New Relationships, Old Friendships

Episode: Becoming

“You seriously want to consider restoring his soul?” Cordelia asked Buffy.

“It’s the right thing to do,” Buffy explained. “I can kill him, but if we can restore his soul it’s…”

“You still have feelings for him,” Cordelia accused.

“No, baby, I love…”

She didn’t get to finish as Cordelia stormed out.

“Buffy, do you want me to prepare the spell?” Willow asked.

“Yeah,” Buffy said, her eyes still on the doors Cordelia had exited. “It’s what we should do.”

Scene: Angel and Buffy fight

Angelus slammed back into the wall, “You aren’t pulling any punches, are you?”

Buffy pulled out her stake, “I’ve moved on.”

“So I’ve heard,” he said with a laugh. “You think this is about you? It was never about you. You fall for it every time.”

Buffy realized what he was saying. It was a trap. The spell wasn’t going to succeed.

She knew what she had to do. She drove her stake into Angel’s chest and then turned and ran for the school.

-

“It’s all ruined!” Dru screamed as she looked at Giles and Acathla. “Daddy’s gone!”

“Hush, baby,” Spike said as he got up from his chair.

“Spike, you can walk,” she said, stunned.

“Don’t worry about that,” he said as he wiped away a tear. As much as he hated Angel, he hated seeing Dru cry even more. “What say we go see Angelus?”

“How?” Dru asked, confused.

Spike looked to Acathla, “Well, I’m betting he’s in hell right now. We just so happen to have a doorway.”

Scene: Xander meeting up with Buffy outside the mansion

Buffy looked at Xander holding a rock. “Get Giles out then…come back.”

“Okay, surprised to hear you say that,” he replied.

She shook her head sadly, “I don’t have a lot of options. I’m going against pretty deep odds. Even without Angel there.”

Xander nodded as he followed after her. He wished they had a better plan than that.

-

“Swords aren’t usually my thing,” Spike said as he kicked away the blade Buffy had been wielding. “That doesn’t mean I don’t know how to use one.”

Buffy looked around. Drusilla was **** and she had managed to kill off his minions, but it had left her battered. Behind him she could see Acathla opening its mouth. She tried to move, but she didn’t have anything left.

As he got ready to stab her she heard from behind him, “No!”

Xander ran towards her sword and tossed it to her. A moment later though Spike stabbed him through the gut.

Buffy grabbed her sword and stabbed Spike. As he howled out she drove him back and into Acathla.

“Spike!” Dru yelled as she came to. She rushed over and grabbed him, getting sucked into the portal at the same time.

-

Xander groaned as he opened his eyes. He could hear the sounds of machines beeping around him.

“Hey, you’re awake,” Willow said as he came to.

“Yeah, I guess we’re hospital buddies now,” he said.

“Actually, I got released earlier today. You’ll be in for a while.”

“Look at you, always out performing me.”

“Well, you’re the one who helped save the world,” Willow said as she got up. “Let me get Buffy.”

He closed his eyes until Buffy entered, “You saved my life. Again.”

“Kind of saving the world at the same time,” he responded. He tried to sit up, but groaned in pain. “How long have I been here?”

“A couple of days. Doctors say you’ll…”

“Be here awhile. Willow gave me the good news,” Xander said as he looked ahead of him. A TV had been rolled into the room. “Well, at least I’ll have some entertainment.”

“About that…” Buffy said as she pulled out a tape.

“Are we having a Bollywood party again?”

“Actually, Cordy and I have been talking, and I suggested something, and she was into it more than I expected, so here.”

“Buff, I’m still not sure what this is.”

“It’s Cordy, Gwen, Harmony, and I,” Buffy explained. “We made a tape.”

“Oh,” Xander said. “Oh!”

“We agreed there will be more,” she said as she got up. “We know you’ll keep them private.”

“Of course. Thanks, Buff. And…I’m happy for you and Cordy. I’m not going to pretend it’s what I dreamed would happen…okay, actually, it was a dream, but I mean, not the part where I’m on the outside, but I am happy for you.”

Buffy laughed as she stood up, “Next Slayer I put in a good word for you.”

She put the tape in the VCR and left as Willow reentered the room. “Mind if I watch with you?”

“Not a problem,” Xander said as she sat down beside him. “Watching porn together used to be an activity of ours.”

On screen the girls got right to the sex, forming a daisy chain of pussy eating. “That led to other activities,” Willow said.

“Will this?” Xander asked, hopefully.

Willow shook her head, “Probably not. I still want a relationship with a girl. I still don’t know how I feel.”

Xander nodded, “I think I actually understand. If we do this I’m definitely jerking off though. If the sight of my cock fills you with desire, you know you only have to ask.”

“I guess we’ll see,” Willow said as she turned her eyes to the TV. “Xander?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m totally getting the next Slayer before you.”

Xander laughed loudly, causing him to grab his stomach in pain. “Game on, Will.”