<div align="center">(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2367363009_067aa213dc.jpg)<br/><strong>Location</strong>:  Kitchen and dining room.<br/><strong>Date</strong>:  7 PM, Monday, December 20th, 2010.<br/><strong>Description</strong>:  Summers' home, kitchen and dining room, cozy little affair and room enough for four easy.  Wooden finished, older styled furnishings and appliances.<br/><br/></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.mahoganycafe.com/gabrielleimages/gabrielle23.jpg)</div><br/><hr/><span class="bbc_u">ENTER</span><br/><strong>name</strong>: Alexandria Smithson<br/><strong>time</strong>:  7 PM, Monday, December 20th, 2010.<br/><strong>Tags</strong>:  Buffy's Dad, possibly Buffy herself, any guests, both welcome and otherwise.<br/><hr/><br/>She never could get used to the domestic life.  She loved cooking sure, but cleaning, doing laundry, she did it flawlessly given her very vast experience and age but she didn't enjoy it.  She was sure that was the same for any woman though that had done it for years uncounted, but 'Alexandria' was different.  She wasn't entirely human, and few people, human or otherwise, knew what she truly was and the succubus half breed liked that just fine thank you very much.  Humming a tune as she bustled about the kitchen, smaller than she would have liked but she still navigated it quite easily, Alexandria's green eyes were alight with a rare joy that she had not felt in a long time.  Meeting the man she was staying with had changed that though, at least for as long as she was able to stick around without causing suspicion or she was caught for what she really was.  It had happened before, sometimes with dire consequences, but hopefully that wouldn't be a problem anytime this century.  One could only hope though.  Pulling out lasagna from the stove and getting the table set up a moment later, she looked to the rest of the house, hoping to find her temporary new family within easy reach.  "Dinner's ready guys!  Come on, get it while it's hot!"  Alexandria called out cheerfully, having grown fond of the Summers as soon as she had met them.  She honestly cared about them all, well, the two that were here anyway.  Buffy and her father, good people overall in the hybrid's opinion.  Recent divorce or no, she hoped to do what she could for the both of them....while hopefully keeping her true nature a secret from them as well.  The whole Slayer business however, was no secret from Lilith, but Buffy didn't know she knew...yet.<br/><br/>This wasn't the first family she had taken a liking to.  There had been several instances throughout the ages, some died peacefully without ever getting a hint of the supernatural world, and others....others didn't get so lucky.  They either wound up drained, changed which was worse than death, or just plain vanished without a trace before turning up dead, usually the victims in ritual sacrifices...if they were lucky.  Just glancing at those memories sucked the life out of her eyes until she remembered where she was and Alexandria took a steadying breath as she waited for her new family to assemble in the dining room.  It'd be nice to have a nice quiet evening.  Today had been busy since she had had go back to work but that wasn't a big deal for her.  It was the secret side of her talent agency that had been the taxing part.  She didn't think anymore of it though as she looked at her reflection briefly and nodded her approval.  5 foot 7 inches currently, shoulder length seemingly unkempt black hair, nicely colored black skin, no blemishes or pimples or anything like that and she didn't even have to use makeup to manage that little feat, Lilith just grinned briefly at her image reflected in the window before her and got herself a drink of iced tea going.  Wearing a comfortable white robe, satin weave, Alexandria went about the kitchen barefoot, having grown up without shoes when she was still a kid.  Her mother, when she wasn't being called back to Hell on a regular basis, had taken to living in a brothel in Rome itself.  Funny how things worked out back then.