Xander turned his head, looking up from the ground and he saw someone who looked familiar. He couldn't quite make out who it was, because the smack was so hard that; one - he was dazed, two - a prominent red hand mark could be seen swelling on the left side of his face and three - the slap hurt like hell. Finally his eyesight cleared up a bit, and he could make out the face... it was Julia. AKA his "sis" as she likes to put it.
Immediately, he jumped up, ready to pound her back to kindergarten, but then realized he was in public. Beating a girl in public is not exactly the wisest thing to do. " Julia! What the heck! Also, where have you been? Did you get the news?!"
Julia's answer probably would have surprised him, but with one look over Xander's shoulder, she could already tell she should, or rather, could not say ANYTHING about what else happened besides the obvious. The counter lady was frantically shaking her head, making the "slit throat" sign over and over again, and had this weird look on her face of a widened frown. " Yeah..." Julia said with a not-so-nice tone. Trying to keep calm like the counter lady told her to do so. " You Idiot! You could have gotten Regan killed!" She said, more confidently now.
Xander's face went blank. He was blindsided. Like the Liberty Mutual commercial, it felt like " A minivan t-boned you".
" How the hell was it my fault!" Xander snapped back at her. " Obviously you did not hear the full story. Some, probably either drunk or new driver didn't see Regan and crashed into her! You think I haven't already thought that! If I was there instead of in my stupid car, I could have taken the hit AND I WOULD HAVE DIED INSTE-" He stopped suddenly and his face looked puzzled.
Julia did not expect that reaction. Immediately she tried to calm him down, even though he had already stopped. " Xander, no... that-that was not your fault, I'm sorry, I-I'm not thinking straight... I'm just. [sigh] With Luke and I breaking up and then Alicia getting burnt and her leg broken, and-and-and then, Regan getting hit by a car!?" She began to cry, " I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm just stressed." Julia could not handle it anymore. She began to go into a mental breakdown and fall on her knees to the floor. She sobbed so loud. Yet, Xander did not care. He looked down upon her and laughed. He did not even remember why he was here. Who this crying person on the ground was. Who the hell Alicia, Luke and Regan were and why people kept staring at him. All he could think was, " My face tingles".
And he enjoyed it.
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Rander
Fanfic# Rander spinoff/AU from Trouble In Paradise... " Regan's phone rang. Bzzt Bzzt. She picked up. ' Hello?' she said. A familiar voice answered. It was Xander, AKA Regan's "schmexy" boyfriend, according to her at least... " ' Hey Rae, I have somethin...
