Chapter Five
Buffy was leaving her psychology class when the TA Riley Finn stopped her.
Riley: Buffy
Buffy: Oh hey Riley
Riley: Erm…Buffy
Buffy: Yeah?
Riley: Right, erm, there's a party at the erm frat house tonight, I was wondering if you wanted to go…you could bring Willow?
Buffy: Oh thanks, I'm going anyway, you know cos our friends Angel and Oz are friends with some of the frat guys
Riley: Oh, well erm I'll, you know, see you there then
Buffy: Sure, bye
Buffy walked away from him, puzzled. He was so strange sometimes.
Later Angel, Oz, Buffy, Willow, Xander and Anya walked into the party. Willow kept looking at Buffy or Angel and grinning. Buffy hoped she wouldn't keep this up all night, if she did Xander might notice something was up. They all stood together talking for a while when Angel asked her if she wanted to dance. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she put hers around his neck. Angel leant down and whispered something in her ear, causing her to laugh. He bent her backwards, making her giggle and she stuck her tongue out playfully at him. Willow couldn't help but grin at the couple. Now she knew they were together, it was impossible to ignore the signs they gave out. They were obviously in love.
When the song ended Riley came up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder.
Buffy: Hey Riley. Angel you know Riley, right?
Angel: Yeah, hey man
Riley: Hey
Angel: Buffy, I'll be over there
Riley: So, how are you?
Buffy: I'm good thanks, you?
Riley: Yeah
There was a long silence. Just as Buffy was contemplating saying goodbye, Riley cut in.
Riley: Good party, huh?
Buffy: Yeah
There was another long silence, as they both stood there. Riley decided to swallow his pride and just ask her to dance, when Parker Abrams came up to them.
Parker: Hey Buffy
Buffy: Parker, hey
Parker: You wanna dance
Buffy: Uhhh…sure…see you later Riley
As Buffy danced with Parker she went to shoot an apologetic look at Angel, then saw that he was dancing with a brunette. She felt jealousy bubble inside her when she stopped herself. She was dancing with Parker, why shouldn't Angel be allowed to dance with someone? So she kept dancing with Parker. After the first dance she was going to thank him and walk away, but then she saw that Angel was still dancing with the brunette. So she carried on dancing with Parker.