Cordelia's New Obsession 15?

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Harry2- There will not be any insane Buffy.

Buffy woke up the next morning, feeling a lot worse than she did the night before. The sun was too bright for her liking, without thinking she went to the curtains and closed them. The fight she had with Darla yesterday was still on her mind, but what freaked her out the most was her dream. She walked over to her closet to find something to wear. Looking at her clock she noticed that she had twenty minutes until school. Finally she decided on a pair of black boot cut jeans, a red spaghetti strapped shirt with camisole.

Buffy padded to the bathroom to do her usual morning routine of washing her face, brushing her teeth and moisturizing. The California sun is really no ones friend; she looked at herself in the mirror and noticed she had lost some weight. 'Oh great everyone was going to think she had an eating disorder.' She thought. Walking out of the bathroom she ran into her Aunt.

"Good morning Aunt Jenny." Buffy greeted out.

"Good morning Buffy, how are you feeling?" She asked concerned.

Buffy looked up at her aunt with wide, expressive eyes. She wanted to lie, but knew she couldn't.

"Not too good. Seeing Darla last night really brought everything home. If it wasn't for her, Angel and I would still be together."

"Come on sweetheart let me fix you a quick breakfast and we can talk some more."

Jenny walked her niece down the steps and into the kitchen. Giles was already downstairs making stuffed French toast, and some turkey bacon. Jenny went to his side to make some coffee and pour Buffy some juice.

"Good morning Buffy, how did you sleep last night?" Giles asked his niece/charge.

Buffy was off in her own little world, "I'm sorry what did you say?" She asked, sheepishly.

"I said, good morning and how did you sleep?" He repeated.

"Good morning and I slept okay, just some really weird dreams." She took a sip of the juice, while a plate of food was put in front of her.

Buffy immediately started eating, but stopped when she was feeling pains in her stomach. She dropped her fork startling the adults.

"Buffy, are you okay sweetie? You're looking a little pale." Jenny asked concerned.

"I'm fine, just a little stomach problems. Other than that I'm fine." She tried to continue eating even though it was hurting her.

"You have a meeting today after school with Tara; she will be meeting you at school. I'm sure you would love her. Willow called you last night she sound kind of panicked, is everything alright with her?" Jenny asked the blonde.

"No, not that I know of. I haven't really had time to talk to her, besides I think she thinks I'm a freak. I'm being Wicca and everything."

Giles took a sip of his coffee, "Buffy, you said Darla was a vampire right?" He asked.

She looked up from her plate and then at her uncle.

"Yeah, I did. I'm glad that bitch is gone, she can cause no more problems." She said with venom.

"If she was a vampire then, why was she over Drusilla's?" He asked.

Buffy stopped eating and took a sip of her juice. She grimaced at the putrid taste it had.

"Giles, I don't know. Maybe she was just trying to find somewhere to hump him dry." She surmised.

Buffy finished up the rest of her breakfast and went to the front hall to retrieve her books.

"I really gotta go, if I'm late that's detention and we can't have that." She called from the hallway.

"Buffy, I'll take you, besides I need to run by the magic shop for a few things." Jenny called out.

Jenny kissed Giles good bye and followed her niece out to the car. Giles was a little ways behind them. There was something different about Buffy, but he couldn't place his hands on it. He needed to watch her very closely.

"Buffy you mentioned something about strange dreams, would you mind telling me about them. I want to make sure that they are not prophetic." She asked the teen.

"I was sitting in the backyard tanning, and Angel came out of no where. He told me that, 'Some one is working against me, don't get intertwined it would lead me down the path of darkness. The rest I don't remember." She lied.

Jenny could tell that Buffy was hiding something, but didn't want to say anything. If she wanted her to know she will tell her at her own time. Jenny pulled the car up to the front of the school and Buffy got out.

"Have a good day Buffy."

"I will." She put on her sunglasses and walked towards her friends. Jenny watched sadly as the teen walked away.

"Hey guys, what's the what?" She greeted her friends cheerily.

Xander started mumbling something incoherent, and Willow gave a small wave.

"Willow is something wrong? You don't look so good." She sat down near her friend.

"I tried to get her to talk, but she wouldn't" Xander replied.

Buffy was about to ask some more about it until she started to feel a strange pull. She didn't know what it was, but it was strong. Looking around she saw no one, until it started getting closer to her. In a panic she turned around and bumped right into Cordelia. 'That is weird.' She thought.

"Hey guys, where is Faith." She greeted happily. She looked over at Buffy, "Good morning, Buffy."

"Good morning Cordelia." Buffy replied, but still looking at her friend.

Cordelia was grinning inwardly; she knew that Buffy was probably able to sense her. She just didn't know who it was. She glanced at Willow and saw her looking a little worse for wear. Last night she put a bunch of bed bugs in her bed, but Willow she awoke they were gone. The expression on her face and her parents were priceless. Not only that she did a lot of other things.

"Willow are you sure you okay? Do you want to talk or something?" Buffy asked her friend.

Xander was arguing with Cordelia about something or other.

"Buffy, I think I'm going crazy." She whispered.

Both girls got up, "I am going to talk to Willow. Try not to kill each other."

They didn't reply, but Cordelia watched as the two walked off. She suspected that the red head was going to spill.

"What do you mean, going crazy? Tell me what happened."

Willow looked around to make sure that no one was listening.

"Last night there were bed bugs in my bed. When I got out they were gone, when I went to bed my fish were there, but then this morning they were gone. I hear things, and voices. It's all kind of scary. Do you think I'm crazy?"

Buffy looked at her friend, she really felt bad for her. "No, I don't think that you're crazy. There has been a lot of weird things going on here. Believe me I should know." She offered her friend a warm smile.

"What's going on with you and Cordelia?" The red head blurted out.

"Will, there is nothing going on with me and Cordelia. We are just friends who are working on a project together." She didn't know what was going on between them.

"If that's the case, why does she know more about what's going on in your life?" She asked in disgust.

Buffy sighed, "Will, it's easy for me to talk to her you know. Cordelia isn't close to what has been going on in my life. You, Xander, and Faith have been in my life since preschool. Something's I can't talk to you about, does that makes sense? But don't doubt for one minute that you have been replaced." She gave the red head a smile.

Willow returned her smile ten fold. "I'm not jealous or anything, I feel like I'm losing my best friend."

"It's not to worry, you're not losing me. Why don't you come with me after school to one of my Wicca meetings? It's my first one with this girl named Tara. She's a good friend of my aunt's and grandma's."

"I would like that. So what's it like?"

The bell had rang for first period, the girls walked towards class. "It's amazing, I can do so many things. Grandma taught me a lot, and Aunt Jenny showed me how to cast a few spells. The downside is, I can't use it for anything bad, or it will come back on me ten fold."

Willow was about to say something, when Faith approached the two of them.

"How's it going red? You don't look so well." She greeted the red head.

"I didn't sleep well last night okay!" She stormed off to class, leaving a surprised Buffy and Faith behind.

"Hey B, didn't expect to see you this morning." Faith asked the smaller girl.

"I couldn't miss school; Principle McCarthy has it out for me. So what's the deal?"

They walked into English class and the strange feeling came over Buffy again. She looked around and saw no one. The further she walked into the classroom the more she felt it. It wasn't a strong feeling, but a faint one.

"I just wanted to see how you were, after your mini break down yesterday." She whispered.

"Everything is all good. Are we up for training tonight?" The blonde asked.

"Yep, same time same channel." Faith took her seat and Buffy walked to hers.

Buffy was sitting beside Cordelia and the tingling feeling had stopped. She smiled at the brunette and tried to concentrate on the lesson.

Mr. Malloy started droning on about something when Buffy got a tap on her elbow. Cordelia handed her a piece of paper.

"Is everything alright with Willow?" It said.

Buffy wrote a reply and gave it back.

"Yeah, she just hasn't been sleeping well." Cordelia wrote back and gave it to Buffy.

Faith looked at this exchange with a smile. It was obvious that Buffy and Cordelia were attracted to each other. It was her guess that C didn't want to come on too strong to Buffy. Or Buffy was too afraid to act on the way she feels. Something about the other brunette didn't feel right. It was like every time she was around it felt like a vampire or something was around. Faith erased that thought from her head, vampires can't walk around during the day, and they don't eat human food. Cordelia did both, it was probably her imagination. She turned around and finished taking notes.

"Miss. Summers and Miss. Chase, is there something you would like to share with the class." The teacher barked out.

They looked like two deer caught in headlights. Buffy rushed and put the note into her pocket.

"No, Mr. Malloy." Cordelia answered.

"Then I suggest that you save the taking and the note passing until after class." He turned around.

Buffy lifted up her finger and was about to fling the eraser at his head. Faith cleared her throat and mouthed, 'no' to the blonde.

'Spoil my fun.' She mouthed back.

The class room door opened and in walked Anya. Cordelia's eyes widened at this, she shot the other girl daggers.

"Buffy, you are needed in the counselor's office." Mr. Malloy said in false enthusiasm.

Buffy gathered her books and followed the lady out. She glanced at Cordelia and she smiled back.

Inside Cordelia was seething. She warned Anyanka off, but she didn't listen, she was the ruler of the underworld. Cordelia wanted to chase behind the two and rip Anyanka's head off. Instead she sat down and finished taking notes.

Faith watched the two blondes leave, she had a very bad feeling about that counselor.