See the Light
Even though everyone seemed to be okay with her now, she still felt like something was missing... A part of her. Yeah Angel had come back and her friends, although very reluctant, accepted him again. But still, she felt lost and there was no one she could really express this too. Not even her two best friends. A piece of her soul had been lost and she didn't know how to get it back.
Okay, people would probable call this depression, but she wasn't going to stoop that low. No, she tried to stay happy, but sometimes people just caught her on a very rough day. She had to deal with Faith, who seemed very unsociable at the moment and very unstable, while dealing with her own Slayer related problems.
No, right now she was going to sit here with her two best friends and just deal. They were definitely not in a good mood for they had their own problems. Xander, of course being a guy, would never confess that he was in an oh so horrible bad mood. Instead he tried to entertain them, which wasn't working at the moment. And Willow had fallen madly in love with Oz, who tonight, was a no show because he lived on the Hellmouth and turned into a nice fuzzy werewolf every month. Blue moons were not a good month for the couple.
"Not much activity, eh?" Xander asked snapping her out of her thinking state. She looked over at him and nodded.
"Yeah, actually that attack tonight relieved me a little." She replied rubbing her neck. On the table in front of her sat a steaming hot cup of latte. It was her comfort drink and tonight she definitely needed it.
"Relieved you? My neck is still cursing at me for letting two majorly needing dental work fangs get too close to it." Xander told her and she shrugged.
"I think the end of the world is a tad bit more important then a cursing neck, don't you? I mean what happens when vampires aren't active or are too active? Usually the end of man kind." She took a sip of her drink and let it slip down her throat. It felt good, gave her time to relax. Relaxing wasn't usually in the Slayer agenda.
"Well yes..." Xander nodded.
Willow looked at her watch for the fifteen millionth time. Letting out a little sigh, she went back to her drink. Yup, right now all of them had one problem with relationships. So that meant her misery had company for one night. Nope, she was going to try and lighten up. This was a change she had been working on since she had gotten back. No frowns and better grades, so far she hadn't done too well on either.
"Shouldn't we..." Willow started and Xander finished.
"Go back to the library to check on the boy who woke up on the wrong side of the moon?" Xander offered with a cocky grin. "Sure."
* * * * *
Glad to be heading back, Willow let herself smile and enjoy the cool night breeze. Tonight would be the last night of the full moon. Tomorrow she'd get twenty-four hours, all the way, Oz. Who couldn't help but smile at that?
"Nobody knows the trouble I feel..." Xander started singing. "Nobody knows my sorrow."
"Hey, that's not the Xander we know and love... Metaphorically speaking... In an un physical like kinda love like thing. Like being a friend and stuff..." Willow sighed. Ever since that kiss thingy, it'd been hard to hang with Xander. She loved Oz and he gave her a Pez Witch thingy. She wasn't going to mess up again.
"Yeah because physical is bad, very bad." Xander nodded.
They were twenty feet away from the campus when Willow noticed something moving in the bushes to their left. She figured it'd be a good time to inform everyone of the noticeably lurking evil. "Uhm, there's something moving in the bushes over there."
"I noticed that." Buffy replied digging into her book bag. "What do you think.. human, vampire, or big ugly monster?"
"Actually I was hoping for big ugly human guy who liked bushes." Xander said as he backed away from the bushes along with Willow and Buffy. "Though most humans don't hide behind bushes if I remember correctly."
"Well they do if they want to puff the magic dragon or have a major make out session." Buffy put her bag onto the ground as she twirled the stake in her hand. "But somehow I'm doubting it's human hormones that are making that tree shake."
Something rushed out. It moved too fast to be a vampire and way too fast to be a human. Xander fell to the ground as the thing tackled him. Buffy was there in an instant trying to pry the demon off. The thing was definitely a demon with its horns and gross slimy substance dripping off it's skin.
With two punches to it's face, the demon rolled off and jumped back up to attack Buffy. They both rolled to the ground and then the beast ran off. Willow wasn't sure, but a demon running off didn't seem like such a good thing.
She went to help Xander stand up as Buffy dusted herself off. Inspecting the damage, she noticed there was a small cut on Xander's forearm. It blood rolled down his arm and off his hand. The cut may be small, but it was deep.
"Shit." Buffy growled holding her own arm. "You'd think this beast wouldn't attack and then run. It's not logical."
"What a chicken." Xander groaned with sarcasm.
The Slayer also had a few cuts on her arms. Willow had been the only one unmarred. That was definitely a new thing to be the only one not attacked. Most went after her because she seemed to always be the weakest one.
"You okay Xander?" Buffy asked now looking at Xander who had paled through the fight.
"Yeah, wonderful. Next time that happens I'm going to do the happy feet dance. But right now the pain is stopping me from doing that. So I wont." Xander replied.
"We should go to Giles... and get you guys fixed up..."Willow looked nervously at the two. "Giles...He'll be there because he has to baby sit Oz."
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"Not hungry for a change?" Buffy asked smiling.
"Mmm, I think that coffee I had this morning went bad or something. I'm not feeling one hundred percent Xander right now." Xander replied. As far as she could tell he was absolutely correct. Xander didn't look all that great. His face looked paler then usual and his eyes were a bit red. "I didn't get much sleep last night. I think I'm sick."
Buffy nodded. "Maybe you should go home, rest up."
Even though everyone seemed to be okay with her now, she still felt like something was missing... A part of her. Yeah Angel had come back and her friends, although very reluctant, accepted him again. But still, she felt lost and there was no one she could really express this too. Not even her two best friends. A piece of her soul had been lost and she didn't know how to get it back.
Okay, people would probable call this depression, but she wasn't going to stoop that low. No, she tried to stay happy, but sometimes people just caught her on a very rough day. She had to deal with Faith, who seemed very unsociable at the moment and very unstable, while dealing with her own Slayer related problems.
No, right now she was going to sit here with her two best friends and just deal. They were definitely not in a good mood for they had their own problems. Xander, of course being a guy, would never confess that he was in an oh so horrible bad mood. Instead he tried to entertain them, which wasn't working at the moment. And Willow had fallen madly in love with Oz, who tonight, was a no show because he lived on the Hellmouth and turned into a nice fuzzy werewolf every month. Blue moons were not a good month for the couple.
"Not much activity, eh?" Xander asked snapping her out of her thinking state. She looked over at him and nodded.
"Yeah, actually that attack tonight relieved me a little." She replied rubbing her neck. On the table in front of her sat a steaming hot cup of latte. It was her comfort drink and tonight she definitely needed it.
"Relieved you? My neck is still cursing at me for letting two majorly needing dental work fangs get too close to it." Xander told her and she shrugged.
"I think the end of the world is a tad bit more important then a cursing neck, don't you? I mean what happens when vampires aren't active or are too active? Usually the end of man kind." She took a sip of her drink and let it slip down her throat. It felt good, gave her time to relax. Relaxing wasn't usually in the Slayer agenda.
"Well yes..." Xander nodded.
Willow looked at her watch for the fifteen millionth time. Letting out a little sigh, she went back to her drink. Yup, right now all of them had one problem with relationships. So that meant her misery had company for one night. Nope, she was going to try and lighten up. This was a change she had been working on since she had gotten back. No frowns and better grades, so far she hadn't done too well on either.
"Shouldn't we..." Willow started and Xander finished.
"Go back to the library to check on the boy who woke up on the wrong side of the moon?" Xander offered with a cocky grin. "Sure."
* * * * *
Glad to be heading back, Willow let herself smile and enjoy the cool night breeze. Tonight would be the last night of the full moon. Tomorrow she'd get twenty-four hours, all the way, Oz. Who couldn't help but smile at that?
"Nobody knows the trouble I feel..." Xander started singing. "Nobody knows my sorrow."
"Hey, that's not the Xander we know and love... Metaphorically speaking... In an un physical like kinda love like thing. Like being a friend and stuff..." Willow sighed. Ever since that kiss thingy, it'd been hard to hang with Xander. She loved Oz and he gave her a Pez Witch thingy. She wasn't going to mess up again.
"Yeah because physical is bad, very bad." Xander nodded.
They were twenty feet away from the campus when Willow noticed something moving in the bushes to their left. She figured it'd be a good time to inform everyone of the noticeably lurking evil. "Uhm, there's something moving in the bushes over there."
"I noticed that." Buffy replied digging into her book bag. "What do you think.. human, vampire, or big ugly monster?"
"Actually I was hoping for big ugly human guy who liked bushes." Xander said as he backed away from the bushes along with Willow and Buffy. "Though most humans don't hide behind bushes if I remember correctly."
"Well they do if they want to puff the magic dragon or have a major make out session." Buffy put her bag onto the ground as she twirled the stake in her hand. "But somehow I'm doubting it's human hormones that are making that tree shake."
Something rushed out. It moved too fast to be a vampire and way too fast to be a human. Xander fell to the ground as the thing tackled him. Buffy was there in an instant trying to pry the demon off. The thing was definitely a demon with its horns and gross slimy substance dripping off it's skin.
With two punches to it's face, the demon rolled off and jumped back up to attack Buffy. They both rolled to the ground and then the beast ran off. Willow wasn't sure, but a demon running off didn't seem like such a good thing.
She went to help Xander stand up as Buffy dusted herself off. Inspecting the damage, she noticed there was a small cut on Xander's forearm. It blood rolled down his arm and off his hand. The cut may be small, but it was deep.
"Shit." Buffy growled holding her own arm. "You'd think this beast wouldn't attack and then run. It's not logical."
"What a chicken." Xander groaned with sarcasm.
The Slayer also had a few cuts on her arms. Willow had been the only one unmarred. That was definitely a new thing to be the only one not attacked. Most went after her because she seemed to always be the weakest one.
"You okay Xander?" Buffy asked now looking at Xander who had paled through the fight.
"Yeah, wonderful. Next time that happens I'm going to do the happy feet dance. But right now the pain is stopping me from doing that. So I wont." Xander replied.
"We should go to Giles... and get you guys fixed up..."Willow looked nervously at the two. "Giles...He'll be there because he has to baby sit Oz."
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"Not hungry for a change?" Buffy asked smiling.
"Mmm, I think that coffee I had this morning went bad or something. I'm not feeling one hundred percent Xander right now." Xander replied. As far as she could tell he was absolutely correct. Xander didn't look all that great. His face looked paler then usual and his eyes were a bit red. "I didn't get much sleep last night. I think I'm sick."
Buffy nodded. "Maybe you should go home, rest up."