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Summary: It's almost Valentine's Day in Sunnydale. Will Buffy finally realize her feelings for a certain someone?
Pairings: B/S, W/T, X/A
Rating: PG
Spoilers: As You Were, AU after that
Distribution: Fanfiction.net. Anyone else, if you want it, let me know.
Valentines
The Bronze was packed, jam packed. Everywhere Buffy looked, all she could see was a mass of people all undulating to the music that was coming from the stage. "Well, hey. At least the band's good tonight," she thought to herself. "Nothing like a little dancing to make me forget about the hell of a day I just had."
Each one of the 16 hours of her double shift had felt like an eternity. Every time she had looked at the clock, she swore it hadn't moved since the last time she had glanced at it. Finally, after serving an endless amount of customers and making too many Doublemeat burgers to count, she was free. Not wanting to miss out on some happy quality time with Dawn, she had done a quick patrol, run home, showered, dressed, did her hair and make-up, and made tracks to get to the Bronze by 11pm.
"Where is everyone? You could get lost in this crush and not find your way out for days!"
"Buffy! Hey Buffy, over here!" came a voice on her right.
Buffy turned and looked, and saw nothing. "Damn the shortness! I hate being so short! I have to jump up and down just to see who said my name. Just a few more inches, and I would be happy. Dawn's tallish, Mom was fairly tall, and Dad is tall, so how come I was blessed with the whole small of stature thing? Life so isn't fair." Buffy was muttering to herself as she was futilely jumping up and down trying to see over the people who were blocking her way.
"I give up!" she said, and just pushed her way through the crowd. "Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry. Get out of the way all right all ready! Jeez people, I'm trying to get through."
Finally she pushed her way through the throng and located the voice that had been calling to her. "Dawn! I am so glad to see you! I thought that I was going to be swallowed up by the crowd and never seen again."
"Hey, Buffy! How was work? Any more run-ins with demon DMP employees?" Dawn asked.
"Work was work, and no, thankfully no more demon co-workers for me! How was your day? Was Cupid adjusting okay? I've always wanted a kitty, but I really don't want to go home tonight and have to clean up… well, clean up anything kitty related." Buffy replied.
"Cupid was a doll, and she's definitely gotten the hang of the litter box. No cleaning worries for you tonight! Of course, if there were any, the way that Willow has been on a cleaning rampage lately, we wouldn't even know in the first place. Can you believe how clean everything suddenly became? I mean, I went to school yesterday and the place was a mess, I come home and everything is spotless! Wow, she must really be getting over her funk."
"I noticed that yesterday, too. I haven't seen her yet today, but as soon as I do, I am definitely going to thank her for doing all of that. Having a clean house to come home to is way up there on my wish list," Buffy told Dawn. "Speaking of Willow, have you seen her? She had talked about inviting Tara out for coffee here tonight."
"Yeah, I saw them. They were all cozied up on one of the couches. They looked so cute together! I really hope they get back together soon. You should have seen the card that Willow made for Tara. She worked so hard on it, and it was so cute! And Xander and Anya have been doing the lovey dovey thing all over this place. It's enough to make me yak, way too much sugar. Anya came over and started telling me about the Valentine's present Xander got for her, some sort of lingerie thingy, when Xander came over and about had a heart attack that she was telling me what it was. They launched into one of their 'Not the time or the place' conversations, so I left them alone, cuz way too much information, ya know? And then Janice and I saw this really cute… Buffy? What are those on your ears?" Dawn screeched, her eyes zeroing in on the ruby and diamonds attached to Buffy's ears.
Buffy was surreptitiously looking around trying to avoid Dawn's eyes. "Uh, earrings?" she said in a quiet voice.
"Oh my god, they are so gorgeous! Where did you get them? How can you afford earrings like that? Can I borrow them?" Another one of Dawn's famous barrage of questions came flying out of her.
Knowing that Dawn was like a hound on the scent of a criminal when she sensed something was up, Buffy sighed and said, "I think they're real, and no, we can't afford them. Someone gave them to me, and no, you may not borrow them."
"Who gave them to you? Was it a Valentine's Day present? Cuz I know that I would like jewelry much more than flowers or candy," said Dawn.
"I don't know who gave them to me, and yeah, I like them. Last night when I went patrolling, I was sitting on one of those stone benches in the cemetery thinking. When I sat down, there was nothing there, when I got up to leave, there was a little velvet bag with these earrings in it. I don't know how I missed seeing someone put them there. I must have been lost in thought."
"Ooooooooh! You have a secret admirer! That is so romantic! I wish that I had a secret admirer. Do you have any ideas about who it may be?"
"Nope, I don't know of anyone who could afford earrings like this. I've been in enough jewelry stores in my life to know that these are worth a lot," Buffy said. "Enough about my earrings though. Let's go find the rest of the gang and party!"
The black clad vampire that had been standing far above on the cat walk watching and listening to the interaction between the Summers girls, smiled and thought, "Only a few more things to take care of."
Summary: It's almost Valentine's Day in Sunnydale. Will Buffy finally realize her feelings for a certain someone?
Pairings: B/S, W/T, X/A
Rating: PG
Spoilers: As You Were, AU after that
Distribution: Fanfiction.net. Anyone else, if you want it, let me know.
Valentines
The Bronze was packed, jam packed. Everywhere Buffy looked, all she could see was a mass of people all undulating to the music that was coming from the stage. "Well, hey. At least the band's good tonight," she thought to herself. "Nothing like a little dancing to make me forget about the hell of a day I just had."
Each one of the 16 hours of her double shift had felt like an eternity. Every time she had looked at the clock, she swore it hadn't moved since the last time she had glanced at it. Finally, after serving an endless amount of customers and making too many Doublemeat burgers to count, she was free. Not wanting to miss out on some happy quality time with Dawn, she had done a quick patrol, run home, showered, dressed, did her hair and make-up, and made tracks to get to the Bronze by 11pm.
"Where is everyone? You could get lost in this crush and not find your way out for days!"
"Buffy! Hey Buffy, over here!" came a voice on her right.
Buffy turned and looked, and saw nothing. "Damn the shortness! I hate being so short! I have to jump up and down just to see who said my name. Just a few more inches, and I would be happy. Dawn's tallish, Mom was fairly tall, and Dad is tall, so how come I was blessed with the whole small of stature thing? Life so isn't fair." Buffy was muttering to herself as she was futilely jumping up and down trying to see over the people who were blocking her way.
"I give up!" she said, and just pushed her way through the crowd. "Sorry. Excuse me. Sorry. Get out of the way all right all ready! Jeez people, I'm trying to get through."
Finally she pushed her way through the throng and located the voice that had been calling to her. "Dawn! I am so glad to see you! I thought that I was going to be swallowed up by the crowd and never seen again."
"Hey, Buffy! How was work? Any more run-ins with demon DMP employees?" Dawn asked.
"Work was work, and no, thankfully no more demon co-workers for me! How was your day? Was Cupid adjusting okay? I've always wanted a kitty, but I really don't want to go home tonight and have to clean up… well, clean up anything kitty related." Buffy replied.
"Cupid was a doll, and she's definitely gotten the hang of the litter box. No cleaning worries for you tonight! Of course, if there were any, the way that Willow has been on a cleaning rampage lately, we wouldn't even know in the first place. Can you believe how clean everything suddenly became? I mean, I went to school yesterday and the place was a mess, I come home and everything is spotless! Wow, she must really be getting over her funk."
"I noticed that yesterday, too. I haven't seen her yet today, but as soon as I do, I am definitely going to thank her for doing all of that. Having a clean house to come home to is way up there on my wish list," Buffy told Dawn. "Speaking of Willow, have you seen her? She had talked about inviting Tara out for coffee here tonight."
"Yeah, I saw them. They were all cozied up on one of the couches. They looked so cute together! I really hope they get back together soon. You should have seen the card that Willow made for Tara. She worked so hard on it, and it was so cute! And Xander and Anya have been doing the lovey dovey thing all over this place. It's enough to make me yak, way too much sugar. Anya came over and started telling me about the Valentine's present Xander got for her, some sort of lingerie thingy, when Xander came over and about had a heart attack that she was telling me what it was. They launched into one of their 'Not the time or the place' conversations, so I left them alone, cuz way too much information, ya know? And then Janice and I saw this really cute… Buffy? What are those on your ears?" Dawn screeched, her eyes zeroing in on the ruby and diamonds attached to Buffy's ears.
Buffy was surreptitiously looking around trying to avoid Dawn's eyes. "Uh, earrings?" she said in a quiet voice.
"Oh my god, they are so gorgeous! Where did you get them? How can you afford earrings like that? Can I borrow them?" Another one of Dawn's famous barrage of questions came flying out of her.
Knowing that Dawn was like a hound on the scent of a criminal when she sensed something was up, Buffy sighed and said, "I think they're real, and no, we can't afford them. Someone gave them to me, and no, you may not borrow them."
"Who gave them to you? Was it a Valentine's Day present? Cuz I know that I would like jewelry much more than flowers or candy," said Dawn.
"I don't know who gave them to me, and yeah, I like them. Last night when I went patrolling, I was sitting on one of those stone benches in the cemetery thinking. When I sat down, there was nothing there, when I got up to leave, there was a little velvet bag with these earrings in it. I don't know how I missed seeing someone put them there. I must have been lost in thought."
"Ooooooooh! You have a secret admirer! That is so romantic! I wish that I had a secret admirer. Do you have any ideas about who it may be?"
"Nope, I don't know of anyone who could afford earrings like this. I've been in enough jewelry stores in my life to know that these are worth a lot," Buffy said. "Enough about my earrings though. Let's go find the rest of the gang and party!"
The black clad vampire that had been standing far above on the cat walk watching and listening to the interaction between the Summers girls, smiled and thought, "Only a few more things to take care of."