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TITLE: Story 10/?
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SPOILERS: Band Candy & Lover's Walk.



" Ooh, candy bars! Lots of 'em!" Willow walked to the table in the 
middle of the hallway of Sunnydale Highschool.

Principal Snyder held out a box.

" Principal Snyder, thank you!" Xander happily took the box, "You 
weren't visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, by any chance?"

" It's band candy." Snyder said simply.

" Let's hear it for the band, huh? Very generous." Buffy smiled.

" You will sell it to raise money for the marching band. They need new 
uniforms."

" Yeah. Those tall, fuzzy hats ain't cheap, huh?" Xander joked.

" But they go with everything" Oz smiled.

Willow smiled at the remark. 

"I'm sure we love the idea of going all Willy Loman, but we're not in 
the band." Buffy realized where the conversation was going.

" And if I'd handed you a trombone, that would've been a problem, 
Summers. " Snyder handed Buffy a box. "It's candy. Sell it."
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Willow and Xander sat at a back table in a classroom. They were 
waiting for Giles to show up for study hall. They were playing 
footsie trying not to be discovered. Buffy and Cordelia were sitting 
a few seats in front of them.

After a little while Mrs. Barton walked in. 

" Hey! We're all stuck here, okay? So now let's just sit quietly and," 
Mrs. Barton indicated a book on the teacher's desk and smiled, "and 
pretend we're reading something until we're really sure that old 
Commandant Snyder's gone. Then we're all outta here! "

" Does anyone else wanna marry Ms. Barton?" Xander smiled in awe.

" Get in line." Cordelia smiled.

" I guess Giles isn't coming?" Willow asked worried.

" I guess not." Buffy answered also worried.

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" What's happening?" Willow asked in horror at the large group of 
adults that were acting very strangely to say the least.

Buffy and Willow had arrived at the Bronze figuring on a combo of 
studying and hanging out. Plus Oz and his band were playing and 
Willow definitely wanted to see that. Buffy had even gotten 
permission to drive. Now however their minds were on other things.

" I don't know, but it's happening to a whole lot of grownups." Buffy 
said simply.

" They're acting like a bunch..." Willow paused.

" They're acting like a bunch of us."

" I don't act like this." Willow said confused.

" Something's definitely changing them." 

" A spell?"

Oz walked over to them, " They're teenagers. It's a sobering mirror to 
look into, huh?"

After a little conversation they all decided to see what else was 
going on. The teenager acting Snyder hitched a ride with them. They 
eventually figured it was the band candy and after a few mishaps and 
seeing Joyce and Giles a little too close for Buffy's comfort solved 
the puzzle and kicked Ethan Rains butt.

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" What's this?" Willow opened her locker.

" It's a gift." Oz said.

Willow smiled and unwrapped the gift, " What's the occasion?"
" Pretty much *you* are."

Willow picked up the gift. It was a Pez dispenser in the shape of a 
witch. Willow was very surprised. She hadn't been expecting the 
gift. Willow loved it. It was the best gift she had ever gotten.

Later that night Willow, Oz, Xander and Cordelia went on a double 
bowling date. Before the date however, Willow decided something 
needed to be done, or her and Xander's little secret would be out. 
Willow wanted her relationship with Oz to work so she had to think of 
something fast.

" Blessed be. Anything in particular I can help you find?" The 
ShopKeeper of the local magic store asked with a heavy accent.

" Yeah." Willow held up a notepad, "It's all here on the list. 
Skink root, essence of rose thorn, canary feathers..."

" Aha!" The shopkeeper smiled, "A love spell. Want that old lover to 
come 
back to you? Are you sure you know what you're doing, hon?"

" No. Oh, I mean, yes! I... I know how to do a love spell, but this is 
more of an anti-love spell. Yeah. Uh, kind of a de-lusting. The 
supplies are basically the same, right?"

" Basically. " The shopkeeper began to gather the things, "Although 
raven feathers tend to breed a little more discontent than canary. Let 
me just get some things..."

After a few moments the shopkeeper returned and sold the supplies to 
Willow. If Willow had been paying more attention she would have 
noticed Spike standing in the shadows. *******************************
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Later that night Willow and Xander entered the school science lab. 
Willow felt bad about tricking Xander but it was the only way. Willow 
couldn't stand it anymore. She couldn't let things go on the way they 
had been. Too many people were going to get hurt. There was no other 
way,

"Wait a minute. This is love spell stuff! You're doing a love spell?" 
Xander said after picking up Willow's spell book.

" No! Of course not! This is a purely scientific..." Willow lied.

Xander picked up the book, "Witchcraft."

"...de-lusting spell... for us. I thought it would go better if you 
didn't know."

"Are you nuts, or have you forgotten that I tend to have bad luck with 
these sorts of spells?" Xander yelled.

"But you said you wished that these feelings could just go away." 
Willow yelled back.

" Yeah, I wish for a *lot* of things! I told you I wished I was a 
fireman when we were in sixth grade, but you didn't follow through on 
that!"

"I can't do this anymore, Xander! I mean, this whole 'us' thing is... 
bleagh!"

"So, do you really need to resort to the black arts to keep our 
hormones in check?"

" At this point, I'm thinking 'no'." Willow said a little too calmly.

" I'm gonna get the lights," Xander began walking away, "clean this 
place up before they get here " Xander clicked on the lights, "and 
start asking questions."

"Xander!" Willow yelled.

Xander turned around and saw Spike standing next to him.