Part 9: The Scooby Meeting
"Who's that girl?!" Carrie Borden asked very annoyed as she looked at the red headed girl in the arms of Graham Miller and she really wish she could be there herself. The only reason she had ever considered to take a computer class was that she heard he was going to TA it and when the class started she did everything to get him to notice her and she really thought she had succeeded; Graham was always so nice and seemed very interested in everything she said and she had been so sure that he was falling for her...until now.
"That's the other girl in our computer class!" Carrie's friend Lana told her.
"What other girl?"
The stunningly beautiful girl, who danced very close to Graham, was quite tall, but thin. She had fiery red hair and big, green eyes and she was dressed in wooden green leather pants, high heel boots, and a see-through shirt in the same colour as the pants with a black satin top underneath. Carrie was sure she had never seen her before, until she saw the girl smile and tuck her hair behind the ear. The small gesture was quite familiar and Carrie recognized the shy, quiet and meek girl in the JAVA class.
"No way!"
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"You look very beautiful tonight." Graham told Willow on the dance floor.
"Thank you, so do you." She smiled and blushed a little at his words. She almost couldn't believe it; here she was dancing closely to one of the most handsome guys she had seen and she felt surprisingly comfortable in his arms. Two days ago Willow had been convinced that nobody in the world wanted her, but now...maybe there was hope. That was what the spirit in her dream had told her, to not give up hope of love...
"I have to tell you something." Graham started a bit unsure and loosened his grip on her when the music changed to a faster beat.
"I'm listening." Willow looked up at his serious face and became a little worried. *I knew this was too good to be true! Of course he has a girlfriend or something, everybody has somebody...but me.*
"Not here, maybe we can take a walk?"
"Okay."
"Good." Graham took her hand and they started to make their way through the people towards the front door.
They had almost reached the door when it opened and revealed Xander and Anya on the doorstep. "Hey Wills, where's Buffy?" Xander asked as soon as he saw Willow.
"I don't know exactly, probably with Riley, why? What's the matter?" Willow asked now worried.
"It's the 'bat signal' and a big one this time."
"Oh, okay, I'll find her, just a minute! Will you excuse me?" She turned to Graham, who just nodded and let go of her hand.
Graham studied the couple before him and came to a conclusion: "You must be Xander, Willow's best friend from her childhood?" He asked the dark-haired boy.
Xander just stared at the tall, muscular and - objectively spoken of course - handsome man before him and was too surprised to say more than just some consonants. "Hthfdnt?"
"Oh, Willow talked a lot about you last night." Graham smiled and enjoyed watching Xander's eyes widen in shock.
"Aw, Willow is having sex again, isn't that sweet? I was very worried that she would join a convent or something, which would be a total waste of her fantastic body, don't you agree...eh, what's your name?" Anya smiled at him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot my manners. I'm Graham." He introduced himself to the woman who was so honest and free-spoken that he immediately understood who she was. "And you are Anya, right? How's vengeance these days?"
"Very slow, they don't make vengeance demons like they used to...hey, how did you know that?!"
Graham didn't have the time to answer, because Willow just arrived with Buffy. "Guess you'll get that Scooby meeting sooner than planned." Willow smiled at him.
"I guess." He took her hand again when they went outside.
"Eh, Willow?" Xander started when he noticed Graham was still present.
"Don't worry, Xander, Graham knows about us and he can help, so we invited him to the meeting tonight." Willow smiled reassuringly at her oldest friend and when Buffy nodded in agreement, Xander let go of the subject.
"Okay, if you say so..."
"Now, what's the big hurry?" Buffy asked.
"Well, what do you think? It's a new big bad in town!" Xander teased then became serious. "It was actually Spike who alarmed us, he said we should come up with a plan to vanquish this baddie and rather fast."
"Spike wanted a plan?! This I have to hear by myself!" Buffy smiled.
They soon arrived to Giles' house and had to go over the 'this is Graham and he knows about vampires' again, but it went pretty smoothly. Giles welcomed him and said that all reinforcements were very well needed.
"So what's the news?" Buffy asked and flopped down in an armchair.
"Well, it seems a very old and dangerous vampire has come to Sunnydale in the last couple of days. Spike ran into one of this vampire's minions tonight at the Ravingdale Cemetary."
"...and then the former big bad ran away scared to death...or maybe dust?" Buffy teased when Spike emerged from he kitchen.
"Not really, slayer, the minion is dust though. Hey, we have a visitor! Or did you bring me dinner?" Spike smiled evilly when he noticed the new member of the slayerettes.
"Drop the act, Spike." Graham said and tried to hide his smile.
"Hello Miller-boy, how's life?" Spike dropped his smile and sat down in Giles' couch.
"Pretty good now, I think." Graham sat down beside the vampire with Willow on his other side. "How's undeath?"
"You two know each other?!" Xander said shocked.
"He saved my life."
"Oh dear. You are Graham Miller, from Orlando Florida?" Giles' asked to the others' surprise.
"Yes, Watcher." Graham stressed the last word a bit and the Scoobies gave him puzzled looks.
"Oh dear." Giles repeated his favourite expression as he sat down at his desk. "My condolences."
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"Who's that girl?!" Carrie Borden asked very annoyed as she looked at the red headed girl in the arms of Graham Miller and she really wish she could be there herself. The only reason she had ever considered to take a computer class was that she heard he was going to TA it and when the class started she did everything to get him to notice her and she really thought she had succeeded; Graham was always so nice and seemed very interested in everything she said and she had been so sure that he was falling for her...until now.
"That's the other girl in our computer class!" Carrie's friend Lana told her.
"What other girl?"
The stunningly beautiful girl, who danced very close to Graham, was quite tall, but thin. She had fiery red hair and big, green eyes and she was dressed in wooden green leather pants, high heel boots, and a see-through shirt in the same colour as the pants with a black satin top underneath. Carrie was sure she had never seen her before, until she saw the girl smile and tuck her hair behind the ear. The small gesture was quite familiar and Carrie recognized the shy, quiet and meek girl in the JAVA class.
"No way!"
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"You look very beautiful tonight." Graham told Willow on the dance floor.
"Thank you, so do you." She smiled and blushed a little at his words. She almost couldn't believe it; here she was dancing closely to one of the most handsome guys she had seen and she felt surprisingly comfortable in his arms. Two days ago Willow had been convinced that nobody in the world wanted her, but now...maybe there was hope. That was what the spirit in her dream had told her, to not give up hope of love...
"I have to tell you something." Graham started a bit unsure and loosened his grip on her when the music changed to a faster beat.
"I'm listening." Willow looked up at his serious face and became a little worried. *I knew this was too good to be true! Of course he has a girlfriend or something, everybody has somebody...but me.*
"Not here, maybe we can take a walk?"
"Okay."
"Good." Graham took her hand and they started to make their way through the people towards the front door.
They had almost reached the door when it opened and revealed Xander and Anya on the doorstep. "Hey Wills, where's Buffy?" Xander asked as soon as he saw Willow.
"I don't know exactly, probably with Riley, why? What's the matter?" Willow asked now worried.
"It's the 'bat signal' and a big one this time."
"Oh, okay, I'll find her, just a minute! Will you excuse me?" She turned to Graham, who just nodded and let go of her hand.
Graham studied the couple before him and came to a conclusion: "You must be Xander, Willow's best friend from her childhood?" He asked the dark-haired boy.
Xander just stared at the tall, muscular and - objectively spoken of course - handsome man before him and was too surprised to say more than just some consonants. "Hthfdnt?"
"Oh, Willow talked a lot about you last night." Graham smiled and enjoyed watching Xander's eyes widen in shock.
"Aw, Willow is having sex again, isn't that sweet? I was very worried that she would join a convent or something, which would be a total waste of her fantastic body, don't you agree...eh, what's your name?" Anya smiled at him.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot my manners. I'm Graham." He introduced himself to the woman who was so honest and free-spoken that he immediately understood who she was. "And you are Anya, right? How's vengeance these days?"
"Very slow, they don't make vengeance demons like they used to...hey, how did you know that?!"
Graham didn't have the time to answer, because Willow just arrived with Buffy. "Guess you'll get that Scooby meeting sooner than planned." Willow smiled at him.
"I guess." He took her hand again when they went outside.
"Eh, Willow?" Xander started when he noticed Graham was still present.
"Don't worry, Xander, Graham knows about us and he can help, so we invited him to the meeting tonight." Willow smiled reassuringly at her oldest friend and when Buffy nodded in agreement, Xander let go of the subject.
"Okay, if you say so..."
"Now, what's the big hurry?" Buffy asked.
"Well, what do you think? It's a new big bad in town!" Xander teased then became serious. "It was actually Spike who alarmed us, he said we should come up with a plan to vanquish this baddie and rather fast."
"Spike wanted a plan?! This I have to hear by myself!" Buffy smiled.
They soon arrived to Giles' house and had to go over the 'this is Graham and he knows about vampires' again, but it went pretty smoothly. Giles welcomed him and said that all reinforcements were very well needed.
"So what's the news?" Buffy asked and flopped down in an armchair.
"Well, it seems a very old and dangerous vampire has come to Sunnydale in the last couple of days. Spike ran into one of this vampire's minions tonight at the Ravingdale Cemetary."
"...and then the former big bad ran away scared to death...or maybe dust?" Buffy teased when Spike emerged from he kitchen.
"Not really, slayer, the minion is dust though. Hey, we have a visitor! Or did you bring me dinner?" Spike smiled evilly when he noticed the new member of the slayerettes.
"Drop the act, Spike." Graham said and tried to hide his smile.
"Hello Miller-boy, how's life?" Spike dropped his smile and sat down in Giles' couch.
"Pretty good now, I think." Graham sat down beside the vampire with Willow on his other side. "How's undeath?"
"You two know each other?!" Xander said shocked.
"He saved my life."
"Oh dear. You are Graham Miller, from Orlando Florida?" Giles' asked to the others' surprise.
"Yes, Watcher." Graham stressed the last word a bit and the Scoobies gave him puzzled looks.
"Oh dear." Giles repeated his favourite expression as he sat down at his desk. "My condolences."
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