Tell Them I Love You. You guys wanted more, then here it is. The Sequel to Two Slayers and a Boy. Xander and Buffy want to be together, but they have significant others. Trouble this way comes.

It was a day after Faith had stolen Buffy's body and when they each got their bodies back, Buffy finally made a decision that she has always wanted to make. That decision being that she kissed her best friend on the lips for the first time. No, it's not Willow!

It's Xander Harris, the boy and now man who has always been in love with Buffy since the beginning. If he had known her before Sunnydale he would still have been in love with her. She was a goddess to him always and she never gave him the time of day, until now.

Something as simple as this had to happen for these two to get together at last. When they kissed for the first time, it was long and wonderful for both. The two fell on a bush that covered them completely from any passerby. They didn't have sex, but they kissed many times and were happy to be in each other's embrace.

The next day, Buffy awakens in her bedroom all itchy. She begins to scratch constantly and rushes over to the bathroom and then that is when she realizes that she got poison ivy. Her whole body is filled with blotches and it itches a lot.

"Sweetheart," says Joyce as she enters the bathroom. "I didn't know you were…dear lord, what happened to you."

"I must have landed on some poison ivy while on patrol," replies Buffy.

"Oh, I've got some Benadryl."

"Thanks, mom." Joyce goes over to get the Benadryl. Buffy then heads over to her mom's room and sits on the bed. She looks at the phone and pulls it over onto the bed.

"Here you go, sweetheart." Joyce hands Buffy the crème. "Who are you calling?"

"Um, nobody." Buffy hangs up the phone.

"Do you need help with it?"

"No, I've got it. Thanks." Her mom leaves the room and heads downstairs. Buffy gets up and takes the phone to her room. She closes the door and dials a number.

Meanwhile at Xander's, Anya is throwing things at him and screaming at him. Xander ducks every time she throws something. Then Anya grabs her clothes and puts them on.

"Anya, don't be like that," says Xander. "She didn't mean to punch you."

"Oh, like hell she didn't," says Anya as she throws the pillow at him.

"Anya, she wasn't Faith and you weren't much help trying to threaten her."

"I'll bet you two had a nice time while I was knocked out."

"We didn't. I helped her find Faith, who was in Buffy's body like I said." Then the phone rings and Xander picks it up. "Hello."

"Hi, Xander," says Buffy on the other line. "It's me, Buffy."

"Buffy."

"I'm out of here, Xander," Anya says as she heads up the stairs.

"Anya, wait." Xander sighs.

"Xander, what's going on? Did you tell Anya?"

"No. She's upset that you as Faith punched her and I didn't do anything about it."

"Oh. I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to hurt her that bad. I guess I don't know my own strength or Faith's strength." Xander laughs a little.

"Yeah, I guess not. Did you need anything?"

"Me. Well, I kind of have to stay home."

"Why?"

"I got poison ivy."

"Oh." Xander starts to laugh, but tries not to.

"That's not funny." Then he bursts out laughing. Buffy then joins in.

"It's a little funny."

"Are you doing anything today?"

"Well, I was going to look at the wanted ads, but I guess I can leave that for another day."

"Thanks."

"Besides, we do need to talk."

"Yes, we do."

Later that day, Xander comes over to Buffy's. Joyce gets the door and is surprised to see Xander and not Riley at the door. Joyce leads Xander to the living room and then she heads upstairs to get Buffy.

"Does this look good?" asks Buffy to her mom as she shows her a pair of jeans, with a light long sleeve green shirt.

"You look lovely," replies her mom with a look. "Are you expecting Riley?"

"No. Is he downstairs?"

"No. It's Xander."

"Oh."

"Who were you expecting, Buffy?"

"Maybe green isn't my color." Buffy ignores her mother's question. Joyce gives her a look.

"Buffy." Buffy looks at her mom and then sits down on her bed. "Is there something wrong?" Joyce sees a confused expression on her daughter's face.

"No. I was expecting Xander because I called him."

"Why did you call him?"

"Because I need to talk to him. I'll tell you everything later, mom. I promise, but not now."

"Buffy, you're not pregnant are you?"

"No!" Joyce is relieved and leans on Buffy's desk chair. "It's nothing like that. I just need to talk to Xander." Buffy lets her hair out of her pony tail and starts to comb it with her brush. She grabs a lip gloss she had on her desk and puts some on.

"Okay, dear." Joyce leaves the room.

A couple minutes later, Buffy comes down the stairs and Xander stands up. He walks over to the stairs and is surprised that she is dressed up for having poison ivy. Xander closes his mouth before he starts to drool. Buffy walks up to him and grabs his hand. She then surprises him again and kisses him lightly on the lips.

"I like the lip gloss," says Xander after licking his lips. They sit on the sofa and face each other. Buffy smiles at him and wipes some of the color from the lip gloss off his lips. Joyce then decides to make her presence known and sees Buffy very close to Xander.

"Do you two want anything before I leave?" asks Joyce.

"No, thanks, mom," replies Buffy. Joyce leaves the house.

"I thought you'd be in bed," says Xander.

"Well, you forget I'm pretty strong and no poison ivy will put me down."

"I see that."

"I'm kind of glad that it didn't get on my face. If that had happened, I wouldn't have invited you over."

"Nah, you probably wouldn't look bad. You always look pretty." Buffy blushes at the comment.

"Well, we do need to talk. I guess I should go first since I started it. I sound so mature, don't I?" Xander smiles.

"Can I make a confession?"

"Go right ahead."

"I still love you, Buffy. Always have. Always will and you know why?"

"Because I'm pretty."

"That and because you are you."

"Wow." Buffy starts to fidget with her fingers and looks down at them. "I don't know what to say, Xander."

"What did you want to tell me?"

"I wanted to tell you that when I saw you and Faith when she was in my body, when you kissed, I got a bit jealous."

"You were jealous that I was kissing Faith in your body?"

"Yes, I don't know why. I've never felt that way when you're with Anya. It just got me right there. Maybe it was the hard hit she gave me the last I saw of her, but I just wanted to be her right at that moment. I sound crazy, right?"

"No, I don't get it, but you don't sound crazy."

"I know that this isn't right because you have Anya and I have Riley. It's totally the wrong time to have these feelings."

"What do you feel, Buffy?"

"I don't know! I'm so confused. I'm with Riley. He is a nice guy and you're my best friend. It's just not right." Buffy stands up and walks away from the sofa. Xander lowers his head and takes a deep breath.

"I understand. You don't want to ruin the friendship. Heard that before." Xander stands up and walks over to the door.

"Xander, that's not what I meant." Xander leaves and slams the front door.

For all who love the title, tell me. I think it works with what I have planned for the rest of the story. Cliffhangers, don't ya love em?