Story: Allies & Enemies: Joyce Summers

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TITLE: Allies & Enemies: Joyce Summers
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Joyce Summers

A normal life? What did the goddess mean by that? Did she mean that 
Buffy won't be the Slayer anymore? That maybe she could have a life 
where she didn't have to risk her life every night. A life where 
Buffy will grow old. A life where she might become something more 
then just a killing machine. Is that what she meant?

I'm not a stupid woman. I know my daughter's heart. I know how much 
she loved Angel and I know how much she loves Willow. I saw that 
before she did. They were closer then friends even when that was all 
they were. 

I know they're not going to tell me about it for awhile. I 
understand. They need time to find out some things for themselves. 
It's funny how far I've come. A few short years ago, if Buffy told me 
she was in love with a woman, I'd of flipped. Now.....now its a non-
issue. Just like it's a non-issue that Willow is a practicing witch 
and Xander is head-over-heals in love with the ex-patron demon of 
scorned women. All non-issues. 

What about me? What is normal for me? I've been married for less 
then a week to the best man I have ever known. Rupert is amazing. 
He's kind, he's caring, and he loves Buffy like she is his own. But 
is it a normal love? Would I have fallen for him if he wasn't a 
watcher and if Buffy wasn't a slayer? I don't know.

A normal life? No vampires to dust, no demons to fight, is that what 
I want? Is that what she meant? Would all the vampires and the evil 
disappear or would we just be out of the mix? Could we live with 
that? Could Buffy live with that? 

The sad truth is no.

As much as I would love to live a normal life, for my daughter to live 
a normal life, it's just not in the cards. I know my daughter. I 
know what choice she will eventually make and I know the others will 
follow her lead. Rupert will follow her lead.

That means I will follow her lead.

A normal life.

This is a normal life.

At least for us.