Anyanka sat sipping tea with her pest friend Halfreck. The two were giggling over old times and generally having a good day. But then the topic of work came up.
"Anya sweetie, you really need to get back in the game. D'Hoffryn really doesn't like it when you get all limp wristed on him. These punishments you've been dealing out, not really that threatening."
"Well I'm just getting back in the swing of things. I was more of a...slide girl myself so this whole pumping my legs back and forth thing is hard to catch on to. At least when we're talking about a playground. Although there's been a few that I've..."
Anya stopped herself. She was about to bring up another story of him. Xander. She didn't know why she always thought of him. This love thing was tricky. It grabbed hold of your heart and tweaked it to doing its own bidding. Anya didn't like being in control of her own self, but part of her felt there was no other choice.
Halfreck scoffed. "That MAN of yours again. You really should let something happen to him you know. I realize you can't grant your own wish, but you know we ARE friends here. We could make some sort of deal, you know vengeance demon to wussy vengeance demon."
"Hey I'm not a wus! Did you see what I did to that guy just this morning?"
"Yeah, certainly did. But when that farmer lady said she wished her husband was covered in oats I think she meant dumping him in the grain bin out back. I say that because I'm certain she didn't mean turn him into that crappy musician from the 70s with the bad hair."
"Hey if she can't stand something so terrifying then she should know what's she's asking for."
"She DID Annie. YOU were the one to mess that up, not her. Something makes me wonder if you really want this job." Halfreck said with a roll of her eyes, leading to a sip of coffee.
Truth be told, Anya wasn't sure herself. Sure Xander had hurt her, but she wasn't sure punishing all those other men was really the right thing to do. She cursed her time with Buffy's stupid gang, it made her grow a conscious! Anya looked her friend square in the eye.
"I want this Hallie, I really do. Just you wait and see. I'll show you something you'd never have believed if I hadn't shown it to you. Which...I will show you. You'll just...wait...for a bit."
The two women blinked at each other for a minute over Anya's less than convincing decree. All of the sudden, in an attempt to cover her lameness, Anya popped up.
"You wanna go shopping?"
"When DON'T I?"
