identical in everyway, but diffrent in being and since they were blood to the slayer, they were called by the same watcher and trained, any slayer that is related to twins, but only by cousins, the two can have the same abilities as a slayer, and sometimes one is usually stronger then one, Buffy diden't you tell me you had twin cousins?"he asked. Buffy nodded"Jessica and Elizabeth, but I haven't told Jess anything about being the slayer yet" Giles shook his head."You have to tell her Buffy, today before her training begins." Buffy stared at him in shock."Don't you think this came into a little to quick? I mean Jessica barley just got here, and Liz is in New York right know," "Im sorry Buffy, but the watcher council just called me today and informed me about Jessica and Elizabeth, they have been called, but we agreed for know we will only take Jessica"he informed her. Buffy just gapped at him."You really have to tell her today." Buffy nodded in agreement and exited the store. How would Jessica deal with this?she thought as she entred her home, .Dawn was sleeping and Jessica watching tv."Hey"Buffy greeted."Jess, I really need talk to you in the kichen"she said eyeing the kitchen.She sat down and looked at Jessica"Jess, there's things here in Sunnydale that you might see or experience, things you can't even explain to anyone. Believe me I know.(she took a deep breath) When I was 16, my mom and dad divorced, and Dawn and me moved with mom to Sunnydale, to start over.But then a few years back, a strange man came up to me and said I was a vampire slayer, of coure, i thought he was like weird or something, so I just ignored him and went back to my reguler life as a teenager. But eerie things started happening, and he appeared, doing a test that I was a slayer, he died though, and I moved from school because I was suspended and Mom wanted to go to Sunnydale to start over, and I did, were I met my new watcher, Giles and the scoobies, and fell in love with a vampire that had a soul, Angel, broke up, met Riley, broke up and here I am now."She explained what Giles had told her earlier and everything she knew about training. She could tell Jessica was deciding wether to believe her or not.Jessica sighed."Buffy are you okay, I mean after your mom's death, you seem kinda appalled or something.". Buffy looked irritated."Jess, this is real, you might want to explain it,but for some reason you can't Jess,". A few minutes later, she ran up to the graveyard with Jessica"This is proof"she said through her teeth. Buffy waited as a vampire rose from it's grave. She grabbed a stake from her coat and attacked the vampire, instanly the vampire was dust. "You see?"she said. Jessica just gaped at the pile of dust."Come on, where going home"she said.