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"This is new territory for me. My valentines are usually met with heartfelt restraining orders."
Unfulfilled crushes. Awkward first conversations. A date who wants you...dead.
Having a Y-chromosome in Sunnydale is never easy. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer's friend Xander Harris seems to find more than his share of trouble with the opposite sex.
At first Xander is happy being the teacher's pet -until his schoolboy crush brings out her true animal instincts. Then his whirlwind romance with the exotic foreign exchange student falters when she demands the ultimate sacrifice.
Some members of the Slaying squad might say that dating Cordelia Chase could kill a guy. But Xander's relationship with the high-maintenance Cordy actually seems to be working out -until she decides he's seriously harming her social standing. His crafty plan to win her back may earn him more love than one guy can handle.
EXCERPT
"Perfect. You had to make this harder, didn't you?"
Cordy sounded annoyed, of all things.
"Okay," Xander said slowly. "Clearly the fact that I please you visually has got us off on the wrong foot here."
"Xander-" she started.
He handed her the gift box.
Cordelia took the box adn opened it. "Xander, thank you." She took out the necklace. "It's beautiful." Then she lowered the chain into the box and said, "I want to break up."
Xander somehow managed not to scream. "Okay, not quite the reaction I was looking for."
"I know. I'm sorry," Cordy said, and for once in her life, she sounded sincere. "It's just -who are we kidding? We don't fit."
A small part of Xander saw this coming. A lifetime of rejection had prepared him for this moment.
But not tonight. Of all nights, not tonight.
"Yeah, okay," he said, trying and failing to keep his temper. "You know what's a good day to break up with somebody? Any day besides Valentine's Day! I mean, what, were you just running low on dramatic irony?"
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