lemon boy

water fountain

synopsis: au in which buffy goes to her first high school dance and all she can think about is why marty isn't there with her

lyrics: the whole song

( marty is not dating the girl in this au, he doesn't have a girlfriend )

❛ she told me that she loved me
by the water fountain, she told me
that she loved me and she didn't love
him ❜

BUFFY PATTED DOWN her dress as she walked into the the dance behind her friends. they were all here with someone, andi with amber, cyrus with tj, and jonah with libby. but she was here alone, yes she had gotten asked, a few times actually. but she couldn't bring herself to say yes to any of them.

she followed them over to a table where they sat their stuff down, "come on buffy, were going to dance." andi said, but buffy only shook her head and sat down. "i'm not really in the mood for dancing right now." she faked a smile, running her fingers over her dress again. "it's homecoming, what do you mean you're not in the mood?"

"just not right now, maybe later."

❛ and that was really lovely cause
it was innocent, but now she's got a
cup with something else in it ❜

ITS BEEN ALMOST twenty minutes since she's got here and she's already bored. she doesn't like the music, so it's not even like she can just sit and listen to it. so she decided to go over to food table, pouring herself a glass of punch. as she turned around to walk back to her seat, she put the cup up to her lips.

standing about 10 feet away was marty. but he wasn't alone.

❛ it's getting kind of blurry at
a quarter past ten, he was in a hurry
to be touching her skin ❜

HER CUP SLIPPED from her hands and spilled all over the floor, snapping back into reality she quickly turned to find some paper towels. she started to clean up her mess, but the feeling to look back up and see who he was with was itching at her. so her eyes found their way back up, and there he was.

he was dancing. he looked nice. he had a black suit on with a purple tie, it matched the girls dress. she couldn't help but look down at her dress, her purple dress.

❛ she's feeling kind of dirty when she's
dancing with him, forgetting what she told
me by the water fountain ❜

FINALLY SHE FINISHED cleaning up her spilt punch and stood back up. she couldn't help but look in the direction of him one more time. she watched as he took her hand and spun her around, and all she could think was;

what if that was me?

she watched them dance, and wondered;

did he get over her that easily? was she just really that replaceable?

❛ now he's grabbing her hips, and
pulling her in. kissing her lips, and
whispering in her ear and she knows
that she shouldn't listen and that she
should be with me by the water fountain ❜

SHE COULDN'T TAKE her eyes off of them, him grabbing her hips and pulling her closer to him. he was smiling, and he was happy.

buffy took a look around the room, she spotted her friends all dancing. she smiled and hoped they have a good time, and hoped that they didn't worry about her. because she couldn't be here anymore, she didn't want to be here. so in a quick motion, she turned and was out the door.