They're not mine, and we all know it.
Cordelia walked through the halls quickly, aware that people were staring. she thought. Willow’s words raced through her mind. The thought of being uprooted from her spot did not worry her so much as the idea of shy, timid Willow being the one to do it. She knew that she was being irrationally shallow, but she didn’t care. < I have to figure out what happened and change it back. >
She found a secluded place in the quad where she could sit in relative solitude and think. The realization that her world was not as she had known it was gone and replaced by this alternate existence both shocked and scared her.
Cordelia ran her hand through her dark hair and thought of all the differences between her world and this one. She flinched at the idea, but went on. Cordelia smiled wryly at the strange concept and remembered all the times she had made fun of Willow’s dress sense.
Cordelia stopped, realizing that the description sounded very much like ... herself. She and Willow seem to have switched places, sort of. she thought, horrified. The idea that she treated people the way this Bitchy Willow did made her pause and think about her past behaviors. She bit her lip, thinking back at all the rude, unfeeling comments she had directed towards the Scooby Gang in the past. she realized with a pang.
Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, Cordelia decided to make it back up to them when she got out of this world. taunted a little voice in her head. She ignored it and went back to her list. she grimaced at the thought. she furrowed her brow as she thought back to the conversation Xander and Oz. Her frown deepened at the irony, then disappeared as she began to fit together the pieces. Her Cordelia Chase, Male Magnet persona began to jump up and down in excitement at the thought. Cordelia smiled a real smile for the first time since the breakup.
* * *
Xander had checked in the cafeteria, but Cordy was not among one of the laughing students in the middle of the full-blown food fight. Normally Xander wouldn’t have hesitated in jumping right into the fray, but his concern for the hacker propelled him away from the pizzas and towards the computer lab, where sometimes spent her lunches talking with her favorite teacher.
“Ms. Calendar?” he called, as he stuck his head through the door of the room. The pretty, dark-haired teacher looked up from her computer and smiled at the boy who was entering her room. She noted his worried expression and asked in concern, “What’s wrong, Xander?”
“Cordy disappeared after a sort-of fight she had with Willow. Have you seen her lately? She’s been acting kind of strange ... not like herself at all.”
Jenny Calendar frowned as she remembered seeing her favorite student in the hall that morning. “You mean with the clothes and all?”
“Yeah, and she seems to have forgotten about her relationship with Oz.” Xander blushed. “She said something about ‘not taking me back.’”
“Taking you back? That doesn’t make any sense! That doesn’t sound like Cordy.”
“Yeah. She rushed out of the library, and she was pretty upset. So you haven’t seen her?”
“Not recently.”
Xander sighed and headed for the door. “I’ll keep looking. Thanks for your help.”
“Tell me if you get any news on what’s bothering her, okay?”
“Will do.”
* * *
Larry bumped into Xander just as he stepped out of the computer lab. “Hey, man, I hear there’s a huge food fight goin’ on in the caf. The guys tell me it’s like a riot in there. There’s sauce all over the walls! And all over the girls,” he said, winking lewdly at Xander. “They might want some help cleaning up, you know what I mean? You heading there or what?”
Xander shook his head. “I’m looking for Cordelia Chase. Have you seen her?”
“The computer chick? I think I saw her in the quad. Hey, she’s lookin’ hot today.” Larry looked towards the direction of the cafeteria and slapped Xander in the back. “Listen, man, Lunch is almost over, and I don’t want to miss the action. I’ll see ya later.” Larry sprinted off, narrowly missing a collision with Principal Snyder who shook his fist at the beefy senior and yelled.
“I smell a detention coming on for you, young man. No running in the halls!”
Xander snuck away before Snyder could see him standing by. Once safely out of sight, he headed towards the quad, wondering what was wrong with his best friend.
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