Chapter two Let Me Love You. Buffy meets Clumsy Xander at the construction site, which almost gets him fired of his high rank job.

Buffy heads over to the area of the school still under construction. All the people were wearing hard hats and Buffy finds Xander bending over to gets some measurements of a piece of wood. She walks behind him quietly and pinches his butt. Xander reacts quickly and jumps up hitting his with another piece of wood that someone else is carrying over.

"Xander are you okay," ask the guy seeing Xander with one hand on his head another on his back.

"Yeah," says Xander. "Hard hats. That's why wear 'em." He then turns around and sees Buffy laughing hysterically. Xander nods his head and folds his arms across his chest.

"Okay, sorry," says Buffy getting serious. "I couldn't help it. You were wide open."

"That's for baseball Buff," says Xander. "Did you check out the school?"

"No," says Buffy. "Oh, Dawn told me to give this to you."

"She did," says Xander taking the bracelet.

"She said she borrowed it from you," says Buffy. "Although, I do find it kind of strange for you to wear a woman's bracelet."

"Um," says Xander. "I was going to give to Anya."

"Oh sorry," says Buffy. "I'm going to go now. You know check the school."

"Right," says Xander putting the bracelet in his pocket. Buffy backs away and hits her head on a piece of wood a man is carrying. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," says Buffy holding the back of her head. "Ouch." Buffy heads into the school.

"Oh Xander," says one of the workers. "When are you going to get...excuse my French...the balls to ask the woman to marry you."

"When the Earth crumbles and eats me alive," says Xander.

"Yeah," says his co-worker. "When will that happen?"

"Believe me Joe," says Xander. "It could happen anytime here in Sunnydale."

"Right," says his co-worker. "Chicken." He pats Xander on the back.

"I could fire you know."

Meanwhile in school Buffy finds herself with the principal. He some how knew a lot about Buffy, but Buffy couldn't figure out any information about him through their conversation. Then three students appear surrounding the two.

"Shouldn't you be in class?" ask Principal Wood. Then their faces start to deform and the three look like zombies.

"I don't think they're students," says Buffy.

"Then what are they?" ask Principal Wood looking at Buffy.

"Figments of your imaginations."

"I'm not buying that."

"Watch out." One of the strange people hits the Principal with a metal bar. The Principal falls to the floor and Buffy kicks the bar out of the person's hand. "Hey, why don't you pick on someone you're own..." Buffy looks around and sees no one.

"Size."

"Buffy what happen?" ask Xander running over to her. He helps the Principal up.

"The metal bar," says Buffy seeing it on the ground. She picks it up and turns to Xander and the Principal.

"I didn't think the kids are this violent in this school," says the Principal rubbing his head. "Where did they go?"

"Xander must have scared them away," says Buffy looking at Xander.

"Yeah," says Xander. "Saw them running right out of here."

"Good cause I was ready to give them...ouch," says the Principal. "I'll be in the nurse office. It was nice talking Ms. Summers."

"Same here," says Buffy with a wave and a smile. Xander looks at Buffy.

"What happen here Buffy?" ask Xander.

"Ghost zombie people is what happen," says Buffy. "They were in one place then they were gone. It's very..."

"Hellmouthy," says Xander.

"Right on the money."

"Did the principal see them?"

"Yeah, but he thought they were students. He also saw them deform."

"Deform."

"It was gross. Maybe he'll believe it's some tricks and mirrors."

"Could work." Then Buffy's cell phone rings.

"Buffy I need your help," says Dawn.

"Dawn why aren't you in..."

"Buffy I'm in the basement and there's something here like ghost or zombie. They grabbed us from the ground and pulled us down here from the girls bathroom."

"Okay, just stay calm Dawn. I'll be right there. Stay where you are okay."

"Okay. And Buffy. Isn't this reception great? I'm in the freaking basement." Buffy nods her head and hands the phone to Xander.

"It's Dawn. She's in the basement. I got go find her."
"I'm coming with you," says Xander putting the phone away in his pocket.

"Xander you can't."

"Why not?"

"It's the girls bathroom." Buffy enters the girls bathroom and sees a huge hole.

"That was not me. I built sturdy stuff." Buffy looks at Xander with a half smile.

"I'm going down."

"Wait a minute are you crazy." Xander grabs Buffy by the arm preventing her to jump into the hole. "Hold up let me rephrase that. You're not going down there by yourself."

"Dawn needs me Xander. I need to find her."

"I know, but there's just one thing I got to say to you."

"What?"

Meanwhile down in the basement, Dawn with her two newfound friends wonder the mysterious halls.

"It's scary down here," says the girl next to Dawn whom she found in the bathroom.
"We gotta stop moving. We're like going around in circles," says the guy who freaked out when he saw the girls.

"Don't worry you guys help is on the way," Dawn says.

"What's that?" The girl gets behind Dawn.

"It's them again." The guy gets behind Dawn too.

"Who's there?" Dawn starts to walk closer to where the sound is coming from.

"It sounds like it's coming from that metal door." The other stay behind as Dawn walks over to the door.

"Hello," says Dawn. She opens the door and sees Spike with very messy hair. "Spike."

"Niblit."