Bad Blood |BTVS| Book Two

Faith, Hope, & Trick

Standing at the steps of school holding hands with Beck I frown as we see the Scoobies sitting under a tree with Buffy looking all preppy and yellow "Aren't you supposed to be having lunch with them?" Beck asks nodding over to the Scoobies.

I groan loudly "why?" Beck just smiles knowingly and takes out his toothpick giving me a kiss as he lightly pushes me away "I'll see you later" he promises with a wink as he walks away to his van.

Sighing, I pull my shoulder bag closer as I walk over the grass towards my group of friends as they all look up at me "Sorry I'm late, I didn't want to come" I say as Buffy looks at me confused "Then why are you here?".

I glare down at Willow who smiles happily knowing she was blackmailing me into this, throwing my bag to the floor, I sit taking the water bottle Buffy offered me tentatively.

"Don't you guys have a meeting with Principal Snyder?" Xander asks us "We're seeing Snyde-Man tomorrow" Buffy answers as Willow starts to make an excited noise "Ooh, Scott Hope at eleven o'clock" We all turn to look and see Scott Hope looking at Buffy.

"He likes you. He wanted to ask you out last year, but you weren't ready then. But I think you're ready now, or at least in the state of pre-readiness to make conversation, or-or to do that thing with your mouth that boys like," I spit the water out I had in my mouth at Willows words as Buffy gives her a shocked look.

Willow realizes her slip-up "Oh! I didn't mean the bad thing with your mouth, I meant that little half-smile thing that you..." she stops and glares at Oz "You're supposed to stop me when I do that,".

Oz smiles shaking his head "I like when you do that" Scott has finished talking with his friends and comes toward them. As he passes, he looks over at Buffy and smiles "Hi, Buffy" Buffy smiles back coyly "Hi" Scott just continues on his way.

Willow breaks out into a huge smile "I think that went very well. Don't you think that went very well?" Cordelia nodded smiling "He didn't try to slit our throats or anything. That's progress,".

"Hey, did you do that little half-smile thing?" Willow asked with a grin as Buffy sighs "Look, I'm not trying to snare Scott Hope. I just want to get my life back, you know, do normal stuff,".

"Like date?" Willow questions Buffy "Well..." Xander chuckles out loud "Oh, you wanna date. I saw that half-smile, you little slut" Buffy punches him on the arm, and none too lightly.

Xander smiles and chuckles "Ow," he winces and holds his arm "All right, yes, date and shop and hang out and go to school and save the world from unspeakable demons. You know, I wanna do girlie stuff!" I look at my sister as she utters that last line "Ew,".

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A black stretch-limousine pulls into the parking lot of Happy Burger and heads toward the drive-through lane, the car pulls up and stops at another fat boy fitted with a speaker and mic and the window of the limo lowers.

"Welcome to Happy Burger. May I take your order, please?" A voice asks from the speaker sounding bored "Diet soda. Medium," A man's voice orders from inside the limo "That'll be eighty-nine cents at the window, sir," the speaker replies.

Mr. Trick, a dark-skinned vampire who liked a lavish lifestyle raises the window, and the car pulls forward "Sunnydale" Trick calls out looking next to him "Town's got quaint. And the people? He called me 'sir'. Don't you just miss that?".

When Trick receives no response he continues "I mean, admittedly, it's not a haven for the brothers, you know, strictly the Caucasian Persuasion here in the Dale. But, you know, you just gotta stand up and salute their death rate. I ran a statistical analysis, and hello darkness. It makes... D.C. look... like Mayberry, and ain't nobody saying boo about it. We could fit right in here. Have us some fun,".