You Have Potential

A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fan Fiction Story

Chapter 16:

I was going to be late. I looked at my watch, and started running all he way to the cemetery to meet Giles. I was un believable fast, and usually punctual.

Giles sat on the head stone with a bag of weapons on the ground next to him. He sat there patiently waiting. He looked at his watch for the 3rd time, but this time he looked up and saw me running into the cemetery, and stopped right in front of him. I bent down to catch my breath.

" I'm here!" I breathed. " I made it!" Giles forced and smile and nodded.

" Indeed, you are" He walked over to me and dropped the brown bag he had with him at my feet. " You are going to learn about vampires" I raised an eyebrow at him and laughed a little under my breath.

" Um, no offence but I think I already know about vampires." I grabbed a stake out of the bag. I looked at it and smiled. " Fight them, stab them in the heart and they go pouf!" I imitated the motions.

" There is more to it than that" I scratched my head. " You have to know what you enemy is thinking, and its not always a vampire; sometimes it is a demon. You need to knew what you are dealing with." I nodded.

" Giles, this is all stuff I know"

" I have already had a slayer go soft on certain vampires, they are evil, and they want to kill you. You need to learn that!" he started to get louder.

" Are we talking about Spike?" I stood straight up and paid attention.

" Well, yes Spike is a good example." I nodded, and stuck the stake in my back pocket.

" You think I want to be psychically connected to him? I didn't do it on purpose. I relive his memories, and we control each others free will. This wasn't something I sighed up for." I sighed. " Besides he has a soul now, just like Angel" I smirked " Except I think better if you ask me" Giles looked angry.

" I suppose you didn't ask for what happened, but it was just an example. What I am getting at is you cant let your feelings cloud your judgment." I was getting frustrated. This didn't seem like training it seemed like a lecture.

" You didn't want to teach me the basics at all did you?" I smiled to myself thinking back to what Spike had once told me about how he tried to distract Buffy once to have him killed. I shook my head and looked around me, anything to not look at Giles. " You know what, Your not my father, or my watcher for that matter; he died. He would never question my motives for anything."

Meanwhile there was a vampire rising in the grave behind us as we argued about Spike, and how Buffy and myself have to have restraint when it comes to evil. I hated people telling me that Spike was evil. He was not that person any more.

" Alexis, you are young ,and you still have no idea what to do in certain situations. You have no idea if you are actually being seduced by evil, or falling in love!" I had about had enough of this. I was about to turn and leave, but Giles grabbed my arm, and pulled me back.

" Hey, what the?" I was about to yell at him, when he pointed behind me, and that's when I saw the vampire that was about to bite me. He pulled me out of harms way. The vampire was a male and had jet black hair, with and all black suit.

" Pay attention Alexis!" I grabbed the stake out of my back pocket and chased the vamp around the cemetery. " This is what I was talking about. You have to sense evil around you, and know where it is coming from.

I was too busy dodging punches and trying to nail him down.

" Ok, Giles I get it!" I yelled. " I need to be in better tune with my senses!"

" Precisely!" He yelled to me as I fought with him. " Now Alexis, what do you sense from this vampire? Is he evil?"

" I suppose, but I hardly know him" The vampire and I stopped fighting for a moment.

" The names Jerry!" I stopped and shock his hand.

" Nice to meet you Jerry"

" Yea , you two" He shrugged.

" NO!" Giles yelled to me.

" Giles, I got this!" I turned back to Jerry the vampire. " Jerry, you seem like a pretty decent guy." He smiled.

" Gee thanks" I smiled back

" Your welcome" I held up my stake. " Here is my deal I will let you live if you answer one question" He nodded staring at the stake and then smiling aback at me.

" Uh.. Ok?"

" I tell you that I am a potential vampire slayer what is the first thing that comes to you? What do your instincts tell you to do?"

" Uh," He scratched his head. " Well my instincts tell me to kill you, and then your father over there" I smirked to myself.

" Wrong answer!" I shoved my stake into his heart and he was dusted. I turned back to Giles. " I think I know the difference between good and evil." I started to walk away. " Spike isn't evil, when is everyone going to realize it?

When I walked back into the house it seemed pretty quiet, and I was relieved. I just wanted to get ready for my date, and unwind. I started up the stairs to Buffy's room, when I was stopped.

" Hey!" I turned around to see Spike standing there at the bottom of the stairs, leaning up against the wall. I slowly made my way back down the stairs.

" What is it Spike?" I sighed.

" Nothing, I just heard that Xander got you a gig tonight at The Bronze… for your date!" I nodded. " Just wanted to wish you good luck!" He leaned in close to me. I felt the sweat run down my body. I closed my eyes, then opened them after a while thinking about how I just defended him to Giles.

" You wanted to wish me luck?" I folded my arms

" Well, yes" He smirked " You never know what that Xander is going to do." Well that figures, he wasn't talking about my singing, but my date. Why did he have to be jealous, he finally had what he wanted. I rolled my eyes.

" Xander is sweet, and he is normal… sort of" I tried making my way up the stairs, but he grabbed my hand.

" I know what you felt when you saw me with Buffy in bed earlier" He whispered, and I turned around in an instant.

" What!" I walked back to face him. " I felt nothing but embarrassment, for walking in like that!" He kept staring at me, and I just wanted to run away.

" Are you sure you know what your feeling?" Spike tilted his head at me. What did he want me to do? I yanked my hand out of his grasp.

" I really wish that everyone would stop telling me what I am feeling today!" I stormed up the stairs, realizing that I just wished to Spike, so I made sure to give him his free will back so that I could have mine.

I walked into the guest room I was staying in, but when I walked in I was surprised to find the most beautiful dress sitting there on the bed. It was a spaghetti strap, low-cut sweetheart cut, that frilled out a little past my knees. It had a pair of silver heels that strapped over my ankles. It was gorgeous. I went to thank Buffy for letting me borrow such a pretty dress, but she was not there, just a note saying she would be back later, and enjoy. I looked at the time, Xander was picking me up at 9:00, and I had an hour to get ready so I hopped into the shower to get cleaned up.

I decided to curl my hair, and put very light make on, since I wasn't very girly any way. I looked at my self in the mirror, and hardly recognized my self. I had time to spare so I walked by Willows room. I heard a cat call from out side the door.

" Well some one looks all fancy!" I blushed and leaned against her door frame.

" I have a date with Xander tonight" She smiled. " How do I look?" I really was nervous about things going well.

" You look very nice" She said looking me up and down, and I just laughed. I stood there for a moment longer, and started to worry about things going right. " Are you ok?" She asked noticing my expression change into worry.

" Huh? Oh yea, I'm fine just nervous."

" Oh you have nothing to be nervous about Xander is a gentleman." she tried to explain but that is not what I was nervous about.

" I know he is Will, It not that. It is Spike" I realized what I had just said and tried to quickly correct it. " Oh, I mean the connection and everything. I don't want that to come on between of our fun." I was really sticking my foot in it. " Oh by fun I don't mean sexual fun… not that I wouldn't.. I would.. Oh jeepers I better go!" I could tell my face was beat red, and I needed to relax. She just laughed at me.

" Hey, no worries hun, just have a good time." I nodded. " When you get back I will talk to you about what Co0rdelia and I are going to do about fixing your problem" that sent a smile to my face and I slowly made my way down the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs stood Xander in a gray button down dress shirt ,and black dress pants, and shoes, carrying a bouquet of flowers.

" Wow , you look amazing" I finished walking down the stairs and kissed him on the cheek.

" Thank you, you look pretty wow yourself" I blushed and we were about to leave, but came face to face with Buffy and Spike linked arm in arm, dressed up as well and smiling at us.

" Oh, Alexis, I hope you don't mind but Buffy and Spike are going to join us on our date!"

I took a deep breath and knew this wasn't going to end well.