Buffy sighed, looking out of her bedroom window as she twirled a strand of her honey blonde hair in her fingers. She sat there for what seemed like minutes to her but in reality was hours, just staring at the stars. She was broken from her concentration by the slamming of the front door. Buffy got up from her spot at the window and slowly went down the stairs. She went into the kitchen and found her mother sitting at the counter with her head in her hands and a cup of coffee sitting in front of her.
"Mom?" Buffy asked as she came and sat down next to her mother at the counter. "Are you ok?"
Joyce slowly lifted her head and looked at her daughter. "I am fine Buffy, I just had a hard day at work with Mr.Giles, its no big deal." Joyce said before taking a sip of her coffee and setting it lightly back down on the counter again. Buffy was not convinced but decided to leave it for today, her mother looked like she had already been threw enough for one day.
"Ok I guess I will just go watch some TV." Buffy said as she got up to walk into the living room, leaving her mother alone. Buffy flopped down on the couch and picked up the remote. She started flipping through the channels not really paying any attention to what was on, she was still thinking about why her mother was so upset.
She wondered if she got fired or if she just had a typical bad day. When Buffy finally came to a conclusion that she would just ask her mother in the morning she decided to go upstairs and get ready for bed. She entered her room and walked over to her closet she picked out a silky white night gown. She went over to the window and closed the blinds and started to undress. After she got the gown on she went over to her bedside table and picked up a brush and combed a few knots out of her hair. As she put the brush back down she looked at the picture sitting next to it, it was of Angel her fiancée, Buffy turned the picture down in disgust.
She never had wanted to marry Angel she had been betrothed to him since she was 5, and she hated it. She didn't even like Angel that much, he was always to protective and never really showed any emotion. She just acted like she liked him to make her mother happy. She sighed and slowly climbed into her bed to go to sleep.
About an hour later she was still lying in bed wide-awake, she just stared at the ceiling and groaned in frustration. She rolled over on her side and then onto the other side. Nothing. She finally gave up and got out of bed to go make some hot cocoa.
As Buffy passed her mother's bedroom she heard voices and realized her mother must be on the phone. Buffy knew she shouldn't listen, but couldn't help the curiosity. She leaned close to the door and heard the conversation.
"I know…I don't know what I am going to do." She heard her mother say. "I mean how am I going to support Buffy if I don't have a job anymore." ……. "No I haven't told her yet"…. "I know, I will eventually."….. " Ok I will talk to you tomorrow, bye" and she heard the phone click onto the receiver. Buffy stayed at the door a few more minutes still in shock. Until she made her way back into her bedroom, she didn't feel like drinking hot chocolate that much anymore…
