Anywhere But Here

By Krista Harald

Chapter 3 - Comfort at the bottom of the bottle


Xander had suggested to chill with few bottles of alcohol which ended by more than few, Angel didnīt really like the idea, but he went along with it, though he didnīt drink as much as Xander and Cordelia

"Umm, itīs good" Xander slurred while he was sipping of his coctail "What is it?"

"Itīs Peach Free, vodka and capri sun" Cordelia commented

"You would make fortune if you.." Xander started

"If I would become a bartender?" Cordelia asked

"What? No, I was once a bartender, but quit when the beer turned Buffy into a cave slayer" Xander muttered

Cordelia and Angel stared at him, not understanding what he was saying

"Ah, forget it" Xander shrugged

"So, you fed Buffy the beer.. " Cordelia started

"Which was poisoned" Xander said "Donīt let me go there"

"So, is Sunnydale the same old?" Cordelia asked

"Uhh, beside, killing demons?" Xander asked

Cordelia nodded as she took a sip of her coctail

"Well, new demons" Xander said

"Anything familiar?" Cordelia asked

"Annoying vamp who demands me to go out at nights to buy more Weetabix, gosh I hate vampires who demand everything" Xander rambled

"A vampire who demands Weetabix?" Angel asked

"Spike, jeez, Angel how could you make him your childe, itīs the most annoying.." Xander started

"Spike? Is Spike back in town?" Cordelia asked

"Donīt worry, Cor, heīs helpless, he canīt hit me or bite" Xander said

"Huh?" The stunned people asked

"Well, he was taken and put a chip in him, his brain fries when he gets near to touch people" Xander said "Finally I get beat someone up"

"Is he cursed?" Cordelia asked

"No, itīs just a chip. Hey and surprise! Heīs falling head over heals for Buffy" Xander laughed, as he noticed their faces drop "What is it about her which make men fall for her?"

"Um, Xander, maybe you should stop drinking, uhh, I donīt want you to be hangovering tomorrow" Angel said

Xander laughed "Too late" He held up his drink and finished it

"Okay" Angel said as he grabbed the kid and led him to the bedroom "To bed you go"

"Hey, I want more" Xander whined

"I think you have been around Spike too much, you complain just like him" Angel said

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Xander was the first one to wake up, it took him a while to realize where he was, he was still having the problem of waking up and thinking that his life had just been a nightmare, he missed Anya, waking up beside her, touch her, feel her, talk to her, listen to her, he missed all the parts. He had lost so much, since Anya died he had closed up, Willow and Buffy tried to comfort him, but he was too involved in the memories that he barely talked, thatīs how the girls lost faith in him, and gave up, they let few days pass between their visits. And his father, how could he treat him that way, his girlfriend died god damn it!.. Finally he decided to get dressed, and get the hell out of there to his motel room

"Aw.." He grabbed around his head

Xander went to the bathroom and faced himself in the mirror, he looked horrible, his dark, curly hair was standing in the air while some of it covered his forehead, his eyes were bloodshot, he looked a little pale.. He opened up the cabinet and looked for an aspirin, he didnīt find it so he slammed the door back, angrily.. There was so much anger going through his mind, he was angry at his life, how it had ended, how he had ended.. His eyes locked on a razor at the shelve, his shakily hands locked itīs grib around it, he slowly placed it on his wrist, staring at it for a while than suddenly cutting himself, it first started as a white strike but the blood slowly came up and started to ooz down. It felt good, it was good to hurt himself..

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Chapter 4

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