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Max () : Hey, I'll do my best not to. He's no fun all wimpy, but he doesn't know Angel is Corina's father. But he'll find out, and I am gonna have so, so much fun with that, hee-hee. But not until Angel comes back. ; )

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"And this is the cafeteria," Cori led the three students to the table where her friends sat. "Guys, this is Jack, Laura, and Rose," she introduced them to the other sitting at the table.

"Hi, I'm Marie," a petite redhead smiled at them.

"And I'm Erika," a blonde girl nodded her head in greeting and turned back to the tabletop, where they had combined their lunches. "Want a apple?" she held out a red apple.

"Thanks," Rose took it and sat next to Erika.

"And who're you?" Laura asked the others sitting at the table.

"This is Dani," Marie finished off the introductions.

"Hey," Dani shrugged and pulled out one of those lunch-sized bag of chips from the food pile. "Just so you know, you want something from the lunch, you have to add yours."

"Actually, I was gonna sit over with the other football players," Jack said before disappearing.

"He's a jock, isn't he?" Erika asked Laura.

"A little bit," the brunette grinned. "So, how long have you been friends?"

"We've been friends since first grade," Marie indicated herself and Erika. "Those two have been friends since third grade," this time she gestured to Dani and Cori, "and we've all been friends since sixth grade."

"Wow," Rose bit into the apple. "Y'all must be close."

"Yeah, after the shit we do," Dani grinned. "You'd have to be close."

"So, Cori told us you were in a band?" Erika studied her momentarily. "I'm in a band, and we need a guitarist, and back-up vocalist. Wanna join?"

"Sure, I'll come to your next practice," Rose smiled, " what's the name?"

"Well, the girl who originally started it was from Phoenix, so we ended up with The Phoenix, but we're thinking about changing it since she ended up moving back," Erika leaned back in her chair. "If you've got any suggestions, they're welcome."

"How about you?" Marie asked Laura. "Any extra-curricular activities?"

"Journalism," Laura looked thoughtful. "Any school newspaper or something?"

"Yeah, I'm actually a columnist on it, all you have to do is send in a sample column, and if they approve it, you're in."

"Sounds like fun."

"Hey, Cori, read the chapters last night?" Dani ignored the others' conversation and looked to her friend. "I heard there's a pop quiz."

"I read half of my half," Cori grinned. "Same as you, I'm guessing?"

"You know it," the brunette rolled her eyes. "We're gonna fail, huh?"

"We haven't yet."

"By the way," Dani lowered her voice. "My mom still doesn't know about...you know," she nodded to the others. Cori started to reply, but the bell rang for classes to begin. "See ya tonight."

"Back at ya," Cori grinned as the group got up for class.

The Next Week

"Cori," Faith opened the door for her daughter's friend. "I didn't know you were coming over tonight."

"Oh, yeah, last minute thing. Dani just called me to come over a few minutes ago," Cori shrugged, giving her friend's mother a smile. "Is that ok?"

"I think she's in the basement" Faith just grinned as the girl ran to join her daughter downstairs.

"Hey," Cori greeted Dani and Spike. "Didn't tell your mom I was coming over?"

"I thought she'd be out," Dani looked back to the T.V.

"Does she always watch Family Guy?" Spike asked, rolling his eyes.

"It's her favorite show," Cori told him, plopping into the overstuffed chair next to the couch.

"Hey, it's a good show," Dani defended herself. "And how do you not like Stewie?"

"So, love, how was your day?" Spike decided to ignore her and turned to Cori.

"It was all right, but I'm grounded for getting a 'D' in english," she rolled her eyes.

"Ha, you two?" Dani tore her gaze from the T.V. set. "I didn't get grounded, but I'm not allowed to go to the Bronze for the next week and a half."

"I'm not allowed to leae the house unless my mom sends me out for an errand for the three weeks."

"Then why are you here instead of at your house?" Spike interrupted.

"I'm at the 'store', I have to get milk and butter. I think I'll leave in, oh," she looked at her watch, "five or ten minutes."

"Just don't get caught again," Dani advised. "Remember last time? You ended up getting grounded for an extra two weeks."

"Oh yeah," Cori grimaced at the memory. "That sucked."

"What about our date tomorrow?" Spike asked her. "Wanna postpone it?"

"Nah, I'll just say I have to patrol," she gave him a smile. "That always works."

"How do you think we got a 'D' anyway?" Dani asked.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe the test we failed, and the quizzes we barely passed."

"I forgot about that. Heh, what're you gonna do?"

"Study?" Spike suggested.

"Yeah, sure," Dani scoffed at the idea. "And we're on planet Zuzu."

"Never mind then," the vampire replied.

Yeah, at the moment I'm suffering from minor writer's block. And in the next chapter Buffy will meet her daughter's boyfriend. And Cori 's gonna meet her father. Now, press the little purple button and review please.