Buffy Summers sat at the table in the library with her friends, Willow Rosenberg and Xander Harris. Once again, they were all discussing the previous demons that Buffy had killed. Everyone knew that those demons were no match for her and she just kept on killing them.

This is because it's her destiny. She is the slayer. It's her right to protect citizens from the many vampires and demons.

Willow started talking about a history assignment that was due in a few days, but Buffy chose to ignore her. She started spacing. Thinking about many things, her slayer duties, her schoolwork, her friends.

Buffy's thoughts were interupted by Willow's voice. "So Buffy, are you almost finished with it?" Buffy lost her train of thought and answered her friend, "What?" Buffy looked confused at first but the features of her face softened a bit.

"I was just asking if you were almost finished with your history assignment," Willow told her, "you know, the report on a certain country?" Willow waited for her to reply back.

"Oh, yeah," Buffy said with a smile, "almost finished." Of course this was a lie and Buffy knew it. She didn't have much of it done. She leaned back in her chair and started thinking again. Willow continued talking about her assignment and how far she had gotten and Xander just nodded along.

Giles, the school librarian, walked out from his office and started putting back the books that some of the students had returned earlier that day.

As he was doing so, one student came in, looking for something. The gang got quiet and Giles came out from the many rows of books. "Can I help you with something?" Giles asked. The boy looked up and said, "Yeah, I need a book on the country, Kenya." Giles gestured for him to come up and the boy started walking up. He got what he came for and left.

Xander spoke up, "Not something we see everyday." He was right. The school library was not the most popular place to hang out. So not a lot of students went there. Willow agreed to his observation. They both looked over at Buffy. She was still sitting there. Not saying a word.

Xander reached over to push her a little. Startled, she cried out, "What?" Everyone looked at her, even Giles who was cataloging books. "Is something wrong, Buffy?" Willow asked her. Buffy realized that she was more quiet than usual and she answered her friend, "No, I'm just kind of tired. Didn't get much sleep last night." Buffy had stayed out late the previous night to finish slaying a nest of vamps. But this wasn't why she was so quiet. She was thinking, quite more than usual. I wonder what my life would be like if I wasn't the slayer? she thought. This was an usual thought for her. Buffy never really thought what would happen to her if she wasn't the slayer. A normal life, she thought, complete with more time to hang with friends, more time to do things with my mother, even more time for schoolwork.

Buffy started to get up from her chair and said, "I think I'm going to go home. Got homework to do." She grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. "See ya tomorrow." She said with a smile.

"Bye Buff," Xander replied back. "Bye." Willow waved to her, and Giles waved from behind his book.

Buffy walked out of the library and headed for home.

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Buffy started walking to the cemetery. Might as well get in some slaying time, she told herself.

Tonight was slow. She only saw a couple of vampires, and staked them both. Since she had dusted the big nest of vamps last night, most of the undead people with fangs were either underground, or not interested in coming up. Since she saw no more evil activity, Buffy decided to walk home.

Buffy was slowly walking down the sidewalk, listening to her own footsteps and the wind, when she heard a scream. She only thought of one thing; vampire. Buffy picked up the pace and started running to where she heard the scream. It was a woman's scream. She turned the corner and saw that a teenage girl was struggling to keep her neck away from the vampire that was trying to bite her.

The vampire was an inch away from her neck when Buffy kicked him from behind. The force of her kick made him throw the girl from his grip. He snarled at Buffy and made a move towards her.

"Slayer," he hissed. "Get out of here!" Buffy yelled to the girl. The girl ran away at Buffy's command. She took a step and punched the snarling vamp in the face. He fell backwards onto the ground and kicked Buffy in the legs, which made her fall as well, and got up. She hopped back up and did a roundhouse kick, which hit him straight in the stomach. He grabbed his stomach in pain for a few seconds. This gave Buffy enough time to grab a stake from her bag and stake him right in the heart. He snarled once more and exploded into a cloud of ash. Buffy blew out a long breath and noticed that the girl had gone.

Buffy felt the satisfaction of her triumph and started home.

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Buffy got to her house on Revello Drive and walked up the porch steps. She opened the door and called for her mother.

Joyce Summers walked out from the kitchen and greeted her daughter. "Hi Buffy, have a fun night?" Buffy looked at her mother and sarcastically replied, "Yes, it was very thrilling." Her mother smiled at her and Buffy spoke up again. "So thrilling, that I'm worn out. I'm going to go to bed," Buffy slowly started up the stairs when her mom said, "Alright honey. See you tomorrow then. Sweet dreams."

"Night." Buffy walked to her room and opened the door. She noticed that her bedroom light was on. She put her bag down on her chair and got undressed.

Once she was changed into her pj's, Buffy crawled into her bed and reached over to turn out the lights. Once again Buffy thought of what she was thinking of before. I wonder what my life would be like if I wasn't the slayer, and fell asleep.