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CHAPTER 6 : Friends
Max and Buffy are walking and talking about all and nothing. The atmosphere was calm outside, that's not really good for the future. Generally a quiet evening means a hard night. The calm is usually before a big bad event.
After walking for 15 minutes they finally arrive in front of the Crash Down Café. That's where Liz & Maria work and Michael and Isabel are hanging on the most part of the time, with Kyle and his father the Sheif Valenti.
Buffy looks in the inside a few seconds before entering. The place is beautiful, for people of every age. The decoration is nice and special about aliens but that's cute thought Buffy. She's just a bit surprised because Max and his friends have to stay in the dark and this coffee is on the theme of the aliens. That's weird for her but she's in Roswell, not in Sunnydale, she's far from home. "Maybe life's even more weird here than in Sunnydale" thought Buffy. Those seconds of reflexions seemed to last minutes for her. She's now ready to enter.
Max, as gallant as cute opens the door for her.
- Thanks, says Buffy.
- You're welcome, says Max.
- So, why are we here? asks Buffy.
- Because Liz and Maria are working here and the rest of our friends are always here in the evening. Talking about them…
Liz and Maria, dressed with an apron with aliens on it and aerial on the head is strange, come next to them.
- Hi Max, say Liz and Maria together.
- Hi girls, here's Buffy.
At that time we can see Jealousy on Liz's face. Even though Buffy thinks Max is cute she's not in love with him and doesn't act as if she was.
Sat at a table, Michael says to Isabelle, Kyle and Valenti :
- Do you see that? Max found a new girlfriend !
- Stop it Michael that's not funny, I'm wondering who's that girl ? I'm sure Max has a good reason for bringing her here, says Isabel.
- Something says to me we'll now it fast, says Valenti.
- Well, she's cute, says Kyle amazed by Buffy's beauty.
Buffy is a good looking girl, with long blond waved hair, jeans and a sexy blouse. Kyle is under her charm.
Max, Buffy, Liz and Maria go to the table of their friends and stay up for a few seconds.
- Here's Buffy, says Max to his friends sat at the table.
- Hi, says Buffy a bit intimidated to be in a group of friends she doesn't know.
- She arrives from… begins to say Max
- Sunnydale and she's the slayer, the chosen one, no ? asks Valenti.
Buffy and Max are surprised, and that's the same for their friends.
- How do you know that? Is there a notice somewhere? asks Buffy.
- No, says Valenti. I just made some reseach about supernatural things in books and stuff and I read about the slayer, the chosen one… A friend from Sunnydale told me it was you, Buffy.
- But Dad, why didn't you tell me about it? asks Kyle.
- Because you never asked and I didn't know why I should have told you about that, answers Valenti.
- Sit down, proposes Michael to Max and Buffy, there's enough place at our table for everyone.
- Good idea, says Max.
Michael, Isabel, Kyle and his Dad sit closer. Liz and Maria go back to work.
- Buffy, what brings you here in Roswell? asks Michael.
- Maybe we could introduce ourself a bit, says Kyle.
- Of course, says Isabel. So I'm Isabel, Max's sister. He's Michael the boyfriend of Maria the blond girl. There you see the Sherif Valenti and his son Kylen (Isabel shows Liz by her finger, she's behind the counter). Oh and Liz is Max's girlfriend.
- Well, you already know who I am, says Buffy. I'm the vampire slayer, the chosen one. Well I didn't plan to come here. I wanted to be in a quiet place far from Sunnydale. I decided to leave like that without even thinking about telling my friends. I took a bus and walked for hours, then I was here. I didn't now where I was and Max arrived and told me I was in Roswell. Then he proposed me to go in here.
- Besides to run away from Sunnydale why did you want to leave without telling your friends ?
- That's a long story. The man I love the most is gone and he didn't tell me anything. Plus I was fed up of fighting everyday. I don't have a life. We are everything one for the other so I don't understand why Angel, that's his name, did this to me. I'm sure there's something abnormal, he would never do that to me except if…
- When he looses his soul again and then begins to kill everyone on his way, eating them with his big fangs, says Valenti.
- But…
- Angel is the vampire cursed by the bohemians who gave him his soul back so he can rememeber all the terrible things he did for centuries. The vampire who now acts for good, but formely he rebecame Angelus, the terrible vampire… added Valenti.pire.
- You really know everyghin about me, says Buffy.
- What? You were going out with a vampire? asks Kyle surprised.
- Yeah, I'm dating a vampire and we truly love each other, I don't understand why he left, says Buffy. Something must have happened to him.
- How do Angel lose his soul ? asks Michael curious.
- Uh… (Buffy is embarrassed) if he knows a moment of real happiness…
- Ok, I understood, says Michael, that's no luck !
- You can say it, says Buffy.
- Lots of weird stuff must have happened to you I guess ? asks Isabel.
- Oh yes, says Buffy. The Hellmouth opened and the world had nearly been destroyed. The master, the Mayor, vampires and demons, that's the hell everyday in Sunnydale. I have to add I even died twice.
- Oh yeah? asks Kyle surprised by what he heard.
- Yes and the second time, more than one year ago, my friends had to resuscitate me and now I'm alive again, almost like before. It's been really hard at the beginning. My friends thought they took me out of hell and I was quietly in paradise.
- That's unbelievable, says Michael.
- I know and I hope I'm not going to die another time, says Buffy.
- About your friends… begins Isabel.
- Yes, there's my best friend Willow who's a good witch very powerfull. Xander the best friend who always has the word to make you laugh and jokes he's almost the only one who laughs about them. Anya the ex venger demon who had an affair with Xander for years. Dawn my little 17 year old sister. And Spike but he's not really a friend anymore, in fact he's a vampire who sometimes helps us.
Buffy still can't believe Valenti knows a lot about her, that's unbelievable, as if he had taken part in her life.
But now she also knew a lot about her new friends.
- I also know a lot about you cause Max told me lots of stuff about your powers… while we were walking and I must say that's also surprising, says Buffy.
- That's true our lives aren't that calm either, that's sad. But we also know how to defend ourself as you know. Everyone in a different way but together we're more powerfull.
Buffy looks a few seconds at the Sherif Valenti before talking to him. She's surprised of everything he knows about her :
- Well, you said lots of stuff about me and Sunnydale, about someone who talks to you about me, my missions… and about the stuff happening in Sunnydale. But I'm wondering who your contact there is?
- An old librarian and old watcher name Ruppert, answers Valenti.
- Ruppert Giles ? asks Buffy who knew the answer was correct.
- Yes, but how… begins Valenti.
- Giles was my watcher till he couldn't be anymore but we're still in touch and friends. He still takes care of me, my training… he's a friend of the gang.
- Okay, now I see why he was talking about you, says Valenti.
- Yup, says Buffy, Giles always knows everything about everything. He's a real alive encyclopedia but we love him and I think he loves us as well. We're like a big family !
several seconds of silence
- Buffy you want something to drink ? asks Michael.
- Yes, a glass of water please.
- And you, asks him to his friends, you want something ?
- No thanks, say Kyle and his father.
- I'd like a glass of water as well please, asks Isabel.
Michael goes to the counter where are Liz and Maria.
He explains the situation. Maria asks Michaem to know more about Buffy, why she came here… and Liz jealously asks why Max brang her here.
After Michael explained to Liz that Buffy wanted to go away because of the man of her life disappeared Liz feels better about Max. Buffy's not a danger for Liz cause she's not here to dredge Max. Looking at them Liz could see neither Max or Buffy were looking at the other with love eyes. Liz knows how jealous she is, too jealous. But now she knows that Buffy's not a danger to her.
Michael took the drinks and comes back to the table. He was upset he missed a bit of conversation with Buffy, he was interested in her story. He doesn't meet the slayer everyday.
- What did you talk about when I was asking for the drinks ?
- We were trying to convince Buffy she should call her friends cause they're probably worried about her, says Isabel.
Michael sits and gives the drinks to Buffy and Isabel. They thank him.
- That's right you should call them, says Michael. They must be really worried about you.
- I'm gonna do that, says Buffy. You're right.
Buffy puts her hand on her pocket to grab here cellphone…
- Oh no… says Buffy.
- What? asks Kyle.
- The batteries are out, answers Buffy.
- Here's my cellphone, call your friends with it, says Kyle.
- Thanks I'll give you money, says Buffy.
- No need, it's normal to help friends, says Kyle.
- Thanks again, says Buffy.
Liz comes at the table proposing Buffy to give her phone call in a quiet room behind the counter. Buffy thanks her and goes in that room. She composes the number of her best friend Willow…