Chapter 2

Meanwhile at Magic shop;

"So what do you say we go through Draco's stuff?" Xander asked cheerfully.

"What?! No, I mean that's a definitely trespassing on his privacy." Said willow.

"Trespassing on his privacy?"

"I meant invading his space. Sorry, I'm reading Jane Eyre, I think it's going to my head, you know?" Willow said, blushing a little.

"Again?"

"I love that book."

"Can't blame her, Mr. Rochester is so sexy." Dawn added.

Xander gave her a worried look.

"What? He is."

"Anyway, I suggested we look through his stuff to make sure he's not, you know, evil sorcerer or whatever."

"Good thinking." Said Dawn, "Right, let's get to it then."

Dawn and Xander walked over to his black leather trunk and popped open the clasps. "Let's see here." Dawn said, rifling through his shirts and pants "Gucci, nice...."

"Dawn! You're not supposed to be checking the labels on his pants! We're looking for dark magic books and.... sharp objects, and other evil crap like that." Xander snapped.

Xander joined Dawn, searching through the masses of expensive shoes and clothing. At the bottom of the suitcase was a silver sword wrapped in green velvet. "Wow." He said, looking at the handle, which had a pattern of sliver snakes around it and reading the inscription on the blade. "Look at this. Salazar Slytherin, Tom Marvolo Riddle, Lucius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. What do you suppose it means?"

"I think they're the names of everyone who owned this sword. Lucius Malfoy is obviously someone related to him, probably his father or grandfather. But who's Salazar Slytherin?" Willow asked.

"Dunno but this sword is cool. Andrew, catch!" he called over to Andrew and tossed an umbrella to him. "En guard!"

Xander and Peter had commenced into a sword fight when Enya stood up and said, "and the million dollar question is.boxers or briefs?"
* * * * *

"Boxers." Came a voice from behind them. Draco was leaning on the door smirking. "And I'd appreciate it if you'd put my sword back."

Enya and Willow stumbled while trying to hide the open suitcase behind them. "Oh, hello, uh.. we thought we'd help you unpack!" said Willow nervously.

"Indeed.Spike! Since you're friends are so interested in what kind of knickers everyone wears, I figured we'd have a little game of show and tell. Care to go first?"

Spike glanced at the suitcase and laughed. "I see Dawn's curiosity hasn't changed. what the hell are you doing with my umbrella?" He asked, pointing to Andrew and Xander.

"Playing Jedi Knights." Andrew answered.

"Well don't, that's a new umbrella. I'm going back to Xander's, you coming Draco?" Spike asked and glanced over at Draco, who had a huge smile on his face.

"Yeah.. and put my sword back."

* * * * *

"Okay..." Xander said to Draco as he opened the door, "You can sleep on the couch until we find you somewhere to stay. There's a pillow and some blankets in the closet."

"Thanks." Draco mumbled as he plopped down on the couch.

"Wow this is a really crappy couch", he thought. "No spring support at all."

* * * * * The next morning Draco woke up early and walked over to the Magic Shop and found Dawn sleeping on the couch, a pile of heavy books scattered around her.

"Morning sunshine." Draco whispered in her ear.

Dawn yelped and fell off the couch.

"Draco! Oh! It's you! I uhh stayed late after you left looking up some spells that could prevent the seal from opening again. I guess I fell asleep."

"Apparently. What have you got there anyway?"

She handed him the book she was reading when she fell asleep.

He looked at the cover and flipped through the pages. "Well if this seal really could release all hell into the world again then you're not going to find any spell that can prevent that in here." He said, pointing to the book. "Why don't you and Willow show me the seal later? It'll be easier if I know what I'm dealing with."

She agreed and started to gather the books that were strewn about the shop. "Fancy some breakfast?" he asked, smiling. "Though I warn you," he continued, "I tend to get a bit carried away in the kitchen. Tell you what, why don't we go get some breakfast at that café around the corner?"

Dawn nodded and thought to herself "What am I doing? Standing here nodding like a brain dead moron." She mentally rolled her eyes at herself and left with Draco.

* * * * * Xander and Draco had already left when Spike got up. He waked across the living room into the kitchen and opened the fridge. There were lots of things in Xander's refrigerator but cheese, english muffins, and pizza sauce took up most of it. Everything you need to make mini pizzas, his favorite food in the world. There was also a six-pack of beer, which had a sticky not stuck to it.

"If you drink me Xander will force you to wear an "I love Billy Idol" tee shirt in public, pour lighter fluid all over you and set you on fire. Have a nice day." Spike read aloud.

"Creative." He thought. He took some saltine crackers from the pantry, made some mini pizzas, and went back down to the basement. He turned on the TV. There were only two channels but it didn't matter because his favorite show was on one of them. When he was evil there wasn't much to do so he watched TV to pass the time. One night there was nothing on but "Passsions," a melodramatic soap opera. It took a few episodes to figure out which man Krissy cheated on, which one she had a mad love affair with, and who was deathly ill, but soon he got really into it. "Passions" became the major event of every Tuesday. Buffy's mother, Joyce, shared the same guilty pleasure and when she died he vowed to watch every episode to honor her memory.

He plopped down on the couch and nibbled on a saltine. Buffy always made fun of him because he liked soaps. He managed to convince her to watch an episode of "Passions," and she too became instantly hooked. Like every Tuesday, she was coming to watch it with him today.

He heard the door open and shut upstairs and heard Buffy coming down the basement stairs.

"What'd I miss?" she asked excitedly.

"Ricky's the father of Michelle's baby."

She gasped. "That tramp! How dare she cheat on Sean with that jerk."

"I know, she's such a ho'. But only Tracy knows who the real father is."

Buffy nodded, concentrating hard on the TV.

"Mini pizza?" He offered, thrusting a plate of pizzas at her but never taking his eyes off the television.

"No thanks, had some eggs before I came. Oh shh shh! She's gonna tell Ricky!"

This went on for another half hour until the conclusion of the show, when Tracy slaps Michelle and they get into a catfight. After the show ended, Buffy and Spike had a heated debate about what Ricky should do.

"He should tell Sean! Then he'll break up with that bitch!" Spike argued.

"But that would jeopardize his friendship with Sean!"

"Good point."

They finally decided that Ricky should tell Sean that Krissy had been cheating on him with a guy he didn't know, thus preserving their friendship but at the same time restoring justice to the world.

"I've gotta go, I need to talk to Draco." Said Buffy, getting up from the couch.

"See you." Spike said and waved.

* * * * *

"Order whatever you want, I'm paying." Draco said to Dawn.

"That's exactly why I shouldn't." she replied.

"Oh don't feel guilty about it, I've got loads of money."

"And you're so modest about it."

Draco smiled. "Well I figured if I was born into a super rich family why not take advantage of it and shower myself with expensive things?"

"An excellent approach. Alright," she said, turning to the waitress, "I'll have the most expensive thing on this menu."

"Me too. Oh and two of the most expensive drinks too."

"Non-alcoholic expensive drinks." She corrected.

"Right." And he handed back the menu's.

"I like being rich." She said, and laughed.

"Me too."

The waitress returned with their food ten minutes later.

"Lobster for breakfast. A superb choice." Draco grinned at her.

"Thank you, I knew I always had taste."

* * * * Ideas from other works: "Passions" is from the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Trespassing on his privacy" is from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice