PART 2
".And she just stood there and laughed. It was mortifying. I don't think I've ever been so embarrassed in my life. I can't believe he left me for that.that.tramp." Cordelia said, slowly stirring her drink, her eyebrows knitted.
"Men can be pigs." Anya said. "Best thing to do is to live life without them"
Cordelia's eyes widened and she stared at Anya.
"Uh you're really nice and all, but I don't.um.go that way." Cordelia started, finally realising why Anya was so keen to go for coffee.
"Oh! Neither do I!" Anya said, laughing. "I just don't think you need men in your life" Anya started to finger an amulet around her neck. It sparkled as it caught the sunlight.
"If I had a life, I could decide whether or not I wanted men in it" Cordy said, wistfully. "But, since I moved here everything's gone wrong. I used to popular, have friends.I used to be happy." She trailed off as she stared at Anya's pendant as it shimmered. "That's a really unusual necklace."
"You like it? It's supposed to bring good luck. You know, I think you need it more then me. Here." Anya said, as she unclasped the jewellery from around her neck and handed it to Cordelia.
"You're sure?" Anya nodded. "well.thanks..." Cordy replied as the silver chain glided in between her fingers as she slipped it into her purse.
"So you regret moving here?" Anya probed.
"God yes. I wish so badly that my parents hadn't done all the.tax evasion stuff and, I can't believe I'm saying this, had never come to LA and was back in Sunnydale."
Cordy looked at Anya. Suddenly her face had gone all wrinkly and pale, red veins protruding from her skin and her eyes were red - they glowed, like liquid magma flowing in rivers from her face, as suddenly, a white light enveloped her.
"Done."
Cordelia felt like she had just woken up from a long sleep when her vision became clear. She looked around her, the effects of the white light wearing off and immediately recognised where she was - the campus of UC Sunnydale. She looked down and realised she was carrying a bag of books. What was happening? She'd just been saying and.and now this..she realised she was holding a bag - she sat down and opened it up. Tipping its contents onto the grass, she spread them out to view her possessions. Fluttering out on top of it was a timetable of lectures for the next week. Scanning it, she gathered that she was majoring in English Literature and also taking courses in drama and 20th century history. Books on the Treaty of Versailles and method acting were among the collection along with 'Hamlet' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Studying her timetable further, she realised that she had a class in 20 minutes and, as she didn't know the campus yet she thought she probably ought to start off towards the building her class was taking place in. The class was on the Romantic Poets and, although poetry was not her favourite part of English, she didn't think it was a good idea to miss what was, to her, her first college class. For a second she felt worried - this wasn't right, it wasn't how it was supposed to be. But she pushed the thought to the back of her mind as she started to walk towards her first college experience.
When she arrived at the lecture room, she slipped into a seat at the front of the class. As she got out her notepad, she heard someone call from behind.
"Hey, Cordy, why aren't you sitting with us?"
Cordelia turned round to look at the speaker; It was Mandy, one of the 'Cordettes' she'd hung around with at high school.
"Hey, Mand, how've you been?" Cordelia asked, as she walked up the steps to the seats next to Mandy. Mandy laughed.
"Been? Since when! I saw you about an hour ago - when we came to college together, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Cordy said, weakly. She'd completely forgotten that everyone thought she'd always been here. "I've got a mind like a sieve."
"Yeah.oh, you will never guess what josh said to me. Who does he think he is.."
Mandy proceeded to tell her about the latest trials and tribulations with her boyfriend, who she'd been dating since junior year. Cordelia always thought he was arrogant and self involved but she smiled and nodded as the details of their latest argument were explained to her. But, her mind drifted and she ended up watching all the students coming into the class. Suddenly, she saw Willow enter. Having not seen her for almost a year now, or at least as far as Cordy was concerned she hadn't, Cordy smiled at her, and even gave a bit of a wave. To her surprise Willow hardly even noted her and Cordelia even noticed a faint frown on the redhead's face. Confused by this reaction, she excused herself from Mandy and crossed the room to where Willow was sitting with a girl with shoulder length straight, greyish hair who was wearing a slightly frumpy cardigan and long skirt. She was slumped into her chair as if she was trying not to be noticed but Willow was obviously paying her a lot of attention.
"Willow, hey." Cordy said, smiling as hard as she could.
"Cordelia, what do you want?" Willow said, coolly.
"I just came over to say hey.are you alright?" replied Cordelia, taken aback by Willows tone of voice.
"I don't know what your game is, but I know you don't give a damn about how I am so go back to Mandy and just leave us alone." Willow retorted,
looking straight at Cordelia with a look that could kill.
"wha.I.umn." Shocked as to why she was being treated in such a hostile way by Willow, Cordelia walked away from willow, confused by their encounter. Willow had never been her best friend but she'd never been this cold to her before. Here eyes had been like steel when she'd waved at her when she came in. It unsettled her.
After the class, Cordelia and Mandy went to sit in the College cafeteria for their lunch. Having decided between mouldy and inedible food, they sat down to talk.
"Um, so Willow's acting a bit strange."Cordelia ventured.
Mandy shrugged.
"I guess. Although, after what you did, I'm not surprised!" She said, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Oh, yeah that.what was it again?" Cordy asked, hoping Mandy wouldn't find her temporary amnesia a cause for concern. Evidently it didn't.
"C'mon Cordy, after you slept with her boyfriend, can you expect her to be your best buddy?" Mandy said with a giggle.
Cordy reeled in shock - she slept with Oz? The thought of doing that made her shiver, she couldn't imagine why she would've ever have...She liked Oz, but not that way.and she was sure that she hadn't been romantically interested in him.
"Hey, I heard that he's in Tibet now, of all places.Tibet!" Mandy said, rolling her eyes in wonderment.
"He left?" Cordelia asked. Mandy looked at her strangely.
"Yeah - you know that. He left because he couldn't face being around you and Willow. Are you okay? You didn't, like, hit your head or anything did you, cos I've heard that can cause memory loss and stuff."
"No, I'm fine, really I am." Cordelia said, quietly.
"Man am I a complete bitch in this reality" she thought to herself as she breathed in sharply. The professor entered and she concentrated on the lecture, attempting to stop thinking about what her alter-ago had done.
TO BE CONTINUED
".And she just stood there and laughed. It was mortifying. I don't think I've ever been so embarrassed in my life. I can't believe he left me for that.that.tramp." Cordelia said, slowly stirring her drink, her eyebrows knitted.
"Men can be pigs." Anya said. "Best thing to do is to live life without them"
Cordelia's eyes widened and she stared at Anya.
"Uh you're really nice and all, but I don't.um.go that way." Cordelia started, finally realising why Anya was so keen to go for coffee.
"Oh! Neither do I!" Anya said, laughing. "I just don't think you need men in your life" Anya started to finger an amulet around her neck. It sparkled as it caught the sunlight.
"If I had a life, I could decide whether or not I wanted men in it" Cordy said, wistfully. "But, since I moved here everything's gone wrong. I used to popular, have friends.I used to be happy." She trailed off as she stared at Anya's pendant as it shimmered. "That's a really unusual necklace."
"You like it? It's supposed to bring good luck. You know, I think you need it more then me. Here." Anya said, as she unclasped the jewellery from around her neck and handed it to Cordelia.
"You're sure?" Anya nodded. "well.thanks..." Cordy replied as the silver chain glided in between her fingers as she slipped it into her purse.
"So you regret moving here?" Anya probed.
"God yes. I wish so badly that my parents hadn't done all the.tax evasion stuff and, I can't believe I'm saying this, had never come to LA and was back in Sunnydale."
Cordy looked at Anya. Suddenly her face had gone all wrinkly and pale, red veins protruding from her skin and her eyes were red - they glowed, like liquid magma flowing in rivers from her face, as suddenly, a white light enveloped her.
"Done."
Cordelia felt like she had just woken up from a long sleep when her vision became clear. She looked around her, the effects of the white light wearing off and immediately recognised where she was - the campus of UC Sunnydale. She looked down and realised she was carrying a bag of books. What was happening? She'd just been saying and.and now this..she realised she was holding a bag - she sat down and opened it up. Tipping its contents onto the grass, she spread them out to view her possessions. Fluttering out on top of it was a timetable of lectures for the next week. Scanning it, she gathered that she was majoring in English Literature and also taking courses in drama and 20th century history. Books on the Treaty of Versailles and method acting were among the collection along with 'Hamlet' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. Studying her timetable further, she realised that she had a class in 20 minutes and, as she didn't know the campus yet she thought she probably ought to start off towards the building her class was taking place in. The class was on the Romantic Poets and, although poetry was not her favourite part of English, she didn't think it was a good idea to miss what was, to her, her first college class. For a second she felt worried - this wasn't right, it wasn't how it was supposed to be. But she pushed the thought to the back of her mind as she started to walk towards her first college experience.
When she arrived at the lecture room, she slipped into a seat at the front of the class. As she got out her notepad, she heard someone call from behind.
"Hey, Cordy, why aren't you sitting with us?"
Cordelia turned round to look at the speaker; It was Mandy, one of the 'Cordettes' she'd hung around with at high school.
"Hey, Mand, how've you been?" Cordelia asked, as she walked up the steps to the seats next to Mandy. Mandy laughed.
"Been? Since when! I saw you about an hour ago - when we came to college together, remember?"
"Oh yeah," Cordy said, weakly. She'd completely forgotten that everyone thought she'd always been here. "I've got a mind like a sieve."
"Yeah.oh, you will never guess what josh said to me. Who does he think he is.."
Mandy proceeded to tell her about the latest trials and tribulations with her boyfriend, who she'd been dating since junior year. Cordelia always thought he was arrogant and self involved but she smiled and nodded as the details of their latest argument were explained to her. But, her mind drifted and she ended up watching all the students coming into the class. Suddenly, she saw Willow enter. Having not seen her for almost a year now, or at least as far as Cordy was concerned she hadn't, Cordy smiled at her, and even gave a bit of a wave. To her surprise Willow hardly even noted her and Cordelia even noticed a faint frown on the redhead's face. Confused by this reaction, she excused herself from Mandy and crossed the room to where Willow was sitting with a girl with shoulder length straight, greyish hair who was wearing a slightly frumpy cardigan and long skirt. She was slumped into her chair as if she was trying not to be noticed but Willow was obviously paying her a lot of attention.
"Willow, hey." Cordy said, smiling as hard as she could.
"Cordelia, what do you want?" Willow said, coolly.
"I just came over to say hey.are you alright?" replied Cordelia, taken aback by Willows tone of voice.
"I don't know what your game is, but I know you don't give a damn about how I am so go back to Mandy and just leave us alone." Willow retorted,
looking straight at Cordelia with a look that could kill.
"wha.I.umn." Shocked as to why she was being treated in such a hostile way by Willow, Cordelia walked away from willow, confused by their encounter. Willow had never been her best friend but she'd never been this cold to her before. Here eyes had been like steel when she'd waved at her when she came in. It unsettled her.
After the class, Cordelia and Mandy went to sit in the College cafeteria for their lunch. Having decided between mouldy and inedible food, they sat down to talk.
"Um, so Willow's acting a bit strange."Cordelia ventured.
Mandy shrugged.
"I guess. Although, after what you did, I'm not surprised!" She said, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Oh, yeah that.what was it again?" Cordy asked, hoping Mandy wouldn't find her temporary amnesia a cause for concern. Evidently it didn't.
"C'mon Cordy, after you slept with her boyfriend, can you expect her to be your best buddy?" Mandy said with a giggle.
Cordy reeled in shock - she slept with Oz? The thought of doing that made her shiver, she couldn't imagine why she would've ever have...She liked Oz, but not that way.and she was sure that she hadn't been romantically interested in him.
"Hey, I heard that he's in Tibet now, of all places.Tibet!" Mandy said, rolling her eyes in wonderment.
"He left?" Cordelia asked. Mandy looked at her strangely.
"Yeah - you know that. He left because he couldn't face being around you and Willow. Are you okay? You didn't, like, hit your head or anything did you, cos I've heard that can cause memory loss and stuff."
"No, I'm fine, really I am." Cordelia said, quietly.
"Man am I a complete bitch in this reality" she thought to herself as she breathed in sharply. The professor entered and she concentrated on the lecture, attempting to stop thinking about what her alter-ago had done.
TO BE CONTINUED