Chapter 7. Herbie Goes to Sunnydale.
On the guys little walk, the two talk about some things like sports and the girls. Xander smiles as Riley mentions Buffy.
"So, you dig her?" says Riley.
"Always have," says Xander. "But she'll never feel the same way."
"You think so?"
"Yeah. We're just friends. Hey, how about you and Willow?"
"She's great. I like her. A lot." Riley smiles. "To tell you the truth, I didn't really need help with all my subjects. I just wanted to spend more time with her."
"I think Willow is smart enough to notice that."
"You think?"
"Maybe not."
Back where the girls are, they get an unexpected visitor.
"Buffy?" says Spike. "What the bloody hell are you doing? Put your top back on right now!" Buffy turns slightly to look at him, with her hands covering her boobs. She rolls her eyes at him and grabs her top. Willow gets up with a towel to cover her as she puts the top back on. "What happened this time? Flat tire? I'm really getting a tired of this."
"Well, I'm kind of tired of you so we're even," says Buffy as Willow pulls the towel away.
"Look, luv, you're the one that has been standing me up the last couple of nights. What was I to do?"
"Oh, dance. Do the hump. I know you'd think of something." Spike is really angry now and pulls Buffy toward him.
"What's with this attitude? I don't deserve it."
"Let go of me."
The guys finally arrive back to where the girls were baking in the sun. Xander quickly notices that Spike had his hand on Buffy.
"Hey, let her go," says Xander as he pulls Spike's hand away from Buffy.
"Oh, I see," says Spike looking at Xander. Spike bumps into Riley and he smelled him.
"Spike, get out of here, you're drunk," says Riley.
"You and I are going to have a confrontation, you here me." Spike leaves.
"Are you okay?" asks Xander to Buffy. Buffy nods her head and smiles at him. "I'm so glad you have your top back on."
"Spike told me to put it back on," says Buffy.
"Well, at least we agree on something."
"Were you uncomfortable with me being topless?"
"Um…" Buffy laughs at him.
"Last one in the water buys lunch." They all go running down to the shoreline. The girls had a big lead on the guys, but the guys have a game plan. They grab the girls and lift them up before they could touch the water.
"Hey, that's not fair," both Willow and Buffy say. They are laughing as the guys swing them around and toss them into the water.
"We got in first," says Xander.
"Rules are rules," says Riley.
"You guys cheated," says Buffy.
"Yeah, we couldn't pick you guys up if we were left behind," says Willow.
"There were no rules saying we couldn't," says Xander.
"No rules, ha," says Buffy getting a smirk on her face. She looks at Willow and signals her. The two then jump on the guys and try to drown them. They were not too successful since the guys are stronger than they are.
Meanwhile in the parking lot, Spike walks over to his car and he sees Buffy's car. He has a wicked smile and goes over to the car. He opens the hood and by some strange reason, the hood closes by itself pinning Spike's fingers.
"Son of…" says Spike in a lot of pain. He then kicks the car. Herbie would not stand for this, so he would serve Spike a drink on him. Herbie squirts him with the car oil on his face.
People watch an angry Spike walk off as everyone laughs at the scene. Then when no one was watching, Herbie decides to have a little fun. He begins to drive over the parking lot bump and into the sand. Herbie almost hits the beach, when Buffy and Xander see him.
A police officer sees the car as Xander and Buffy run out of the beach and over to where Herbie is. Willow and Riley follow there after.
"Sir, this is my car," says Buffy.
"This is not a parking zone," says the officer.
"I'm so sorry, sir."
"We must have forgotten to put the parking break," says Xander. "Promise it won't happen again."
"Alright," says the officer. "I'll give you a warning this time."
"Thank you, sir." Buffy and Xander go over to the car and try to push it. When the officer was gone, Xander puts his head inside. "Herbie, come on back in the parking lot."
The car starts to move backwards and Buffy and Xander act like if they are pushing it. Buffy and Xander turn to Willow and Riley, who are curious how a car got over to the beach. The way that it came was not even steep.
"Buffy, how did your car do that?" asks Willow. "It sounds a bit impossible."
"Willow, I have something to tell you," says Buffy as she walks over to her. "You see my car; it's not like other cars. It kind of has a mind of its own."
"What?"
"Yeah, Wills. It does everything on its own," says Xander.
"That's insane." Xander and Buffy step away from Herbie.
"Herbie, say hi to Willow and Riley," says Buffy. Herbie starts to honk his horns and flap his back and rear end hoods. Willow and Riley are in shock.
"How did he…"
"Wow," says Riley. "I think I know this car."
"You do?" says Buffy.
"Yeah, it's a famous race car. Yeah, that's where I've seen him before."
"Don't tell anyone about it. I guess if you do they would probably think you're crazy."
"My gosh, Buffy," says Willow. "This is cool. Now don't you want to take back what you said about the car on your birthday? I'll bet he was really hurt." Herbie honks his horn.
"I know," says Buffy. "I'm sorry, Herbie." He then opens the door. Buffy looks at everyone. He then opens the other door. "I guess he wants us to get in."
"Let's get our stuff," says Riley. Xander follows him to grab their stuff on the sand. Then they all get into the car and Herbie takes them to a nice burger joint nearby. They order up and eat on a grassy meadow that Herbie takes them.
"These are great," says Xander as he takes a big bite of his burger. Buffy grabs a French fry and gives it to Xander.
"The view is not bad, too," says Buffy as she stares at the view then at Xander when he isn't looking.
"Buffy, you should totally get this car in a race," says Riley. "I mean, he was born for it."
"That's what I told her, but her parents won't let her," says Xander.
"They were kind of upset," says Buffy. "Maybe if I asked them again."
"Maybe Herbie can persuade them." Xander looks at Herbie.
"That could work."
"This is the only car for you, Buffy," says Willow as she takes a sip of her coke.
"Why would you say that?"
"Cause it isn't you driving." Buffy throws some fries at Willow.
"Hey." Xander laughs at Willow's joke. "You are supposed to be on my side."
"Sorry, but it's kind of funny," says Xander. "I saw you practice with your dad with his car and you hit the mailbox. You knocked it down permanently."
"So, it was my first time. Give me a break."
"Yeah, but you killed twenty mailboxes." Buffy rolls her eyes.
"So, you've been watching her," says Riley. "Doesn't that sound kind of stalker-ish?"
"Yeah, that does," says Buffy looking at Xander with a smirk.
"Ah, come on," says Xander. "I live right in front of your house." Willow and Riley look at the two and smile. They both thought that Buffy and Xander would make a cute couple, just one problem, they're not.
Later, Herbie brought Xander and Buffy home again. The two stay in the car for a minute in silence. Then they decide to want to say something to each other at the same time.
"No, you go first," they both say.
"You go," says Xander.
"Um," says Buffy. "I had a great time with you at the beach. I needed that."
"I'm glad you did. I had fun, too."
"What were you going to say?"
"Oh, if you're still interested in the race and can convince your parents, let me know. My dad says he'll still sponsor you."
"Oh." Buffy bows her head and then tries to open the door. She sees it lock by itself. "Herbie." Xander turns to his door and it is locked, too.
"Come on, Herbie. This isn't funny." Buffy tries to open the window, but it won't budge either.
"What's wrong with you?" Buffy looks at Xander, who is looking right at her. "Maybe we can get out through the sun roof." Buffy tries to get herself out through the sun roof, but Herbie moves forward forcefully making Buffy lose balance and fall back into the car. She falls on top of Xander. Their heads are really close and they look at each other. Buffy quickly gets up.
"Herbie, come on, open the door." Herbie unlocks the doors and Buffy quickly gets out. Xander follows her.
"Why does he listen to you?"
"I don't know. Maybe he's trying to…"
"Trying to what?"
"Trying to…never mind." Xander turns around and walks to his house.
"Xander, wait." Xander stops in the middle of the street. Buffy goes over to him and Xander turns around.
"What?" Buffy moves in close to him, grabs his head, and kisses him on the lips.