After my little bonding experience with Willow over hard drink and bartenders who became more and more attractive as the night progressed, I had to wonder if Willow and I made a connection. Not the lesbian kind that Willow makes because she's into that sort of thing and I'm not really, but you know, the other kind of connection. The friend one? Or
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Without thinking I shouted very loudly and boisterously, "Enter!" I always wanted to say that like I had heard in all of the gangster movies. Hopefully it wasn't someone that I needed to be serious with.
When the door was opened very slowly I waited patiently. The first thing I saw was legal folders coming in through the door. Then very graceful hands and arms, then... Anya.
I was able to manage a composed expression and said, "Hey, what can I do for you?" The 'hey' sounded like a pubescent teenager screech, something in only my mind sounded like a word.
I cleared my throat. There wasn't any reason for me to act weird around Anya. We worked together now, and that was all.
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"Hey, what can I do for you?"He sounded so calm and normal. Typical Xander not to be tweaking out. I mean, it wasn't like there was anything be tweaking out about. I was overreacting, clearly ( ... )
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"Oh..." I replied dumbly and stood up to take the stack from her. I smiled a little. "Thanks."
I set them on my desk and looked at her.
"How've you been?" Of course she is fine and probably dating and all that. That's why she doesn't even want anything to do with me anymore. Xander the glorified janitor Harris.
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"Oh I'm nifty. What with the job and all. Lilah's very professional. I get paid a lot of money. I mean, other than work..."
I stopped short and shrugged, "You know. Busy..?" I tried lying but it didn't exactly work.
"No not really. My idea of a busy Friday night is watching Passions that Spike TiVo'd while he was out lurking or something."
Xander looked at me like I had lost my mind. I guess he didn't hear about the rooming situation.
I groaned, "They stuck me with him. For rooming. I don't know, we don't really talk that much. Sometimes he yells at me for trying to decorate and we get into irritating arguments, but he always gives up after a good five minutes. What about you?"
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