Chapter 2. Lips Don't Lie.
The next morning, Buffy stirs about in her bed and bumps into Xander. Buffy's eyes widen when she sees him next to her. She pulls her covers up to her chin.
"Oh my God, it wasn't a dream," says Buffy. She then looks under her covers at herself, then pulls the covers back. Xander opens his eyes and sees a very freaked out Buffy.
"Buffy…" Xander tries to say, but Buffy motions for him to stop.
"Xander, we just had sex."
"Yeah, I kind of know that, Buff. I was there." Xander goes under the covers and Buffy puts her hand in-between them, so that he doesn't look at her underneath. He pulls his pants up and pulls out his wallet.
"We had good sex."
"Yeah for us."
"Xander, we're best friends. It never works out with best friends, that's why best friends don't have sex with each other because they want to stay best friends. Don't you get it?"
"Whoa, for a minute there you sounded like Willow."
"Oh my gosh. Willow. What is she going to think about this? See, this is bad, very bad. What are we going to…?" Xander stops Buffy from rambling on by kissing her on the lips.
"Calm down."
"Thanks. I needed that."
"You're okay with this?"
"Hello, I kissed you first."
"Okay, lips don't lie."
"No, they don't." Buffy kisses Xander, then she pulls her blankets with her and searches for some clothes in her closet. "Come on. We're going to be late for school."
"Um, I've got something that might worry you and me a little more."
"What?" Buffy turns to face him.
"We didn't use this little guy." Xander pulls out a condom from his wallet.
"Oh my gosh."
"Honey, are you awake?" asks Joyce coming over to Buffy's door. Buffy jumps at the sound of her mother's voice. Xander pulls his pants on as Buffy goes over to open the door slightly and sticks her head out.
"I'll walk to school today," says Buffy. "I asked Xander to meet me here. He'll be here any minute."
"Okay, take care, sweetheart." Joyce kisses her daughter on the head and heads downstairs. "Oh, honey, I found a note at the door for you. I'll leave it next to your keys."
"Okay, Mom." Buffy closes the door and sees that Xander is fully dressed. Buffy gets changed and they both head downstairs. She grabs the note that her mom told her about and her eyes begin to fill with fear.
"Buffy, what is it?" asks Xander as he grabs the note from her shaking hands. "Oh boy."
The two head to Xander's, so he could get a change of clothes and his bag. Then they head off to school. Xander is holding Buffy's hand, trying to keep her calm. The note is something that disturbed her very much and they have to tell the gang when they arrive at school.
"She's possessed!" says Willow as she is walking with Giles into the student lounge. Giles is getting a soda from the vending machine.
"Possessed?" Giles questions.
"That's the only explanation that makes any sense. I mean, you should've seen her last night. That wasn't Buffy."
"What was she doing last night?"
"She was all over Xander."
"Really?" Giles says this in disbelief, which Xander would take into offense. "Possessed by what?"
"Aaaaa, possessing thing!"
"Well, that narrows it down." Giles says sarcastically. He takes a sip of his soda and winces at its sweetness.
"I mean, why else would she be acting like such a b-i-t-c-h?"
"Willow, I think we're all a little too old to be spelling things out."
"Giles, this is serious and we need to do something about it before it gets worst."
"Where is Xander now?"
"I don't know. He left the Bronze with Buffy. I haven't seen him since then."
Buffy and Xander enter the school together and head to their lockers. They then search for the rest of the gang. The bell rings and the students around them begin to leave for class. Giles sits at a table with Willow.
"She may simply have what you Americans refer to as issues. Uh, her experience with the Master must have been extremely traumatic. Well, she was, for at least a few minutes, technically dead." Buffy and Xander appear in the doorway of the lounge. "I-I don't think she's dealt with that on a conscious level." Xander is still holding Buffy's hand, but decides to let it go as soon as Willow sees them. "She's convinced herself that she's invulnerable... for the very reason that she feels…"
"Giles," says Willow interrupting him.
"What?" asks Giles, confused. He then sees Buffy and Xander walk over to them. "Good morning. Did you sleep well?"
"Very," says Buffy as she looks at Xander. "Master's gone."
"I'm sorry?"
"Angel left a note at my door telling me that someone's dug up the Master's bones."
"Good God."
"What would somebody want with Master bones?" asks Willow.
"They're gonna bring him back," says Buffy, turning to Giles. "They're gonna bring the Master back to life, and I seem to recall you telling me he was history." Xander grabs hold of Buffy's hand to calm her down and Willow notices this.
"Buffy, I-I-I've never heard of a-a revivification ritual being successful," says Giles.
"But you've heard of them? Thanks for the warning."
"Buff, don't sweat, we'll deal," says Xander. This time, Giles sees Xander holding Buffy's hand. "We stopped him before we can do it again."
"I believe some of us have class?" says Snyder. "And some of us have jobs."
"Y-yes, well, I'll, uh, I'll see you all, uh, in the library later," says Giles. "We'll, we'll continue this discussion." The kids leave. Snyder watches them go.
"There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense."
"No, actually that would be one of the five."
"That Summers girl. I smell trouble. I smell expulsion, and just the faintest aroma of jail. She'll be dragging both her friends down with her as well."
"Well, before you throw away the key, you might consider giving them the benefit of the doubt. They may surprise you."
"You really have faith in those kids, don't you?"
"Yes, I do."
"Weird."
The gang meets up at the library after school and Giles comes over saying he's found something. From a book translated in Latin Giles reads out that 'to revive a vampire they need their bones and blood of the closest person, someone who is connected with the vampire.'
"They got the bones," says Xander. "Check."
"Someone close, that would be me," says Buffy.
"The connection with the vampire isn't really clear, but…" says Giles.
"Well, is there anything on when the ceremony might take…" asks Xander.
Interrupting their Scooby meeting is a rock crashing through a window. Buffy catches the rock in her hands. It has a note wrapped around it and kept in place with a bracelet.
"This is Cordelia's." She takes off the note. "'Come to the Bronze before it opens, or we make her a meal.'"
"Ah, don't sweat it. It's Cordelia," says Xander. "She'll talk her way out of it." The gang looks at Xander. "Okay, lets save her, geez, no one can take a joke here."
"I guess I'll go to the Bronze and save the day." Buffy starts to go.
"I don't like this."
"Nor I!" says Giles.
Buffy turns back to them. She looks at Xander, seeing that he has a very worried look on his face.
"Yeah? Well, you guys aren't going," Buffy says.
"What do you mean?" says Willow.
"I can't do it anymore. I can't look after the three of you guys while I'm fighting.
"Well, what about the rest of the note?"
"What rest of the note?"
"The part that says, 'P.S. This is a trap'?"
"You'll be playing straight into their hands," says Giles as he takes off his glasses.
"I can handle this."
"Stop saying that!" Willow says. "God, what's wrong with you?"
"Cordelia may be dead," says Xander in a serious tone. His eyes telling her 'I don't want you dead.'
"This is my fight," says Buffy. She leaves and grabs her coat and bag on the way out. Willow just watches her go. Xander shakes his head. Giles puts his glasses back on. On her way out of the school, she sighs and realizes that her attitude again hurt her friends, especially Xander.