Cordelia's New Obsession Book 1 11?

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Buffy woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. She was still a little upset by her father's death, but knew it would get better in time. Looking over on her pillow she saw a red rose. She sat up and looked at it cautiously; it wasn't there when she went to bed last night. She looked at her window and saw that it was indeed closed. Buffy picked it up and smelled its sweet scent. There was no note attached or anything, she brushed it off and went to her closet.

Once she got dressed Buffy headed off to the bathroom to do her regular morning routine. She heard her mother downstairs in the kitchen and could smell the pancakes and sausages. Her mom usually fixed breakfast like that when she was either feeling guilty, or she needed to tell her something that would upset her. Fresh faced and ready to start the day she made her way downstairs.

"Good morning Buffy. Do you have time for breakfast?" Joyce asked her daughter.

Buffy sat down at the table. "Yeah, I do. What's up with all the pancake-y goodness?" She asked her mother.

Joyce sat the plate down in front of her daughter. "I wanted to talk to you about something important."

Buffy stopped cutting her pancakes and looked up at her mom. "What's important?"

"I was offered a position in Seattle at one of the most prestigious galleries on the West Coast."

"That's great mom, but you turned them down right." She said, putting a sausage in her mouth.

Joyce looked up at her daughter guiltily. Buffy immediately had her answer. "You took it didn't you." It wasn't so much a question as it was a statement.

"Yeah, honey I did. With everything that happened with your father, I think it's for the best. I talked it over with your Aunt Jenny and Uncle Giles; they say that you are more than welcomed to live with them."

Buffy was upset, she just lost her father, and now her mother is up and leaving her. Things just keep going from bad to worse.

"Mom, I just lost my father. He is no longer here, and now you want to move to another state and leave me here! What the hell am I supposed to do without my mother here? Do I mean that little to you? I'm sorry if I am not the normal daughter that you would love to have. You were the one who made me the way I am, and now you can't accept it. Don't tell me not to get upset, because I have every right to."

Buffy jumped up from the table and walked outside. She really did not want to be around her mother right now. Joyce looked at her retreating daughter's back, she's supposed to be a good mother, but all she does is hurt the one person who loves her most. She got up from the table and put away the breakfast dishes.

Elsewhere

Cordelia was getting ready for school when Drusilla came marching into her room.

"I got your message. What's so important?" The vampiress asked.

Cordelia turned around and glared at the vampire in disgust.

"We need to talk about Lindsey. He is proven to be a liability." She stated calmly.

"What do you suggest we do? I am not going to kill him, if that's what you mean."

Cordelia put her hands on her hips. "That's exactly what I am talking about. He is some sort of protector for my girl. I know you care about him and everything, but we are demons. We are not supposed to fall in love."

Drusilla looked at the older vampire in contempt. "Don't try to come down on me because of your sick obsession with Buffy. I've known Lindsey for a long time now, way before you came into the picture." She shouted back.

"You insolent child! How dare you raise your voice to me? Do you not know who I am?" She was beyond angry now.

"I know exactly who you are. I will not let you take out Lindsey, not yet. You need to concentrate on Angel; you see how she gets about him. Whenever he comes around she is filled with pure fury and contempt for him. Leave Lindsey alone." Drusilla gritted out.

"Fine, I will leave him alone, for now. We will discuss this later I am going to be late for school. I have to find out more about Faith being the slayer." She turned and walked out of the room.

School

Buffy and Faith made their way to school in silence. Faith knew something was bothering her friend, but didn't want to press her on it. She spent all day yesterday trying to absorb everything that she learned about her best friend.

"Well B, we're here."

"Another boring day at this place we call school." She gave Faith a small smile.

"Listen B, go ahead and meet up with everyone. I have to run by the library right quick." She left before Buffy could respond.

Walking up the steps she made her way to her friends. "Hey guys." She greeted.

"If it isn't the Buffster? I didn't expect to see you today." Xander replied.

"Well, I didn't want to stay at home today. I needed to reclaim my life back. Daddy would want it that way." She smiled sadly.

"Would you care to explain what happened yesterday?" Willow asked.

Buffy was taken aback by the tone in her voice. It wasn't mean, but something didn't sound right to her.

"What are you talking about?" She asked trying to be innocent.

"The whole Latin thing and silencing Angel thing. What the hell was that?"

Everyone looked at her expectantly. "You won't believe me if I told you." She tried to side step this conversation.

Willow had on her resolve face, and Buffy knew there was no way she was getting off that easy.

"I'm a wicca." She rushed out.

"A what a? Xander asked.

"I'm a wicca. I come from a long line of them. I just found out over the weekend. You think I'm a freak now huh?"

Willow was the first one to speak. "No, you are not a freak. You are still our friend no matter what. But why didn't you tell us?" She asked hurt.

"I didn't want ya'll to react differently to me. I didn't want you to treat me like I was the plague or the second coming." She let out a smile.

Xander finally spoke up, "We would never treat you any differently. You are our Buffy regardless of what you are."

There was a group hug moment when Cordelia approached the trio. Immediately she noticed the lack of Faith.

"Hey guys. Did I miss anything?"

The trio broke the hug and turned to look at Cordelia. "No, Buffy was just explaining to us what we saw yesterday." Willow spoke up.

"Yeah, we wanted to reassure her that she is no different from anyone else." Xander spoke up.

The bell rang for first period, everyone went their separate ways. Cordelia decided to walk with Buffy since they have the first class together.

"How did you sleep last night?" Cordelia asked the other girl.

"Good actually. I woke up this morning feeling rather refreshed." She left out the part about the rose.

"You want to get together tonight and work on our project?"

Buffy put a hand to her head, "I won't be able to do it tonight. I have casting practice and I have to move my stuff out of mom's house."

This upset the vampire a little. But what intrigued her the most was the moving of Buffy's stuff out of her moms. They walked into class and took their regular seats. The teacher went on to teach history. Cordelia passed Buffy a note.

"Why are you moving out of your mom's house?" The note said.

"Mom got offered a new job in Washington State. She took it." She wrote back.

"So you're going to be staying with your aunt and uncle?"

She passed the note back to Buffy. "Yeah, it's for the best." She wrote back.

The teacher saw the note being passed between the two girls. "Miss. Chase, Miss. Summers. I there anything you would like to share with the class?"

Both girls looked mortified. "No, Mrs. Lever." They said together.

The rest of the class went by uneventful, until the guidance counselor interrupted class. The teacher came back in looking pensive.

"I got some news, Angel O'Conner was found dead this morning." The teacher said sadly.

The class went deathly silent, except for Buffy who let out a shocked gasp and ran out of the classroom. The class looked sadly behind her. They were the golden couple of Hemery.

Buffy ran to the nearest bathroom and broke down. She hated Angel for what he did, but she never wished him dead. The world she created for herself was slowly falling apart. She was supposed to be one of the good ones; the powers must have it out for her in a huge way. She got her composure and went back to class; the teacher had excused her for the rest of the period.

Cordelia had a look of pure satisfaction on her face. Angel was now taken care of and Buffy was on the verge of something bad. It panged her a little that she had to cause her golden girl pain, but with the pain comes the pleasure. The teacher continued teaching her class.

Buffy went into the library and was surprised when she saw Faith in there. She looked in amazement as the other girl was doing complex kicks, round houses and punches. Buffy placed her books on the table with a thud. Faith and the librarian turned around and looked at her.

"B, what are you doing in here?" Faith went to the girl.

"The teacher excused me for the rest of the period. Angel was found dead this morning." She tried to hold back her tears.

Mrs. Post left the girls alone for a minute. She looked at Buffy in surprise and awe, this girl was the prophesized wicca. The power was rolling off of her in waves.

"Did they say how?" Faith asked finally finding her voice.

"No, they just said he was found dead in his back yard or something like that." She sniffled a little bit.

"I'm so sorry Buffy. You have been through so much in these past few days. I think you should go home." Faith suggested.

Buffy looked at her puffy eyes and all. "I don't want to go home. Not right now, anyways you have some splainin to do." She did in her best Ricky Ricardo voice.

By this time Mrs. Post came out of her office and sat down at the table. Buffy looked in between her and Faith.

"Faith is the slayer. She combats the forces of darkness; she is chosen to fight by your side." Mrs. Post continued explaining and Buffy took all of this in.

"So what you're saying is. Faith is a vampire slayer chosen to aid me in the fight against evil. I have a question though, how do you know who I am?" She asked curiously.

Mrs. Post sat up in her chair. "You my dear are very important, everyone knows who you are. But others don't know who you are personally, people who are in tune with magic good or bad knows who you are. As you grow in time, your power will become far greater than anything. I want you to train with Faith to learn how to physically defend yourself. Word probably has gotten out about you, this means demons, and everything else will start coming after you." She said honestly.

Buffy paled at this bit of information. She went from a regular life to becoming public demon enemy number one. "I know that this is a lot to take in, but I will be working close with you and Faith."

Faith looked at Buffy and smiled. "It looks like you are the other half of the 'Chosen Two'. She smirked.

"That's just great, at least I don't have to do it all on my own." She tried to smile.

"I would like for you to come out on patrol with me and Faith tonight. I want you to see what you will be going up against." Mrs. Post suggested.

"I need to talk to my aunt Jenny and Uncle Giles about this."

"You are Rupert Giles niece?" She asked in amazement.

"That would be me. How do you know my uncle?"

"Your uncle trained with the Watcher's council for some years. He had a slayer himself she was the most successful one to date. She died at the age of twenty five, the longest living slayer on the books."

"You're kidding my stuffy repressed uncle was a watcher."

"Yep, I just spoke with him the other day." The bell had rung signaling the end of first period. The students could be heard moving about the hall way.

"I gotta get to class. I missed too much yesterday, so I better go now." She gathered up her books and left.

People kept stopping her in the hallway offering their condolences and well wishes. It didn't surprise her news traveled fast in this school. She walked passed the guidance counsolors office and was stopped.

"Buffy would you mind coming in here to talk to me?" She asked.

"Sure why not." She went into her office and took a seat.

"I understand that you and Angel were dating for four years." She querried.

Buffy looked sad for a minute, "Yeah we did, we sorta broke up a few days ago. He was being unfaithful. I don't remember you being here before, are you new?"

"Yes, I am. I am Miss. Jenkins, but you can call me Anya."