*The Aftermath*

Isabel and Thomas re-entered the kitchen an hour later, Willow looked up from the game of Uno that she was playing to see who had walked in. When she saw them she wondered if everything was okay then she realised that they were acting as though nothing had happened. Thomas walked over to the seat he had vacated earlier and sat back down to watch the game of cricket. Isabel made her way into the kitchen and without saying a word to Jasmine she got out the two plates that the former girl had made up and put in there while the pair had been gone.

Isabel removed the cling wrap from the plates, she grabbed two cans and put one in each hand then she balanced the plates on top and walked over to the TV. She gave Thomas one plate and carried the other over to the table the girls were sitting at. She sat and got dealt into the game, playing with her right hand and eating with the other.

Willow looked over at the TV and noticed that all the Australian players were jumping around like idiots, she assumed that they had won. She remained watching as Isabel was dealing. She watched as Spike stood up and turned on his heel, he walked out the door and made a slight motion for Willow to follow.

"I..I just need to grab a jumper can I sit this game out?"

"Sure," Isabel said picking up the cards she had dealt Willow and putting them back in the pile.

Isabel turned around and caught Thomas's eye, Buffy noticed that they seemed to be carrying on a silent conversation, suddenly Isabel turned back around and finished dealing as if there had been no pause.

Buffy was curious to know why everyone here was acting so strangely, but then again maybe it was just the people here in Australia they did always seem to be strange in anything she had watched. She thought though over all of those movies, they had always spoken very strangely, the people she had meet so far though had spoken normally. All that they had was a slight accent, she had not once heard someone say g'day or speak of shrimp and barbies. She shook her head and continued with the game.

Willow did indeed go into the dorms to grab a sweater before making her way over to the campfire that Spike was playing with.

"You shouldn't play with fire."

"I'm not a five year old."

"Really?"

"Was that sarcasm, luv?"

"Yep."

"I believe that the response to that question is supposed to be sarcastic too."

"Oh well. What did you want."

"What is the deal with these people?"

"I don't know, but it does seem odd."

"Here's what I have come up with, Jasmine and Ben nice normal people, Isabel and Thomas, aliens from a far away and very bloody strange planet."

Willow laughed heartily and Spike joined in.

"Okay, so seriously, do you think maybe this is just normal behaviour for Isabel and Thomas or something to do with all of us being here and them hiding something?"

"I'd go with the latter luv, but we'll talk later the posse has arrived."

Willow turned around and saw that everyone was coming out of the kitchen and making their way over to the fire. Willow hoped that they did finish the conversation, it was a nice feeling to be the only one that Spike was discussing something with. Willow blushed at the thought but hoped that the fire hid the light blush.

Spike noticed her blush and had a faint hope that it had something to do with him, he doubted it though, she was way out of his league, being human, sweet and well Willow. When the others arrived he said that he felt like a walk down to the river. He made slight contact with Willow to make sure she understood not to let anyone down, he needed to feed and he didn't want to freak out the people that we would be spending a lot of time with.

He walked away his true form coming forth he began to hunt with the thought of Willow in his head.