2 Cents

"You want my 2 cents?" Jesse asked.

Xander nodded his head, "Yeah, sure, man."

"Dude, Ms. Calendar all the way. Thise other teo are fine females but not exactly easy, y'know?"

Xander got slightly offended, "Hey, Ms. Calendar wasn't easy."

"Take it easy." Jesse held up his hands. "I dont mean she was a slut. I mean the situation. Those other girls werent exactly locals... or born this century. You save the other Slayer and she goes where the Watchers send her. She's not gonna be here much. The Mummy chick faked being a exchange student so she's got a limited time to be here. Thats not even touching the whole undead thing."

Jesse sighed, "I will admit the both are sexy but theres just too many problems, man."

"Counter point: Genie." Xander pointed to Anya who smiled back at them. "Magic wishes."

Jesse rolled his eyes so hard they float out the back of his ghostly head. "Not saying is you cant. Just sayin'... there's more trouble there then with Ms. C."

Jesse's eyes popped back into their proper place as he smiled at Xander, "Sides, Ms. Calendar is sexier."

Xander nodded his head in agreement. "That she is."

Working himself up to it Xander looked at Anya, "I wish that I had been able to save Jenny Calendar, alias Janna Kalderash from being killed."

"Granted." Anya made the wish happen.

Xander hissed as he had new memories of this new reality. Jesse winced and pointed, "Dude, your face."

Xander put a hand to his face and tracing his fingers over his cheek he felt a scar that ran from the middle of his cheek up his face to the middle of his forehead. Pulling his fingers away he couldnt help but remember the fight that save Ms. Calendar's life.

He'd fought with his all but it still hadn't been enough to fight Angelus off. Until he'd put his thumb into the left eye of Angelus and squeezed. The goo that squished over his thumb and hand had felt like victory. That was until an eraged Angelus had thrown him face first thru the window set in the door to the Computer Sciences classroom. He was lucky he came away with just a pretty cool looking scar on his face. It could have been much worse.

Xander mused that the benefit of saving Ms. Calendar's life must have been the cool action hero scar package. That wasn't too bad.

And Ms. Calendar was alive again, there wasnt a downside to that.

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Unbeknownst to Xander across town in her apartment Jenny was having a conversation she didn't want to have.

"Uncle Oleg, please."

Her stern faced family member shook his head and rubbed a hand over his thinning hair. "I am sorry Janna. We must do what we must do. A life for a life. It is our way."

"But... but..." Jenny sputtered.

"We relented initially because your argument about his affairs was accurate. He was bound to the girl and wanted no other." Oleg shook his head, "That is no longer true. The Harris boy is no longer bound to that girl. As such tradition demands that we pay our debts. A life for a life. When he fathers a child on you our debt will be paid."

"Uncle, please..."

Uncle Oleg closed his eyes, "Do not make us use magic to see this debt paid. You know the family can compell you to see it done."

Jenny whined and despondently sank back into her couch. "I... I will submit."