Chapter Five
Within the next hour, Buffy, Willow, Angel, Xander, and Cordelia had driven down to Sunnydale. The car ride over had been less than fun as they spent most of it arguing amongst one another. They had successfully survived the ride though and were now in the midst of trying to stop the madness. Willow was peeking in through the windows to try and get a sense of what was truly going on in there. Buffy had already gone into the house in search of Riley and answers. Angel felt more than out of place, but he followed Buffy inside.
"Xander," Cordelia began as she moved in closer to her boyfriend. The two of them were standing outside the house behind Willow.
"Yea, what is it?" Xander asked as he wrapped a protective arm around Cordelia. Fortunately for Willow, the two of them had put on normal clothes before leaving Los Angeles.
"This is a party," Cordelia pointed out, "yet we're outside instead of inside. Why?" she asked with a small pout of her lower lip.
Willow rolled her eyes in disgust as she moved over to the other side of the door, both to get away from the couple and to get a better look inside. "Well one thing because there's a certain ex-demon in that room who will without a doubt kill you both if she sees you," Willow said as she peered in the other window. She smiled slightly. "So go on in," she encouraged.
"I don't think so," Xander responded as he glared at Willow.
Cordelia's face wrinkled into a frown. "Why?" she asked. "Are you ashamed to be seen with me?"
"You were to be seen with him in high school," Willow put in.
"Willow, shut up," Xander commanded his friend before he turned to Cordelia. "No, I'm not ashamed to be seen with you."
"Then why aren't we going to the party?" Cordelia asked. "I can hear the music from here. It's not that bad."
"Well, we're not really students here," Xander began lamely.
"So?" Cordelia instantly argued. "Neither is Anya, but she's in there. Angel's also in there, but he's not enrolled at this school." She frowned once again as she pulled away from Xander. "You're just ashamed of me," she declared softly.
Xander shook his head as he moved closer towards Cordelia, wrapping another arm around her shoulders. "I'm not ashamed of you," he stated again. He smiled slightly. "You want to go to the party?" he asked. "You wanna go? We'll go. We'll go right now," he said as he started walking inside.
Cordelia smiled proudly. "This is more like it," she said. She quickly looked over her outfit to make sure it was fine. It had been a long time since she had done something like this. She had to make sure it was perfect. "Ok, I'm ready," she said as she opened the door.
As soon as the couple had entered, they could feel the effects of the spell starting to work. "You wanna go somewhere and make out?" Xander asked.
"Just as long as it's not a broom closet," Cordelia replied as she and Xander began walking further into the party in search of a place.