I have sunk so low
God, how was this happening to me? I was planning on cheerleading practice followed by hours and hours of reading Cosmo and gossiping on the phone, ending the night at the Bronze in my cute new outfit and what was I doing? Running through backyards hand in hand with Xander Harris. Could my life resemble a giant suck anymore? I didn't think so, and I was pretty sure I heard a crash before we had taken off. Did they hurt my car? They better not have hurt my car!
I was going to stop and turn back but Xander tugged insistantly on my hand and I followed him. Did he have any idea how hard it was to run in these heels? My guess was not, but you never did know.
Finally we couldn't hear the sound of girls running behind us and the two of us stopped breathlessly in a backyard. And hey, wasn't this Faith's house? Oh great, let's stop right where the Super Skank can find us. What a brilliant plan that was. This was what I got for sticking my neck out where it clearly didn't belong. I should have left well enough alone.
Breathing hard I collapsed against the side of her house as Xander ran a hand through his hair. He looked just as freaked as I was and HELLO everybody was in love with him! I'd seen some hairy stuff on the hellmouth but this? Took the cake.
"What the hell is going on?" I finally demanded of him once I'd caught my breath.
"This is all my fault, Cordy." He muttered.
Well, no duh but could we at least try and be a little more specific than that?
"I did a spell, or I had Fred do a spell, a love spell but this wasn't how it was supposed to be!" He exclaimed, finally meeting my gaze.
"A love spell? This is how you get all the women of Sunnydale to go psycho? Did you lose your brain?!"
I didn't know anything about spells but I'd spent enough time hanging around the freaks and losers to know that they were bad news. There were vampires and there were spells and they both ranked right up there with wearing K-Mart brand clothing or joining the Chess Club. Well okay, maybe the Chess Club was worse.
"I take it back! This is all your fault!" He shouted, waving that finger in my face again.
Putting my hands on my hips I stood up from the house and glared right back at him.
"My fault?!"
"Yep! Your fault. If you'd thaw out once in awhile and stop being such a bitch I wouldn't have had to do a spell to make you fall in love with me! And it didn't even work and now you're the only one who's not in love with me."
"Hey! Don't you call me a......what?" I blinked at him. "You did this for me?"
"I do everything for you, Cordy."
A long moment stretched out between the two of us and just when I'd realized Xander had actually made me speechless I saw a shadow looming just behind him.
"Xander," I went to reach out for him but it was too late, she already had him in her grasp.
Speaking of Super Skank, except this one was blonde and I'd never seen her before. Where did she come from? And why did she have her hands all over my NOT boyfriend?!
"I like this one," The blonde said as she tightened her grip on him and pulled him closer. "I think I'll keep him." And that was when I saw the flash of fangs near his throat. Oh God.
Xander looked so terrified as I just stood there for a minute not sure what I should do. I wasn't the slayer! I didn't...slay things. I shopped for shoes and occasionally was the top of a pyramid on the sidelines at football games. I didn't mess with vampires! It was like being frozen in place and this was ALL his fault! He was the idiot who did a stupid love spell and look where it had gotten him!
Just when I was about to go with my backup plan of screaming bloody murder a solution presented itself, and made the situation worse. I guess it depended on your point of view. Suddenly a herd of girls came out of nowhere and mowed the tiny blonde over, trying to all grab onto Xander.
"Xander!" I yelled through the din of female voices and finally found his hand, pulling him through the crowd and back up to his feet again.
I didn't make it far though before I felt something slam into my face, or more specifically my eye. OW! Angrily I glanced up and saw Fred standing over me with her hand clenched into a fist. Did Fred just punch me in the eye?! That was gonna leave a mark! Okay, first rule of Sunnydale High School, loser nerds were NOT allowed to punch me in the face.
Pushing Fred out of my way I tried to find Xander again but there was already a crowd of girls on top of him all fighting eachother for him and this? Was officially Bizarro World.
And then suddenly, as if out of nowhere they all stopped and looked at eachother in confusion. Xander looked most confused of all as they all stood up slowly and look around, choruses of 'what just happened' floating through the air as the crowd slowly began to disperse.
"Are you okay?" I asked him as I helped him back up to his feet, he looked worse for wear which was saying alot when it came to him.
"Yeah. I think so." He rubbed his head before looking back at me and squinting a little bit, tilting my chin up with his fingers to look at what I was sure was going to be a gigantic bruise come morning. Ugh. "Are you okay?"
I arched an eyebrow in his direction.
"Yeah, okay. Point taken." He finally said, backing off a little bit with a sigh. "Let's get you back to your car, and then you can get away from me as fast as possible."
Now that was the best plan I'd heard all night.
I was going to stop and turn back but Xander tugged insistantly on my hand and I followed him. Did he have any idea how hard it was to run in these heels? My guess was not, but you never did know.
Finally we couldn't hear the sound of girls running behind us and the two of us stopped breathlessly in a backyard. And hey, wasn't this Faith's house? Oh great, let's stop right where the Super Skank can find us. What a brilliant plan that was. This was what I got for sticking my neck out where it clearly didn't belong. I should have left well enough alone.
Breathing hard I collapsed against the side of her house as Xander ran a hand through his hair. He looked just as freaked as I was and HELLO everybody was in love with him! I'd seen some hairy stuff on the hellmouth but this? Took the cake.
"What the hell is going on?" I finally demanded of him once I'd caught my breath.
"This is all my fault, Cordy." He muttered.
Well, no duh but could we at least try and be a little more specific than that?
"I did a spell, or I had Fred do a spell, a love spell but this wasn't how it was supposed to be!" He exclaimed, finally meeting my gaze.
"A love spell? This is how you get all the women of Sunnydale to go psycho? Did you lose your brain?!"
I didn't know anything about spells but I'd spent enough time hanging around the freaks and losers to know that they were bad news. There were vampires and there were spells and they both ranked right up there with wearing K-Mart brand clothing or joining the Chess Club. Well okay, maybe the Chess Club was worse.
"I take it back! This is all your fault!" He shouted, waving that finger in my face again.
Putting my hands on my hips I stood up from the house and glared right back at him.
"My fault?!"
"Yep! Your fault. If you'd thaw out once in awhile and stop being such a bitch I wouldn't have had to do a spell to make you fall in love with me! And it didn't even work and now you're the only one who's not in love with me."
"Hey! Don't you call me a......what?" I blinked at him. "You did this for me?"
"I do everything for you, Cordy."
A long moment stretched out between the two of us and just when I'd realized Xander had actually made me speechless I saw a shadow looming just behind him.
"Xander," I went to reach out for him but it was too late, she already had him in her grasp.
Speaking of Super Skank, except this one was blonde and I'd never seen her before. Where did she come from? And why did she have her hands all over my NOT boyfriend?!
"I like this one," The blonde said as she tightened her grip on him and pulled him closer. "I think I'll keep him." And that was when I saw the flash of fangs near his throat. Oh God.
Xander looked so terrified as I just stood there for a minute not sure what I should do. I wasn't the slayer! I didn't...slay things. I shopped for shoes and occasionally was the top of a pyramid on the sidelines at football games. I didn't mess with vampires! It was like being frozen in place and this was ALL his fault! He was the idiot who did a stupid love spell and look where it had gotten him!
Just when I was about to go with my backup plan of screaming bloody murder a solution presented itself, and made the situation worse. I guess it depended on your point of view. Suddenly a herd of girls came out of nowhere and mowed the tiny blonde over, trying to all grab onto Xander.
"Xander!" I yelled through the din of female voices and finally found his hand, pulling him through the crowd and back up to his feet again.
I didn't make it far though before I felt something slam into my face, or more specifically my eye. OW! Angrily I glanced up and saw Fred standing over me with her hand clenched into a fist. Did Fred just punch me in the eye?! That was gonna leave a mark! Okay, first rule of Sunnydale High School, loser nerds were NOT allowed to punch me in the face.
Pushing Fred out of my way I tried to find Xander again but there was already a crowd of girls on top of him all fighting eachother for him and this? Was officially Bizarro World.
And then suddenly, as if out of nowhere they all stopped and looked at eachother in confusion. Xander looked most confused of all as they all stood up slowly and look around, choruses of 'what just happened' floating through the air as the crowd slowly began to disperse.
"Are you okay?" I asked him as I helped him back up to his feet, he looked worse for wear which was saying alot when it came to him.
"Yeah. I think so." He rubbed his head before looking back at me and squinting a little bit, tilting my chin up with his fingers to look at what I was sure was going to be a gigantic bruise come morning. Ugh. "Are you okay?"
I arched an eyebrow in his direction.
"Yeah, okay. Point taken." He finally said, backing off a little bit with a sigh. "Let's get you back to your car, and then you can get away from me as fast as possible."
Now that was the best plan I'd heard all night.