Author's Notes:

I know. I know the turtles should be in this fic all ready but I want to get the main Buffy storyline out of the way first. Just bare with. Good things come to those who wait. Btw: I can't remember the name of the pizza place the turtles went to so I'm making up my pizza place along with the characters who work there. Those characters won't appear much. So, you can use them if you like but please ask first.

Also: a message to Ashes: Yes, I know of the new TMNT series on Fox. I watch it every Saturday. LOL! I'm just using the older version of the turtles. Once I see more of the new series, I might use that version of the turtles. I'm not using them now because some of the information has been changed since they were based on the comics.

Chapter Five: Help Wanted:

Buffy, or now known as Sydney Garner had finally finished moving, and she had just spent the first night in her apartment. Now, it was a new day in her new life. She no longer had to worry about being the Slayer. However, she did make a mental note to keep her guard up.

At the moment, Buffy was just getting done dressing for the day. When she was done getting dressed, she headed out of her apartment. Buffy had decided that it would be best to look for a job today. After all, she couldn't live off of the money that Giles have given her forever. Plus, she wanted the experience.

As she walked out, she looked around to see if anyone else was up. There was no activity in the hall. Buffy then looked towards where Casey Jones lived. She had met him yesterday. She didn't see him out today.

Buffy walked by his and his wife's apartment and as she walked by, someone steeped out. Buffy would have bumped into that someone if she hadn't moved out of the way quickly.

"I'm sorry about that." Buffy said.

That someone was a woman who had short dark brown hair, and she wore a suit. "That's okay." the woman replied. The woman looked at Buffy and didn't recognize her. "I'm sorry to ask, but are you new in the building?"

"Yup. Sure am." answered Buffy with a smile. "I'm Buf..." Buffy stopped dead. She almost revealed her real name. Then she remembered the alias she gave herself the other day. "I'm Sydney Garner." Buffy extended her hand.

The woman took it and shook. The two parted. "I'm April Jones."

Jones, thought Buffy. This must be Casey's wife.

"You said your name was Sydney Garner?" asked April.

"That would be me." Buffy answered.

"The you are the young woman that Casey told me about yesterday." replied April with a smile.

I was right. She is married to Casey. Lucky girl, thought Buffy. "And your his wife."

"That would be correct." April said. "Been married now for about two months."

"Well, congratulations." said Buffy as April showed her ring on her figure. There was a nice sized diamond on the ring. "Wow! What a rock."

April laughed. "I know." she replied. "Anyway," said April as she put away her hand. "I'm sure Casey all ready told you that if you need anything to come to us right?"

"Yeah, he did." answered Buffy.

"Good." April said. "Well, I hate to make this short but I have to get to work."

"Where do you work at?"

"I'm a reporter at channel three news." she answered.

"Oh," said Buffy. "Well, I'll let you go then. I have to be going myself."

The two women started to walk out of the building. They continued to talk as they did so.

"So, what do you have planned for the day?" asked April as she waved for a taxi cab.

"Nothing much." Buffy replied. "I'm going to start looking for a job so I can pay rent."

"Really?" asked April as a cab pulled up. "Well, you should check out the pizza shop. It's down the street. Just a few blocks. You won't miss it."

"Are they looking for workers?" Buffy asked as April climbed into the cab.

"Yeah," answered April. "Tell them April Jones sent you."

"All right." Buffy replied.

"Well, I'll see around." said April. She closed the door to the cab and the cab drove off.

Pizza Palace, thought Buffy. Sounds interesting. After the cab was out of sight, Buffy made her way towards the pizza shop that April told her about. April was right, you wouldn't miss it.

Buffy looked up and saw a large sign that flashed: Pizza Palace. She then noticed a piece of paper on the door that had: HELP WANTED printed on it in big bold letters. Buffy tore the paper off the door and entered the Pizza Palace.

The place was not really busy at the moment so Buffy tried to find the manager. She walked up to the register. Behind the register stood a girl around her age. She had brown hair that was pulled back in a pony tail, and blue eyes. She wore a Pizza Palace uniform.

"Hi, welcome to Pizza Palace. How may I help you?" the girl asked in a New York accent.

"Hi, my name is Sydney and I was wondering if I can apply for a job here." said Buffy. "Is the manager in?"

"Yeah, hold on." the girl said to her. She then yelled: "HEY BILLY! SOMEONE TO SEE YOU!"

The girl turned back around to Buffy. "He'll be out in a minute."

"Okay." replied Buffy.

A few moments later an elderly man came out. He was slightly bold, and the hair he had left was gray. He had green eyes. The man wore a greasy t-shirt, and a pair of old baggy jeans.

"Yeah, what's going on?" he asked the girl. The he noticed Buffy. "May I help you?"

Buffy showed him the help wanted ad. "Yes, my name is Sydney Garner and I would like to apply for a job here. I'm suppose to tell you April Jones sent me."

"April Jones uh?" asked the man with a grin. "Well, then I guess your hired." he replied with a laugh. "I'm Sall Connor by the way, and that lady behind the register is Ginny McBride."

"So, you're giving me the job?" Buffy asked hopefully.

"I'm going to need you fill out a few information papers and then we will get you started." explained Sall.

Sall went into the back and came back with a few sheets of paper in his hand. He handed them to Buffy. It only took Buffy a few minutes to fill out the papers, and she remembered to use her alias name on the question: What is your full name? When she was done, she handed them back to Sall.

"Now, I'm going to ask you if you have any experience in this kind of work?"

"No, not really but I'm willing to give anything a try." Buffy answered with a smile.

"That's what I like to here." replied Sall with a laugh. He turned to Ginny. "Why don't you show her the ropes around here and help her get started?"

"Okay but who will take over the resigter?" Ginny asked.

"I'll call in a few of the others and see if they can come in." answered Sall as he went back into the kitchen area.

"All right, well, lets get started." Ginny replied.

Ginny showed her around the resturant, and Buffy got to meet a few of the workers who came in. After Ginny showed her around, she thought it would be best if Buffy started waiting and cleaning the tables. Buffy didn't mind at all.

Ginny showed her a few times on how to wait tables then Buffy did a few. She did pretty well for her first time. Buffy did this rest of the day and well into the night.

Around eight o' clock PM, Buffy was done for the day. "I guess I'll be going." said Buffy to Ginny. "What time should I come in tomorrow?"

"Come in around noon." Sall answered for Ginny as he came back to see Buffy off.

"All right." replied Buffy with a smile. Buffy started to walk out, but then stopped and turned back around to ask a question to Sall: "How come you hired me?"

"Well, one, you're a good worker and two, you're friends with April Jones." answered Sall. "She's one of our best costumers. She comes in about every week ordering about four to six pizzas. "

"Oh, okay." Buffy replied. "Well I'll see you tomorrow." with that said, Buffy made her way out of restaurant and made her way back to her apartment for a good nights rest.

To Be Continued...