Mystery Meat


"...and this one time, the meatloaf actually crawled off the plate of Jamie Radcliff."

Buffy gave Xander an arch look. "You're joking. Please tell me you're joking."

His innocent expression needed a little work, but Willow's was spot on. She nodded. "It's true. Abbie Walker saw it!"

"Let's not tell Giles about this," Buffy said. "He'd have us investigation Lunch Room Doris. Again."

"Brr." Xander shuddered, his mouth turning down.

"Yeah, brr," Willow said. "I mean, after the last time?" They all looked over their shoulders at the lunch ladies. "I'd really rather not."

"Good. Then we'll just leave the mystery meat to be discovered by someone else." Buffy nodded, but stopped, looking down at her lunch tray. "Maybe I don't want any of this."

Xander and Willow glanced at their own food, too - Willow's a relatively healthy list of veggies and fruit, but Xander's. "Yeah," he said, taking both his tray and Buffy's. "Got enough money for the vending machine?"