A/N I didn't get any reviews for the last chapter, was it really that bad? I thought it would be kind of interesting to see how Xander's parents reacted towards Xander now, and his girlfriend. I would have thought that I would at least get one review for that.

anyway on with the next chapter. This one contains Xander's fallout with Buffy. Also if anybody was wondering Sheila arranged for the weapons to be shipped to Sunnydale a few days before they arrived. That's why Xander has his weapons with him.

Chapter 17

Lines in the Sand pt. 2

As Buffy and Angel's kiss deepens, Angel suddenly pulls them apart.

"What's wrong?" Buffy asked, worry evident in her voice. "Did I do something wrong?"

"Yes... I mean no...I... Buffy we can't keep doing this." Angel stammered out. Buffy just looked up at him as if hurt.

"Why?" she asked simply. Angel just gave her an incredulous look.

"Because the last time, I got all happy I killed alot of people." he snapped.

"But you have your soul back. Have you thought that maybe someone out there wants us to be together?" Buffy questioned.

"If that's so then I would have never lost my soul and killed those people." Angel countered.

"I don't know Angel. Maybe those people were meant to die." Angel just looked at her in shock. 'How could she say such a thing?' he thought to himself. Before he could question her, his eyes suddenly go wide. Looking up he saw a ton of vampires coming out of the shadows.

"Buffy we need to run!" Angel shouted. Looking over her shoulders, she saw the vamps too. With a mildly surprised look on her face the two start to run. Looking back over her shoulder, she suddenly bumps into somebody. Looking up she see's...

"Xander?" she asked.

"Move." Xander said with a scowl on his face. Pushing Buffy roughly aside he starts to fire into the group of vamps with his shotgun. Five vamps fall and turn into ash under the blast of the blessed silver tipped bullets. As he ran out of bullets, he drops his shotgun to the ground.

Reaching behind him, he pulls out a katana out of his back sheath. With a nod to Kendra the two rush at the remaining vampires. Buffy and Angel could only watch in shock as they annihilated the rest of the vamps.

"Xander I can't believe that you're back." Buffy said as she ran up to the two.

"How did you... when did you..." she said indicating his sword and how he managed to learn how to use it and fight.

"Never mind that." Xander said as he sheathed his sword. "What the fuck were you thinking by kissing that?" Xander asked in frustration as he pointed at Angel. Buffy just frowned at her Xander shaped friend. Something seemed off about him. He seemed dangerous.

"Why, are you jealous?" Buffy asked. Xander just looked at her strangely.

"You're fucking kidding me right?" Xander asked. "First of all I stopped pining over you the night you lap danced me at the bronze. Do you remember that?" Xander started as he shook his head.

"Secondly why the hell would I be jealous of a 240 something year old vampire, who's nothing more then a child molester. Oh and let's not forget everytime he get's his happy on, he kills some of our friends."

"Xander I..."

"Yeah Buffy I heard about your big bad boyfriend!" Xander yelled as he stepped closer to her. "Miss. Calendar, Oz, and Harmony, they were our friends, Buffy."

"You didn't even like Harmony."

"Who gives a damn about that, she was still a human life, Buffy." Xander said as he got even closer. Angel put his hand on Xander's chest to keep him back.

"I think you should give Buffy her space." Angel said quietly. Xander just looked at him with wide eyes.

"Don't you ever fucking touch me Deadboy." Xander said as he swatted Angel's hand away. "Or you're going to make me regret getting your soul back for you."

"You got his soul back." Buffy snorted. "Xander you can barely walk without tripping over yourself."

"I tink you had better take back what you said about me boyfriend." Kendra said as she got in Buffy's face. Buffy just glared at Kendra.

"Girlfriend, ha."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Xander asked, turning his glare over to Buffy. Buffy looked at her friend and her features softened.

"Look Xander, why can't we just sit down and talk. Giles is cool with me and Angel." Buffy lied. Xander just looked at her with an evil smirk on his face.

"The time for talking is over Buffy. The minute you let that thing touch you again, you just through our friendship out the window. Harmony Kendall, Oz, Jenny Calendar. You remember those names Buffy. Remember them everytime you kiss him." Xander said as he grabbed Kendra's hand.

"And I want you to know one more thing Buffy. Everytime I look at you, I get sick. You literally make me want to vomit. Consider our friendship officially over. Come on Kendra, let's go home." Xander said as she spun on his heel.

With a shocked expression on her face, Buffy watched her ex- best friend leave out of her life possibly for good.


Spike stood on top of a nearby crypt watching Xander and Kendra kill off the vamps that he had spent two days making or recruiting.

"So the whelp has come up in the world." Spike said to himself as he turned around. "Well let's see what we can do about that." he said as he dissappeared into the night.


"So I guess you want to see Willow now?" Kendra asked after five minutes of uncomfortable silence. Xander looked over at her and sighed.

"There's like two days of school left. I'll go to school tomorrow and talk to her there." Xander said as they walked down their block. "Right now I just want to get some sleep." Kendra nodded in agreement as they walked into their house.

Neither of them noticed Spike on top of a house, across the street watching them.

"So how did everything go?" Sheila asked as she saw Kendra and Xander enter the house. "And where's your mother?"

"Everything went...as expected." Xander said as he plopped down on the couch. Kendra sat in his lap. "As for my mom... she's not coming." Xander said sadly.

"Why on earth not?" Sheila asked. Any woman that stayed in a abusive relationship, must be crazy.

"I tink we should talk about dat later." Kendra said as she slid off of Xander's lap and onto the couch. "Anyway Xander what did you go to your room to get?" Kendra asked referring to when he was at his old house.

Xander looked at her with a sad smile and digged into his gym bag. As he did so he took out three framed pictures.

They looked at the first picture. It showed Xander with his two best friends, Buffy and Willow, during a peaceful day at the park. They all looked happy.

Xander's finger lingered on that picture for a minute. It was only a few months ago when that picture was taken. Ignoring the hurt he now felt when thinking about Buffy, he moved on to the next picture.

This one was of himself, Willow, and their old friend Jesse who had died a year ago. That day his parents had taken them all out to a carnival when they were five. Surprisingly it was the only happy time he ever shared with his father.

The other picture showed the whole Scooby Gang, including even Angel and Cordelia. 'Hmmm I wonder how Cordy is holding up, with the death of Harmony?' Xander thought to himself.

"Dese are very nice pictures, Xander." Sheila said with a smile. "I see Rupert hasn't changed a bit."

"Yeah I forgot you knew the G-man." Xander said coming out of his thoughts. "I was thinking about going to school tomorrow to see my friends. You can come along if you want too."

"I tink I'll like dat." Sheila replied.

"Who's dat guy?" Dierdre asked pointing at Angel. Xander eyes narrowed.

"That's Dead...Angel." Xander said after a moment. 'Please God, don't let her be falling in love with Deadboy too.' Xander silently prayed.

"He looks mean." Dierdre told him. Xander smiled.

"He is." he said as he ruffled her hair. "I'm bushed, I think I'm going to hit the sack." Xander said as he stood and started to walk upstairs.

"Xander." Kendra said as she ran up to him. "I tink everything will turn out fine with your friends."

"I hope so." Xander said as he kissed her on the cheek. "Goodnight all." he said as he disappeared upstairs.


"So me and Angel are on patrol together and guess who we bump into?" Buffy said into the phone.

"Who?" Willow asked with not much enthusiasm in her voice. Ever since Oz and the rest of her friends were killed, she'd been taking a vacation in depression land.

"Xander." Buffy answered.

"Xander!" Willow yelled happily. "When did he get back into town?"

"I don't know." she answered. "But get this, he comes back with a big power trip and he looks down on me and Angel's relationship." Willow was quiet for a minute so Buffy continued to talk.

"And he's dating Kendra now." Buffy explained. "And he claims that he got Angel's soul back for him. Can you believe he would make a claim like that? Obviously a higher power decided to give Angel's soul back, not a loser." Suddenly the phone line went dead.

"Hello, Willow...Willow." Buffy yelled into the phone. "Hmmm I guess the line went dead." Buffy said hanging up the phone.

"Buffy did I just hear you say Xander's back in town?" Dawn asked as she barged into Buffy's room.

"Yeah Dawn, that's what I said." Buffy said standing to her feet. "And what have I told you about eavesdropping?"

"Never to do it." Dawn replied with a roll of her eyes. "So when is Xander coming over?"

"Never." Buffy replied bitterly. "As a matter of fact I don't want you seeing him again either."

"What!" Dawn exploded. "Why not?" she demanded.

"I'll tell you when you get older." Buffy said walking to her door. "Now get out, I have to get some sleep." Dawn just glared at her and walked to the door.

"Xander's mine and you can't keep him from me." Dawn informed her as she walked out of Buffy's room. Buffy closed the door and sighed.

"I don't know what Xander's problem is but I intend to find out." Buffy vowed as she got in her bed, hugged Mr. Gordo, and fell asleep.

Sunnydale High

the next day

Xander and Sheila walked the halls of Sunnydale high with lots of enthusiasm. Kendra and Dierdre opted to stay home. As expected not that many heads turned to his direction. That was until the sex goddess, that is Sheila, looped an arm through his and leaned on him for support.

After that display the jocks of the school started whistling and making cat calls in their direction. And the females turned to glare at Sheila and they made claims that their boobs looked better then hers. Xander smiled at the groups antics as he walked towards the library, that was until he remembered something.

"I have to get something out of my locker, just keep walking down this hall and make a left." Xander told her as he dissappeared through the mass of people. Neither of them noticed somebody watching them, ever so closely.

As Sheila kept walking she found the library. Walking through the double doors she saw Giles, with his back turned away from her, reading a book.

" 'Scuse me, Mr. Giles?"

"Yes." Giles said as he turned around. Taking off his glasses to make sure he was seeing correctly, he walked over and regarded the woman.

"I'm sorry for staring." Giles apologized, not meeting her gaze. "But you look like an old friend of mine."

"An old friend." Sheila huffed. "I never knew we were friends."

"Good Lord, Sheila that is you." Giles said as he started to move forward. SLAP.

"Ow!" Giles yelled rubbing at his cheek. "What the bloody hell was that for?"

" Dat was for leaving me to die at de hand of a demon." Sheila explained. Giles stared at Sheila hard and he actually pouted. For it seemed that his past was about to catch up with him.


As Xander was walking to his locker he felt someone watching him. Turning he saw Cordelia staring a hole into his back. 'Oh great, my morning just get's better and better.' he thought sarcasticly to himself.

"Xander we have to talk." Cordelia said, grabbing his arm to take him to the nearest broom closet. That was until Xander jerked his arm away.

"Then let's talk here." Xander said in a tone that posed no argument. Cordelia looked at him annoyed.

"Fine, why didn't you tell me you were leaving out of the country?" Xander just gave her an increduolus look.

"You've got to be kidding me." Xander said after a moment. "You dumped me Cordy. And might I add in front of the entire school. Besides since when do I owe you an explaination for anything that I do?" Cordelia looked shocked at his outburst, but only for a second.

"I came over here to apologize for that dumbass!" Cordelia said angrily. "I cried all night when you left." she admitted. Xander was shocked by her admittance but said nothing. Instead he just let her talk.

"I was hoping that when you came back that we could talk. Maybe get back together. But now I see you're with that carribbean trash..."

At first Xander thought that she was talking about Kendra but he quickly dismissed that thought. 'It's impossible for her to know about Kendra. She must be talking about Sheila.' he thought to himself.

"Hold on!" Xander shouted stopping her in mid-tirade. "First of all the lady you saw with me was just a friend. More like a big sister really. Second of all who I date is my own damn business!"

"Hey Harris I think you should calm down." a voice said behind him. Turning Xander saw that it was Larry.

"And if I were you Lar I would mind my own damn business." Xander snapped.

"What did you just say?" Larry asked as he put a beefy hand on Xander's shoulder. Before he knew what was going on he was thrown into a locker, further down the hall.

Ignoring the damage he had done to Larry, Xander turned to a stunned Cordelia.

"Alot has happened to me in the last couple of months." Xander stated with little emotion. "None of which is any of your damn business by the way." he said as he turned to leave. Before he got out of sight he stopped and called over his shoulder.

"I am sorry about Harmony though. To be honest I never liked her much be she didn't deserve to die like that." With that said he walked away, leaving behind a weeping Cordelia Chase.


As Xander walked into the library he saw Sheila and Giles sitting together at a desk talking antimately. Clearing his throat he made his presense known.

"Hey G-man what's the what?" Xander asked. Giles looked up at him and put an annoyed look on his face.

"How many times have I told you never to call me that." Giles asked with a smile. Before Xander could answer a red haired whirl- wind engulfed him in a big hug from behind.

Xander said nothing as he returned her hug.

"Xander I missed you so much." Willow muffled into his shoulder. "Now why didn't you let me know you were back in town?" Willow asked as she looked up at him angrily and slapped him on the arm.

"Ow!" Xander cried as he rubbed his now sore forearm. "I was going to let you know I came back, but I had some...other things to do." Xander replied.

"Which reminds me Giles we have alot to talk about." Xander said looking up at the older man. "I have to tell you some things before..." whatever he had to say was cut off as the library doors swung open. Looking up, Xander saw a pissed off Slayer glaring at him.

"Buffy get's here." Xander finished.

TBC...

Please review...

A/N I'm very tired right now. I've kind of lost focus on writing some of my stories, like Problems with the soul and Kendra the vampire slayer.. You can call it writer's block if you want to. It's either going to be awhile before I update some of my stories again or I'm going to let a friend of mine take over my writing for awhile.