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Chapter 33 – Jiana Heero

I followed Laur upstairs after I was sure that Trunks wouldn't try to escape the kitchen and had informed the appropriate persons what he had done. Just as I got up the stairs, Laur left, playing with a lighter. I'd gotten used to her doing things like that, and I didn't care. She hadn't burned down the house yet.

In the den I took a quick mental inventory of who was there. Snape, two vampires, Xander, Gohan, Yugi, Bakura, Buffy, and Remus. I raised an eyebrow slightly at the sight of Buffy and Moony talking, but shrugged it off. He was a werewolf, she was a Slayer, and it was perfectly natural for her to get a feel of the 'local' Dark creature activity. Two vampires, a werewolf, and a couple of three-thousand-year-old spirits. She was going to be really bored, come nightfall. Absolutely nothing to slay.

Grinning, I headed over to where Sev and the two vampires sat in a sulky line. "Hey, Sevvie, making friends with these two?"

Sev gave me a pained look. "Don't call me 'Sevvie.' And keep that brother of yours away from me."

"Sure thing, Sev." Sev groaned faintly, and Spike snickered. "So, Spike, enjoying yourself?" I caught sight of a cigarette in a glass of water. "Apparently Laur already got the 'no smoking' thing."

Spike glowered. "She took my lighter!"

"Oh, it was your lighter she was playing with. Hmm."