Hello! I've been getting a lot of e-mail lately saying that my chapters are way too short which i have to agree with them with. So i decided not to be lazy and start fixing it up. If it wouldn't be much of a bother can you please fix up the version on 'Match-made in Heaven' on your sight. Thanks you very much.

Here is the fixed version. Hopefully it is.

~~office~~

"Arthur Bayer, Chase Richardson, Christina Applegate, Mark Luthor IV…" Buffy read. "I’m bored…I’ll just watch 3 more," she said as she continues flipping through the millions of new tapes that were just sent in for the day.

Click. "Hi, I’m Teddy Green. I’m 21 years old, and I’m currently taking up medicine, majoring in zoology. I would like to find a girl who can meet my expectations and share my interest in racing pigs." A man in a checked shirt and cowboy hat said.

Click. "Weird…" Buffy mumbled while picking another video from what seems to be an endless pit of hopeless romantics.

Click. A lady wearing a pink tutu appeared, "Ola Senor! I’m Felicia Bonaparte, a virgin, who is just itching to have sex with the next man who watches this Video come and…" Click.

"Oh my Gosh!!! What a slut!!!" Buffy said as she picked up the next video thinking if it was not decent enough, she would close the agency and open up a video rental store instead.

Click. "Bloody hell! Fine! Just this once…" The video player suddenly crashed.

"Shit! Not now!"

"Buffy are you ok?" Willow asked. Hearing her answer yes, she continued "Oh ok. I’m heading home now, are you gonna work late?"

"No! No! The video player just crashed I think I’ll just head home too."

‘Stupid player!’ was the last thing she thought before grabbing her coat and joining Willow out the door.

~~ The Bronze ~~

Spike and Xander were sitting at the bar drinking a couple of beers. Sulking on his failed relationships.

"So, are you drunk enough man?" The brunette asked his best friend while gulping another bottle of beer.

‘Not nearly enough’ William thought. This was supposed to be his 2^{nd year anniversary with Drusilla. But then she ended the relationship when she knew that he found out about her plot on getting a higher position on William’s publishing company.}

"Ey, are you still there?" Xander asked. He has been worried lately about William this couple of weeks. Will had been used, lied to, dumped and to top it all of he is facing a lawsuit. He had never seen his British pal this cold and lonely; to think they’ve known each other their whole lives. He had been accompanying him all week, going into different bars and getting massively drunk. He thought this was enough; Will can have any girl he wanted in a second if he just paid attention to all the girls willing to throw themselves at him. He can’t quite figure out why he was moping over that slut, Drusilla anyway.

"Yeah." Was all he said.

"Will, come on get a grip. You have to get over her. She is not worth it." Xander then thought of what his co-worker Oz told him the other day. "I got an idea but I’m not sure if you’ll agree to it." Hearing no response he then went out the door with William trailing behind him.

~~ Spike’s apartment ~~

" ‘m bloody well not doing this." William argued. It had been the day after they hangout at the Bronze and he thinks he hasn’t quite gotten over his hangover from last night

"I’ll be good for you, and it can’t hurt if you try." A guy with bright pink hair replied.

"And who the hell are you?" the blonde asked, shocked to see a man with pink colored hair coming out of the kitchen holding a sandwich.

"Relax, okay. This is my friend Oz from work. Oz, this is my pal William" Xander introduced the two men, while trying to get the video camera set up.

"Relax? The man has bright pink hair and apparently raided my fridge already."

"Oh, sorry bout that. Do you want some?" Oz asked before taking another huge bite out of his baloney sandwich.

William just cocked his eyebrow at that. "Whose idea is this anyway?" Still refusing to do the video.

"Oz here told me about the new match-making agency between 5th and Madison and suggested that you make a video, when I told him about your little love problem."

"Hell, Harris. Why not just place an ad on morning paper about my bloody problems." William’s voice got higher and higher on every word. Xander has been his best friend his whole life, but sometimes he can’t figure out why he can’t just stay out of other people’s business.

William knew what he had said was harsh and he knew that Xander was just trying to help, being the good friend that he is. It’s just that, he has always been unlucky when it comes to love. His first love Cecily, had broken up with him after high school because of the fact that he was, according to her, not good enough. She wanted to be free when she goes to college and meet better men. Then came Dru, she was one of those girls guys dreamt about. Things have been going great, they really had chemistry and he thought that maybe she might be ‘the one’ until he found out about her real intentions. This really made him think that maybe Cecily was right, he was not good enough, for anyone.

Oz and Xander felt the anger building up and decided that maybe they should just forget about everything seeing William is not in a very good mood right now and probably will knock the life out of them if they kept on pushing.

After William had calmed down, Xander approached him. "Hey man, really sorry bout the whole Oz thing. I was just trying to…"

William cut him off. "I know you were just trying to help, but I think that I bloody well can take care of my own love problems. No need for some agency to find a girl for me. That’s only for poofters"

"But Will it can’t hurt if you just try right? We don’t even know if anybody is going to respond." The brunette said while trying to fix the video camera. He knew he was getting to him, he will give in.

Will knew they were getting nowhere with this, plus he would like to know just how many girls will be interested in him. He wanted to know if he still got the charm to swoop just about any girl, just like in high school. "Bloody hell! Fine! Just this once…" as the video player started to record.

~~ Uncle Bob’s repair shop ~~

Buffy had woken up early that morning determined to get the video player fixed before she went to work. She stooped at the first repair shop she found, Uncle Bob’s repair shop, which had a signboard big enough for you to read if you were a mile away with their slogan ‘we can fix anything, anytime, anywhere’.

When Buffy got into the shop, she saw no line and was relieved at that. At least she did not have to start her crappy day waiting at a long line. When she reached the counter, a guy with grayish hair came up to her and said. "How may I help you today ma’am?"

Thinking at the back of her mind that this what Uncle Bob, she explained how the video player had crashed on her the other day. The old man then took the broken player at the back to examine it and asked Buffy to wait a while, while he looks at the problem.

Buffy sat there wondering how nice everything was when she was in school, she can’t even believe she even thought about it, where everything was simple. She did not have to worry about bills and rent. But since she moved out of her mother’s house in Sunnydale, to try to pursue a better future here in LA she had no such luck. After millions of crappy jobs, from being a waitress at a diner, which everyday was full of overweight policemen eating jelly donuts, to working as a cashier at seven- eleven, where she met Willow. From there they started their matchmaking business.

Buffy heard a door slamming up from behind her, which pulled her out of her thoughts. The old man came back to the counter with the video player in hand. "Sorry ma’am we can’t fix it. Apparently this seems to be a very old model, and even if we tried to fix it, we could never find the parts needed."

"But you said you can fix anything, anytime, anywhere. Your signboard says so!" Buffy argued, thinking that everyday of her life was full of crap. Why did she even think this day would be different.

"Sorry lady." The old man replied. Handing her the player.

"Huh… can you at least get the video out, it’s kind of important."

"Sure thing, be right back."

She then picked up her cell to call Willow to tell her about their electronic problem. How are they suppose to run a business now, she can’t afford to buy a new player, hell she can’t even afford to buy coffee at Starbucks.

~~ Office, Match-made in Heaven ~~

Buffy went inside the store, holding the alleged video in her hand. ‘I guess I won’t be able to watch this video anytime soon’ she thought as she tossed the video on her desk. Then she heard the bell on the door of the store rang. ‘Oh, great what now’ while she heads out of the office and into the counter with a faked smile on her face.

Ding. Ding. "Anybody there?" a woman with long blonde hair walked up to the counter.

"Yes ma’am how may I be of service?" Buffy asked with a plastered smile on her face.

" I would like to submit this video, and I wish to look at some of your available bachelors." The blonde woman said in a high pitched voice.

"Um… If you could just fill up this form please, before we take your video. And um… I’m sorry about…"

Just then Willow came barging into the door carrying a big box. "Here’s the player, Willow here to save the day!" The redhead said while panting.

"Oh, I guess you can look at the videos after all. Wait a minute, while I fix it up for you. You can give Willow your form when you’re done filling it out." Excitedly Buffy made her way to the back to fix up the player for their first customer for the day.

After a couple of minutes, Buffy came out from the back and lead the way for the woman to follow her in to the audio-visual room.

After watching what seemed to be millions of tapes of bachelors, the blonde woman was not satisfied and insisted on Buffy if they still had some more videos. Buffy then thought of the video that she tossed on her desk this morning when she came in. She quickly went to her office to retrieve the video.

The two blondes then sat on the chairs set up at the audio-visual room to watch the last tape of hopefully a decent gentleman. Buffy never saw this tape because the player had crashed on her yesterday. The only thing she could do is hope that this was not like the one with the lady in a pink tutu, because they might just lose their only possible client and God knows she can’t afford that.

Click. "Bloody hell! Fine! Just this once. Is the thing on already? Okay." A blonde guy in a blue button down shirt said at the camera. " Hey, ‘m William. I don’t really know what I’m looking for in a woman. I guess, I would like a woman that is simple, intelligent and has a good sense of humor, I guess you can say that I like ‘the girl next door’ kind of gal. I wished to share with this lady my passion for music and I would like a woman who loves long walks at the beach and someone who will like me for… me."

Click. Buffy was suddenly touched with what the man had said. She thought that his sparking blue eyes stared directly at her. She had seen a lot of these videos, most of the men where all about shit. Trying to impress whoever was watching the video with showing off their muscles or something. But this man was different; he was not too showy and actually looked sincere when he was talking to the camera. It’s not like he had nothing to show off. The guy had cheekbones so sharp you would think it could cut through you and his eyes… they were mesmerizing her as she watched the video.

"I want this guy." The blonde woman said aloud. Which cut Buffy off her thoughts.

"Um… Are you sure ma’am?" Buffy asked, concerned about the blonde’s decision. Actually she thought in the back of her mind that she also wanted this guy. He was different from any man she met after her last boyfriend, Liam.

"Yeah, I’m sure. So, how do I get on a date with him?" The blonde woman asked.

Buffy looked at her clipboard to see the woman’s name. "Well, Miss Harmony Kimball, we first have to contact um…"

"William." Harmony supplied impatiently.

"Yes indeed, William, and asked him to come by if he wishes to set up a date with you or to watch you video first."

"How long is this going to take?" Harmony was really eager to go out with the blonde man in the video.

"It depends on what he decides ma’am. We will inform him right away of your choice and we will contact you as soon as he tells us his decision." Buffy said reassuringly. As she escorted the woman out of the shop.

"So… did I hear we have a client?" Willow asked while searching through the file cabinets.

"Yeah, our first!" The blonde replied. "Will, where did you get the money for the new player?"

"Just used my mom’s credit card." Willow Rosenberg was one of those straight A students. She can pretty much get anything she wanted as long as she stays in medical school, as her mom wants her to.

"But… isn’t it for emergencies only? You might get in trouble?"

"Nah… It’s no big deal. It is out of my allowance."

"Don’t worry Will, I’ll pay you back as soon as this account pulls through. I promise."

"Come on, no need to pay me back, we are partners in this business right? I’m just more of the financial partner." Willow laughed at that.

‘Sure thing!"

~~ William’s Office ~~

"$30,000? Fine. Settle it." William said as he placed the receiver back on the rack.

It had been 2 weeks since the Bronzing he and Xander did. Which later led to the making of his profile video for the Match-made in Heaven Agency. He actually felt better already; he had gone back to work and started on the piles of paperwork that he had neglected. He now has just settled the lawsuit he was facing on a certain reader; his life was finally getting back in order.

(speaker) "Mr. Bennedict, there is a call for you in line 2."

"Yeah, thanks Lilah."

"E…lo!"

"Hello? Is this Mr. William Bennedict?" The woman on the other line asked.

"Yes, this is he. Who is this?"

"Oh, hello Mr. Bennedict, I’m Buffy from Match-made in Heaven. I would just like to inform you that a lady named Harmony Kimball had seen your profile video and would like to know if you would be interested in going on a date with her."

William was silent. He did not know what to say to the lady on the other line. He certainly needed to go out. It had a month since he last went out on a date. But he was not sure if this was the right thing to do. "Umm… Can I just get back to you on that one?"

"Sure thing Mr.Bennedict. You can just give us a call or drop by the agency when you have decided on it. Have a nice day!"

"You too." Was all William answered.

~~ William’s Apartment ~~

As William rode the elevator to his apartment, he never could take his mind off of what to do with call he had received today. He was kind of interested to find out who this Harmony chick is, maybe this was one of those signs from the almighty that he should take, but then again he was never that religious. He certainly did not want to break the woman’s heart by saying no. So he thought it would not hurt to go out on just one date with this girl, you never know she might be the one he was looking for.

As he reached his apartment door and opened it to reveal, a very lazy Xander sitting on his black leather recliner surfing through the channels. "Hey man! What the bloody hell are you doing here, sitting in my couch, watching on my television and…"

He cocked his eyebrow when he saw Xander holding a big bag of chips. "…eating my food."

"Hello Will, didn’t hear you come in. I got out of work early today, stupid workers forget that we needed the bulldozer today. How can we make a new building if we don’t tear the old own down." Xander had been assigned to his first big project, and was very excited to be the finally the one in charge. "So… how was your work? Did your people forgot to order paper or something?"

"Nah… work was fine." As Will sat himself on the matching black leather couch. "Just got a call from that matchmaking agency. They say a girl was interested or something."

" Way the go Spike!" Spike was a nickname William had in high school, being the bully that he was. "So, what did you say?" A suddenly excited Xander jumped up of his sit to ask his friend. This certainly was more interesting than ‘how can we survive in the wild’ on the Discovery Channel.

"I did not say a bloody thing."

"Well why didn’t you say yes?"

"Because…"

"Because what?" Xander said mockingly.

"Oh… don’t give me that shit! Its not like you have been out on a date since, oh… I don’t know… HIGH SCHOOL." William defended. He knew his best friend was never that lucky when it came to women.

"I’m just saying. Maybe this girl has a friend, that would be interested on a double date."

"What are we in Jr. High! We have to go out on bloody group dates."

"Again, just a suggestion."

"Fine, I’ll stop by the agency tomorrow. But I can’t promise you anything about that double date though." Spike said. Actually relieved that maybe if he did not like this girl, he could always use Xander as an excuse to get the hell out.

~~ Match-made in Heaven ~~

It was Friday afternoon. Buffy was sitting at the front counter assorting the files of their clients. She really thought this people were hopeless, except one that is. She still can’t get over the man she had seen yesterday on the audio-visual room. She even went back to watch this guy’s video again before she made the call to his office informing him about Harmony’s interest in him. She can’t wait to see this guy in person. She even had an evil thought that maybe she should tell this guy that a ‘Buffy Summers’ was interested in him rather than a ‘Harmony Kimball’. This guy did something to her that she can’t quite put her finger on, but it seems that she can’t get this guy out of her mind.

The bell on the agency door suddenly rang. Looking up, Buffy saw a well built man in a black suit, his hair was blonde, almost white actually. And he had eyes that kept Buffy staring at him.

"Are you okay, pet?" The blonde said with a British accent. As he came to the front counter.

"Huh?" Buffy finally stopped staring. "Yeah, how may I help you?"

The blonde crocked his eyebrow saying. "Yeah, a lady called me yesterday. She told me a Harmony is it? Was interested in me taking her out?"

"Oh, yeah. Mr. Bennedict right? I’m Buffy Summers, I will be handling your account." Buffy said with a huge smile.

"Sure, call me William. So, how do I get in touch with this lady, luv?"

"Well, you could watch her video first, or schedule a meeting with her right away." Buffy said. Still with the huge grin on her face. She can’t believe this was the guy she was drooling over yesterday. He was even more handsome than she remembered. His blue eyes where like the ocean, taking her every breath. And a plus, he has that sexy accent.

"I really have no bloody idea what to do here, pet. This was my first time to be matched up. Maybe you can explain it to me?"

After Buffy had explained to William that they would be the one arranging their dates, the reservations and all that was their job. The only thing he had to worry about was showing up and paying the fee for the arrangements. That is if he was the one who initialized the meeting.

Realizing that he really had nothing to lose, except maybe paying for the dinner. He agreed to watch Harmony’s profile video and decided to give this woman a call once he got her phone number from Buffy.

"Here you go Mr. Bennedict. Just give her a call and we will be the one to make the reservations." Buffy said, handing him a piece of paper.

"William, and thanks…"

"Buffy." The blonde supplied.

"Yeah, thanks again, luv." William said before heading out the door and into his car.

"So, that was Mr. Blue Orbs himself huh? Willow teased her friend. She knew that Buffy felt something for this guy. She saw her watch his video 3 times yesterday, even if she never wanted to admit it.

"Yeah… That was him, William."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

William was on his way to the Bronze to meet up with Xander, ever since high school, every Friday they had always gone to the Bronze to shoot some pool, have a couple of drinks or just hang out. They call this their ‘boys night’, they always reasoned that because girls have ‘girls night’ where they binge on junkfood and watch chick flicks while they gossip about their boyfriends, then why can’t he and Xander have one night to drink and just be with the guys.

When he entered the Bronze, he spotted at once Xander and the pink haired guy at the 2nd pool table by the Bar.

"Here man!" Xander waved to William.

"Hey, Why the Bloody Hell did you start a game without me?" William joked.

"Cause Xander here wanted to ‘warm up’ for you." Oz and William laughed at that. Knowing Xander, they both know he has not a single clue on how to play pool. Sometimes, William doesn’t even know why they bother doing this every Friday. Sure they both enjoyed their ‘boys night’ but why try so hard to play pool, but then again it does attract the ladies.

Xander just shrugged off what Oz had said and proceeded to the bar to get some beer.

"Hey, I’ll be backstage, if you need me. K?" Oz called after the two men.

When they reached the bar, William asked, "Backstage?"

"Yeah, his part of some band named Dingoes ate my Baby." The brunette replied.

"Beer." William said to the bartender. Then looks back to Xander with a questioned look on his face. "I thought he works with you at the site."

"He does" Xander answered, as if it was going to explain everything. William looked at him with a crocked brow. "He only works part-time for the band, he is the guitarist." William still looked confused. "It’s a long story."

William just shrugged it off and proceeded to talk to his pal about his day at work. He then told Xander about what happened at the matchmaking agency, also mentioning more than once that he was still kind of hesitant about this whole blind date thing.

"Its not actually a blind date man." Xander told his doubted friend. "You saw the girl’s video right?"

William then thought back to the video he had just watch early that day. Click. "Hello, I’m Harmony. I am currently taking up interior designing at The University of California. I would like a man who would share my interest in fashion and my love for animals." A woman in blue halter with long blonde hair, said to the camera. Click.

William thought she was fairly attractive. Seemed to be a nice lady, who knows, he might enjoy her company. That’s why he agreed to meet up with her, that is if he ever has the nerve to call the girl and asked her out properly.

"Yeah."

"So was she hot?" A very eager Xander asked William.

"She was okay. William said with a smirk. "Had a voice that could break my bloody eardrums, but… she looked fine."

"Have you called her already?" Xander said, still curios to find out what his friend will do.

"No! Just got her bloody phone number from that ‘Buffy’ lady."

"Was she… hot? Do you think she might go out with a guy like me?"

"What! Oh… don’t know... she looks okay too, just kinda freaked me out, she keeps bloody staring at me. Like I was a freaking ghost or something."

After a long silence... "Maybe she has the hots for you?" Xander said, out of nowhere.

"What?" William said, in a groggy voice.

"Maybe this ‘Buffy’ girl has the hots for you." Xander repeated.

"Nah… Probably has a boyfriend. Obeying everything she says. Oh, how I so don’t want to be whipped."

"Whatever you say Will, Whatever you say…"

~~ Match-made in Heaven ~~

It was Monday morning, another day in the office. Buffy was all alone on the front counter looking through some of the new videos and files that just came in over the weekend. She never thought so many people in LA would actually be interested in matchmaking. When Willow brought up to her the idea of opening a matchmaking agency, she doubted that it would ‘click’ with LA community. She was indeed wrong; business had been not so great but not so bad either. Considering they had only been in business for not over a month, things were doing pretty well.

After sorting through all the profile videos and arranging them in their respective shelves, she was already bored. Willow was not in because she had classes, certainly she did not want to disturb Willow when it came to her studies. If she even gets a B+ her mother would certainly go hysteric, not to mention probably cutting off Willow’s allowance, which would lead them into a financial problem. She very well knew that without Mrs. Rosenberg’s monthly contributions via Willow, their business would never have survived.

Looking for something to do, she finally saw the note she had left on a yellow post it by her desk to remind her to call Harmony Kimball and tell her to expect a call from William Bennedict. As she picked up the phone and dialed Harmony’s home number, she suddenly remembered what happened the other day when William came in to the agency. She thought that the man probably thought she was a lunatic, because of the fact that she can’t keep her eyes off of him. She really thought the guy was very attractive. By the looks of the way he dressed, he must be successful in whatever his job was, and Buffy knew he was totally out of her league. Not was she only a couple of dimes away from being broke, but she did not even get to finish college. Its not because her mother did not offer to pay her way to college, but she just thought her mother needed the money more to pay for the education of her little sister Dawn. She certainly did not think it was a priority.

"Hello?" A voice from the other end of the line suddenly chimed in.

"Yes." Buffy was still a bit lost from her day dreaming. "May I please speak with Ms. Harmony Kimball?" Buffy asked.

"Yes, I am Harmony. Who is this?"

"Oh, hello." Buffy thought she should have known never will there be another person with that high of a voice. "I’m Buffy Summers from Match-made in Heaven, I just wanted to inform you that in a day or two Mr. William Bennidict will be calling you."

"Oh. My. God." The astonished blonde said through the phone. "I can’t believe he said yes. He did say yes right?" Harmony was suddenly concerned that maybe it was not a yes, maybe this guy was just going to tell her that he wishes not to go out with her. She was going overboard, anticipating for the lady on the other line to respond. Sure she had dated a lot of men through the years, she was popular in high school. But she had never seen a man whose eyes were so blue that she thought she was staring into the ocean, and his cheekbones were so sharp that you could slice steaks with it.

"Yes, he did agree…"

Before Buffy could finish, the blonde from the other line suddenly shouted a the top of her lungs, "Oh. My. God. I can’t believe it." Suddenly Buffy regretted telling the woman her answer before putting the phone a mile away from her ears. She certainly needed to make an appointment with her ear doctor, to check for the damages to her eardrums.

~~ William’s office ~~

It had been a long day for William, for him Monday always meant a staff meeting, which consist of planning, planning and more planning for the week ahead. It also involved reviewing the progress of distribution in the last week. Monday also meant, a meeting with all the editors and arguing with them on how they can’t afford to raise their budget. After a long day’s work, William was ready to retreat and go home to lie in his bed and get some rest to get ready for the next day. Grabbing his coat and reaching in the pocket for a cigarette, he suddenly saw a piece of crumpled paper with a phone number in it. Remembering last Friday, he decided to call this lady and ask her out in hopes of something that would make his day better.

As he dialed the woman’s number, he still can’t believe he agreed into this. Being raised in England, he was thought strictly by his father to treat women with respect, courting a woman would take time and complete dedication. He just thought this was not how his father pictured him meeting is possible wife.

"Hello?" A very cheery voice from the other line greeted William.

"Yes. Is this Harmony?"

"Yup, that’s me. Who is this if I may ask?" Harmony asked, already knowing that the person the other line was William. She found his accent so sexy.

"This is William. I wish to ask you if you would like to go on a date with me, luv? I know it is…"

Before William could finish the lady answered. "I would love to go out with you William."

"Great, I guess I’ll just call you again then, pet. To tell you the place and time?"

"Okay, It was really nice talking to you William."

"You too luv, see you then."

"Yeah, see you."

As William put down the phone and headed out into his car, he decided that going to the agency today was totally out. He was certainly beat up and making arrangements for his ‘up coming date’ was totally out of the question.

~~ Match-made in Heaven ~~

It had been a hectic day for Buffy. It seems to be that everybody in LA saw their ad on the Los Angeles Daily, the whole day was filled with talking and handing out forms to the much eager clients, that just seem to pick this day to come. Good thing Willow was there, she only had one class today, and after reading Buffy’s text message to her about the sudden mob of people at their door, she rushed right over. Buffy even forgot the reason she came into the office so early that morning. William had told her last week that he might come by early this week to polish up the arrangements for the date he and Harmony will be going to. Just last night, she could not get to sleep; she was trying on about every outfit she had, even thick wool sweaters. She wanted to make an impression on him. Seeing she did not act all so well last week, whenever William would look at her she kept on fidgeting and just seemed to be always be in a lost of words. She really thought that this guy would never notice her the way she wanted him to.

But today was filled with ranting and talking to people that seemed never be satisfied, which made her hair go in all the wrong places. As the mob of clients started to lessen at the end of the day, finally she could breathe again. "So, that was a long day today, I was exhausted."

"Yeah, me too. Just look the place, we really need to do a lot of filling tomorrow." Willow replied. As she stared into the pieces of paper scattered all over the desk and all the videos they had just arranged yesterday seemed to have grown legs and just walked their way to every corner of the office.

"Yup! Guess I have to go in early tomorrow." Buffy said, after seeing the mess that was once called their agency. " Look at my hair! All that blow drying this morning for, nothing." Buffy said with a pout.

Just then somebody came into the door. Seeing whom it was Buffy suddenly slipped out of the outer office and into the Bathroom to fix her hair. William can certainly not see her like this.

"Hello, luv, is Buffy in?" The blonde asks the redhead.

"Yeah, she’s right..." Willow said, looking back and seeing nothing but her reflection on the mirror frame at the back. "I’ll go see if she’s inside." The redhead continued.

"Bufffffffffy…" Willow called after her friend. "Mr. Blue Orbs is here."

"Shh… He might hear it. Keep him busy until I finish fixing my hair."

"Okay." As Willow made her way out the door and proceeded to distract William.

Buffy looked at herself in the mirror. She looked liked she haven’t brushed her hair in over a century, they were flying away everywhere. The only solution she thought of was to put her hair up in a ponytail.

"So you see, not everybody understands the importance of mosquitoes. They just kill, kill and…"

"Hey! Buffy, right?" William said, cutting off Willow of her lectures on importance of mosquitoes. According to her they are a very important part of society, as to what her professor said, that is.

"So, I guess we will just have to continue this conversation sometime else huh, William?" Willow was suddenly relieved that Buffy was back, she had no idea how to distract William, thus the subject of mosquitoes.

"Yeah. Sure pet." William said to the redhead as she made her way into the back office.

"So, are we ready? Do you want to finish up the arrangements now?" Buffy asked in a shaky voice, hopefully it sounded steady enough for William.

"Yeah, luv. Just lead the way."

After what seemed to be hours of chatting with William about the restaurants that cater for the needs of the agency, and the possible means of transportation they could take. William finally decides to take Harmony into a semi-formal restaurant near the old Hyperion Hotel. "So, will you want to meet her there or will you be picking her up? Will you be needing car services?"

"Nah, I think I will just meet her there, luv. You will be there right?"

"Yeah, and don’t worry I’ll personally make sure everything is perfect." Buffy was sort of glad that William had wanted her there.

"Thanks, pet, Really appreciate it."

"Your welcome. Will you be needing and kind of flowers or something."

"Yeah, that would be nice. Two long stem roses, one white and one red, luv."

"Okay." Buffy replied, as she wrote the needed preparations in a sheet of paper. She did not bother to ask William why he wanted two roses with different colors. She just thought William wanted something out of the ordinary. "So, that’s it then. Everything is settled. This Saturday sevenish?"

"Yeah, thanks again, pet. Be seeing you." William called to Buffy on his way out the door.

"Yeah, you too."

~~ Lobby of The Oasis ~~ (That Saturday)

Buffy has been here at the lobby, since a quarter to seven, making everything perfect, from the seats, the wine, the food and even the ambiance of the table of William and Harmony. This was the first account that Willow agreed for her to handle on her own; she wants everything to be just perfect so not to disappoint Willow. She really was grateful to her; she was the one who took her in her two-room dorm when Buffy got fired from seven-eleven because she broke the ‘slurpee’ maker. Willow was the one who made her partner when she had nothing. Now she has a decent looking apartment and is living pretty well. So, this is the only thing she can do to repay Willow, making this date of William’s perfect.

William was on his car; he was dressed in a simple black slack and a navy blue sweater with the sleeves pulled up just before his elbow. When he reached The Oasis, he gave his keys to the valet, and proceeded into the lobby. There he saw her, in a black cocktail dress, it had the sleeves down exposing her shoulder blades. Her blonde locks were let down, framing her face with curls at the end. He thought she looked gorgeous. Why had he never noticed this before when he first saw her. This was the question on his head, as he made his way to the woman sited at the corner of the lobby.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

As William approached the blonde woman, who was obviously staring into space, because of the fact that she did not notice William coming straight at her until he said, "Hey, cutie."

As the woman turned around she replied. "Hey, yourself handsome."

"Okay, lets start this with proper introductions shall we? I’m William Bennedict." As he extended his hand to the woman right in front of him.

The lady smiled, "I’m Harmony Kimball, nice to meet you William." As she took his and he led her into the ballroom.

"Welcome to the Oasis, may I please know whose party you are listed to?" The receptionist asked the two blondes.

"William Bennedict."

"Ah, yes. Right this way."

As the woman led them to their table, William can’t help but wonder where Buffy was. She had said that she would be here to greet them at the lobby, but she was nowhere to be found.

"Let me." William said, as he pulled out Harmony’s chair and helped her sit. Before taking his own position across from her. The place was indeed beautiful. The ballroom was filled with fresh flowers and sparkling chandeliers. Their table was by the window, where you could see the huge fountain that stood right in the middle of the building. It was indeed perfect, and William thought that he should greatly thank Buffy for doing this for them.

"So, tell me…" Harmony was suddenly cut off by the ringing of her cell phone. "Excuse me…" She told William before taking in the call.

"Yes… Oh my God… I’ll be right there." She said almost out of breath as she ended the conversation.

"Are you okay, pet." William asked, concerned on what has suddenly washed away the sweet smile on the woman’s face.

"I’m sorry William, I have to leave. There has been an emergency. Maybe we could just reschedule this?" The blonde said as she got out of her chair.

William at that same moment also got up from his seat and escorted Harmony out of the ballroom, while signaling something to the receptionist.

As they reached the front of The Oasis, they were waiting for Harmony’s car to come around, William asked, "are you sure you don’t want me to drive you, luv?"

"Yeah, I’m sure." Harmony assured William as her car came up. "I’m really sorry for ruining tonight." As she prepared to get herself in the driver seat.

"It’s no big. By the way…" William said while handling Harmony a single long stem red rose that the waiter brought out in a tray. "This is for you luv, I’ll be calling, okay?"

"Thanks." as Harmony grabbed the rose and placed it on the passenger seat. "I’ll be expecting it." As she drove away into the night.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

~~ Front door of The Oasis ~~

William was about to give his valet ticket to the driver when someone called after from behind him.

"William!"

"Hey, Buffy." As the blonde went her way to front door.

"Was that Harmony’s car? That sure was a fast date…" Buffy said, seeing the car swoop off the road.

"Nah, there was an emergency or something. She had to leave."

"Oh… all that preparations… gone to waste."

"Cheer up, luv. You did do a great job, the place was perfect."

"Yeah, did a great job, but you were not able to use it."

"Nah… it’s okay. Just send me the bill. Got to go. See ya, pet"

"Yeah, See ya." As Buffy made her way to the phone to call for a cab.

At that moment, William had an idea. "Hey, Buffy. Wait!" As he ran back inside to catch up with her. Buffy paused and waited for William. "I just had the craziest idea, are you doing anything tonight?"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"That’s all, Thanks." William said as he handed the menu back to the waiter. "So…"

"So…" Then there was an uncomfortable silence, until Buffy spoke. "I have a question, how dose a guy like you get into this kind of dating?" ‘Where did that come from’ Buffy thought.

"Why, luv? What kind of guy am I?" William asked, his right eyebrow cocked.

Buffy suddenly blushed. ‘Why ask that kind of question, stupid Buffy, stupid.’ "Well… you look very successful… and you’re… fairly handsome." Buffy said the last part in a very fast way that William almost did not hear it.

"Is that right?" William said in a sarcastic tone, knowing Buffy was burning up inside just saying that phrase. "It was not my idea, pet." William finally finished after a long pause.

Buffy gave him a look that said ‘whose idea was it then’.

"It was my best friend’s crazy idea, I was forced to do it." William then looked straight at Buffy saying "But I don’t regret any minute of it."

Again Buffy blushed crimson and decided to change the topic. "I noticed that scar in your eyebrow, how did you get that."

William laughed saying, "I was 7 then, taking a bloody bath when the water went off, went looking for my mum downstairs, eyes full of shampoo. I fell down the stairs, had a couple of bruises, but this was the only reminder of that incident, hurt like hell for two weeks.

Buffy closed in and touched the scar on his eyebrow, saying in a very seductive voice "I don’t know, I think it looks kind of cute!" Then starts to move away saying, "Plus, it makes you look all manly."

It was now William’s time to blush but instead he laughs at it and says, "So, Buffy, tell me something about yourself, been yapping here all night. Did not even hear a single thing ‘bout you, pet."

"Well… there was this one time when…"

Two champagne bottles later. "So, you feeling tired yet, pet?" William questioned in a groggy voice.

"Nah, could stay here all night!" Buffy replied. Trying to be as cheery and full of energy. But William noticed she was exhausted and decided to ask for the bill.

~~ Walking out of the ballroom ~~

"You got a ride?"

"Nah. I’ll just call a cab…" Buffy said, while trying to walk over to the phone booth, but almost falls.

"Whoo! I’m am so taking you home."

"But… it’s not like you’re in a good…condition…to drive."

"Guess your right, luv. But I’ll be calling the cab for us okay?"

"Okay… I’ll just take a nap, right…here." Buffy replied, falling on the near by bench.

~~ Outside Buffy’s apartment" ~~

"So… This is me!"

"Yeah. I guess I better get going. Don’t want to let the cab driver wait too long now do I?

"Your right." Buffy nodded. "I really had a great time…" Still a little drunk.

"Me too, pet. Great time."

"Don’t you want to come in first?" Buffy asked while opening the door to her apartment.

"Maybe next time, luv. Don’t want to keep…" William was suddenly cut of by Buffy’s lips on his. "…Okay, maybe for a little while." As the cab waiting for William drove off into the night.

~~ Match-made in Heaven ~~

Buffy was getting the agency setup for the day ahead; she started by fixing up the front counter. While cleaning up, she thought about the things that happened the night before. It was nice of William to take her to dinner, of course after Harmony left him that is, she really had loads of fun, fun that she definitely needed. They talked all the way to dinner, when the band started to play 'Wind Beneath My Wings', Buffy’s favorite song, she asked William if he would like to dance. First he was hesitant, he kept on insisting he was a very bad dancer and had 2 left feet. But Buffy persuaded him with her pouted lip and found out that he was not as bad as he says he was.

The night ended as they both got massively drunk from all the champagne and the long stem white rose that William gave her before they got into a cab. First she was hesitant in accepting it, thinking that it was intended for Harmony but when William told her that it was really for her, even before he knew about this whole night, Buffy was really touched with this gesture of his. She thought he was the sweetest guy she had ever met. When they reached her apartment, she could not believe the things that she was able to tell William. Buffy told him about how Liam cheated on her. She felt tears streaming down her cheeks as she told him about the times they had spent together. He even swore that if he sees this guy he would beat him up until his eyes popped out. But Buffy did not even make a move at that. They just sat there all night, by the couch. In William’s arms she was able to shed the tears that she had held back for almost a year now.

‘Ring…ring…’ the phone chimed in. "Hello? Match-made in Heaven, how may I help you?" Buffy said, as she picked up the phone.

"Hello. Is Buffy there?"

"This is she. Who is this?"

"Oh, hi Buffy, it’s me Harmony."

"Oh, hello Ms. Kimball." Buffy could have bet this was not the cheery voice that she heard just last weak. Harmony’s voice was rough, and sounded like she had cried the whole night. "How may I be of service?"

"Well…"

"I know the date with Mr. Bennedict didn’t go too well. Don’t worry we could always reschedule." Buffy was trying to sound positive, she knew the person on the other line was in terrible condition. She could hear it in her voice.

"Yeah… Anyway, I was just thinking if maybe I could have William’s office number or something. I just kind of wanted to apologize for last Saturday." Harmony was a wreak. The phone call she received last Saturday was from her mother, telling her to rush right to the hospital because her father had a stroke. They had been in the hospital for the weekend. Just last night the doctors told them that her father was going to be paralyzed waist down. At hearing this news, she cried the whole night, no stopping. This morning, she remembered about William and decided to apologize and tell him to forget about rescheduling. She was so not in the mood to date.

"Yeah, sure. Let me just get the files…"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"Lilah, can you bring in the Kennedy files." As William went into his office. He had just finished the staff meeting; it was almost noon now. He just got back from The Oasis to get his ride back. The other night was pretty amazing for him; Buffy and him talked all night, after of course they got past the embarrassment of almost kissing each other. He was able to open up to Buffy like he had never opened up for anyone before, sure, he tells his friends stuff about him, but when it comes to his childhood and much more intimate details, usually Xander is the only one who knows about them. But last night, they talked about everything, from little bloopers they had when they were kids to heartaches and pains that almost seemed unbearable. He was able to tell her stories about Cecily and his high school days, even the romantic catastrophe that was Drusilla. She never seemed to mind, she just sat there, eyes only for him, like what he was saying was a proposal for world peace or something. William never got this close to his any of his girlfriends, especially not on the first date. ‘Was that even a date’ he thought as a knock on the door came. It’s just that Buffy makes him feel different, she makes him feel…safe. "Come in."

"Mr. Bennedict, this are the files you asked for, and a call for you in line 2" Liliah said as she made her way out of the office.

As William picked up the phone, he wondered who could be calling him, probably Xander wanting details on the date. "Hello?"

"Hello. Um… Is William there?"

"This is he, who is this?"

"Oh, William, it’s Harmony. Just called to apologize for running out on you last Saturday. I’m really sorry."

"It’s no big deal, luv. Maybe we can do it again this week. What do you say?" William joked, hearing the lost enthusiasm in the lady he had just met the other night.

Harmony laughed a little then said, "Yeah, that would be nice, but I don’t think I’ll be able to make it. There has been an… I’m sorry, just… forget it"

"Forget what, pet? It’s okay if your not comfortable telling me?" William said in a soothing voice. He could hear the pain and sorrow in her voice.

"It’s just that I’m going to be busy and… I would not want to keep you waiting."

"Are you busy now, luv? Maybe we could talk if you want?"

"Now? But…"

"I’ll pick you up if you want too."

Harmony was depressed, she knew she needed to talk to somebody. She can’t talk to her mom that’s for sure. Her mom is a bigger wreak than she is. So she agreed to have lunch with William at the cafe around Main Street.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

William was sitting at the back of the Brewing point-café; he had been waiting here for almost 20 minutes. He was even having doubts that Harmony will never show up. As if in recognition to his thoughts, a figure appeared right to the door. The blonde woman had her hair up in a ponytail, she looked pale and her eye bags were as deep as the Pacific Ocean. She certainly had change a lot from the last time William saw her, the bright smile of hers was replaced by the sulked look of her eyes, her natural cheeriness was gone. ‘What could have happen?’ William wondered as Harmony approached him.

"Hey, luv." William called, as he stood and helped Harmony into her seat. "How you doing this fine day?"

"Thanks." As she took her seat. "I’m fine." Harmony replied. She knew her voice sounded very tired and she did not even try to cover for it. She was too exhausted, she just wished that William would not notice.

But William did notice he was suddenly worried for the woman he had just met two days ago. "Good, let’s order then." William said firmly, trying to lighten the mood.

"So, that’s 1 black coffee, 1 cappuccino and 2 Caesar Salads." The waiter said, as he left the two blondes.

"So… tell me, why would a girl just dumped a guy even before they start they’re first date?" William questioned, again trying to lighten the mood.

"Nothing… It’s nothing…"

"It can’t be nothing, pet. I don’t think you would just rush off for nothing." William was deeply concerned, he knew he just met the lady. But he always had this weird thing; he can’t take it if he sees a girl all lonely, oh how he hated being an English man.

"Well…" Harmony was still hesitant. She was not sure if it was such a great idea to open up completely to a guy you met, she hardly knew William. "Oh, here’s the food. Let’s eat." Harmony continued, as she tried to change the subject.

William knew that Harmony was probably not comfortable in opening up to him. And he knew better than to push, he would wait and try to make conversation by telling her story about how he got his scar. William got a few laughs from her and hoped it had made her feel better.

After eating, actually he was just the one that ate. Harmony hardly touched her food. She just kept staring into space, as if trying to find the answer to something. After a long silence, William thought that he should just go and maybe meet up with her when she is ready to speak with him. Just at the same moment Harmony suddenly spoke. "It’s my dad…"

William was shocked that Harmony was finally going to tell him something, he did not want to make her nervous, he just wanted her to be totally comfortable with him. So he hardly said a thing, except to ask, "What about you father, pet?"

"He got a stroke, and he is now paralyzed…" As Harmony continued to tell William about the week she had and what she had to go through, as tears started to fill her eyes.

William pitied Harmony, he found her to be a very nice girl. And to have your dad sick so near to your graduation day, it is just a bust. They talked there all afternoon. William knew he needed to go back to work, but he thought that Harmony needed him more than his co-workers, as she continued to open herself up to William.

~~ Outside in the sidewalk (Friday) ~~

Oz was on his way to the Bronze for their weekly gig there. As he walked, he noticed a redhead get out of her car and proceeded to a building, which had the sign ‘Match-made in Heaven’.

"Hey Buffy, how was work today. Any good matches lately?" As Willow entered the room.

"It’s was fine, how was school?"

"Same, same. Nothing really interesting." As the bell on the door of the agency rang. Willow saw the pink-haired guy appear through the door. She found him very attractive, or maybe it is just the bad boy vibe that she felt. "How may I help you, fine sir?" Willow came right into the guy that just came in.

"Well…" Oz had no idea what to say, he just followed the redhead in, in hopes that he might be able to ask her out. He found her very cute. "I was just… walking around… just thought I’d come in"

"Oh, so you just walk all around with a big guitar case on hand." Willow wondered.

"Well… I was on my way to a gig we have."

"Where?"

"Huh?"

"Where is this gig of yours?"

"Oh, at the Bronze, we play there every Friday. Would you like to come and watch sometime?" Oz asked. Usually he would never be this aggressive in asking a woman out, but as he saw the time, he knew he needed to get going. But he wanted to get to know this girl better; maybe inviting her to the Bronze would not be so bad.

"Uh… I don’t know, but I’ll try."

"Okay, be seeing you then."

"Right." Willow replied as Oz made his way out. " Oh, my god Buffy, did you see how cute that guy was. You totally have to go with me to the Bronze. I have to see him again."

Buffy was shocked on how her friend had reacted. From the first time she knew Willow, she never saw her come up to any guy, and she thought it would not hurt to go with her to the Bronze, she definitely needed to get out. "Okay, let me just go home and get myself fixed up."

~~ The Bronze ~~

William was at the bar, getting some beers. He had invited Harmony to come with him, he thought that the girl needed to have some fun and get out. But she had refused; saying that she needed to look after her dad today because his personal nurse was out sick. He had spent the whole week with Harmony; they had gone out quite a lot, hanged out here and there. William had even met Harmony’s mom and dad; they seemed very nice, let him have hot cocoa with the little marshmallows in them. He really liked Harmony, thought they had a lot in common, plus she was fun to be around with. He finally got her to be all cheery and perky again.

"So… tell me man, what you been doing all week. Called the office, everytime, Lilah would say your out on lunch or in a meeting. Who’s the new girl man, share will you." Xander questioned his best friend as William made his way to their table.

"Why would you think there’s a girl?"

"Because, I’ve known you my whole life. You can’t possibly be out on a meeting everyday; I know how you feel about those corporate men. They make you all crazy. So who’s the girl?"

"There’s no girl." William answered firmly.

"Come on! There has to be a girl."

"Fine. I was just hanging out with Harmony. That’s all."

"Harmony…" Xander said in a mocking voice, like telling William that he did not believe that they were just hanging out. "So… you in to her."

"Oh no… We’re just bloody friends is all."

"Really? I don’t believe that. You won’t just go out with any girl Spike! You’re way too picky. There has to be something there."

Every time Xander would call William by his nickname, it always reminded him of high school. But he knew he was caught, he was indeed picky when it came to dating, it’s not because he was snobbish or anything, he just did not want to waste his time dating the wrong girl. "Maybe there is… but not ‘m not telling."

Xander was about to say something, when suddenly his eyes were led to the front door of the club where two ladies have just walked in. One was a redhead, while the other one was a blonde. The blonde had her hair up in a clamp, some of them framing her beautiful face, which had some very light make-up and some gloss. "Hey, man. Look at the hot blonde."

William turned his head to look at what Xander was pertaining to, as he saw the woman he had a sudden thought, ‘Buffy?’.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Buffy and Willow had just gone back from Buffy’s apartment. They were now on their way to the Bronze as Willow asked her friend. "So what happened with that date you prepared for all so perfectly last week."

"Oh, that. Well… the girl dump the guy and I ended up spending the whole night with him."

"The whole night…" Willow said, glaring at Buffy, as if implying something.

"Oh no. Not that way... My Willow…" As both girls laughed hysterically.

"Wait. That guy was Mr. Blue Orbs right?"

"Yeah. That was him, his name is William." Buffy replied, laughing a little at how the redhead described Will.

"So… How was he like?"

Buffy blushed, as she told Willow how she and William had spent the night, detail after detail. "… we just talked all night until we both fell asleep on the couch."

"Ah… interesting…" Willow said as they both made their way to the Bronze. "Hey, this place isn’t so bad." As Willow searched the whole bar for the pink-haired guy she met at the agency.

"Yeah… not half bad at all." As Buffy eyed William who was at the 2nd table from the stage. At that moment, Buffy suddenly noticed that she and William’s eyes interlocked as he waved her over. "Hey Will, you will be alright here?"

"Yeah, I’ll be fine." Willow replied as she made her way to the stage to see Oz playing a certain rock tune.

" So, luv. What dose a girl like you doing here?" William questioned Buffy as he ushered her to sit.

"Why… Can’t a girl go to a club and have some fun." Buffy replied with a smirk.

Xander eyed the two, looking at William as if saying 'introduce me to the lady'. "Oh, yeah sorry. This is Buffy, Buffy this is Xander."

"Nice to meet you Xander."

"Nice to meet you too Buffy." As they shook each other’s hands. "So, can I get you a drink?"

"Yeah, diet coke please." Buffy said to the brunette.

"And Xand, get me a another beer will you." William inserted as Xander walked over to the bar mumbling something about how he always has to do everything.

"So… What are you really doing here, pet, never saw you around here before?" as William turned his head to talk to the blonde.

"Well… you see that redhead over there by the stage." Buffy said while pointing to Willow, talking to Oz. "She kind of dragged me here because that guy, she’s talking to invited her here to watch his band play."

"So, by how I see it. You’re here alone then, are you luv?"

"Yeah, I guess you can say that." As she sees Willow and Oz getting in with their conversation.

"Do you want to go somewhere much less noisy, pet? I know a great spot." As William prepared himself to get off his seat.

"Yeah, that would be nice." As Buffy stood and went to Willow to tell her she will be leaving with William and not to worry, she has her cell on.

Xander then came back to the table to see… no one. "Great, leave me here all alone, why won’t you." The brunette said into the air while cocking his head up.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"So… where are we going William?" Buffy asked. They have been driving on for hours or at least for her. She always felt awkward around William, more now that she had told him some of the most intimate stuff about her. But she had to admit to herself that she does love being with him, last week was indeed amazing. She hasn’t had a real chatting session with anyone for a long time. With her sister in Sunnydale and Willow always busy on studies, she hardly gets to chat with anyone. Plus, William was a good listener and was very open to her. He would answer anything she asked, like they have known each other forever.

"Why, pet, you felling tired?"

"No, it’s just that… where are we going?" Buffy asked again.

"It’s a surprise." William said with a huge grin on his face.

"Well… can you tell me?" Buffy questioned. She was extremely curious on where William was going to take her.

"You do know the meaning of the word, right?" As William laughed at the woman’s questioned. He planned on taking her to his favorite spot, just outside LA. He loves long walks at the beach, it reminded him the first time his father brought him to the here in LA when he was just three. He loved it here and knew that when he grew up he wanted to live somewhere near the ocean.

"Um…" Buffy was speechless. She did not know how to react to William’s snobbish remark.

"We’re here!" William announced. As he parked his car on the sand overlooking the ocean and lifted the hood of his black convertible.

"I did not know this car can do that." Buffy said, pertaining to how the car’s hood was lifted. "Wow… this is a great view." As Buffy looked out into the Ocean. She always loved the beach but hated the water.

"Yeah, guess it is. So, you wanna go for a stroll, pet?"

"I don’t know… are we even allowed to…" Buffy was cut off when William scooped her out of her seat and into his arms. "I guess I have no choice, now do I?"

"I guess not!" As William situated her feet on to the soft warm sand. "Let’s go then."

They have been walking over a mile now, from where the car was parked. Buffy felt tired and thought that she needed to rest. William on the other hand was having a great time; he had lost track of how far they had been walking. He and Buffy had walked along the shore in silence. Both of them feeling the warmth of the sand and the sounds of the waves. They were both enjoying themselves, until William noticed that Buffy stopped and started to pant. "Are you okay, luv?" William asked, concerned for the blonde lady.

"I… just…need… to …take… a seat." Buffy answered between breaths.

"Here." William said, as he placed his leather coat at the sand for her to rest on.

"Thanks." As Buffy seated herself on the sand. "Sorry, it’s just that I am asthmatic, and I forgot my inhaler in the car, I just need to relax a little."

"It’s no big, pet. Don’t worry ‘bout it. I’m feeling a bit tired myself." William lied, the truth of the matter is that he wanted to walk more, he wanted to show the entire beach to Buffy, let her see the spot that he most loved at the other end of the yellow land. Instead, he sat there with her a couple of minutes until she finally broke the silence. "Why did you bring me here?"

It took William a couple of seconds to process the question then answered. "Why, pet. You don’t you like it here?"

"No, it’s not that. It’s just that… well…" Buffy had no idea how to continue. She did not even know why she asked that question anyway. Maybe because Willow had told her that awkward silence made people say dumb things, but the silence they had on their long walk and now was not awkward, but not comfortable either.

William, thinking that Buffy was still a bit uncomfortable with him, after last week, he decided to drop the question and answered. "Because I always loved it here. I always said that someday I want to live somewhere near the water. I love the ocean, do you like the ocean, pet?"

Buffy swayed her head, left to right saying no.

"Why is that?"

At first Buffy was hesitant but decided to answer the older blonde’s question. "When I was a kid, my father brought me here. I was so excited, my dad said that I could play just by the shore while he gets us some food. I don’t know what happened to me but the next thing I knew the waves were bringing me farther and farther until I blacked out. Since then I’ve been scared of the ocean." Buffy can’t believe that she just told William her biggest fear, something she has not told a single soul. Then there was silence, until Buffy said, "I know it’s stupid… It’s okay if you laugh."

William kind of felt sorry for Buffy, damn him for being English, he loved the ocean when he was a child and for Buffy not to be able to experience the fun and joy of it was just not right. "It’s not stupid, pet. It’s okay that you’re afraid, everybody’s afraid of something. It’s just that you are missing a great deal."

Buffy really feared the ocean and did not want to talk about it anymore as she changed the subject. "So… did Harmony call you?"

William was caught off guard with Buffy’s question, but decided to answer it anyway. "Yeah, we spent the whole week together, well not actually the whole week…" As William told Buffy the week he and Harmony had spent.

"So… I see… Do you like her?"

Again William was caught off guard with the blonde girl’s question. "Where did that come from, luv? Yeah, I like her, she’s a nice woman."

"No, I mean do you like, like her?" Buffy asked with curiosity in every tone.

William laughed. He laughed to distract Buffy and maybe she will forget about the question. But it did not work as Buffy asked him again, "Do you like, like her, Will?"

"She’s okay, pet. I really don’t know how to answer your question."

"Well… if your asking my opinion, I think you like her." William looked at her with questioning eyes, as Buffy continued. "I saw you give her the rose when she was about to leave last week. I saw how you looked right through her, you like her." Buffy said the last part with a mocking voice. "Admit it, you like her."

"Maybe I do, but that’s none of you bloody business, luv." As they both decided to retreat, seeing the sun almost rising, they made their way home.

After their night at the beach, William and Buffy suddenly felt quite drawn to each other. William would call at the agency for no good reason, he would ask for Buffy and they would talk on for hours and hours. Buffy on the other hand would continue to answer to his calls, sometimes even neglecting her work. Over the past few months they have grown closer and closer. William would talk with Buffy about his and Harmony’s relationship, after of course she forces him to. They would see each other every Friday night. It was of course due to the insistent dating of both Willow and Oz. William and Xander would obviously be at the Bronze for their ‘boys night’; which Buffy knew of, as to Oz will be there for his weekly gig, wanting of course Willow to watch him. Willow would then ask Buffy to go with her, and of course knowing William was going to be there she would oblige. So every Friday "Is Buffy night!" Xander insisted. Xander liked Buffy, though she did object to the two of them dating. Buffy was nice and fun to hang around with, it’s just that now that William has a new girlfriend, Harmony, they hardly get to talk and do their manly thing. Every Friday which was supposed to be their ‘boys night’ have suddenly turned out to be ‘Buffy night’.

"Why would you say that?" William asked. Not listening to how Xander have explained it to him. He was caught up in his other thoughts, Buffy’s birthday is only a couple of weeks away, and he had yet to plan what to do. He and Buffy had gotten to be best buds over the summer and he thought he should do something special for her at her very special day.

"Oh my…" Xander exclaimed. He knew that from the first time William saw Buffy, he liked her, even though he would never admit it. "Man, were you even listening to my whole speech?" Xander asked, but when he heard no reply and noticed William getting up as if to meet up with someone, he knew it ‘Buffy is here’

"Hi Xander!" Buffy greeted cheerfully, it had been a good day at work. Their business was doing great; Buffy had fixed her apartment up with the money she had saved up. Good thing William was there to help her bargain for stuff she needed. She never thought that he would be the kind of guy who knew so much about decorating. "Hey Will, where’s Harmony? I thought she was going to be here tonight?" Buffy asked.

"Yeah. She said that she was going to be busy, she got a new job and wanted to impress her new boss." William replied.

"So, I guess it’s just us then… Where’s Willow and Oz?" Buffy questioned. "I kind of have to ask her something."

"Don’t know. After Oz’s last set, they kind of took off, did not say where they were going…" Xander answered the blonde girl’s question.

"Why, luv. What did you want to ask her?"

"Oh… it’s nothing." As the trio sat there in silence enjoying each other’s company, until Xander announced. "Hey, got an early day tomorrow. We are gonna have to meet a new boss. New management and all that, have to run. See you guys around?" As Xander proceeded to the door, hearing the two blonde’s good-byes.

"So… How’s life treating ya, pet?" William questioned the blonde woman, a few seconds after his best friend had left.

"Life’s treating me fine." Buffy said with a smirk. "The agency’s doing great! How ‘bout you?"

"It’s okay. Everything is fine." William lied. He and Harmony had another one of their petty fights, according to her, "We are not spending enough time together Will. Please don’t go to the Bronze tonight… stay here with me." The blonde pleaded.

At first, William was about to agree Harmony was right. They have not spent enough time together; her father was still ill and needed care. So Harmony would go to him after work because the private nurse they hired left. So for the past couple of weeks he and Harmony have seen less of each other. But remembering what he had promised to Xander, "Harm, you do know ‘bout our boy’s night right? You know I have to go."

"Sure. Whatever! Be like that." Harmony replied dismissively.

After giving out a sigh, he can’t believe that Harmony can be so childish sometimes. "Why don’t you just come with me baby? We can have a great time…"

"Thanks, but no thanks. I wouldn’t want to be disturbance to you guys, seeing Xander is more important to you than me." The blonde woman answered.

"That’s not what I meant…" William could not continue, knowing Harmony, she would not stop until she gets things her way. So he just kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye before leaving for the Bronze. He figured that going to the Bronze will cheer him up and hopefully when he came back, Harmony would have already calmed down.

Seeing that the blonde across her was pretty much caught up in his thoughts she shook him for a while before he responded yet again. "Everything is fine."

After a few unspoken moments. "Bloody hell, that guy at you back is checking you out! Can’t he see you're with a guy? Man, don’t look…" But before William could finish, Buffy turned her back to see a tall, well built man with brown hair as he approached their table. "Hey, I’m Riley."

"Hi, I’m Buffy." The blonde said with a smile spread across her face. "… And this is William." Gesturing to the man whose eyes were glaring straight at the other guy who seems to be hitting on his companion.

Riley extended his arm to shake William’s but was responded by more glaring. Until he spoke, "What do you want, mate? No social life?"

"Will!" Buffy scolded, embarrassed to how William was acting. "Sorry, he did not mean it."

"Yeah, I did." The blonde replied with eyes still staring at the younger man in front of him. He never liked it when men hit on Buffy, especially when he is there. Maybe that’s why ever since they started hanging out, Buffy’s yet to have a boyfriend. He probably scared them off; he was very protective of the blonde with him.

Buffy just rolled her eyes her eyes at that and proceeded to talk with Riley. William was left there forced to listen to them yap all night until he and Buffy decided to head home. "Can you bring me home, Will?"

"Why don’t you ask that bloke to bring you home, luv" William answered, pertaining to Riley. "You two seem to be having a blast back there."

"Sorry ‘bout that, he was great you know. Asked me to go out him next Saturday…"

"And… What did you say?"

"I said… yes." Buffy replied shyly, her cheeks turning red.

"What? Buffy, how can you go out with that bloke? He is so wrong for you."

"What’s wrong with him." Buffy said defensively, she did not know why William would always object to her dating other guys. She certainly needed to go out ‘I have to get over this crush’ she thought.

"Well… there’s…" William trailed off, he actually had no good reason for why Buffy should not date this guy. It’s just that every time he hears about Buffy dating he has this sudden pain in his chest, it was not jealousy, definitely not jealousy or at least that’s what he keeps telling himself.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

‘There is nothing that can make this day better’ Xander thought as he made his way through the millions of workers in the construction site. "Okay, men gather up" As the men situated themselves in front of their leader. "We will meet the new owner of the corporation today. I don’t fancy being ganged at by the new boss, heard that he was really tough, so I would like you too work extra hard and fast today. We got to keep a good face, unless we want to be part of the homeless’ shelters family. Got that?" The men in front of Xander nodded their head in agreement. "Let’s get to work then." As each of the men continued on to their assigned positions. ‘Let’s put on a good show’

‘This is the worst day ever.’ Xander thought as he made his way to the truck, which carried their alleged boss. This morning his alarm clock went dead, which made him rush in taking his shower, he almost bumped his head in the tiles because of all the hurrying. To make matters worst, he ran out of coffee and when he came to get his car, it had a flat tire.

As he neared the car, he noticed a man standing tall on the back door of the vehicle, he guessed that this was the new owner of the corporation. The man was tall; he was over 6 feet. Plus the man had a huge belly, he guessed it had to be beer belly. ‘There is nothing that can make this day better’ he thought again. "Good Morning sir, Alexander Harris." As Xander extended his hand to the stout man in front of him. But the man just smiled and pointed toward the inside of the truck. Xander peeked his head in, there he saw the most beautiful woman ever, for him that is. She had her black lavish hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a white suite, usually worn by businesswomen, but had the neckline down to show her cleavage and the dress just fitted her curved body perfectly. ‘I guess I was wrong, this day ‘can’ get better.’

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