Title: Ta Ta For Now

Author: Kristian

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Summary: Buffy is a popular girl at Sunnydale High who has the (mis)fortune of meeting a very handsome stranger and new student in school. But, Buffy harbors a deep emotional past.

Rating: R-NC-17

Pairing: B/A, B/?, W/O, X/C, C/D, X/Anya, F/W possible Fa/G,

Category: Completely AU

AN: Buffy isn't totally "in" character. She still has a lot of the same traits, but she's involved in a bit more being the "popular" one.

AN2: I wrote this fanfic WAAAAAAAY back in 2004, I was still in high school (as a senior) and just recently added the last 5 chapters. SOOOO, if there are any inconsistencies in time, just ignore. It is mostly just supposed to take place in the "present".

Chapter 1

The morning hours made their appearance of yet another day. The relatively quiet community of Sunnydale California woke up and went about the day. Kids rushing off to school, parents and adults heading off to work alike. It was seven thirty in the morning and it was sunny, seventy five degrees and cloudless as per usual.

In a house on Revello Drive, 1630 to be exact, the eldest daughter of Hank and Joyce Summers was just rolling over in her twin sized, extremely comfortable bed to turn off her annoying alarm clock. It always seemed to her like it was a stray cat that begged for food, so she fed it and it would go away.

Whining slightly, she really hated getting up for Monday morning school. Monday's and Thursday's she hated the most. Monday's weren't the weekend anymore and Thursday wasn't Friday.

Knowing she had to get up, she opened her sleepy emerald eyes as best she could. Yawning, she stumbled into the bathroom connected to her room. Wincing slightly as she turned on the light, she allowed her eyes to adjust to the brightness. When they did a few seconds later, she put in her latest mix CD in her player to listen to as she showered. She loved to listen to music as she showered.

/I wanted you to know that I love the way you laugh/

She cut off that song, thinking that it was WAY too early in the morning for depressing music. While the rhythm was upbeat, the lyrics certainly weren't.

Pressing the "skip" button a few more times, she finally found the perfect song. The first few beats of the piano being played brought a calm, serene feeling within her soul.

/I don't need to be anything other, then a prison guard's son, I don't need to be anything other then a specialist's son, I don't have to be anyone other then a birth of two souls in one, Part of where I'm going is knowing where I'm coming from/

The song continued as Buffy scrubbed, and rinsed and made herself smell like a goddess. She dreamed of a life like that of the song. She didn't really like who she was, but being in high school and being a cheerleader meant that she was popular. She had to maintain that image. After she was out of the shower, she added some Victoria's Secret, Passionate Kisses lotion. Smoothing it up and down her newly shaven legs, she jerked when she heard the next song come on her CD player.

/I missed you so much that I begged you to fly and see me, You must've broke down 'cause you said you would, But now that you're here I feel like I'm constantly dreaming, Well something's gotta go wrong 'cause I'm feelin' way too damn good/

In her bedroom, filled with sunshine rays from her windows, Buffy walked right over to her closet and promptly picked out her outfit for the day. As she set it down on her bed, she grabbed her blow dryer and turned it on high. After a few minutes of her drying her hair, it was finally done. Flipping her head back up, she brushed it out so it looked perfect.

With a smile of beautiful white teeth, she stood in front of her dresser and got out her makeup for the morning. She had a tube of mascara, an eye liner pencil, some blush, and some lip gloss. After she was finished, she sighed and made her way over to her bed. Taking off her robe, Buffy put on her favorite shirt, a blue sweater and a medium length black skirt. Putting on her Eiffel Tower shoes, she did a once more check in the mirror and was glad with what she saw.

Walking, or rather clonking down the stairs, Buffy grabbed a piece of toast for breakfast, her bag and she was out the door. Checking to make sure she had money in her bag, she was relieved to see that her mom had put in five dollars for today's and tomorrow's lunch.

Looking up, she pulled out her keys of her black school bag and a few minutes later she was driving her 2000 Audi off to yet another boring day of school.

First Hour: Algebra II

As the math teacher droned on and on and on about functions and foiling, Buffy couldn't have even more bored if she was watching a mime. She disliked math. Ironically it was the most logical thing on the planet and yet it had no logic to her. Trying her best to pay attention, it was sadly shortened when her best friend Willow tossed her a note from the desk next to her.

Buffy hid the note from the teacher's view and opened it underneath her table. It read: "How was UR WKND?"

Shrugging, she wrote down, "O-K, NM went on,"

Tossing it back to Willow, Willow opened it under the teacher's non-awareness and related to how Buffy's weekend went. Quickly she scribbled down a new question for Buffy to read.

"RU eating lunch w/ UR BF?" Buffy read as she opened up the note and looked around to see him sitting there, looking so, so, bland. It wasn't that she didn't care for Riley, she did, he was just so boring. All he ever seemed to want to talk about was either sports or himself.

Buffy looked back at the piece of notebook paper sitting in her lap and attempted to write her answer when her math teacher called on her for the answer. Glancing up at the problem for a second, she said, "2x-7 and 2x+7." Her teacher wrote it down, it being the correct answer and Buffy wondered, "Where in the hell did that come from?" as did Willow.

Looking up at the clock, it was 10:06 and the bell we about to ring any second. The moment the minute hand made its way to 10:07, Buffy was out of her hardest class of the day. Finally, the gods showed mercy and it rang on schedule. Buffy gathered her books and walked out of the room with Willow answering her final question.

"I don't know. I'm gonna break up with him today," Buffy explained.

Willow understood. They'd had a talk about her relationship with Riley about a week ago and Buffy had decided that she'd give him another week, just because Homecoming was this week, but she couldn't take it anymore! She'd rather have that awkwardness with him at the dance then go through another hair-ripping week as his girlfriend.

"I understand," Willow comforted.

As they walked the halls to their lockers, they were greeted by Willow's boyfriend Oz. Oz was a man of few words but when he did say something, it was worth listening for. He also is lead guitarist in the band "Dingoes Ate My Baby," currently looking for gigs. Willow's excited smile came upon her warm face as Oz took her hand in his and walked the halls with them.

After reaching her locker, Buffy grabbed her books for her next class and shut her locker door like a drone. She wasn't expecting Riley to show up and walk her to her next class. When he asked her where she wanted to eat lunch, Buffy simply told him, "I can't today Riley. Willow's gonna help me with some math,"

"I can help you with math sweetie," he said sweetly making Buffy gag. She suspected that he knew what she was planning to do and wanted to try and change her view of him at the last minute to maybe re-think her decision. Buffy was a woman who knew what she wanted and she went for it. What she wanted was Riley out of her life. At least in the boy friend sense. There were few occasions with boys that she REALLY liked that she became a bit shy, but she was relatively shy around new people and if they were HOT to boot, it was just a bad mix for Buffy.

Walking down the hallways, she drowned Riley out of her ears like she did every day and just tried to concentrate on NOT breaking up with him now. She'd wait until next hour. That way, it'd be newer news during lunch than if she broke up with him before second.

Making a whining sound, she put on the happy girlfriend persona and wanted to yak when he kissed her on the cheek. Wiping it off after he left, Buffy sat down for her next hour and silently waited until it was lunch time.