A/N I strongly suspect that if Cordelia and Faith had both modeled Victoria Secret for Xander, he wouldn't have just melted his pants, he'd have melted the store and possibly the mall. Those two are very potent where teenage boys are concerned. Or anyone, really.

Monday dawned bright and early, everyone was looking forward to moving into their new space and each had decided they would use their various free periods to help Giles with packing.

Xander and Cordelia arrived together during their mutual free third period to boxes needing to be unfolded. Cordelia, never having seen them like that before was a little confused. But Xander, having worked in a store before knew what to do with them. It didn't take him long to have them unfolded and the bottoms taped. Soon the two of them were packing the books Giles brought to them.

After filling several, Xander went to the janitor's closet to get a trolly and hauled them out to his car. He'd unpacked his and Cordy's wolf stuff last night in anticipation of moving the books himself. Giles' car not being up to it and figuring it would be too difficult for Oz to move his band stuff out of his van himself. Xander loaded up the trunk and backseat.

Giles gave him a key and Xander drove over to the shop and unloaded everything into the front room, stacked by the wall and out of the way and headed back to the school, arriving in time for his Lupe prepared lunch. He told the others, whatever they got packed during their free periods, he'd take over after school.

The rest of the day passed swiftly with everyone dropping in on Giles to help him out. After school Xander made two more trips to the shop with fresh loads before heading home.

Everyone was planning to meet up at the Bronze. Xander picked up both Cordelia and Faith. Faith soon found a partner to dance with, while he and Cordelia spent the fast dances cuddling on the couch and slow ones swaying on the dance floor.

Faith regaled Buffy and Willow with the story of their shopping expedition yesterday. "So, there's Queen C talking 'bout the naughty things X can do with his longer tongue and his ears are sooo red, they looked they were cooking. But not a crackle, not wisp of smoke. Hella good control. Maybe we shoulda tried double teaming him with a trip to Vicky's. Let's see him not melt something with both of us in fancy night stuff."

Xander stood, "Excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom," he walked away with as much dignity as he could manage. Hoping all the while, he didn't set something on fire. The two of them were trying to kill him, he was beginning to be sure of it.

"Why are you teasing him like that, it's not funny." Willow asked.

"Xander knows exactly why we're teasing him, Willow," Cordelia answered. "So does Giles, for that matter. If Xander can take us teasing him like this, then controlling his ability won't be so difficult for him. Hormones and emotions can be hard enough to control anyway, add in an ability that can be supercharged by them and you could have a recipe for disaster. Xander's been controlling his temper for a long time, not to mention his fears. I think he can handle this, he just needs to believe it himself. Us testing his control helps him. He was proud himself yesterday, justifiably so."

"Still needed a cold shower," Xander's voice came from behind them, "but thanks for the vote of confidence, I appreciate it."

"No problem, Doofus, you got this." Cordelia leaned over for a kiss and sniff. His scent wasn't quite one of confidence yet, but he wasn't reeking of uncertainty or fear either, as for his other scent...

Cordelia grabbed his hand, "I'm ready to go home. Faith can you make it back on your own?"

Faith looked amused, having guessed the direction of Cordelia's thoughts. "Yah, I'm good. See you tomorrow." Watching as Cordelia pulled a willing Xander out to her car.

"Those two are like a pair of Energizer bunnies, they just don't stop."

Willow looked horrified at the implication and began babbling, while Buffy just made an ew face.

A/N Remember, Cordelia has already told Xander she feels like she has a right to smell him, that since he is her boyfriend/mate, making sure he is alright is her right, nor did he object. Plus he's told what he feels are his rights and she didn't object. They're understanding each other.