Confusing Competitions..
by phantom
Couple Central
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Disclaimer: Not mine! All belongs to the mighty Joss!
Chapter Nine.
Sunnydale High the following day.
Xander walks into math class and finds that half the class is missing.
"Uh... where are the girls?"
The boys that hear him shrug.
"No seriously... where are all the girls?"
"I don't know maybe they all have a special meeting somewhere or something..."
"Special meeting?, what the hell?" asks Xander of the boy who had answered previously.
"Dude, I don't know! You're the one that's friends with all the chicks! Why don't you ask them?!"
"Because they're not here!!" replies an irritated Xander before taking his seat.
'Nobody told me it was girl's day-off today'
He sighs.
'I hope they're all doing ok.'
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At another school class room.
All the girls except for Buffy and Faith are sitting in rows.
"Dawn, what are we doing here?" asks Anya.
"Huh?, I dunno." Replies Dawn who was looking around the room for Faith. She spots a solemn looking Willow and gave a smile and a wave but the redhead didn't seem to see her.
Soon Snyder was up the front along with the school nurse.
As soon as she saw this, Willow didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Here she was alone, feeling the worst she had felt in a long time and the only person who could make the whole thing better wasn't even in school today.
On top of it all, neither was Faith so she couldn't even tell her about the descision she had made about the whole Dawn thing.
Willow had seen Dawn waving but she felt it was better if they could talk later in private.
She closed her eyes and waited for the inevitable sex talk to begin...
'I just hope nobody brings out any bananas. That would definitely top off this week.'
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Later that afternoon..
Willow decided to go home and get her mind sorted out before going over to the Summer's place to talk to Dawn.
Meanwhile...
Buffy was in her room listening to the same song over and over on loop as she had been doing the entire night.
Faith who was smiling with renewed hope, had just driven past the Welcome to Sunnydale sign with her brother.
Xander was in front of the mirror trying to figure out if Snyder would let him bring in a sword as part of his costume.
Dawn was in her room trying to pick out the perfect perfume and accessories to her costume that she thought Faith might like.
All four were nervously preparing for later on that night. Each hoping that everything works out for the best...
Anya was watching Mission Impossible.
--
Soon the time came for Willow to make her way to Casa de Summers.
'It's ok. I can do this... just tell Dawn sorry and go home. That's all. I don't even have to see Buffy at all...'
The redhead heaved a sigh.
'Too bad she's the only one I really want to see.'
Not long after her last thought, Willow reached the Summers' front door and knocked.
Joyce answered the door and smiled down at her.
"Willow dear! Come in."
Both Buffy and Dawn heard their mother's happy exclamation and made their way down to see if it really was the redhead, although the eldest had to take a moment to steel herself.
"Willow!" said Dawn happily while doing a twirl so the redhead could see how she looked in her costume.
"Dawnie... you look beautiful, but... umm... can we talk for a bit?" Willow said motioning for Dawn to follow her outside.
"Don't I get a hello?" called Buffy from the top of the stairs.
Willow's head snaps up and she holds the blonde's gaze.
"Hello Buffy."
"I thought you'd be at Faith's house by now..." the blonde said trying hard to keep the hurt out of her voice.
She thought the next time she would see the redhead was at the dance...
Willow and Dawn looked at each other before the same thing left their mouths.
"What do you mean Faith?!!!"
Then they all heard a car beep from outside and walked towards it, keeping the same shocked/confused looks on their faces.
When they walked through the front door they saw that Xander and Anya had just arrived in an old classic car.
The Prince had his arm around his Princess and both were beaming until they saw the looks of their friends faces...
"Uh oh.." said the Prince before the Princess hit him.
"Xander! Open the door so I can get out!"
Xander obeyed and helped Anya out of the car just soon enough to hear Dawn's repeated question.
"Buffy! What do you mean Faith?!"
The blonde doesn't answer but just stares at Willow surprised at the confusion she found in the redhead's eyes.
Suddenly they heard an unmistakable noise and all heads turned towards it.
They saw Faith galloping towards them on a black stallion.
Six mouths dropped open. (Joyce was watching too).
"Oh my God... she's gone and stolen a horse!" exclaimed Anya.
"Faith!" said Dawn ecstatic that her Knight had arrived. "Where did you get a horse?"
Faith jumps off the horse and pulls Dawn into a tight hug before taking both her hands and looking into her eyes...
"Dawnie I know you already have a date for tonight..."
"Yeah, you.."
"But I came here to beg you to... wait, what?" said the older brunnette.
She was echoed by Buffy, Xander and Willow. Anya said it a little later just because she felt left out. Joyce was standing by wondering how her daughters had made such strange friends in so little time.
Dawn looked around confused.
"You asked me to come, hence the Lady costume and you know... apparently the horse.... I gave you a Valentine and you gave me one? Any of this ringing a bell?"
"But you gave Willow a Valentine.." started Faith.
"You did what?! Said an irate Buffy. "Dawn! We had a talk!!"
"No I didn't!! Buffy, I swear!" said Dawn taking a step away from her sister just in case she took a swing.
"You didn't?" asked a redhead softly.
"No! I gave my Valentine to Anya and told her to give it to... Oh, God."
"B, you thought it was from me?"
"It wasn't" stated the other blonde. "It was from Dawn."
All heads turn to look at Anya.
"You said give it to Buffy's friend. So I put it in Willow's locker and..."
The rest of her sentence was cut off by Buffy tackling her to the ground.
"Buffy NO!!" the rest of the group yelled.
It took all the blonde's self control to not punch Anya. Well that and the hand she felt on her shoulder that could only have been the redheads.
In her state, she doubted that anyone else would have been either brave enough or stupid enough to do that.
"Buffy?" the redhead said softly.
The blonde gets up off the ground and looks into Willow's eyes.
"You're not going with Faith..." she says. Happy when the redhead shook her head at this and even happier when the said redhead took a step closer towards her.
"I'm going with you."
Willow bends her head closer to Buffy and all thoughts cease for both as they learn the taste of each others lips for the first time.
Buffy wasted no time and quickly set about showing the redhead who she really wanted to go with tonight as she slowly moved her mouth over Willow's.
Tightening her arms around the blonde Willow could only moan her approval when Buffy's tongue started stroking her own.
In that moment the two were lost in their own world. Both barely even hearing Xander's voice when he yelled out "Oh my God Anya are you ok?!" and the other blonde's disgruntled reply of "Geez Xander thank you for taking your time..."
When Buffy and Willow finally pulled their mouths apart, Joyce took the opportunity to get in a well timed cough.
The two looked up to see her, two other smiling couples and a tall, dark and handsome man who seemed to be leaning on a horse trailer.
"Well ladies," said Xander motioning towards his car. "Shall we go?"
"But those two don't have costumes." Said Anya about the newly officially established couple who were looking dreamily in each other's eyes.
"Oh! I think I've got just the thing!" said Joyce running into the house.
TBC...
A/N: Yay happy stuffs at last! Damn, I wonder what they'll all get up to at the dance...