Willow woke up before sunrise. She climbed out of her bed and looked around the room. Faith, Buffy and Dawn were still sleeping soundly. Buffy had her replacement stuffed pig, Mr. Gordo II, cuddled in her arms. Dawn and Faith were laying spread out over their beds. Willow moved silently around the room.
Willow went to her trunk and grabbed everything that she needed to get ready for the day. She went down the stairs to the bathroom. Willow gasped in surprise when she walked into the bathroom. The room was huge. The tub was the size of a tub in a tub in a roman bath. She started to run a bath in the pool like tub. She added her favorite bubble bath. Willow quickly undressed in climbed into the bath.
Willow stretched out as she relaxed in the hot water and washed her hair. Then she got out of the tub and dressed. Willow went back to put her things away. Before they arrived at Hogwarts, every one had agreed to keep their bath things in their trunks. That was the only way to keep the bathroom uncluttered with so many women in their tower. Xander and Andrew had originally brought up the subject. They knew what it was like in the Summers' bathroom and didn't want a repeat of the every day mess.
Willow saw that her roommates were still asleep. She quickly left the tower. She went down the staircases. Willow went out the great doors and sat down on the steps to watch the sunrise. It was something that she had done numerous times since she had returned from her time in England. Willow had used the time to mediate and center herself for the battle against the First.
The sun rose over the lake. It was beautiful. Willow just looked at the sunrise and enjoyed the quiet. In Sunnydale, quiet had been very little commodity. The Slayers and Dawn were all teenagers and they made a lot of noise. So Willow had started getting up before sunrise, so that she could have some peace to meditate.
The sun was up before Willow knew it. She headed back inside for breakfast.
TBC