CHAPTER EIGHT - 'Someone To Save Me.'
Buffy started to put her purse in her bag, "Look guys it's getting kinda late I think we should all be heading back really."
Willow looked at her with big disappointed eyes, "But you haven't told us about you getting with Angel yet! You can't just stop there!" She pleaded.
Buffy laughed slightly at how much Willow had become engrossed in her stories of teen angst and heartbreak, "Come on Will you can wait until lunch tomorrow!"
With that Willow resigned her self to the fact that she wasn't going to hear the conclusion that night, "I guess we should all get some rest, after all the real work starts tomorrow."
"Do you guys want a ride?" Buffy asked.
"No it's alright the apartment building isn't far from here is it? We'll walk." Xander said.
"Ok then well I'll see you both tomorrow." Buffy said as she left the restaurant and headed to her car.
"Shit." She cursed as she looked at her car keys, "I've had way too much to drink." Buffy decided to herself that she'd walk after all driving after that much drink was just stupid.
~*~
Buffy had been walking for a couple of minutes lost in thoughts of absolutely nothing but then her mind started to wander towards what her and Angel use to call the lost year. The year that Buffy had spent away from all of those people who had been so important to her when she was mixed up with Spike.
~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~
Buffy pulled on her shoes and turned to see Parker lying naked on his bed. Her head was spinning from the alcohol and all she wanted to do was to go home and get into her own bed.
She left the room and headed down the stairs to find Anya.
"Anya you coming? I'm leaving." She said as she stood over the girl that had quickly become the replacement for Cordy.
"Where've you been I've been looking for you?" Anya asked saying her goodbyes to the school football team.
"Well I finally got my way with Parker!" Buffy boasted sporting a smirk.
"God Buffy when are you gonna learn!" Anya muttered.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Buffy slurred as she slid into the passenger seat of Anya's car.
"Come on you know what I mean, these men! You pick a guy and you hunt them down until you get them and then you leave. Why do you cut yourself off think this?" Anya shouted.
Anya knew that what she was saying sounded harsh but it had to be said. Buffy was in her last year of high school and she was throwing everything away by drinking every weekend and not giving any man half a chance.
"Don't be like that Anya I love you!" Buffy sounded like a child as she spoke whilst slumped against the window.
"I'm saying this because I care." Anya sighed, "Anyway we're at your house, go in go straight to bed and sleep it off. Please try and avoid your mom ok!"
"K. See ya on Monday." Buffy said as she climbed out of the car.
~*~
"Buffy is that you?" Joyce Summers said when she heard the front door open. She had been waiting for over an hour for her eldest daughter to come home.
"Yeah, I'm going to bed." Buffy said trying to make a B-line for the stairs.
"Wait a minute young lady you're late and I want to know why." Joyce sounded harsh as she moved from the living room into the hall.
Buffy turned to face where she knew her mother would be stood she tried to stand straight, "I lost track of time."
"Buffy Summers are you drunk?" Joyce asked sounding as if she was in no mood for messing, "Again!" She added.
"No mom I don't drink." Buffy lied.
"I've had enough of this Buffy. I use to worry about what you were getting up to when you were with Spike but it's nothing compared to the behaviour I've seen from you since you broke up. We'll discuss this in the morning now get to your room!" Joyce ordered.
Buffy made her way up the stairs towards her bedroom not listening to a word her mother said. She had heard it all before and was in no mood to hear it again. She was nearly eighteen and she was old enough to decide what was right for her.
"Hey Dawnie what you doing up?" She said sitting herself down on the floor outside her younger sisters bedroom.
"I heard shouting." Dawn said rubbing her eyes.
"Sorry about that I always seem to wake you up don't I?" Buffy said smiling.
Dawn just nodded, she worried about her sister a lot, she knew that Buffy went to a lot of parties and had lots of boyfriends but she also knew that her sister wasn't happy because most night she would hear her sister crying herself to sleep.
"Did you have a good night?" Dawn asked.
"You could say that." Buffy grinned.
"What's his name?" Dawn droned.
"Parker."
"I liked Spike." Dawn added.
"Yeah well he's gone, he's been for a while now hell it's nearly a year Dawn get over it. He's in Europe somewhere having the time of his life so lets not even bother to talk about him, k?" Buffy said as she lifted herself from the floor and went into her room.
Dawn watched the door close to her sisters bedroom she knew that Buffy would either pass out until morning or she wouldn't be able to sleep and she'd even up crying like every other night.
~~~ END FLASHBACK ~~~
TBC.
Buffy started to put her purse in her bag, "Look guys it's getting kinda late I think we should all be heading back really."
Willow looked at her with big disappointed eyes, "But you haven't told us about you getting with Angel yet! You can't just stop there!" She pleaded.
Buffy laughed slightly at how much Willow had become engrossed in her stories of teen angst and heartbreak, "Come on Will you can wait until lunch tomorrow!"
With that Willow resigned her self to the fact that she wasn't going to hear the conclusion that night, "I guess we should all get some rest, after all the real work starts tomorrow."
"Do you guys want a ride?" Buffy asked.
"No it's alright the apartment building isn't far from here is it? We'll walk." Xander said.
"Ok then well I'll see you both tomorrow." Buffy said as she left the restaurant and headed to her car.
"Shit." She cursed as she looked at her car keys, "I've had way too much to drink." Buffy decided to herself that she'd walk after all driving after that much drink was just stupid.
~*~
Buffy had been walking for a couple of minutes lost in thoughts of absolutely nothing but then her mind started to wander towards what her and Angel use to call the lost year. The year that Buffy had spent away from all of those people who had been so important to her when she was mixed up with Spike.
~~~ FLASHBACK ~~~
Buffy pulled on her shoes and turned to see Parker lying naked on his bed. Her head was spinning from the alcohol and all she wanted to do was to go home and get into her own bed.
She left the room and headed down the stairs to find Anya.
"Anya you coming? I'm leaving." She said as she stood over the girl that had quickly become the replacement for Cordy.
"Where've you been I've been looking for you?" Anya asked saying her goodbyes to the school football team.
"Well I finally got my way with Parker!" Buffy boasted sporting a smirk.
"God Buffy when are you gonna learn!" Anya muttered.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Buffy slurred as she slid into the passenger seat of Anya's car.
"Come on you know what I mean, these men! You pick a guy and you hunt them down until you get them and then you leave. Why do you cut yourself off think this?" Anya shouted.
Anya knew that what she was saying sounded harsh but it had to be said. Buffy was in her last year of high school and she was throwing everything away by drinking every weekend and not giving any man half a chance.
"Don't be like that Anya I love you!" Buffy sounded like a child as she spoke whilst slumped against the window.
"I'm saying this because I care." Anya sighed, "Anyway we're at your house, go in go straight to bed and sleep it off. Please try and avoid your mom ok!"
"K. See ya on Monday." Buffy said as she climbed out of the car.
~*~
"Buffy is that you?" Joyce Summers said when she heard the front door open. She had been waiting for over an hour for her eldest daughter to come home.
"Yeah, I'm going to bed." Buffy said trying to make a B-line for the stairs.
"Wait a minute young lady you're late and I want to know why." Joyce sounded harsh as she moved from the living room into the hall.
Buffy turned to face where she knew her mother would be stood she tried to stand straight, "I lost track of time."
"Buffy Summers are you drunk?" Joyce asked sounding as if she was in no mood for messing, "Again!" She added.
"No mom I don't drink." Buffy lied.
"I've had enough of this Buffy. I use to worry about what you were getting up to when you were with Spike but it's nothing compared to the behaviour I've seen from you since you broke up. We'll discuss this in the morning now get to your room!" Joyce ordered.
Buffy made her way up the stairs towards her bedroom not listening to a word her mother said. She had heard it all before and was in no mood to hear it again. She was nearly eighteen and she was old enough to decide what was right for her.
"Hey Dawnie what you doing up?" She said sitting herself down on the floor outside her younger sisters bedroom.
"I heard shouting." Dawn said rubbing her eyes.
"Sorry about that I always seem to wake you up don't I?" Buffy said smiling.
Dawn just nodded, she worried about her sister a lot, she knew that Buffy went to a lot of parties and had lots of boyfriends but she also knew that her sister wasn't happy because most night she would hear her sister crying herself to sleep.
"Did you have a good night?" Dawn asked.
"You could say that." Buffy grinned.
"What's his name?" Dawn droned.
"Parker."
"I liked Spike." Dawn added.
"Yeah well he's gone, he's been for a while now hell it's nearly a year Dawn get over it. He's in Europe somewhere having the time of his life so lets not even bother to talk about him, k?" Buffy said as she lifted herself from the floor and went into her room.
Dawn watched the door close to her sisters bedroom she knew that Buffy would either pass out until morning or she wouldn't be able to sleep and she'd even up crying like every other night.
~~~ END FLASHBACK ~~~
TBC.
