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Link had picked Buffy up the next day and the two drove to school together. They walked in together and Buffy was glad that the hall was fairly empty but she could already hear a few of the whispers.

"Don't let them get to you Baby."

"I'm not. I knew there were going to be rumors and I don't care what they say. The only opinion that matters is yours." Buffy told them.

"Good." Link said with a smile.

"Buffy!" Buffy and Link turned at the sound of her name to see Tracy and Penny coming toward them.

"Hey Trace, Penny. Glad to see you made it to school today."

"You too. Did you get in any trouble? I talked to Principal Fox and told him everything."

"Nah, the girls confessed once they talked to their parents. I'm guessing they got suspended."

"I hope so. It was just mean what they tried to do to Tracy and you." Penny said taking her ever present lollipop out long enough to talk and then returning it from whence it came.

"Mom asked me to invite you over this Saturday. Do you think you can make it?"

"I should be able to. I'll check with dad and see if he has anything planned. I know Link and I have a date to go to the drive-in that night but if I don't have anything to do with dad I can come over anytime in the afternoon. Give me your number and I'll call you and let you know."

Tracy and Buffy exchanged numbers and Buffy made sure to put the number in her back pack where she wouldn't lose it. The warning bell rang and they all hurried off to home room. Tracy, Penny and Buffy were all in the same homeroom and sat by each other.

"Hey Buffy, I noticed you are wearing a new ring. Did Link give that to you?" Tracy asked. Buffy nodded.

"Yesterday was our one month anniversary and he said he wanted everyone to know that I was his girl."

"Let me see it." Buffy showed her and Penny the ring Link had gotten her.

"That is a beautiful Promise Ring Buffy." Tracy told her and Penny nodded.

"He presented it to me on top of a cupcake. It was so romantic." Buffy told them. They sat quietly as role was called.
"So I was thinking why don't you sit with me at lunch?" Buffy offered to Tracy after role was finished.

"You sure Link won't mind?" Tracy asked.

"No, you're my friend he won't mind. Plus, you can meet some of the other council members."

"Sure sounds like a plan."


On Saturday Buffy skipped on going with Link to the studio in order to go to Tracy's. Buffy had wanted to bring something so she had made cookies the night before with Link's help. She laughed at the thought of the help Link gave. Every chance he got he tried to steal batter or once the cookies were baked those, but he did help her with the dishes afterwards. Since her father had to go into work today Buffy decided to walk to Tracy's house where Link was going to pick her up later. Remembering the address Tracy had given her, Buffy knew she was coming up on where Tracy lived when she saw the joke shop that she knew Tracy's father owned. The shop was open so Buffy thought she would stick her head in and say hi to Mr. Turnblad. Opening the door to the shop she heard Mr. Turnblad call out.

"We are just about to close."

"It's Buffy Mr. Turnblad. I saw that you were still open and thought I would see your shop before going up to see Tracy."

"Buffy! Welcome to my shop. I was just closing up so we could all be there to greet you. Come on, and I'll take you up."

Buffy nodded and walked with him to the door. He locked the shop and then he and Buffy went in through another door. They walked up the steps and came to another door where he used his key on the door.

"Tracy! Edna! Buffy's here." He called to his home. Tracy was the first to respond coming out of the kitchen.

"Buffy! You made it!"

"I hope I'm not too early. I wasn't sure how long the walk would be."

"You walked here?" Edna asked as she entered. Buffy nodded.

"Mom this is Buffy Summers. Buffy this is my mom."

"It's nice to meet you Buffy."

"It's nice to meet you Mrs. Turnblad. I made you all some fresh baked chocolate chip cookies." Buffy said handing her the foil wrapped plate that held the cookies.

"They look marvelous. We'll have them after lunch. Come have a seat you must be tired after such a long walk." They all went and sat down.

"It wasn't that bad plus it was good exercise. My dad had to work today so he has the car, which doesn't matter because I don't drive anyway, and both Link and Corny are at the studio rehearsing."

"Link is the nice young man who was sitting with you and Tracy in the nurse's office?" Mr. Turnblad asked.

"Yes sir, he's my boyfriend and he dances and sings on the Corny Collins show. He's going to pick me up from here later, and Corny is like a big brother to me. We sort of adopted each other as brother and sister."

"That's nice dear. Wilbur and I wanted to thank you again for taking such good care of our Tracy the other day. I'm so glad she has a friend like you."

"It was nothing Mrs. Turnblad. I just helped a friend."

"Mom, Buffy and I are going to go in my room and listen to some records let us know when lunch is ready." Tracy said pulling Buffy out of the room and toward her room.

That was what Tracy and Buffy did as they listened to records and talked for a bit. They had lunch where her cookies were a smash. After lunch they returned to the records this time dancing a bit.

"Buffy, you're good. You should be dancing on the Corny Collins show."

"I don't do well in front of an audience. Besides I like what I do for Corny, and during show time I get a lot of my school work done. I think if they ever have auditions that you should try out. You'd get on the show for sure."

"You really think so?" Tracy asked.

"I do."

They danced for a while and eventually Penny showed up and they all decide to go see a movie. Buffy suggested going to see the movie she and Link would be seeing at the drive-in.

"That's sounds like a good plan since I don't think you'll be seeing much of it tonight." Tracy said and they all giggled.

The movie had been really good and the girls talked about it the whole way back to Tracy's place. The girls went back to Tracy's room until they heard Edna call out.

"Buffy! Your ride is here."

"Coming."

She called back with a huge smile that only anything having to do with Link could bring out. The girls made their way out to the front where Link was standing with Tracy's parents.

"I had a great time here today. Thank you for having me over Mr. and Mrs. Turnblad."

"You're welcome over here anytime Buffy." Mr. Turblad told her.

"Thank you for the cookies. They were very good." Mrs. Turnblad told her.

"See you at school on Monday." Buffy waved to her friends as she and Link walked out.


Things had been going slow and Buffy was glad for that. The hype on the fight had died down and soon everyone was talking about something else until Buffy and Link went to the Elvis concert. Link and Buffy had gotten pulled up on stage where Elvis and Link sang I Can't Help Falling in Love to Buffy. Many pictures had been snapped and the next day Buffy and Link were on the front page of the newspaper. Everyone at school had talked about it to the point that Link and Buffy were trying to find some solitude. Two weeks had passed before everyone had finally let that one rest. Buffy looked down at herself two months later and couldn't believe she had let Link talk her into this. Link was going to sing a song called It Takes Two and he wanted to sing it to Buffy since she was his girl. It really hadn't taken much on Link's part to convince her. One of his more passionate kisses and Buffy was agreeing. She was a nervous wreck as she waited for Corny's introduction.

"Now our very own Link Larkin will be singing It Takes Two and we have a special visitor for him to sing it to his girlfriend Buffy Summers."

Fender and IQ quickly set a stool by the microphone as Buffy came out and they quickly lifted her on the stool. With her hands on her lap she looked up at him as he began to sing. The other council members danced around them with Amber and Brad getting in the eye of the camera as much as they could. Link would look up at the camera occasionally but his eyes immediately returned to Buffy. Link sang the last notes of the song mere inches from Buffy's face. When the music stopped he quickly kissed Buffy and helped her off the stool. He held her close by keeping an arm around her waist.

"Once again that was our very own Link Larkin singing It Takes Two to his girlfriend Buffy Summers. Let's give them another round of applause."

The sound technician let loose with another round of audience applause. Buffy hoped her face wasn't turning red. Link was supposed to have let her go back off stage but the arm around her prevented her. Buffy kept her eyes forward looking at the bleachers as Motor-mouth Maybelle spoke about Negro day. When Corny called Brenda up to the microphone everyone turned to face them and Buffy was glad not to have to look in the camera. Link gave her waist a squeeze and she felt her nervousness ease a bit. Then she was glad Link was holding onto her because when Brenda said her leave of absence was going to be nine months Buffy was floored. When her mind was finally working again she heard Corny talking about finding a replacement. Link released her as he stepped out from the rest of the Council to tell everyone to come and audition. He then held out his hand for Buffy and Buffy took it and smiled for the camera until the camera was off and Velma yelled that's a rap.

"Buffy you were great!" Link said pulling her closer so that they were facing each other.

"You owe me. What happened to kissing me and then I walk back off stage?"

"I told you I wanted the world to know you're my girl and though the whole world may not know Baltimore sure does." He said with a sly grin as he leaned in and kissed her. "Am I forgiven?"

Link asked once he broke the kiss.

"Don't think one kiss will…" Buffy was cut off as Link kissed her again. When they broke apart this time Buffy looked like she was in a daze.

"Do two kisses get me off the hook?" He asked with a bit of a pout that Buffy found just adorable.

"All right you're forgiven. Come on!" Buffy said pulling him quickly upon spotting Mrs. Von Tussle heading their way. The two of them ran all the way to Corny's office. Corny had just sat down in his chair when Buffy and Link entered looking out of breath and flushed.

"What's going on?" Corny asked them.

"We narrowly escaped the wrath of the Wicked Witch of the West." Buffy giggled and he knew who Buffy was talking about. Since her first day on the job she had called Amber's mom that.

"I'm guessing she wanted to talk about Link's little change in plan." Buffy and Link nodded. There was a knock on the door.

"You haven't seen us." Buffy whispered pulling Link through the other door in the room that led to Corny's dressing room.


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