By: Nicole
E-MAIL: cutegath@hotmail.com
RATING: G
CONTENT: silly story
SPOILERS: alternate universe so any spoliers can happen
CATEGORY: no one yet
FEEDBACK: yes...please....don't make me beg
DISTRIBUTION: Graham Crackers and Finnatics.......anyone can have it.....just ask
DISCLAIMER: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" doesn't belong to me ....i own nothing.....joss and co. owns all and "Breathe" by Faith Hill doesn't belong to me either
AUTHOR'S NOTES: angel has happened but somehow he's gone. There is no Initiative. And everyone is still in high school. Characters may be added in further installments of this series.
DEDICATION: holli...since I got the idea from her and marty who makes my stories worth reading
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Buffy's point of view
The Bronze is staring to get boring. No one is here, and don't get me started on the music. Now, I wish Oz's band was playing. I hate to say it, but I almost wish Graham was here. At least, I'd have someone to fight with. Well, maybe not *fight*, not anymore.
I still can't believe we didn't fight for a whole thirty minutes at lunch yesterday. For the record, I didn't invite him, but Willow did. The world must be ending or hell is freezing over. I do have to admit that it was nice not fighting with Graham.
Where do I begin? I always thought that Graham was an idiot, but he's not. Willow and Graham spent half of lunch talking about some quantum theory I didn't even understand. Graham fit in better with Willow and Xander than I do. I was actually feeling a little left out, and maybe, I little jealous. But Willow was hogging him.
As soon as Graham left, Xander asked if we could keep him. I was big on the idea so I just laughed. Willow felt the need to add that he would make a good addition to the team. I had to put an end to all this talk so I told them that Graham could never know about my night job.
I can't tell everyone about my night job, especially not Graham. Besides, he would never understand. I could see him running away from me now. He can never find out about me being the Slayer.
While I was having an argument with myself, Graham walked into the Bronze. I barely even noticed him until he was right next to me. And there we stood. A boy and a girl, in a club no less, just standing there, tongue-tied.
I can kill three vampires in under a minute, so why can't I talk to Graham? Things were so much easier when we fought. I never ran out of things to say to him.
Stop being silly! I order myself, and I turned to face Graham, but I didn't know where to start. I was at a loss for words so I did the next best thing.
I grabbed his hand and led him out to the dance floor. My mother always told me I was more of the action type anyway.
When I looked up at Graham's face, all I could see was the shock written on his face. "What? Didn't think I could be forceful?"
"No. Something tells me you know how to be forceful." Graham looked down at our joined hands when he said that.
"Oops. I'm sorry." I loosened my grip. Just maybe, I was a little bit nervous, watching as he shook some feeling back into his hand.
"So you like your girls forceful?" Please, say yes. Please.
"Nope." Darn. I wish I wasn't the Slayer. Maybe if I say it three times and click my shoes, it would come true.
"I like my women forceful." He had that twinkle in his eye when he said that line, and I don't think I could have been happier.
I could feel the smile on my face so I laid my head on Graham's chest. I had never been this close to him before, and he might have been just a little too close because I was getting dizzy. We just danced to the music as the next song came on.
It sounded familiar, but I wasn't really concentrating on the song. I felt like Graham and I were one person as we danced. I had never felt like this before.
I can feel the magic floating in the air Being with you gets me that way.
It was like the song was saying everything I was feeling. I wondered if Graham was feeling it too, so I backed away until I could see his face. He started to lip sync the words. "I watch the sunlight dance across you face. And I've never been this swept away."
And I always thought it was the girl that got swept off her feet. As Graham continued to sing, I just watched his lips form the words. I wonder how those lips would feel on mine.
"All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze When I'm lying wrapped in your arms"
I could lose myself in Graham's arms. It wasn't such a farfetched idea. They were strong and caring, and I seemed to fit in them perfectly.
"The whole world just fades away The only thing I hear is the beating of your heart"
That was something I wasn't used to, a beating heart. I wanted to hear it so I rested my head on Graham's chest again. It was soothing to hear his heart beat against my ear.
Cuz I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
And suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just a beat
All Graham and I needed was a beat. The way we were dancing was putting Xander and me to shame. It was funny how the singer sang of melting. I felt boneless, laying against him. Looking up, I saw Graham smiling from ear to ear. I knew he had heard the words, too.
Graham mouthed "Don't worry, its part of the song." He actually knew what I had been thinking. I was melting into him.
Caught up in the touch
Slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that loves suppose to be
Love ...but I didn't love him. And that's the moment I knew why we had been fighting. It wasn't hate that made us fight. It was love, but both of us were too afraid to take that leap.
I can feel you breathe
just breathe
Thank goodness, the song was telling me to breathe because I don't think I would have remembered to. Graham was so close to me that I couldn't think straight.
In a way, I know my heart is waking up
As the walls come tumbling down
My walls weren't tumbling down, they were crashing down. In less than a minute, I realized that I was totally and hopelessly in love with Graham Miller, and I didn't even know him. He had touched my soul and stirred the embers of hope and passion I thought I had lost forever. Graham had woken me from my never-ending nightmare of a emotionless life, and I felt reborn.
And yet, I was scared, more scared than I had ever been before. Graham had the power to destroy me or make me greater than anything else on this earth.
Closer then I've ever felt before
And I know and you will know
There's no need for words right now
I knew the singer was right. Words would have just spoiled everything. I would have said the wrong thing, and we would be fighting instead of dancing.
Graham was talking to me without saying a word. His eyes and body language told me he was feeling the magic between us. It was in the way he looked at me.
Cuz I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
And suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove......
But I did have something to prove to Graham. I had to show him how I felt even though I'm pretty sure he knew already. I slid upwards and I kissed him with all the passion that had been building inside of me.
I could tell that he was surprised by my action, but he kissed me back. And it was amazing. I know this sounds so clichéd, but for the first time in my life, I actually saw all those fireworks they talk about. Stars and rainbows and streaks of lightning raced across my mind at the feel of his lips against mine.
He pulled back to kiss me on my forehead and whispered, "I'm glad I didn't have to wait forever."
Then he looked into my eyes and said, "But I would have waited forever for you, Buffy Summers. You're something special."
I could feel the tears in my eyes. No one could make me feel this way. It was just the way he looked at me. I swear if I didn't know better, Graham and I had known each other always. Maybe we had. Maybe this is what soul mates are.
Baby, isn't that the way that loves suppose to be
I can feel you breathe
just breathe
Thank goodness, she was telling me to breathe again. Maybe everything was going to be okay now. I finally felt complete.
I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way