Yet another chapter. This one is mostly about the people who Buffy is meeting in LA. I wanted to create a real life for her there and wasn't really sure how to do it, so I just picked people that she might have run into there. Um and I also added the Lindsay character. I liked that idea, the first time I read it I was really dense and was like who? But then I figured it out so anyway thanks for the idea. I wasn't really sure how to put him in the story so I tried my best... And thanks for the Latin/Italian comment. I wasn't thinking when I wrote that. Thank you for all you who reviewed. Also this is Buffy's perspective again. 170017
I walked into my Psychology classroom full of smiles. It was the first day of school and I had been to three other classes already today. I was very concerned about taking this course yet again but hey how many evil professors are there in one specific subject? I mean really, there can't be that many? I smiled as I sat by a very familiar guy. "Hey," I said to him extending my hand, "I'm Buffy."
He smiled back and extended his hand grasping mine and giving it a shake, "Hey, names Connor." He seemed nice enough. Maybe we could be friends or something.
"So have you taken this course before?" I asked him as I sat down. I grabbed my psychology book from my bag and flipped to the first page and then looked at the clock at the front of the room. Ten minuets to go before class.
"Um I took it last year, same teacher and everything. She's really nice though, I'll bet you'll have a great time. I'm guessing your new," Connor seemed to be good at conversation.
"Very perceptive of you. I actually took a course of it back where I used to live but I moved around a bit and now I'm trying my hand at it again," I replied. "Oh class is starting," I said as the teacher came in and started her lecture. I took notes during the class and later when it was over I headed out for my law class. I never thought about law before but when I was picking my classes in the summer Pike had mentioned how it looked interesting and I thought, hey why not.
Walking into the new class I sat down in the front. The teacher was relatively young and was really hot. Oh god Buffy don't fall for a professor. That's just gross and bad, very bad. I watched him as he got his papers ready and begun the class.
"Hello class, I'm going to be teaching you today, it's seems your real teacher caught a cold. Hmm first day of class and everything. Well my name is Lindsay McDonald but you guys can just call me Lindsay. I'm actually going to be the teacher's helper this year, so you'll be seeing a lot of me. Now..." The teacher droned on about the subject as I watched him, I'm sure that I knew him. Seems that has been happening a bunch lately.
I didn't know why but today just seemed perfect. I had somewhere to live, school to go to and a job to get my money from. I think I was making friends as well. The bell rang and I left for my job. I smiled as I walked towards the bakery. I put my bag by the door and grabbed an apron. Then I proceeded to the register. "Hey Buffy," said Natalie the girl that worked the shift before me, "Your taking over?"
I nodded and she walked into the back. There was a line with about four people waiting to pay that she left me so I go to work. "Two scones, mmm hh, yeah strawberry, blueberry muffins on sale today." It went on like that for the fist three people and then a girl that I swear I knew came up.
"Can I get a expresso?" the girl asked looking down at her day planner, it looked like.
"Sure," I said going over to the machine that poured the drink and making it for her. "That'll be a dollar fifty." She looked in her purse for a dollar. I watched her closely trying to figure out who she was. She looked up at me as she felt my eyes staring.
"BUFFY?" she exclaimed, "Oh sorry Anne?" she said worried about her mistake that wasn't really one. She looked at me with curious eyes.
"Anne," I exclaimed back finally figuring out who this girl was in front of me, "Yeah it's Buffy," I told her knowing that she wasn't really sure what to call me.
"What are you doing here?" Anne asked as she handed me the dollar fifty.
"Um well I've got to work, you mind talking in five, I'm off then?" I asked her. She nodded and went to sit down at an empty table. Today was getting better. Anne was my friend from, ages ago it seemed. She wasn't exactly a friend but I think we were on pretty good terms when I left LA on my way back to Sunnydale. I remember I gave her my middle name Anne as her new name and my crappy apartment that I had been keeping. I wonder what she had been doing since them...
Five minuets later I went into the back and placed my apron on a hook and grabbed my bag. Then I walked back to the front and up to Anne. "So what have you been up to since we last spoke?" I asked her.
"Well I got a job helping the kids on the streets," Anne explained to me. "I've been working there for a while other wise not too much else, what about you?"
"Um well I went back to Sunnydale, as you know and then I ended up here to um fight something or other," I didn't want to tell Anne too much. I didn't really know what Hamilton might think about that. Sure, I had told Pike but I explained everything to him and me and Anne wouldn't get into that kind of discussion. "Well, now I'm back living here and going to school."
"Really, that's great," Anne said smiling at me. "Hey you maybe want to go for drinks later this week. Like maybe Friday since you have class?" Anne questioned me.
"Sure, that sounds great, I don't really know that many people here and I don't have work on Friday," I replied smiling. I was so happy to have found Anne in LA. I missed having a bunch of friends. Anne and I could be really good friends too.
"Well I have to get going now," Anne said looking at the clock in the shop, "I have to wake up early to have a food drive." She smiled at me; "Hey it was really great running into you. My number's 122-3420, you can phone me there tomorrow at about seven o'clock if that's good with you, and then we can figure our plans out."
"Sure that sounds good. I'll talk to you then," Anne walked out as I grabbed a page out of my bag and wrote her number down. Then I followed her lead and walked out the door heading home.
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"So how was your first day of class?" Pike asked me when I walked in.
"It was great!" I exclaimed, "After class I met up with this girl I had met a few years ago. We talked for a bit, but now I've got to get working on my homework. I don't have too much though," I replied.
"I'm glad that you had a good time," Pike told me, "Well I'm off to bed," he told me as he went off in the direction of his room. I walked in the opposite direction to the kitchen and started on the schoolwork. It felt so good to be doing to again.
Thank you for reading! 170017
I walked into my Psychology classroom full of smiles. It was the first day of school and I had been to three other classes already today. I was very concerned about taking this course yet again but hey how many evil professors are there in one specific subject? I mean really, there can't be that many? I smiled as I sat by a very familiar guy. "Hey," I said to him extending my hand, "I'm Buffy."
He smiled back and extended his hand grasping mine and giving it a shake, "Hey, names Connor." He seemed nice enough. Maybe we could be friends or something.
"So have you taken this course before?" I asked him as I sat down. I grabbed my psychology book from my bag and flipped to the first page and then looked at the clock at the front of the room. Ten minuets to go before class.
"Um I took it last year, same teacher and everything. She's really nice though, I'll bet you'll have a great time. I'm guessing your new," Connor seemed to be good at conversation.
"Very perceptive of you. I actually took a course of it back where I used to live but I moved around a bit and now I'm trying my hand at it again," I replied. "Oh class is starting," I said as the teacher came in and started her lecture. I took notes during the class and later when it was over I headed out for my law class. I never thought about law before but when I was picking my classes in the summer Pike had mentioned how it looked interesting and I thought, hey why not.
Walking into the new class I sat down in the front. The teacher was relatively young and was really hot. Oh god Buffy don't fall for a professor. That's just gross and bad, very bad. I watched him as he got his papers ready and begun the class.
"Hello class, I'm going to be teaching you today, it's seems your real teacher caught a cold. Hmm first day of class and everything. Well my name is Lindsay McDonald but you guys can just call me Lindsay. I'm actually going to be the teacher's helper this year, so you'll be seeing a lot of me. Now..." The teacher droned on about the subject as I watched him, I'm sure that I knew him. Seems that has been happening a bunch lately.
I didn't know why but today just seemed perfect. I had somewhere to live, school to go to and a job to get my money from. I think I was making friends as well. The bell rang and I left for my job. I smiled as I walked towards the bakery. I put my bag by the door and grabbed an apron. Then I proceeded to the register. "Hey Buffy," said Natalie the girl that worked the shift before me, "Your taking over?"
I nodded and she walked into the back. There was a line with about four people waiting to pay that she left me so I go to work. "Two scones, mmm hh, yeah strawberry, blueberry muffins on sale today." It went on like that for the fist three people and then a girl that I swear I knew came up.
"Can I get a expresso?" the girl asked looking down at her day planner, it looked like.
"Sure," I said going over to the machine that poured the drink and making it for her. "That'll be a dollar fifty." She looked in her purse for a dollar. I watched her closely trying to figure out who she was. She looked up at me as she felt my eyes staring.
"BUFFY?" she exclaimed, "Oh sorry Anne?" she said worried about her mistake that wasn't really one. She looked at me with curious eyes.
"Anne," I exclaimed back finally figuring out who this girl was in front of me, "Yeah it's Buffy," I told her knowing that she wasn't really sure what to call me.
"What are you doing here?" Anne asked as she handed me the dollar fifty.
"Um well I've got to work, you mind talking in five, I'm off then?" I asked her. She nodded and went to sit down at an empty table. Today was getting better. Anne was my friend from, ages ago it seemed. She wasn't exactly a friend but I think we were on pretty good terms when I left LA on my way back to Sunnydale. I remember I gave her my middle name Anne as her new name and my crappy apartment that I had been keeping. I wonder what she had been doing since them...
Five minuets later I went into the back and placed my apron on a hook and grabbed my bag. Then I walked back to the front and up to Anne. "So what have you been up to since we last spoke?" I asked her.
"Well I got a job helping the kids on the streets," Anne explained to me. "I've been working there for a while other wise not too much else, what about you?"
"Um well I went back to Sunnydale, as you know and then I ended up here to um fight something or other," I didn't want to tell Anne too much. I didn't really know what Hamilton might think about that. Sure, I had told Pike but I explained everything to him and me and Anne wouldn't get into that kind of discussion. "Well, now I'm back living here and going to school."
"Really, that's great," Anne said smiling at me. "Hey you maybe want to go for drinks later this week. Like maybe Friday since you have class?" Anne questioned me.
"Sure, that sounds great, I don't really know that many people here and I don't have work on Friday," I replied smiling. I was so happy to have found Anne in LA. I missed having a bunch of friends. Anne and I could be really good friends too.
"Well I have to get going now," Anne said looking at the clock in the shop, "I have to wake up early to have a food drive." She smiled at me; "Hey it was really great running into you. My number's 122-3420, you can phone me there tomorrow at about seven o'clock if that's good with you, and then we can figure our plans out."
"Sure that sounds good. I'll talk to you then," Anne walked out as I grabbed a page out of my bag and wrote her number down. Then I followed her lead and walked out the door heading home.
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"So how was your first day of class?" Pike asked me when I walked in.
"It was great!" I exclaimed, "After class I met up with this girl I had met a few years ago. We talked for a bit, but now I've got to get working on my homework. I don't have too much though," I replied.
"I'm glad that you had a good time," Pike told me, "Well I'm off to bed," he told me as he went off in the direction of his room. I walked in the opposite direction to the kitchen and started on the schoolwork. It felt so good to be doing to again.
Thank you for reading! 170017