Willow

"Xander!"

He turned at the voice and smiled as his bestest buddy in all the world speed walked up to him.

"Heya, Wills." He inclined his head to the small redhead.

Whatever happiness he had in seeing his bestest buddy drained away as Willow's happy face was replaced by a serious, sorrowful expression. Xander grimaced as he saw the oncoming consolation conversation where Willow was going to do her best to help him get over Cordelia breaking up with him. Probably with only one or two 'I told you so' moments.

Willow gently put a hand on his arm and gave him a squeeze, "Hey, how ya doin' with... you know... everything."

Rolling his eyes Xander gave a groan, "Not great. But... hope springs eternal... plenty of fish in the sea... tomorrow is another day... cliche, cliche, cliche... et cetera, et cetera."

Willow snorted out a laugh.

"You?" He bobbed his head at her.

She gave him a brilliant smile. "Great!" Then winced, "Sorry, you probably didnt want to hear that."

Xander shrugged. "Its fine." He **** a smile, "At least one of the founding three scoobies escaped our doomed romantic lifestyle. Live the dream for us Willow, live the dream."

Willow started to say something but then bit down on her lip.

Xander leaned into her and nudged her with an elbow, "Go ahead. I know what your going to say. Get it out of your system, you'll feel better. On three..." he held up his hand and held up three fingers, then two, then one, then none.

Willow pursed her lips and shook her head.

Xander gave a small chuckle, "Your a good friend, Wills. Better than I deserve probably. I'll say it for you. You told me so."

Willow hunched her shoulders, "Sorry."

"Enh. My own damn dumb fault. Scorpion and the turtle, right? I shouldnt be surprised i got stung." he turned and stepped toward the school, Willow following alongside.

"But... well... it still shouldn't have happened the way it happened. That was just cruel. During the dance. That wasn't fair."

"Life isn't fair? Goodness gracious. I'll have to take it up with managment." Xander mused.

"Hey, no need to be persnickety. I'm on your side." Willow said with mock offense.

Xander bobbed his head, "No, yeah, i get that. I do. I just... well, i guess I just dont feel like doing an autopsy on my relationship with Cordy right now."

"Oh.... kay." Willow nodded her head and glumly looked ahead.

Taking in Willows subdued attitude Xander fought back a groan. Her glum self was probably solidarity dejection. He was getting pitied...

He was talking before he'd even really thought about what to say, "Ok, enough of that crap, would you rather be standing around being bored with me or talking to the love of your life?"

His eyes opened wide and Xander quickly looked to Willow. His bestest friend in the whole world stood there in a vaguely zoned out hypnotised way witha blank stare and answered in a monotone like someone who'd been hypnotised.

"Love of my life."

Xander had a second to wonder what was going to happen. Did he have powers? The hypnotised look and voice would say he did. But... did that provoke an answer only or did it do more?

He turned his eyes toward the parking lot and looked for Oz's van. Not seeing it Xander turned and looked for Willow's boyfriend around them. Frowning at nothing else happening Xander was about to complain about being given a bum power.

Only... something happened.

A girl appeared. From out of thin air. A curvy girl with light brown hair clad in green pajamas. Just popped into existence. Right in front of him. Staring into space with her Bette Davis eyes... the same kind of hypnotised look Willow had.

"What the fuck?" Xander blurted out.

He looked at Willow who was still kinda hynpo zoned out then he looked at Pajama girl who also seemed the be hypno zoned out.

He was ashamed it took a second for the lightbulb to go on. He asks the question with his power. Willow answers. Girl appears. So Pajama girl is the answer to his question about talking to the love of Willow's life.

A girl.

The Love of Willow's Life... was a girl.

Willow's a lesbian?

Xander could actually hear the record scratch sound effect in his head.

Since when?

Or... wait... did... unless it meant her entire lifetime... it would have to wouldn't it... so sometime during her life Willow goes gay. And Pajama girl is that lesbian Willow loves... in the future....

Riiiiiight.

Xander's eyes bulged as time travel paradoxes suddenly came to the forefront of his mind.

What the hell was he going to do? Do nothing and let Willow get blitzed with her future gayness and destroy that timeline? Or kidnap the Pajama girl while everyone was zoned out and try to preserve the future timeline where Willow doesnt know shes gay... until she does... kidnap seemed to be the-

"Shit shit shitshitshit!" Xander jolted. He definitely just magically kidnapped Pajama girl from wherever she was from. He was in so much trouble.