Losing Yourself- Anew Way Of Life
Buffy woke up that morning excited to see her father but depressed about her mothers death. But one thing was sure to her… Angelus would pay with his life for what he did.
Giles was already up before Buffy and he was in the kitchen making breakfast, which consisted of eggs, bacon, and toast.
Buffy walked out to the kitchen and Giles greeted her.
"Good morning, Buffy. How did you sleep last night?"
Buffy yawned. "Not so much of the sleeping, but more of the tossing and turning."
"I didn't expect you to be able to after what happened,"
"Plus, I am interested in seeing my dad. It has been years since my mom made him leave us, but she never really told me why."
"Well, perhaps he cheated or something along the lines of that."
"Giles… I have been wondering… what are we going to do with my mom? I mean we can't just leave her there in the house. Someone may see and I don't need the police involved in that,"
"Well, me and the others are going to take care of it while you are gone. Is that ok?"
"Yeah… I don't think I could handle being there"
Buffy and Giles talked for a few hours about what will happen when she is gone. During their discussion all of the Scooby's showed up to say good-bye to their friend and that they would keep in contact until she came back.
But finally the time came and Buffy's dad came in a dark blue convertible. Hank came into the house to say hi to his daughter's friends and they all talked for a while.
But then came the time for him to take Buffy back to L.A. with him. So Buffy said good-bye to her friends and got into her dad's car and they drove off. During the ride Buffy and her dad talked and got reacquainted.
Finally they arrived at her dad's house and Hank brought Buffy in the house and gave her a tour. Then he showed her to her new room. But then he did the unexpected.
Hank slammed her against the wall.
"Ok bitch, listen up this is my house and you are lucky I don't throw you out on the streets,
Buffy shoved him off of her. But he slammed her harder against the wall.
"I know your little secret and if you dare fight back or tell anyone about me I will show your little diaries full of secrets to the police and have you locked up in an institution. Got it."
With that Hank let go of her and shut the door behind himself and locked the deadbolt, which happened to be on the outside of the door.
Buffy couldn't believe what had just happened. Now I think I know why mom made him leave. But why would he want me here in the first place?
Buffy's POVI wonder what I am going to do. I mean I can't tell me friends, or anyone. I can't risk him telling the cops I mean with my record and all they would happy to lock me up for good. I know I can fight them but I just can't go in hiding forever.
An hour went by and Buffy had just grown hungry and really bored. Then she heard footsteps and the door unlock.
I hope he didn't come back to piss me off more. Or maybe he just came by to apologize. I bet it is just some joke he is pulling.
Hank came into Buffy's room and just stood there. So Buffy decided to give him a hug and tell him that she knows that he was only joking. But right when she wrapped her arms around his waist, he grabbed her by the hair and threw her against the wall.
"Don't touch me you disgusting little bitch."
"Dad, are you serious? I'm your daughter. How could you do this to me?"
"I don't give a shit if you're my daughter, the only reason you are here is to serve me. Now follow me.
Hank leads her into the kitchen and then turned to her.
"You are to have dinner, then do the chores I assign you with, then return to your room for the rest of the night. Then in the morning you are to go and get a job so you can buy your own food. The only thing I will provide you with is shelter, the rest you will have to figure out."
"But how am I supposed to find a job by tomorrow?"
"That is for you to find out. Now after you eat you shall do the laundry, mop the floors, do the dishes, clean the house, take out the garbage and do anything else I assign throughout the day. But if you fail to do what I say there will be consequences. The only thing that is yours in this house is your room, which you may do whatever you want with it. Now eat and get to work."
Buffy didn't hesitate and after she ate she got all of her chores done and she returned to her room. What the fuck did I get myself into? Well better get rest if I am going to get a jog tomorrow. I wonder what everyone else is doing now? And after the end of that thought she fell to sleep and dreamed of when Angel had his soul and was holding her and protecting her from her troubles.
In Sunnydale
Willow, Xander, Giles, Cordelia, and Oz were patrolling the cemeteries.
"Hey Giles, do you think that Angel would show up?"
"Well, there is a possibility,"
"Oh, well that's comforting." Cordelia said sarcastically
"I wonder what Buffy is doing right now?"
In L.A.- Morning
Buffy woke up at 6:00 and went into her bathroom, which was connected to her room. She took a shower, got dressed and put on her make-up.
Then wrote a note that read:
Dad-I went out to get a job and won't be back till later.
Love, Buffy
She took the note and put it somewhere her dad would see it and she grabbed her jacket and went out.
First place Buffy decided to go to was the mall. She looked for a store that would pay enough money for her but all she could only come across Hot Topic. It was a cool store so she went in and went up to the counter.
"I saw that you have a help wanted sign and I was wondering if I could get an application to work here?"
"That would be great, we always need and extra hand around here. You don't even have to fill out an application, just start now and you will get your pay of $200.00 every two weeks."
"That would be great, so what do I have to do?"
"Um just help costumers and work with stock items. Just for now then you can work on the cash register and you get a discount for everything you buy here."
Buffy set off to work in the back of the store working with storage. Then the time came where she got off her shift and went to the food court and bought something that she could afford with the money she had.