TWICE CHOSEN

RogueAngel82

"So, how are you liking it here in Reefside?" Kira questioned as she and Jordan walked the corridor of the high school.

"It's fine," Jordan said, "I've traveled to many places so often that everything is one by blur. But Reefside seems…nice." She paused for a moment, "Look I wanna thank you for helping me out in science, and I have enough trouble with the subject even with the books."

"That alright," Kira replied with a laugh, "Come on…I want to introduce you to some people." She gestured ahead, with nowhere else to go Jordan followed. Outside they approached a group of boys sitting around for their recess break. A tall boy with brown hair wearing a red tee shirt, giving what looked like a blow by blow account of some kind to a Hispanic boy wearing a white shirt, and a dark skin boy wearing a blue shirt.

They quietened down as the two girls approached. "Guys," Kira said, "This is Jordan, you remember from science. Jordan this is Connor, Ethan and Trent."

"Take a seat ladies," Connor said gesturing to the picnic table they were sprawled on.

"I'll stand," Jordan returned taking in the new faces with a tilted head, causing her dark hair to face across her shoulder like a silken waterfall. Connor, as Kira had introduced seemed to blink rapidly before shaking his head.

"Soooo…." He began.

"So…" Jordan said, "What do you do around here?"

"For fun?" Ethan questioned finishing the broad question, "Well…we usually hang out at Haley's Cyberspace."

"Cyber café?" Jordan guessed. "An Internet lounge?"

"Yeah you know with computers," Connor said.

Jordan widened her eyes comically, "Wow…they have internet on computers now."

Connor recognizing the quote cracked up laughing, "Homer. The Simpson's …great show," he laughed.

"Don't worry," Jordan said turning to face the others. "I know computers. I used to have a web site, it was just with html formatting, and I took it down while I designed a new flash site. But I haven't really had the time." She said as the guys reorganized themselves around the table, so the girls could join them. They spent the remainder of their break talking about stuff teenagers talked about, everything and nothing.

Jordan caught sight of her watch "Ooh look at the time," she stated, "I have to go find my locker. Randall told me that if she caught me with my bag she'll give me detention… I can't help but wonder if she's here whose's running hell?" The other smirked and laughed as Jordan gathered her stuff and stood.

"I help," Kira offered climbing to here, and with that the two girls were off.

"I think I'm on love," Ethan said softly watching the girls disappear into the school.

"Get in line," Connor replied.

#SC#

By the time Jordan got back from school, Kim had arranged the house into semi-livable condition. The white sheets had been removed from the furniture, revealing classic dark wood designs.

"Kim?" Jordan called, stepping in the front door.

"Down here," came a distant shout.

"Where's here?" Jordan questioned following the voice, she reached a door that she had first assumed to be a storage space, only to reveal a narrow staircase running down. "Oooo freaky," Jordan commented with a smile as she descended. As she reached the bottom she glanced around, "Now this is cool."

The room was large, with dark grey stone walls. A few stone pillars lined the room as support for the upper stores. But it wasn't the room itself that had Jordan's attention. It was what was in it.

Along one wall stood weight lifting gear, while against the far wall was gymnastic equipment. The floor was covered in padding for sparring, as were the lower half of the walls.

"Do you like it?"

Jordan turned to find Kimberly leaning against a punching bag that hung from the ceiling of the other wall, a wide smile plastered across her face.

"Did you do this?"

"Nope," Kim replied, "I was checking out the house and I found it."

Taking slow steps forward Jordan took in the new room, before her eye spotted something pinned to the first pillar.

Just heard about you new assignment, and figured you might like some new house warming presents. Have fun with the new goodies.

Luv,

Xander.

P.S Giles says just coz your not at the school doesn't mean you get to slack with you training. So he wrote up a new training schedule…Feel free the to dance around while it burns.

With a smile Jordan stepped back, before running across the room and lifting herself into a handstand on top of the gymnastic horse.

"It's ours!"

"A mini slayer training center. It makes you wonder," Kim said dryly as she looked around, "What other weird stuff other people have in their basements."

"How'd your day go?" Kim asked as the both trekked back up the stairs.

"It was fine," Jordan said with a shrug, "Principal's a bit of a Nazi, but isn't that a prerequisite? Teachers were nice, especially the science teacher, kinda cute but a bit old. Perfect for you."

"Thanks," Kim replied blandly, but was ignored as Jordan continued her ramble.

"Oooh what was his name!……hmm…doesn't matter." Jordan gave a shrug "I meet some nice guys too. Now they were cute."

"Oh, do you remember their names?"

"Oh ha ha," Jordan said, "Speaking of these guys, I said I'd meet them at this cyber café,"

"Be back in time for dinner," Kimberly ordered.

"Yeah sure thing mom."

"I mean it," Kim said, "We have to do a sweep of the city tonight."

"Ok." Jordan nodded, "Nasties of the night beware."