"This is my lifelong dream." She said sarcastically. "To be shopping at Hollister with Angel O'Connor."

"Haha. Very funny." He rolled his eyes. "Believe me, there are a million other places I'd rather be."

She clapped her hand to her heart "You're breaking my heart."

"I'm so sure." He laughed.

"I can't believe my mom ditched us."

"She wants to spoil Dawn." He shrugged.

"What about me?" Buffy cried.

"She gave you two hundred dollars, did she not?" He laughed.

"Oh yeah." She grinned and stuck her hand in her pocket.

"Finally, this shirt is actually okay." He motioned to a blue striped oxford.

"You're such a nerd." She smiled and snatched a tee from the shelf.

"You must admit I'm a hot nerd."

"There have been hotter nerds."

"Admit it." He teased.

"No!" She smiled. "Never."

He poked her "Admit it!"

"Fine!" She bit her lip and shouted "Angel O'Connor is the hottest nerd I've ever seen!" Everyone turned to look at her.

"Did you really mean that?" He hissed.

"Why not?" She replied with a small giggle.


"Why are we running?" He shouted as she ran with her hand around his.

"Because it's fun!" She replied with a smile.

"Where are we going?" He was slightly annoyed.

"I don't know!" She yelled. "Isn't that the point?"

He allowed himself to be dragged behind as they ran. She stopped abruptly and he fell.

"Ow. Are you okay?" She looked down.

"Yeah. I'm okay." He rubbed his head and pulled her down with him.

"Look." She pointed.

"What?"

"One of those awesome picture booths!" She smiled. "C'mon! You know you want to!"

"Fine." She pulled him into the booth. And they took some funny pictures, her favorite was one in which she pretended she was kissing his cheek. She loved that he was desperately annoyed by her actions.

"Cordy can never see these." He laughed.

"She'd kill me. Well, she's gonna do that anyway, but-"

"What? I thought you two were good."

"Kinda." Buffy sighed.

"Kinda? Either things are good or they're not. Buffy, just tell me the truth." He sat down on a mall bench.

"They're not." Buffy sat down "She's a really jealous person, y'know?"

"Yeah."

"And she always acts like she's better than you. She never lets me win. I just wish I could be-."

"You're great just being yourself. Cheer up."

"I'll try." She gave a weak smile.

"If it makes you feel better, I'm gonna dump her."

"What? You can't!" Buffy cried.

"She's so shallow. She's so frothy, she's like whipped cream. There's no substance. I've been thinking about it for awhile."

"Aww. Poor Cordy. She really likes you."

"Why do you care? I thought that you two were on the outs."

"We are. But, she still my 'friend'."

"Very nice quotation marks." He rolled his eyes.

"Hey, I'm serious."

"Sure." He got up and walked away, steaming.