Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Disclaimer: Same as previous chapters.
Chapter 8
A couple of days later Giles sat down and was seriously considering moving to Smallville, after all Buffy was doing better here and Mr Luthor was almost insistent that he take the offer, which personally was better than the pay he was getting from the council and what Snyder was paying him.
He got up and walked towards where Lex was working in his office.
Lex smiled slightly at the information he was getting from Metropolis, it seems that Dominic was a drug user and he finally crossed the wrong person.
“Mr Luthor?” Giles said hesitantly, Lex nodded and gestured for him to come in.
“Can I help you Mr Giles?” Lex smiled, knowing that he probably accepted his offer.
“Yes, I’m going to take your offer Mr Luthor,” Giles said, “If it’s still valid?”
“Of course it is Mr Giles,” Lex said as he got up, “And I’ve been going over your employment history, very impressive.”
Meanwhile at school Andrew was talking to Buffy, who winced a bit at the bruise that was still on his eye. “God Andrew, next time don’t let them get you in the face.”
Andrew gave a sheepish smile and said, “At least you didn’t try to mother me like Mrs Kent did when she saw the black eye.”
“Well next time don’t get hit,” Buffy chided, “I mean everyone thought you got into a fight over the weekend, though Lana is giving you a bit of an eye.”
Andrew shuddered a bit and said, “I like her as a friend but not like that, I mean she seems nice.”
Buffy nodded knowingly, she was pretty observant when she needed to be and she noticed how his face brightened whenever Clark was around and he would stare at him when he thought no one was looking.
Not that she blamed him for crushing on Clark as he was gorgeous, she just wondered how Lex would take it but she doubted he would care.
Andrew got up to go to their next class when Chloe rushed up and whispered, “Andrew, can I talk to you in the Torch?”
They walked in and Chloe looked at him and said, “Could you pretend to be my date at the party tonight? Clark’s going for Lana and I just don’t want to feel left out.”
“I, uhh, guess so,” Andrew said looking at his feet and shook his head, “What about Pete? Couldn’t he pretend to be your boyfriend?”
“No, he’s got a date,” Chloe said, “So, please?”
Andrew nodded and suddenly Chloe gave him a hug and thanked him and ran off.
Buffy smiled and said, “That was sweet of you Andrew and now we’re going to a party I guess.”
“Yeah,” Andrew muttered, “I just hope it’s not too cold out tonight.”
“It’s the Midwest,” Buffy said, “It gets cold sometimes and besides, Lex bought you a bunch of warm clothes too. So let’s have some fun.”
Andrew nodded as they went to class, he was uneasy as parties made him nervous ever since Sunnydale but he could handle it. He thought, ‘At least Buffy and Chloe would be there so I wouldn’t be alone.’
After school Andrew and Buffy headed home to the mansion to get ready for the party, Andrew thanked god that he didn’t have work with the Kent’s today; something about Martha telling him to have fun once in a while.
As they got home Buffy saw Giles packing up and she ran over, “Aren’t you going to stay?”
“I am Buffy,” he replied, “But I cannot just leave my books and stuff in Sunnydale, after all they could be dangerous in the wrong hands so I have to bring them here.”
“Oh,” Buffy smiled, “What’re you going to tell the others?”
“That I am a grown man,” Giles smiled, “And besides I was in contact with Diane Dormer, she’s the watcher assigned to the new slayer.”
Buffy looked up confused, “New slayer?” Until she remembered Kendra and nodded, “Oh, so when she died?”
Giles nodded, “Yes, she contacted me after you disappeared and said that she and her slayer could be there in Sunnydale in a couple of days and I let her know that I’ve decided to accept her offer. I shall be back here within a week’s time.”
She smiled, “You know the others are going to miss you, right?”
“It’s going to be alright,” Giles smiled, “I’m sure they’ll understand that it was too painful after your death.”
“Did they take it hard?” Buffy asked, “I forgot to ask but are they alright?”
“Yes, they are fine and proud of how you went down,” Giles said, “But understandably upset too.”
Buffy nodded and hugged him, “Just be careful on your way home.”
He nodded as he left.
Buffy turned around and went to follow Andrew in; she was going to make sure he at least looked decent tonight.
Andrew was looking at the clothes that were in his closet but he never liked flashy clothes. He pulled out a black cotton sweater and some blue jeans when Buffy came in and said, “Let me help you pick out some clothes.”
“Umm,” Andrew muttered, “No thanks, I can pick my clothes myself.”
Buffy shushed him out and Andrew waited while he heard sounds and her saying, “No, not this one or this one.”
Lex came over and said, “What’s going on?”
Andrew looked at him and said, “Buffy’s picking out my clothes because she say’s I don’t want to be noticed.”
“Hmm,” Lex said, “You don’t dress to be noticed. Your clothes make you almost invisible so don’t dress like you’re afraid of everything, dress like a Luthor
“Yes Lex,” Andrew said as Buffy pulled him back in and closed the door.
Lex sat outside, he wanted to see how Andrew looked after Ms Summer’s little makeover.
A couple of minutes later Andrew came out and Lex nodded his approval but he had no idea why Ms Summers dressed Andrew up like that.
Andrew gave Buffy a little scowl and said, “This isn’t me, it’s too revealing.”
“Come on,” Buffy laughed, “It doesn’t show anything, it just shows off the new muscles you have and it’s warm.”
“She’s right,” Lex said, “Andrew; you look very good in it and now have some fun.”
They jumped into the car and drove towards Crater Lake. Andrew sighed, at least the clothes were warm but he had no idea why Buffy wanted him to dress like this but he would go with her idea until he figured out why she was acting like this.
“A party out in the woods? It seems almost dangerous,” Buffy said, “At least in Sunnydale it would be.”
“Smallville is nicer than Sunnydale,” Andrew smiled, “I mean it doesn’t have mysterious deaths in it and the people aren’t grumpy all the time here.”
Buffy thought it over and said, “You’re right, a lot of people in Sunnydale do seem to be a bit on the grouchy side, don’t they?”
Andrew nodded as they finally found the party and Buffy pointed an empty spot for them to park.
As they got out Andrew waved at Chloe who walked over and thanked him for coming. “So what’s going on here?” Andrew asked, “I mean why are they having a party?”
“To support the team,” Chloe smiled.
“Did they forgive you for the report you did on the coach?” Andrew asked.
“Please, everyone knew the coach was nuts,” Chloe said, “I mean I heard some of the teachers saying that he was getting worse.”
“How did he get the power to cause fires anyways?” Andrew asked, “Was he a mage?”
“There’s the magic theory again,” Chloe laughed while shaking her head, “Look, I’m sure he wasn’t a mage.”
As they talked Andrew went closer to the fire as it was still a bit chilly and he heard Chloe call Clark over.
Clark looked at Andrew and said, “You look different.”
Buffy nodded, “Yeah he does, doesn’t he? I picked out his clothes and he does look nice, right?”
“Yeah,” Clark nodded, “He does look better, just don’t dress like that tomorrow Andrew, dad’s been wanting you to feed the pigs slop tomorrow.”
“Eww,” Buffy crinkled her nose, “Really? Pig slop?”
“It’s not that bad,” Andrew said, “I never minded doing it as it was fun. I liked playing with the pigs on my grandfather’s ranch when I was little and the goats too, got really dirty too sometimes.”
Buffy tried to imagine Andrew running around, covered in mud and playing with farm animals but she just couldn’t picture that now.
“Yeah, mom hated it when I came back covered in mud,” Andrew laughed, “I usually was punished when that happened.”
Clark also imagined Andrew running in the mud barefoot and shook his head at the thought, ‘He must’ve been cute as a child.’
“So,” Buffy said, “Where’s Lana tonight?”
Chloe smiled, “She had to go home and help Nell with something.”
“Oh, that’s too bad,” Andrew said and noticed the kind of crestfallen look on Clark’s face and decided to try to cheer him up.
“So Clark,” Andrew smiled, “I’m going to Metropolis this weekend. Lex insisted that I learn more about the city and Buffy can’t come with me to the museums there, would you like to come?”
Clark thought, ‘The weekend? It doesn’t seem like a bad idea but would dad let me spend any time with a Luthor? Though dad liked Andrew.’ He said, “Let me get back to you on that.”
Buffy smiled to herself and saw Chloe giving her number to some guy. She frowned, she knew that he was bad news as the bastard tried to get her number yesterday.
She ran back and saw Buffy’s look, “Yeah, he’s a bastard I know but he’s also cute.”
“Yeah, he just seems a bit like he’s in it for sex,” Buffy frowned, “And there are better ways to lose your virginity or at least I think so.”
“Doesn’t mean I’m going to let him get near me but it’s nice to feel wanted,” Chloe smiled, “You know what I mean?”
Buffy nodded and they talked a bit and she decided that she would help Chloe find someone at least nice in town.
Andrew looked at Clark and said, “You know, I like Smallville a lot, its peaceful here.”
Clark nodded, “But it has its own dangers, didn’t you hear about Tina Greer? She framed Lex a little while before you came here.”
“How?” Andrew gasped, “He didn’t say a thing about that to me.”
“Probably didn’t want you to worry,” Clark said, “He can sometimes be private but anyways, Tina somehow got the ability to shape shift and framed Lex for robbery.”
“Why?” Andrew asked, “And did people believe that Lex would do that? Honestly, why would he have to?”
“Not too many people but I’ll admit that there were some people who believed he was guilty,” Clark said, “And I was one of them for a bit but I eventually thought it through. But anyways Tina wanted to be Lana, literally. She even asked Lana about becoming sisters.”
Andrew shuddered a bit and prayed that the girl was getting help or something like that.
“Yeah,” Clark nodded, “She was really obsessed but thankfully she was captured and she’s in Belle Reeve right now getting help.”
“Well,” Andrew said,” I’m going to head home now. Clark, do you and Chloe want a ride or something like that?”
Clark shook his head, “No, I drove my dad’s truck here. But anyways, you and Buffy have a good night.”
Andrew waved good bye as he headed back to Buffy and said, “Let’s go home,” he looked at Chloe and smiled, “You want a ride too? I can offer that to you at least.”
“No, I came with Clark,” Chloe smiled and she hugged Andrew again and whispered, “Thanks for coming with me.”
“Yeah,” Andrew nodded as he went back to Buffy and they drove off and Andrew smiled to himself.
Buffy looked at Andrew and said, “So you and Clark, alone in the big city? Devious little bastard, exploring the big city.”
“It’s only as friends,” Andrew smiled, “And besides, if you wanted to come with us, you can.”
“Nope, I gotta wait for Giles. Lex and I are looking for a home for him,” Buffy said smiling.
Meanwhile in Metropolis Lionel was reading the reports his investigators brought him. Why did Lex go to Sunnydale? And he obviously hid his tracks well because it was hard enough to find his path from there.
Lionel sat back, looking at the reports about Andrew Wells because Lex went there alone and came back with Andrew Wells and Anne Winterbourne. He would have to talk to Andrew alone; he wanted to find out the truth.
He called his new assistant and said, “Matthew, clear my schedule. We’re going to Smallville tomorrow for about a couple of days.”
TBC
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