Chapter 4 I'm Not Buffy, Really! The girls now begin to get along, but when Buffy finds some deep dark secret from her mom out they both begin to contemplate their reality of their own lives.
Buffy and Elizabeth are inseparable. Xander is going mad. He sees Buffy in one place then he turns around and sees Elizabeth waving at him.
"So your dad is British?" asks Buffy. "Must be cool. I'd probably like a man with a British accent. I don't know. It sounds kind of sexy."
"Well, I don't really see my dad in that way," says Elizabeth. Buffy eyes widen as she looks at Elizabeth. Then they both laugh.
"He must be a really cool dad," says Buffy. "I mean letting you come all the way here to the states."
"Yeah, he is," says Elizabeth as she pulls out her purse and looks for a picture of her dad.
"Hey," says Willow as she walks up to 'the twins'.
"Hi," both Buffy and Elizabeth say at the same time and in harmony. The two laugh.
"So, what have you two been up to?" ask Willow.
"Oh, the usual," says Buffy with an evil smirk.
"You guys ready for the midterm coming up?" The three girls walk down the hallway.
"Yes, Buffy and I are having a study session at her house," says Elizabeth. "Do want to join us?"
"Love to guys, but I got a study session with Tara." Buffy and Elizabeth look at each other then at Willow. "What!" The twins smile at Willow.
"Sure, you two have a nice time," says Buffy sarcastically.
"Bye," says Elizabeth as they walk away. Willow looks at her friends and nods her head then walks away.
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Later that night the twins meet up at Buffy's house. It's not that far from the college. Buffy usually walks there. Everything is walking distance in Sunnydale.
"Buffy we could of called my driver and have him drive us," Elizabeth suggest.
"No, it really isn't that far," says Buffy. "Here we are."
The girls walk over to the door and enter the house. Buffy closes the door.
"Too bad my mom isn't here tonight." says Buffy as she hangs both their coats in a coat hanger. "She makes killer coco." Elizabeth smiles.
"My mother use to love to make that," says Elizabeth.
"Really!" says Buffy.
"My mother was American," Elizabeth says.
"Was," says Buffy.
"Mother and father separated when I was very young." Elizabeth says.
"Mine too," says Buffy. "How do you remember about the coco?"
"My Aunt Anya use to make it for me. She was good friends with my mom. She told me a lot about her." The two head into the living room and sit down on the sofa. They pull out their books and notebooks.
"I'll go get us some munchies," Buffy says getting up and heading into the kitchen.
"What?" says Elizabeth.
"Brain food," says Buffy. Elizabeth understands Buffy. Buffy enters the kitchen as Elizabeth starts to look around the house. Then from a distance she sees a picture that seems familiar. Elizabeth puts her notebook down on the table and walks over to the table farthest to the right. It has a collection of photographs. One particular face stood out.
"Mom," says Elizabeth as she grabs the photograph and looks at it closely.
"Hey, Elizabeth I couldn't decide on Cheetos or Doritos so I brought both," says Buffy as she enters the living room. Buffy looks at Elizabeth who is holding her mother's picture. She walks up to her and puts the chip bowls down on the table.
"What are you doing with her picture?" ask Elizabeth turning to Buffy. Buffy looks at the picture in Elizabeth's hand.
"That's my mom," replies Buffy.
"No, but that's my mother too," says Elizabeth. Her eyes filled with tears.
"How could she be your mom? Than that would make us..." says Buffy.
"Twin..." says Elizabeth as she puts the photograph back onto the table.
"...Sisters." Buffy finishes her sentence. They became quiet for a moment. Buffy then turns around and heads up the stairs. Elizabeth follows her. Buffy enters her mother's room and turns right then left. She looks at her mothers closet and heads over to it. Buffy opens it and begins to pull boxes out throwing them onto the floor.
Elizabeth stops at the doorway and watches Buffy pull out her mother's stuff out of a box. She then finds what she was looking for and walks over to the bed. Elizabeth walks over to Buffy and sits on the bed with her. Buffy is holding a picture in her hand. She hands it to Elizabeth and she looks at it.
"I was looking for picture for my family tree and I found this picture," says Buffy. She pauses and looks at Elizabeth. "That's you." The picture has two babies on Buffy's mother's lap.
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The girls stayed up late processing through their minds that they are sisters. Their parents have kept them apart for18 years.
"I can't believe it," says Elizabeth. They head back down stairs and sat down on the sofa. Elizabeth pulls out her picture of her dad. She shows it to Buffy. Buffy looks at it and walks over to the picture frame from the table of her mom. She pulls it out of the frame and walks back over to the sofa.
They both turn their parent's pictures over and find some writing. Buffy grabs Elizabeth's picture and puts them together on the coffee table.
Buffy reads the passage. 'I will always love you. Love, Rupert.'
"That's my dad's handwriting," says Elizabeth. Buffy turns to Elizabeth. She touches the ink on the back of the photograph. "I usually call him Giles.
Elizabeth turns the two photographs around and sees her parents during happy times. Her dad has his arm around her mom and they were both smiling.
"I always wondered whose arm was that?" says Buffy. "It's my father's." Buffy gets a little teary and tries to hold it in.
"And this beautiful woman here is my mother," says Elizabeth feeling happy that she finally knows what her mother looks like.
Buffy begins to stare at the floor. It seems very interesting somehow. Elizabeth looks at her newfound sister.
"Buffy," says Elizabeth. Buffy looks at her sister.
"I've got an idea," says Buffy.
"What?" ask Elizabeth. Buffy gets up and turns to Elizabeth.
"You want to get to know mom and I want to get to know dad," says Buffy. Elizabeth stands up. "We could switch places."
"Switch," says Elizabeth. "Buffy I don't think it's going to work. We are way too different."
"I so can do a British accent."
"You think that we can pull this off?"
"I think so." Buffy grabs her sister's hand. "We can do it."
Buffy and Elizabeth are inseparable. Xander is going mad. He sees Buffy in one place then he turns around and sees Elizabeth waving at him.
"So your dad is British?" asks Buffy. "Must be cool. I'd probably like a man with a British accent. I don't know. It sounds kind of sexy."
"Well, I don't really see my dad in that way," says Elizabeth. Buffy eyes widen as she looks at Elizabeth. Then they both laugh.
"He must be a really cool dad," says Buffy. "I mean letting you come all the way here to the states."
"Yeah, he is," says Elizabeth as she pulls out her purse and looks for a picture of her dad.
"Hey," says Willow as she walks up to 'the twins'.
"Hi," both Buffy and Elizabeth say at the same time and in harmony. The two laugh.
"So, what have you two been up to?" ask Willow.
"Oh, the usual," says Buffy with an evil smirk.
"You guys ready for the midterm coming up?" The three girls walk down the hallway.
"Yes, Buffy and I are having a study session at her house," says Elizabeth. "Do want to join us?"
"Love to guys, but I got a study session with Tara." Buffy and Elizabeth look at each other then at Willow. "What!" The twins smile at Willow.
"Sure, you two have a nice time," says Buffy sarcastically.
"Bye," says Elizabeth as they walk away. Willow looks at her friends and nods her head then walks away.
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Later that night the twins meet up at Buffy's house. It's not that far from the college. Buffy usually walks there. Everything is walking distance in Sunnydale.
"Buffy we could of called my driver and have him drive us," Elizabeth suggest.
"No, it really isn't that far," says Buffy. "Here we are."
The girls walk over to the door and enter the house. Buffy closes the door.
"Too bad my mom isn't here tonight." says Buffy as she hangs both their coats in a coat hanger. "She makes killer coco." Elizabeth smiles.
"My mother use to love to make that," says Elizabeth.
"Really!" says Buffy.
"My mother was American," Elizabeth says.
"Was," says Buffy.
"Mother and father separated when I was very young." Elizabeth says.
"Mine too," says Buffy. "How do you remember about the coco?"
"My Aunt Anya use to make it for me. She was good friends with my mom. She told me a lot about her." The two head into the living room and sit down on the sofa. They pull out their books and notebooks.
"I'll go get us some munchies," Buffy says getting up and heading into the kitchen.
"What?" says Elizabeth.
"Brain food," says Buffy. Elizabeth understands Buffy. Buffy enters the kitchen as Elizabeth starts to look around the house. Then from a distance she sees a picture that seems familiar. Elizabeth puts her notebook down on the table and walks over to the table farthest to the right. It has a collection of photographs. One particular face stood out.
"Mom," says Elizabeth as she grabs the photograph and looks at it closely.
"Hey, Elizabeth I couldn't decide on Cheetos or Doritos so I brought both," says Buffy as she enters the living room. Buffy looks at Elizabeth who is holding her mother's picture. She walks up to her and puts the chip bowls down on the table.
"What are you doing with her picture?" ask Elizabeth turning to Buffy. Buffy looks at the picture in Elizabeth's hand.
"That's my mom," replies Buffy.
"No, but that's my mother too," says Elizabeth. Her eyes filled with tears.
"How could she be your mom? Than that would make us..." says Buffy.
"Twin..." says Elizabeth as she puts the photograph back onto the table.
"...Sisters." Buffy finishes her sentence. They became quiet for a moment. Buffy then turns around and heads up the stairs. Elizabeth follows her. Buffy enters her mother's room and turns right then left. She looks at her mothers closet and heads over to it. Buffy opens it and begins to pull boxes out throwing them onto the floor.
Elizabeth stops at the doorway and watches Buffy pull out her mother's stuff out of a box. She then finds what she was looking for and walks over to the bed. Elizabeth walks over to Buffy and sits on the bed with her. Buffy is holding a picture in her hand. She hands it to Elizabeth and she looks at it.
"I was looking for picture for my family tree and I found this picture," says Buffy. She pauses and looks at Elizabeth. "That's you." The picture has two babies on Buffy's mother's lap.
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The girls stayed up late processing through their minds that they are sisters. Their parents have kept them apart for18 years.
"I can't believe it," says Elizabeth. They head back down stairs and sat down on the sofa. Elizabeth pulls out her picture of her dad. She shows it to Buffy. Buffy looks at it and walks over to the picture frame from the table of her mom. She pulls it out of the frame and walks back over to the sofa.
They both turn their parent's pictures over and find some writing. Buffy grabs Elizabeth's picture and puts them together on the coffee table.
Buffy reads the passage. 'I will always love you. Love, Rupert.'
"That's my dad's handwriting," says Elizabeth. Buffy turns to Elizabeth. She touches the ink on the back of the photograph. "I usually call him Giles.
Elizabeth turns the two photographs around and sees her parents during happy times. Her dad has his arm around her mom and they were both smiling.
"I always wondered whose arm was that?" says Buffy. "It's my father's." Buffy gets a little teary and tries to hold it in.
"And this beautiful woman here is my mother," says Elizabeth feeling happy that she finally knows what her mother looks like.
Buffy begins to stare at the floor. It seems very interesting somehow. Elizabeth looks at her newfound sister.
"Buffy," says Elizabeth. Buffy looks at her sister.
"I've got an idea," says Buffy.
"What?" ask Elizabeth. Buffy gets up and turns to Elizabeth.
"You want to get to know mom and I want to get to know dad," says Buffy. Elizabeth stands up. "We could switch places."
"Switch," says Elizabeth. "Buffy I don't think it's going to work. We are way too different."
"I so can do a British accent."
"You think that we can pull this off?"
"I think so." Buffy grabs her sister's hand. "We can do it."