Takes place between A Chance to Help and my unfinished Accidents Do Happen....Explains how Xander got so Giles like.
To all who are reading this and are confused due to Accidents Do Happen....this comes before Accidents Do Happen, meaning things happen here that may affect the other story.
*Phased-to dissapear and reappear in the same position, same place.
Interlude
By Kiara (Fallan)
"I don't like it. I just don't like it. We should just stop it right now. I mean, it's one thing to joke around but this is a whole new matter. Sending the end of the world seriously would mean the end of us!"
"Jamie!" The dark haired youth practially shouted, "We have the oppotunity to be powerful! To show this world that we are not to be taken lightly anymore!"
"Alex, I think you are nuts. I truely think you are." The brownish-blond haired younger looking boy replied in what sounded to be despair.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\In the Library at Sunnydale High/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"I'm not going to school here anymore. I can't."
There was silence. The announcement had stunned the gathering crowd. Xander had announced that he was going to drop out of school. True he may be special now but he needed schooling and he wasn't going to take it.
"Xander, may I see you in my office?" Giles asked, breaking the scilence in order to see if he could convince the young boy to stay.
Xander disappeared.
"I'll take that as a yes." Giles said with a sigh. "No evesdropping you guys."
Giles left to his office and pretty soon they could hear hushed voices start to talk.
"He can't leave! He's never talked to me about this. I'm his best friend. I'm supposed to know these things!" Willow said, with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Willow, calm down. I'm sure that he's just overexagerating his feelings. Still, I wonder what makes him feel that way. I mean, if he's not here who will make me laugh in math class?" Buffy said, trying to reassure Willow but still confused and sad.
Angel said nothing. He didn't exactly know what to say. Xander and him did not have a good relationship. He knew noo reason why or why not the kid should stay in school. However he never got a chance to even think about it. Giles had walked back into the room.
"Well?" Willow asked, hoping for the best.
"He's leaving. And for now, I agree with him." Giles said, pushing his glasses up. He knew the questions that would follow after the announcement he made and he was not sure how he was going to answer them.
"WHAT?" Buffy shouted.
"Giles, what's going on that causes you to agree with him?" Willow asked.
Giles cleared his throat. "Well, um...I think I'm not at liberty to tell you Xander's reason. It's Xander you should be asking."
"Forget it, I'm going on patrol. Then I'm going to find Xander and demand an answer!" Buffy said, before taking off. Angel followed her, hoping to maybe calm her down later.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\an hour later, at a cemetary/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"He has nor right," Buffy started to say but stopped when she had to stake a couple of vampires.
"And he never even warned us." She said, dusting herself off. "I could kill him."
"I'd watch what I say." Angel said, smiling.
"What?" Buffy asked, looking at Angel.
"He's behind you."
Buffy whirled around and sure enough there was Xander. Of course, he wasn't doing anything normal. He was phasing*. He smiled as she frowned.
"You complain when Angel does it but when you do it, it's just fine." Buffy said, sounding almost teasingly. Not waiting for Xander to retort, or for Angel to cut in, she continued with her other train of thought. "Xander, why?"
Xander frowned. He never exactly wanted to answer this question in this matter but unfortunatly there was no other way. "You want an explanation? Ok, here it is. Your boyfriend can't go out in sun."
"What does that have to do with anything Xander? We're talking about you, not Angel!"
"Something no one's ever mentioned ever when ever they mention what I am in those vague books, they've never ever mentioned this! I can't take bright lights. Pretty soon, I'll be only able to stand the night." And with that Xander disappeared.
"Oh."
That was all Buffy could say.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\School, morning/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Are you sure? I mean, it's not like he's a vampire." Willow asked Buffy, now that she too knew what was bothering Xander.
"That's what he said, though not in those exact words. I believe he's a little upset that he had to tell too. I mean he started acting...upset. He's never acted upset. Angel says we have to give him time."
Of course, Angel would have said that. He may not have liked Xander all that much but everyone could understand why Angel would have said something like that. (And if you don't know, I start to worry. But he's a vampire so he cannot go out into the sun)
The bell rang, signiling the beginning of first hour. (I have no idea what classes they were in which period so if I get it wrong, I apologize) Willow took of for her math class and Buffy went off to go to her American Governement. If Xander were there he would be accompaning Buffy.
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"Class, we have a new student. His name is Jamie." Mrs. Perison said in an overly cheerful voice.
Jamie stood there and nervously smiled until he was told to seat himself in the far right hand corner next to the extremely good looking blonde student called Buffy. He took a seat and looked at this Buffy girl. She wasn't paying him or the teacher much attention. She was doodling. He stopped looking and started to pay more attention.
An hour the bell rang. The Buffy girl got up, gathered her stuff and took off. Jamie stood up slowly, gathered his stuff with care, and started off to his next class, sociology.
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Alex was busy doing other things. Jamie had practially begged to be able to go to Sunnydale High. Alex couldn't care otherwise if he went to school or not. Just as long as Jamie didn't tell anyone what they were planning. Not that anybody would believe him. Their plan was too unbelievable to other people.
So far they only had a slight plan. He needed information and he was planning on getting some.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\The Room, around noon/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Naia, I can't believe it. I can't just accept this." Xander shouted, anquish heard clearly in his voice.
He never got a verbal command. Instead he ended up being transported out of his room. When he had a clear look, he found himself to be at Angel's Mansion. (Yes, he's moved!!!!!!)
"Xander?"
Xander whirled around to see Angel.
"What the hell is going on here?" Xander demanded, upset that something happened without his knowledge.
Angel looked at Xander for a minute before he spoke up. "You're asking me? I didn't, nor could I, bring you here."
Xander frowned for a minute. "I'm gonna kill her! I don't know how but Naia's going to pay." Noticing Angel's confused look, he started to explain. "I never actually intended to come here. She must have done it."
Angel must have understood because he was no longer staring at Xander. "So what do you think she wanted by bringing you here?"
"I dunno. The last thing I was doing was screaming how unfair this situiation is." Xander said, having calmed down in the last few minutes.
"Not everything is. You have the ability to help, but with it comes consequences. You seem like the person who would do anything to help your friends, no matter what the consequences." Angel said, trying to help Xander.
"Consequnces or no consequences, it's not fair. I'd gladly take it when it means I can actually help but..." Xander started off.
"But what?"
"I'm just a teenager. I never got a chance to grow up."
"Xander, sometimes things get interupted. I know this is going to be hard, but just take it one day at a time and enjoy the days you can. I'm not sure if anything I say will help you, but I can say one thing, it won't make us think any less of you." Angel said, expressing his opinion.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. You didn't have the chance, it just happened for you right?"
"Yes Xander, it just happened." Angel said.
"Sorry."
"It's alright." Angel said, turning around to find no one there. Angel shook his head as if trying to shake a bad idea away.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\elsewhere, in a very room/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Alex, you should have been there. There was this very beautiful girl there. Blonde hair, green eyes....need I go on?" Jamie said, trying to get Alex off the subject of ending the world.
However he failed. All Alex need was nod. He didn't even look up from his pad of paper.
"Alex, listen. I know you're upset. I can tell that you've been working hard. It's not every time I come in to find the place littered with crumpled pieces of paper. But you need to do something other then lock yourself into the room plotting the end of the world. Have some fun before you end it!" Jamie said, pleadingly.
Alex looked up and smiled a smile that sent chills down Jamie's spine. It was a smile he had never seen on his friend, his adopted brother of sorts.
"You are absolutly right Jamie. Especially now that we can celebrate my coming up with a plan!" Alex announced to Jamie, while getting up and putting his shoes on. "Let's go out now! Have a little fun!"
Jamie smiled uncertainly and followed his friend out the door.
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To all who are reading this and are confused due to Accidents Do Happen....this comes before Accidents Do Happen, meaning things happen here that may affect the other story.
*Phased-to dissapear and reappear in the same position, same place.
Interlude
By Kiara (Fallan)
"I don't like it. I just don't like it. We should just stop it right now. I mean, it's one thing to joke around but this is a whole new matter. Sending the end of the world seriously would mean the end of us!"
"Jamie!" The dark haired youth practially shouted, "We have the oppotunity to be powerful! To show this world that we are not to be taken lightly anymore!"
"Alex, I think you are nuts. I truely think you are." The brownish-blond haired younger looking boy replied in what sounded to be despair.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\In the Library at Sunnydale High/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"I'm not going to school here anymore. I can't."
There was silence. The announcement had stunned the gathering crowd. Xander had announced that he was going to drop out of school. True he may be special now but he needed schooling and he wasn't going to take it.
"Xander, may I see you in my office?" Giles asked, breaking the scilence in order to see if he could convince the young boy to stay.
Xander disappeared.
"I'll take that as a yes." Giles said with a sigh. "No evesdropping you guys."
Giles left to his office and pretty soon they could hear hushed voices start to talk.
"He can't leave! He's never talked to me about this. I'm his best friend. I'm supposed to know these things!" Willow said, with a pleading look in her eyes.
"Willow, calm down. I'm sure that he's just overexagerating his feelings. Still, I wonder what makes him feel that way. I mean, if he's not here who will make me laugh in math class?" Buffy said, trying to reassure Willow but still confused and sad.
Angel said nothing. He didn't exactly know what to say. Xander and him did not have a good relationship. He knew noo reason why or why not the kid should stay in school. However he never got a chance to even think about it. Giles had walked back into the room.
"Well?" Willow asked, hoping for the best.
"He's leaving. And for now, I agree with him." Giles said, pushing his glasses up. He knew the questions that would follow after the announcement he made and he was not sure how he was going to answer them.
"WHAT?" Buffy shouted.
"Giles, what's going on that causes you to agree with him?" Willow asked.
Giles cleared his throat. "Well, um...I think I'm not at liberty to tell you Xander's reason. It's Xander you should be asking."
"Forget it, I'm going on patrol. Then I'm going to find Xander and demand an answer!" Buffy said, before taking off. Angel followed her, hoping to maybe calm her down later.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\an hour later, at a cemetary/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"He has nor right," Buffy started to say but stopped when she had to stake a couple of vampires.
"And he never even warned us." She said, dusting herself off. "I could kill him."
"I'd watch what I say." Angel said, smiling.
"What?" Buffy asked, looking at Angel.
"He's behind you."
Buffy whirled around and sure enough there was Xander. Of course, he wasn't doing anything normal. He was phasing*. He smiled as she frowned.
"You complain when Angel does it but when you do it, it's just fine." Buffy said, sounding almost teasingly. Not waiting for Xander to retort, or for Angel to cut in, she continued with her other train of thought. "Xander, why?"
Xander frowned. He never exactly wanted to answer this question in this matter but unfortunatly there was no other way. "You want an explanation? Ok, here it is. Your boyfriend can't go out in sun."
"What does that have to do with anything Xander? We're talking about you, not Angel!"
"Something no one's ever mentioned ever when ever they mention what I am in those vague books, they've never ever mentioned this! I can't take bright lights. Pretty soon, I'll be only able to stand the night." And with that Xander disappeared.
"Oh."
That was all Buffy could say.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\School, morning/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Are you sure? I mean, it's not like he's a vampire." Willow asked Buffy, now that she too knew what was bothering Xander.
"That's what he said, though not in those exact words. I believe he's a little upset that he had to tell too. I mean he started acting...upset. He's never acted upset. Angel says we have to give him time."
Of course, Angel would have said that. He may not have liked Xander all that much but everyone could understand why Angel would have said something like that. (And if you don't know, I start to worry. But he's a vampire so he cannot go out into the sun)
The bell rang, signiling the beginning of first hour. (I have no idea what classes they were in which period so if I get it wrong, I apologize) Willow took of for her math class and Buffy went off to go to her American Governement. If Xander were there he would be accompaning Buffy.
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"Class, we have a new student. His name is Jamie." Mrs. Perison said in an overly cheerful voice.
Jamie stood there and nervously smiled until he was told to seat himself in the far right hand corner next to the extremely good looking blonde student called Buffy. He took a seat and looked at this Buffy girl. She wasn't paying him or the teacher much attention. She was doodling. He stopped looking and started to pay more attention.
An hour the bell rang. The Buffy girl got up, gathered her stuff and took off. Jamie stood up slowly, gathered his stuff with care, and started off to his next class, sociology.
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Alex was busy doing other things. Jamie had practially begged to be able to go to Sunnydale High. Alex couldn't care otherwise if he went to school or not. Just as long as Jamie didn't tell anyone what they were planning. Not that anybody would believe him. Their plan was too unbelievable to other people.
So far they only had a slight plan. He needed information and he was planning on getting some.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\The Room, around noon/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Naia, I can't believe it. I can't just accept this." Xander shouted, anquish heard clearly in his voice.
He never got a verbal command. Instead he ended up being transported out of his room. When he had a clear look, he found himself to be at Angel's Mansion. (Yes, he's moved!!!!!!)
"Xander?"
Xander whirled around to see Angel.
"What the hell is going on here?" Xander demanded, upset that something happened without his knowledge.
Angel looked at Xander for a minute before he spoke up. "You're asking me? I didn't, nor could I, bring you here."
Xander frowned for a minute. "I'm gonna kill her! I don't know how but Naia's going to pay." Noticing Angel's confused look, he started to explain. "I never actually intended to come here. She must have done it."
Angel must have understood because he was no longer staring at Xander. "So what do you think she wanted by bringing you here?"
"I dunno. The last thing I was doing was screaming how unfair this situiation is." Xander said, having calmed down in the last few minutes.
"Not everything is. You have the ability to help, but with it comes consequences. You seem like the person who would do anything to help your friends, no matter what the consequences." Angel said, trying to help Xander.
"Consequnces or no consequences, it's not fair. I'd gladly take it when it means I can actually help but..." Xander started off.
"But what?"
"I'm just a teenager. I never got a chance to grow up."
"Xander, sometimes things get interupted. I know this is going to be hard, but just take it one day at a time and enjoy the days you can. I'm not sure if anything I say will help you, but I can say one thing, it won't make us think any less of you." Angel said, expressing his opinion.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. You didn't have the chance, it just happened for you right?"
"Yes Xander, it just happened." Angel said.
"Sorry."
"It's alright." Angel said, turning around to find no one there. Angel shook his head as if trying to shake a bad idea away.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\elsewhere, in a very room/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
"Alex, you should have been there. There was this very beautiful girl there. Blonde hair, green eyes....need I go on?" Jamie said, trying to get Alex off the subject of ending the world.
However he failed. All Alex need was nod. He didn't even look up from his pad of paper.
"Alex, listen. I know you're upset. I can tell that you've been working hard. It's not every time I come in to find the place littered with crumpled pieces of paper. But you need to do something other then lock yourself into the room plotting the end of the world. Have some fun before you end it!" Jamie said, pleadingly.
Alex looked up and smiled a smile that sent chills down Jamie's spine. It was a smile he had never seen on his friend, his adopted brother of sorts.
"You are absolutly right Jamie. Especially now that we can celebrate my coming up with a plan!" Alex announced to Jamie, while getting up and putting his shoes on. "Let's go out now! Have a little fun!"
Jamie smiled uncertainly and followed his friend out the door.
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