Disclaimer: All BtVS characters belong to Joss & Co. I own this story. That's about it.
Author's Notes: My next story! Who would have thought it would come so soon? Oh well. Here goes!
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Part One
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"Yeah!"Xander exclaimed as he ran out of the Department of Motor Vehicles holding what he thought to be the most important paper he would ever recieve.
"Let me guess. You failed." Buffy said sarcastically. He answered by waving his driver's license in front of her face.
"Congratulations." Willow said.
"So, what do we do to celebrate?" Xander asked.
"Movie? I'll treat." Buffy suggested.
"Good idea. I hear Romeo and Juliet is back in the theaters." Willow said.
"A chick flick? Uh uh. Who just passed their driving test? I think I should pick the movie." Xander disagreed
"Excuse me? Who's paying?" Buffy said.
"Fine. I'll go see your chick flick." He said in disgust.
"Then it's settled. You can drive us home afterward." Buffy said. Xander thought for a moment. Buffy's house was closer to his house than Willow's. He would be alone with Buffy for a few minutes.
"Okay. But you guys have to get there on your own."Xander said.
"Good. How about after school tomorrow?" Willow offered. They had all been enrolled in summer school due to all of the classes they had missed.
"Sounds great! I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Xander said as he went to go kick his father out of the driver's seat of the family car.
* * *
"Willow, honey," Mrs. Rosenberg said as she walked into Willow's room, "Aunt Cathy called. She needs you to babysit for Bryce for a few hours. I told her you would."
"Sure, Mom. When?"Willow asked.
"Um, now."
"No! I promised Buffy and Xander I'd go to the movies with them today. I'm running late as it is."
"Willow, family comes before friends, you know that."
"Fine. If Buffy or Xander call later, tell them where I went, okay?"
"Okay."
Willow left to go babysit for her little cousin.
* * *
"Where is she?" Buffy asked. She and Xander had been waiting for Willow for a half hour.
"I don't think she's coming. I mean, she wouldn't be this late." Xander said.
"You're probably right. Let's just go in and watch the movie. No sense in wasting an entire afternoon." Buffy said, leading him into the theater. They sat down just as the movie was starting.
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-marked love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, naught could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend."
The movie continued, and as much as Xander hated to admit to himself, he enjoyed it. 'Of course,' he thought, 'it couldn't hurt that I'm watching it alone with Buffy'.
'Wow,' Buffy thought, 'He looks like he's actually enjoying it. Maybe I misjudged him.' Buffy sighed and sank back into her seat. They sat there for about two hours, just watching as Romeo and Juliet met, fell inlove, and died.
"A glooming peace this morning with it brings.
The sun for sorrow will not show his head.
Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardoned, and some punish'ed;
For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."
She could have been mistaken, but Buffy thought she saw a tear rolling down Xander's cheek. As they walked out into the light, she could see he had been crying.
"So, now I know why you didn't want to see this movie. You didn't want me to see you cry." She teased.
"Hey, I have irritated eyes. They're just adjusting to the change in light." Xander defended as he held the car door open to let Buffy in.
"You were crying and you know it." Buffy continued. After a long silence, she realized that it wasn't something to tease him about. It showed he was sensitive, and it was hard to find that in a guy these days. She could tell he didn't like being teased. They pulled up to her house. She looked at him. "Hey, Xander, I'm sorry. I think it's great that you're a sensitive guy. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." She put a hand on his shoulder, and he looked at her. Before either of them knew it, they were kissing. When Buffy realized what they were doing, she pulled away.
"Um, Xander, I better go-"
"No, wait." Xander pulled her back into a passionate kiss. To her surprise, she kissed him back. They sat there, kissing, until Buffy pulled away again.
"Xander, I-"
"Sh." he put a finger on her lips to quiet her. "Don't say anything. Just meet me at the Bronze in an hour. Okay?"
"Okay." She smiled. "Xander, I liked it." She kissed him lightly on the lips. "An hour. I'm there."
Xander smiled at her. 'I can't believe this is happening,' he thought, 'A couple of weeks ago, I was lying on my bed listening to country music because she wanted to be friends. Now...' he didn't finish the thought.
Buffy walked toward the house. 'I can't believe it. A couple weeks ago, I was giving him the 'Let's be friends' speech, and today, I am going on a date with him and kissing him passionately.' She unlocked the door and walked up to her room. She collapsed on her bed and sighed happily. 'He's a great kisser, though." She smiled, and started getting ready for her meeting with Xander.
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