BtVS Double Drabble: Doing Nothing

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Doing Nothing
Fandom: BtVS
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 313: Nothing To Do at drabble_zone.
Spoilers/Setting: Early Season 2.
Summary: For once in her life, there’s absolutely nothing Buffy needs to be doing.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 


Buffy woke before her alarm was due to go off, rolled over in bed, stretched, and then stopped. It was Saturday so there was no school, and last night’s patrol had been such a bust that she’d gotten all her homework finished. Add to that the little detail of her mom being away of one of her occasional buying trips, and…
 

There was absolutely nothing Buffy needed to do, and she had all day ahead of her to do all the nothing she wanted.
 

It was unprecedented! A moment that deserved to be marked by a celebration of some kind.

 
“Yay! I get a me day! Okay, that’s enough celebrating.” Rolling back onto her other side, Buffy wrapped one arm around Mr Gordo and went back to sleep.

 
When she woke up again, it was noon and she was hungry, so she pulled her robe on over her pyjamas and went to find something to eat. Cereal, juice, and an apple, minimal dishes to rinse and slot into the dishwasher, followed by a leisurely bath with nobody telling her to hurry up…
 

Sinking into the hot water, Buffy gave a blissful sigh. A day of doing nothing was sheer heaven.
 

 
The End
 

Comments

[apachefirecat]

Oh, that does sound like a little slice of Heaven!!!! Especially for those of us who would give our eye teeth to be able to get a bath instead of a shower, or even a shower at their own home!

[badly_knitted]

I have no shower either.

Buffy is enjoying her day of pampering.

Thank you!

[apachefirecat]

*HUGS*

If it wasn't for work, I'd be screwed. What do you do to get clean, if you don't mind my asking?

[badly_knitted]

I have a bathroom sink, and a kettle to heat water, that has to do in summer. Once the heat is on (if I can afford to light the fire soon) I do have a bathtub. Can never get more than three or four inches of water before the hot water tank runs out, so it's not a luxury wallow, but it's enough. The shower pipes burst maybe 12 years ago when they froze, wrecked my bedroom ceiling which had to be replaced, leaving me sleeping on the living room floor for three months. Never been able to afford to have the shower replaced, and I wouldn't be able to use it in summer anyway with no hot water, so I live without it. When mum was alive and we had more money coming in, we could use the emersion heater for hot water in summer, but now I only have my own money and ALL the bills, I can't afford to. Boiling a kettle is a lot cheaper.

[apachefirecat]

***HUGE HUGS***

I'm sorry you're having to endure also without water, but it does kinda help to know we're not the only ones...

[badly_knitted]

We all manage as best we can *hugs* With bills going up the way they are, I'm trying to hold off lighting the fire for a few more weeks but it's so cold here right now that I'm about freezing. September should not be this cold. It's usually okay until October, but not this year.

[apachefirecat]

The cold weather is almost a welcome relief after the scorching heat of this Summer. With the metal roof of the storage house, complete lack of insultation for the first several months, and my high blood pressure... Let's just say it wasn't a good mix at ALL. But I'll be praying for you and that it warms up some there. <3 <3 <3

[badly_knitted]

*hugs* Too much heat is as bad as too much cold. Hope you're doing better now it's cooler.

It was 6C here last night, and 13C today, but my house seems to hold the cold in, so as soon as the temperature drops it gets cold inside and stays that way.

[apachefirecat]

13C/55F, if Google is correct and I'm quite sure it is, doesn't sound too bad, but 6C/42.8F definitely is heater weather! I understand exactly what you mean, though, by meaning unable to get the cold out. We had the same problem with the heat. There were very many days where if not the whole day then at least the mornings certainly were cooler than indoors!

[badly_knitted]

It may not sound bad, but I'm not in good health and I don't retain heat, so I'm bundled up in clothes and blankets, and still cold. It's warmer outside than in, but if I open the windows, it gets colder inside instead of warmer. I can't win.

I can't handle the heat, but keeping windows closed in heatwaves means it stays cool indoors. Then again, heatwaves here usually don't get above 90F.