Chapter Two
Confrontation and Nightmares
Take time to realize,
That I am on your side
Didn't I, Didn't I tell you.
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The food at Avalon Academy was much better than what Buffy normally got at her high school. Here, the food was actually cooked and warm when you ate it. Not sticking to your fork or spoon when you try to get a bite. Today, there were cheesy mash potatoes, green beans, and three different entrees that you could pick from. Buffy got whatever Willow chose, not knowing what to pick.
Walking through the cafeteria, Buffy was conscious of the eyes that were following her as she walked confidently behind Willow. Passing a couple of tables, she had heard low wolf whistles. Ignoring them, she continued to follow her new friend as she came to a stop at a table near the windows at the far end of the lunchroom.
At the table, Oz and Xander were sitting there along with three new faces. Sitting down next to Willow and a shy looking girl with honey blonde hair, Willow introduced us. “Hey everyone, this is Buffy, the knew student that I told you about. Buffy, this is the gang.” The girl I was sitting next to was Tara MaClay, the young looking boy with dark sandy hair was Connor McAlister – Angel’s brother - who was dating Tara, and the brunette sitting next to Xander was Cordelia.
“Cordelia here also came from California.” Willow said as she ate her green beans.
“What part did you come from?” Buffy asked.
“LA.”
“Me too. Which part?”
“The upper class.”
“Interesting, I’m surprised I haven’t seen you around. I used to live there, too.”
“What did you say your last name was?” Cordy asked, wondering where she had heard the girls last name from.
“Summers.”
“Oh yes, I remember. You dad is one of the top lawyers at Wolfram and Hart right? My dad worked there as well.”
“Interesting.” Buffy said, her dad must know Cordy’s dad, what as small world they all lived in. Scooping another spoonful of potatoes, she ate as she listened to Willow talk to her friends. They looked comfortable as they talked to each other, not seeming to care if everyone was looking at them; due too her ‘new kid’ status.
“Hey Willow?” Buffy asked a couple of minutes later, “Which one’s Angel?”
Willow turned around and looked around them before her face showed that she had found them. Pointing she said, “You see the table near the door, with all the girls around it?”
“Yeah,”
“Well he’s the one with two in his lap.”
“Quite the man whore isn’t he.” Buffy said, raising an eyebrow at the man.
Willow laughed. “Definitely. Everyone in the neighboring towns knows as well. He sure does get around. Just ask Connor, he has to live with the guy.”
Buffy turned towards Connor, and with the utmost sincerity, she said, “I feel so sorry for you.” Everyone around the table erupted with laughter.
“It’s ok, I just try to get out of the house as much as I can when he has his ‘friends’ over, if you know what I mean.” He said.
“Yeah, but watch out Buffsters, don’t let him corner you, you might feel something you don’t want to feel.” Xander warned her, gritting his teeth as he said it.
“Don’t worry, living in LA, you figure out how to get a man to back off.”
“Amen to that sista!” Cordy said loudly. Again, the table erupted with laughter, bringing people at the surrounding tables to look over at them again.
“Well, we’d better get going if we want to finish getting your stuff unpacked.” Willow said to Buffy. Getting up, the two said goodbye to their friends before heading to empty their trays.
“Hey, Angel,” said Parker, one of Angel’s good friends. “There goes the new girl. Oh my and is she fine!”
Angel looked up from the pair of breasts in his face to see the breathtaking blonde walking with the nerd, Rosenberg. “She is a fine piece of ass.”
“Fifty bucks says you can’t make her go out on a date with you. The first time.” Parker said, laying a fifty out on the table for his friend to see.
Angel smiled dangerously. “You know that everyone woman on this campus has fallen for me, why would you want to throw away good, green cash?”
“First, Rosenberg and her friends don’t like you. And second, she looks like a girl you won’t be able to add to your wall of girls you’ve banged.” Parker said cockily.
Angel looked at his friend, the new girl, and then the fifty buck on the table. “What’s her name again?”
“Buffy,” said Riley, his fellow football player.
“What kind of fuckin’ name is that?” he said rhetorically before shooing away the girls in his lap. Getting up, he made his way in front of the two girls before they were able to head out of the room.
“Hello ladies,” he said, when he cut off their path. Buffy and Willow exchanged looks. He turned his attention to Buffy. “I’m Angel. I noticed you’re new around here.”
“Yeah, you and every other person with eyes.” Angel frowned, this girl certainly had fire, and what a mouth on her! Would she he a great lover.
“Listen, I was wondering if sometime we could go out, just to talk. You seem like a nice person.” Angel turned on his charm to full blast, by adding one of his famous looks that made every woman bend whatever way he wanted.
“You’ve only known me for three seconds and you’re already asking me out?” She couldn’t believe this. Not three hours on campus and she had already gotten the eye of the two ‘hottest’ guys on campus. “Look, you seem like a heaven sent guy and all, but I’m not interested.” She tried to keep a straight face when she heard Willow’s muffled laugh.
“But-” now Angel was confused, how could she just flat out refuse him? Any other normal girl would be at his feet begging him to go out with him. Why was this girl any different?
“Nice meeting you, Angel lips, but I gotta go.” When she went to go around him, he blocked her path.
“Now I’m sure that you didn’t mean that, did you missy?” Angel asked, taking a step closer towards the ladies.
“I’m sure she did, Peaches.” Spike said, coming up and standing next to Buffy, putting her slightly behind him as he faced his cousin.
“Ahh, Spike,” Angel took a small step back as he looked down at his most hated thorn. “I don’t think this discussion was an open invitation.”
“I’m makin’ it one, wanker. The lady made it clear that she wasn’t interested, so I’d best leave her alone.” Spike’s tone dangerous.
All the while, Buffy didn’t know what to do. The looks these two were sending each other was strong enough to start a fire. Or a thunderstorm. And the way that they stood when the other was around, it was like someone had stuck a needle in their back, making them seem taller and tougher. Already on her first day she had two guys fighting over her. Boy did they make a girl feel welcome!
“What are you going to do about it Willy?” Spike took a threatening step towards him when he felt a hand on his arm and stopped. Turning, he saw Buffy looking at him with her bright green emerald eyes.
Turning his back on Angel, he put his hand on the small of Buffy’s back, “Come on luv.” Then he walked of the cafeteria with the two girls, his friends meeting him at the doors before they made it out.
Outside, Spike still hadn’t taken his hand from Buffy and it was making her skin tingle from the light contact. Walking down the stone steps, Spike stopped once they hit the gravel. “There you go luv. No big baddies in your way now.”
“Thanks for that.” She said lightly.
“No problem pet, anytime.” He nodded his head towards her before he took off towards the guy’s dorm building.
As she watched him leave, she was lightly conscious of the hand that was pulling her towards the other direction. “Buffy?” she looked at Willow, “are you ok?”
Buffy looked over at Spike’s retreating form. “Yeah, I’m just fine.”
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It wasn’t till late that Buffy’s knew room looked like a teenage girl’s room. Although her walls were still bare, she had gotten a lot of work done with Willows help. They had talked about their lives, getting to know each other better with every question. It turns out that they had more in common than what they had thought. That was just an added bonus to their already growing friendship.
“Wow, look at all these trophies! And these metals!” Willow said, opening one of the last boxes. “Soccer, track, volleyball… cheerleading?” she looked up at Buffy’s sheepish face.
“Yeah, that doesn’t bother you does it?” Buffy stammered, “I mean, I could send them back home if they-“
“No it’s ok Buffy.” Willow reassured her friend, “We could actually use you on the girl’s teams. They suck.”
“I was thinking maybe I would try it .”
“You should! Soccer season starts soon, and I know that Professor Master would like that as well.”
“Professor Master?”
“He’s the girls and guys coach for soccer. He’s real tough, but it helps… for the most part at least. And Spike’s on the team as well, so is his friend Lindsey… You should try it out.”
“I guess I could.” Buffy mumbled to herself. “Wow, look at the time!” she said when her gaze landed on the clock on her bedside table.
“How time flies!” Willow placed the ‘Outstanding Player’ soccer trophy back in its box before heading towards the door. “If you need anything, my room’s across the hall, I’m a light sleeper so just knock on the door if you need anything.”
Buffy smiled lightly, “I’ll make sure to do that.” Saying goodnight, Willow left the room for her own.
Getting ready for bed, Buffy grabbed her bag of toiletries and went into her bathroom. She was really glad that she didn’t have to share a bathroom with anyone, this way she didn’t have to worry about anyone getting in her way for a shower.
Done with her nightly routine, she turned out the lights and settled herself in her bed. Pulling the sheets up to her chin, she felt her eyelids droop and the pull of unconsciousness undeniable.
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She didn’t know what she was running from, all she knew was that something was coming for her, and it wanted her blood. Running down a dark alley, she looked behind her frequently to make sure no one was following her. But the second time that she looked, she saw that there was a black, blurry figure running after her.
A scream erupted from her throat as she pushed her legs on. The menacing laughter behind her chilled her bones, forgetting her feet, and stumble on something. Buffy landed in a black puddle and looked behind her to see what she had tripped on. A silent scream filled her throat as she looked into the dead, lifeless eyes of her mother.
Scrambling away, she saw her clothes were covered in a red liquid, blood. This time a scream did burst out of her mouth. She kept backing away, tears in her eyes as she looked at her mother’s lifeless body laying in the middle of the alley.
Suddenly there were hands picking her up from the ground. The psychotic laughter was back, making her fight with all her might against the hands that had grabbed onto her.
Buffy’s eyes flew opened as she sat up rapidly fast. Her body was covered in a fine layer of sweat, and her breathing was panicky and shallow. The room was still dark, the sun still not risen from her slumber.
There was a light knock on her door, “Buffy?” came Willow’s voice. “Are you ok?”
“Y-Yeah.” She called back, “I’m fine.”
“You were screaming, are you sure everything is alright?”
“Yeah, everything’s ok. Go back to bed, Wills.” She imagine Willow standing on the other side of the door, pondering if she could go or not.
“We’ll talk about it tomorrow alright?” concern filled her voice.
“Yes.” She listened to the light footsteps leave her door and the soft click of other doors shutting. Had she really woken up everyone? This was a new regression. It wasn’t a good thing if the screaming came back. Maybe something reminded me. Maybe that’s why the nightmare was worse than before.
Looking at her clock, she saw that it was midnight. Only three hours of sleep and she already had a nightmare. Shaking her head, she rested her head on her hands, she whipped the sweat that had formed there. Falling back onto her pillows, Buffy fell asleep, hoping there wouldn’t be a repeat of the night terror she had had.
TBC
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