You Have Potential

A Buffy The Vampire Slayer Fan Fiction story

Chapter 21:

I ran bursting through the door.

" I know what it is!" ran into the room where everyone still sat. " It's our ability… our shared ability" I realized I was being a little unclear, as everyone looked at me with confusion.

" Come again?" Giles said.

" Try using just a little more words there Alexis!" Xander walked over to me and put his arms around me. I nodded and tried to organize my thoughts.

" Ok, sorry" I sat down next to him on the couch. " I was just outside and I had another premonition into Spikes past. Only this time I think it was relevant. I saw Lilith Hurting Spike because she was trying to get to Drusilla."

" So the factor is Spike?" Xander asked, and I just shook my head.

" No, don't you see? Lilith was said to be the first real Seer right?" Buffy looked up at me and I knew she understood I that instant.

" Guys its not Spike, or any one unparticular. Its her Seer abilities. Drusilla has that ability as well." At that moment Spike walked in. Now all eyes were on him.

" Why didn't Spike tell us that he has faced her before?" Mike stood up walking toward him like he was going to fight him.

" I wasn't sure it was her. It was her what caused Dru to get really weak in the first place." He said with his hands in his pockets , refusing to look up at me. Mike just stood over him taunting him.

" There is something about you I don't like" Mike sent Spike a cold hard glare.

" Yea, join the club" Xander said while rubbing my hand.

" So" Giles said. " We know she is targeting any one with a form of her own ability, but why?" I get really tense.

" I felt like she was able to control me, in the basement, do you think that has anything to do with it?" Giles nodded while cleaning his glasses.

" Well, I will look into it. In the meantime, Alexis I don't want you to go any where in this town alone, and some goes for Cordelia, she needs to be very careful when she arrives. I want some one to phone her and tell her everything that we know." Buffy got up to call her, as Giles followed after her. I sat there in the couch with Xander, and I had forgotten Spike was still standing in the door way.

" So Alexis, we never did get to have a proper date, it was interrupted by our new demon friend" I bit my bottom lip and looked u pat him, he was smirking at me, and it only made me smile.

" No" I giggled " We didn't" I started to think of all of the ways that it could have ended.

" Well, then I'm just going to have to make it up to you" He whispered in my ear, and it sent chills up and down my spine.

" What did you have in mind?" I looked longingly up at him, and he just smiled down at me, and slowly inched toward me. I closed my eyes, and began closing the remaining gap between us, but he stopped just barley touching my lips. He whispered.

" I guess you'll have to go on another date with me to find out" Then he slowly backed away and walked into the next room. He left me sitting there on the couch, guessing. I pushed a strand of hair out of my face and couldn't stop smiling. I was no longing to see what I real date with Xander Harris was like. I guess now I was just going to have to find out, except I could hardly contain myself. I was so caught up in my fantasy that I didn't even notice Spike still there, who heard and saw every word.

As soon as the morning came, I woke up to a tray on my lap. I sat up quickly, to notice it was breakfast. It was a cup of coffee, a plate of pancakes, and a note on the side of the tray.

Alexis,

Prepare yourself for entire day of pampering and fun! You deserve it, and I hope that I deserve you!

Xander

I smiled and took a bit of my pancakes, they were fluffy and sweet, just like Xander. He is exactly the kind of man I had always hoped to find, and he already knows my secret that would normally scare a guy off. Most importantly he wasn't a vampire who's heart belonged to some one else.

After my breakfast I took the opportunity to clean up, as I hopped into the shower, before any one occupied it. I quickly cleaned up and put on a bright yellow sundress, yellow flats, and a yellow head band after I had straightened my hair. My spirits seemed to be extremely up, given the circumstances of Lilith and my new found ability. I walked into the kitchen humming out a catchy new tune I had been working on. I noticed Mike, Buffy Willow and Xander sitting at the table look u pat me as I came in.

" Oh, good morning!" I said smiling, and glancing over at Xander from the corner of my eye.

" Some one seems to be in a good mood!" I shrugged smiling and sitting down next to Xander.

" Some thing like that" Buffy shot me a look that said she knew.

" That outfit is going to be hard to train in" Giles said as he came into the room reading the paper. I looked up in a panic. Oh shit I didn't think this through.

" Oh come on Giles, couldn't she just have a few hours to herself, be girly, and possibly go out with an incredibly good looking, and funny guy!" Xander tried to persuade Giles, as Willow laughed through her napkin, and I blushed, trying not to look up at Giles. He looked up from his paper and looked up at Xander.

" What? Who?" Xander laughed nervously.

" Oh, Giles the kidder… such the kidder!" Xander pretended to laugh at him.

" Oh, come on you old fuddy duddy just give those tow love birds a few hours, and then you can work her to the bone!" Buffy suggested.

" Well… I suppose you never listened to me, so why should she?" He joked and Buffy just rolled her eyes. I smiled and looked over at Xander, who looked back at me and smiled as well.

" Aww!" Willow whined at how adorable that just was.

After everyone had left Xander said he wanted to take me some where ,but wouldn't tell me where. I got into his car and tried to wait patiently, not a skill I was very good at.

" Thank you for my breakfast surprise, it was sweet…and delicious!"

" Well that is what I was going for" I smiled. " By the way, you look very nice" I looked over at what he was wearing; a blue plaid button up cotton shirt, and a pair of black jeans.

" You look pretty good yourself."

I sighed and looked out the window, but all that I could see were trees. " So where are we going?"

" Now I told you then I'd have to kill you!" I laughed. " That my dear is a surprise. You do know what a surprise is don't you?"

" Normally my surprises consist of vampires and demons sneaking up on me in a dark alley." He reached out and grabbed my hand that I was nervously fiddling with in my lap.

" Relax, you weren't kidding when you said you've never been out on a real date were you?"

" Nope!"

" Well then prepared to be swept off your feet." I leaned back against the seat and waiting to we pulled up to what looked like an old abandoned park.

" Uh… Xander where are we?"

" Almost there!"

"Then why are we parking?" He came out and opened my door for me, as he held his hand out for me. He really was taking this chivalry to a whole new level. He grabbed my hand and led me down a dirt path. " Hey… I'm not exactly dressed for something like this…Xander?"

" You don't want to ruin the surprise do you?" I followed behind him trying not to trip over rocks or stumble down a cliff to my death. At least if I die in the woods I don't have to worry about Lilith any more, I thought to my self. I looked around and we were surrounded my tree after tree, along a winding dirt path that deemed to wind downward.

" Your going to kill me? that's the surprise?" I laughed and tried to lightened the mood, but he just held onto my hand still moving on.

" Darn, you figured it out!"

" ok, Xander how much further are we going, because I didn't wear the right kind of shoes for this, and…" I noticed that we had stopped and looked around to see a wooden bridge, and across it was the most beautiful waterfall, and a little pond that when the light hit it just right reflected a beautiful rainbow. It was simply breath taking. " Wow"

" Hmm… the speech less thing was supposed to come a little later" I blushed, and let go of his hand and started to walk across the bridge. " What do you think?"

" It's beautiful!"

" Exactly what I think about you!" he said walking close behind me. We walked across the bridge to the other side right by the waterfall. I could feel the water spray against my skin and the cool breeze blew against my hair.

" You wanna jump in?" I asked him and he just looked at me with confusion.

" Uh.. What?" He laughed I don't think were dressed for that!" I smirked.

" I think we can fix that." I kicked off my shoes, and pulled my dress up over my head, where I was just in my yellow bra and panties. It was his turn to be speechless. I giggled, and made my way toward the edge of the rocks.

" Uh.. Alexis?" He didn't think I was serious, but I looked back at him and jumped off the cliff and dived down into the water below. Soon Xander was rushing to take off his shirt, and pants to his black silk boxer shorts. He went to the edge and cannon balled in. I came up from the water, to be splashed by him on his way down. He came back up and we looked at each other.

" I cant believe I just jumped off of a cliff to be down here with you?" he looked up to the rocks where we had just stood not moments ago.

" Not normally this impulsive?" I asked still smiling over at him.

" No, I'd have to say you're the only one I'd ever followed off the edge of a cliff before into freezing cold water"

" Its not that cold!" he swam up to me and reached for both of my hands and intertwined them with his.

" Are you sure about that?" He looked down at the goose bumps on my skin, and he let go of my hands, letting them explore my body. I brushed my hand against his cheek. He leaned in closer to me.

" Oh, and I suppose we'll have to rectify that!" I whispered, and he tilted my chin up closer to his, and I felt a shiver when his lips touched down onto mine. His lips were warm and inviting. He was sweet and gentle, and I threw my arms around his neck slowly to deepen the kiss. The minute tha I gave my self into his kiss I flashed to when Spike would kiss me. I felt his touch and heard his voice. The kiss lasted a moment longer, before we both pulled away at the same time. I couldn't stop smiling, and neither could he. This should be the perfect moment that every girl dreams about. It should be the perfect first date, and the perfect kiss, and it if was supposed to be so perfect why could I see Spikes face and feel his touch instead?

I swam to the edge and go out to sit on the rocks.

" Is everything alright?" He asked as he must have noticed my expression change after the kiss. He must be worried that I was disappointed, but I wasn't. I was just conflicted with this connection I still shared with Spike… it had to be that and nothing else. He sat next to me on the rock ,and put his arms around me. I looked back t him and smiled.

" Everything's perfect!" I leaned back against his bare chest and took that moment in. At least it should be perfect, I kept thinking in my head. He leaned down and kissed my fore head. We sat there in the sun, for a bit longer before we gathered our clothes and headed back up the path to the car.

I sat in the car, staring out the window, not wanting to go back to one of Giles rough training sessions, I wasn't ready to get out of girly date mode yet.

We made our way back and I recognized the car pulled behind mine. The license plate read Queen C ,and I knew that Cordelia was here.

" Looks like Cordelia is here?" I remembered hearing something about they used to date.

I nodded and we both exited the car. I turned to Xander before we went inside.

" Today was…" He ran his hand through my hair and I leaned into his touch. " Everything that I had always wanted in a first date." I leaned up to sweetly kiss his lips. " Thank you" I turend and pranced inside to see Cordelia sitting on a chair in the living room with an ice pack on her head.

I gasped.

" What happened?" I asked worried walking into the room. Cordelia looked out of it, and I looked ot Buffy.

" Cordelia came in a few minutes ago, and was attacked by our new friend. I think your theory about Seer's being connected to Lilith."

" She attacked again?" Cordelia nodded.

" Buffy had called me and told me about your problem with her, so I made my way over in the daylight but I found that she may be a vampire, but she doesn't need to wait until the sun goes down to attack" I didn't understand.

" What do you mean?" I sat down next to her.

" She got into my mind some how and it was like I had no control. I almost died"

I felt my heart beat faster and faster through my chest, now I had something to fear.