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--- In The_Watchers_Compound@yahoogroups.com, "neptune_boy85"
<neptune_boy85@...> wrote:
>
> Buffy excused herself from the conversation that Giles and Andrew
> were having with yet another potential slayer that had showed up
at
> their doorstep. It was never-ending, it seemed. How many were
> there? She stopped at the kitchen and grabbed a small water from
> the fridge before escaping to her back porch.
>
> It was dusk, and Buffy just relished at how peaceful it seemed.
She
> had dealt with problems before. Hell, she had been through more
> apocalypse than most, and she's died 2 times, 3 if you count
Warren
> shooting her, but this was different. Buffy could feel it in her
> soul...in every fiber of her being. Maybe it was her hormones. Or
> maybe it was the fact that the last several weeks, most of the
> fights have come from within this house. How are they going to be
> able to win the war, if they can't stand to be in the same room
> together?
>
> Buffy sighed heavily as she took a small sip of her water. Her
hand
> resting on her belly. There was a life inside of her, and she was
> terrified. Only one other slayer has had children, and that
didn't
> turn out well. Her job. Her calling was to protect the world,
and
> all she wanted to do was protect this child. She chuckled to
> herself. Years with the weight of the world on her shoulders, and
> this, a tiny child, was able to scare her.
>
> It was times like these, Buffy missed her mom. Missed how she
made
> everything easy. With all the death in her life, her home was
> always a safe-haven, and now, it was filled with strangers. Even
> her family was too distracted to see that she needed someone, but
> all that didn't matter. She allowed her these selfish minutes to
> think about herself, and now, she'd turn around and head back
inside
> to the disaster that was quickly growing.
>
> Buffy took another sip of water, and stared at the beautiful
> sunset. Running a hand through her hair, she turned around and
> headed for the door, where she opened it reluctantly. Hearing
loud
> shouts from Giles and Andrew arguing about something, Buffy closed
> the door again. Maybe just a few more minutes.
>