The older woman nodded, a small smile turning up her lips. She leaned back on her barstool and lifted her hands as if to say "go ahead."
Buffy focused on getting down off the stool and onto her feet. She looked up, wobbily, at the tall man behind her and the taller one behind the pretty woman. Shaking her head as if to clear it, she moved to an open space on the floor and crouched down.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa now miss.” The man in the brown coat moved toward her, and bent to help her stand. “There’s no need for this kind of showing. How bout we take your word for it?” Buffy stumbled to her feet, still dizzy. Meanwhile, he gave a stern look at the brunette still seated on the barstool, then to the man behind her. “Jayne, now, it seems the lovely lady and us, we both have business here with Ms. Summers. Contrary business, it seems. Now just what shall we do about that?”
Jayne looked over from where he’d been leering down at the woman. “Dunno, Mal. Let’s not go assuming we’re working at cross purposes. Mebbe there’s a way we can, well,” he paused and grinned, “join..forces?”
Buffy focused on getting down off the stool and onto her feet. She looked up, wobbily, at the tall man behind her and the taller one behind the pretty woman. Shaking her head as if to clear it, she moved to an open space on the floor and crouched down.
“Whoa, whoa, whoa now miss.” The man in the brown coat moved toward her, and bent to help her stand. “There’s no need for this kind of showing. How bout we take your word for it?” Buffy stumbled to her feet, still dizzy. Meanwhile, he gave a stern look at the brunette still seated on the barstool, then to the man behind her. “Jayne, now, it seems the lovely lady and us, we both have business here with Ms. Summers. Contrary business, it seems. Now just what shall we do about that?”
Jayne looked over from where he’d been leering down at the woman. “Dunno, Mal. Let’s not go assuming we’re working at cross purposes. Mebbe there’s a way we can, well,” he paused and grinned, “join..forces?”
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