𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝐺𝑜 𝑂𝑢𝑡 𝐴𝑡 𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 || 𝑩𝑻𝑽𝑺 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏

Dead Heads And Dead Boys

Laney scoffs braiding her hair "The things we do for love."

"Love has nothing to do with this." Buffy replies slapping Laney's arm.

Xander holds up a finger, "Maybe not, but I'll tell you this: people don't fall in love with what's right in front of them."

Willow gives Buffy a sad, knowing look. As Laney mutters under her breath, "You would know."

Xander continues not hearing Laney or seeing Willow's now upset expression, "People want the dream. What they can't have."

Willow looks over at Xander longingly. Buffy understands only too well. Laney sighs and pats Willow's hand before braiding her hair once again.

Laney rolls her eyes, "Oh yes... The more unattainable, the more attractive. That's how the game goes. Round and round we all go... where we stop no one knows."

Willow hops down from her perch.

"So for Eric the unattainable would include everyone. That's alive." She walks around Xander to head down the stairs. Buffy and Laney follow after them.

"Uh, Eric's sick enough to do something like this, but what about Chris? He seems like a human person."

Xander follows.

"I dunno. That thing with his brother was really hard on him. And he talked about death a lot. Maybe he just wanted to get one-up on it." Willow shrugs.

Laney blanks out thinking about Daryl. It had been a couple years now and she didn't want a recap of what happened. She was fine with the past being left in the past. Willow gives Laney a concerning stare making her smile as if she was okay, but really she wasn't.

"But it's not doable. I mean, making someone from scraps, actually making them live." Buffy throws her hands up in defeat.

"If it is, Willow's science project's definitely coming in second this year."

Willow frowns and flicks Laney's forehead.

"Ow... what?"

Xander chuckles and looks off spotting Giles, "And speaking of love..."

Willow frowns, "We were talking about the re-animation of dead tissue."

"Do I deconstruct your segues?"

Laney rolls her eyes and walks over to Giles with the others following behind her.

"Hey Doc."

No response.

"Hello? Earth to Giles?" Buffy says waving her hand in-front of his face.

Giles blinks rapidly before looking over distracted, "Oh! Yes. Hello."

"Still no sign of our mad doctors?"

Giles glances at Buddy for a second then away and back to Buffy, "What? Oh! Uh, corpses, yes. Evil. Huh. Very good."

Willow and Laney frowns before looking at each other and nodding. They glance to wear Giles was staring and see Jenny talking to a student.

"Okay, Giles, just remember, 'I feel a thing, you feel a thing...' But personalize it."

Giles frowns looking at Buffy with confusion, "Personalize it?"

Willow shrugs, "She's a technopagan, right?"

Giles nods.

Laney smirks, "Ask her to bless your laptop."

She turns to leave as Buffy replies to Giles, "Have fun," then follows her. Willow and Xander smile. Willow pats him on the shoulder and goes too.