*** part four***
A new day has come. The sun has risen and warms the earth with her light. Everything looks so calm, so peaceful. But it's fake. The demon activity, the vampires wandering around in the middle of the night, it's all gone. For now at least.
The house is still quit when Alyssa wakes up. She opens her eyes and let them ajust to the dark surrounding her. After a few minutes she decided to get out and take a shower while she can. When she's done, she walks downstairs and starts making breakfast. She loves this house. The rumour of the potentials talking, fighting and training is good, but the quitness is better. She's always been like that. More with the calm than with the rush. She will fight when she has to, kill when necessairy, but rather wants calm and peacefull quit. When she's done making breakfast, she grasps a cup of coffee and walks outside, sitting down at the porch, inhaling the dawn of the risen day.
When she's lost in her thoughts, reminders of her life get inside her head, and cloud it. Suddenly she remembers everything again. From the moment she arrived in Sunnydale to the fight she had with Giles last night. When she's opens her eyes, she finds Amanda sitting right next to her.
"You seemed far away. Where were you? " Amanda asks her.
"Like you said, far away."
"There's more to you than you wanna show us right?"
"Yes, there is. But it's not all sunshine. Some things are dark, painfull. Am not sure you want to know that" Alyssa tells her.
"Well, I do. I mean, I care. For you. You are different than anyone I've ever met, you really live. You are real, not some big fake, who thinks she can do it all on her own. So yes, I want to know."
"Alright, stop the begging. Just wanna know you got a few minutes."
She sighs, now she had to tell her. Tell her everything there was to know. She took a deep breath, a few seconds later she started talking.
"Three years ago I came to Sunnydale. I was 17 years old right then. I had just found out that my parents lied to me, practically their entire life. I had found out that my parents are not my real ones, I was adopted. Found out that my parents died when I was just a kid. But the weirdest thing was that somehow I knew. Somehow I wasn't said when they told me how they died. I have always known deep down. "
She took another breath. Looked up at the sky and continued.
"For me it was time to live my life. Away from my adoptiv parents, away from everything that was save. Now I was on my own and I loved it. So my travel started. Went everywhere, slept in motels, sometimes even outside. A few weeks after I left my parents, I say the Welcome to Sunnydale sign. I was interested in the city right away. After a few miles walking downtown I ended up at a cemetary. Now I know, not the savest place to hide."
Amanda had listened to her every word, and almost begged her to go.
"I had the weirdest encounter of my life at that cemetary. What I found, was a guy who looked if he grawled out of a grave. Right then I didn't knew that vampires excisted. So when he walked into me, ready to kill, my instincts told me to kill it. So I fought, and somehow I won. When I dusted the vampire I looked in the face of a girl, dressed to kill. I saw the stake in her hand and the wonder on her face. She asked me how I did that, who I was didn't even seem to mather. That night we had a long conversation at the same cemetary. When the sun started to rise she asked me if I wanted to come with her. She had a spare bed. Must have looked like I needed one. So I did went with her."
"So that was Buffy. Is that when you met Giles?", Amanda asks longing for more.
"No, not right away. When we arrived at the house, I took a little nap, and Buffy told me she was coming back later that afternoon. And indeed she did. She took me to the magicbox to meet her friends. That's when I met Giles".
"You liked him right away?"
"Hell no, I thought of him as an old, boring librarian. He turned out to be more exiding than I thought. Lots more."
"Tell me, please, don't let me wait that long"
"Yeah, yeah, hold your cows. I'll tell you. So weeks, months, had pasts since our first meeting. Apocalypses we won, thousands of demons we killed. Then the big tragedy started. The day Tara died. From that moment Willow started to grow to evil, more than to good. Well you know the rest. So when Willow was taken to England, I decided to pay her a little visit. Ended up paying Giles a very long visit, but that's not the point right now. We ended up having a short but intense relationship. But when Willow returned to Sunnydale, I went with her, leaving Giles really angry and upset. So that's why there was so much tension around us, when you arrived. Well, sorry but that's kind of it"
"Don't you think that's enough. So I think a difference of opion is what there's still left between the two of you?", Amanda asks.
"Oh yes, I don't when that's going to be over, but I make that best out of it. It's all I can do right now."
Right that moment Amanda and Alyssa lock eyes. It's like the world just stopped. Right that moment they share each other thoughts. Both knowing everything will turn out alright.
***to be continued
A new day has come. The sun has risen and warms the earth with her light. Everything looks so calm, so peaceful. But it's fake. The demon activity, the vampires wandering around in the middle of the night, it's all gone. For now at least.
The house is still quit when Alyssa wakes up. She opens her eyes and let them ajust to the dark surrounding her. After a few minutes she decided to get out and take a shower while she can. When she's done, she walks downstairs and starts making breakfast. She loves this house. The rumour of the potentials talking, fighting and training is good, but the quitness is better. She's always been like that. More with the calm than with the rush. She will fight when she has to, kill when necessairy, but rather wants calm and peacefull quit. When she's done making breakfast, she grasps a cup of coffee and walks outside, sitting down at the porch, inhaling the dawn of the risen day.
When she's lost in her thoughts, reminders of her life get inside her head, and cloud it. Suddenly she remembers everything again. From the moment she arrived in Sunnydale to the fight she had with Giles last night. When she's opens her eyes, she finds Amanda sitting right next to her.
"You seemed far away. Where were you? " Amanda asks her.
"Like you said, far away."
"There's more to you than you wanna show us right?"
"Yes, there is. But it's not all sunshine. Some things are dark, painfull. Am not sure you want to know that" Alyssa tells her.
"Well, I do. I mean, I care. For you. You are different than anyone I've ever met, you really live. You are real, not some big fake, who thinks she can do it all on her own. So yes, I want to know."
"Alright, stop the begging. Just wanna know you got a few minutes."
She sighs, now she had to tell her. Tell her everything there was to know. She took a deep breath, a few seconds later she started talking.
"Three years ago I came to Sunnydale. I was 17 years old right then. I had just found out that my parents lied to me, practically their entire life. I had found out that my parents are not my real ones, I was adopted. Found out that my parents died when I was just a kid. But the weirdest thing was that somehow I knew. Somehow I wasn't said when they told me how they died. I have always known deep down. "
She took another breath. Looked up at the sky and continued.
"For me it was time to live my life. Away from my adoptiv parents, away from everything that was save. Now I was on my own and I loved it. So my travel started. Went everywhere, slept in motels, sometimes even outside. A few weeks after I left my parents, I say the Welcome to Sunnydale sign. I was interested in the city right away. After a few miles walking downtown I ended up at a cemetary. Now I know, not the savest place to hide."
Amanda had listened to her every word, and almost begged her to go.
"I had the weirdest encounter of my life at that cemetary. What I found, was a guy who looked if he grawled out of a grave. Right then I didn't knew that vampires excisted. So when he walked into me, ready to kill, my instincts told me to kill it. So I fought, and somehow I won. When I dusted the vampire I looked in the face of a girl, dressed to kill. I saw the stake in her hand and the wonder on her face. She asked me how I did that, who I was didn't even seem to mather. That night we had a long conversation at the same cemetary. When the sun started to rise she asked me if I wanted to come with her. She had a spare bed. Must have looked like I needed one. So I did went with her."
"So that was Buffy. Is that when you met Giles?", Amanda asks longing for more.
"No, not right away. When we arrived at the house, I took a little nap, and Buffy told me she was coming back later that afternoon. And indeed she did. She took me to the magicbox to meet her friends. That's when I met Giles".
"You liked him right away?"
"Hell no, I thought of him as an old, boring librarian. He turned out to be more exiding than I thought. Lots more."
"Tell me, please, don't let me wait that long"
"Yeah, yeah, hold your cows. I'll tell you. So weeks, months, had pasts since our first meeting. Apocalypses we won, thousands of demons we killed. Then the big tragedy started. The day Tara died. From that moment Willow started to grow to evil, more than to good. Well you know the rest. So when Willow was taken to England, I decided to pay her a little visit. Ended up paying Giles a very long visit, but that's not the point right now. We ended up having a short but intense relationship. But when Willow returned to Sunnydale, I went with her, leaving Giles really angry and upset. So that's why there was so much tension around us, when you arrived. Well, sorry but that's kind of it"
"Don't you think that's enough. So I think a difference of opion is what there's still left between the two of you?", Amanda asks.
"Oh yes, I don't when that's going to be over, but I make that best out of it. It's all I can do right now."
Right that moment Amanda and Alyssa lock eyes. It's like the world just stopped. Right that moment they share each other thoughts. Both knowing everything will turn out alright.
***to be continued