Chapter Three- High School and Meeting Giles…Again
Buffy had just been dropped off by her mother. She was heading towards the entrance, when someone grabbed her shoulder. When she turned around, she saw Xander. Buffy was so glad to see her friend, she hugged him.
"Xander!" Buffy shrieked, " How are you enjoying high school...again?"
"Hey, Buff. High school is good...again," he stated," Oh, Willow!"
Their red-headed friend turned around.
"Willow! Liking the look!" someone said from behind her. It was their old friend, Jesse. Willow was so happy to see him, she wrapped her arms around him really tight.
"Jesse! I missed you so much," she said.
"Okkk...but back to your new look," he commented.
Buffy, Xander, and Jesse were all looking at Willow. She had cut her hair about 2 and a 1/2 inches below her ears and flipped it out. On her ears were two gold hoop earrings. Her shirt was red, with a sparkly heart in the middle. She was wearing a black skirt that went just below her knees. Willow Rosenburg looked simply dazzling.
Just then, Cordelia Chase came back from behind Willow. She was looking at Buffy, though.
"Hey!" she said to Buffy, as if no one else was there, " I'm Cordelia. I hear that you're new. You probably don't want to hang with these..." she took a breif pause and looked at Willow, "Willow! You look...amazing! And that's QUITE a compliment, coming from me."
"Hey Cordy," Xander tried. He looked a little different, too. It looked like he trimmed his hair and styled it a bit.
"As if," Cordelia stated, then walked over to Harmony and all of her other friends.
"Well," Willow said, "I guess that we better head to class. This is the start of our new lifes, Want to make an impression."
Jesse was about to ask why it was their new lifes, but he was cut off by Buffy.
"I think what Willow means is that it's the start of our new lifes as high schoolers."
They started to walk off, and Buffy gave Willow a "that was a very close one look."
Later on that day…
Buffy wasn't going to classes right away. She had to check in with Giles. Then she remembered. He didn't even know her. Her father figure had no idea who she was. He only knew that she was the slayer that he was sent to guide.
As she entered the library, Buffy had a sense of familiarity. She hadn't realized how muched she missed it until now. It was like a home away from home, up until the gang had to blow the entire high school up. But things were going to change. In fact, they already had.
"Can I help you, Miss...?"
"Hi. I'm Buffy. Buffy Summers. I came here because I know that you're my new watcher-Rupert Giles I presume. Or do you prefer Giles? God, I don't sound like myself."
"Yes, I am your new watcher. Welcome to Sunnydale," he announced, a bit over excited.
"A.K.A. The Hellmouth," she interpreted.
"Yes, quite right. How do you know these things?"
'Oops,' Buffy thought to herself. But she found a way to get out of it.
"I dug a bit into the history of the town," she said, glad to recover from that, "I have to get to class, though. See you later."
"Right, then."
When Buffy walked out of the library, she left Giles speechless. And the watcher's council had said that she was stubborn. How wrong they were.
Buffy headed for history class, and she actually got there on time. It was amazing. At that moment, she knew that things were going to be very different from now on. Then the teacher walked in, and told them to turn their books to page 256. Then Buffy realized something. When she was at the library, she forgot to pick up a book. Cordy offered hers. Okay, not THAT different.
