Disclaimer: I don't own the Fantastic four or Buffy the Vampire slayer and co.
Author's note: Yes this has been re-written. I realised the plot made no sense what so ever so I changed it slightly.
Susan Storm slipped out of bed and put on her silky dressing gown. She was a little taken back to walk into the kitchen and see everybody was dressed and nearing the end of breakfast. She clutched her head; it ached like hell! She stumbled to the medicine cabinet to get some painkillers.
"Somebody drank a lot last night," Johnny laughed as he got up to make his older sister some breakfast. Sue took the painkillers and smiled weakly at Johnny's comment. She took a moment to remember what had happened the night before and remembered with a smile. They were celebrating their defeat of Victor when Reed had proposed, that had lead to dozens of toasts and a few glasses of wine if she remembered rightly. She looked at Reed who was watching her stand there and gave him a smile before going off to shower and get dressed.
Half an hour later Sue reappeared from the bathroom. Johnny and Ben were sitting down watching TV but Reed was nowhere to be seen, probably in the lab, she thought. The painkillers were starting to kick in and Sue was feeling a lot better. A plate of fried eggs and toast was lying on the kitchen counter.
"Made it myself," Johnny pointed out when she picked it up, Sue nodded in appreciation.
"Hey, when are leaving again?" Ben asked her
"Oh, um… two," she replied
"Where are we going?" Johnny asked, sitting up a lot straighter at the mention of a trip.
"How could you forget we're going to visit Grandma!" Sue yelled feeling very annoyed. It was something that was happening a lot lately, everyone was just out to ruin her day.
"Sorry sis, just forgot that's all," Johnny said not quite understanding where he wrong.
"Why are we going to Sunnydale anyway?" He asked, "I'm joking," he said quickly as she crossed her arms and began to fade away. "We're going to celebrate Grandma's 80th birthday," he added to prove his point.
"She's 90," Sue said as she glared at her brother.
Over in Sunnydale
"So what are you doing for spring break Buff?" Xander asked. The Scooby gang lay out on the grass opposite school.
"Well, my cousins are coming over for my Nan's birthday so I guess I'll be busy trying to occupy them."
"Which cousins are coming over?" Willow asked as she took a bite out of her apple.
"Johnny and Sue,"
"Who?" Xander asked "I know nearly every member of your family and I don't know a Johnny or Sue."
"I think you're confusing me and Buffy again," Willow reminded the boy.
"Okay how about Jonathan and Susan Storm." Buffy asked
"Nope, not familiar," Xander said with a grin.
"Wait aren't they members of the Fantastic Four?" Oz asked, his brow knitted into a frown.
"Yeah, our moms are sisters." Buffy said with a hint of excitement in her voice.
At that moment Cordelia walked past, she couldn't help but hear what had just been said. After what Xander and Willow did she had vowed to never talk to the group again but she just couldn't resist.
"Buffy when will you leave that little dream world of yours?" she asked the redhead "We all know that you couldn't possibly be related to anyone as hot as Torch."
"Torch?" Willow asked. Cordelia threw Willow a dirty look before walking off in her bright red stilettos.
"God I hate her," Xander said bitterly
"Now, remember you guys need to be civil towards each other," Buffy reminded the glaring boy. He sat up straight
"Civil! I am civil Buffy. She came here in her big high heels and I didn't' say a word. Are you telling me that is not civil!" He yelled
"Hey, calm down." Oz told him calmly
"Yeah it's all right for you. I was ignored, she's completely wiped me out of her mind!"
"How is that a problem?" Willow asked, slightly confused.
"I've been demoted in the hierarchy of high school. I can't leave high school at the very bottom. Your reputation in high school stays with you for the rest of your life!"
"Stop being so dramatic," Buffy said trying her hardest not to laugh. She looked at Oz and Willow and they weren't holding back so neither did she.
"Laugh all you want, but when you see me wallowing around in filth because of my reputation you will regret this moment." He said, rather enjoying being the big joker
New York City
"Hurry up!" Johnny yelled to his sister. They were supposed to have left for Sunnydale over an hour ago but Sue was still packing.
"Coming," she shouted back. Susan tried to lift the suitcases off her bed but struggled. "Ben," she screamed "come and bring down my suitcases," Ben ran inside Sue's room and let out a shout "Jeez! Do you need this much Sue?" Within a minute Ben quickly came out with three shiny white suitcases. Johnny wasn't surprised. "Sorry but I just had to bring my hair stuff and make-up," she explained to a gob smacked Reed.
"And your entire wardrobe?" he asked not taking his eyes off Susan's luggage.
"That's only a quarter actually," Johnny pointed out. "Shall I take my car cos don't take this the wrong way Reed but your old banger won't reach the next block with all this stuff."
"Alright," Reed agreed, Johnny smiled and went to get his car.
"Is that a good idea? He'll probably speed off or pick up a female hitchhiker." Ben pointed out
"He won't," Sue said confidently.
"What makes you say that?" Reed asked
"Cos he can drive with you guys," she beamed
"What! I'm not staying in the car with Flame boy and I'm sure he feels the same way."
"But if he's alone there is guaranteed trouble."
"She's right, anyway how hard could a drive with Johnny be? Besides we're only going to the airport," Reed said calmly
"Turn it down!" Reed yelled. He had been very wrong about how easy it could be. They were speeding down the motorway with music at full blast in Johnny's car. The teenager had insisted that he drove his car or he wasn't going to Sunnydale. Ben and Reed had been willing to leave him behind but it was his Grandmother they were visiting and they couldn't show up without him. So Johnny had won the argument and made sure he caught every young Woman's eye on the journey. Reed looked at the rear view mirror, Sue was behind and was enjoying the peace. In a way she needed it, she was starting to get a little stressed lately. She often said being the only girl in the apartment was the worst-case scenario, especially if one of the guys were your younger brother who you had hoped you would never live with again.
THE NEXT MORNING IN SUNNYDALE
"Buffy wake up, I need you to help me with the guest room." Buffy opened her eyes and looked at the clock beside her bed, it was 6am. She looked past the electronic alarm clock and to the photo of her and her friends; she smiled before sliding out of bed. Her mother came in the bedroom. "Hurry up Buffy, I know you have school but the guest room needs to be perfected and I need you to help me," with that Joyce left the room as quickly as she had come in. Buffy then suddenly remembered that her cousins were coming. She went into the bathroom to shower and wondered if they had changed. As far as she could remember Sue was the intelligent one and pretty sensible while Johnny could be a bit reckless.
After her shower and getting dressed, Buffy went into the guest room. It looked perfect but Joyce was running around fluffing up pillows and arranging flowers. Buffy rolled her eyes and went into the next room; it was also perfect. The last however wasn't finished. Buffy changed the bedclothes and wondered why she hadn't done all of this the night before. Patrol, duh!
Buffy arrived at the library a little late that morning. She walked in to see Xander reading a comic and Willow on the computer.
"Hi," she said. Everyone looked up from his or her activities.
"Hey Buff," Xander said, Willow waved a greeting.
"Uh, you couldn't let me copy your biology homework could ya?" he asked desperately "I'll get some wrong on purpose so I don't copy all of your work," he added. Willow sighed, Xander made puppy eyes at her and the redhead caved in. It wasn't that she couldn't resist Xander, she was well over him now, and she was just being a good friend. She took her biology homework out and gave it to him.
"Numbers one to fifteen are basic so use my answers but on the others get them wrong, they're the advanced stuff." Xander nodded and gave Willow a thumbs up sign. "First fifteen. Got it," He said before working on it.
"So… any trouble?" Willow asked Buffy as the slayer sat opposite her friends.
"Nope,"
"Oh," Willow deflated disappointedly.
"It's actually kinda quiet," she added. Willow perked up,
"So that means something big is going down, right?" she said excitedly.
"I dunno. There aren't any rituals due this year and Willie says business is as usual."
"Well, hey that means we have a free weekend and I'm thinkin' a movie marathon." Xander said as he tapped the answer on willow's work. "What does that say?"
"Monosaccharide," Willow said simply
"Mono-what? Never mind." He said as he scribbled the word down quickly.
Rupert Giles emerged from his office carrying a steaming mug of English Breakfast tea. He sat down beside Buffy and looked up at everyone through his glasses.
"How was patrol?"
"Dull, I'm getting worried. I actually miss those cheesy lines," Buffy said as she admired her nails.
"Well, something will turn up soon." He said absent-mindedly
