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"He's right," Buffy insisted. "The break's almost over, and it's our
duty as teenagers to have as much fun as possible before school starts."

Willow looked wistful. "I think school's more fun than vacation."

"That's why we hang with you," Xander said.

"You're really bizarre."

Buffy started walking down the service road that cut between the
warehouses around the Bronze.

"During those desperate times when there's no party anywhere else, I
know two guys who never let you down--Ben and Jerry! My mom just put in
a supply of cookie dough ice cream."

"My favorite!" Xander claimed.

With Buffy the Vampire Slayer leading the way, the three friends
wandered from the bad part of town, across the tracks, onto a well-lit
suburban street. Buffy had to admit that things had been a bit boring
lately--what with no school plus no vampires to slay--but she wasn't
going to complain.

Vampire vacation was even better than school vacation.

"Listen," Willow said excitedly. "I just heard there's a carnival
opening this weekend in the vacant lot on Main Street, where the
drive-in movie used to be!"

"What kind of carnival?" Xander asked.

"You know," Willow said, "a cheap, tawdry affair with creaky rides and
hokey fun houses."

"Cool!" Xander exclaimed. "Just the thing we need to end the break."

"And blow all the money we made from babysitting," Buffy added.

Enthused about the coming weekend, the three teenagers walked more
quickly past the grassy lawns and sedate houses. Except for the way it
looked, there was nothing sedate about the town of Sunnydale.

It was perched on the Hellmouth, a very special place where the forces
of darkness converged and attracted monsters from all over the world.
Real monsters.

As they walked under a street lamp, Buffy turned and saw a smudge under
Xander's lip. She licked her finger and started to wipe it off. "Hold