"Buffy... it's horrifying" Cordelia Chase looked at the pink fluffed up dress in absolute disgust.
"I know Cordy but...it's for my cousin's wedding, I can't change her whole theme." Buffy Summers looked at the fabric, hoping that it would change into a new sparkling gown that would make her look stunning, as opposed to fairy floss.
"I know...but I feel for you, I'm just glad little old Maria doesn't like me enough to invite me to her wedding" she gave a smirk and relaxed against the four poster bed.
Buffy gave a whine and flopped down onto the bed beside her "Ugh, aren't you lucky then, I mean...you and me are made for wealth, made for upper class society, I mean look at where we live."
This was true, all their lives Cordy and Buffy had grown up as neighbours, their fathers both had companies of their own and Buffy's childhood had been far from unprivileged, her house was what most would call a palace and she was what others would call beautiful, this she knew and exploited.
"Hey Buffy, Angel's picking me up, I've gotta go, have a good week, love you" Cordy gave her a hug and bounced out of the room
"Bye Cordy" Buffy went back to looking at the dress that would make her look like an anti nausea bottle, sighing she walked out of her room and down to the pool area, throwing off her robe she slipped into the heated pool and let herself relax.
"Buffy" she heard her mother call out to her.
"Pool area" Buffy yelled back and watched the door as Joyce came through smiling.
"Buffy, come on sweetie, get out the pool, go shower, go pack and we'll eat before your dad drops us off at the airport" Buffy groaned, reluctant to get out of the pool "Buffy, our flight is six hours, we have to ready in two and a half at least, now come on sweetie."
"No turning back now then" groaning she got out of the pool.
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"BUFFY!" Maria ran up to her at full speed and leaped, Buffy being petite and unprepared ended up being flung down to the ground.
"Maria" she gasped as the wind slowly returned to her lungs.
"Oh Buffy, you're going to love my wedding, so many eligible bachelors to snap up, so many good people to meet, you could move down here and find your perfect match, get married too and have babies." This was the only bad thing about Maria; she was like a hyperactive chipmunk on crack.
"Maria! No, no, no I just finished high school, I don't need a husband, I don't need little babies and I still kinda like my house" Buffy let out a nervous laugh and Maria just sighed and embraced her again.
"Buffy, you will see, I guarantee one of the guys here is for you, he is your perfect match" Buffy refrained from rolling her eyes and stepped into the cab, both her mother and Maria's behind them.
Half an hour later they reached the house, Buffy glanced at her watch, 7 in the morning and she was arriving at a little home located in Sunnydale. 'I miss Los Angeles' She thought as she entered the small white house.
"Here's your room, I know it's not what you're used to but it's the best we have" Maria smiled and left her to it.
"Oh god..." the room had a single bed, green and white striped wallpaper and was about ten times smaller than her room in Los Angeles, on the plus side it did have an adjoined bathroom. She changed into an oversized tee-shirt and hopped into the small bed, everything would be better when she woke up.
When Buffy woke up it was 4 in the afternoon, Her cousin's wedding was in three hours. She got out of bed and went downstairs, not worrying about her appearance as it was only her family in the house.
"Maria, I'm up, what do you want me to do first?" Buffy called out as she came down the stairs.
"Buffy we're in the lounge room, there's food in the kitchen if you're hungry" Her mother called out to her.
As if on cue her stomach growled, smelling lasagne she moved into the kitchen "yum" she said to herself and cut up a piece.
"You know" a rough voice from behind her made her screech and jump out of her skin; she knocked her plate off the island and turned around clutching at her accelerating heart.
"OH my god what is wrong with you, you don't sneak up on people like that!"
"Sorry cutie but usually there's not a girl in my friend's kitchen wearing only a tee-shirt and what appears to be a g-string" the mystery man curled his tongue behind his teeth.
"Who the hell are you?" Buffy tried to pull down her shirt.
"I'm Spike" he leaned back against the wall and continued to look her over.
"I'm Buffy" she said cautiously, still attempting to preserve her modesty.
"What are you a dog?" he asked in amusement at the strange name.
"Excuse me?" Buffy looked at him strangely.
"You're name love, you sound like you're meant to be on a leash" he took a cigarette out of his pocket and stuck it in his mouth.
"How dare you criticize me like that, you don't even know-" she was cut off.
"By the way sweetheart, you're nipples are showing" he waggled his brow and gave a cheeky smile.
"UGH" Buffy ran out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
"This Wedding's going to be interesting" he said as he lit his smoke.
TBC