Disclaimer: Not mine, yea yea yea…
Author's Note: Yes, I realize it's been a very long time, but what can I say? Other stories got in the way.
Chapter Two
Buffy walked up to the construction site for the new high school. She was eager for the opportunity to see Xander again. She wondered how much he had changed. Probably not that much, she thought. He always struck her as the kind of guy who would stay the same.
Buffy sighed. It felt different to be alone. For the past years, she had always had either Kyle or Riley with her in public. It was almost mandatory. Right now, Kyle was with Tara checking out the daycare. Buffy would presumably be going back to work, and she and Tara both agreed it would be better to get him adjusted to the daycare as quickly as possible. Unless of course he hated it, Buffy told herself. If he hated it, then she would not make him go back until it was necessary.
Buffy sighed again as she saw a worker pass by. "Excuse me," she called. "Do you know where I could find Xander Harris?" she asked.
"What's it to you?" the worker asked.
"We used to be really close," Buffy said. "I'm back in town," she added.
The man shrugged and pointed towards the inside of what resembled a gym. Buffy thanked him and quickly walked inside. "Xander," she called. "Xander," she repeated in a louder tone. "Xand, it's me. I'm back," she called. "Are you in here?"
She heard noises coming from above her. "Xand, that you?" she asked.
The man came down from the tops of the gym and removed his hard hat. He still looked like the same old Xander. Some things never change. "Buffy," Xander said as a form of greeting. He smiled slightly then hugged her.
"Oh, it's so good to see you," Buffy said as she hugged Xander back tightly. "Do you have any idea how much I missed you?"
Xander nodded. "'Bout half as much as I missed you," he said. "Here, sit," he said as the two of them sat down on some bleachers. "How'd things work out with Riley? Did you catch him in time?"
Buffy shrugged. "Yes and no," she admitted. "In the short run, we were happy. Married even for a few years."
"And I wasn't invited?" Xander asked in mock anger.
Buffy groaned. "It's not a moment I care to remember right now," she told him. "We recently divorced."
"Oh," Xander said sadly as he once again pulled Buffy into a hug. "I'm sorry," he told her.
"Sorry to you, too," Buffy responded. "I guess things didn't work out with Anya?"
Xander looked at her oddly. "You didn't hear? They didn't tell you?"
"Tell me what?" Buffy asked fearfully.