Chapter twenty three- Piece of the puzzle
"Whoa man that was wicked last night, can we do it again tonight?" asked Jesse.
"Certainly not, it was too dangerous for the both of you and besides I'm not the real Slayer so I shouldn't be patrolling of a night."
"Please Buffy… can we? It was just so cool and exciting and plus when you staked that vampire, did you see the looks on those girls?" asked Xander.
"No and that is final. Yes I did see their faces and their looks and if we see them again we aren't having anything to do with them."
"What if they need your help again?" asked Jesse.
"They won't, they have that other girl, Juliette."
"But last night she wasn't there to save them," added Xander.
"Well if they need my help again and I just happen to be there I will save them but I won't go looking for them just to help them."
"Whatever you say," replied Xander.
"Can we go to another cemetery tonight?" asked Jesse.
"Arrrrrh … nope," replied Buffy.
"Why not?"
"Because she thinks we can't defend and protect ourselves, it's too dangerous for us."
"Xander is correct, it's too dangerous even for me."
"Are you going to see if that girl Juliette goes to our school?" asked Xander.
"I might look into it, I'll see."
Buffy started to walk away from Xander and Jesse to the canteen when a familiar girl came up to her.
"Hi, I think I know you from somewhere, what's your name?" asked Juliette.
"Hi, I'm sorry I don't think you know me," replied Buffy.
"I think I've seen you somewhere, I'd just like to know your name please," said Juliette.
"It's Buffy and for the future we haven't met before and I don't think I've seen you before."
"I know I've seen you, I saw you last night."
"Well you might think you have which is great but I have to go, bye."
"What's wrong? You don't have to leave, come back!"
"You're not wrong, you did see her last night and you saw us," said Xander.
"Yeah I thought you two looked familiar. What's wrong with your friend?"
"I'm not sure, we're not sure exactly," replied Xander.
"I hope she's okay, sorry about scaring her off," said Juliette.
"Sorry Juliette we have to go and see what's wrong with her, nice talking to you, bye!" said Xander.
"Bye!" said Jesse.
"Bye I guess," replied Juliette.
Xander and Jesse went over to the canteen to find Buffy, they couldn't see her there but then they looked over to the seats where they usually sat and Buffy was crying.
"What's wrong? What happened back there?" asked Jesse.
"I'm just confused, last night I got the feeling, I got a vibe that Juliette was well evil," replied Buffy.
"Juliette isn't evil, she's really, really nice, well that's what I could tell from talking to her," said Xander.
"You were talking to her? Why were you talking to her?" asked Buffy.
"Because, because Xa-Xander started talking to her!" yelled Jesse.
"Xander?"
"Yeah so all I said was she wasn't wrong, she had seen you before because you were being all mean and telling her she didn't see you last night and anyways, she isn't evil."
"I know that now… and I feel completely stupid," said Buffy.
"Why would you think someone like Juliette was evil?" asked Jesse.
"I thought she was evil because when I realised that she could be the new Slayer that she could be working for the Watcher's Council, I mean she could be working for them as like a spy."
"So let me get this straight, not only can you become a Slayer but a spy, cool. Do they have a spy camp?" asked Jesse.
"No silly not spy spies, like what you're thinking exactly, like some of the potentials were working for the council and were spying on me and Faith. One of them has just recently become our friend and told us what they were up to which was cool, so anyways back to the point… I thought Juliette might have been a spy for them but she isn't, I'm pretty sure of that… so that's why I ran away last night so quickly and didn't want to talk to her just now," explained Buffy.
"Ooooooooh I get it now."
"Me too!" yelled Xander.
"That's good to hear."
"So are you going to explain yourself to her now?" asked Xander.
"No way, I mean that would mean explaining myself and…" said Buffy but was interrupted by Xander,
"The whole point is to be explaining yourself."
"I know, I know but I'd also be embarrassing myself and that's not a good thing."
"I think you should go find her and talk to her," said Jesse.
"Okay, okay guys I'll go find her and explain."
"Well good," said Jesse.
"At least that's sorted out now we can get onto something else, who's Faith, what's the info on her?" asked Xander.
"Which do you want me to do first, explain to Juliette or explain to you both about Faith?"
"Tough question to answer," replied Xander.
"Yes definitely tough," said Jesse.
Xander and Jesse both looked at each other and then yelled out to Buffy, "Explain yourself to Juliette!"
"Alright I'm going," said Buffy as she got up from the bench and headed over to where Juliette might have gone.
After Buffy went off to find Juliette, Xander and Jesse started talking about what adventures they would have in the future, Xander suggested they would run into a large snake and Jesse suggested ugly demons with horns. They kept coming up with the weirdest creatures and forgot about where Buffy had gone off to; they were in their own world.
Buffy went straight over to the year eight area which was located to the right of the canteen and just a bit around the corner. It was the best place to sit of all because it was close to the canteen and had plenty of shade but Buffy and her friends had to wait a two more years until it was their turn to sit there. Buffy recognised some faces from camp but didn't think about them too much and then she recognised some people who looked like they would be friends with Juliette but there was no Juliette around. Buffy then decided if she couldn't find Juliette then that wasn't so bad because then she wouldn't have to embarrass herself. Buffy decided that maybe since she couldn't find Juliette she should go back and tell her friends but then they would know she hadn't spoken to Juliette so she decided to go see them anyways but not tell them everything.
"No, no, no, I've got a better one. One with big blue eyes, a HUGE tail with spikes, it's a fire breather and it's 10 metres tall," said Jesse.
"No mines better, a human who's really a demon," said Xander.
"But they already exist, vampires silly."
"No! This demon is smart, like a human."
"Does it have any powers?" asked Jesse.
"Yeah course it does! I told you before. It has super strength, it can run at the speed of light, it's got excellent hearing and can see in the dark."
"Hello guys! What'cha talking about?" asked Buffy.
"Well my creature can change size so it can creep around wherever it likes," said Jesse.
"That's pretty cool. Can it fly though?" asked Xander.
"Yeah it flies so high that it can go to the moon," replied Jesse with a big grin on his face.
"Yeah sure it can. Well mine can fly but not like your silly idea. Just high up enough like planes can fly, that high and it's number one weakness is cheese," said Xander.
"Umm hello?! I'm not invisible you know!" yelled Buffy.
"Cheese? You could come up with something better like… like," said Jesse.
"Like what?" interrupted Xander.
"Like water." .
"Water? Cheese is 'so' much better than water."
"No it's not."
"Yes it is."
"Nuh-uh."
"Yeah it is."
"Hello! I do exist!"
"Water!"
"Cheese!"
"What's wrong with you two?!"
"Water!"
"Cheese!"
"Water!"
"Buffy!"
"Huh? Buffy?"
"Yeah Buffy! Buffy's here now. Hello!" said Xander.
"Oh, hi," said Jesse.
"Oh my goat! Finally you realise I was standing there. What took you 'so' long to realise I was there?" asked Buffy.
"Well not that long actually you were only there for the last minute or so," replied Xander.
"What do you mean last minute or so? I've been standing there for the past like five minutes guys," replied Buffy.
"No you weren't," said Jesse.
"Umm yes I was. I think I know how long I was there for."
"Umm yeah you probably would know but we never saw you, well I never did," said Xander.
"I didn't see you either."
"That's really creepy," said Xander.
"I was screaming out to you a lot and I got no reply. I thought I was like invisible to you or something, it was very strange indeed. So your serious about not seeing me at all until now?" asked Buffy just to confirm she heard right.
"Yep, that's 100% right," answered Jesse.
"He's right for once Buffy, 100% right," replied Xander.
"So now that's all been cleared, what in hell were your guys talking about?" asked Buffy a little worried.
"Arrrh nothing important," replied Xander embarrassed.
"Jesse? Would you care to share what you were talking to Xander about?" asked Buffy.
"Umm nope!" said Jesse.
"Jesse!"
"Okay, okay… ok…" said Jesse.
"Don't Jesse!" said Xander.
"Why not?!"
"Are you embarrassed Xander?" asked Buffy.
"What did you hear exactly?" asked Xander.
"A bit here, a bit there."
"Did you here about the cheese being the weakness of a demon?" asked Xander.
"Yup!" Buffy replied quickly.
"Did you hear anything else?" asked Jesse.
"Yup! I heard all about flying demons and smart demons and fire breathing," replied Buffy.
"Stop!" screamed Xander interrupting Buffy.
"Whoa, you heard a lot. Do you really think you were invisible?" asked Jesse.
"I'm not sure.. I don't know what is going on but it's all a bit too strange for me," replied Buffy.
A/N: Another short chapter, not very good chapter either I know but I've had a lot of school work and I've had a writer's block and I've received two flames which has made me think about my future ideas so the next few chapters coming up next are something new and fresh and will be written better than this one. So just give me time to express my ideas properly and I hope you like my ideas that will unfold.