#0001; Late Night Snack
Word Count: 679

"I have a major bad feeling about this..."

Lita Dumas rolled her eyes, cutting a glance over her shoulder at her best friend and favorite cousin, Cordelia Chase. "You always have a bad feeling when we're out after dark."

Cordelia huffed, quickening her pace in order to walk beside her cousin. "Well, what do you expect? We live on the mouth of Hell!"

"Yeah, and we also have two Slayers, a street gang, and a couple of Scoobies patrolling all around town..."

"I was feeling better up until the Scooby part."

Lita snorted. "Willow and Xander aren't that bad..."

"He cheated on me! And with her, of all people! I, Cordelia Chase, Queen Bitch of Sunnydale High, was cheated on by a loser nobody with his nerdy best friend!"

"I told you not to date him, but Cordelia Chase takes advice as well as she takes orders."

"I take orders from nobody!"

"Exactly." A pause in speech as they stood in front of the only 24/7 grocery store in town. It never failed that at least one of their employees would go missing by the end of the week. She wondered how they can just ignore that; how the people in their town were completely oblivious to the things that go bump in the night. She sighed, ushering her cousin inside first...

She reached for a basket. "What do you have on your list?"

"Oh, you know, the usual: chocolate and ice cream. You?"

"Oreos, pancake mix, some powdered sugar..."

Cordelia blinked. "I thought we bought those yesterday."

"We did, but I also had Ads and Jeff over last night; Ads was there because we had a project due this morning and Jeff... Well, when is he never at my house? So, needless to say, they ate everything." At Cordelia's nod, she continued with the rest of her grocery list. "I also have to get chips and dip, drinks, and some frozen pizza."

"Hosting a party?"

Another snort by Lita. "Parties are your thing, Delia. No, these are for when I have to host an impromptu meeting at my place. The last time that happened, my kitchen was practically empty."

"All part of being a Scooby..."

"Please, you're a Scooby. I, however, was just pulled into this..."

"Oh, like I wasn't! And I am not a Scooby, if anything I'm just bait girl."

"You're more than just bait girl, Delia."

Cordelia arched a brow.

Lita rolled her eyes, placing her arm around her cousin and pulling her close to her in a half-hug. "You're not just bait girl." She repeated. "You're my cousin and my best friend-"

"Apart from Jeff."

She laughed. "Apart from Jeff, and if you would just ask, I would gladly train you on how to fight."

Cordelia sighed before straightening to her full height, a smirk on her lips, "Oh please, I'd much rather stand back and point at the enemies, let you guys do all the dirty work."

"Of course, you would."

They continued their grocery shopping in silence, adding more things into the basket than what was on their lists. Both girls paying for their items before stepping out of the store, plastic bags in both hands. They were a block away from the store when they were knocked onto the ground from behind, the bags of groceries falling to the floor.

Cordelia sat up with a groan, moving out of the way as more people ran passed them. She glared at her cousin when she recognized Faith. "Told you I had a bad feeling about this."

Lita rolled her eyes, pushing herself on her feet and lending Cordelia a hand. "At least they didn't stop to eat us and the groceries are fine, if not a little battered. It could have gone worse."

"That's what you think. Thanks to that fall, these pants are ruined!"

They gathered the fallen groceries and were once again on their way when Cordelia turned another glare her way. "Next time we have any late night cravings, we're waiting until morning to actually get them."

Lita just laughed.