SNIPPET: You Should Have Seen This Coming

[Mad-Hamlet@xxxxxxx]

Buffy was just returning from the Coffee Pump. Willow, her 
erstwhile roomate and lover, had been getting grouchy lately with 
finals coming up and all the hullbaloo involving those, Hellmouth 
activities and the general unfairness of reality as a whole.
Mocha's seemed called for.

Unlocking the door while gently balancing the iced, caffine 
laced goodies, she eased it open with a knee. Only through years of 
Slayer expierence and the blessing of said skills was she able to 
juggle the falling cups of caffine at what she saw.

Willow, bent over the sink dressed only in a small apron and 
elbow length rubber gloves. At least Buffy thought they were rubber 
gloves, considering the suds from the basin of water reached nearly 
the redheads elbow's all she could make out was edges of the hand 
apparel. 

Deflty placing the iced mochas on a nearby desk Buffy moved to 
investigate. Putting her hands on Willow's shoulders and giving her a 
chaste kiss on the back of her neck yielded no response. Willow kept 
scrubbing at whatever was in the sink and occasionally muttering...

'Filthy, dirty, filthy, unclean, dirty, dirty, gotta be 
clean..can't use it if it's not clean!'

'Willow? Babe ya in there?' Buffy asked casually.

With a wail Willow spun about holding what was the focus of her 
cleaning frenzy by the cable.

'It won't get clean!' She whimpered sadly.

Hanging from her sodden, and yes they were elbow length rubber 
gloves..a disgusting yellow color... was the mouse of her laptop. 
Dripping a few sudsy dropplets of water on the carpet. 

'Eh..I'm not computer expert Willow.' Buffy said raising an 
eyebrow. 'But I'm pretty sure that's not good for electronics. What 
brought this on?'

Willow pointed to a printout on the desk then drove the 
electronic instrument back under the water and continued to scrub it 
frantically.

Her curosity piqued Buffy wandered over to the prinout and 
gave it a quick once over. 

She blinked.

She gave it another once over.

She actually took the time to read it carefully.

'Oh...my...God.' She muttered. 

She knew what she had to do. Practically ripping the door of 
it's hinges she raced out in the hallway. Willow didn't even notice, 
intent on her frenzied scrubbing and muttering.

'Unclean..unclean...filthy...'

'I've got the answer lover!' Buffy crowed jetting into the 
dorm room and slamming the door shut.

Willow's eyes glazed over and her welcome smile lit up the 
room!

'YES!' She cried. 'Thank you thank you thank you thank you!'

She hurtled into the Slayer and gave her a passionate, warm, 
and above all, soapy kiss.

'I'll be able to use my computer again!' She chirruped 
breaking the kiss off.

'You're so smart Buffy.' Willow murmered tugging off her 
gloves one finger at a time. 'And smart people get rewards.'

Buffy placed the bottle of industrial strength bleach next to 
the mochas and turned her attention back to Willow.

Both of them were too involved shortly thereafter to hear the 
sad 'Blurp' from the sink as Willow's incredibly drowned mouse 
contemplated it's fate.

Notes: Don't. Even. Ask.