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Chapter 5

Maria pulled up to the school. Buffy tried to drown out the ramblings of Maria. She kept talking about this Michael guy. She said she loved him, she hated him, he repulsed her, she's sick of him. Confusing. Welcome to high school, again.

Before Buffy left she grabbed what seemed to look like a schedule. She found her locker at least. She didn't know the combination so she tugged on the lock and it opened. At least my slayer powers kick in, but I can't go overboard. This isn't my body it won't be able to take the beatings. Liz grabbed a couple of books not knowing what to take. In the corner of her eye she saw a boy starring at her. Who's he? Boyfriend? Buffy politely smiled at him and noticed a small blonde in front of him. He looked away from Buffy and refocused his attention on the blonde.

Bio first. Test first. Yuck!

Buffy entered the lab and didn't know where to seat. She saw the boy again and she sat next to him. Hopefully it wouldn't matter where you sat. Buffy again smiled at the boy. She found him cute.

Hi Liz, the boy said quietly.

Buffy glanced at his notebook. Max, Max Evans.

 she said to him. He looked away. Do Liz and Max have some kind of history together? Um so are you ready for the test today? she asked trying to make small talk with the mystery boy. What is it about Max Evans? He seems different. My slayer skills probably aren't on full blast. I know he's an alien. Buffy grinned and looked at Max once again.

Yeah, I was studying with Michael. Surprising, huh? Max said sticking a pencil in his mouth.

Uh, yeah, Michael, repulsive Michael. Max's friend, Maria's boyfriend. Ok, I'm getting the hang of this.

Clear your desks everyone time for the test, the female biology teacher said.

After 5 minutes of the test, Buffy was clearly confused. What the hell is this? Buffy flipped through the test which was 5 pages and seemed to look like a book then a test. She moved her head towards Max who was scribbling his answers down. Hey Max, she whispered, what's number 10?
Max was surprised that Liz would ask for an answer. He thought she would be done by now. This was her favorite subject and she was always prepared. For anything. Um its B, he said quietly.

'K thanks, what about 15? Buffy asked looking at the teacher who had her back towards the class. That's dumb.

Uh, C, Max said looking first at Liz then at the teacher. Buffy continued taking the test. Sometimes she would look at Max's paper when he wasn't looking. The bell rang and she thought she did pretty well, Max did pretty well. They exited the classroom and Max was greeted by the same blonde girl she saw him with before.

Oh, hey Liz, the girl said, How was the test?

Hey Tess come here for a minute, another boy said. Buffy thought he looked like a jock.

Ok, Kyle be right there, Tess said giving Max a kiss, Bye Liz. Tess left quickly and joined Kyle by his locker. When she arrived Maria quickly left giving both Max and Liz a look.

Max thanks for the help, she told Max. She could tell he felt uncomfortable about kissing her. Maybe it's because I'm here. They have to have some history. I have to remember to dig for info from Maria. That's only if she would stop talking about Michael.

Um sure no problem, He still didn't understand why she needed the answers. She's always prepared.

So is that your girlfriend Max? she asked him. Should I be asking this? What if I screw up somehow. I still don't know how to change this when I want to go back.

Um, yeah, he said looking at his shoes.

Ok touchy subject. Um see you around, Buffy said walking to the next class.

Max stood there. She wouldn't just ask me like that would she? I was trying to keep in low key but this is Roswell. Everyone knows everyone. Women. And I thought my sister was complicated. And she's an alien.

Several classes went by and by the time lunch came Buffy was starving. She went to the lunch table and grabbed an apple and a sandwich. She remembered she packed water in her bag. She saw the same strawberry blonde hair as before and sat next to Maria. Hey Maria, she said sitting down next to her.

Oh, hey girl. Finally got the nerve to talk to Max, huh? I saw the way he looked at you. He still wants you, except if it wasn't for the stupid destiny of his and Tess then we would all be happy, Maria said talking a bite of her fruit salad.


What destiny? Buffy asked. If Max had a destiny like mine then he would certainly hate it. She was tired of all the slaying. Yeah it helped the world, but I'm tired of it. Slay slay slay that's all I do.

Good for you. Forget destiny. Soon you'll meet someone and he'll go head over heels for you and Max will be history.

Ok so maybe Liz has had a history with Max, maybe I can change that. Me being Ms. Suave I should be able to get Max for her and leave Tess behind. He'll forget Tess. That's my mission to get Max.