Chapter 10

Three p.m.

Buffy sighed. She would be having flashbacks to this afternoon’s activities for the rest of the day. Spike’s tongue should be labeled a dangerous weapon. One thrust of his tongue and she was sopping wet. But the truly dangerous part was his fangs.

Buffy shuddered with delight as she thought about his fangs. She had been in heaven as he had plundered her with his tongue, making her arch in delight. *Not breathing, such a plus.* But the moment he had taken her clit into his mouth and ran his fangs gently across it kept replaying in her mind. Who knew the act of biting and sucking could be so erotic.

Buffy reached down and began caressing herself wondering how long it would take Spike to finish his shower. He was going to go dig for his gem while Anya and she went to the library. There should be enough time for a quickie….

Anya’s voice cut through her fantasies like a jagged knife. “Buffy, we are going to be late and I want to see everyone’s reaction to me.”

*Damn, what a good waste of a fantasy.* “Okay Anya, let me go tell Spike we are heading out.”

“Okay but no having sex! I am single in this world and haven’t had any ‘I’m glad I’m not dead orgasms’. Besides I’m jealous, I need a sweetie. Do you know your mom bought me a small bed! There’s no room in there for two people, why does Faith get the big bed in the spare room and I have to get the one that was on sale? It’s so unfair.”

Buffy rolled her eyes as she walked past Anya, it was already like ‘old times’.

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Outside Library – 3:30 pm

Anya looked at Buffy strangely, “You invited Willow, Xander, Oz, Cordy, Faith, Jonathan, Andrew, Joyce, and Giles all to the same meeting?”

“You forgot, Mr. ‘I Run An Evil Law Firm and am going to lecture Buffy right before she dies,’” Buffy supplied.

“And why is Spike not going to be there?”

“Shiny baubles and pretty gems.”

Anya perked up, “You know, since you and Spike blew up Sunnydale, and the Magic Box with it, I should be compensated.”

Buffy rolled her eyes and prepared to enter the library.

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Giles looked at his slayer and a blond girl that he didn’t know as they entered the library. He wondered if anyone else could sense the change in her. The two girls seem to radiate power and confidence; their eyes sparkling with both life and knowledge.

He held his breath as they stopped before the tables containing everyone. He was still unsure about why she had requested this strange mixture of people, but it was easier to assemble them then to argue with her.

Buffy stopped at the table that contained the core scoobies and perched herself there.

Anya eyed the group and decided to have a bit of fun. Walking over to the other table she perched herself in between where Faith and Andrew sat, making sure that her good side was facing Xander and Giles.

With a sardonic smile, Buffy began her speech, “Hi, for whoever doesn’t know me, my name is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Cept’ here is the deal; I am not your chosen one anymore. That honor goes to Faith. She is the freakin’ chosen one.”

Xander and Willow began to argue and Faith looked stunned. Anya decided it was time to interfere. She jumped off the table and sauntered over to where the pair was arguing. She leaned down, grabbed Xander and kissed him hard. Before he could react, she slapped him.

“That’s for leaving me at the altar you jerk. You can just find your own date to the prom.” Turning to Buffy, “I’m done now, would you please just explain already. I didn’t realize I would be back in the twelfth grade and for some strange reason I think I am still flunking math.”

Buffy grinned, this was fun! “Okay, so here’s the deal, this is Anya. She is an ex-vengeance demon. There were three of us who died as a result of an apocalyptic battle. Anya and my ma… um boyfriend… died during the battle and I died a few months afterwards. My fault on the last bit, it was too hard without him. I was off my game and a vamp called me out on it. I lost. Funny thing is, I woke up in my past four years earlier with my boyfriend and a headful of nifty memories including how to allow Anya to come back as well. So here we are, juiced full of memories. Now before you start arguing with me again, there are some things I have to clear up. First, Faith you are coming to live with me. Don’t you dare argue with me, I have four years of slayer moves on you and can kick your ass! Everyone else, Faith is the true slayer, my destiny is tied to the slayer line, but I am NOT the chosen one, anymore. Faith you are part of the family, no arguments.”

Anya perked up, “Don’t forget that Faith has never died and you have managed to do so three different times. That was rather irresponsible of you!”

Buffy grinned, “Yeah rub it in, so Faith is better at this than me, just proves me right.”

Faith looked stunned but happy at the orders to move in, and the rest of the gang seemed to pale. Buffy didn’t know if it was due to the news that she had died three times, that Anya was an ex-vengeance demon, Anya’s kiss or any of the other factors.

Before they had a chance to process anything, Buffy continued, “Before any of you begin to criticize my love life just remember I have four years of blackmail material on you. I can guarantee that everyone in this room is guilty of some crime, of trying to end the world, or is maimed or dead. So please don’t make me pull out the big guns on you. Also, Cordy and Xander – you both need to break up.”

Cordy started to pipe up “You wish,” when Anya interrupted “Never wish deary – the last time you did that everyone got sent to a hellish dimension where you died, and Xander and Willow were vampires. It was quite interesting actually.”

This time Buffy interrupted. “Anyway, trust me, Xander you should already know why Cordy breaks up with you, if not I bet Willow can figure it out. Cordy, after graduation you need to move to L.A. Your future husband will live there and he is everything you have ever wanted. Trust me, your future is there and you and your children are even part of a prophecy. You will be happy again. Xander, your future is here for the moment. If you couldn’t tell, you and Anya almost got married but split up.”

Anya interjects, “Don’t you mean he ran out of his own wedding and then wondered why we couldn’t date again? Even if the orgasms were great, we are not repeating that fiasco.”

Xander paled even further while Buffy rolled her eyes and continued, “Just trust me Xan, I wouldn’t lie to you. Now here is the hardest part - Jonathan and Andrew. Would you guys believe you went evil? But Jonathan redeemed himself by helping me and Andrew eventually fought in the battle against the First Evil. Avoid guys named Warren and stay with the good –k-? As much as everyone is going to hate me for this part, it would probably be helpful to have you research the First. But if you mention ‘going over to the dark side’ I will have to hurt you. Okay that’s it… any questions?”

Everyone looked stunned, Jonathan and Andrew closed their half opened mouths before the lines from Star Wars could be quoted, and Angel cleared his throat. “So when were you planning on telling them that your boyfriend is Spike?”

The scoobies looked horrified and Xander squawked “Spike? As in the bleach blonde menace who just tried to kill us? That Spike? I thought you had better taste then that? How could you Buffy? Didn’t you learn your lesson with your last adventure with bonking the undead?”

Anya interrupted his tirade with a quick glare, “Just like old times, Xander can date demons, cheat on his girlfriend, summon up the dancing damned on a whim, and leave his fiancée at the altar, but Buffy still can’t live her own life?”

Everyone looked stunned as her words sunk in.

Cordy stood up and shrieked at Xander, “We broke up because you were cheating on me? Who the hell do you think you are Xander Harris? And who are you cheating on me with? Wait…… Buffy said ‘ask Willow’? You’re cheating on me with Willow? We are so over!”

As Cordy stormed off, Buffy looks over at the Scoobies, “Oops. I was trying to avoid that. Well I guess this is better then Cordy and Oz finding the two of you kissing at the factory. At least this didn’t result in Cordy being hospitalized.”

Oz stood up and walked away. Meanwhile, Willow had started shaking and crying. Buffy walked over to her friend and tried to hug her, but Willow shrugged her off and ran out of the room.

Anya walked over to Buffy and put her arm around her. “Come on Buffy, let’s get you back to Spike.”

Looking over her shoulder Anya shakes her head at Angel, “Really, you couldn’t keep your mouth shut, could you? It’s not like you ever stick around or actually help her out in a fight. Just come running back from LA all the time. I can’t wait until you leave again!”

Angel looks stunned, “I live in LA?”

“Of course, when do you ever stay? Everyone knows that Dru would have given up eating people for you, or gotten a soul, or hell even a chip in her head if she could have kept her precious Daddy. Buffy would have given up sex to keep you, which I cannot understand, but no. You run off to LA to run an evil law firm with your wife by your side and lecture us on responsibility. No wonder Spike hates you!”

Faith, laughing, follows Anya and Buffy out of the room while the two new housemates discuss furniture. Joyce trailed behind them, shaking her head.

Andrew looks up at Giles with an admiring glance, “So what should we do first, captain?”

End Section Two… TBC
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