Title: I Know What You Mean...
Author: Kristy Marie
Rating: PG-13 bordering on R (for subject matter)
Pairing: X/? B/? W/? D/? (it's a suprise)
Genre: BtVS/Harry Potter, slight angst, lots of laughs
Dislclaimer: Of course Joss has the BtVS stuff and JKR has the HP stuff. I just own my nice little iMac computer....
Distribution: TTH, FF.net, let me know where else it travels to...
Author's Notes: This is based upon the 'When I Woke Up' fic by Jinni. It's also my first HP crossover so take it easy on me.... Feedback is greatly desired as it boosted my day from mediocore to a 'oh happy day' feeling.

Chapter 2: Merciful Zues

Something was causing warmth to spread across my face. It was a great feeling for the whole two seconds it lasted. Then the ramifications of the previous night's 'Let's have fun in Vegas since we all feel like crap after Sunnyhell' actions kicked in. I've been drunk before, I've had a hangover before, but this, it just wasn't meant to be.

My head was splitting, but I knew it was time to take inventory and make sure I still had all of my functioning body parts. As I creaked my open, immediate panic set in. I couldn't see! Oh, wait, the eye patch is on the wrong side. Phew! Okay, chalk one up for the handicap guy who couldn't even keep his eye patch on the right side. As I readjusted the eyewear, I began to have a sinking feeling that more was wrong than just the eyepatch.

Oh god! There's a body in the bed with me! That's definitely skin touching my skin. Must move, must run away... wait, can't move, it will wake up... Okay, breathe, then try to figure this out. I opened my eye cautiously to survey the damage.

Let's see, hotel room (plus), not MY hotel room (minus), umm, (come on Xand, you can look at her)... I glance slowly toward the lump laying at my right side and, OH MY GOD, I slept with Will, all I see is red hair peaking out from under the covers.... this is bad, this is bad, this is.... wait, that hair is too short for Willow.

Okay, let's try breathing again, let's go back to my list. NOT Willow (A++++)... I cautiously reach my left hand up to rub the sleep from my eye when... OH DEAR GOD, (great now I'm turning into Giles, and there is a freaking wedding band on my hand. I know that was not there when I... wait, what is the last thing I remember...

We went to the bar, Dawn showed up (must remember to "discuss" that with her and Faith later), fighting ensued, Buffy pissed me off (what else is new?), went off to another part of the building. There was something else, drinking, moping (oh, wait I don't mope, no moping here), more drinking, hmmm, oh yeah, the British voice, wait, there was red hair attached to that voice. THAT'S IT! The red head in bed with me is the British voice I heard, mystery solved, case closed.....

No, wait, there's still the wedding band and who she is. Hmmm... do I try to wake her up, maybe I just leave and she'll never know the difference (stop that thought) can't leave another girl behind when that evilness called mariage is looming. God, I must be cursed.

How about I just lay here until she wakes up. I"ll close my eye. That'll work, I'll pretend I'm asleep, she'll wake up, then she'll decide what to do. Maybe she'll just kick me out like Faith did, that would be my luck....

Oh wait a minute, the bed is moving, okay, more than just a small part of skin touching, oh god arm wrapping around my...

"MERCIFUL ZEUS!!" I jump as far as I can from the bed, taking all of the protective covers with me, leaving my very naked self staring at a very naked red headed MAN (or is he a boy) who was staring back in shock at me.

authors's follow-up note: I'm writing each of these chapters quick and in hopes of actually having *gasp* a completed fic. So any mistakes or logical thought issues are solely my responsibility. Also, just for timeline issues: 3 weeks after Chosen in Buffyverse and the HP trio just completed there 7th and are 18 years old. Also, as for the whole marriage issue, I'm taking a few liberties an pretending that Vegas had joined the band wagon and was tossing the marriage licenses out right and left. I know that's quite a few liberties, but this is fanficiton after all ;-)

TBC... upcoming chapters: Oh Goddess!, I'm Baked!, Buffy's Gonna Kill Me!