Title: House Arrest 10/20 + Epilogue

Author: Forsaken2003

Pairing: William/Xander
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I own none, all belong to Joss Whedon
Comments: Always welcomed!
Summary: William is under house arrest after assaulting his teacher. When he starts people watching he notices something strange about his neighbour.
Warnings/Spoilers: Human Verse. Out of Character.

Note: (An S/X adaptation if the movie 'Disturbia'.) Uses actual dialogue from the movie Please don't sue!

Beta'd by: Whichclothes

Part Ten

"No!" William whispered

"No!" Oz repeated.

Quietly William and Oz made their way down the stairs. They tried to look from a far distance to see who was at the door. William slowly began to approach the door. Oz suddenly pulled William back. "Don't, it could be him!"

William scoffed, "It's not gonna be him."

"Then stop! Just… let 'em go away," Oz told him

The doorbell rang again and William headed to the door. "I have too." William peeped through the peephole. Calmly he turned to Oz.

Oz flailed around, "What! What? Speak!"

"It's him," William said gravely.

"You're full of…" Oz tip-toed to the door. One look at Xander and he covered his mouth, grabbed William and pulled him back. "Shit! Shit! Oh my shit!"

In a panicked whisper William said, "He totally saw us."

The doorbell rang again. William headed to the door again.

"We are so busted. Don't answer it!" Oz tried to convince William one more time.

"He knows I'm here." William pointed to the bracelet on his ankle. "I got the thing on my bloody foot!"

William swung the door open. Xander stood there, his arms folded. "What took you so long?" he asked eyeing Oz. "The house isn't that big."

"Yeah, no, we were playing upstairs," William answered.

Oz cringed at how that sounded. Xander's eyebrow went up. "Video games!" Oz intercepted.

William stood there awkwardly. "So... what brings you here? To my house?"

"Oh. I got locked out," Xander explained while staring at William.

"Do… you need to call anyone?" William asked and realized how lame that sounded.

Xander shook his head, "Thanks, but I'd rather stay stranded if you don't mind."

William and Oz traded glances.

"So can I come in or not?" Xander asked with a slight smile.

"Uh, sure, come on in." William and Oz stepped aside.

Xander stepped inside, and glanced around to check out the place.

"That's Oz," William introduced to Xander.

"Nice to meet you. Video games, huh?" Xander looked at William and said suggestively. "I like to play."

William traded a look with Oz as Xander nonchalantly headed up the stairs. "Excuse me," William said as he jogged to catch up.

Xander barged into William's bedroom, instantly struck by the mess. William pushed past him, started to grab underwear and garbage off the floor. "It's a little messy."

"A little?" Xander laughed and looked around.

William continued to gather clothes, and tossed them to Oz who tossed them in the closet.

Xander picked up the binoculars from the window sill and peered outside. "Anything interesting out there?"

William and Oz exchanged looks. Xander turned around binoculars still raised, and he aimed them like a gun at William. "Are you spying on the neighbors, Will?"

William froze.

"Actually, he is," Oz stated, when he saw William's eyes widen in fear he continued. "See, he has this neighbor… who I guess by definition would also be your neighbor - who may, in point of fact, be a cold-blooded killer," Oz explained as if it was a normal everyday thing.

"Is that so?" Xander asked and continued to look at William.

Oz pointed out the window to Michaels's house. "Exhibit A, Fred Michaels."

"Yeah, I've seen him. So?" Xander looked confused.

"So you hear about that missing girl from Madison?" William asked.

Xander realized what they were talking about and pointed to Michaels's house. "What, you think he…"

"He drives a car like the one she was last seen in," William explained.

"Blue Mustang," Oz added.

"60's era Mustang." William added a little more detail.

"Gee, that really narrows it down," Xander replied sarcastically.

William rushed on, "They said it was dented. He has a bashed-in fender."

"It's cohesive," Oz said and stuck his hands together as if that clarified it all.

"So this is why… you're…" Xander looked down at the binoculars in his hands.

Suddenly William saw something out the window and ripped the binoculars out of Xander's hand and went to the window.

"What?" Oz asked and jumped up and down.

Michaels pulled the blue Mustang out of the garage and down the driveway.

Xander suddenly grabbed the binoculars back from William and peered out.

"Hey!" William scowled at Xander.

"So that's the infamous blue Mustang, huh?" Xander said and continued to stare out the window.

"Yeah…"

"Okay. I am seeing the Mustang. But no bashed-in fender," Xander commented on.

William grabbed the binoculars back once again. "What? Yeah, no, it's there. It's there."

Sure enough, the Mustang no longer had a bashed in fender. The garage door started to close.

"How'd he fix it so fast?" William whispered.

"Because it was never there in the first place?" Xander guessed.

William eyed Xander. Shit, could he have imagined it?

Xander playfully grabbed the binoculars back from William. Xander looked into the garage. "He collects skulls!"

"What? Here, let me see." Once again William snatched the binoculars back, "Are you bloody serious?" He took a quick look and turned to Oz. "That's a longhorn skull. You know what state's famous for longhorns."

"Austin, Texas. The Texas Longhorns," Oz threw in.

William and Oz eyed Xander as if to say "see?"

Xander eyed them right back. "Okay, fine, stakeout." He took the binoculars back and made himself comfortable on the chair. "Who's on my shift?"

William immediately raised his hand.