Mauvaise Chance Apartments Office/Lobby, Saturday Afternoon

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Given the swarm of new students, Xander was guessing the teachers were here or not far behind, so he opened up the office, in case there was anyone looking to fill his vacancies. Not dirty.

He was sitting behind the counter reading the latest issue of Starburst and trying not to facepalm at the tiny GenCon Gossip blurb about a rumored pilot in development called Space Cadets.
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[OOC: Open for prospective or current tenants or anyone else who feels like wandering by.]

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow came in and went to work on updating the MCA forms. Because to Willow 1) working on a Saturday and 2) working on forms of all things was actually what she considered to be fun.

"Hey Xander."

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"Hey, Will." Because to Xander, Willow working on a Saturday was...Willow. "Met any of the new kids yet?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow shook her head. "Not quite yet, but I'm looking forward to it. You?"

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Xander shook his head. "Nope, newest newbie I've met would be the new Sheriff."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"He's very nice," Willow said. "I offered to help him with his office organizing if he needed it. Granted it's a little weird to be in a situation of trusting police officers, but this would not be the first thing about Fandom which is radically different from Sunnydale."

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"Seriously," Xander agreed. "Also the principal here? Much hotter."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I really didn't need to know that these were your feelings about pregnant women," Willow said. She distracted herself by updating the new resident form to include a question about whether or not said new resident might have inappropriate plans involving purple napkins. "So my friend had that talk with her boyfriend."

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"In general, not because she's--" Xander stopped as the rest of her statement caught up with him. "Yeah? What did your friend's boyfriend say?"
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[I flee for foodz! Back in a bit!]

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow got blushy and quiet and lack of eye contacty. "That he'd like her to be with him."

[yay foodz!]

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Xander grinned widely, then put a hand behind his ear. "I'm sorry I didn't hear. What was that you said?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"That he'd like her to be with him."

Willow was nothing if not literal at times.

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"So he's all not an idiot and stuff? Huh, whaddya know."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"There were issues!" Willow said. "Perfectly understandable, non-idiot issues that for some reason he's decided are not issues which is very wonderful in the flippy tummy way although now she's wondering if maybe she's evil."

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"...Evil."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Right."

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"Okay, this is probably a question out of left field, I know, but bear with me. Why?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Because she's thinking of taking him up on it?" Willow replied. "Like seriously thinking in a forward-planning, hey we already know what we're naming the kids sort of way?"

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Xander was quiet for a second, then said, "I already know what I'm naming my kid. Maybe. If I get lucky. What's so evil about that?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow fiddled nervously with a pencil. "Because it means being in places that are not Sunnydale? And giving up on promises that, okay, weren't exactly being fulfilled at the moment but at least there could be an implication that at least they were on hold."

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"Being able to help Buffy, you mean?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow nodded.

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"I can't say the thought hasn't occurred to me too. That, y'know, eventually I might --" He didn't exactly want to say not be a Scooby anymore. "--want to do something else."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"It feels wrong," Willow said. "Like I'm doing something selfish."

Somewhere in here Willow had yet again lost her oh so clever ruse about her friend.

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"You get to have a life, Will. Everybody deserves that." ...Yeah, maybe Xander wasn't just talking about his friend either.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow fiddled with her pencil some more. "It's not like it's all la la la and fun vacation and boyfriend who makes me feel warm and happy. I think I could help. Like way help since hi, kinda lacking in the good witch department. But... I think I'd kinda want to go even if that wasn't the case. Maybe."

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"Buffy doesn't expect you to give up your future for hers, y'know." Xander put a hand on her shoulder. "Neither do I. Or, uh, neither would I. Whatever. The me that's back in Sunnydale where you're not. He'd be happy for you."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"You wouldn't think I'm a horrible person?" Willow asked.

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Xander thought of the things he'd seen his Willow do. And come back from. "I will never think you're a horrible person. I say this from experience."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Really the only thing that could be said to that was a tight, clinging hug.

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Xander returned said hug. Not that he really had a lot of choice in the matter, but still, just to make these things clear, this was a full-participation hug.