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Chapter 5 - Busted
"Riley is going to kill him, or me, or the two of us!" Buffy freaked to Willow over lunch.
"Why? You didn't do anything with him. Like, at all."
"I know that, and you know that, but Riley? Let's just say that he's the jealous type."
"I don't know if this is too forward, but why are you with him then?" Buffy smiled.
"No, it's not too forward! You're my roommate and so far my best friend here." Willow beamed.
"Really?!"
"Yes, of course!" Buffy told her with a laugh. "And as far as me and Riley? I guess. because it's always been that way. We were the perfect high school couple. head cheerleader and captain of the football team. Its just. comfortable and safe."
"And Spike's not so safe."
"Not at all." Buffy said, looking down at her food with an embarrassed smile. "Not that I'd ever even consider going out with him. He's too damn. I dunno."
"Plus he's got that oh-so-golden reputation of his."
"Exactly. Another reason I'm with Riley, because he doesn't see or treat me like a trophy, just a notch on his headboard."
"True."
"Ugh! I don't know what to do! It seems like every time I turn around he's there!"
"Who is?" chimed in Xander, walking over from the burger bar to join them.
"Spike." Willow offered.
"Ohhh.. Mr. One Night Stand. Be careful of that one Buff, only after girls for one reason."
"But he's never seemed the type to come after a girl, Xan. I mean, usually the girls line up for a ticket. But now he's almost chasing you. Very not his normal style."
"Yay me."
"Oooh! Gotta go! Class in ten," Willow said, grabbing her biology books and her empty lunch tray.
"Yeah, I was gunna go check out the roster. They said it might be up by now."
"Want some company?" Xander asked with his mouth full. "My next class isn't until two."
"Sure. You can be my moral support if I don't make it."
"Will you stop that! Of course you made it!" Willow almost shouted at her. Buffy smiled at her, surprised by her sudden outburst.
"Wow. remind me not to get on your bad side." Xander laughed.
"One place you really don't wanna be." With that remark he was granted a playful punch from the redhead.
"See ya later guys," she said with a smile, and walked off.
"Let's go check out that list," Xander told Buffy, finishing off his bacon double cheeseburger.
The two of them made their way to the rec center, which by now Buffy knew how to find. The posting board was right inside the front doors, but as they got closer, Buffy decided that she couldn't look.
"Go find out for me? Please?" She slid on her most innocent pout and he caved.
"Alright, but I don't know what you're so worried about.." He went to check and came right back, his expression revealing nothing.
"What? I didn't make it?" The blonde looked as if she were about to cry.
"No, I'm just sorry you have to put up with being ogled by guys all season long in that uniform they make you wear." He smiled huge and she screamed.
"I made it?!" He smiled bigger and nodded in his own unique goofy fashion. She threw her arms around him in a big ecstatic hug. "Thank you thank you thank you!" He laughed.
"I really will never understand women." Buffy pulled back with a laugh all her own.
"No, probably not. Oh! I gotta go tell Riley the good news!"
"Alright, well. congratulations and I guess I'll be seeing you later at dinner or something."
"Yeah, probably." Buffy was still beaming as she ran off to Riley's room. She knew he'd be back from American Lit. by now, and he'd said he wanted to get started on the reading. Without even knocking, she just pushed open his door. The sight in front of her took all of her joy away as her smile quickly morphed into a gaping mouth of disbelief. There, in his bed, the boy who'd swore he'd ever hurt her, Riley was with another girl.
"Oh my god." she managed to get out, barely louder than a whisper.
"Buffy!" He jumped out of bed, pulling his pants on in the process. 'She must be prettier than me.' was what Buffy thought to herself as the tears began to well up behind her hazel orbs. "It's not what it looks like!"
"Oh really? What is it then?" she asked, straining to keep her composure. "You needed some help in anatomy and she said she'd give you a hands on tour?" He stood there stunned, unable to communicate at all. In that moment Buffy yanked the chain holding Riley's high school ring violently from her neck and threw it at his feet. "Have a nice life." She turned and walked out, wiping the now waterfall of tears streaming down her face.
"Buffy! What's wrong?" Cordelia asked as she came jogging up next to her roommate.
The blonde turned to look at her, eyes red and cheeks tearstained. "I just caught Riley cheating on me."
"Oh my god! Are you alright?"
"Not really." she said, wiping away some of the tears. "Three years!"
"Okay," the brunette said, cutting her off. "I know what you need." Buffy sniffled and looked up at her as if to question what she had in mind. "A day at the spa. Massage, mud bath, sauna, steam room. you name it. All compliments of my daddy." Cordelia smiled big and Buffy let out a little laugh.
"On one condition."
"What?"
"That we bring Willow with us." Cordy smiled.
"Deal. We'll go tonight after all our classes are over. I'll call up daddy and tell him to get Margaret to book the three of us for. five o'clock?"
"Margaret?"
"His personal assistant."
"Oh. sounds good." Buffy said with a half hearted smile, wiping away another tear.
"Hey, don't let it bother you. He's SO not worth it." Maybe Cordelia wasn't so bad after all. A little difficult and trying at times, but not as mean as Buffy had originally thought.
***Author's Note*** Thanks for reading, as usual. Stay tuned for the next chapter, Pizza & Rubbers. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it. Love you all!
Chapter 5 - Busted
"Riley is going to kill him, or me, or the two of us!" Buffy freaked to Willow over lunch.
"Why? You didn't do anything with him. Like, at all."
"I know that, and you know that, but Riley? Let's just say that he's the jealous type."
"I don't know if this is too forward, but why are you with him then?" Buffy smiled.
"No, it's not too forward! You're my roommate and so far my best friend here." Willow beamed.
"Really?!"
"Yes, of course!" Buffy told her with a laugh. "And as far as me and Riley? I guess. because it's always been that way. We were the perfect high school couple. head cheerleader and captain of the football team. Its just. comfortable and safe."
"And Spike's not so safe."
"Not at all." Buffy said, looking down at her food with an embarrassed smile. "Not that I'd ever even consider going out with him. He's too damn. I dunno."
"Plus he's got that oh-so-golden reputation of his."
"Exactly. Another reason I'm with Riley, because he doesn't see or treat me like a trophy, just a notch on his headboard."
"True."
"Ugh! I don't know what to do! It seems like every time I turn around he's there!"
"Who is?" chimed in Xander, walking over from the burger bar to join them.
"Spike." Willow offered.
"Ohhh.. Mr. One Night Stand. Be careful of that one Buff, only after girls for one reason."
"But he's never seemed the type to come after a girl, Xan. I mean, usually the girls line up for a ticket. But now he's almost chasing you. Very not his normal style."
"Yay me."
"Oooh! Gotta go! Class in ten," Willow said, grabbing her biology books and her empty lunch tray.
"Yeah, I was gunna go check out the roster. They said it might be up by now."
"Want some company?" Xander asked with his mouth full. "My next class isn't until two."
"Sure. You can be my moral support if I don't make it."
"Will you stop that! Of course you made it!" Willow almost shouted at her. Buffy smiled at her, surprised by her sudden outburst.
"Wow. remind me not to get on your bad side." Xander laughed.
"One place you really don't wanna be." With that remark he was granted a playful punch from the redhead.
"See ya later guys," she said with a smile, and walked off.
"Let's go check out that list," Xander told Buffy, finishing off his bacon double cheeseburger.
The two of them made their way to the rec center, which by now Buffy knew how to find. The posting board was right inside the front doors, but as they got closer, Buffy decided that she couldn't look.
"Go find out for me? Please?" She slid on her most innocent pout and he caved.
"Alright, but I don't know what you're so worried about.." He went to check and came right back, his expression revealing nothing.
"What? I didn't make it?" The blonde looked as if she were about to cry.
"No, I'm just sorry you have to put up with being ogled by guys all season long in that uniform they make you wear." He smiled huge and she screamed.
"I made it?!" He smiled bigger and nodded in his own unique goofy fashion. She threw her arms around him in a big ecstatic hug. "Thank you thank you thank you!" He laughed.
"I really will never understand women." Buffy pulled back with a laugh all her own.
"No, probably not. Oh! I gotta go tell Riley the good news!"
"Alright, well. congratulations and I guess I'll be seeing you later at dinner or something."
"Yeah, probably." Buffy was still beaming as she ran off to Riley's room. She knew he'd be back from American Lit. by now, and he'd said he wanted to get started on the reading. Without even knocking, she just pushed open his door. The sight in front of her took all of her joy away as her smile quickly morphed into a gaping mouth of disbelief. There, in his bed, the boy who'd swore he'd ever hurt her, Riley was with another girl.
"Oh my god." she managed to get out, barely louder than a whisper.
"Buffy!" He jumped out of bed, pulling his pants on in the process. 'She must be prettier than me.' was what Buffy thought to herself as the tears began to well up behind her hazel orbs. "It's not what it looks like!"
"Oh really? What is it then?" she asked, straining to keep her composure. "You needed some help in anatomy and she said she'd give you a hands on tour?" He stood there stunned, unable to communicate at all. In that moment Buffy yanked the chain holding Riley's high school ring violently from her neck and threw it at his feet. "Have a nice life." She turned and walked out, wiping the now waterfall of tears streaming down her face.
"Buffy! What's wrong?" Cordelia asked as she came jogging up next to her roommate.
The blonde turned to look at her, eyes red and cheeks tearstained. "I just caught Riley cheating on me."
"Oh my god! Are you alright?"
"Not really." she said, wiping away some of the tears. "Three years!"
"Okay," the brunette said, cutting her off. "I know what you need." Buffy sniffled and looked up at her as if to question what she had in mind. "A day at the spa. Massage, mud bath, sauna, steam room. you name it. All compliments of my daddy." Cordelia smiled big and Buffy let out a little laugh.
"On one condition."
"What?"
"That we bring Willow with us." Cordy smiled.
"Deal. We'll go tonight after all our classes are over. I'll call up daddy and tell him to get Margaret to book the three of us for. five o'clock?"
"Margaret?"
"His personal assistant."
"Oh. sounds good." Buffy said with a half hearted smile, wiping away another tear.
"Hey, don't let it bother you. He's SO not worth it." Maybe Cordelia wasn't so bad after all. A little difficult and trying at times, but not as mean as Buffy had originally thought.
***Author's Note*** Thanks for reading, as usual. Stay tuned for the next chapter, Pizza & Rubbers. I'm sure you'll get a kick out of it. Love you all!
