Chapter 2 The Day After
Sunnydale CA Buffy's house (9.00 A.M)
Buffy woke up, yawning. She strechted and looked around her. Confused. She
couldn't remember falling asleep on the couch, but apperently she did. Images of
two days ago flashed before her eyes. She and Spike had made lo...No, they've
had sex. No love involved here. Thinking of Spike she suddenly had a feeling she
had been dreaming about him. And about Willow and Dawn in a white room, and some
green guy... She laughed at herself, thinking that she was getting crazier every
day. Looking at the time she realised that Dawn was late for school again.
She raised her voice. 'DAWN, YOU NEED TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL !'
'Ehhh, Buff, I already drove her to school. But you were sleeping and we didn't
want to wake you up. So we were quiet little mouses.'
Buffy turned around to see Alexander 'Xander' Harris coming into the livingroom,
carrying a plate stocked with food.
He grinned at her. 'I hope you don't mind, but I forgot to go shopping again.
And before you tell me again, yes, I'm a terrible bachelor.'
Buffy blinked. 'B-B-Bachelor? What do you mean? What about Anya?'
He frowned. 'What? Who is Anya? Buff, are you trying to set me up with someone
again? Because you know that never works out. The last time you tried that I
got stuck on a date with some girl who liked watching reruns of Blossom. I mean,
for the love of God, that's insane!'
Buffy began to realise that maybe the dream hadn't been a dream. In her mind she
heard herself tell Lorne that she wished that Xander had never met Anya. And,
well...apperently it had worked. She couldn't figure out for the life of her why
she made such a stupid wish. Sure, Anya was annoying at times, but she never
knew she hated her that much. Not enough to wish her gone anyway. But would that
mean her other wish had been realised too?
'Xand, if you don't mind I gotta get dressed. I need to talk to Spike.'
Xander wondered if everything was ok with his best friend. First she was
talking about an Anya and now she wanted to go see Spike?
'Buff, you can't go see Spike. Remember? He left almost a year ago when Dru
came back for him. He went to LA with her, and together with Darla they tried to
turn Deadboy into his old bad self again.'
Buffy turned around with a shocked expression. 'Angel is evil again?'
Xander was really worried about the slayer now. 'No Buff, they tried, they
failed. Dru got killed by Angel. And Spike and Darla fled LA. We haven't heard
from them since. Is everything ok with you?'
Buffy forced a smile. 'Sure Xand, just kidding. Made you worry there!'
Xander's face lit up. 'I'm glad you're at least trying to joke again. You should
practice some more, but you're trying. Which is good, because happy Buffy makes
Xander happy. Or something like that.'
She laughed. 'You're sweet, crazy, but sweet. I'm going to take a shower. See
you later?'
' Yeah, I'm going over to the Magic Box to see Giles. You know, some research he
likes to frustrate me with. See you there in a little while?'
She nodded and he left. When he was gone she realised that a lot had happened
since yesterday. Spike was gone, so was Anya and apparently Giles never left.
And she made that happen. She made her best friend unhappy by wishing for a
world in which there was no Anya. And for what? Why did she do that? Buffy
wished she knew.
The Magic Box (10.00 A.M)
Buffy had decided that she would go over to see Giles and tell him what had
happened. Maybe he could fix it. There had to be a way. Although she wasn't
exactly sure if she wanted to fix everything. A world without Spike was not all
that bad. She quickly released that thought, she had done a terrible thing.
Xander had been happy with Anya and because of her stupid mistake she was gone
now. And worst of all, Xander didn't even know that he had been happy. She
needed to fix this, even if that would mean facing Spike again. Entering the
Magic Box she saw Xander sitting at the table. He looked up when he heard her
come in.
'Hey Buff, I am so glad to see you. Giles was trying to bore me to death with
these books. You're my ticket out of here.'
He got up and turned to the backroom. 'GILES, I'M LEAVING !! I GOTTA DO SOME
SHOPPING, BUT BUFFY IS HERE AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD TAKE OVER RESEARCH FOR ME.
BYE G-MAN !!'
He turned to Buffy with an evil grin. 'Thanks Buff, you're the best. And in case
you were wondering, Giles is in the back. See ya !'
And he was gone. Buffy watched her best friend leave. She was glad that this
weird alternate universe had at least left the strange Xander humour intact.
Although, thinking about it some more, she wasn't sure if that was a good thing.
She went into the training room. 'Giles, I am so glad to see you. I messed up,
big time... And I really need your help.'
The watcher turned around to see his slayer standing behind him. Obviously
freaked out about something.
'Calm down a bit Buffy. I'm sure it won't be so bad once we sit down and analyse
your problem.'
'Ok, let's analyse it. Let's analyse the fact that I have changed our reality.
Let's analyse the fact that I have made people dissapear ! Ok, which isn't bad
in one of the two cases, but looking at the whole problem...I would say that
I've been a bad Buffy.'
Looking at Buffy, Giles feared that this conversation was going to be a long
one. Considering the fact he had no idea what she was talking about. So, he did
the only thing he could do. He started to clean his glasses. Gathering his
thoughts.
'Buffy, I wish I could say something to make you feel better. But, I haven't the
slightest idea what you're talking about. Which complicates my ability to give
you good advice quite a bit.'
Buffy realised that it was going to be a long story. Since Xander never met
Anya, Giles had never met Anya either. And since Spike had never loved Buffy,
Giles didn't know better than to think off the blond vampire as a former enemy,
turned enemy again by joining his old lover.
'Ok Giles, you better sit down. This is a long story. You see it all began
after the Willow and Xander fluke. With Cordelia hurting a vengeance demon
called Anyanka came to town....
Tbc..