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Chapter 4
Cordelia stood with her hands on her hips glaring at the display in front of her. Here she decides to do something nice, renting a movie that's not a chick flick, for Dennis, who had been watching nothing but for the last three weeks and she was stuck. She'd gotten a part time job working at the shoe store in the mall, not exactly what she wanted to do, but she'd finally developed a bit of tact to work with customers and she got a discount as an employee. Her shoe closet hadn't been so healthy since before her father's little trouble with the IRS. So everyday after work she had come into the movie rental place and brought home a movie for Dennis and her. And of course today was the day there was only one employee working, the one time she'd need to ask an opinion. After all, chick flick or not, she wanted something she'd like too. Cordelia turned to glance around the store again. Yeah, there was the only employee working and he had a long line at the checkout. Wait. There was a familiar face.
"Hey! You! Big guy!" Cordelia said as she approached the man browsing the sci-fi movie selection. He looked over at her and blinked, maybe in surprise, Cordelia wasn't sure and truthfully she really didn't care. "You remember me," Cordelia stated firmly. She knew she was unforgettable. "I ran into you a couple of weeks ago and stopped you from making a disastrous hat choice. In fact you are wearing the hat I picked out for you. And I was so right that hat goes great with your complexion. I'm still queen of fashion.
"Anyway, I need help selecting the right movie. I want to rent a movie my male roommate would enjoy, that I would too. Normally for something like this I'd call Xander. Unfortunately he doesn't have a cell phone, he's rarely home and when he is home he's on the phone talking to his best friend who's in England right now," here Cordelia paused to catch her breath. Cordelia rolled her eyes up for a moment and decided to clarify. "Pretty much all of his friends are girls so he's really good at picking out movies that they would all like. I wouldn't trust the opinion of any other guy I know, they're all British or Irish and extremely old fashioned. In fact I'm not sure any of them own televisions… Right so back to my point, do you have any female friends? And if so are there any movies that you watch with them, that aren't chick flicks I mean?"
Teal'c raised an eyebrow. He had no experience with problems like this… "Yes."
Cordelia waited impatiently for him to continue, then realizing he wasn't planning to continue spoke up again, "And the movies are?"
"Star Wars."
"You've got a female friend who watches Star Wars with you?"
"Yes, she has seen it several times."
Cordelia shrugged, "Works for me."
Cordelia looked around on the display in front of Teal'c to find said movies. She hadn't seen the movies before but knew enough about them to know that it had many female followers. Xander had wanted her to go with him to watch Episode 1, she'd vetoed that idea and then they had broken up before it was released. Maybe this time she'd give it a chance.
Teal'c spoke up, "Perhaps you could assist me?"
Cordelia looked up at Teal'c while removing Star Wars IV from the shelf. "Probably. What do you need help with?"
"My teammates and I are doing a movie night and I have been assigned the duty of locating the movie we will watch. I have been told not to select Star Wars again."
Cordelia let out a small huffed laugh at this. She followed this up with a little hum as she thought about what to recommend. A glance at her movie made her come to a decision. "How about Indiana Jones? There are three movies, just like Star Wars was originally. They also have Harrison Ford in common. My ex-boyfriend enjoys the movies. Loves Star Wars and Indiana Jones." Cordelia reached over and grabbed the first of those movies and handed it to Teal'c. Teal'c took it and they both entered the long line at the checkout discussing their movies, well really it was Cordelia repeating what she remembered Xander saying.
End – Chapter 4
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Sorry this chapter took so long. I sort of knew what I want here but it was difficult to write. The next chapter shouldn't take so long since I've been thinking about it a lot. Thanks so much for all the feedback, I appreciate it.
I'm trying to integrate some facts into each chapter so you have some idea of what's happening with the rest of Buffyverse. Willow has gone to Devon for a preventive magic detox as Cindy suggested.
To anyone wondering why Cordelia hadn't seen Star Wars: I first watched them with my Dad growing up. Cordelia watching a movie with her father, or any sci-fi movie with a guy besides Xander, I just can't see it. And her cheerleader friend watching them? HAH! I'm gonna say that Xander never succeeded in making Cordelia watch Star Wars or Indiana Jones.
