Still Buffy's House
Lilly tossed and turned all night. She kept reliving those moments on the deserted lot. What could she have done? She kept thinking that she heard noises, vampires, in the shadows around the house. Buffy had said they couldn't get her as long as she stayed inside and said nothing, but she didn't know if it was true or just something the guidance counselor said to make her feel safer.
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The next morning Willow Rosenburg woke up early and refreshed in the Summers' guest room. She stretched, pulled on some sweat clothes and jogged down the stairs. She tuned the corner at the bottom of the stairs to go to the kitchen, but she saw something not quite right out of the corner of her eye. She turned the other way and walked over to the couch. She saw a young, high-school girl asleep on the couch under some old sheets from the closet.
So, that must be who I heard come in last night. She had been studying a little upstairs and Buffy had gone down to check on Dawn. Then she heard someone banging on the door. She was about to get up and see who it was but she heard Buffy answer it. They started talking but she didn't really hear because she went and took a shower, and the voices had stopped when she came out.
Buffy had gone out on patrol later that night, after everyone else was sleeping. She had encountered a lot more vampires than normal, but most were dusted effectively. Some had been chasing her when she had neared the end of her patrol, but the sun had come up and they had nowhere to run. She slept in late and when she woke everyone, including Lilly, was awake.
Dawn woke up shortly after Willow, and she pulled on a bathrobe and made her way downstairs. Lilly was just waking up when Dawn came down.
"Hey," said Dawn.
"Hi," said Lilly.
"So how did you know where to find our house?"
"You're in the student directory. Anyway, I've heard some really weird things about your sister."
"Like what?" asked Dawn, with a small amount of rising panic, as no one was supposed to know that Buffy was the Slayer.
"Well, you know when the old high school blew up?"
"Yeah"
"Well, they say there was this giant snake and she attacked it with a knife and then she blew it up. They also said that she burned down the gym at her old school a long time ago and that she was expelled but the librarian blackmailed the principal to let her back in."
"Um." said Dawn. She couldn't deny it, but she couldn't tell her the truth.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter. I'm hungry, how about you?"
"Yeah, let's go see what's in the kitchen. Willow's up, maybe she'll have made something. Probably not, but there's always cereal."
"Willow?"
"Oh, Buffy's friend. She lives in the guest room."
Lilly got up off the couch and the two girls walked into the kitchen, where they ate large bowls of cereal and talked about school and guys and the like. Eventually Buffy got up and came down and ate some toast.
Okay, okay, this is sort of a boring part. More exciting (and mysterious) things coming soon!
Lilly tossed and turned all night. She kept reliving those moments on the deserted lot. What could she have done? She kept thinking that she heard noises, vampires, in the shadows around the house. Buffy had said they couldn't get her as long as she stayed inside and said nothing, but she didn't know if it was true or just something the guidance counselor said to make her feel safer.
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The next morning Willow Rosenburg woke up early and refreshed in the Summers' guest room. She stretched, pulled on some sweat clothes and jogged down the stairs. She tuned the corner at the bottom of the stairs to go to the kitchen, but she saw something not quite right out of the corner of her eye. She turned the other way and walked over to the couch. She saw a young, high-school girl asleep on the couch under some old sheets from the closet.
So, that must be who I heard come in last night. She had been studying a little upstairs and Buffy had gone down to check on Dawn. Then she heard someone banging on the door. She was about to get up and see who it was but she heard Buffy answer it. They started talking but she didn't really hear because she went and took a shower, and the voices had stopped when she came out.
Buffy had gone out on patrol later that night, after everyone else was sleeping. She had encountered a lot more vampires than normal, but most were dusted effectively. Some had been chasing her when she had neared the end of her patrol, but the sun had come up and they had nowhere to run. She slept in late and when she woke everyone, including Lilly, was awake.
Dawn woke up shortly after Willow, and she pulled on a bathrobe and made her way downstairs. Lilly was just waking up when Dawn came down.
"Hey," said Dawn.
"Hi," said Lilly.
"So how did you know where to find our house?"
"You're in the student directory. Anyway, I've heard some really weird things about your sister."
"Like what?" asked Dawn, with a small amount of rising panic, as no one was supposed to know that Buffy was the Slayer.
"Well, you know when the old high school blew up?"
"Yeah"
"Well, they say there was this giant snake and she attacked it with a knife and then she blew it up. They also said that she burned down the gym at her old school a long time ago and that she was expelled but the librarian blackmailed the principal to let her back in."
"Um." said Dawn. She couldn't deny it, but she couldn't tell her the truth.
"Whatever. It doesn't matter. I'm hungry, how about you?"
"Yeah, let's go see what's in the kitchen. Willow's up, maybe she'll have made something. Probably not, but there's always cereal."
"Willow?"
"Oh, Buffy's friend. She lives in the guest room."
Lilly got up off the couch and the two girls walked into the kitchen, where they ate large bowls of cereal and talked about school and guys and the like. Eventually Buffy got up and came down and ate some toast.
Okay, okay, this is sort of a boring part. More exciting (and mysterious) things coming soon!
