Beth leads Xander down a long flight of stairs. Down the bottom there was a room and in the center was a large throne carved out of solid rock. Xander looked around the room and absorbed the history.
“What’s next on the lesson plan Beth? You gonna teach me how to fly?” he asked
Beth looked at him curiously
“Fly?” she asked
“Yeah, we’re ghosts, so we can fly right?”
Beth rolled her eyes and folded her arms.
“Yeah Alex we also wear bed sheets with eye holes and rattle chains while saying ‘Wooooooo’,” she replied sarcastically, “don’t believe everything you watch on TV we’re just as earthbound as everyone else.”
“Oh. So what are we starting with?”
Beth smiled at him while a mischievous look sparkled in her eyes. Beth walked over to the center of the room and turned to face Xander.
“You’re gonna love this. Can you get this chair out of the way first?”
Xander looked at the elaborately carved seat confused.
“You’re kidding right?”
“No we need the space,” Beth replied, “just put it in the corner someplace.”
Beth had gotten use to seeing Xanders nervous confused expressions and began to sort them into categories. This one was under category two the ‘that’s impossible’ nervous expression. Xander walked over to the front of the throne. He looked it up and down.
“This thing looks like it weighs a ton how am I suppose to move it?”
Beth shot Xander a look.
“Have you been listening to a word I said?”
“Yeah?” Xander replied anxiously
“Really. What did I tell you?” Beth asked flatly
Xander scanned his brain.
“That you think I’m hot?” Xander replied hopefully
“And?”
“Actually everything else kind went fuzzy after you said that.”
Beth smirked at shook her head at the newbe. She walked up and stood next to him.
“Look, it’s just like the small rock on the roof, don’t think about it just do it.”
Xander nodded in Acceptance. He turned to look at the throne and psyched himself up. After a brief time he grasped the side of the chair and tried to lift. He pulled with all of his ghost strength but the throne was barely lifting off the ground.
“I’m sorry Beth,” he said dropping the throne, “all I can think about is this is a heavy chair.”
Beth nodded. She turned to face him and wrapped her arms around his neck. The sudden embrace took Xander by surprise.
“What are you doing?” he asked
“Taking your mind off the big chair.” She replied
Beth slowly leaned in and kissed him. At first Xander resisted but then, slowly, he began to enjoy it. Her lips were soft and tasted sweet. Usually this would be the point where Xander would wonder how a ghost could taste but, by now, he was swept up in the moment.
After a few minutes Beth pulled back and smiled satisfactorily at Xander.
“So?” she asked.
“Big chair in the corner huh?” he asked trying not to giggle happily, “on it.”
Xander moved back over to the throne. Again he grabbed the sides and lifted. The chair rose effortlessly. He walked it over to the sidewall and placed it on the ground. Beth cheered as Xander swung around excitedly.
“I did it!” he exclaimed.
“I knew you could sweetie,” Beth replied, “as I said it’s all in the mind not in the muscles.”
“So, what’s next teach?” Xander asked as he walked back into the center of the room.
“Now I show you the good stuff.” Beth said
Beth stood casually in front of Xander a few seconds later she evaporated into nothing. Xander looked around stunned.
“Beth?”
“I’m still here,” Beth replied from the spot she was standing, “it’s called phasing. All ghosts can make their forms transparent.”
In a cloud of vapor Beth reappeared. Xander walked up to talk about it. Just before he arrived Beth dashed at impossible behind him.
“We also get this handy super speed.” She continued
Xander turned in shock.
“That one you’re gonna have to explain to me.” Xander replied
“It’s like the lifting it’s all in your mind. We’re not effected by friction anymore so we can go as fast or as slowly as we want.”
Beth walked up to Xander suggestively.
“So how would you do it Alex? Fast or slow.” She asked
“Oh I would be really fast. Like the flash.” Xander replied
Beth laughed
“Funny most guys wouldn’t admit to that.”
Xander frowned. He just got the feeling that he had missed something. He shook it off and looked at his instructor.
“Is there anything else I need to know?”
Beth looked Xander up and down with a giant grin on her face.
“There is one more thing. When am I going to see you out of your clothes?”
“Pardon me?”
“We can wear what ever want Alex. You’re only wearing that outfit because you remember you’re wearing that outfit.”
“I was wondering about that,” Xander remarked, “didn’t enjoy the idea of being stuck in ’97 fashions for the rest of eternity. How does it work?”
“All you need to do is visualize it. Think about the outfit you want to wear in detail. Then you wear as much . . .”
Beth’s clothes began to shimmer. They rippled slightly then began to snake across her body like water. After a few moments her original outfit was replaced with a small black bikini.
“ . . . Or as little as you want.”
Xander began to hyperventilate in shock.
“Oh . . . Kay,” he said in extreme nervousness, “I have to remember those, ah, I mean that.”
Beth slowly began to walk seductively up to Xander. At the same time Xander began to back off at the same speed. He stumbled back and sat on a giant slab of rock. Beth walked up and sat on his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked deeply into his eyes.
“What do you like about me now?” she asked
Xander gulped.
“Well . . . you’re very friendly. With the semi nudity and the very personal touching.” He replied
Beth laughed again.
“You are such a goof.” She said happily
“Sorry?” Xander replied hoping it was the right answer
“It’s cool Alex, don’t change, it works for you.”
Beth slowly leaned in to kiss Xander again.
“Beth?” a male voice called out from behind the both of them
Beth turned around and looked behind her. From another wall two more ghosts entered the room. One was a tall male with long blond hair and brown eyes the other was a female about Beth’s size with short immaculacy styled brown hair and blue eyes.
“There you are. Dude! We’ve been looking for all over Spain where the hell have you been? I though you wanted to go see that musical festival thing?” the male asked
Beth unwrapped herself from Xander and walked over to the pair.
“I got caught up. Had to a newbe the ropes.” Beth replied
The male looked from Beth’s current outfit to the exacerbated looking Xander sitting on the stone.
“Yeah, right.” the male scoffed, “who’s the new guy?”
Beth turned back to look at Xander. She motioned him to join the group. Xander walked up nervously and Beth put her arm around his waist.
“Alex this is Naomi and Lloyd. Guys this here is Alex.”
“Hey.” Naomi said
“So how’d you go dude?” Lloyd asked
Xander shrugged
“Demon killed me.” he replied
Lloyd looked excitedly at Xander.
“No way! You’re a monster kill? That is seriously sweet! You have to give me details man!”
“I don’t really remember.” Xander said quietly.
“Pity, monster kills get all the hottest chicks.”
Naomi nudged Lloyd in the ribs. She looked over to Beth
“So are we still going or what?” Naomi asked, “’Cause it’s starting in a few.”
“Yeah I’ll be there. You wanna come Alex?”
“I don’t want to impose.”
“No, Come with us it’ll be fun.” Naomi said sweetly
“Alright.” Xander said.
Beth lent her head on Xanders shoulder. Lloyd and Naomi looked at each other.
“Hey Beth can we talk to the newbe for a second.”
Beth shrugged. She moved away from Xander and walked outside through a wall. Lloyd and Naomi looked at Xander seriously, which made him seriously nervous.
“What’s up?” he asked
“You look like a nice kid so I’m gonna give you a warning dude to dude. Don’t do it.”
Xander looked at the pair of them curiously.
“Don’t do what?”
“Date Beth,” Naomi replied, “See, she’s a sweet girl, but she kinda treats dating like hiring a video from the store. She doesn’t like late fees.”
“She seemed cool to me.” Xander replied
“Beth always likes to ride the Newbes.” Lloyd remarked
“She’s taught other guys?”
“No I mean she likes to ride the newbies.”
“Oh.”
Xanders heart sank. Naomi felt sorry for him and placed a caring hand on his shoulder.
“Hey, it’s okay, at least you’re better then that zombie she dated.”
Xander looked at Naomi with disgusted curiosity. Lloyd rolled his eyes in acknowledgment.
“Oh, that guy, he had no imagination. It was all like ‘I want brains’ and ‘have you seen my spleen laying around’ and stuff.”
“So just be careful around her okay?” Naomi said
“She has never really had a solid boyfriend huh?”
Naomi thought about this.
“Well . . . there’s this one place she keeps going. She never says what she does there. We think she has this hidden guy she wont tell us about.”
“Where’s that?”
“Some place in California I think Sunny . . . something. Anyways we better get going I don’t want to miss the mariachi band.”
As they walked off Xander thought about this. Sunnydale? Beth could go anywhere in the world and she runs to Sunnydale? Most people try to run away from there. There was something about Beth he couldn’t quite put his finger on and he wanted to find out what that was.
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