A/N: Hehe, to everyone reading this, you can thank the posting of this chapter to
Gryffindor Goddess, because I'd hate to make her get off her pedestal to kick my ass!
And thanks Chrios, I know I am the devil incarnate! ; ). But anyways, this chapter starts
off right where the other left off. I repeated a couple of paragraphs to refresh your
memory. As always thank you for all of your support, and review ASAP! Oh! Wait,
there will be a couple of different POV's, but so I don't ruin the story by telling you
whose they are, I'll tell you right before it changes. Like always it starts off with Buffy.
Now you can read on.
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'Breathing'
I am looking past the shadows
Of my mind into the truth and
I'm trying to identify the voices in my head
God, which one's you
Let me feel one more time
What it feels like to feel
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Chapter 8: Getting Dates
"You were fighting because of me?"
"Yes. He was fighting because of you, I was more defending myself because I
had no idea what he was talking about. Not saying I'm not willing to fight for you, I
mean, um, er... You know what I mean, Draco started it."
"Oh. Well, don't go so hard on him anymore. That guy's had it tough, and
although right now, ya, I still think he's a bit of a jerk, he'll turn up ok in the end."
"Like I said, I'll believe it when I see it. I mean he hit you! Wow. I never
thought he'd slug a girl like that. But, anyways, Professor McGonnagle said she'd like to
see you in Dumbledore's office. Something about a visitor." Buffy was stunned. A
visitor?
"Where's his office at?"
"Down that corridor. Take a left at the white knight, and another one three
hallways down. Go a ways and it's right behind the gargoyle, you can't miss it. The
password's Butterbeer." he smiled at her, and watched as she left him to go seek out
Dumbledore.
*Ok, white knight, need to find a white knight.* she thought to herself as she ran
down the passage. Finally she came upon the decorative piece and took a left. Buffy
counted the hallways she passed and once she got to three she turned again. Soon she
found a large gargoyle resting in front of a spiral staircase that was built into the stone in
the wall.
"Butterbeer." she said, and it leaped aside, letting her pass. She had no idea who
the visitor was. Maybe it was Giles. No, he didn't even know where she was. Climbing
the stairs she heard three different voices coming from inside. She froze instantly. It
couldn't be. It was impossible. Wasn't it?
Buffy opened the door and her first guess had been right. Sitting there in a black
leather coat was her first love. Angel took one look at her and smiled. He smiled. But
the thing was, it wasn't Angelous's smile. It was Angel's. Angel was back. But how?
"Hi Buffy." he said, walking up to her slowly.
"How... how did you..." she stammered. Her throat was dry, and she couldn't talk
right. He was dead. She killed him.
"I did it." another voice piped up from behind Angel. Stepping aside, Angel
moved to reveal that Willow was standing behind him.
"How?"
"I resurrected him. I woke up two days ago, and after I made Angel came back
we flew straight here. According to Dumbledore and Giles I'm one of the few people in
history to resurrect a vampire. Mr. Dumbledore has invited me here so I could have
proper training and also have a bud. I'm officially a student here."
"Oh my gosh! How awesome is that!" Buffy grabbed Willow in a bone crunching
hug. Willow was there. She was going to be a student there. Buffy knew she already
had Tru, but Tru didn't know her past enough to understand all of it. Will knew.
Looking around, she noticed Dumbledore's large chair was turned away from them, and
there was a arm resting on the side.
"Professor Dumbledore, are they going to be sorted or what?" she asked, and the
chair swung around. There sitting in it was Xander with his hands folder in his lap.
"We already had the sorting Buff, and we have the results. Sad to say, unlike you
and Will, I'm in Gryffindor." Buffy squealed and ran up to Xander and hugged him
before sighing at the fact that he wasn't going to be in her house.
"That sucks. How have you guys been though? I haven't seen you in like three
weeks. I was missing you guys."
"Slayage could use some work in the ol' Sunnyhell without you, but we all know
about that. What's with this place? We went to some alley and got school supplies. Did
you know that there are broomsticks? You can fly on them and everything!" Willow
exclaimed.
After the reunion, one which Angel did not participate in, the gang talked to
Dumbledore who was hidden away in some second office and found the sleeping
arrangements. Everyone except the vampire was staying in Buffy's room that night, and
afterwards Will was going to sleep in the regular dorm for girls. Xander would be in the
normal Gryffindor dormitories, but Angel on the other hand was getting a room opposite
of the one that the Slytherin Common Room was hidden behind. Because of Buffy's
avoidance of him, Angel eventually stalked away to his room and left them all to make
their way to the Slyth Common Room where Buffy insisted on having them meet Tru.
They stopped right in front of the hidden Common Room.
"To get inside there's a password. It's Fatima Dai Bolar. Remember it, 'cause it
won't open unless you say it. Here, you do it Will." Buffy said, stepping back from the
wall to let Willow try to open it. She spoke the words perfectly and it slid open.
"Yay, Will you did it! Now can we get inside? I'm freezing my butt off!" Xander
yelled before hopping in the room and right in front of the fireplace.
"Geeze! Jump right in front of Tru why don't you Xander!" Buffy said, smiling at
her friends. Seeing that they weren't alone in the room, she added, "We definitely need
some intros. Let's go to my room so we can have some privacy." They all followed
Buffy to her room upstairs.
Once inside they all sat on the bed and talked about everything. Tru didn't know
how it was possible that Willow had resurrected something with no training at all, and
was amazed as Buffy, Xander, and Will told their stories from the hellmouth. Tru told
her story to the new people, and eventually the gang got tired out and went to bed.
The next morning they trooped off to breakfast, and Buffy was more than a little
perplexed at how it could be that she wasn't happy. She had her buddies there, which
was now a twisted sort of revolutionized Scooby Gang, but still there was a hole. No,
more than a hole, a sort of gigantic Grand Canyon that had her trapped on the wrong side.
She played up being happy still, and wondered to herself how long it would be until the
act finally became reality. Until then, she'd just act the same as always...
As they entered the Great Hall everyone seemed to be shocked at the fact that
three Slytherin girls were having a tickle fight with a Gryff guy. After a couple of pieces
of toast, Xander eventually left Buffy's table to go to his own, and as if by fate sat right in
between Hermione and Harry.
XANDER POV:
"Hey, I'm Xander." he said, introducing himself to the guy next to him.
"Oh, hello. I'm Harry. Are you from America too? Like Buffy?" Harry asked.
Xander was kind of thrown. He knew Buffy?
"Ya. Me, Will, and the Buffster hung out back in Sunny D. How do you know
her?" Xander asked.
"You know that she has a sister, right?" he was blown away. Buffy said she
hadn't told anyone about her secret sis, yet here this guy was asking about it in the open.
"Ya."
"Well her sister is one of my best friends. That's how we were introduced. I'm
surprised she told you, she's been trying to hide it from people."
"I know all of her deepest darkest secrets." Xander said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"I guess you both were close then. Did you two ever..."
"No. I asked but... She was always busy with... school. And she had a boyfriend.
I wasn't really great with the badboy image, and that was what she was into. I mean,
here comes the depressing legend himself." Xander said, nodding at Angel who emerged
from the shadows into the Great Hall. Harry made a very visible gulp. Xander almost
laughed out loud. Buffy had been there for less than a month and already had groupies.
"You like her, don't you?" Xander asked.
"No! I've only known the girl for a while and plus she's in Slytherin!"
"Who care's if she's in Slytherin or not? She just in there because of the whole
Slaying thing, oh, I mean the laying thing. Ya, there was a whole laying thing back at
school, took a lot out of her." Xander couldn't believe he'd slipped up that much.
"She got laid and got in trouble for it?"
"Well, we had a very strict policy on that." The bell rang, and Xander jumped up
as high as humanly possible. He ran to Buffy and Willow to get away from Harry.
"You look spazed Xand, what's up?" Buffy asked him.
"Nothing, who said anything would be wrong? I never said anything was wrong,
no sir-y, I didn't." he said.
"Whatever, I gotta talk to Harry, meet you guys at the library." Buffy said.
Xander watched as she walked away chasing after the guy that had a major crush on her.
Why wouldn't she ever run to him?
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Buffy POV:
"Harry!" she yelled, trying to catch up with him as he made his way outside.
Probably to spend the rest of his Saturday outside with his buds. He stopped and turned
around suddenly, and Buffy ran into his chest with a little squeak.
"Whoa! You ok?" he asked. She looked up into his eyes, a radiant emerald that
sparkled with hope and anticipation. She remembered when she had that spark...
"Ya, I'm fine," she said, regaining her thoughts, "I need to talk to you later. Like
when no one else is awake to interrupt."
She knew Harry must have understood because he said, "Where do you want to
meet? I'll use my invisibility cloak."
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"I'm getting a headache." Willow commented, rubbing her throbbing head. They
had been doing research for the last six hours. At about eight Harry and Xander met with
Tru, Will, and Buff in Buffy's room to find anything on the mysterious hints. So far they
hadn't gotten anything useful.
"I say we call it quits," Buffy agreed. They didn't have enough leads to go on,
and running on less than four hours of sleep didn't help.
"I say we all camp out here. It's just easier." Xander commented.
"Ok." Harry said, but also added, "Buffy, can I talk to you in private?" she
nodded, what could he possibly need to talk about in private? They went into the training
room and Buffy turned to him.
"What's up?"
"Would you...er... would you mind..." what was he trying to say?
"Do you wan to go out with me?" he finally blurted out. She was startled. What
would a relationship between them mean? That he would get hurt... Or worse. She
wasn't ready. Oh, screw it, she knew she was ready. Especially if it was going to be
him. He was already one of those annoying (but much needed) voices in her head telling
her to keep a cool head. He was already with her...
"I...I..." she stuttered, not knowing what to say.
"You don't have to say anything yet, take your time. I don't want to rush." he
said, and embarrassed, left the room.
...Two Days Later...
"Are you going to go to the dance?" Willow asked Buffy. Buffy remembered the
announcement the day before announcing that in one week there was going to be a sort of
'Fall Ball'. She almost said no, but then remembered Harry.
"I'm not sure." she decided she would go if Harry asked. She liked him, but had
avoided him since the other day, not sure yet what to say to his request for her to be his
girl. The whole thing had been weird. They weren't just friends, but she wasn't sure she
wanted them to be a couple.
"I will if someone cool asks." Will said, and Buffy looked behind them to see
Xander racing towards them.
"Where have you been? You were gone all day! You skipped classes!" she said,
looking down at her watch to see that it was already 3:15 p.m..
"I got myself a date to the dance." Xander said, very please with himself.
"Who!" both Willow and Buffy exclaimed.
"Tru." he said very plainly. What! How could he be going with Tru!?! This was
so... so... cool! Two of her best friends were hooking up! How awesome!
"Are you both going out?" she had to ask.
"I don't know. It's under debate. She wants to think about it first." he said shyly.
They walked in the common room and up into Buffy's room. They put down their books,
and Xander and Willow sat down on the bed, talking about the dance and what they
would be wearing. Buffy went over to the training room door to see it ajar. Silently she
creeped up to it, and as quick as possible jumped into it.
Buffy gasped in shock as she entered the hidden room. Rose petals covered the
floor in a blanket of crimson red, and a simple brown chair stood in the middle along
with a note and a single perfect vermilion rose. Buffy tread softly across the room to
read the letter, which said 'Please be my date to the dance. Harry.' Willow came in and
read the note over her shoulder and giggled.
"You so have to go!" Willow screamed, but Buffy was still in shock. How had he
set this up? That room was huge and not an inch was left uncovered. A slow smile
stared to come to her face, and she jetted out of the room. She ran straight to the library
and saw Harry sitting at a table with his friends (including Hermione).
She walked right up to him and grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the chair and
to a private corner behind a bookshelf. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she crashed
her mouth on his. His eyes widened, not sure what was happening. His must have gotten
out of shock, because he put his arms around her, leaning into the kiss. She opened her
mouth and made the kiss more passionate, only to have him pull back because of his lack
of air.
"I guess that's a yes." he smiled, panting.
"To both questions." she said, and grabbed the back of his neck to pull him down
into another kiss. Running her hands through his hair, she held him to her. He pulled her
closer and once again she opened her mouth, but again he wouldn't open his. She
realized something, he didn't know how to French! That was why he wouldn't open his
mouth! She let go of him.
"No, see open your mouth," he looked at her skeptically, "Just do it." He
obediently opened his mouth, and she put her lips around his mouth, and shoved her
tongue inside. His eyes got wider. She inwardly smiled as their tongues dueled, his
unskilled and hers winning by a long shot.
They separated, and she said, "See you later." She turned around and left, not
wanting him to see the tears slowly falling from her face.
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Harry POV
Harry sat in the library doing his Potions homework. He was nervous, but who
could blame him? He had just done one of the most embarrassing things he could have
done; sprinkled 200 rose petals on Buffy's floor and asked her to the dance. He was such
an idiot. The roses were to much. He wasn't proposing, why did he have to do that.
A slam knocked him out of his thoughts as he looked up to see a red faced Buffy
walk in the room, straight at him! He was expecting her to yell at him, to scream at him
for being so stupid. Instead she grabbed his arm and pulled him up, leading him into the
back. Where was she dragging him?
Then she kissed him. And goodness did it feel good. She smelt like the roses and
hunny, something that in itself was intoxicating. Then she opened her mouth. Why was
she opening her mouth? Was she trying to talk? Then air became an issue and he pulled
away.
"I guess that's a yes." he managed to say.
"To both questions." she said. Yes! She was his. Well, not really, but he felt like
she was. She was there, and at the moment she was grabbing his neck to pull him down
so they could kiss more. He wasn't used to this. He'd only been kissed one other time
and then Cho never opened her mouth. What was that all about?
"No, see open your mouth," he was going to say no, but she looked at him sweetly
and said, "Just do it." He opened his mouth, expecting her to laugh at him, but instead
she kissed him, only different. And good God her tongue was in his mouth! In his
mouth! That wasn't right, but yet he didn't want it to stop. She tasted sweet, oh, she
tasted so sweet. He almost groaned when she broke the kiss, and said she was going to
leave. He didn't want her to leave.
He grinned. *Note to self: Buy roses more often*
A/N: Sorry for the hold up, the last month has been hell so leave me alone. Pairings are
still under debate. Hope you liked this chapter. It's kinda strange, but bear with me
people! I had three more chapters done, but the pairings were so screwed up it was like a
horrible magical Dawson's Creek! Ugh! Read, Review, Pray that muses have sympathy
and help me out.
Gryffindor Goddess, because I'd hate to make her get off her pedestal to kick my ass!
And thanks Chrios, I know I am the devil incarnate! ; ). But anyways, this chapter starts
off right where the other left off. I repeated a couple of paragraphs to refresh your
memory. As always thank you for all of your support, and review ASAP! Oh! Wait,
there will be a couple of different POV's, but so I don't ruin the story by telling you
whose they are, I'll tell you right before it changes. Like always it starts off with Buffy.
Now you can read on.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
'Breathing'
I am looking past the shadows
Of my mind into the truth and
I'm trying to identify the voices in my head
God, which one's you
Let me feel one more time
What it feels like to feel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 8: Getting Dates
"You were fighting because of me?"
"Yes. He was fighting because of you, I was more defending myself because I
had no idea what he was talking about. Not saying I'm not willing to fight for you, I
mean, um, er... You know what I mean, Draco started it."
"Oh. Well, don't go so hard on him anymore. That guy's had it tough, and
although right now, ya, I still think he's a bit of a jerk, he'll turn up ok in the end."
"Like I said, I'll believe it when I see it. I mean he hit you! Wow. I never
thought he'd slug a girl like that. But, anyways, Professor McGonnagle said she'd like to
see you in Dumbledore's office. Something about a visitor." Buffy was stunned. A
visitor?
"Where's his office at?"
"Down that corridor. Take a left at the white knight, and another one three
hallways down. Go a ways and it's right behind the gargoyle, you can't miss it. The
password's Butterbeer." he smiled at her, and watched as she left him to go seek out
Dumbledore.
*Ok, white knight, need to find a white knight.* she thought to herself as she ran
down the passage. Finally she came upon the decorative piece and took a left. Buffy
counted the hallways she passed and once she got to three she turned again. Soon she
found a large gargoyle resting in front of a spiral staircase that was built into the stone in
the wall.
"Butterbeer." she said, and it leaped aside, letting her pass. She had no idea who
the visitor was. Maybe it was Giles. No, he didn't even know where she was. Climbing
the stairs she heard three different voices coming from inside. She froze instantly. It
couldn't be. It was impossible. Wasn't it?
Buffy opened the door and her first guess had been right. Sitting there in a black
leather coat was her first love. Angel took one look at her and smiled. He smiled. But
the thing was, it wasn't Angelous's smile. It was Angel's. Angel was back. But how?
"Hi Buffy." he said, walking up to her slowly.
"How... how did you..." she stammered. Her throat was dry, and she couldn't talk
right. He was dead. She killed him.
"I did it." another voice piped up from behind Angel. Stepping aside, Angel
moved to reveal that Willow was standing behind him.
"How?"
"I resurrected him. I woke up two days ago, and after I made Angel came back
we flew straight here. According to Dumbledore and Giles I'm one of the few people in
history to resurrect a vampire. Mr. Dumbledore has invited me here so I could have
proper training and also have a bud. I'm officially a student here."
"Oh my gosh! How awesome is that!" Buffy grabbed Willow in a bone crunching
hug. Willow was there. She was going to be a student there. Buffy knew she already
had Tru, but Tru didn't know her past enough to understand all of it. Will knew.
Looking around, she noticed Dumbledore's large chair was turned away from them, and
there was a arm resting on the side.
"Professor Dumbledore, are they going to be sorted or what?" she asked, and the
chair swung around. There sitting in it was Xander with his hands folder in his lap.
"We already had the sorting Buff, and we have the results. Sad to say, unlike you
and Will, I'm in Gryffindor." Buffy squealed and ran up to Xander and hugged him
before sighing at the fact that he wasn't going to be in her house.
"That sucks. How have you guys been though? I haven't seen you in like three
weeks. I was missing you guys."
"Slayage could use some work in the ol' Sunnyhell without you, but we all know
about that. What's with this place? We went to some alley and got school supplies. Did
you know that there are broomsticks? You can fly on them and everything!" Willow
exclaimed.
After the reunion, one which Angel did not participate in, the gang talked to
Dumbledore who was hidden away in some second office and found the sleeping
arrangements. Everyone except the vampire was staying in Buffy's room that night, and
afterwards Will was going to sleep in the regular dorm for girls. Xander would be in the
normal Gryffindor dormitories, but Angel on the other hand was getting a room opposite
of the one that the Slytherin Common Room was hidden behind. Because of Buffy's
avoidance of him, Angel eventually stalked away to his room and left them all to make
their way to the Slyth Common Room where Buffy insisted on having them meet Tru.
They stopped right in front of the hidden Common Room.
"To get inside there's a password. It's Fatima Dai Bolar. Remember it, 'cause it
won't open unless you say it. Here, you do it Will." Buffy said, stepping back from the
wall to let Willow try to open it. She spoke the words perfectly and it slid open.
"Yay, Will you did it! Now can we get inside? I'm freezing my butt off!" Xander
yelled before hopping in the room and right in front of the fireplace.
"Geeze! Jump right in front of Tru why don't you Xander!" Buffy said, smiling at
her friends. Seeing that they weren't alone in the room, she added, "We definitely need
some intros. Let's go to my room so we can have some privacy." They all followed
Buffy to her room upstairs.
Once inside they all sat on the bed and talked about everything. Tru didn't know
how it was possible that Willow had resurrected something with no training at all, and
was amazed as Buffy, Xander, and Will told their stories from the hellmouth. Tru told
her story to the new people, and eventually the gang got tired out and went to bed.
The next morning they trooped off to breakfast, and Buffy was more than a little
perplexed at how it could be that she wasn't happy. She had her buddies there, which
was now a twisted sort of revolutionized Scooby Gang, but still there was a hole. No,
more than a hole, a sort of gigantic Grand Canyon that had her trapped on the wrong side.
She played up being happy still, and wondered to herself how long it would be until the
act finally became reality. Until then, she'd just act the same as always...
As they entered the Great Hall everyone seemed to be shocked at the fact that
three Slytherin girls were having a tickle fight with a Gryff guy. After a couple of pieces
of toast, Xander eventually left Buffy's table to go to his own, and as if by fate sat right in
between Hermione and Harry.
XANDER POV:
"Hey, I'm Xander." he said, introducing himself to the guy next to him.
"Oh, hello. I'm Harry. Are you from America too? Like Buffy?" Harry asked.
Xander was kind of thrown. He knew Buffy?
"Ya. Me, Will, and the Buffster hung out back in Sunny D. How do you know
her?" Xander asked.
"You know that she has a sister, right?" he was blown away. Buffy said she
hadn't told anyone about her secret sis, yet here this guy was asking about it in the open.
"Ya."
"Well her sister is one of my best friends. That's how we were introduced. I'm
surprised she told you, she's been trying to hide it from people."
"I know all of her deepest darkest secrets." Xander said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"I guess you both were close then. Did you two ever..."
"No. I asked but... She was always busy with... school. And she had a boyfriend.
I wasn't really great with the badboy image, and that was what she was into. I mean,
here comes the depressing legend himself." Xander said, nodding at Angel who emerged
from the shadows into the Great Hall. Harry made a very visible gulp. Xander almost
laughed out loud. Buffy had been there for less than a month and already had groupies.
"You like her, don't you?" Xander asked.
"No! I've only known the girl for a while and plus she's in Slytherin!"
"Who care's if she's in Slytherin or not? She just in there because of the whole
Slaying thing, oh, I mean the laying thing. Ya, there was a whole laying thing back at
school, took a lot out of her." Xander couldn't believe he'd slipped up that much.
"She got laid and got in trouble for it?"
"Well, we had a very strict policy on that." The bell rang, and Xander jumped up
as high as humanly possible. He ran to Buffy and Willow to get away from Harry.
"You look spazed Xand, what's up?" Buffy asked him.
"Nothing, who said anything would be wrong? I never said anything was wrong,
no sir-y, I didn't." he said.
"Whatever, I gotta talk to Harry, meet you guys at the library." Buffy said.
Xander watched as she walked away chasing after the guy that had a major crush on her.
Why wouldn't she ever run to him?
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Buffy POV:
"Harry!" she yelled, trying to catch up with him as he made his way outside.
Probably to spend the rest of his Saturday outside with his buds. He stopped and turned
around suddenly, and Buffy ran into his chest with a little squeak.
"Whoa! You ok?" he asked. She looked up into his eyes, a radiant emerald that
sparkled with hope and anticipation. She remembered when she had that spark...
"Ya, I'm fine," she said, regaining her thoughts, "I need to talk to you later. Like
when no one else is awake to interrupt."
She knew Harry must have understood because he said, "Where do you want to
meet? I'll use my invisibility cloak."
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"I'm getting a headache." Willow commented, rubbing her throbbing head. They
had been doing research for the last six hours. At about eight Harry and Xander met with
Tru, Will, and Buff in Buffy's room to find anything on the mysterious hints. So far they
hadn't gotten anything useful.
"I say we call it quits," Buffy agreed. They didn't have enough leads to go on,
and running on less than four hours of sleep didn't help.
"I say we all camp out here. It's just easier." Xander commented.
"Ok." Harry said, but also added, "Buffy, can I talk to you in private?" she
nodded, what could he possibly need to talk about in private? They went into the training
room and Buffy turned to him.
"What's up?"
"Would you...er... would you mind..." what was he trying to say?
"Do you wan to go out with me?" he finally blurted out. She was startled. What
would a relationship between them mean? That he would get hurt... Or worse. She
wasn't ready. Oh, screw it, she knew she was ready. Especially if it was going to be
him. He was already one of those annoying (but much needed) voices in her head telling
her to keep a cool head. He was already with her...
"I...I..." she stuttered, not knowing what to say.
"You don't have to say anything yet, take your time. I don't want to rush." he
said, and embarrassed, left the room.
...Two Days Later...
"Are you going to go to the dance?" Willow asked Buffy. Buffy remembered the
announcement the day before announcing that in one week there was going to be a sort of
'Fall Ball'. She almost said no, but then remembered Harry.
"I'm not sure." she decided she would go if Harry asked. She liked him, but had
avoided him since the other day, not sure yet what to say to his request for her to be his
girl. The whole thing had been weird. They weren't just friends, but she wasn't sure she
wanted them to be a couple.
"I will if someone cool asks." Will said, and Buffy looked behind them to see
Xander racing towards them.
"Where have you been? You were gone all day! You skipped classes!" she said,
looking down at her watch to see that it was already 3:15 p.m..
"I got myself a date to the dance." Xander said, very please with himself.
"Who!" both Willow and Buffy exclaimed.
"Tru." he said very plainly. What! How could he be going with Tru!?! This was
so... so... cool! Two of her best friends were hooking up! How awesome!
"Are you both going out?" she had to ask.
"I don't know. It's under debate. She wants to think about it first." he said shyly.
They walked in the common room and up into Buffy's room. They put down their books,
and Xander and Willow sat down on the bed, talking about the dance and what they
would be wearing. Buffy went over to the training room door to see it ajar. Silently she
creeped up to it, and as quick as possible jumped into it.
Buffy gasped in shock as she entered the hidden room. Rose petals covered the
floor in a blanket of crimson red, and a simple brown chair stood in the middle along
with a note and a single perfect vermilion rose. Buffy tread softly across the room to
read the letter, which said 'Please be my date to the dance. Harry.' Willow came in and
read the note over her shoulder and giggled.
"You so have to go!" Willow screamed, but Buffy was still in shock. How had he
set this up? That room was huge and not an inch was left uncovered. A slow smile
stared to come to her face, and she jetted out of the room. She ran straight to the library
and saw Harry sitting at a table with his friends (including Hermione).
She walked right up to him and grabbed his hand, pulling him out of the chair and
to a private corner behind a bookshelf. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she crashed
her mouth on his. His eyes widened, not sure what was happening. His must have gotten
out of shock, because he put his arms around her, leaning into the kiss. She opened her
mouth and made the kiss more passionate, only to have him pull back because of his lack
of air.
"I guess that's a yes." he smiled, panting.
"To both questions." she said, and grabbed the back of his neck to pull him down
into another kiss. Running her hands through his hair, she held him to her. He pulled her
closer and once again she opened her mouth, but again he wouldn't open his. She
realized something, he didn't know how to French! That was why he wouldn't open his
mouth! She let go of him.
"No, see open your mouth," he looked at her skeptically, "Just do it." He
obediently opened his mouth, and she put her lips around his mouth, and shoved her
tongue inside. His eyes got wider. She inwardly smiled as their tongues dueled, his
unskilled and hers winning by a long shot.
They separated, and she said, "See you later." She turned around and left, not
wanting him to see the tears slowly falling from her face.
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Harry POV
Harry sat in the library doing his Potions homework. He was nervous, but who
could blame him? He had just done one of the most embarrassing things he could have
done; sprinkled 200 rose petals on Buffy's floor and asked her to the dance. He was such
an idiot. The roses were to much. He wasn't proposing, why did he have to do that.
A slam knocked him out of his thoughts as he looked up to see a red faced Buffy
walk in the room, straight at him! He was expecting her to yell at him, to scream at him
for being so stupid. Instead she grabbed his arm and pulled him up, leading him into the
back. Where was she dragging him?
Then she kissed him. And goodness did it feel good. She smelt like the roses and
hunny, something that in itself was intoxicating. Then she opened her mouth. Why was
she opening her mouth? Was she trying to talk? Then air became an issue and he pulled
away.
"I guess that's a yes." he managed to say.
"To both questions." she said. Yes! She was his. Well, not really, but he felt like
she was. She was there, and at the moment she was grabbing his neck to pull him down
so they could kiss more. He wasn't used to this. He'd only been kissed one other time
and then Cho never opened her mouth. What was that all about?
"No, see open your mouth," he was going to say no, but she looked at him sweetly
and said, "Just do it." He opened his mouth, expecting her to laugh at him, but instead
she kissed him, only different. And good God her tongue was in his mouth! In his
mouth! That wasn't right, but yet he didn't want it to stop. She tasted sweet, oh, she
tasted so sweet. He almost groaned when she broke the kiss, and said she was going to
leave. He didn't want her to leave.
He grinned. *Note to self: Buy roses more often*
A/N: Sorry for the hold up, the last month has been hell so leave me alone. Pairings are
still under debate. Hope you liked this chapter. It's kinda strange, but bear with me
people! I had three more chapters done, but the pairings were so screwed up it was like a
horrible magical Dawson's Creek! Ugh! Read, Review, Pray that muses have sympathy
and help me out.
