Title: Family Ties 5

Author: Robert jackson

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Pairing/Characters: F/X mainly

Rating: Pg - pg 13

Summary: Xander has met most of his relatives, now its Uncle Michael turn.

Warnings: Maybe some language.

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Buffy and Willow sat around the kitchen of Buffy's home, while Joyce fixed them a fast breakfast. They had tried to follow Xander and that girl Faith last night but they just faded away once they got outside of the Bronze. It was very disconcerting for the both of them. They had wanted to keep him out of harms way now it seems like it followed him around. And that new girl, trouble just came off her in waves.

After a little while Buffy noticed that her mom was almost dancing and humming ever loud to herself.

"Mom," the blond girl started. "What's with the Happy, happy, joy, joy this morning?"

Joyce stopped an looked at the girls. Both watching her with a smile on their faces.

"Well, I got a call last night from an Artists agent, and he wants to put a show on here in Sunnydale and wants to use my Studio!" Joyce was almost giggling at the very though of it happening here.

"So who is this guy that makes my mom so happy? And should I be worry about her doing the groupie thing. I would really be upset if I needed to drag up out of some guys hotel room."

"His name is Michael Guerin," Giving her daughter the evil eye, "I have loved his work since college. His space scene's make you feel like your walking on another planet. And his real life work is beyond belief. And just so you know his is married. Thou if he was single I would push him away. Be good for a one night stand." She added with a grin at the shocked look on her Daughter and friends face.

"TMI!" Buffy yelled, "Mothers should not have sex.!"

"Well, then how did you get here?" Joyce said watching Buffy squirm, "I am fairly certain that sex was involved with that."

Willow sat back and watched her mom would never talk like this, Mrs Rosenberg would have pulled out text books to show how much women have sex and how the likelihood that a child would have been conceived. It was nice to listen in on them and imagine that this was her life, Buffy didn't know how good she had it.

"I have heard that name before." Willow said trying to get them away from the sex talk. Willow understood that people have and were happy about it but she didn't want to know the why and the weres of it.

"He was in the news a few days ago." Joyce told the girls she had gone back to working on the breakfast, "He was in a fight with some actor, The guy made a pass at his wife and the fight was on."

Then it hit both Buffy and Willow at the same time, in the article about Maria, her husband was Michael Guerin, he was an artist that had a very short temper. Been in lots of fights from what was said. And he was coming to a town where a guy lives that slept with his wife. So not good.

Both Willow and Buffy hit the same ideal at the same time, We've got to keep Xander away from that art show., and with that all thoughts of Faith were gone.

The Chases that night

Cordelia sat and watch as her mother, Diana paced back and forth. She had gotten an invitation to an art show at that Summers studio. How low brow can you get she though as she went over the invitation. She knew that her daughter had used to hang out with the daughter of owner. But they were just common trash, like most of the people in this town. After getting the RSVP for the party she hit the phones. There was no way something this big would be held in the small place. An artist of Guerins caliber should not rub elbows with people that don't understand his work. He needed to be with the elite. But so far no one had returned her calls about moving it.

While Cordy's mom was running through her list of contacts. Cordy was planing. She recognized the name of the artist at once, he was the husband of her used to favorite singer. She couldn't listen to Maria any more every time she turn on any of her music all she can see is Xander kissing Maria. Then everything goes black.

Xander so going to pay. He messed up her life and now it was her turn. All she needed to do was make sure that Xander and Michael met and that shouldn't be to much of a problem now should it?