Chapter 11

Buffy and her friends walked into the Bronze the next night because they all needed some fun. Willow and Jessica got a table while Buffy went to the bar to get some drinks. She smiled at the bartender. "Hey, Xander. How are things going?" He returned her smile when he saw her there.

"Things are pretty good. How are you, Buff? I feel like I haven't seen you here in a while." Buffy nodded.

"Yeah, been a little busy. I'll just have two cokes and a cherry coke. Don't really feel like getting drunk tonight." Xander nodded also.

"Coming right up." He said as he went to get the drinks. Jessica then walked over to Buffy when Xander walked away.

"I said I would get the drinks." She said and Jessica nodded.

"I know, but Tara's here now and I wanted to tell you to get another coke." Buffy didn't believe that was the only reason that Jessica walked over to the bar, but she didn't say anything. Xander walked back to Buffy and put the drinks down in front of her and Buffy gave him another smile.

"We need one more coke." She told him and he nodded and went to get it. Jessica licked her lips as she watched him go.

"Xander is really looking good." Buffy rolled her eyes.

"You seriously need a boyfriend." Jessica agreed when Xander came back with the coke. Buffy took two of the drinks and Jessica grabbed the other two as she smiled at Xander.

"Hi, Xander. You look nice today." She told him and Xander suddenly got nervous when he looked at Jessica.

"Thanks, so do you." Buffy rolled her eyes again and walked away from them. It was obvious that Xander had a crush on Jessica and she basically had a crush on every guy that she has ever come in contact with, but Buffy had a feeling that Jessica really liked Xander. She headed back over to the table where Willow and Tara were sitting and she put the drinks down in front of them. Jessica then came over to them with a big smile on her face as she put her drinks down and took a seat. Buffy sat down also and looked at her friend.

"What's with the smile, Jess?" She seemed to come out of her daydream when Buffy spoke to her. She turned to her friend.

"Nothing, I'm just going out with Xander tonight." Buffy smiled at her.

"Really, how did that happen? Did you finally ask him out?" Jessica shook her head.

"I didn't have to, he asked me out." Buffy was surprised that Xander actually made the first move. He always had trouble talking to girls in high school.

"Well, it's about time you two got together." Willow said and Jessica smiled.

"Yep, I'm in a good mood right now. Let's go dance." She said as she grabbed Buffy's hand and pulled her away from the table and on to the dance floor. Tara turned to Willow after being quiet the whole time. She hasn't known all of them that long and she still felt a little shy around them.

"Would you like to dance?" Tara asked taking a risk and Willow gave her a smile as she got up and pulled Tara up with her as they also moved to the dance floor. A slow song came on and Willow wrapped her arms around Tara and she did the same. She looked away from Willow's gaze still feeling a little shy.

"You look really great tonight, Tara." Willow said to make conversation and the other girl finally looked up at her and blushed a little. She then rested her head on Willow's shoulder as they both moved to the music. Buffy was standing by herself while Jessica had to go to the restroom. She came back a little while later and her hair was all messed up. Buffy was about to ask her what happened when Xander then showed up with his hair looking messy also. Buffy could take a guess at what they were doing. Xander gave Buffy a smile and went back to work and Jessica went back to dancing without saying anything. Buffy shook her head and just continued to stand there and think of things since she wasn't in a dancing mood. She would have felt weird about dancing with another guy and she just wished that Angel could be there, but she had to remember that no one knew about them and she knew that he would have other things to do instead of hanging out at the Bronze. She just stood there and watched all the other couples when she saw Spike and Faith walk into the club. She waved to them and Spike turned at that moment and saw her. He waved back and pulled Faith over to her.

"Hey, I didn't think you would be here." Spike said to Buffy.

"Yeah, decided that I needed a night out with the girls." Buffy replied as another fast song came on.

"I love this song, let's go dance." Faith said and Buffy thought that she was going to dance with Spike until she grabbed her arm and pulled her on the dance floor. Buffy gave Spike a look and he just shrugged as Buffy started to dance with Faith and they were both lost in the music. Spike was watching them and saw a group of guys dance around them. Spike was okay stepping out of this one because he knew that he wasn't a good dancer. He could do slow dancing, but that was about it. He didn't even feel all that jealous when Faith was dancing with other guys. He knew that she was his girl and no one else's. Spike couldn't believe how seductive their dance was as he looked at Faith and then Buffy. He quickly banished those thoughts when his eyes rested on Buffy. He turned away from them.

"She's your sister, mate. Get a hold of yourself." He said to himself as he decided to head to the bar. "I'll have bourbon." He said to Xander who nodded and went to get him his drink. He came back a few seconds later and placed the glass down in front of Spike who drank it all down at once. He placed the glass back down when he was done.

"You feeling okay, Spike? You drank that kinda fast." Xander said and Spike nodded.

"I'm fine; just have a lot on my mind." Xander nodded in understanding.

"Having problems with Faith?" Spike shook his head.

"No, it's not that." Xander was waiting for him to say something else and when he didn't he just shrugged and looked out on the dance floor.

"Man, Buffy's looking hot out there." He said and realized it wasn't a smart thing to say as he saw the look on Spike's face. "Sorry, bad choice of words." Spike rubbed his eyes and looked at Xander.

"I'll have another one." He said as he held up the glass. Xander took it and filled it up again. He didn't know what was up with his friend, but he hoped everything was okay.