Xander walked into the Lippe and saw Mr. Giles. "Hello Sir."
"Ah, the young American who asked about Miss Chase, I trust you found her."
"Yes sir, actually I was wondering if I could buy one of her paintings."
"Of course, we keep all of the student artwork over here." Mr. Giles led him over to a corner where a pretty blonde woman was looking at paintings and pointed at two rows of paintings. "All of these are hers."
Xander studied the paintings very carefully. He wasn't amazed at how beautiful they were or how fantastic Cordy's eye for detail was. He was surprised however when he'd finally decided on one that the blonde woman had already taken it to the counter.
"Excuse me Ma'am," Xander smiled, "But I was hoping I could buy that painting."
"Well I have it at the register asking this nice man to ring it up. So I assume I want to buy it." The woman retorted.
"Why?" Xander challenged.
"Because I love pictures of bridges and the Arno is so beautiful." The woman replied as she handed Mr. Giles her money.
"Well, I love the Artist so my need is greater than yours. Fine, I can tell I'm not going to win here." Xander sighed as he walked back and picked another of Cordy's paintings. "This one," He sighed as he paid Mr. Giles.
As Xander and the woman were leaving with their paintings safely wrapped in butcher paper a man came running in knocking over their paintings. "Sorry" He apologized, "but I'm with a tour group and I want to get a painting before we leave."
"No harm done," Xander sympathized with the guy as he hand one of the paintings back to the woman and picked up the other one for himself and then they both left the store.