Snap--
I'm gonna' "start" this one, then, if it's "okay" with you, you can write for Seras, and I'll do 'Xander, and we'll just go "back-n'-forth" and see where it leads.....How's THAT sound?
Oh, and was there ANOTHER story we were gonna' do NOW, during teh Reception--I can't quite remember....!?
After letting Alucard know she was here--he seemed a bit "surprised" at her coming--Seras wandered around for a bit, getting a look at things and wondering what it was like to LIVE in teh Hotel--she AVOIDED teh Food Tables, which made her WISH she could EAT again, and introduced herself to teh Bride and Groom, who were OBVIOUSLY
VERY MUCH in wuv....!
"If ONLY I could be so LUCKY..." she thought sadly to herself.....but Vampires aren't USUALLY known for "lasting relationships"!
[She ALSO appreciated teh fact that Daniel Saverem looked at her FACE and NOT her CHEST, like many men DID!]
She was watching teh children happily *splashing* in teh Pool [that little Bluesummers boy was SUCH a darling--except when he went "spider", which gave her a START!], when Seras thought she caught a glimpse of someone she KNEW!
"WHAT'S Pip doing HERE!?" she said to herself, and ran forward--
--Only to come to a SUDDEN halt when she was CLOSE enough to see that his hair was too DARK!
"YOU'RE not Pip!" she blurted somewhat rudely!
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'Xander HAD been talking to Spike teh Vampire--"What HAPPENED to your LIPS!?" and was now on teh "look-out" for Angel and Cordy, when he saw a petite but ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL girl running TOWARDS him!
[He glanced behind himself at first, figuring she MUST be heading for some lucky guy right behind HIM, but ALL that was THERE was some DOOFUS in a Chicken Suit who was being YELLED at by a little girl! {Ninamori}]
"Naw-it CAN'T be HIM!" he thought to himself, but THEN, that would MEAN.....!
Then she came to a SUDDEN HALT, and SAID--in a VERY disappointed voice--
"YOU'RE not Pip!"
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Trying NOT to show how "hurt" that remark made him feel, 'Xander pointed his thumb over his shoulder at teh Chicken Suit Guy and joked--
"No, I'm NOT--Is THAT "him" over THERE!?"
Seras glanced past him at Andy [who was NOW be lead away by his EAR--don't know HOW Ninamori was ABLE to REACH that high!], and LAUGHED!
"Oh, DEFINATELY NOT! I DOUBT even Alucard could FORCE Pip to wear a CHICKEN SUIT!"
'Xander, who suddenly realized he was STARING at teh pretty young lady's chest, TORE his gaze away with considerable effort, and looked into her face--
"You're VERY PRETTY..." he heard himself say--*ACK!*
["Oh, WONDERFUL, 'Xander, you Neanderthal! FIRST you all but *DROOL* over teh poor girl's....."assets", and then you BLURT OUT teh SECOND thing that goes thru' you STUPID HEAD!!!" he thought angrily!]
Seras was a trifle astonished by this "confession" from teh young man with an eye-patch--NOT that she DIDN'T "routinely" hear "comments" on her looks from RANDY men, BUT they DIDN'T OFTEN sound so........"Sincere", as if he REALLY wasn't trying to "impress" her with his testosterone level!
"Uhhh....Thank you?" she answered tentively....
There was a "frozen moment" between teh two of them, when teh world seemed to STOP, even while teh sounds of teh party "swirled' around them [you know, screaming, banging, occasional CRASHES--THAT kinda' STUFF...!]
Then 'Xander sort of "shook" himself, snapping outta his Trance, and introduced himself--
"Sorry about that....er....My name is 'Xander Harris--"
Seras also came outta that "shared moment"--
"Oh, 'ello--I'm Seras Victoria"
As they shook hands, 'Xander noticed two things--
Seras Victoria was English--and she had RED EYES! WHAT had Spike said about red eyes......?
She STILL had hold of his hand when 'Xander suddenly REMEMBERED and *gasped!*
"YOU'RE A VAMPIRE!" he YELPED--and instantly pulled out a STAKE!!!
Seras reacted INSTINCTIVELY to this THREAT--SHE yanked his wrist so HARD, she heard something
*SNAP!*, THEN pulled him close, and twisting 'Xander's arm until he cried out and dropped teh stake, she shoved him in front of her until they were hidden from sight behind a screen of trees---
She had her teeth on his NECK before she realized just WHAT she was doing.....!
'Xander, too caught off guard by teh SPEED of it all, and in severe pain from what he suspected was a broken wrist AND a wrenched shoulder, felt teh Vampire Girl's fangs start to BITE into his neck and thought....
"I GUESS I ALWAYS
KNEW it would END this way, ESPECIALLY without Buffy's constant "protection"--MAYBE if I HADN'T been such a "horn-dog" I would've "caught on" SOONER....
.......Uhhh....WHY did she STOP!?"
Seras Victoria suddenly PUSHED him away from herself and TURNED AWAY......
"I'm SO
SORRY!!!!" she cried, tears in her voice--"I DIDN'T MEAN to.....!"
Then. BURSTING into SOBS, she began to run FARTHER into teh screen of trees...
'Xander just stood STUNNED for a moment, COMPLETELY CONFUSED by Seras' behavior--he felt at teh small "nicks" in his throat from her fangs, and when he pulled his hand away, there was blood on his fingers....
"She DREW blood, but then she STOPPED---and
APOLOGIZED!!!!"
It just didn't make ANY SENSE--from ALL of 'Xander's "Vampire Experience", he should ALREADY be a CORPSE, growing cold in teh shade under teh trees, YET......
He NEVER quite knew WHY, but when he heard a "sobbing" sound coming from teh direction in which teh girl who called herself Seras Victoria had run, he started running TOWARDS it--
"This has GOT to be one of teh DUMBEST THINGS you have EVER DONE, 'Xander Harris!" he chided himself, "And that INCLUDES letting that crazy Preacher-Guy GOUGE OUT your EYE!"
He "found" Seras when he TRIPPED OVER HER, sitting part-way under a bu-sh, and landed on his FACE in what he very much suspected was a CLUMP of Poison Ivy!!!
"OH, JUST GREAT!" 'Xander muttered at himself, ANGRILY, as his arm began to *THROB!* with pain, "NOW I can DIE
AND MAKE an
ASS of MYSELF at teh SAME TIME!!! teh Harris Family Curse STRIKES AGAIN! *Groan, OUCH!,
SH!T!!!*"
All-Righty, Snap! How's THAT for a "Beginning"!?
Your "TURN", Next! [Or RATHER, If you wanna' "come up" with an "opening" remark for Seras, at least, I could "continue" from THERE--"WHATEVER" works for you...!
P.S. One thing I've been "confused" about--Is "Seras" her FIRST NAME, and "Victoria" her SURNAME? And is it spelled with a "S" or a "C"?