Chapter Seven - All You Need Is Love

Author's note: In an attempt to finish this story (notice the word attempt, well you don't have to if you don't want but I would strongly urge to notice it) I have had to resort to some…I can't bring myself to say the word. Well, you know what I mean. It's not like this is totally unexpected, the first chapter gives you a full warning of what is coming or not coming (I haven't decided yet I might do a Dallas, depends on whether I hate you all or just some of you, you know who you are). This is just to warn those of you who don't like this sort of stuff to not read the following chapter or alternatively you could read the following chapter and just insult me in a review, either way works for me. If you are going to insult me then at least put a little thought into it, if you are not capable of putting a little thought into it then get a parent or guardian to do so. Also don't run with scissors, books with sharp edges, bald men and elephants that have just missed the train to Bishop's Stortford (no not that one, the other one). I think that is all but I have been known to forget the occasional thing like mobile phones, wallets, little sisters, escaped mental patients with a tendency to kill cute ickle rabbits and once I forgot how to spell the word anti-disestablishmentarism (I know, I felt the right fool. And the left one as well, come to think of it. She was a really good-looking bird). So if I have forgotten to say something then it isn't my fault, you can't prove at thing, I was in bed all night long and I have witnesses (oh boy, do I have witnesses). For those of you playing MrPresident's treasure quest…chicken…for those of you who aren't that was probably meaningless, probably I don't know you may have deducted from that, that I am part of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy to rig the Kensington South seat for Parliament (I am by the way but don't tell anyone, especially not your mum). I'm pretty sure there is a Buffy Fan fiction chapter round here somewhere…okay I have been told it is below this.

Xander said, "Buffy we need to talk."

She replied, "Yeah."

Author's note: I was right it is here.

"I better be going upstairs now because I…" Willow paused as she tried to think of an ending for that sentence but after a couple of seconds she just went upstairs.

"Buffy? I have something to say."

"I have something to say too."

"Okay…do you want to go first?"

"No you can if you want."

"Are you sure? I don't mind."

"I can go first if you don't want too."

"It's not that I don't want to I am doing the gentlemanly thing…oh forget let's just draw straws."

"I think we can decide who gets to go first without resorting to straws."

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"Okay how does this work, again?" Said Buffy while Xander cut a straw in half.

"Whomever gets the smallest straw gets to go first."

"All right."

There was tense moment as Buffy pulled one of the two straws out of Xander's grasp. It was the shorter one.

"You first." Gestured Xander.

"Okay…" Buffy hesitated, thinking about what she was going to say. "Sorry."

Xander waited as he assumed that she would carry on but she didn't, "What?"

"I'm sorry."

Xander said in surprise, "That's it?"

"Well yeah."

"We drew straws for that?"

"I told you we shouldn't have drawn straws."

"I thought you had this whole long speech you wanted to give but…but…one word?"

"Well what were you going to say?"

"I was going to say that I…I…well…I…lets just say it rhymes with dove, you."

"Dove? Dove? …Dove? …Rub? You rub me? Xander I don't know where you think this relationship is going but you there isn't going be any rubbing and you meant you love me, didn't you?"

"Yep."

Buffy said again in shock, "You love me?"

"Yeah but now I kind of wish I wanted to rub you instead."

"Xander?"

"You know like you are a genie or something, not a Disney cartoon Robin Williams voiced genie but more like a…"

"Xander?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

"Okay."

Buffy lent forward and they kissed. (I could go into more detail but I am sure you don't want me to do that)

"Buffy?"

"Yeah?"

Xander looked as if he was going to say something but instead simply smiled. This in turn made Buffy smiled and the two of them stood there grinning at each other. And then they moved together again for another kiss.

"One word?"