"Yes, Dawn, I am having a fun time! So what if it is the second day? I should go! Yes, so I can enjoy my oh so fun day! Bye, say hi to Dad and Anna for me okay? Bye!" Buffy put down her phone and left her room, to head out for lunch.
Just as Buffy sat down on one of the beach chairs adorning the upper deck, she once again heard her name and looked up.
"Buffy! Ms. Summers."
"Oh! Hello, Captain O'Malley." Buffy stood up as the captain approached her, beside him was a very handsome boy, maybe 24 or 25.
"How is your trip going so far?"
"Wonderful!"
"Excellent, now this is Myles O'Malley my son. Myles, this is the friend of Rupert, Buffy Summers."
"Pleased to meet you, Buffy Summers!" Myles took Buffy's hand and kissed it, but never broke eye contact.
"Uh, you as well, Myles O'Malley."
"Excellent, now that you two are well aquatinted, I can leave and let you spend one glorious day together.
"Wha...?" Buffy was surprised, but before she could ask Cap. O'Malley what he meant, he was gone. Leaving Buffy and Myles alone.
"Sorry about him. Just he thinks that if you don't have a good time, you might tell
Rupert. And supposedly, my father has a very high rep with Rupert Giles."
"Oh!" Buffy smiled.
"You know, if you don't want to..."
"No, no! It's fine! I mean I wouldn't mind some company. I'm kind of alone on the ship, so..." Myles and Buffy started walking.
"A beautiful young woman like you, alone?"
"Yeah, my friends thought I should have some time to myself. The last year was pretty hectic for us, me!"
"Yeah me too!"
"Really?"
"No, I'm just trying to make you like me!" He smiled at Buffy. "Is it working?"
"Um, sort of. But you don't have to try, you're already in my good books!" Buffy started to blush as soon as she said this.
"Really?" Myles grinned.
* * * *
"So, what's the plan?" Asked Cordy as she, Wes and Angel leaned against the bar out on the main deck.
"To find Buffy and fill her in on the situation!" Said Wes, sipping a pina colada.
"I don't know guys, yesterday she wanted us to leave her alone." Angel shifted as a couple came up to the bar.
"She said she wanted you, to leave her alone! And plus she was okay with Wes last night!" Cordy rolled her eyes at Angel.
"To late anyway!" Angel and Cordy looked up to where Wesley was looking. "There she is, come on!"
"Wait!" Cordy thrust her hands out in front of Wes and Angel, stopping them. "Who's that she's with?" All three silently tried to guess who the tall, brunette, muscle bound, guy beside Buffy was.
* * * *
"So you like comedies, gummy bears, surfing and football!"
"Yup!" Myles grinned.
"Oh and all kinds of music, right?"
"Bingo!" Buffy smiled. "So do you know who those three people by the bar are?" Buffy's smile faded to a confused frown, as she turned to look in the direction of the bar. "Cause they've been staring at us for the last twenty minutes."
"Oh my god!"
"Anyone you know?"
"Yeah..."
"Should I be worried?"
"No, I know them!" Buffy sighed, then grabbed Myles's hand. "Let's save them the misery and go introduce you." Buffy pulled Myles over to the bar where Angel, Cordelia and Wesley were standing.
"Hey Guys!" Buffy let go of Myles's hand and put on a brave face. The three were taken aback as they realized Buffy was right in front of them.
"Buffy?"
"Buffy!"
"Buffy."
"That would be my name. So, this is Myles." Buffy gestured to the hunk by her side. "He is the Captain's son, who is a very good friend of Giles's."
"Myles O'Malley?" Asked a surprised Wes. Myles grinned and shook Wes's out stretched hand.
"Wesley Whyndym Price. It's great to see you again, it's been a while!"
"That it has! Last time I saw you, you barely reached my waist."
"I was a shrimp when I was little, wasn't I!"
"You certainly can't tell now, can you?" Asked Cordy.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I've had the pleasure?" Myles reached out and kissed Cordy's hand.
"Cordelia Chase, 22, available."
"Cordy!" Buffy's shock came out more obvious then she would have liked.
"What? Can't a girl make herself known?"
Angel, who had been quiet up till now, grabbed Buffy's arm and pulled her away from the group! "This guy isn't who you think he is!" Angel leaned in toward Buffy as he said this, keeping his voice low and his grip on her arm tight.
Buffy wrenched her arm out of Angel's grasp. "What the hell do you mean?"
"I can feel a weird energy from him."
"And from that you're telling me he's evil?"
"Well..." Angel hesitated.
Buffy rolled her eyes, it was obvious she was beyond pissed off. "God Angel, you're pathetic." Buffy stalked off and back to Myles, who was talking to Wes and Cordy.
* * * *
So, Cordy's nice!" Myles and Buffy had just left the others and were heading to the dinning deck for lunch.
"Yeah, she's changed from high school."
"Something wrong?"
"No! Yes! It's Angel." Buffy sighed.
"Did he say something?" Myles and Buffy sat down at a table and waited for a waiter.
"Yes, it was...uh...something about you!" Buffy looked sheepishly at Myles, who only smiled.
"Anything I want to hear?"
"Uh...I don't think..." Myles interrupted Buffy, placing his hand on hers.
"Don't think, just say it!"
"Okay," Buffy sucked in a breath. "here goes. Angel, he had a bad feeling about you. It's kinda a scary sense of his. Angel said you aren't who I think you are." Buffy laughed. "How absurd is that?"
Myles took a drink of water, he put the glass down then looked up at Buffy. Myles kept his eyes level with Buffy, never breaking eye contact. "It's not, and he's right!" Myles then laughed as Buffy's jaw dropped.
"What?"
"Well, I am the son of the captain of the boat. Everything I told you about me is true. I am from Ireland, I am 25 and I do like surfing. But there's also something else, as well as something I know about you."
"Like what?" Myles got up and offered his hand to Buffy.
"Maybe this isn't the place to be talking about this!" Buffy took his hand and together they headed out to the deck.
