It's platonic
"Xander! I love you!", Willow exclaimed instinctively. She went on without correcting her sudden, rather inappropriate outburst of affection. It's not that she didn't realize her 'mistake', she just knew that she didn't have to explain herself to Xander; they always spoke freely to each other. Xander smirked and looked down awkwardly. Willow mimicked his actions and blushed, his smile was always his best feature she thought silently.
"Time to go to class then?", she muttered inaudibly. Willow stared at Xander in his chocolaty brown eyes. A grin spread across her adorable little face. Xander looked up to see Willow gazing expectantly. Xander sighed dramatically, causing a few heads to turn.
"I hate Physics with a passion, Willow, a passion!" he over exaggerated. Willow chuckled sweetly,
"Oh come on, It's not that bad," she defended the fascinating subject "It'll be over before you know it."
"If you say so, but I'm telling you, that subject is evil" he stated matter-of-factly. Willow's smile ceased to disappear as she replied,
"Whatever you say Xander. Now, come on, we don't want to miss anything!", Xander scoffed at the ridiculous assumption. He got up and hesitated, contemplating whether to give Willow an unnecessary hand, but during the unnecessary amount of thought he was putting into this unnecessary action, Willow had already gotten up and was studying Xander's fast-changing facial expressions.
"Xander? You ready?" Willow questioned, eager to get to class.
"Huh? Oh right, yeah... I was just... Nothing, let's go" he stuttered whilst his eyes darted around, looking everywhere but Willow.
She figured something was up, but decided to ask later. There was time to talk and it was not now. Now was the time for Physics.
Willow reached out for Xander's hand and dragged him all the way to the lesson.
Xander's POV
I slouched in my seat, my brain's capacity being threatened largely. I stared at Willow in awe, how can she find this stuff even remotely interesting? I shook my head in disbelief and gazed down to my hands. My mind wandered aimlessly to unwanted issues.
I had been feeling an odd amount of love towards Willow lately, a platonic love... obviously but still a hell of a lot of it. I scratched my head in attempt to stop the thoughts but I didn't succeed. What was going on? I don't usually feel like this. What if...
"Xander," Willow whispered, leaning over. Her scent was a sweet and floral. I lingered my breath and then replied,
"Willow."
"Weren't you listening, we have to finish section A through D." She told me with a soft giggle,
I sighed,
"Sorry, no I wasn't, can you help me?" I pleaded, with my hands clasped firmly together.
"Sure." she agreed.
I listened, actually quite intrigued; Willow explained the work in a much more gripping way than Mr. Harrison.
Within 10 minutes, we had completed the work together. We had some spare time so we started talking about going to the Bronze tonight.
During our conversation, a blonde girl walked in with shoulder-length hair and a pale face. She looked around and smiled, probably realizing she had found the right class. She grinned with perfectly white teeth and spoke to the teacher, "I'm new here, this is my first lesson." She informed him, he smiled and asked
"Sorry, what's your name?"
"Buffy Summers." She smiled,
"Sit over there, next to Xander" the teacher instructed. She was hot, that's for sure and I got to sit next to her! Man, what are the odds?
"Okay." She replied and skipped over to the desk confidently. I smiled and moved up a bit.
"Hi! I'm Buffy." She introduced herself, I grinned, "I heard, I'm Xander, as you heard and this here," I gestured to Willow beside me, "is Willow Rosenburg."
Willow's POV
I smiled at the new girl. She seemed nice but I couldn't help but notice how much attention Xander was giving her. They had been talking for the past 20 minutes. I sat uncomfortably at the desk and attempted to join in the conversation
"Oh and just wait until we have the tests" Xander warned Buffy,
"Don't even talk to me about tests!" Buffy joked,
"Oh, I hate tests, those... tests are just... disgraceful!" I tried,
"Willow, you love tests" Xander remarked. They both turned to me,
"Well... yeah, I do." I gave in, looking like a complete fool.
The array of silent chattering merged into a muffled buzzing noise and I felt completely alone for the first time in my life.
Thanks for reading! This is my first fanfiction so don't judge my terrible writing skills xD The plan is that if this chapter gets good reviews then I'll post the rest of the chapters (which I have planned and don't worry, it gets better) Thanks again,
Amber x