pShe couldn't believe this town./p

pNo matter how many things were thrown at it, they stayed nonchalant. Not that it wasn't often a blessing- it made everything from slaying to dark dealings a hell of a lot easier./p

pBut this was just kind of sad./p

pHe was so fucking obvious, and they were all ioblivious/i./p

pNot the vampire thing- that was a given in Sunnydale. Half the town was dead./p

pBut he was walking around with his heart on his sleeve./p

pWhat better time to stake him?/p

pShe walked up and flirted, all calm, all smiling, just enough to set him off-kilter./p

pIt was almost too easy./p

pHe walked with her. She let him believe he was leading, but there wasn't even a question in her mind about the truth./p

p"Do you know who I am?" she asked, a slight smile dancing across her lips./p

pHe pulled a cigarette out of his coat; grabbed another from a man he walked past; lit his new one from the old; tossed the reject at the man he stole it from./p

pShe saw the cigarette butt burning a hole in the Bronze floor./p

pShe smiled./p