Chapter 8--- Sheer Embarrassment

This time, Lily woke up on her own. She plugged her straightener in and put in one of her favorite CDs, The Very Best of Jump5. Jump5 is her favorite band and she has all their CDs. Lily went to their concert and met them. Chris is absolutely to die for! She turned in to the song "Friends". While she was getting ready to take a shower, she sang along with the CD. " Friends are friends forever, if the Lord's the Lord of them. And a friend will not say never cuz the welcome will not end. Though it's hard to let you go, in the Father's hands we know that a lifetime's not too long to live as friends." Lily hopped into her hot shower.

Meanwhile, on his way to Mai's apartment, Valon thought about his "student". I can't believe I told her all this stuff about me, but yet I'm comfortable with it. Lily doesn't really strike me as the blackmailing type. She really seemed to care. She's like the laid-back, happy-go-lucky kind of girl. I think she has a crush on me. She is cute. What am I thinking, there's no way. Mai would blow a fuse! If only she wasn't 13… Valon was almost there.

Lily was finishing straightening her hair when Mai announced that Valon was here. "Lily! Valon's here!" She accidentally burned herself. "Ow! Kay, I'll be there in a minute," she cried sticking her finger in her mouth. "Well, I gotta go, so I'll see you later." Lily put her finger under cold water. "Okay, bye!" She heard the slam of the door. Lily was glad Mai left before she went downstairs. Mai would have known why she looked so dressy. She was wearing a black and white striped skirt with a sparkly black tank top. Her straight hair was put up in a clip with two white chopsticks through the middle. The new makeup she got from Mai made her face look like a freshly cleaned gem.

Valon was sitting at he table patiently waiting for Lily. He saw Lily's laptop and opened up to find bring up her document. His mouth dropped open in shock as his very own face stared back at him. The only difference was that the Valon on the screen was nearly engulfed in hearts. He sat back and smiled. So she does like me, he thought. Valon smiled. He had a fan. He heard Lily come down so he quickly closed the laptop and pretended to look through his lesson plan. Lily came downstairs. She looks fascinating! Lily noticed the change in Valon's expression and satisfied. She sat down next to him. " So, what exciting subject are we going to do today?" Lily asked sardonically. Valon was still staring at her. He shook his head and pulled himself together. "Uh… I thought we'd learn how to write and manage a checkbook." She smiled cleverly. " Now I'll know how to manage Mai's checkbook." Valon winked at her. "My thoughts exactly," he joked. Lily laughed and opened up her laptop. She knew she had logged off the night before, so it was okay to open next to Valon. Or so she thought. As she opened it, she had no time to close it before Valon saw. There was no doubt. Lily screamed. She rushed upstairs and shut the door. "Lily, wait," Valon called. She paid no attention to him and barricaded herself in her room. Lily pushed a file cabinet against her door, because unfortunately, she didn't have a lock. She laid on her bed, her head buried into her neon-green pillow. She started making muffled sobs. She wasn't crying because she was sad, but of sheer embarrassment. Tap. Tap. Tap. Oh great, she thought. "Lily?" She didn't answer. Hmm, Valon thought. He decided to force his way in. There's something blocking the door. Valon gathered up his strength. Here goes. "Oh God, don't let her be changing," he muttered as he pushed open the door with a great deal of force. Startled, Lily looked up and quickly shoved her face back in the pillow. "I didn't think you could get through that," Lily said, her voice stifled. He looked at her. "Honey, you've underestimated the power of working out and riding a motorcycle." Lily's smile was barely visible beneath the pillow. "She smiles," Valon said as he sat next to her on the bed. He put his hand on her back. A tingle ran down her spine. Then came goosebumps. "Lily," Valon began, "you know, I'm not disgusted or anything. You don't have to be embarrassed," he added. Yes I do, Lily argued in her mind. "Just to let you know, I like the fact that I have a fan. It's flattering." She lifted her head out of the pillow, just enough to see her rather pink cheeks. "Well, Valon said getting up, " I'll let you warm up." He took her blanket and laid it over her ( he noticed her goosebumps). With that said, he gave her a kiss on the cheek and said, "When you're ready, go ahead and come down." Then he left the room.

After he left, Lily lifted her head out of the pillow, wearing a big smile. She rose out of the bed and walked into her bathroom. Looking into the mirror, she almost jumped. She looked terrible! Her mascara was running down her cheeks, one eye's liner was completely gone and her hair might as well have been a mop. Lily grabbed a washcloth and cleaned her face of the mess. She re-applied her makeup and fixed her mop, …uh hair. After she was looking good again, she went downstairs. Valon looked up and smiled. "Ready to learn?" he asked with a grin. "Oh yeah!" Lily smiled.

Once Valon left, Lily called Serenity to tell her what had happened. There was no answer, so Lily left a message. She must be at school still. She looked at the clock. 2:50. Lily slapped her forehead. Duh! Domino High doesn't get out until 3:00! She opened her laptop to see Valon looking at her once again. Lily decided to change the background to a neon puzzle. While she was online, the phone rang. The caller ID read Joey Wheeler. It must be Serenity.

"Hello?"

"Hey Lily."

"Oh hey Seren. What's up?"

"Oh nothing really. Did you find anything for Mai and Joey?"

"Not really, everything I saw was basically dating websites."

"Well, that's no use to us."

"Yeah, I know."

"So, how was Valon, huh?" Serenity asked sweetly.

"Oh man, you have no idea!"

"What happened?"

Lily pretended to think. "Um, let's see. Oh yeah. He saw my background on my laptop that has a picture of him.

"Oh my gosh, are you serious, oh wait, let me guess, 'as a heart attack'?"

"You got it."

"What'd you do?"

"Screamed and ran upstairs. Then I barricaded myself in my room with a file cabinet."

Serenity laughed. "What'd Valon do?"

"Like any guy would."

"He tried to force his way?"

"Yup."

"Did he get through?"

"Yup."

"Did he come over to you?"

"Yup."

"Okay, can you please stop saying 'yup'?"

"Yup." Lily giggled. "Okay sorry."

"So…"

"He told me that I didn't have to be embarrassed and that I flatter him. Then he…get this…he kissed me on the cheek!"

Serenity squealed. "Lucky!"

Lily squealed. "I know! But anyways, I just came up with an idea about Joey and Mai."

"Okay let's hear it."

"Here's what we have to do…"

I've been dreading to do this next chapter because I totally have to switch it up and rewrite it cuz I didn't like the original way. But let me tell you, after this chapter, ACITW gets really good!

Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy.