I don't even know how we could let this happen
When Charles had freed me from the handcuffs, I flashed him a quick smile and then shot a smug look to Faith. She was still stuck in that cage and with the way she was slamming around and acting and so I'm sure the last thing on Charles' mind was opening that cage door. Oh well. Worked better for me that Faith was acting like the psycho slayer she really was. I didn't have to worry about her stealing away my Xander. Not that she even could steal him. He was already mine and nothing could ever come between us. Mine. And if he tried to deny it again I'd make sure he saw it my way. Our way.
"Thanks!" I said happily to Charles and looked at Faith again. "Not gonna lie, glad you're still locked in that cage, Faith. That way your dirty hands won't be able to touch my Xander again." She looked like she wanted to kill me and I just smiled at her. "I'll tell him you said hi." And with just another smiile to Charles, I ran out the library doors.
I wasn't really sure where Faith's BOYFRIEND had taken MY Xander, but I started as I started running down a street, I heard some girls yelling at each other off to the side about who was going to get to Xander first. HEY. Hands off, bitches. He was mine. Listening to them for just a second longer, I heard one of them say something about his home, so I dashed off in the direction of Xander's house. It wasn't long before I started to see girls in front of me, joining me, and behind me. Oh no. They weren't going to get him. Not when I had something to say about it.
Reaching his house, I pushed through the herd of girls and that's when I saw him. "Xander!" I yelled, raising my hands. He didn't respond, so must've just not heard me. I left the group and ran around back. I'd save him from all the skanks who kept trying to steal him from me. Rounding the corner of the house, I saw her. HER. How could he do that to me?? Charging forward, I waited until she turned around and punched her hard in the face. She looked up at me and I just glared down at her. Once she got up, she tried pushing me out of the way and pulling Xander with her, but soon the rest of the girls started to grab at Xander. NO! Grabbing one of the girls, I started shaking her. "No one tries to hurt him except ME!"
We were grabbing and pulling at one another when suddenly we both stopped as well as everyone else around us. What had... huh? The girl and I quickly let each other go and I looked over to see Xander. Oh... OH. My eyes went wide when I realized what had just been happening. We were.. all going after.. Xander? Biting my lip, I slowly started backing away from the group and hoped to god that he wouldn't see me. Cordelia sure had seen me and my fist and oh my god I'd just punched Cordelia Chase in the eye over Xander. Xander! What had I... how?
Oh right. The spell.
The rest of the group started to disperse and I started making my way away from his house. Mr. Pryce probably wanted to skin me alive right now. I think I wished that he would or at least would force me to live in seclusion so I wouldn't ever have to see Xander, Cordelia, Angel, Charles, or.. Faith. Oh. Faith! Stopping in my tracks, I wondered if I should go back for her. Had the spell worn off for her too? Probably. And that probably meant that she really wanted out of that cage right now.
I finally decided to head back to school and turned down the street. Great. This was just wonderful. My first real spell and I turn the entire female population into Xander-lovesick puppies. Including myself and Faith. Once I'd gotten to the school, I walked even slower towards the library. Charles hadn't let her out had he? He couldn't have. I mean, she was threatening to kill me at the time. Oh crap. What exactly had we said to each other? Whatever it all was, I really don't remember it being full of warm wishes.
As I got closer to the library, I started to hear some yelling. Uhoh. Mr. Pryce was back and ... not happy. At all. I almost didn't go in, but I saw Faith and knew that this was all my fault. No, wait. It wasn't ALL my fault. Xander was the one who asked me about doing the spell and Mr. Pryce was the one who happened to leave his spell books around for anyone to stumble upon. Okay, so he told me to keep my hands off of the books, but I couldn't help it that I wanted to learn. This was school after all, wasn't it? Stepping into the library, two sets of eyes focused on me and I stopped just inside the doorway.
"Miss Burkle, do you see this mess you've caused!? I specifically told you to leave the books alone and not to practice any magic. It seems that the crisis is over, but do you see what the reckless use of magic can do?! It's a wonder that no one was severely injured in all this what with every last female in this school in desperate love with Xander Harris."
Desperate love? So, he'd noticed that huh?
"And just look at the mess Faith made in the cage. Books everywhere, the card catalogues strewn..." He looked carefully between both Faith and me. "The both of you will clean up this mess before you leave." What?! I didn't have anything to do with that mess Faith made inside the cage. Okay, so maybe I did a little. It's not like my objective in all this was to get Mr. Pryce in a huff about his books. "This all had better be cleaned up when I get here in the morning." With that he gathered a few of his things, including a specific book with a specific spell, and left the library. Maybe he was going to make sure Ms. Calendar wasn't still swooning over the high school boy.
Standing there quietly for a moment, I looked up at Faith and bit my lower lip nervously. We'd both been in desperate love... with Xander.
"So, um. Xander?"
"Thanks!" I said happily to Charles and looked at Faith again. "Not gonna lie, glad you're still locked in that cage, Faith. That way your dirty hands won't be able to touch my Xander again." She looked like she wanted to kill me and I just smiled at her. "I'll tell him you said hi." And with just another smiile to Charles, I ran out the library doors.
I wasn't really sure where Faith's BOYFRIEND had taken MY Xander, but I started as I started running down a street, I heard some girls yelling at each other off to the side about who was going to get to Xander first. HEY. Hands off, bitches. He was mine. Listening to them for just a second longer, I heard one of them say something about his home, so I dashed off in the direction of Xander's house. It wasn't long before I started to see girls in front of me, joining me, and behind me. Oh no. They weren't going to get him. Not when I had something to say about it.
Reaching his house, I pushed through the herd of girls and that's when I saw him. "Xander!" I yelled, raising my hands. He didn't respond, so must've just not heard me. I left the group and ran around back. I'd save him from all the skanks who kept trying to steal him from me. Rounding the corner of the house, I saw her. HER. How could he do that to me?? Charging forward, I waited until she turned around and punched her hard in the face. She looked up at me and I just glared down at her. Once she got up, she tried pushing me out of the way and pulling Xander with her, but soon the rest of the girls started to grab at Xander. NO! Grabbing one of the girls, I started shaking her. "No one tries to hurt him except ME!"
We were grabbing and pulling at one another when suddenly we both stopped as well as everyone else around us. What had... huh? The girl and I quickly let each other go and I looked over to see Xander. Oh... OH. My eyes went wide when I realized what had just been happening. We were.. all going after.. Xander? Biting my lip, I slowly started backing away from the group and hoped to god that he wouldn't see me. Cordelia sure had seen me and my fist and oh my god I'd just punched Cordelia Chase in the eye over Xander. Xander! What had I... how?
Oh right. The spell.
The rest of the group started to disperse and I started making my way away from his house. Mr. Pryce probably wanted to skin me alive right now. I think I wished that he would or at least would force me to live in seclusion so I wouldn't ever have to see Xander, Cordelia, Angel, Charles, or.. Faith. Oh. Faith! Stopping in my tracks, I wondered if I should go back for her. Had the spell worn off for her too? Probably. And that probably meant that she really wanted out of that cage right now.
I finally decided to head back to school and turned down the street. Great. This was just wonderful. My first real spell and I turn the entire female population into Xander-lovesick puppies. Including myself and Faith. Once I'd gotten to the school, I walked even slower towards the library. Charles hadn't let her out had he? He couldn't have. I mean, she was threatening to kill me at the time. Oh crap. What exactly had we said to each other? Whatever it all was, I really don't remember it being full of warm wishes.
As I got closer to the library, I started to hear some yelling. Uhoh. Mr. Pryce was back and ... not happy. At all. I almost didn't go in, but I saw Faith and knew that this was all my fault. No, wait. It wasn't ALL my fault. Xander was the one who asked me about doing the spell and Mr. Pryce was the one who happened to leave his spell books around for anyone to stumble upon. Okay, so he told me to keep my hands off of the books, but I couldn't help it that I wanted to learn. This was school after all, wasn't it? Stepping into the library, two sets of eyes focused on me and I stopped just inside the doorway.
"Miss Burkle, do you see this mess you've caused!? I specifically told you to leave the books alone and not to practice any magic. It seems that the crisis is over, but do you see what the reckless use of magic can do?! It's a wonder that no one was severely injured in all this what with every last female in this school in desperate love with Xander Harris."
Desperate love? So, he'd noticed that huh?
"And just look at the mess Faith made in the cage. Books everywhere, the card catalogues strewn..." He looked carefully between both Faith and me. "The both of you will clean up this mess before you leave." What?! I didn't have anything to do with that mess Faith made inside the cage. Okay, so maybe I did a little. It's not like my objective in all this was to get Mr. Pryce in a huff about his books. "This all had better be cleaned up when I get here in the morning." With that he gathered a few of his things, including a specific book with a specific spell, and left the library. Maybe he was going to make sure Ms. Calendar wasn't still swooning over the high school boy.
Standing there quietly for a moment, I looked up at Faith and bit my lower lip nervously. We'd both been in desperate love... with Xander.
"So, um. Xander?"