Chapter Five:
Learning New Things
The next day Ana got up early so she could help Xander. While she was getting dressed( blue jean shorts, a black tank, and black sneakers.) she heard Spike going into his room. She walked out of her room and saw him.
"Mornin' pet," he said. She nodded at him and smiled but continued to walk towards the cafeteria. When she walked into the caferteria she saw Xander sitting with Dawn.
"Hey," said Dawn sleepily.
"Good morning," said Ana to Dawn and Xander.
"Morning person," grumbled Xander smiling at her. She smiled back and blushed.
"Aren't you going to eat?" Faith asked coming up behind them.
"I'm not hungry," said Ana.
"Well maybe not but you better eat. You didn't eat any thing yesterday either," Faith replied. Ana sighed and got up to go get some food. The girl in front of her in the line smiled at her.
"New girl, huh?" She asked.
"Yeah,I'm just staying for a little while," said Ana.
"I'm Hannah," the girl said.
"Ana."
"Nice to meet you," said Hannah.
"You too," said Ana."How ong have you went here?"
"Ever since I found out, about a year ago," said Hannah." When did you find out?"
"Found out what?"
"About slaying," said Hannah.
"What's slaying?" asked Ana.
"Oh, never mind. You must just be a guest then,"Hannah replied.
"Yes, but what's slaying?" Ana asked again.
"Not slaying, flaying. We are taking some classes in cooking. I was wondering when you realized you wanted to cook," lied Hannah smoothly.
Ana just smiled and picked up a tray, looking at the food she frowned. It was turning her stomach but she did see a weird soup that looked decent. She got some of it and a glass of milk. She waved goodbye at Hannah and went back to sit with Dawn.
"How can you even smell that?" Dawn asked talking about the soup.
"It smells good," said Ana confused.
Willow, had sat down when Ana had gotten up, looked up and frowned. Ana getting tired of Willow frowning at her raised an eyebrow.
"What?" Ana asked.
"Are you sure I don't know you?"Willow asked.
"Positive," said Ana.
"Are you a Wicca?" She asked.
"No, my parents were devoted to God," said Ana.
"Were?" Dawn asked.
"They are dead now," said Ana lying.
"Sorry," said Dawn."My mom died a couple years ago."
"Sorry," said Ana truthfully.
"Well come on Ana, if you aren't going to eat," said Xander."Ill take you on a tour and then tell you what I need your help with."
Ana followed him out of the cafeteria, the made their way to the parking lot.
"Okay, here's the parking lot, there's the caf., now come on and I'll show you the main building."They walked into the main doors."There's the principal's office, it was the library but Giles liked it better than the original office. The classrooms are the rest of the building. Top floors are all rooms for all the girls. Now follow me to the lovely gym as that is where I need your help."
"So here is the gym," stated Xander talking about the run down building they were standing in front of."Nobody is using it right now as it isn't finished. You and me will be working on it."
"What do we need to do?" Ana asked.
"Yeah,ha ha, you may want to come in," said Xander. Ana looked at him but walked in. She gasped. Blood was spattered mall over the walls or what was left of the walls. The ceiling had huge holes, and the floor was black with dust and grime.
"We better get started," said Ana.
"We need to get all the debris out, you can just set it outside the door and I will go get the supplies to fix the ceiling," Xander replied.
When Xander left Ana sighed. She wasn't real use to working. She did chores but actual work was beyond her. She looked around again. Maybe I should start on the right side and work my way over towards the door. That way by the time I'm tired I won't have to carry the stuff so far. Then again if I start by the door I won't have to climb over stuff. I know! I can make a path to the back and then work my way up! Ana thought.
She looked around for a light but guessed there wasn't one when couldn't find it. She opened the doors wide a propped a brick she had found in front of it. I should have asked Xander for gloves.
Grimacing she started to make a path towards the back. By the time Xander made it back she was halfway through making it.
"This is going to take a while," he said handing her a drink."Here have some water."
"Did you use this as a storage building?"Ana asked looking at the cluttered gym.
"No, the former owners did though. They said we could have every thing in here when we bought the place."
"Well if I find a bunch of money can I keep it?" Joked Ana winking at him.
"Naw, we'll split it," Xander joked back.
Ana smiled and went back to picking up the junk. When the sun went down she had cleaned half of the gym. She was sweated down and for once she was actually hungry.
She waited for Xander to finish locking up the gym though she didn't know why he did. There wasn't any thing valuable in it.
"Come on, maybe there'll be food left," he said throwing an arm around her shoulder.
"Xander, can I ask you some thing?" Ana asked.
"Well you just did...Just kidding, sure," he said laughing.
"What's a slayer?"
He choked,"What?"
"A girl that I was speaking to today said some thing about a slayer. It wasn't the first time some one had called me a slayer," she said curious to what he had to say.