Title – The Next Generation : Part 3

Chapter 6

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"Morning," Giles said with a smile when Mikki and Xander walked in the next morning.

"A beautiful day isn't it?" She asked with a smile. "Oh, their still here," She said her smile turning to a small frown.

"Yes, they will be here for a while now," He said with a small smile of apology.

"Well, It is nice to see some of you," She smiled then continued. "I mean that in a literal sense as in see with eyes not the see as in of I haven't seen you in ages, well you know what I mean," She said with a smile and a laugh.

"Oh Mikki," Angel called from downstairs.

"Yeah," She said

"Come here," He said as she walked down to the basement and Xander stayed with Giles.

"She really is something isn't she?" Xander asked and Giles smiled.

"Yeah, she is a handful," He laughed.

"Come on British man, you know what I mean," He said and Giles laughed.

"Sadly I do," He said remembering their month together when Xander had died. She was upset but got over it quick, then one thing led to another …, weirdness and then back to normal when Xander returned.

"So you and Kim, I mean Mikki huh?" The man named George asked.

"Yep," He said with a smile as he turned to the man.

"You look to old for her," The other man called he believed Mr. L.

"I'm not, I am only about eight years older and well here that doesn't really matter because Angel is well over 225 years older then Buffy, Spike is over 150 years older then Dawn and Wesley is like 20 years older the Cordy," He said "Willow and Tara are the same age, Giles is lonely, Fred and Gunn are only maybe three years apart and then Faith and Wood are probably about ten or more years apart, so age doesn't really matter to us," He smiled.

"I always thought that she would end up with Josh," George said and Xander smiled.

"They lasted a week after I showed up," He smiled at the memory.

"So, why did you come?" George asked and he smiled.

"To help her, I never imagined that I would fall in love with her," He said and then he laughed as he looked to where Mikki reappeared. "I'm glad I did," He said as he wrapped his arm around Mikki and smiled kissing her temple.

"What ch' talkin' 'bout?" She asked.

"You," He said with a smile. "I almost forgot to tell you,"

"Yeah," She said and Mikki looked at him and smiled as he looked into her eyes and placed his forehead against hers and smiled.

"You and me, tomorrow night, Dinner, a walk in the park and maybe even some dancing," He said softly and she smiled.

"Be sill my heart," She whispered as he embraced her in a hug and a passionate kiss.

"Ahem," Giles interrupted.

"Sorry," Mikki said blushing a bit.

"I already know about tomorrow night so Buffy and Faith will take over for you," He said with a smile as she gave him a hug and then grabbed Xander's hand.

"Thanks," She said with a smile.

"Ki…Mikki?" Mr. L asked when she turned to face the crowd of people in the room.

"Yeah, Mr. L?" She asked and he smiled.

"How did all of this happen? To you I mean," He said and she smiled.

"I was chosen and though sometimes I hate it, I wouldn't have it any other way," She smiled.

"But I never thought vampires were real, It's against all logic," He said and she laughed.

"Technically, I mean yeah, there dead but not dead but they aren't really human," She started and then saw Angel and Buffy walk up and quickly re-stated. "What I mean is that they are humans that are killed and their bodies are used for Demons to live in. On the other hand though, some have souls which then bury's the demon inside of them turning them almost like a human with an allergy to sunlight, crosses, holy water, garlic and a big fear of sharp wooden pointy things," She began to laugh after the word 'allergy'. Everyone soon followed.

"Nicely put," Giles said with a smile.

"Thanks,"

"So why you?" One of the girls said and Mikki smiled.

"Because I'm the one that the Powers wanted," She said and then turned to Xander. She whispered something in his ear and smiled a seductive smile. He whispered something back but his was at least audible.

"Be still my heart," He whispered and she smiled.

"Go," Giles said with a laugh before she could even ask him.

"You sure?" She asked not really caring what the answer was.

"Go," He said and she and Xander ran off to the car without another word. They headed back to his apartment leaving some confused and some laughing.

"Where did they go?" George asked.

"Their apartment," Angel said with a laugh.

"They live together?" George asked.

"Where have you been the past few days, or weeks, how ever long you've been here," Spike said and Dawn laughed behind him.

"Why did they leave?" Mr. L asked and everyone that was in the gang laughed.

"You don't wanna know," Buffy joked as she, Dawn, Spike and Angel walked back down stairs.

"Well then, I guess we'll go and check the school's basement like we planned," Wood said and Giles nodded handing him a crossbow and a flashlight then Wood and Faith left.

"Willow, Tara," Giles said and then turned to the two girls.

"Yeah," Willow said with a smile.

"Is there anything you two needed to do for the gang today?" He asked.

"Nope, we finished an hour ago," Tara said and Giles smiled.

"Good, can you help me look up that creature Faith described last night that was hiding somewhere downtown?" He asked and they nodded.

"We're in research mode," Willow said with a smile as they three headed off leaving everyone else alone in the room.

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To Be Continued…