MCA #0, Thursday Morning

[needsaparrot]

"Shut up." Xander was not talking to a frog. At all.

Okay, maybe it'd be more accurate to say Xander was not speaking to the frog. What? Jeremiah kept staring at him.

"Did Giles put you up to this? Dawn?" Xander had a unique definition of 'not speaking,' yes.

"Rideep?" //Cricketplz?//

"I'm so not having this discussion with you. And not just because I don't speak Frog."

Xander wasn't talking to a frog; he was putting a frog tank in the bedroom.
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[OOC: For the BFF]

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[needsaparrot]

"I hope they liked the rum better than it liked me, if they're the ones who took it," Xander said.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Slide shows are better than drinking," Willow told him.

[needsaparrot]

Xander glanced at The End on the screen. "There could be slide shows with drinking. This could be one of those."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Want a sip of my soda?" Willow offered.

[needsaparrot]

"Not quite what I had in mind." Though Xander didn't stand up to go get anything else.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"This is what happens when I can outsmart you at every turn," Willow said. She handed her can over. "No spitting."

[needsaparrot]

Xander took a drink and handed it back. "The fact that you're smarter than me? Not really news."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow took a sip in turn. "So you should save yourself tons of time and just do whatever I tell you to. Because my choices are the smart ones."

[needsaparrot]

Xander felt that now would not be a good time to go into a detailed rundown of the next few years of his Willow's life, tempting as it might be.

"This one's my choice, though, Will. I screw it up, I'm the one to blame. Not you."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"But if you know that you are currently screwing up, you could fix that by doing the opposite," Willow said.

[needsaparrot]

"Oh come on, you of all people can't possibly underestimate my ability to find newer and more creative ways to be an idiot." Xander threw a piece of popcorn at her. And then stared at his shoes. "I kissed him on Saturday night. As for instance."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow did acknowledge his point, but moved on to the greater issue.

"Good kiss?" From tone it was clear she was asking if he'd enjoyed it.

[needsaparrot]

"It wasn't him. He was possessed." No, that wasn't an answer. Then again, enjoyed would probably not be the word he'd choose if he was going to answer that.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Ahhhh," Willow said, getting it. "Sucks how often that happens around us."

[needsaparrot]

Xander snorted. "You know, I actually thought I'd broken my streak there, for a while."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"At least Bridge himself isn't a demon," Willow said. She tucked her feet up under her and picked at a stray thread on her skirt. "And... I think being snuggly with happiness is okay. Provided you're not Angel."

[needsaparrot]

"And there's a nice unpainy example of a seventeen year old dating a much older guy..."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"My boyfriend's from World War II," Willow replied. "So as far as the two people in this room are concerned, I win."

[needsaparrot]

"Your boyfriend's three years younger than you, not nine, and as far as anybody knows, you're actually the same age."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Hey, this is all seventeen," Willow said, pointing to herself. "It's just my mind that's older and if we're counting that then I really should've included a slide about the whole mental maturity thing since it does seem to be a leitmotif."

[needsaparrot]

"This is all twenty-six. Including the brain." Xander pointed to himself. "I may not be a great grown-up, but I am one."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"So?"

[needsaparrot]

"So I shouldn't have kissed him."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Yes, because when I think 'Xander Harris' I think 'just like that creepy guy who kept staring at me on the swings until my BFF threw a thermos lid at him,'" Willow replied with an eyeroll.

[needsaparrot]

"The point is I don't want to think that when I think 'Xander Harris.'"