A/N: Thanks for all your reviews! (Edited)
Xander was very different. He was cold, distant, and mean. I guess that answered my question of whether or not he changed for the better. After Willow and Xander's argument in the hallway; we decided to give him the rest of the week to cool off. The new plan was to talk to him on Monday. That was four days ago. No one has seen Xander since Friday last week. Willow was the only one who spoke with him, and after the fight we figured it was best to leave him alone for awhile. He didn't show up to school at all this week, and when Buffy went to his house after school on Monday his mother said he wasn't there. Throughout the week his mother had new excuses: he is in the shower, he is a sleep, he's cleaning the basement, he went to the store, and many others. His mother refused to let whichever Scooby it was into her home to wait for him. She sent them all way with a quick explanation of why they couldn't speak with him and a door slammed in their face.
I am worried about him. It's not like him to attack people, even if he does hate them. I don't think the Mayor is the reason for Xander's behavior like the girls (once Willow came back to the library she told us her theory about Xander's changes; Buffy agreed with her). I don't know what to think about this 'new' Xander. I won't be able to form a solid opinion until I speak with him myself.
We decided that a small group would be going over to Xander's house after the meeting. Buffy wants to go. She was automatically shot down by Cordy, who blamed Xander's employment issue on her and Willow. Almost everyone wants to go. Cordy, Willow, Wesley, and I are all going over to his house and try to reason with him. Everyone else wanted to go, but that would have just caused more problems. The four of us going is still a huge risk.
The only reason they wanted to go was so they could find out first hand if he has a kid or not. Xander and I need to talk about a lot of things and his kid is one of the main ones. I wonder why he never told me he got some girl pregnant before we got together. Did he know she was pregnant? Would it have made a difference? Was she the girl I saw punch him in the face? Why does the kid live with him and not her mother? There are just so many questions I want answered and one way or another he is going to answer me.
We were told that Xander's mother went out of town this afternoon and would not be back for two weeks. This was the perfect opportunity to speak with him. His mother was no longer in the way to slam the door in our faces. Once we got to his street I immediately looked at his house. The only lights that were on were his front porch light and his living room light. I am slightly nervous; it has been so long since I have actually spoken with him.
When we got to the front door no one was willing to ring the bell. I look at the front of his house and noticed a sign on the door. It was a list: no soliciting, no loitering, trespassers will be shot, visitors will be stabbed and so on. Once I got to the bottom of the list I noticed the 'welcome' mat, which was not very welcoming at all. It said Now Get The Fuck Off My Property. I guess he isn't very welcoming right now. I wonder if this has been like this since Xander was kicked out of the group, or if he only puts this stuff out when his mother isn't around.
"Well…that doesn't scream go away," I just ignored Cordy's sarcastic comment and tried to figure out what I was going to say to Xander. "Come on guys we don't have time for this. The sooner we talk to Xander the sooner we can fix whatever it is that is wrong with him". Willow is going to cause some problems tonight. "How can you be so sure that Mr. Harris has something wrong with him?" Wesley asked Willow who was about to open her mouth and say something that was most likely going to cause an argument when Cordy cut her off. "Did we come here to hang out on donut-boys porch or did we come here to get him to stop being an idiot and see reason?" I was going to answer her when a cold familiar voice spoke up.
"I would say I was curious as to why you are here, but that would be a lie. You have fifteen seconds to explain why you are here before I call the cops for trespassing".