Of Stakes And Spells
by VixenRaign
Class Notes
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= = = (Class Notes) = = =
Willow sat in her seat, wondering what Buffy was doing right then. The witch had gotten her stuff together and went to get a Mocha while Buffy showered and changed. She'd gone to Psych Class early to get them their usual seats. Riley had come up to her and was telling her about the night before
"She didn't blow me off . . . she just left with another guy." Willow frowned at that, wondering what Riley had seen. "Or, at least, that's what I heard. Forest had said that she'd spent most of our short talk looking over my shoulder at some guy, and when he left she took off after him." Willow had to keep in a smile at that, realizing that it had been herself that Buffy had been watching. "She didn't even give me an excuse. She just said 'Sorry, I've gotta go' and took off. I can't believe it, I choked!"
"You really, really did." Willow said, as nicely as she could.
"I don't understand! I'm good at things. That's what I do! I work hard, apply myself, and get it done." He said sounding genuinely confused.
"Well, you failed extremely well." The red-head stated, trying to keep her happiness down. Truth be told, she was happy that the slightly Teutonic TA had made an ass of himself.
Just then Prof. Walsh walked in, Buffy creeping silently at her heals. She jogged to her seat next to Willow, giving Riley a short wave as she passed him. He took his place at the front of the class, waiting for the Professor to start the lecture. Willow smiled as she watched Buffy take out her stuff. Once Buffy had her Notebook and pen, she settled in her seat.
Buffy noticed the stair, and turned to smile back. Soon the lecture was under way, and both girls were listening intently. Willow, who was busy taking color-coded notes, looked up often to see if there had been any diagrams or charts that she could try and copy down. There were no visual aids, but she did notice that Riley was fidgeting slightly, and he hadn't taken his eyes off Buffy once since she had walked into the room.
This made Willow a little worried. She knew that Buffy didn't like Riley like that, but she was still slightly jealous. She also felt sorry for the guy. Here he was trying really hard to get the attention of a girl, who was mutually in love with her best-friend, and he had gone to Willow for advice on how to court Buffy. {Well,} willow thought, {I'm gonna make him work for it!} If he was trying so hard to Get Buffy's attention, then he'd get it.
Willow pulled out another sheet of paper and quickly wrote a message on it, passing it to the Slayer.
'Look at Riley' the blond read. She looked up to the front of the class, finding Riley, and tried to figure out what was going on. Riley had froze. He had no idea what to do now that he had Buffy's attention, so he just sorta stood there, slightly open mouthed. Buffy looked at Willow as if to say 'What?' Willow took the sheet of paper and wrote 'He was doing something before. You just missed it.' She handed it to Buffy.
Buffy looked up at Riley again, he froze. Buffy shook her head, smiling lightly, and started to write on the paper herself. Willow gave the TA an exasperated look while the blond couldn't see. Riley looked back apologetically and shrugged. Buffy handed her the note.
'Do you think he's cute?' this comment made Willow's heart stop. {At least I THOUGHT she didn't like him like that!} she quickly looked up at Buffy, she looked curious. Willow slowly turned back to the paper, and wrote her response.
'No, why? Do you?' Buffy smiled knowingly, as if she knew something the Witch didn't. She looked at Willow and shook her head no. she took a minute to write a slightly longer message, then passed it to her friend.
'Willow, it's cool if you like him. I don't, but he's seems to be your type. Plus, he could be the perfect Band-Aid . . . I said I'll wait.' Willow looked up, slightly confused. Buffy smiled back at her. Willow shook her head slightly, wanting to laugh at the very thought. She wrote one last note, and showed it to Buffy. It read: 'I think you and I need to talk . . .' Buffy smiled, thinking she knew what about, and Willow shook her head, amused at the thought of her and Riley together.
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= = = (Seriously Confused) = = =
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As the class ended both girls packed their things away into their bags. When they started to walk through the doors, Willow turned to Buffy saying
"Buffy, I think you and I need to talk. This whole thing with Riley is-"
"Hey Buffy, you enjoy class?" Speak of the Devil, Riley had fallowed them out of the lecture.
"Um, yeah I did." Buffy looked between her best friend and the TA. "But I have to run," she gave the Witch a pointed look, "You know . . . gotta go to my next class." And with that she took off.
"Buffy wait!" Willow called, but Buffy just kept walking. "I don't know what I'm gonna do with her . . ."
"I think it's me." Riley said smiling, "I think I repel her somehow. Every time she gets near me she has to run off seconds later. Wonder why that is?" he mused.
"Riley, I think there's a hitch in the plan." Willow said delicately.
"What? What's wrong? Is she seeing someone else?" He looked both worried and disappointed.
"Well . . ." Willow started, then remember that in reality they weren't together. "She thinks that I like you. I told her that I don't, but she seems really set on it."
"She thinks that you like me?" Riley repeated. Still slightly confused.
"Yeah. She wants me to 'go for you', but -and let's get this straight- I don't want to. Also, she had a really bad break-up with a guy she'd been with for a long time. And I'm sure you heard about the whole Parker thing . . ."
"Yeah, I did. That guy has a big mouth. The comments he made about Buffy really bothered me . . ." Riley looked at the ground, then back up at Willow " . . . I kinda' punched him because of it."
"Also," Willow started slowly wanting to be very careful with this next piece of information, since she herself didn't know how to deal with it, "I just found out that she's kinda had her eye on someone else for a while. I think she'd going to try and peruse it."
"Is it that Xander guy?" Riley asked quickly. Willow laughed.
"No, but good guess."
"Well, then I'll just have to show her that I'm better then who ever this guy is." Willow frowned at this. She knew that if Riley tried hard enough he could probably get Buffy as his girl-friend {NOT GOOD! Definitely NOT of the good!} she thought.
"I dunno. They've known each other for a long time, and she knows that they like her back. They really want to get together, but-"
"They live to far apart?" Riley guessed.
"No," Willow answered quickly, "they live quite close. They just want to give each other time. Buffy's had it rough as far as relationships go." Riley nodded, as though in understanding. Willow knew he didn't really get it, and was going to feel REALLY guilty when he found out { . . . okay, and probably a little Smug too. But just for Good Measure!}
They both said their good-byes, and headed off the their next classes. Willow only had one more, and she knew Buffy still had two. She knew that the Slayer would go get Lunch and then head over to Giles' to check in with him. {I'll just head her off at the pass . . .}
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(Author's Note: I hope you guys like it, and I bet you can guess what's going to happen next [It starts with an S and rhymes with Poochie!] Leave me a note to tell me what you think!)