Who Knows What Could Happen In A Library ?
By : Elisa
Title: Who knows what could happen in a library?
Author: Elisa aka Schizo Spike
Disclaimer : I own nothing related to Buffy The Vampire Slayer. It all belongs to Joss Whedon, The Mutant Enemy, The WB Network, ect. I do not make any money out of this, so please don't sue me.
Distribution: Do whatever you want with it as long as my name's attached.
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Rated: PG I guess.
Spoilers: Season 2 and 3.
Summary: Something happens at the library. Something that must be kept secret...
whites italics are thoughts.
The whole Scooby Gang was in the library. Giles, Buffy, Xander, Willow, Cordelia and Oz. Buffy just wouldn't stop starring at Xander. He had just broke up with Cordelia. Poor Xander ! I so wanna cheer him up. He was the one that cheered *me* up when Angel left town. Cordelia isn't perfect, but he seemed to care about her. Maybe I could invite him over tonight ? Yeah, I'm gonna do that. Especially since Mom's away for the rest of the week.
"Buffy ?" Xander said, "Buffy ! Earth to Buffy !"
"Huh ? Oh, I'm sorry, I was thinking. What did you say ?"
"I asked you if you felt like Bronzing tonight ? 'Cuz Oz's band is playing but I don't really feel like going."
"Neither do I. Don't take it personnaly, Oz. It's just that I'm a little tired. I think that I'm just gonna stay home. Anyway, you'll have Willow."
"It's OK. I won't take it personnaly. And as you said, I'll always have Willow."
"Xander, you know what ? Since you're not doing anything tonight, and I'm not doing anything either, so why don't we do nothing together ?"
"Sure, Buff ! Hey, you know what ? It'll be the first time we spend a night with just the two of us."
"Yeah, two wild teens, alone in a house, who knows what will happen ? No, I'm just kidding. I'm not planning on doing anything wild. So, are you coming ?"
"Of course, when should I come ?"
"We don't have anymore classes today, do we ? Well, I have to buy a few things first since there's nothing to eat at home, but I guess we can go home together."
"So, let's go then !"
"Xander ! Giles, do you need us here ?"
"No, absolutely not. Actually I don't know what you are all doing here. Especially you Cordelia. You don't do anything, you don't say anything.."
Cordelia didn't let Giles finish, she just walked out. She had been really strange since her break-up with Xander. It must have been the fact that it was Xander that dumped *her*.
Later the same day at Buffy's :
Buffy and Xander had just finished eating. They were lying on the couch, watching a horror movie.
"I think those movies are ridiculous." Xander said, "I mean, please ! They take someone, put a little white make-up on the face, give him fangs, and then they expect us to be afraid ? If they had ever seen a real vampire they ..."
"Xander, it's only a movie. You don't need to care that much about it."
"Still, I don't like this movie. What else do you got ?"
"Let's see... I have 'Scream I & II', 'I Know What You Did Last Summer', 'Armageddon' and 'My Best Friend's Wedding'."
"That's a chick movie, isn't it ?"
"No, it's pretty funny, actually. Maybe a little sad too."
"Let's watch it, then."
It was almost the end of the movie and Buffy was starting to cry.
"Buffy, it's not *that* sad, is it ?"
"But it's just that... She loves him so much and he just..."
"Oh, come closer. Here. Feel better now ?"
"Thank you. I should be the one cheering you up. How do you feel ? I mean, about the whole thing with Cordy ?"
"I'm fine. I mean, it was fun in the beginning but I wanted more, and I knew that I wouldn't get that with Cordelia."
"I'm sorry, Xander. Okay, from now on, no more moping. You're a free man, at last, and we're gonna have major fun !"
"Yeah ! So, what kind of fun are you thinking about ?"
"I don't know. The kind of fun that two friends can have when they're alone in a house ?"
"You don't like that kind of fun. Not with me, anyway."
"Xander ! What time is it, anyway ?"
"God ! It's already midnight ! And I don't have the car !"
"Does your mother know where you are ?"
"Actually, no, she doesn't."
"I guess you can just call her say that you're spending the night over here."
"Where am I gonna sleep ?"
"You can neither sleep on my bedroom floor, or I can take my Mom's bed and you can take mine."
"I'll go with the floor option."
"Fine with me. Shouldn't you be calling your mother ?"
So Xander called home. He and Buffy were about to go to sleep. They were sitting on Buffy's bed, talking about their Hellmouth-adventures.
"And what about the time when the sweam-team turned into fishes ?"
"This one's not funny ! I was in the sweam-team !"
"Yeah, that's right. The Hellmouth doesn't work so well on you, does it ? I mean, there was that mummy girl, the bug-lady, the worm-man, then the time you became a soldiar and the thing with the sweam-team."
"Yeah, I know. But still, if it's the only way to be with you, then it's worth it."
"Thank you, Xander. It's funny, I never call you Alexander."
"Nobody calls me Alexander, actually. Willow used to, but she doesn't anymore."
"Willow's your bestfriend, isn't she ?"
"Actually, you are my best friend."
"Oh, I didn't know that. You're my best friend too, actually."
"Well, I'm happy to hear that."
"In fact, you're more than my best friend. How many times did you save my life ? And you're always there for me. And when Angel was still around, you put up with him, even though I know you can't stand him."
"Yeah, well, you know. That's the kinda guy I am."
"How long have we been friends ? Two-three years ? You wouldn't believe how much I care about you."
"Buffy, I..."
Then the strangest thing happened. Buffy and Xander almost kissed. They lips were almost together when Buffy broke it off.
"I'm sorry, Xander. I can't..."
"No, I understand. It was wrong, it was..."
"Nothing. It was nothing. 'Cuz...'cuz nothing happened, right ?"
"Right. Nothing. Yeah, well, I'm pretty tired so I'm just gonna go back to the floor and sleep."
"Yeah, so am I. Gonna sleep, I mean. Not go back on the floor. Goodnight."
"Goodnight Buff."
Neither Buffy nor Xander slept that night. The next day, when they walked to school together, they almost didn't talk to each other.
The same day, after school, at the library :
"I am sorry to ask you this" Giles began, "But, Principal Snyder asked if I needed some more books so I need your help."
"Why do you need our help ?" Buffy asked, "You're Library-Man !"
"Buffy, there are more than two thousand books in this library. I don't know about every single one of them ! That's why I need you, to help me get the library a little more...tidy."
"What if one of us actually had a social life ?" Xander asked, "What would you have done ?"
"That's a good question, Xander" Willow said, "But as you can see, we *don't* have a social life."
"Where's Oz, by the way ?"
"He's got a life."
"Oh, I see. Then there's just you, the Buffster and me."
"Pretty much. So, Giles, what do you want us to do ?"
"Well, Buffy and Xander can go get the books that are in the shelves and you enter their numbers into the computer."
"Okay, let's do it then !"
After something like two hours of going back and forth to the bookshelves, Buffy and Xander were exhausted. They were sitting on a bench, in the back of the library. From where they were, they couldn't even here Giles and Willow.
"God, I'm tired !"
"So am I, Xander."
"I had a lot of fun, yesterday."
"So did I. We should do that more often."
"Yeah, we should. Buffy, I need to talk to you."
"Is it about what happened last night ?"
"Yes. I've been thinking about it a lot and maybe it wasn't that wrong. Maybe it was right. I mean..."
"Maybe you're right. But..."
"There's a 'but'. There's always a 'but'."
"...But how do you think Cordelia will react ? I mean, you broke up with her two days ago. I don't think that seeing us together will do her any good."
"I know but I wanna be with you !"
"And I wanna be with you but I think that we should keep it a secret untill things calm down."
"You're right. Can I kiss you now ?"
"Sure, go ahead !"
So they were finally together. Three years they had been 'only friends' but at last they were a couple. The only inconvenience was that they couldn't tell anybody.
One time, as they were kissing in the bookshelves at the library, something happened.
"Buffy, I wanna be able to kiss you outside of the library."
"But what about Cordelia ?"
"Buffy, Cordelia's over me ! She's dating this other guy, now. I'm beginning to think that you're ashamed of me."
"Xander, I love you. Why do you think that I'm ashamed of you ?"
"You love me ? If only you knew how long I've been wanting you to tell me that ? I love you too."
"That's so sweet. Now can we kiss ?"
Then it happened. Giles was looking for this book when he saw Xander and Buffy kissing. Of course, they noticed Giles standing there.
"Oh my God ! Giles !"
"Giles ! I swear..."
"It's none of my buisness but what the Hell are you two doing ?!"
"Giles, we were just...Please don't tell the others. They musn't know. Please ?"
"I don't think that..."
"Please ?"
"Allright. I won't say anything."
"Thank you, Giles."
Buffy and Xander had been together for two months now, and they still hadn't told anybody besides Giles. Willow was having doubts, though.
Willow was in her room, thinking about Xander and Buffy.They've been behaving so strange lately. I wonder if...No. Well, maybe there *is* something going on between them. I've never seen them spend so much time together. And what about when we're at the library ? Always willing to go get the books in the shelves. Wait, a second, I'm having a déjà-vu. Xander's acting the same way as he did when he and Cordelia got together. Anyway, why do I care ? I'm totally over Xander and I've got Oz. And if Buffy and Xander *are* together, then I'm happy for them. Still, I don't understand why they would keep it a secret. Oh, I can't stand this, I gotta ask Buffy. I'm gonna call her right now.
"Hello, Buffy. It's me, Willow."
"Willow, how are you ?"
"I'm fine, how are you ?"
"I'm fine too. So, what are you calling about ?"
"Well, you're probably gonna think I'm crazy but...You and Xander have been acting strange lately. You know, you're spending a lot of time together. Especially in the bookshelves. So, I was...Buffy, is there someone there with you ?"
"Well, actually, Xander's here."
"Oh. So I was saying, are you and Xander seeing eachother ? I mean, are you two together ?"
"What ?! Uh, I...Uh..., well,...Yes."
"I knew it ! How long have you two been together ? And why are you keeping it a secret ?"
"Well, we've been together about two months."
"TWO MONTHS ?! Oooooh, I see why you didn't tell us. Cordelia, isn't it ?"
"Yes, we didn't want to hurt her."
"Does anyone else know ?"
"Giles caught us once, but we told him not to tell anybody."
"Oh, I see. Were you going to tell us ?"
"Actually, yes. But the longer we waited, the harder it was to tell you."
"So, when are you gonna tell the others ?"
"Tomorrow, I guess. I still have to talk to Xander about it. So, I guess I'll see tomorrow. And I'm sorry for not telling you sooner."
"It's okay. See you tomorrow."
So Willow found out. Buffy was relieved. So Willow knows. Maybe it's better this way. Xander and I are finally gonna be able to get together in public. Oh, I gotta tell him that Willow knows.
"So," Xander said, "Who was it ?"
"Willow."
"What did she want ?"
"She asked me if you and I were together."
"Did you tell her that we are ?"
"Yes."
"Oh, then I guess we'll have to tell the rest of the Scooby Gang tomorrow."
"I guess we will. Do you wanna stay over tonight ?"
"I don't know. Where's your Mom, by the way ?"
"L.A."
"Then I want to stay over. Uh, will I be sleeping on the floor again ?"
"Of course not."
The next day, at the library :
Buffy and Xander arrived to school together. When they walked into the library, everyone was there. Even Cordelia. The first thing that Buffy said was :
"There's something we have to tell you."
"It's really not an easy thing to say" Xander said after her, "So we're just gonna say it. Buffy and I have been seeing each other for the last two months."
"We knew." Cordelia said, "We all knew."
"How come ?" Willow asked "I didn't know !"
"Well, " Oz explained, "When to people spend as much time as you two among bookshelves, there must be something going on."