Back in the Bronze, everyone was still sitting at the table, waiting for Jasper's return. When she finally returned, she looked as lovely as ever, even with an apologetic smile on her face.

"Sorry," she told them. "It took me five tries before my mom actually picked up."

"That's okay," Xander assured her. "No offense taken." Everyone nodded with Xander in agreement.

Willow turned to Oz. "I guess you want to dance with her now, too," she muttered.

Oz smiled at her. "Why would I?" he asked. "I'm here with you." Willow's face brightened, and she gave him a light kiss on the lips.

Cordelia's envy came through loud and clear. Turning to Xander she asked, "Why don't you say nice things like that to me?"

"When have you deserved it?" Xander pondered aloud.

Jasper's smile faded. "I sense some tension here."

"Xander and Cordelia aren't exactly the best couple," Buffy explained to Jasper.

"Oh," Jasper said. "Well, I didn't mean to add to any problems you might have. If you want I could leave..."

"Yeah, why don't you!?" Cordelia demanded.

"No!" Willow hurried to say. "That's okay. They always fight."

"Yeah," Buffy agreed. "Pay no attention to them."

Everyone was distracted though by the quick disappearance of all the other kids around them.

Oz looked at his watch. "Whoa, the Bronze is closing," he remarked. "We better get going." He then turned to Willow. "Do you want me to walk you home?" he asked her.

Willow giggled her little willow-ish giggle. "Sure!" But her giggle stopped short when she thought of something. Leaning closer to Buffy, she whispered, "What about Jasper? Even if the vampires aren't very active, that doesn't mean they won't attack people."

Buffy nodded. "I think you're right," she whispered back. "She shouldn't go alone." Turning to Jasper, she remarked, "If you want, Xander and I could walk you to your house and..."

"No!" Jasper quickly interrupted, almost yelling. Her voice then calmed down. "I mean, it's probably out of your way. Where exactly do you live?"

"We're on the north side of town," Buffy explained.

"I'm on the south side," Jasper was quick to respond.

"Okay, bye!" Cordelia exclaimed with equal quickness.

Everyone kinda looked at Cordelia. "Bye everyone," Jasper said, getting the hint that one of them obviously didn't want her around. So, she left.

The rest of the table was about to follow her lead when Buffy noticed Jasper's purse that she had left on the table.

"Oh, wait," she rushed. "I'd better get Jasper's purse back to her." So, she also ran out of the Bronze.

When she got outside, Buffy turned toward south looking for Jasper, but she was nowhere to be seen. Turning back to return to the Bronze for her friends, Buffy was surprised to actually see Jasper heading north. Buffy quickly headed into the club.

Walking up to the others, Buffy said, "Okay, I've got some tracking to do."

Xander looked at the rest of the group, who all had the same thing on their minds. "We're coming with you," he told her. Everyone nodded in agreement, even Cordelia. Buffy just closed her eyes and shook her head.

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Walking down a dark, deserted street, Buffy and the rest of the group carefully followed Jasper. By moving through the shadows, they were sure she didn't see them, even when she looked behind herself repeated times. They all dropped their mouths when they saw Jasper enter an old, abandoned building.

"Home sweet home," remarked Xander.

Everyone moved to windows and the door to try to see inside the building. All they could see was darkness.

"I don't see anything," Oz said.

"We saw her go in here," Willow stated.

All of a sudden, Cordelia spoke up. "Wait, I think I see something!"

Everyone moved closer to the windows, trying to get a glimpse of what was going on inside, but all anyone could see was a silhouette moving around.

"I don't think we'll see to much. It's too dark," Buffy observed. Then she asked, "Why would she lie to us?"

"Well...this isn't exactly Buckingham Palace," Cordelia jested. "Maybe she was embarrassed."

"We have to find out what we can about Jasper," Buffy said. "You think you can do that, Willow?"

"With my eyes closed," Willow replied. "Okay, I'll need them open so I can read."

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Inside the building, Jasper walked into a back room. About to get into a bed in the corner, she paused in front of a mirror. She scowled when she saw there was no reflection, even though she knew there wouldn't be.

"Who knows?" she stated to herself. "Maybe one day, I'll actually be able to see something there. But until then..."

With that, she grabbed the mirror off the wall and threw it across the room with superhuman strength.

"...you are my one and only enemy." she finished.

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After dropping everyone else off at their houses, Buffy and Xander walked toward her house, talking.

"I'm sure nothing's really wrong with her," Xander told Buffy. "Maybe she just doesn't have a place right now."

"Then how was she able to get into the school without an address?" Buffy asked.

"Maybe she's using someone else's address, like the Bug Lady did," Xander suggested.

"Yeah, maybe," Buffy said. "I just don't know if we can trust her yet."

"Trust her with what?" Xander questioned. He suddenly stopped walking. "Wait, you weren't thinking about telling her about your, um, special talents, were you?"

"It's weird," she remarked. "I don't know why, but I feel like she should know."

"Well, it's your secret," he told her. "If you feel right with it, go ahead."

"I think I might. Maybe on Monday."

"Okay, see you later."

"Bye."

Xander watched as she walked into her home, shook his head in disbelief, and walked off to his own house.