"So, Buffy, shopping?" Cordelia caught her off guard as they were walking in the hallway.
"Wha-what?" Buffy stammered. He told her?
"Shopping on Saturday, May Queen dresses?" Cordelia asked rhetorically.
"Oh, yeah." Buffy smiled nervously.
"We already know that I'm going to win-" Cordelia sighed vainly.
Buffy raised an eyebrow and shook it off. Willow waved to her as they passed. Buffy smiled and waved back.
"Oh no you did not!" Cordelia stopped in her tracks.
"What?" Buffy exclaimed.
"We do not wave to the losers. They are losers for a reason." Cordelia rolled her eyes and started to walk again "I thought I taught you better."
Buffy was flaming in the cheeks. She had to beat Cordelia for May Queen. That was certain.
Buffy licked her lips as the Twinkie dropped in the machine. She hadn't had breakfast and by third period, she was starving.
She reached in and somebody kicked her gently in the leg. She turned and thanked the heavens that they were in an isolated hallway.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Hey. Look, I'm sorry about the whole storming off thing." He stuck his hands anxiously into his pockets.
"You worried my mom sick." Buffy crossed her arms.
"Can we, um, go over there?" Angel pointed to the darkest and most unseen point in the hallway.
"Yeah." She took a bite from her Twinkie.
"Seeing as my parents are still out of town, is it okay if I-?"
"What? Stay for a few days?" He nodded. "Sure."
He let out a pent up breath. "There's something else."
"What?" She whispered. His tone was awkward.
"This." He said hoarsely. His lips descended on hers and they kissed.
When Buffy arrived at lunch later, Cordelia was a mess. Her hair was frizzy and unbrushed, her makeup was streaking down her cheeks, she was in complete disarray.
"OhMyGod! Cordy?" Buffy helped Cordelia get a strand of hair out of her face. "What happened?"
"He dumped me!" She cried. "He didn't say why, he just dumped me!"
"I'm so sorry!" She bit her lip; the bittersweet taste of the Twinkie kiss still lingered.
"He probably dumped me because I'm not smart enough or whatever! What do grades matter?" She sobbed into a clean but scratchy bathroom tissue.
"Cordelia, you don't want to use that." Harmony snatched it, wrinkling her nose.
"I'll go get you some Puffs, the lotion-y kind, good for runny noses." Buffy said hurriedly.
She ran into the hallway, still haunted by Cordelia's tears. She felt like an awful friend. She's talked behind Cordelia's back and kissed her boyfriend. Oh yeah, she felt horrible.
She ran into the library and raided the desk. She knew Mr. Giles was extremely sensitive when it came to sinuses. She yanked a wad of tissues from of the green tissue box and wrote a short thank you note before running off again.
She ran into Devon.
"Hey, babe." He grinned and tried to kiss her.
"Sorry, I have to go, Cordelia's having a breakdown. See you later." She ran away, leaving him in utter shock.
"I'm going to burn all of his pictures!" Cordelia said furiously.
"You do that." Buffy urged absentmindedly.
"You're so better off! He's probably with some loser girl, I always thought he was a little weird." Aura sighed, rolling her eyes. Buffy was slightly irritated.
"But, that body!" Harmony insisted quietly. Cordelia's face froze at her friends' betrayal and she began to sob incoherently again.
"Awww. Cordster, he's a loser." Aphrodisia tried to comfort her friend.
"But he was my loser!" She cried.
"I think I should go." Buffy said numbly and walked away.
"God, what's her damage?" Harmony guffawed.
Buffy rubbed her face, nervous, crying herself. She was walking home alone. She was late on her walk home, considering how upset she felt.
She walked into the house and slammed the door, she fell effortlessly onto the couch and rubbed her eyes.
"Hey." Angel walked into the living room with a Cheese Nip.
"What're you doing here?" Her voice was almost inaudible.
"Staying here." He reminded her and sat down, concerned. "Woah, are you okay?"
"I feel so bad. Cordelia's a mess, and I kissed her boyfriend-" She babbled, tearing up.
"Hey. I broke up with her, kiss or not, it was gonna happen." He tried to rationalize.
"She's not gonna see it that way." Buffy replied, her mouth contorted.
"Like I care." He laughed.
"I almost feel like giving up the crown for her." Buffy sighed.
"Oh no, you're not going to give her a pity-win." He assured her.
"But, I feel so bad. And with the whole kissing, and Devon and Cordelia. It's such crappiness." She propped her head on the arm cushion.
"Don't let it be. It can be taken care of, Buffy." He sighed. "I'm sorry if I screwed things up." More Cheese Nips. "But, that's how I feel." He touched her tear-raw cheek and she flinched.
"That's how I feel, too." She whispered.
"Good," He kissed her cheek "Do you want some Oreos or something? Comfort food?"
"Chicken Noodle Soup?" She suggested and snuggled into the couch, watching Rocko's Modern Life on Nickelodeon.
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