Confusing Competitions..
by phantom
Winners
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Chapter 11
The after dance get together...
The gang spent most of the night on the dancefloor contentedly sharing the same comfortable haze with each other.
At about twelve o'clock Snyder called for attention on the stage and the dimmed down lights fluttered back to their usual brightness.
Our favourite couples separated under Snyder's warning gaze which settled a little longer on Dawn and Faith for all the usual reasons... although Buffy and Willow were standing further apart now Buffy subconsciously let her hand rest on the small of Willow's back.
Snyder cleared his throat and let his eyes wander around the sight in front of him. Seeing Faith and Dawn so... calm made the little troll/dwarf man wonder if they were on some sort of addictive drug.
He made a mental note to find more about it and punish them later. Since the audience was oddly enough still wordlessly staring at him he decided to begin...
Hitting the mic he did a couple of the usual checks seemingly just to annoy.
"Check. Check. One, two, three... is this thing on?"
Faith rolled her eyes.
"Right. People... the dance is coming to an end and at this point in the evening it is customary to announce cutest couple and best costumes..."
A few couples around looked at Buffy and Willow as soon as the word 'cutest' left Snyder's mouth and the two blushed.
"I will now hand you over to the chairman..."
"Chair person!" an annoyed voice hissed.
Snyder sighed...
"Chair person of this year's Valentines Dance committee, Cordelia Chase."
Cordelia made her way up the stage in her (very expensive) Victorian Ball gown and proceeded to open the envelope.
"This year's cutest couple, voted in by a unanimous committee decision is Willow Rosenberg and Buffy Summers!"
The crowd broke into applause and the two made their way to the stage to accept the envelope Cordelia offered.
After posing for a picture for the yearbook, the two walked off the stage hand in hand.
Cordelia stood a little to the side to let Snyder again take the mic.
"Right... well done both of you. And by the way Miss Summers, that little performance was... really very good."
Buffy gave a small smile and walked away from the stage a little quicker.
Faith snickered and whispered to Buffy as soon as she was in range.
"Looks like you got yourself a fan there B."
"Shut up Faith!"
Snyder opened another envelope, checked to see who the winners for best costumes were and called out the names.
"Xander Harris and Anya... err... Anya!"
Xander looked elated.
"I knew this sword would bring in the big prize!"
He led a bouncy Anya towards the stage.
The crowd clapped and Dawn shrugged.
"I guess Swedish names are a little hard to pronounce..."
A little after the names were called, Cordelia whispered something to Snyder.
"Uh... I have just been informed that the committee has taken into account modes of transportation in this years 'best costume' category and apparently there is a ... horse... umm... parked outside. So... is that allowed?" Snyder asked himself outloud feeling the urge to punish someone.
Cordelia rolled her eyes and grabbed the mic off him.
"This year two couples have won best costume! Would Faith Lehane and Dawn Summers please come up here too please?"
Faith looked thoughtful.
"I dunno... think we should Dawnie?"
Dawn looked thoughtful too.
"I guess we could do that..." she said with a cheeky smile.
"Just go you two!" said Willow with a shake of her head.
Cordelia handed the two couples their envelopes and the band got ready to play the last dance.
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Afterwards...
The three couples were walking out of the Bronze to a crisp fresh evening.
"So, where to gang?" asked Xander getting into the drivers seat.
Faith walked the horse towards them and helped Dawn get on behind her.
"I dunno about you guys... but I'm kinda hungry." The brunette stated matter of factly.
"We could go to the diner?" suggested Willow snuggling in closer to Buffy.
Xander nodded.
"To the diner we go!"
"Good call." Said Faith.
"But we'll meet you there ok? I'd better return Black Beauty here to my brother."
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At the diner.
The two couples had just walked into the diner and saw that a few of their classmates also had the same idea.
Giving Spike and Scott a wave and a smile Buffy helped Willow to her seat.
"So, what did you guys get in your envelopes?" asked Xander while browsing the menu.
"Uh, dunno haven't checked." Answered Buffy who then started checking her pockets.
"Is it money? Did we get money Xander?" said an enthusiastic Anya.
"No sweetie... I don't think we got money."
When Anya looked dejected Xander put his arm around her and gave her the envelope.
"But here... you can check to see ok?"
Buffy found her envelope and opened it finding that there were two vouchers inside.
"A free cappuccino at the Espresso pump..." she said reading out the first one.
Xander laughed.
"Good ol' Sunnydale High."
Just then Dawn and Faith came running into the diner.
Buffy shot out of her seat.
"What's wrong? Are you guys ok?" the worried blonde asked.
"Open your envelope, open your envelope!" Dawn said excitedly.
Willow pulled Buffy back down next to her.
"Geez you guys seem pretty excited about coffee."
"Coffee? What? No!" said Faith grabbing Buffy's envelope.
"Forget the coffee... this is what I'm talkin 'bout!"
She handed Buffy back the other voucher in the envelope and smirked.
"A week's free pass at... oh my God! An L.A health spa!"
The girls all jumped around excitedly while Xander looked a little threatened.
"Health spa? How can the school afford to send us to a health spa?"
"Xander! Hello?!" said Faith. "Don't you remember who handed you that envelope?"
"Cordelia Chase" Xander said. "That girl lives to torment me." He said with a blank look as the girls laughed at him.
"Come on Xand! It'll be fun!" said Willow.
"Faith... how can you be into this?" Xander said turning to his usual ally.
"Health spa." He said slowly. "You know they can't possibly allow french fries in there right?"
"Pff..." said Faith. "Don't be such a downer Xand! The health spa is in L.A!! And I smell a road trip!!" she added wriggling her eyebrows and smirking like only she knows how to do.
"This cannot possibly end well..." said Xander.
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TBC...
A/N- thanks for your reviews. Sorry for all the fluffy stuff I guess I'm a hopeless romantic at heart! More soon if you want it :)
-phantom (altair_rox_as@hotmail.com)