Another's Life Chapter 5
Willow sat in her history class, for once not paying a great
deal of attention to what the teacher was saying. Snyder
had hurried them off
to their respective classes before Willow had had a chance
to explain their dilemma to Buffy and Xander, so now she
was stuck with being
Cordelia to everyone until she caught up with her friends.
As Mrs. Regent moved on to 'eloquently' discourse upon
the impact of the end of the Napoleonic wars on
unemployment in Britain, Willow's mind turned to the
question of Giles being away. Two whole weeks! How
was she going to be Cordy for two whole weeks? Sure it was
cool being so beautiful but it was too weird to be stuck in
each other's bodies! What if they couldn't be switched
back? What if…
"Cordelia?" It wasn't so much the teacher's impatient voice
that got through Willow's rising panic, but the fact that
pretty much everyone had turned round and was staring at
her. She gazed blankly at the teacher, hoping to be given
some clue as to what the woman had just asked her. Silence
reigned. Then Cordelia broke in and started talking about
war injuries and the poor law, and attention shifted
from Willow's misery to Cordelia's surprising amount of
knowledge. Of course it only surprised her. Everyone
expected 'Willow Rosenberg' to be the class brainiac!
Paying more heed to what was going on around
her, Willow took notes and wrote down an essay title with
the rest of the class, then left hurriedly before anyone
could accost her. It was strange her handwriting was
Cordelia's. What weird thing next?
Cordelia angrily stuffed her history book into Willow's
uncool backpack, and dashed after the girl wearing her
body! If there was one thing she hadn't been worrying
about, it was that Willow would behave perfectly well in
class, and wouldn't be getting any teachers Cordelia-mad or
making her looked stupid in front of the other students. But
oh no! Little Miss Perfect had to go and make her look like an idiot. Cordy admitted grudgingly that perhaps her history class performances hadn't always rated an "way excellent", but at least she usually had an answer, and didn't sit there gaping in a way that was seriously unattractive. Oh God, please
say no one else noticed just how bad she had looked. Well,
not her, per se, since she was in Willow's body making
Willow look so much cooler than she ever had done before, but her body, Well, whatever, Willow made her look bad, and it was all
Willow's fault. Maybe this was some evil plan that Willow and that loser Xander had come up with to get back at her. They'd always hated her, just because she was honest enough to point out their embarrassingly patent flaws.
Cordelia stopped her internal fury at this point, feeling
bound to admit that she hadn't always be the most pleasant
person to either of the slayerettes, but who wanted always to be nice? Nice people never got noticed - just look at Willow.
Just as she was about to latch onto Willow and vent, the bell for next
period rang, and the two girls were shunted into their
English class with the rest of the students. If Willow made me look bad here I'll kill her Cordy thought.
She didn't. She answered all the questions brilliantly as
well as getting her a 100 on the test. But Cordelia silently
seethed as all the guys were staring at the false Cordelia
as Willow nervously crossed and recrossed Cordelia's
gorgeous legs. It wasn't fair! They totally ignored her! And
Willow was wearing her favorite Boots! She's so sexy and I
look like a frumpy geek!
They had study hall next.
"Cut study hall and meet me at the Library!" she hissed at
Willow, who looked startled and then nodded. It was easy
for Cordy as Willow to slip away, but not Willow as Cordelia.
She made up some excuse of leaving something behind and finally
ditched her admiring court.
In the library Cordy looked with dislike on Willow. To try
and stop the storm from coming Willow quickly and
forcibly said. "Bitching at me won't help!
What are we going to do until
Miss Calendar and Giles get back in two weeks?"
Cordelia reluctantly bit off a flood of recriminations. They
could wait until she got her beautiful body and life back.
They looked at each other. The teen Queen and the
wallflower hacker. Only now things were reversed. Cordy
hated the feeling of helplessness she now felt.
Time to take charge. She had been thinking hard about
it and of course Willow's brain was first rate!
"First of al we don't tell ANYONE And I mean ANYONE!
"
"Not even Xander?"
"Especially not Xander. He would blab somehow,
someway and the whole school would think we were freaks
even if they didn't believe him.
Also nether of us wants to spend the next twenty years
(until I kill him) listening to him teasing us about the body
switch. Can't you just hear all the bad jokes?"
Willow could.
"We're going to have to pretend to be each other. And it
will be much easier if no one knows."
Willow nodded her now beautiful head. "But how are we
going to pull it off? I don't know how to be you."
"That's painfully apparent. Look at how you are dressed."
"What wrong with the way I am dressed?" asked Willow
hotly.
Cordy ignored her. "Tonight, I am going to lay out outfits
for you for the rest of the week and work with you. You
have to learn to do me justice and not ruin my life!"
"Same to you, Cordy I don't want you bitching up a storm
as usual and losing me my friends."
"What friends?"
Willow stood up and despite herself Cordelia was
intimated. Willow was so much taller and larger and more
beautiful than she was now.
"At least I have friends, you just have two faced
sycophants."
"That's not true! Oh, never mind. You were right we can't
argue. This week and weekend I am going to have to teach
you to be Cordelia Chase."
Willow smiled. An idea had just come. This might turn out
to be her lucky break.
Cordelia didn't like the smile. Didn't like it at all. What was
Willow up to?
"I want something from you in return. "
"What?" She hoped it wasn't her new leather pants and
vest.
"You know how to get boys crazy about you."
"Yes, so?"
"While you're me you have to get Xander interested in me,
when we switch back I want him as my boyfriend."
Cordelia dropped Willow's jaw. "As if! Like you can't be
serious! Me flirt with Xander, me let Xander kiss me, me
go out with Xander Harris! I wont do it!"
Willow's curved Cordelia's beautiful mouth into a nasty
smile, which came very naturally to it.
"OK then. Let's see how badly I can dress the rest of the
weak, I wont comb my hair, I will drop cheerleading, join
the chess club -"
"You bitch!" yelled Cordy.
"I am supposed to be a bitch; I'm Cordelia Chase. Well?"
"You win!" Cordelia shuddered. Xander Harris as a
boyfriend. At least no one would know! But when she got
her body back Evil Willow was going to pay in blood for this!
"Ok, then lets shake on it! From now we're partners you get
me Xander and I'll keep your precious social standing."
Cordy forced herself to smile. She needed Willow. Then
her wit came to her rescue.
"OK, bitch queen!"
Willow looked startled then smiled and said sneeringly in
her best Princess Cordelia voice "Alright, loser!"
And they shook on it eyeing each warily.
Neither one said it but both Cordelia and Willow felt it
VERY freaky to touch what had been their own body. Also,
both cherished the wild hope that maybe just touching
would send them back into familiar flesh. They looked on
for a long second, waiting for it to happen and
of course it didn't.
Cordy sighed bitterly looking at her lost beautiful body.
Now Willow had it! It wasn't fair to go from number one to
a minus number in the food chain!
Willow's disappointed didn't last long. Looking at the sour
puss Cordelia had put on Willow's face made her more
cheerful. At last the
bitchy Cordy was feeling how it felt to be Willow. Willow
didn't even try to hide her gloating smile.
Cordy wanted to say something, but bit her lip. She was in
no position to be too bitchy or even complain. It would be
too easy for
Willow to ruin her forever! Of course she could ruin
Willow, but so what! Willow was already ruined!
"OK, we have time to start. What do you have on for
tonight?" Cordy said briskly/
That was easy for Willow to answer. "Nothing."
"Figures," Cordy muttered.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Willow, hotly.
"Just what I said, your social life is practically Zero. That's
lucky (she didn't notice Willow's frown) it gives us less to
deal with right now. Now, my social life is of course pretty
full. I - you have a date tonight with Eric. He's taking you
to the Bronze there
you will meet with the rest of the gang."
Willow made her now beautiful eyes go wide. "I have a
date with the quarterback? I wont know how to act!"
"Don't you think I know that?" Cordelia snapped back.
"We'll have to work on it. Look, you will need these skills
when we swap back as you
will be dating Xander," Cordelia added shrewdly.
Willow nodded.
"He's not picking me - you up until eight so we have some
time after school so we have time to work on it," Cordelia
said with her usual
bossy attitude. "Now we need to find a reason for me to go
home with you."
Willow frowned in thought.
"Don't frown, it makes wrinkle lines!" Hissed Cordelia.
Willow had to smile at that. "Listen! I've an idea. We'll just
use the excuse that 'I' Cordelia want some math tutoring -
god knows your friends can barely count to ten and later
maybe some commuter training. "
Cordelia nodded her now red head. "That'll work, it will
explain how someone super cool like me can be seen with
a loser like you."
"Thanks!" said Willow sardonically. Cordy did not pick it
up.
"You're welcome. "
They spent the rest of the hour explaining to
the other about nicknames or how to act with their circle.
"Remember now, you are Queen C, you don't take shit off
anyone, be cutting, be the boss other wise 'my friends' will
turn on you with claws."
"Some friends!"
Cordelia shrugged slim shoulders. "Part of the penalty of
fame and power. "
"Now you remember to be NICE, soft spoken and sweet,"
said Willow with a grin.
Cordelia made gagging motions and Willow laughed. Both
were a little startled. It was a typical Cordelia laugh, not a
quiet giggle.
They both headed off for lunch, neither one looking
forward to sitting with the other's circle.
"Don't forget Cordy, you need to get Xander interested in
me as a GIRLFRIEND!"
Again Cordelia made gagging motions.
" We need to separate, we can't be seen together like this!"
said Cordelia after they left the safety of the library. Except
for Buffy and Xander hardly any kids went there!
"Gotcha! " Think Cordelia, Willow ordered herself and
squaring her now beautiful shoulders strode away with
long, confident strides. The heels of her 500 dollar boots
ringing on the wood floor.
Cordy looked enviously after her. Not only my body, but
also my walk AND my favorite boots! She bitched to
herself. She waited a couple
of minutes before following. In the lunchroom she saw
Willow sitting majestically among her friends. She
deliberately walked by to hear
what they were saying. Good! They were cutting other girls
to shreds. The usual.
Then her face burned as she went by as 'Cordelia' said.
"Look what the vultures turned their noses up at! A Loser
Hacker!"
All her friends laughed.
It was what Cordelia had said to Willow once last year. It
seemed like the hacker still remembered it.
Buffy and Xander waved at her after she picked up a lunch
tray. She was damned if she was worried about Willow's
figure so she had put
lots of yummy things on it! As she sat down, Xander
reached in and grabbed the deserts.
"Thanks, Willow. Good Job! You knew I was hungry."
Cordelia frowned and Buffy laughed.
"Xander, you're impossible! I think you would starve if you
didn't mooch off Willow!"
Cordelia stole a glance at a smiling Buffy. She had enough
charisma for a dozen girls. It was hard to believe the power
that dwelled in that petite beautiful blond body. She could tie the strongest football player into knots without working up a sweat! If
she had to switch with anyone why couldn't it have been her? Then
Cordelia shuddered a little. No, that would not be so cool!
Not cool at all. Fighting with disgusting Vampires! -
Double Yuck! Not only was in VERY dangerous, but a
slayer couldn't have a social life or even decent nails!
Cordelia sighed inside when she looked at Xander trying to
be funny. Somehow she would have to get him interested in
Willow! A labor of someone or other, Cordelia could not
remember whom.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step -
that's what Giles had once said and Cordy had remembered
it - it was pretty cool! She frowned as she thought. How dare Giles go off with Ms. Calendar like this? She bet they were sharing the
same hotel room! Disgusting! How dare they enjoy themselves while she was in agony having to be WILLOW ROSENBERG! With an
effort she made herself smile Willow's sweet smile and
Cordelia had to grudging admit that it was a VERY sweet
and winning smile.
"Xander! Xander!"
He stopped his babbling to look and say "Huh!"
So very cool! Cordelia thought sarcastically, but kept the
sweet smile on her face. No one was better at controlling
their feelings than her!
"Xander, you always complain that Buffy or Giles or I don't
listen to you. People would listen more if you said less and
gave some thought to what you are saying!"
"Amen to that!" said Buffy, looking with surprise at
Willow. Way to go Will, she thought!
Xander closed his mouth and looked at Willow. "Willow, I
thought you were my friend!"
"I am Xander," she said with another sweet smile. "I always
will be!" She looked soulfully into his eyes. Gag me! She
thought, but then also thought. He is kinda cute when his mouth isn't getting in the way.
Xander was nervous. Willow had never looked at him this
way before. He looked at Buffy who was grinning at them.
At last Willow was taking her advice and trying to flirt with
Xander.
"Do you think I babble, Buffy?"
She nodded her beautiful blond head. "Listen to her, X
man."
The real Willow was grinning inside. She looked at the
airheads around her, practically worshipping her, hanging
on every word and gesture. She had fooled them all! So far so good. Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed Cordelia talking earnestly to
Xander - and felt a little jealous. Control yourself, she only doing what you asked. Then she noticed almost all the guys were
eyeing her with admiration and desire, She smiled smugly. It made her feel not only good, but powerful! It was a heady feeling. On my
god, she thought, Eric Davis was coming over to talk. Her heart thundered in her breast. But he was looking with so much admiration at
her that she calmed down.
"I'm really looking forward to tonight, Cordelia!" he said
huskily.
Willow smiled Cordelia's smug smile. The man was
hooked good! He won't guess a thing!
She smiled still more brilliantly, feeling her sexual power
grow. It was a very feminine and satisfying feeling.
"See you at eight, Eric dear," she cooed and the man
practically melted. Talk about cool! Willow thought. Why
can't I do this with Xander? But she knew the answer.
She was not beautiful enough to have any self confidence.
Maybe being the bitch queen would have unexpected benefits
at that!
Willow sat in her history class, for once not paying a great
deal of attention to what the teacher was saying. Snyder
had hurried them off
to their respective classes before Willow had had a chance
to explain their dilemma to Buffy and Xander, so now she
was stuck with being
Cordelia to everyone until she caught up with her friends.
As Mrs. Regent moved on to 'eloquently' discourse upon
the impact of the end of the Napoleonic wars on
unemployment in Britain, Willow's mind turned to the
question of Giles being away. Two whole weeks! How
was she going to be Cordy for two whole weeks? Sure it was
cool being so beautiful but it was too weird to be stuck in
each other's bodies! What if they couldn't be switched
back? What if…
"Cordelia?" It wasn't so much the teacher's impatient voice
that got through Willow's rising panic, but the fact that
pretty much everyone had turned round and was staring at
her. She gazed blankly at the teacher, hoping to be given
some clue as to what the woman had just asked her. Silence
reigned. Then Cordelia broke in and started talking about
war injuries and the poor law, and attention shifted
from Willow's misery to Cordelia's surprising amount of
knowledge. Of course it only surprised her. Everyone
expected 'Willow Rosenberg' to be the class brainiac!
Paying more heed to what was going on around
her, Willow took notes and wrote down an essay title with
the rest of the class, then left hurriedly before anyone
could accost her. It was strange her handwriting was
Cordelia's. What weird thing next?
Cordelia angrily stuffed her history book into Willow's
uncool backpack, and dashed after the girl wearing her
body! If there was one thing she hadn't been worrying
about, it was that Willow would behave perfectly well in
class, and wouldn't be getting any teachers Cordelia-mad or
making her looked stupid in front of the other students. But
oh no! Little Miss Perfect had to go and make her look like an idiot. Cordy admitted grudgingly that perhaps her history class performances hadn't always rated an "way excellent", but at least she usually had an answer, and didn't sit there gaping in a way that was seriously unattractive. Oh God, please
say no one else noticed just how bad she had looked. Well,
not her, per se, since she was in Willow's body making
Willow look so much cooler than she ever had done before, but her body, Well, whatever, Willow made her look bad, and it was all
Willow's fault. Maybe this was some evil plan that Willow and that loser Xander had come up with to get back at her. They'd always hated her, just because she was honest enough to point out their embarrassingly patent flaws.
Cordelia stopped her internal fury at this point, feeling
bound to admit that she hadn't always be the most pleasant
person to either of the slayerettes, but who wanted always to be nice? Nice people never got noticed - just look at Willow.
Just as she was about to latch onto Willow and vent, the bell for next
period rang, and the two girls were shunted into their
English class with the rest of the students. If Willow made me look bad here I'll kill her Cordy thought.
She didn't. She answered all the questions brilliantly as
well as getting her a 100 on the test. But Cordelia silently
seethed as all the guys were staring at the false Cordelia
as Willow nervously crossed and recrossed Cordelia's
gorgeous legs. It wasn't fair! They totally ignored her! And
Willow was wearing her favorite Boots! She's so sexy and I
look like a frumpy geek!
They had study hall next.
"Cut study hall and meet me at the Library!" she hissed at
Willow, who looked startled and then nodded. It was easy
for Cordy as Willow to slip away, but not Willow as Cordelia.
She made up some excuse of leaving something behind and finally
ditched her admiring court.
In the library Cordy looked with dislike on Willow. To try
and stop the storm from coming Willow quickly and
forcibly said. "Bitching at me won't help!
What are we going to do until
Miss Calendar and Giles get back in two weeks?"
Cordelia reluctantly bit off a flood of recriminations. They
could wait until she got her beautiful body and life back.
They looked at each other. The teen Queen and the
wallflower hacker. Only now things were reversed. Cordy
hated the feeling of helplessness she now felt.
Time to take charge. She had been thinking hard about
it and of course Willow's brain was first rate!
"First of al we don't tell ANYONE And I mean ANYONE!
"
"Not even Xander?"
"Especially not Xander. He would blab somehow,
someway and the whole school would think we were freaks
even if they didn't believe him.
Also nether of us wants to spend the next twenty years
(until I kill him) listening to him teasing us about the body
switch. Can't you just hear all the bad jokes?"
Willow could.
"We're going to have to pretend to be each other. And it
will be much easier if no one knows."
Willow nodded her now beautiful head. "But how are we
going to pull it off? I don't know how to be you."
"That's painfully apparent. Look at how you are dressed."
"What wrong with the way I am dressed?" asked Willow
hotly.
Cordy ignored her. "Tonight, I am going to lay out outfits
for you for the rest of the week and work with you. You
have to learn to do me justice and not ruin my life!"
"Same to you, Cordy I don't want you bitching up a storm
as usual and losing me my friends."
"What friends?"
Willow stood up and despite herself Cordelia was
intimated. Willow was so much taller and larger and more
beautiful than she was now.
"At least I have friends, you just have two faced
sycophants."
"That's not true! Oh, never mind. You were right we can't
argue. This week and weekend I am going to have to teach
you to be Cordelia Chase."
Willow smiled. An idea had just come. This might turn out
to be her lucky break.
Cordelia didn't like the smile. Didn't like it at all. What was
Willow up to?
"I want something from you in return. "
"What?" She hoped it wasn't her new leather pants and
vest.
"You know how to get boys crazy about you."
"Yes, so?"
"While you're me you have to get Xander interested in me,
when we switch back I want him as my boyfriend."
Cordelia dropped Willow's jaw. "As if! Like you can't be
serious! Me flirt with Xander, me let Xander kiss me, me
go out with Xander Harris! I wont do it!"
Willow's curved Cordelia's beautiful mouth into a nasty
smile, which came very naturally to it.
"OK then. Let's see how badly I can dress the rest of the
weak, I wont comb my hair, I will drop cheerleading, join
the chess club -"
"You bitch!" yelled Cordy.
"I am supposed to be a bitch; I'm Cordelia Chase. Well?"
"You win!" Cordelia shuddered. Xander Harris as a
boyfriend. At least no one would know! But when she got
her body back Evil Willow was going to pay in blood for this!
"Ok, then lets shake on it! From now we're partners you get
me Xander and I'll keep your precious social standing."
Cordy forced herself to smile. She needed Willow. Then
her wit came to her rescue.
"OK, bitch queen!"
Willow looked startled then smiled and said sneeringly in
her best Princess Cordelia voice "Alright, loser!"
And they shook on it eyeing each warily.
Neither one said it but both Cordelia and Willow felt it
VERY freaky to touch what had been their own body. Also,
both cherished the wild hope that maybe just touching
would send them back into familiar flesh. They looked on
for a long second, waiting for it to happen and
of course it didn't.
Cordy sighed bitterly looking at her lost beautiful body.
Now Willow had it! It wasn't fair to go from number one to
a minus number in the food chain!
Willow's disappointed didn't last long. Looking at the sour
puss Cordelia had put on Willow's face made her more
cheerful. At last the
bitchy Cordy was feeling how it felt to be Willow. Willow
didn't even try to hide her gloating smile.
Cordy wanted to say something, but bit her lip. She was in
no position to be too bitchy or even complain. It would be
too easy for
Willow to ruin her forever! Of course she could ruin
Willow, but so what! Willow was already ruined!
"OK, we have time to start. What do you have on for
tonight?" Cordy said briskly/
That was easy for Willow to answer. "Nothing."
"Figures," Cordy muttered.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Willow, hotly.
"Just what I said, your social life is practically Zero. That's
lucky (she didn't notice Willow's frown) it gives us less to
deal with right now. Now, my social life is of course pretty
full. I - you have a date tonight with Eric. He's taking you
to the Bronze there
you will meet with the rest of the gang."
Willow made her now beautiful eyes go wide. "I have a
date with the quarterback? I wont know how to act!"
"Don't you think I know that?" Cordelia snapped back.
"We'll have to work on it. Look, you will need these skills
when we swap back as you
will be dating Xander," Cordelia added shrewdly.
Willow nodded.
"He's not picking me - you up until eight so we have some
time after school so we have time to work on it," Cordelia
said with her usual
bossy attitude. "Now we need to find a reason for me to go
home with you."
Willow frowned in thought.
"Don't frown, it makes wrinkle lines!" Hissed Cordelia.
Willow had to smile at that. "Listen! I've an idea. We'll just
use the excuse that 'I' Cordelia want some math tutoring -
god knows your friends can barely count to ten and later
maybe some commuter training. "
Cordelia nodded her now red head. "That'll work, it will
explain how someone super cool like me can be seen with
a loser like you."
"Thanks!" said Willow sardonically. Cordy did not pick it
up.
"You're welcome. "
They spent the rest of the hour explaining to
the other about nicknames or how to act with their circle.
"Remember now, you are Queen C, you don't take shit off
anyone, be cutting, be the boss other wise 'my friends' will
turn on you with claws."
"Some friends!"
Cordelia shrugged slim shoulders. "Part of the penalty of
fame and power. "
"Now you remember to be NICE, soft spoken and sweet,"
said Willow with a grin.
Cordelia made gagging motions and Willow laughed. Both
were a little startled. It was a typical Cordelia laugh, not a
quiet giggle.
They both headed off for lunch, neither one looking
forward to sitting with the other's circle.
"Don't forget Cordy, you need to get Xander interested in
me as a GIRLFRIEND!"
Again Cordelia made gagging motions.
" We need to separate, we can't be seen together like this!"
said Cordelia after they left the safety of the library. Except
for Buffy and Xander hardly any kids went there!
"Gotcha! " Think Cordelia, Willow ordered herself and
squaring her now beautiful shoulders strode away with
long, confident strides. The heels of her 500 dollar boots
ringing on the wood floor.
Cordy looked enviously after her. Not only my body, but
also my walk AND my favorite boots! She bitched to
herself. She waited a couple
of minutes before following. In the lunchroom she saw
Willow sitting majestically among her friends. She
deliberately walked by to hear
what they were saying. Good! They were cutting other girls
to shreds. The usual.
Then her face burned as she went by as 'Cordelia' said.
"Look what the vultures turned their noses up at! A Loser
Hacker!"
All her friends laughed.
It was what Cordelia had said to Willow once last year. It
seemed like the hacker still remembered it.
Buffy and Xander waved at her after she picked up a lunch
tray. She was damned if she was worried about Willow's
figure so she had put
lots of yummy things on it! As she sat down, Xander
reached in and grabbed the deserts.
"Thanks, Willow. Good Job! You knew I was hungry."
Cordelia frowned and Buffy laughed.
"Xander, you're impossible! I think you would starve if you
didn't mooch off Willow!"
Cordelia stole a glance at a smiling Buffy. She had enough
charisma for a dozen girls. It was hard to believe the power
that dwelled in that petite beautiful blond body. She could tie the strongest football player into knots without working up a sweat! If
she had to switch with anyone why couldn't it have been her? Then
Cordelia shuddered a little. No, that would not be so cool!
Not cool at all. Fighting with disgusting Vampires! -
Double Yuck! Not only was in VERY dangerous, but a
slayer couldn't have a social life or even decent nails!
Cordelia sighed inside when she looked at Xander trying to
be funny. Somehow she would have to get him interested in
Willow! A labor of someone or other, Cordelia could not
remember whom.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step -
that's what Giles had once said and Cordy had remembered
it - it was pretty cool! She frowned as she thought. How dare Giles go off with Ms. Calendar like this? She bet they were sharing the
same hotel room! Disgusting! How dare they enjoy themselves while she was in agony having to be WILLOW ROSENBERG! With an
effort she made herself smile Willow's sweet smile and
Cordelia had to grudging admit that it was a VERY sweet
and winning smile.
"Xander! Xander!"
He stopped his babbling to look and say "Huh!"
So very cool! Cordelia thought sarcastically, but kept the
sweet smile on her face. No one was better at controlling
their feelings than her!
"Xander, you always complain that Buffy or Giles or I don't
listen to you. People would listen more if you said less and
gave some thought to what you are saying!"
"Amen to that!" said Buffy, looking with surprise at
Willow. Way to go Will, she thought!
Xander closed his mouth and looked at Willow. "Willow, I
thought you were my friend!"
"I am Xander," she said with another sweet smile. "I always
will be!" She looked soulfully into his eyes. Gag me! She
thought, but then also thought. He is kinda cute when his mouth isn't getting in the way.
Xander was nervous. Willow had never looked at him this
way before. He looked at Buffy who was grinning at them.
At last Willow was taking her advice and trying to flirt with
Xander.
"Do you think I babble, Buffy?"
She nodded her beautiful blond head. "Listen to her, X
man."
The real Willow was grinning inside. She looked at the
airheads around her, practically worshipping her, hanging
on every word and gesture. She had fooled them all! So far so good. Out of the corner of her eyes she noticed Cordelia talking earnestly to
Xander - and felt a little jealous. Control yourself, she only doing what you asked. Then she noticed almost all the guys were
eyeing her with admiration and desire, She smiled smugly. It made her feel not only good, but powerful! It was a heady feeling. On my
god, she thought, Eric Davis was coming over to talk. Her heart thundered in her breast. But he was looking with so much admiration at
her that she calmed down.
"I'm really looking forward to tonight, Cordelia!" he said
huskily.
Willow smiled Cordelia's smug smile. The man was
hooked good! He won't guess a thing!
She smiled still more brilliantly, feeling her sexual power
grow. It was a very feminine and satisfying feeling.
"See you at eight, Eric dear," she cooed and the man
practically melted. Talk about cool! Willow thought. Why
can't I do this with Xander? But she knew the answer.
She was not beautiful enough to have any self confidence.
Maybe being the bitch queen would have unexpected benefits
at that!