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Chapter 4

Alex's two morning classes went off without a hitch, Pre-calculus proving it wasn't going to be any more fun then at her Slayer high school, and chemistry winning in the most dangerous category considering she did not want to see what some of the idiots in there would do with chemicals. She was hoping she could get through an entire day without having to check in with Liam but towards the end of Chemistry she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket. When class ended she headed out the door and looked at her phone to see one new text. When she opened it the text read:

LIBRARY, NOW.

- LIAM

Alex could not believe she had to give a status report and the day was not even half way done yet. She headed up to the second floor, like Brittany suggested, and very quickly found the library. She enters slowly to take the new surroundings in. Being the first day of school there is absolutely no one in the Library. It is a bright library, with white walls and high windows that allow it to be filled with sunshine during the day. It is so unlike any other library that she has seen that Alex laughs at the fact that Liam has to work here. Here she is, in the middle of preparing for a possible apocalypse, and the Library is as bright and happy as Disneyland. Alex is still in the middle of her giggle-fit when Liam steps out from a back room behind the main counter, reading an old book, and looks up to give her a serious look. "Alex please be quiet this is a library."

Alex just smiles at him and says, "My god Liam. Give it a rest. There is no one here." She looks around the library one more time and then grins at her watcher. "Wow Liam you sure know how to pick places to work. This Library is so happy, there is no way I will be able to get any training for the end of the world done in here." Please let this mean I won't have to keep training.

"I thought that when I first got here as well which is why we have been converting this back storage room into a training dojo. You didn't think you could get out of work that easy did you." Liam raises a quizzical eyebrow at his teenage Slayer to see her reaction to this and can tell that Alex is a bit bummed. "Just because you have started school and your assignment does not mean that I, as your watcher, am going to let you slack off in your other training."

"God, ok. Sorry. Let me see the dojo." Alex stepped forward and follows Liam through the doors he just entered through. They pass shelves and shelves of reference books until they reached what seemed to be a solid wall. Liam just pulled one book out of the nearest shelf and the wall slid open to reveal a beautiful, state of the art, training area and research library. "Wow Liam, you went full out."

"When I realized the gravity of the situation we were possibly being sent into, I made sure the Scoobies knew that we should have all the resources we would need at our disposal to possibly have a fighting chance. When they re-did the Library this summer, we saw it as a perfect opportunity to renovate and expand a bit." Liam seemed pleased with himself, and seemed content with the fact that his Slayer was speechless.

"Well you may not be letting me off any easier but at least I'm getting an upgrade with training facilities." Alex was impressed. She was expecting everything about Ohio to be a down grade from LA. This was a surprising silver lining. If Liam was going to force her to spend her whole existence on this new mission (his words not her) she was happy she would have an amazing place to do it in. "How is it no one is going to notice this giant new addition?"

"As far as the school is concerned this is all reserve Library Stuff. They knew I was bringing my own extensive collection, which is probably why they hired me, so they were willing to let me expand the second floor for them. They don't need to know that the collection is all Slayer texts though." Liam and Alex were looking around like kids in a candy store.

"Liam, do you know where Santana has been training? No way it matches up to this, right?." Alex looked at Liam. He seemed to have learned everything else about the Lima Slayer so she expected him to know the answer.

"She uses the school gym at night and Coach Sylvester's office. I don't know what training regiment they have her on or how prepared she is though." Liam was immersed in his book again and Alex, who loved messing with her watcher, decided to lean against the wall and wait for him to remember why he called her hoping when he remembered it would fluster him a bit.

Liam all of a sudden registered that Alex was still there so he looked at her and decided ask her about her assignment so far. "So you have had math and science so far?"

"Yeah, why do you have my schedule memorized?" Alex was not surprised but she still wanted to give Liam a hard time.

"Well I arranged it so you would have some classes with the new Slayer so you could have ample opportunity to meet her. She is in your next class. I believe it is Spanish with Mr. Schuster. What I would suggest for your first meeting is"—

Alex cut him off there. "I already met her this morning. It was kind of a freak thing. Did you know she was a lesbian?" The shocked look on Liam's face gave Alex the satisfaction that she was finally a step a head of her watcher.

"Wha- What? She's a lesbian? Are you sure?"

"Well her girlfriend was kind of a give away. She was the one who introduced us. She ran into me, like literally."

"I can't believe that fact never came up in my research. How could I have missed that. We could have had you seduce her."

"Whoa. Wait a minute. Slow down Liam. Did you miss the girlfriend part of my spiel? Plus, what the hell gives you the idea that I would be willing to try that plan to begin with?" Liam paused at this and looked at her blushing.

"Did you think Santana Lopez was the only file I read and memorized? It says in yours that you are a bisexual."

Alex exploded at him. "WHAT! How the hell would they know that? Who would have the balls to mark that in my file? I have never told anybody that. What do I have Bisexual tattooed across my forehead?" Alex was pissed. How the hell would they know that? Granted it was true but it was one of the aspects about herself that Alex was not fully comfortable with. She hadn't told anybody because for the longest time she hoped she would wake up one day and it wouldn't be true. She felt that her whole life she was forced to be different and to have her sexuality do the same thing bugged her. She had never told anyone, never had a relationship with anyone for people to realize it, and was baffled that her file would have it printed there in black in white.

Liam just looked at her, ashamed that he had just told his Slayer that her secret was not so secret. "You have been seening psychologist and behavioral therapist since you were entered into the program. Did you really think they wouldn't figure out your sexuality?" Alex just shrugged in response. Despite her initial anger, and the fact that the shock was starting to dissipate, she realized how therapeutic that revelation was. It was the first time Alex had ever heard that label about herself vocalized by someone else. The revelation had terrified her all the more, yet it felt nice that she had one less thing she had to hide from her watcher. "Anyways," Liam continued. "How was your first meeting with the Slayer."

"She is very guarded. She refused to call me by name even after Brittany, her girlfriend introduced us. They questioned me a bit about LA. I fed them the line about school activities that you gave me and Brittany immediately invited me to do Glee Club. I told them I would be interested to check it out so I wouldn't seem too eager. I think I won over the girlfriend more then Santana though. Santana did not seem happy about being forced to meet me at all. I felt like she was analyzing everything I was saying, catching onto my lies. The girlfriend said I was hot though so hopefully she might help Santana trust me. I left after she said that though. I really wasn't sure how to handle that." Alex looked at Liam to see what he would think about experience, but he was chuckling. "What Liam?

"You bolted after the girlfriend? Uh-"

"Brittany."

"Right. You bolted after she told you 'you were hot?' What kind of bisexual are you?"

Alex punched him on the shoulder and while he winced she responded. "The kind who is still deep in the closet, thank you very much. I have no idea how to handle that situation."

"Oh we might have to add flirting to your training lessons," Liam teased but Alex just punched him again.

"Whatever. Oh side note. Santana knuckles were pretty bruised. It looked like she might have gotten into a fight last night. Do you think we should start patrolling?"

"It looked like she was fighting? Well from what I hear she fights a lot. You sure it was vampire fighting that made her knuckles bruise like that."

"All I know," Alex responded with her arms in the air, "is that vampires and other demons are the only creatures that make bruises that take longer then a night to heal."

"Oh fine then. Yes, after training this afternoon we will patrol tonight then." Liam went back to reading his book, but Alex jumped straight up and started at him.

"Wait! I have to train this afternoon?" Alex was hoping since school had started today she might get a bit of time off, but when she looked at Liam's serious face she began to wonder if she would ever get a day off from training. "Fine," she continued giving up on her dream of free afternoons, "I will come by after my last class. Hey can I have all my textbooks? I went through both of my morning classes without them and it might be nice to be able to pay attention in class the rest of the day."

"Yes, let's go out to the main Library."

Alex and Liam slowly made their way out of "Storage" and headed back to the main stacks, being extra sure that the wall closed completely behind them. "Santana should be in your Spanish, History and English classes," Liam continued. "Spanish is next so I would suggest that you don't let anyone know right away that you are fluent."

"Why?" Alex was surprised at this because she thought a shared language would help her and Santana bond. Because of how many countries the Scoobies had bases in (and the fact that she had lived in Los Angeles). Alex had learned Spanish, Italian, and French rather quickly, another reason why she was picked for this lame Lima assignment.

"From what I can tell, Santana assumes that most people don't know what she's saying when she uses Spanish. So it might help her to think you don't know the language." Alex was still staring at him in a confused manner. Oh, I can't explain it. Just, you'll see. Now get to class you have two minutes."

"What? Liam! I need to get this shit to my locker!" Alex grabbed the books and began running out the door.

"Just tell them you got lost. After school Alex!" But Alex was already out the door, cursing Liam under her breath.

Mr. Schuster was not pleased when she walked in five minutes late. He seemed to have just started introductions, and here she was running in, out of breath. Alex couldn't believe that Liam kept her that long. Now she looked really bad. Mr. Schuster gave her an annoyed look, and she just mumbled. "Sorry, I got lost."

"Quickly go take a seat and try not to be late again Miss…?"

"Heart. I'm really Sorry Mr. Schuster." Out of the corner of her eye, Alex saw Brittany waving wildly at her and motion her to a seat in the back by her and Santana. Santana once again did not look happy but Alex took it as a sign and headed back to the seat to sit down.

"Now that we are done with Miss Heart's interruption, I will continue with my introduction." Wow, he is not in a good mood today. Liam painted him out to be such a nice guy. Alex was really confused and turned to see Brittany smiling at her and Santana looking bored.

"Brittany, is he always that grumpy?"

"Oh no. Mr. Schuster is really nice. He probably just woke up under the bed."

Santana leaned forward, looked at Brittany and said "Wrong side of the bed, Britt. And no he's not usually like this. I just have a feeling he got some really bad news or something." I wonder if that news has anything to do with you and the problems in Ohio.

"Just wondering if I should dread seeing him every day or not."

"Well he's also the coach of Glee Club so if you are going to do that with us better get used to seeing him." Brittany responded lightly, but by this time they heard a throat clear at the front of the room. All three girls whipped their heads to the front to Mr. Schuster looking at them expectantly.

"Are you going to make it a habit of disrupting my class Miss Heart?"

"What? Oh no sir definitely not. I'm sorry." What is his problem? Alex had never had a teacher dislike her and this attention was making her flustered. She saw Santana smirk behind her and then she leaned forward and began to talk to Mr. Schuster in quick Spanish.

"Ella sólo estaba pidiendo una pregunta, el Sr. Schu. Calma o todo el mundo se va a conseguir sospechosas. Está actuando raro. Respirar. Está actuando como entrenador Sylvester.(She was only asking me a question Mr. Schu. Calm down or everyone is going to get suspicious. You are acting weird. Breathe. You are acting like Coach Sylvester.)"

The entire class gasped at the same time. Wow, Santana was good. She had never seen a Slayer need to handle her watcher but Santana dealt with the situation it with ease. Alex looked around the classroom to see if anyone else understood the exchange but she seemed to be the only one. Everyone else had stupid looks on their faces, understanding that Mr. Schue had just got told off by a student, but no one seemed to register what had been said. Alex decided she should mirror them and waited for Mr. Schuster's reaction. I guess Ohio was nothing like LA where Spanish is the practically the second official language.

Mr. Schuster absorbed Santana's warning, breathed in deeply and suddenly transformed into a different teacher. "I'm sorry Miss Heart, we got off to a bad start. If you have any questions please come ask me and I will help you. Now back to Spanish." By the end of the class, Alex could easily see why Mr. Schuster was one of the favorite teachers at McKinley. He cared about his students, and once again apologized to her at the end of class.

As soon as the bell rang, Alex got up to get her books together. She saw Santana rush to the front of the classroom. So she began to stall until she heard Brittany behind her.

"What class do you have next?"

"Ummm, History. American History."

"Oh me and San too! Want to walk with us."

"Yeah sure, let me just finish grabbing my stuff." At least now I have an excuse to stay behind.

As Alex finished grabbing her things she noticed Mr. Schue and Santana begin talking to each other in low voices. On top of that they were speaking in rapid Spanish. Now I get why Liam didn't want me to let on I was fluent. Alex decided to listen in to see if she could learn anything. She noticed Mr. Schuster seemed a bit panicked. "Santana ¿está seguro de que luchó tres vampiros anoche? (Santana are you sure you fought three vampires last night?)"

Santana rolled her eyes in response. "Sí. Yo estaba allí. Creo que recuerdo cuántos luché. ¿No? (Yes. I was there. I think I would remember how many I fought. Wouldn't you?)"

Schuster still looked uneasily. "Quince Vampiros está en las últimas dos semanas. Definitivamente hay algo les atraer aquí. (That's fifteen vampires in the last two weeks. There is definitely something attracting them here.)"

Alex, by this time, was waiting in the hall with Brittany, listening intently to the conversation. Brittany just looked bored. Santana continued, "Si bien su labor consiste en averiguar lo que es y es mi trabajo para luchar contra ella. Necesito llegar a la clase de historia. (Yeah well it is your job to figure out what that is and it is my job to fight it. I need to get to history class.)"

"I really hate when they do that." Alex snapped out of her eavesdropping to see Brittany looking at her.

"What? Talk in Spanish?" Alex motioned to Santana and Mr. Schuester and Brittany nodded back. Alex was surprised Brittany was kind of opening up to her.

"Yeah they do that when they don't want me to know what they are talking about. All it does is scare me more." Brittany looked a little sad.

"Why would it scare you? It can't be that bad can it?" I mean I understand it's serious by why are you scared? Alex was confused. Brittany face went pale in response and the puzzle clicked in Alex's head. Oh crap, she knows everything. She know Santana is a slayer. Alex was amazed. So Brittany at least knew that Santana risked her life fighting deamons. How many other people was she going to need to watch herself with? Alex decided she was going to change the subject.

"I wish I understood Spanish. It's such a beautiful language. If it makes you feel better, I have no idea what they are saying either." Brittany's eyes lit up, and she smiled at Alex. At that moment Santana decided to walk out of the classroom. She looked at Brittany, smiled when she saw how hoppy she looked right at the moment and then turned to Alex, challenging her to explain why she was there. "We have history together so Brittany invited me to walk with you so I don't get lost again."

"Yeah, whatever." Santana turned and began to walk down the hall quickly. Brittany and Alex followed, and Alex realized even with Brittany liking her, it would take a lot more for the HBIC to like her, let alone trust her.