Lexie walked alone through the graveyard, she wondered if Angel was watching her. She decided if he was, she didn't want to know, she didn't want to talk to him, or anyone. She remembered what Spike had said to her. Now, it was eating at her, why doesn't she have friends? If she really wanted them, would they want her?
She sat down on a bench, and thought. She had two (maybe three, Spike never answered when she asked if he considered himself her friend) friends: a vampire (who she never saw much of anyway), and an ex-slayer. Great, she thought. She wanted a normal life, away from Bellrose, away from vampires. But no, she was the "Chosen One", destined to slay vampires. Then she thought of the other side of the situation, her father had left her, and her mother was dead, and if Buffy hadn't come to take her away, she would be in a foster home somewhere, and as much as she didn't want to admit it, slaying was kind of fun.
Three vampires watched her from a distance. The slayer looks distracted, they thought. They waited for the right moment and attacked.
Lexie had never fought three vampires at once, at least not alone, this would be a challenge. In the beginning it looked as if it were going to be easy, eventually the number's game caught up with her. The vampires had the upper hand. One vampire had her in a headlock, and Lexie pulled a stake from the arm of her jacket, and she over powered him, throwing him to the ground, and she drove the stake through his heart. She fought the other two, and her stake got thrown in the brush. She was thrown to the ground, one vampire got over her, choking her. She flipped him, putting his back to the ground, now she what over top of him. She escaped his grip, placing one hand on the top of his head, and the other under his chin, and twisted his head, snapping his neck, killing him. She saw the last vampire lunging at her, she laid on her back putting her feet up at the last second, using her feet to flip him over her. She found the stake by her, and jumped up just as the vampire did. They fought, and as she threw a punch the vampire ducked, and put her in a headlock. She remembered her first fight, and the same thing had happened to Spike, she remembered how he got out of the situation. She grabbed the back of the vampire's neck, throwing him to the ground in front of her, and she took the stake, and put the stake through his heart.
Lexie took a deep breath, sighing in relief, and smiling at her accomplishment.
"Nice work." called a woman's voice from behind some trees.
"Who's there?" Lexie called back to it.
Out of the darkness stepped a familiar figure.
"Buffy! What are you doing here? How long have you been there?" Lexie called excitedly.
"I came to see how you were doing. And I've been here long enough to see that slaying is going well I see."
Buffy was not the only one who had been watching Lexie that night, Angel was watching too. He was about to come out just as he saw Buffy. Angel decided to stay hidden, for his sake and Buffy's. The last time they saw each other, they got emotional, and he hated to get that way.
"Yea, it's going alright."
"Have you met any new friends?"
"Umm, yea..."
"Well, when do I get to meet them?"
"You already know him." She look slightly scared, she wasn't sure how Buffy would react when she found out that Spike was helping her slay... and she decided not to tell her about Angel, unless he wanted to tell her himself.
"What do you mean I already know..." She paused, she saw him walking toward them. "Spike?"
"Hi, love." Spike said.
"But how, you were…"
"Buffy, have Spike tell you where to find me, I'm going to head in and let you two talk." Lexie said, she was tired and decided that she and Buffy could talk later.
Angel also took it as his cue to leave; he didn't want Buffy to see him, not yet.
Buffy and Spike talked until almost sunrise. Spike had invited her to stay with him, and so that went back to Spike's crypt. Memories caught up with them, and they remembered what fun they used to have together, alone, and they relived their dear memories.
