At the bronze, a girl screams. A vampire is advancing on Buffy as she backs into a pole. She throws a solid right to his face followed by a left. The vampire isn't fazed. He grabs her and throws her onto a pool table. He leans over to bite her when suddenly; Xander comes up behind him and grabs him by the shoulders, pulling him off of Buffy.
"May I cut in?" He says before bashing the vampire's head into the pool table. He turns him around and punches him in the stomach before hitting him in the face. The vampire falls to the floor, unconscious. Buffy smiles, impressed. Xander offers her his hand to help her off of the pool table. "You alright?"
"Thanks to you!" She slides off of the table and notices Xander's hand. "You hurt your hand! Will you still be able to-"
"Finish my solo and kiss you like you've never been kissed before?" He gives her a wink and starts back to the stage. The vampire gets back up and growls at Buffy. Xander sees him, breaks the leg off of a chair that's been knocked over and throws the makeshift stake at the vampire. Buffy watches the stake fly into the vampire's chest, and he falls dead. She turns her gaze back on Xander. He jumps up onto stage and grabs his guitar to continue his solo.
Buffy looks up at him adoringly and advances to the stage as he plays. "You're drooling."
Xander gives her a confused look.
"Xander!" Buffy whispers. He wakes up from his daydream and shakes his head, seeing the dark room of the science class and Dr. Gregory presenting slides. She points to the corner of her mouth. "You've got a little..."
He picks up on her gesture and quickly wipes the drool off of his mouth and chin.
"Their ancestors were here long before we were." Dr. Gregory explains. "Their progeny will be here long after we are gone. The simple and ubiquitous ant." He turns off the projector, turns the lights on and begins walking up the aisle. "Now. If you read the homework you should know the two ways that ants communicate." He stops at Xander's lab table and leans on it to face Buffy. "Miss Summers."
She gives a startled look. "Ways that ants communicate."
He nods his head. "Mm-hmm."
She hesitates, put on the spot. "With other ants."
"From the homework." He says. Behind him Willow tries to get Buffy's attention. "Ants are communicating..."
Buffy sees Willow's signals. "Um, uh, uh..." Willow strokes Xander's back, indicating 'touch'. "Touch."
"Mm-hmm."
"And, um..." She looks at Willow again. She is sniffing Xander, indicating 'smell'. She looks at Willow, confused. "B.O?" Several students laugh. Willow gives her a disappointed look.
"Thank God someone finally found the courage to mention that!" Blayne says.
"That would be 'touch' and 'smell', Miss Summers." Dr. Gregory says. "Is there anything else Miss Rosenberg would like to tell you?" Willow quickly turns away in her seat. The bell rings. Dr. Gregory starts to move back to the front of the class. "Alright, chapters six through eight by tomorrow, people." He stops and looks back at Buffy. "Can I see you for a moment?"
Buffy nods.
Trinity stands from her seat. "I need to talk to you later." She says before leaving.
After the other students have left the room, Buffy leans against a lab table.
Dr. Gregory idly reviews his slides. "I gather you had a few problems at your last school?"
"Well, what teenager doesn't?"
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Trinity
FanfictionWhat if Xander and Willow had one more friend? What if that friend had a secret? Trinity is a supernatural who'd rather stay off the slayer's radar. When Buffy finds out, what will she do? Rewrite of the series.
