Chapter 14

The whole hall sat silent as Principal Snyder Spoke in front of the whole school

"Disappointed is not the word I would use to describe what I'm feeling it's more like range, range that will get someone expelled. I promise every single one of you that when I find out who organized the party they won't even be able to get into another school as for the people that attended the party well in my book they are just as bad. Any one who has any information will come to me. I will be keeping a close eye on the usual suspects" Buffy could feel Snyder's eyes gazing at her but she didn't dare look up just in case she had guilty written on her forehead "That is all you may all go back to your classes" Everyone stood up at the same time, no one dared speak until they were out of the hall. All that could be heard was the echo of people's feet on the gym like floor.

"We are in so much trouble I knew we shouldn't have gone, I knew this was going to happen. I'm going to get expelled aren't I? I'm never going to get into a college, my life is over before it has ever started, and I'm going to be working in the drive through at The Doublemeat Palace" Willow babbled finding it hard to breath

"I think she might be hyperventilating" Buffy whispered to Xander

"I thing you might be right. Calm down, you are not going to get expelled, your life isn't over and you're deftly not going to be working at The Doublemeat Palace. Nearly half the school was at that party I doubt he's going to expel everyone that was there" Xander reassured her but made Buffy panic

"No he'll just expel the people he doesn't like, great my life is over, I'm the one that's going to be working at The Doublemeat Palace." Buffy whined, it was no secret that Snyder had it in for Buffy, ever since he replaced Principal Flutie he had been looking for a reason to expel Buffy and if he found out she was at the party she would probably be the first to go

"All this negative thinking is making me feel paranoid, as far as I'm concerned yesterday never happened" Xander smiled confidently not noticing that Principal Snyder was behind him

"What happened yesterday then Harris?" He asked suspiciously. Buffy bowed her head, looking at her feet while Willow walked off pretending she wasn't apart of the convocation but there was no need, when Snyder saw Gunn he immediately walked over to him "Charles I want to see you in my office, I smell detention"

"Do you think he knows?" Gunn asked Angel when Snyder was finally gone

"No, not yet anyway. He won't expel us, we're athletes, he would rather win a trophy for the school, silly old man"

"I hope so because unlike you my mother won't be able to afford sending me to a private school so its goodbye education goodbye future. What we got first?"

"Gym" Angel replied examining his schedule "Seen Kate today?"

"We broke up yesterday, we had a row because I wasn't paying enough attention to her needs but then she told me the only reason she dated me was to get close to you and then I would tell you how good she was and then you would date her, women ey"

"Tell me about it, I'm going to have a mouthful from Cordelia later. She turned up to Spike's party and was looking for me but I just ran off with Buffy, couldn't be bothered to listen to her you know"

"What do you guys talk about?" Gunn asked curiously, the reason he asked was because he could never have a decent conversation with her, that's all that came out of her mouth was shoes, clothes, insults and well more insults

"Just stuff. Mostly stuff about her but then it's the occasional how I am and then it's the other stuff" He smirked nodding to himself

"Oh I think I can guess what the other stuff is." Gunn chuckled "Oh she is fine" Gunn bit his lip as he watched Winifred Burkle walk down the corridor hands full of books

"I've always thought that, what she doing locking herself away in the science lab all the time" Angel added

"I can think of a few things" Gunn Smirked, Angel took one look at him and laughed

"Your sick you know that, is that all you ever think about?"

"Don't tell me you weren't thinking the same because I know you were and you can't say much you're with Cordelia, says it all"

"Ever thought I might like her?"

"Don't bullshit me if she wasn't putting out then you wouldn't be with her, speaking of Cordelia I think I'm going to leave you two to it" Gunn hurried away before the drama even started. Followed by Harmony and Anya

"I've thought about it. If I can forgive Harmony then I can forgive you" Cordelia said like she had just made a life changing decision, Harmony stood behind her looking very uncomfortable but Angel stood in silence not knowing what she was on about "I know you don't deserve it but I cant help it that I'm such a great person so anyway I was at the part last night and well I didn't you there at all. I saw Spike and he told me you were there, somewhere. So I told Riley I was going to the dance with you, I think I might have broken his heart, bless him but it's all sorted. Me and you we're going to be great. About the dance I was thinking red, me in a red dress and you in a red tie so that we match because we have to match, if we don't match then kiss goodbye to king and queen and if I'm not queen then there's no point going. See you later then" She kissed Angel on the cheek then strutted down the hall in her Jimmy Choo heels

"Well actually Cordy I'm not going to the dance with you, I don't really like you, I think you're annoying and self centred" Angel muttered to himself watching her walk away

"You know they say talking to your self is the first sign of madness" Buffy laughed

"Well with a girlfriend like that I think I'm going mad" Every time Angel mentioned Cordelia Buffy's couldn't help but feel her stomach turn "So what was earlier about? You just ran out of the car what you ashamed to be seen with me or something?"

"On no don't think that because I'm not it's just your Angel O'Neil and girl coming out of the same car as you well I know what people would say because if I saw it I would say the same"

"I'm sorry" Angel spoke quietly

"Why?" Buffy asked confused, he had nothing to apologise for

"Obviously our friendship is an inconvenience, if you don't want to hang out any more that's fine but you've been a really good friend, thanks"

"Angel no, of course I want to hang out, that's not what I meant I just don't want people thinking that its something more then hanging out because lets be honest here when's the last time a girls come over to your house and that's all you done was hang out?"

"Probably when I was 11, yup when I was 11"

"Talk about getting an early start, how old was you when you, no don't tell me I don't think I want to know" From the water fountain Xander watched Buffy and Angel talking, they were looking to cosy for his liking, what was Buffy thinking? Did she realise who she was talking to? He hoped she was ready for getting her heart broken "Shit! I have to go I'm late for French" Buffy said looking at the clock

"Ill see you later though wont I?"

"If you're lucky" Buffy winked before running off to her history lesson. All of a sudden she had a new confidence, where it came from who knew but it only recently surfaced.

"Willow" Buffy whispered from the desk behind her "Yesterday I stayed at Angel's but you have to..."

"OH MY LORD!" Willow gasped a bit too loud

"Keep quite about it" Buffy finished the end of her sentence although there was no point really

"Sorry, quite Willow now, you won't hear a peep out me so what happened then? Did you and him make sweet music?"

"Willow! No we didn't, he was a gentleman didn't even try anything which surprised me a bit"

"And disappointed you, part of you wanted him to try something didn't it" there was no point Buffy hiding it Willow could read her like a book

"I saw a different side of him, he was completely different to the vain stuck up jerk he is in school. I think I like him" Buffy wailed burying her face into her hands, it was all so stressful falling for the most popular guy in school

"This is major! Are you sure because it's a big thing to say especially when he's going out with Cordelia cause that girl wont go down without a fight but no need to worry leave it to me and we will have her flying the white flag"

"Your talking like this is some kind of war, its not it really isn't. Yeah I like him but that's all, like you said he's with Cordelia, I'm not going to get in between them so that's why you have to keep it quite, I'm just going to avoid him until these feelings go away" Buffy had obviously thought this through

"Feelings don't just go"

"If feelings can just come then I'm sure they can just go"

"I think you should tell him, it's so romantic almost like a film"

"And what? We drive of into the sunset. Somehow I don't think so, he's like a million air"

"Multi million air" Willow corrected smugly

"Not helping" Buffy sang "He's like Brad Pitt of Sunnydale and I'm no one"

"Bit of an over statement there"

"Jeeze thanks"

"Oh not the part about you being no one. Buffy your beautiful, you have a great personality any guy would be lucky to have you so just do us all a favour and tell him because I really don't want to be hanging out with a miserable Buffy Summers, it's not the one I know"

"Thanks Will, I'm going to tell him. Lunch time I am going to tell him" Buffy smiled confidently staring out of the window, she saw a knew world, a word of possibility's, a world where anything could happen and she liked that new world, it made her feel like she could achieve anything