Giles House
2:02 PM
Rose sighed heavily.
"You really want to know about me?"
"Honey of course I wan't to know about you. Everything," Cordelia said sympathetically.
"Why?" Rose asked.
"Well for one I am extremely nosey and second I really like you Rose."
"Really?"
"Of course. You and Dawn both have a certain spunk that Nicky and Alex haven't yet developed. You have that whole 'deer caught in the headlights' persona going good for you," Cordelia smiled waiting for Rose to speak.
"Okay, it started when I was five," Rose started.
"What started?" Cordelia encouraged.
"The threats. The people I was staying with at the time kept telling me they were going to kill me. They kept saying that if I didn't tell them where the slayer was I would pay. I found out later that every family I had landed with were vamps. I was upset when I found that this was no accident. Somehow a long time ago, the vampires cracked into the orphanage system and sent every child to a vampire or demon family that raised them to be evil. The difference with me was that they knew I was Drusilla's daughter and they somehow associated that with Buffy. They thought I knew how to get to her, therefore making me the ultimate child. The one all of the families wanted. They would do crazy things just to get their hands on me."
"Like what?" Cordelia whispered.
"They would...kill each other and then take me and threaten me with all different kinds of things. But I never knew who Buffy even was until I heard my mom for the first time when I was 10. She told me everything and I believed her. She told me she killed my father and I would never get to know him." Rose turned her head to the door as Buffy, Anya, and Emily.
"Ms. Chase," Emily squeaked and rushed over to the sofa and into Cordelia's arms.
"Hey there Emmalu. What's up you guys?" Cordelia looked concerned.
"That's her," Rose pointed at Emily her eyes wide. She gulped and grew short of breath.
"Who?" Buffy was quickly at Rose's side. She gripped Rose on the shoulders and shook her gently.
"What do you know?"
"My sister. Emily is my sister."