A/n: thanks everyone who reviewed the last chapter, so I say thank you to…NO ONE! I'm upset with you all! Well I'm a forgiving person and I'm sure you had a good reason so here's the next chapter.

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"Did you see what Heather was wearing today? I mean could she wear anything less? If she's trying to get a guy I say, flaunt what you have but not all of it so they guy has something to work for." Sami ranted to Dawn sitting on a blanket in the cemetery. Ana would have come but she had a major test and she had to do some major studying.

"I definitely agree." A girl's voice said but Dawn's lips hadn't moved. Sami jumped up and turned around in fighting stance. She came face to face with a female vamp. "Since I agree with you I'm now gonna make you immortal."

"I don't think so." Sami said. Her nice stake drawn up close to her ear. The vamp stupidly lunged and Sami ducked. The vamp then jumped her from behind. Sami bent down and flipped it over. She took her chance, while the vamp was shocked lying on its back, she dusted it.

"Let's call it a night." Dawn suggested. Sami threw her stake into her black slayer bag. She dusted her shirt off and picked up the bag.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Sami smiled. She and Dawn folded the blanket and walked toward the gate. "Thank God it's Friday which means I can sleep in tomorrow."

"I know, since school started, I've been really tired." Dawn confessed.

"It's the whole staying up late dust vamps and getting up early for school thing. I think we should go to a special school that starts after noon and lets out a couple hours before sun set. Like for those involved in slaying."

"You're Slaying is supposed to be a secret though. If we went to a different school, people would know." Dawn pointed out.

"I know. It's just a fantasy for me." Sami sighed. She turned and glanced across the cemetery one last time. It looks so peace full, and a little bit eerie. Dawn and Sami preceded home.

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"Giles, what's the what?" Matt asked happily entering the library. His happy attitude was shot into the Hellmouth at the gloomy, end of the world looks on the other Scooby members. "Who died?"

"Brett." Ana's voiced cracked a little.

"Oh, my, that's horrible?" Matt said but his voice didn't match his words. He was actually happy, Brett had always hated him and picked on him.

"Worse, he was, was, skinned." Dawn said. Matt's face fell. He then noticed someone was missing.

"Where's Sami, shouldn't she be hearing this?" he asked.

"Her mom said she needs a break and wouldn't get her." Giles said disappointedly. "Could you go get her?"

"I'm gone." Matt said. He ran from the school in the direction of the Jones residence.

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"I've never seen anything like this." Giles said. Ana shook her head in agreement.

"That's not right, Giles. We did, once. Remember Jonathan." Dawn remembered as that picture flashed by.

"But, Willow's in England." Giles said.

"Is she though? She could have escaped and come back with out us knowing." Dawn said.

"Buffy would have contacted us." Giles said. He did not believe it was Willow.

"But…" Dawn said.

"No, it's not Willow. I'm sure there's a demon who skins its victims." Giles's voice came from behind the book stacks. Ana got up numbly and went to the computer. She typed in 'Flesh eating demon' and searched through the results. Dawn went up the steps and helped Giles look for a book.

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Everyday is so wonderful, then suddenly, it's hard to breathe

Now and then I get insecure, from all the pain

I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring me down

I am beautiful in every single way

Yes words can't bring me down

So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends you're delirious

So consumed in all your doom

Trying hard to fill the emptiness, the pieces gone,

Left the puzzle undone, is that the way it is

You are beautiful no matter what they say

Words can't bring you down

'Cause you are beautiful in every single way

Yes words can't bring you down

So don't you bring me down today

Sami sang. She was supposedly alone.

Matt cleared his throat making Sami to a pirouette in mid air.

"Matt, what are you doing here?" Sami asked clutching her heart.

"Gees Slayer calm down." He said.

"Shh." Sami said pulling her hand over his mouth, pulling him in. She then looked out the door and shut it. "My mom doesn't know."

"Oh, well Giles wants you, someone died. Let's go." Matt said opening the door.

"Wait, why did you have to come over, there are such things as telephones."

"Giles called and your mom took him that she wasn't going to get you."

"Oh, she worries that's all."

"Come on, demons." Matt said holding the door open.

"Right, coming." Sami said and she and Matt left for the school. They walked as fast as they could and it was a good thing Sami lived close to the school. Matt and Sami didn't talk, Sami was afraid Matt might start making fun of her singing and Matt wasn't sure how to word what he wanted to say.

"Matt, Sami, what's happening my friends?" Frankie called. The two spun around.

"Hi Frankie, Chris. We've got somewhere to be." Matt called back. To the disappointment of the two, Frankie and Chris walked toward them.

"No, stay hang. Who's this fine lady?" Chris asked taking Sami's hand and kissing it. Sami smiled and blushed deep red.

"Sami this is Chris, Chris Sami." Matt introduced rapidly. Chris smiled at Sami who was still blushing, if possible, even deeper.

"Really, we must be going." Sami cut in. Even if she didn't want to, her slayer duties once again cut into her social life.

"Can we come?" Chris asked.

"NO, I mean, I wish you could but, you, um, can't, you just can't. Exclusive club, members only." Matt blurted out. He grabbed Sami's arm and started running.

"See you later." Chris called. Sami waved and smiled back. She decided if Matt wanted to run, they would run, Slayer style. She picked up the pace and Matt fell behind.

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"Sami are you trying to kill me?" Matt said bending over, breathing hard with his hands on his knees. They had just gotten to the library.

"You wanted to run, I ran. I can't help it that my Slayer ability lets me run faster then you." Sami laughed at the sight of him. Giles, Ana, and Dawn all glared at them. Sami stopped laughing.

"So what's going on?"

"Brett was killed, skinned." Dawn said. She then went back to skimming the very old, very dusty, and very small print of a book.

"Ewe, wait, Brett? Football player Brett? Hottie hotness Brett?" Sami asked.

"The very same." Ana responded.

"No, not fair." Sami pouted. Giles appeared from behind a book stack.

"We're looking for the culprit. Join us please. Matt, you help check the books and Sami help on the computer." He instructed.

Matt climbed the three stairs and disappeared behind the stacks as Giles sat at the table with Dawn. A new armload of books ready for skimming. Sami sat next to Ana at the computers.

"What am I looking for?" Sami asked. Ana's eyes widened and her back stiffened in her chair.

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Dusk was setting and Sami had been searching for hours. Her eyes were burning from the computer screen. She knew she should go patrol soon but it was important to know what she was patrolling for and how to defeat it.

"I think I have something." She announced excitedly. "Oh, EEEEEEWWWWW, EEWWW!"

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"Frankie, I have a meeting to go to. Bye." Chris said.

"What meeting?" Frankie asked but he was already gone. Frankie was alone. He was always alone lately. Matt had befriended Ana, Sami, and Dawn and while Frankie had too, he felt as though they had a secret that Frankie couldn't know about. Chris had his own friends from his school. As did Jesse and Greg. He was alone.

It was dark now and Frankie was walking around town. He started towards the woods. He managed to find a little cave. He climbed in through the very little hole and noticed a fire burning.

"Hello?" he called and when no one answered he decided to sit and warm up a little. He sat on a rock near the fire and placed his hands near it. He heard a little crawling noise but decided it was just some bug or perhaps a squirrel.

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"It's a gnarl. He paralyses his victims with his fingernails. Then eats their skin while their alive." Ana read aloud.

"But there was no blood around." Dawn said. She had been the one who had seen the body.

"He laps it up. It's his natural beverage." Ana replied.

"Alright, how do I defeat it?" Sami asked.

"Um," Ana's eyes scanned the page, "it says you have to, ewe, destroy it's eye balls."

"Ok, I'm gone." Sami said. She grabbed some stakes for poking and put them in her pocket.

"Wait, Matt go with her." Giles ordered. Matt looked at Giles in complete terror. Sami and Matt made for the door. Dawn had went at looked at the computer page.

"Sami, check to woods, there's a cliff with a cave. He should be there." Dawn called.

"Thanks." Matt called back.

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"Alone. All alone. Your friends left you here. No one comes to save you. They wanted me to have you." Frankie jumped and looked wildly around for the voice. Then a green, monster thing with skin pulled tightly across it's skeleton jumped out and scratched his long fingernail across his stomach. Frankie fell to the fell. He tried to get up but he couldn't move. The green monster crouched on top of him and lifted his shirt.
"I love a gifty. Can't wait to unwrap it." The demon cut into Frankie's stomach. He tried to scream but again he couldn't move. The demon cut out a piece of his skin and ate it. Frankie looked frantically around, knowing that all hope was lost.

"Hey!" Sami called. She had dropped in and grabbed her stake. The demon looked up then scattered away. Matt fell in. He got up and looked around.

"Frankie! Frankie are you o, ewe!" he said bending over his friend. There were large cuts of skin missing from his stomach. Mean while Sami was trying to locate the gnarl.

"Stop hiding, I know you're here." She called.

More crawling noise.

"Sami, behind you." Matt yelled. She turned and just narrowly missed the gnarl's finger. He tried again and failed but cause Sami to drop her stake. She stuck her thumbs into the eye sockets and the demon shrieked as it's eyes swished and he fell dead to the floor.

"GROSS! Gross, gross, gross!" Sami yelled and wiped the eye goo in the dirt. She ran over to Frankie. "Come on, we have to get him to Giles." She said. Matt helped Sami carry him to the opening. Then he climbed out and turned around as Sami lifted Frankie to the opening and Matt pulled him through.

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"Giles, help!" Matt called as he and Sami gently placed Frankie on the table of the library.

"What happened?" Giles asked as he saw Frankie. Then went into his office and got some bandages.

"Found demon, it was snacking, killed it, came back." Sami answered. Giles came back and taped some gauze to Frankie's stomach. He then found a way to unparalyse him. Frankie stood up and looked at Sami.

"What are you?" he asked.

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a/n: what do you think? That song is from the new Christina Aguilera CD, I DID NOT WRITE IT, so there! I know I stole this from Same Time, Same Place but what can you do hey? I can't make it all up, I'm not that creative. PLEASE REVIEW!