*****

"Mr. Harris"

"Yes Lisa"

"What can I help you with?" said Xander Harris as he bent down to eye level with the little six year old.

"Can you tie my shoe?" "My mommy showed me but I forgot."

"That's ok Lisa I'm the best shoe tier on the play ground."

Lisa giggles and bends her head down to her shoe to watch her kindergarten teacher Mr. Harris tie her shoe.

"Thank you Mr. Harris."

"Anytime Lisa, now run along and go find Cassie and Mandy." "They are waiting for you by the swings."

Xander stands up with a smile on his face and thinks how much he loves his job.

Watching all the kids run around the playground laughing and yelling. It reminds him when Willow, Jesse, and him where that age and how they were inseperatible.

God, he missed Jesse, wishing he could see him now. It was a hard five years to get here and it took a lot of hard work but he did it. He went to college and earned his degree in education so he could be a teacher.

After Willow tried to end the world and Tara was killed, they tried to put their lives back together. They just simply went back to just living, the best they know how. For Xander that was to do something with his life because he knew that no matter what life has in its cards for you; you just have to play with the cards that were handed to you and either ante up or fold and he was not going to fold no more.

As for Willow; she graduated from college and she is now also a teacher at the local high school teaching computers. She had a long road to travel to get there also but with Giles help and that of a psychologist. She over came her addiction of magic and now can control it. Well if her psychologist wasn't a cute guy by the name of Trent Payton, and after two years of dating he popped the question to Willow to be his wife, yep that helped her.

Giles and Buffy went back to England to see the Watchers counsel and they are both reinstated as watcher and slayer with full pay and benefits. They stay out of Buffys way and she lets them in on some of what goes on in Sunnydale. Not all of it because that is just "wrong". And the first thing to not tell the counsel, is that Rupert Giles is your husband, father of your daughter, Emily Joyce and watcher, I think they might get a bit up tight about that and try to get her a new watcher or make the checks stop coming and well having a year old little girl to clothe and fed that takes money and with Dawn now in college in Los Angeles they need all they can get.

Yep life on the Hellmouth has finally started to look up for the scoobies.

Well until the new bad of the year shows up!!! And this one is not going to let them win!! (Evil laugh)

*****
Part 2:

Xander walks to his car at the end of the school day with his brief case in one hand and his truck keys in the other. Gets in and throws his brief case in the seat next to him and leans up to turn on the radio as he pulls out of the parking spot listening to a local station playing the top hits. He sighs and runs his hand through is hair trying to get to Giles and Buffys in time for supper and a scoobie meeting. Oh and then a quick patrol oh joy! joy!

When he arrives at Buffys he parks behind Willows car and climbs out feeling tired and dragged out. He lets out another sigh and thinks to him self oh man I haven't even went on patrol yet. He reaches the door to have it swung open with a pissed off slayer.

"Hey where have you been?" "Dinner is at 4 and it is 4:30!"

"Sorry I got tied up at the school." " A boy in my class got sick at school this afternoon and his mom didn't come pick him up till 4 and so I stayed till she arrived."

Buffy just gave him smile because she knows that Xander loves the kids that are in his class and he would do anything for them.

Xander walks in and yells out hellos to everyone.

"Hey Willow how was your day?" "Cuz I got to tell ya those kids are wearing me out and its only October and I'm going to have gray hair before May gets here."

Willow just laughs and leans into her husbands embrace.

"Like you don't love it every minute of every day Xan." Said Willow.

Xander throws his head back with a deep laugh. "Oh I do, I do"

Giles leans in to the doorway from the kitchen were he was cooking and yells out to Xander.

"A package came for you today its over on my desk."

"For me, who would send me a package?"

"Don't know, they didn't put a return address on it." Said Giles as he walked back into the kitchen.

"Well only one way to find out!" As Xander ripped the paper of the package, he pulled open the flaps on the box and pulls out a book and an envelope. He looks at the book cover and then his eyes travels down to the author. He falls down to the chair closest to him thanking to god that he didn't land on the floor because he didn't think his legs could support him. As the girls are trying to look over his shoulder now to see what has left their friend shocked speechless.

Buffy cries out " Why did he send you that?" "To rub it in!" "Hasn't he hurt you enough by leaving?" "Of all the nerves of the jerk!"

Willow just puts her hand on the back of Xanders head and starts to pet him in a soothing manner. "Its ok Xan." "Do you want to step out on the porch and read the letter in private or do you want to save it for later?"

Xander gets up and walks out the door and on to the porch sets down on the top stair putting the book down beside him and looks at the letter in his hand, willing himself calm and not to throw up all over Giles and Buffys bushes. God, the hurt and anger just thinking how he left.

Thinking back to how they met and to the last time he saw.Brad Mallory.

*****
Part 3:

"How bad is it Willow?"

"Don't know Buffy but his left arm is broke and he had a huge cut on his forehead."

"Hey girls it's not that bad so stop with the grim looks. I've been worse."

"Ya, well you were just flung in to a wall by a fledging vampire that was built like a tank." "And before you ask, yes he is dust."

"Come on Buffy let's get him to the hospital and have a cute nurse check him out and fix his arm." " Oh sorry a cute doctor." Forgetting Xander coming to terms with being gay and telling his friends months before.

"No!" "No hospitals!" "No doctors!" Cried out Xander in pain.

"Xander stop being a big Mr. Tough Guy and lets get you fixed up."

"Not all doctors are bad."

"Oh no Willow, specialty that cute psychologist Dr. Trent Payton, That you drool over and get all moon eyed over." Said Xander.

"I do not." Blushing Willow knowing that what her friends are saying is true.

" Oh ya you do." Laughing at her friends being able to tease each other even when things get at there worse.

They slowly walked Xander to Willows car trying not to put him in pain.

When they get to the hospital they walk in and stop at the front desk to speak to a nurse. Buffy leaned over the counter and said. " Hi, can you help us my friend here was in a skateboard accident and we think he broke his arm."

" Yes just fill out these papers and Dr. Mallory; who is the doctor on duty tonight will see him."

"Ok!" "Willow can you fill them out for me, I mean you know everything about me anyway, I can tell you what ever you need to know, you can just write it down, I'm just going to stop babbling and go sit down before I fall down."

Xander goes over to the chairs in the waiting room and spreads his large body that is toning so well from the hard labor of construction in to an uncomfortable chair.

Willow finishes the paper work and gives it back to the nurse who tells her that the doctor will be right with them.

" Mr. Alexander Harris"

The girls jump up and nudge Xander awake. " Right here."

"Can you girls just wait right here please." " Family only" Said the nurse.

Xander turns to them with a sad smile and says "Sorry" " Oh and Buffy if you hear me scream please come running and slay the bad, evil, doctor."

The girls give him a smile and small wave as a nurse wheels him to a room.

"Mr. Harris, Will you just sit up here on the bed till the doctor comes in to see you, he should be in shortly ok."

"Ok" Xander lying back feeling dizzy from the gash on his forehead and the pain shooting through his arm. He soon starts to drift off when the doctor walks in the door and around the curtain the nurse pulled around the bed before she went out.

"Mr. Harris" The doctor begins to nudge his shoulder to wake him up.

Xander opens his eyes and looks at the doctor and runs his eyes to the docs face when he sets his sights on to the face he sucks in a gulp of air. God he's gorgeous! He's leaning over Xander with a look of concern and those eyes they are so brown they look black and that soft black hair, His features are so like mine thought Xander but damn he is hot. He can make me forget about a certain blonde menace that can't stay out of my daydreams and the night ones too. Nope not going to think about the big bad. Nope not going there.

Oh ya back to the gorgeous doctor who is putting his hands all over my body checking for injuries. Oh wait, he is talking to me, focus here Xanman. God those lips I wonder if they are soft as they look. "What?" "Oh sorry doc I um um" "No I'm fine just a bit out of it"

"So Alexander, how did you get so banged up?"

"Xander and skateboard accident."

"What?"

"Please call me Xander."

"Oh well then call me Brad."

Oh man that smile. Dr. Brad I want to kiss those soft full lips, run my hands all over your hard body, and drop to my knees and worship your ..

"What?"

"Xander I'm becoming quite worried are you ok." "Are you feeling ok you look flushed."

"Oh ya I'm just a bit dizzy and in a little pain."

"Well let's stitch that nasty cut on your forehead and then we will take care of your arm."

"It looks like it has stopped bleeding so that is good and I will give you something for your headache I bet you are feeling."

"Oh ya thanks Brad, I bet you are not only the cutest doctor here but the best." Oh God did I just say that out loud oh damn I did.

Brad leans over again and looks Xander in the eye and with a sultry deep voice says. "Why thank you Xander I try to be the best doctor I can to all the cute guys that come in with broken arms and lacerations on their heads."

Was he flirting with me? Oh ya I think he was. Cool! Oh ya I'm so going to come back for a check up.

"So a skateboard accident?"

"Oh ya I kind of wreaked and ran in to a wall." It was sort of the truth Xander decided.

"Well maybe next time you should just jump off your skateboard or try a safer sport, one that won't damage that gorgeous face of yours; I can't let anything happen to my favorite patient now can I." The doctor said with one hell of a sexy smile.

" I'll try to be more careful doc."

"Good now lets get you fixed up so you can go home."

*****
Part 4:

A week later the Scooby gang was sitting around the table at the Magic shop researching a new big bad that was in town that Buffy saw the night before but ran away before she had time to slay it. Xander was sitting with his left arm in his lap staring at all his friends name written on his cast. He was feeling really blessed at the moment to have such wonderful caring friends. But a little sad that Spike left for parts unknown and they haven't heard from him, it wasn't like they were friends but still he missed him and in a weird way grow to like him. He knows what he did to Buffy was wrong and he will probley yell at him for it if he ever sees him again but still he can't shake those secret feelings he has for him either.

Fine he will admit it to himself he was in love with Spike and has been for a while but you just don't go around telling your friends this or the object of late night wanks that. He broke off the wedding to Anya because of it. Ya he couldn't go through with it, he couldn't marry Anya knowing that for the last couple months that they were together he was thinking of Spike while they were fucking. And no they didn't make love because he felt he wasn't in love with her. But it was after the bad break up and Anya getting her powers back to be a full demon and leaving town that he came to terms to being gay.

Now all he had to do was tell his friends and he thought that would wait to a later time. But he did tell them and they were ok with it. Well a couple tears later anyway. And he was happy for the first time in a while he was truly happy, his construction job was going well and he was taking classes in the evenings at the local college and soon he was going to go full time in the spring and all thanks to that full scholarship he got. He had to keep his grades up to keep it but he didn't see a problem because he really wanted this.

"How is school coming along Xander?"

"Oh it's going great G-man, I have some hard classes but non I can't handle; the other kids in my class are a bit younger then me but that's ok." Said Xander.

" And with Buffy and Willows help with the studying I'm getting really good grades not straight A's but B's are ok too."

" So Willow how was your dinner date with Trent?" Asked Buffy.

" Oh ya I forgot you had a date last night." Said Xander.

" Are wedding bells in the near future for you wild and crazy kids?" Asked Xander.

" Guys stop!" Willow laughing joyously. " I had a wonderful time and we are going out again tomorrow night and I cant wait; he is so hot and we talked at the restaurant for hours and then he drove me home and gave me a really nice kiss. Oh ya and we have so much in common; we like the same music, movies and books; and well he is ok with me being an ex-witch. Except he don't know about the whole casting spells and trying to destroy the world part." Says Willow sadly.

"Willow you know we forgive you for all that I mean you were still in pain from losing Tara." Xander explained to Willow while putting his good arm around her to comfort her.

Giles walks over to stand behind Buffy and rests his hands on her shoulders and gives a loving squeeze. She looks up to his face with the same loving smile that he bestows on her and leans down to place a soft kiss on her waiting lips. He whispers a love you against her lips before he stands up and says. " You all should go and patrol now and please be careful."

" Come on guys lets get this over with I still have a paper to write and need sleep before I have to get up to go to work tomorrow."

Sighing Xander as he leads the rest of the Scooby gang out the door."Hey if we are lucky we can run into the Mr. Ugly Demon that Buffy seen last night on patrol."

"Oh ya Willow can just feel the luck in the air I mean luck is when they leave town and to never return." Said Xander as he rubbed his forehead where his cut was and is now an itchy scar.

"Lets roll guys." Buffy yelled out all ready walking down the street pumped up for the fight she is hoping that is ahead.

*****
Part 5:

As the three scoobies walked to the nearest cemetery to start the patrol four fledglings came around the corner and almost ran them over.

"Well! Well! Well! What do we have here?" " If it isn't the slayer and her little loser friends." " Well if the night isn't looking up we will have a good ole massacre yet."

Said the vampire in the front lazily.

" Oh ya there will be a massacre but it's to bad you won't be invited to the party after wards because you and your little vamp friends will be dust."

The leader lunged for Buffy after that little statement that made him angry but she just leaned in casually and wedged her stake in to his cheat and he burst in to a cloud of dust.

The other vampires just stood there with a stun look on the face in disbelieve and then all hell broke loose as the other scoobies ran into the fight with punches and well placed kicks they learned over the years helping the slayer. Soon they were all taken care of but one that pulled out a knife to take a swing at Xander in a last ditched effort before Buffy came up behind him to stake him in the back.

"That went well don't you guys think so? Asked Willow to the other two.

"Oh ya the scoobies one and the baddies zero."

"No!" Cried out Xander as he sanked to his knees on to the pavement holding his stomach. The girls ran over to him as he lifted up his hand to revile a cut across his stomach where the knife had sunk in that the vampire had.

"Oh goddess Xander!" "Are you ok?" " Does it hurt?" Cried Willow with tears starting to run down her face.

"Well Wills, it hurts like hell!" " And I'm bleeding really bad."

"We need to get him to the hospital." Said Buffy. "Come on guys let's hurry before this gets to serious." " Xander can you walk?"

" Ya Buffy, just give me a few minutes for the nausea to pass and the feeling to pass out."

Xander sits back on his heels and hangs his head panting in small breaths willing himself to calm down enough to walk to the hospital."Ok, Lets go!" "It's now or never." Xander stands on unsteady legs with the girls on either side of him to keep him from falling down.

By the time they got there Xander was sweating and only half conscious. Every time he dragged another step to their destination he let out a small moan in discomfort. When they got to the hospital they walked up to the front desk where the same nurse sat. She looked up at them and said, " Let me guess skateboard accident?"

"Oh ya he is real accident prone, isn't that right Willow."

"Ya he is a real bad skateboarder but don't tell him that he is real set an being the best."

"Hey I'm right here and one day I will be the best." Giving the nurse award-winning smile. She just gives them a look like she doesn't believe their story but sighs and tells Xander to follow her. She takes him back to the same room he had the week before and he is feeling a bit de ja vu. "Wait here and Dr. Mallory will be right in to have a look at you."

Oh man, Dr. Brad Mallory is on duty, YES!

The doctor walks through the door looking at Xander's chart and looks up and gives Xander a small smile. "You know if you keep showing up here people will start to talk that we are dating." The doctor tells Xander with a sexy smile.

"Would that be do bad?"

The doctor laughs and says "No!"

Brad walks over to the bed and helps Xander lay back; he starts to remove his shirt to examine his wound.

"Xander can I ask you something?"

"Sure"

"I was looking at your charts when you where here last week and you have a history of having accidents this is the fourth skateboard accident in the last five months and other accidents too." "I'm just concerned is all; I don't want any thing to happen to you before you let me take you out to dinner."

"Yes."

"Yes what?"

"Yes I want to go out to dinner with you."

" Well good then but that doesn't answer my other question."

"Ok, here it goes you might not believe me and think I'm crazy but you have to be open minded."

" I can do that."

"Forget every thing you where told as a child; your parents probley didn't know but monsters the things that go bump in the night, vampires, werewolves, witches, and demons are real. My friends and I fight them."

"Go on."

Xander explained to the doctor about the hellmouth and about him and his friends while the doctor treated his wound.

"Well that explains a lot on what I've seen since a got here a few months ago."

"So Brad do you still want to go out on a date with me?"

"Oh ya."

"Good because you can pick me up this Saturday at eight and here is my phone number and address."

"Thank you Xander and I will be there at eight sharp and I'm looking forward to our date."

"Now remember to take these pills if you are in pain and you are lucky that cut wasn't so bad."

"Thanks Brad" "See you Saturday." Yells Xander over his shoulder as he walks out the door.

On the walk home Xander explained to the girls what he told Brad."Ya Brad was ok with it and he believed me."

"Brad" "You guys on first name bases now." Asked Buffy.

"We have a date Saturday night."

" Oh really Xan that is great." "Where are you guys going?" Asked Willow.

" Dinner and then who knows." Xander wiggles his eyebrows in a seductive manner.

" Xander, you know you haven't really went out with a guy before."

" I know Buffy but I really like Brad and he is really hot and I want to see where this will lead I mean if it turns in to, well you know `sex' then I'm ok with that and if it turns in to something more then all the better; I'm leaning to the something more thing."And I really mean what I told the girls I do like Brad and I'm ready to go to the next level to being gay, I want to get to know Brad better and thinking about having sex with him doesn't gross me out. I mean the only guy I have ever thought about that way was Spike and we haven't seen him in like months. And to tell you the truth I haven't thought about him in the last hour so I guess I'm getting better.

" So ya I am looking forward to this date and I hope we hit it off."

" We are really happy for you Xan." Said Willow.

"Thanks guys it means a lot to me to know you are ok with me going on a date with a guy."

"Anytime Xander, we will walk you back to your apartment to make sure you get there safely since your hurt."

" Ok Buffy but can we walk slow I'm really beat and I mean that literally."

"Oh very funny Xander." Laughed Willow.

They walked the rest of the way with out really talking, each of them in their own thoughts and Xander mentally comparing the cute young doctor to a certain vampire.

*****
Part 6:

When Saturday finally rolled around Xander was a huge bundle of anxiety. He felt like he was going to throw up and the butterfly feeling was almost so bad he almost called the whole date off. Until he got a call from Willow who calmed him down and reassured him that if Brad wasn't interested then he wouldn't have in a round about way asked him out. They talked on what he should wear and she told him to wear comfortable clothes and not any loud Hawaiian printed shirts. " But Willow those are my most comfortable shirts; and I have some jeans that are just as comfortable."

" Oh no Xander you are wearing that long sleeved navy blue shirt Buffy got you and those black Levis' I got you for your birthday; you will look hot and those jeans look amazing on you. "Ok, you win."

"Hey Xan I got to go Trent will be here in 10 and I still need to freshen up my make up."

"Talk to you tomorrow Wills and have fun; oh and thanks!"

"Any time Xan" "Call you tomorrow."

Xander hung the phone up and walked back into the bedroom to change and finish getting ready for his date. He couldn't stop feeling nervous and excited he really liked Brad and he was hoping they hit it off.

Just as he finished getting changed the doorbell rang and he went to open the door and there stood Brad looking hot in a long sleeved emerald green shirt and charcoal slacks.

"Wow you look great." Said Xander as he grabbed his wallet and his keys.

"So do you Xander." " Are you ready?" "I hope I'm not to early I couldn't wait for this night to get here." Brad told Xander as he reached for Xanders hand and gave it a small squeeze and ran his thumb across the back of his hand.

"I know" " I couldn't either it was all I could think about for the last couple days." Xander seductively told Brad. Brad gave Xander a small shy smile and said." Can I kiss you?"

"Yes"

Brad leans into Xander and gives him a small chaste kiss on the lips. And then he pulls back and Xander says "Wow" " That was nice."

Brad replies with an unsteady voice " Ya, nice." Then he puts his hand on the back of Xanders head and pulls him to him once again but this time he starts to deepened the kiss and pulls his tongue out of his mouth to run it smoothly across Xanders lips. And he whispers against Xander mouth and says. " Open your mouth for me, I want to taste you." Asked Brad.

Xander moans. And opens his mouth to let Brad in. Their tongues touch lightly in a seductive manner that leaves both men moaning in each other's mouths. Xander puts his arms around Brad places one hand on his lower back and the other on the back of his thigh to pull him closer and once they are pressed firmly together they start to grind their bodies against each other to cause a heated friction. They both let go of each other and pull apart. They look in each other's heated eyes and they both nervously laugh.

" We better get going Brad because at the rate we are going we will never get out of here."

" Will that be so bad Xan?"

" I'm thinking nope." Replies Xander as he puts his hand on Brads lower back and leads him out the door. With his hand still on his back they wordlessly walk to Brads car. They both climb in and close the doors. Brad turns to Xander and asks him; " Where would you like to eat at."

" I really don't care but there is a nice Italian restaurant over on Maple Drive that is supposed to be excellent. And I already went ahead and called them Thursday to make reservations for 8:15. And sorry when I'm nervous I tend to babble like an idiot." Said Xander.

" Well that's great!" " I'm glad you went ahead and thought to make reservations because I've been real busy at the hospital and didn't have the time to call anywhere." " And I love to hear you babble."Xander throws his head back and gives a deep roar of a laugh. " If you love mine then you will love my best friend Willow she babbles worst then I do."

" Was she the blonde you were at the hospital with?"

"No that's Buffy my other best friend, Willow is the red head."

"They are both really great friends we look out for each other." " We have been through a lot together and like I told you at the hospital we fight the bad guys together." " Buffy might be the slayer but we help her and together we can't be defeated."

" Wow!" " Aren't you guys afraid?" " I mean I know you said you all have been doing this for quite sometime but all the danger you put yourself in."

" Yes it is dangerous and I never know when I will die but I have to fight, I can't let them win I have been doing this since high school and I can't go back and change it, not with what I know, not with what I've seen, I can't turn my back on this. It means too much to me and I have to help Buffy because I can't let her die and she has done that enough already. The world needs her to keeps it safe from the things that go bump in the night."

They pull in to the restaurants parking lot and Brad turns the car off and turns to Xander.

" I still have a hard time processing all that you told me about vampires and demons and how they are real." " But you are so brave to be fighting them night after night and putting your self in danger like that." Said Brad as he raised his hand to the side of Xanders face to gave him a light caress.

" I'm not brave, I'm the comic relief, the donut guy, the one that they turn to when things go wrong and they need a shoulder to cry on when things get to much, I'm no one important I don't have supernatural strength or powers I'm just the zeppo. I mean you have seen my medical record." Xander explains with a tight smile.

" But you still go out to fight."

"Well ya, I have to, I want to."

" And you don't think you are brave or courageous. You might not have supernatural strength but you are strong, you have to be you have the world relying on you. And that makes you very special. I have never met any one like you before and I want to get to know you better." "Do you want that too Xander?"

" Yes and let's start by going inside to eat because I'm starving and I'm surprised that I don't have flies flying around my eyes by now." Laughed Xander easing the tension.

"Ok lets go in I'm famished as well." Brad said laughing.

*****

" We have dinner reservations at 8:15 for Harris."

" Yes Mr. Harris if you and your dinner guest will walk this way, I have a cozy little table for two out side on the patio just like you requested."

" Thank you Paul."

They follow the ma�tre d' out the side door to a small table that is laid out in the moonlight. As they sit down the ma�tre d' tells them he will be back in a bit with the wine menu. "Wow this place looks nice Xan!"

" Thank you Brad I used to work here so I called and talked to some old friends and they set it up."

Brad looked around and noticed all the lit candles surrounding them in tall holders and resting on the table, it gave the patio a romantic glow. He could smell the roses that were in vases around them and the ones that were on the table were so red that they looked black. Xander reaches for a rose sitting in a vase on the table and pulls it free as he brings it to his face and smells the rose. He looks at Brad through his long eyelashes and whispers " Nice" He then leans up and takes the rose and puts it close to Brads nose so he call smell it too. Then he runs the rose down Brads cheek to his jaw line around his chin to start once again at the top of the other side of his face to run it smoothly down till he got to Brads lips then he let it skim back and forth. Brad has his eyes closed and he has a look of ecstasy sketched on his face. Xander swears he heard a faint moan but not sure if it was Brad or him.

"The wine lists Mr. Harris."

" Thank you" Xander opens the menu open and scans down till he sees the one he wanted and turned it to the waiter." This one will do Paul."

" Excellent choice Mr. Harris; I will bring the bottle right out with your menus so you can order your dinners." Xander just nods at the waiter in acknowledgment.

" Brad enough about me; tell me about you, how did you become a doctor and in Sunnyhell."

" Sunnyhell?" Brad asked chuckling.

" Oh ya sorry Sunnydale."

" Well I'm from a small town in Colorado and my father is a doctor and his father was a doctor so naturally I became one. I'm 28 and I moved here a couple months ago to live closer to my older sister who is also a doctor. She is the one who told me about the position that was open and so I left home after my residency was over."

" Do you have any hobbies?" Asked Xander.

" Like skateboarding?" jokingly asked Brad.

" Well ya something like that."

" Yes, I didn't always wanted to be a doctor but I had to obey my fathers wishes."

" Why?" "Why not do something you wanted to do." Asked Xander.

" My father was loving but strict and what he wanted was for all his children to be successful and since my family comes from a long line of money he could afford to send all of us to nice colleges."

"How many siblings do you have?" Asked Xander.

" There are four of us and I'm the youngest."

"Are all of you doctors?"

"No just my sister Nancy and I." "She is 30 and married to a doctor that she met in college." "They live in a large ranch home just a mile out side of Sunnydale." "They like living out in the country because it lets my nephews run. Nathan is 4 and Mathew is 2. And my brother in law name is Greg. I rent out their basement till I can find a house."

" Then before Nancy is Linda and she is a broker in New York. She is 33 and not married but lives with a guy that is an investment banker. And I can't stand him, he is a braggart, rude and obnoxious."

" And the oldest is my brother Grant. He is a lawyer in Los Angeles."

"How did he get out of being a doctor since he is the oldest." Asked Xander.

" My mothers father is a lawyer so he paid for my brothers college so my dad thought why the hell not he still had three other kids to cahoots into being a doctor and my mom is a broker so that is the way Linda went."

" So back to what you said earlier if you wasn't a doctor what would you be doing?"

"Write; I wanted to be a writer. I had dreams of writing a huge novel and getting it published and being famous."

" You can still do that I mean you can still write when you are not at the hospital; every time you have a free time you can write." Told Xander.

" I know and I tell myself I'm going to do that as soon as I get my house."

" Well good."

"Mr. Harris here is your wine."

" Thank you."

The waiter pours some wine into Xanders glass and he takes a small sip then nods his head at the waiter to tell him that the wine was excellent and to continue.

" Our specials tonight is duck in a wine sauce or rack of lamb." Xander told the waiter that he would have the duck and Brad said he would have the same. The waiter walked back to the kitchen to return a bit later with their meals.

Over their dinners Brad asked Xander about his family.

" Not much to say really I'm an only child; my dad is into construction like me and my mom is a house wife."

" Wow an only child I bet you were spoiled rotten."

" No I wasn't."

Xander wanting to change the subject because it was to painful to talk about his parents, cleared his voice and asked if Brad was finished eating and if he was ready to go.

And Brad wondering why talking about his family left his face hard and his lips drawn into a fine firm line, said he was ready to go.

" Do you want to go back to my apartment and watch a movie and drink some beer and we can talk and hopefully get to know each other better?" Asked Xander.

"Sure that sounds good."

*****

They got out of the car in the parking lot at Xanders apartment and walking to the door holding hands and talking about the nice evening they've had so far when two vampire step in front of them. Xander going into defense mode grabbed Brad and pulled him behind him to shield him from the upcoming battle.

"Don't usually see you dead guys in the burbs?" "Little far from a cemetery aren't you?"

"Slayerette!" "We're looking for Spike."

" Haven't seen him." "He left months ago."

" Now why do I not believe you, I mean I thought he was your pet vampire and the slayer isn't going to let Spike roam around not being on a leash." " So when you do see him and I know you will, tell him Mitch and Bob are looking for him and we are not happy."

The dim-witted looking vamp standing behind the ring leader had to open his buck tooth mouth and piss Xander off by saying "Ya, you faggot mortal tell Spike he has one week to pay us our money or we are coming to dust his blonde ass." "He has been hiding from us for months and we are going to get paid." "One way or another." Giving Xander a leering glaze. "Or I'll take a pound of flesh from his human as payment."

Xander have heard enough interrupts their speech. "Listen dumbass, I haven't seen Spike in months and ... never mind." Xander pulls a stake out of his jacket and takes a lunge at the closest vampire and plunges it through his unbeaten heart. The look of surprise soon vanishing from the other vamp rushes Xander in a fit of rage at watching his friend being dusted. Xander putting the arm with the cast on it behind his back to grab the front of Brads shirt and gives him a gentle push so he stays out of danger and then he takes a step forward and with the grace of a cat jumps in to the air and with a round house kick he gives the advancing vampire a well place blow to the side of his head. The vampire stumbles back and with a shake of his head he takes a fighting stance and he raises his fists and tells Xander to bring it on. And in a fury of fists and kicks the fight is on.

Brad is shell shocked to say the least, he watches as these two enemies fight like warriors.

And with a flick of the wrist Xander pushes the stake in to the vampire to a cloud of dust. He then turns to Brad and walking to stand in front of him he raises hand to caress his cheek and asks if he is ok. "Ya, I'm fine" Replies Brad with a look of god worshiping awe on his face. "I have never seen anyone fight like that I mean ya in the movies but wow you are good."

"Thanks I have to be or I will be um dust." Laughed Xander. " Come on hun let's go upstairs where it's safe incase they have friends." Said Xander as he grabbed Brad's hand and led him to his apartment.

" Hey Xan who is Spike?"

" Long story remind me to tell you sometime."

When they got to the apartment Xander gave Brad a beer and they set on the couch to watch TV and talk.

"I can't get over how amazing you were out there." "You were like a whirlwind of moves and wow; I'm just." Brad laughing nervously and leaning in to Xander "Turned on."

Xander leans in and touches his lips tenderly to Brads. Xander knowing that Brad isn't going to pull away deepens the kiss and they both leisurely open their mouths to let there tongues glide against each other. Brad moans into Xanders mouth and places his hand on Xanders chest to rub it across his nipples and with a light pinch between his finger and thumb, Xander throws his head back and howls. He then reaches for Brad and pulls him into his lap were they eagerly kiss and devour each other's tongues. With a flurry of touches they are becoming so aroused that they are both lost.

"Want you Brad!" "Need you.. oh god .ya..please..Oh please." Xander chanting softly. Xander rubs his hand up and down Brad's thigh causing a heated friction that is making Brad slither on his lap in lust.

" Xan please!"

" Let me fuck you baby?" Pleads Xander in a panted breath.

" I will make it so good luv, make you feel so good, make you beg me for more, make you beg me to make it stop till you cum, I want to know what it feels like to be inside you, you under me, so hot, I bet you are so tight, so hot, so hot.. please!" begs Xander.

Brad throwing his head to Xanders shoulder and buries his head in to his neck moans "Yes! Yes! Fuck me Xan!" Xander helps Brad from the couch and leads him by his hand to the bedroom. At the foot of the bed they turn to each other and start kissing once again and rubbing their hands up and down each other's chest. Slowing they peel their clothes off and climb into the bed. Pressing their bodies close together and letting their hands roam all over learning each other's bodies in touch and well placed wet kisses.

" Do you have any lube?" Whispers Brad.

Xander reaches to the nightstand by the bed and pulls out a small tube and a condom.

He comes back to lay beside Brad and lays his arm a crossed his stomach and scratches his nails along Brads side and leans in to nibble and lick his ear as he whispers.

" How do you want to do this?" " Do you want to get on your hands and knees?"

" Or do you want to lay on your side and we can spoon our bodies close with me pressed against your back?" Or even better you can lay on your back with your legs up and I can watch when you scream and cum." Xander whispering the last one seductively in his ear.

" I want to lay on my back and then we can watch each other cum."Xander gets up on his knees and kneels in between Brads legs and puts a little lube on his fingers then he leans down and starts to kiss Brad again to comfort him and to make it feel so much better. Xander trails his lubed hand down to Brads pink puckered hole, he runs his fingers up and down his crack teasing him into a blissful mass of thrusts and moans. Xander then props himself up to lean over Brad his face just inches from him and says. " Open your eyes baby." " I want you to look at me while I finger fuck your ass."

With Brad looking up to him with a glazed lust etched all over his face he eases a finger into his hot hole. They both grind their hips into each other wanting the sweet release that will end the torture. A in and out motion he fucks him with his finger stretching him and with a upwards push he lets his finger slide across Brads prostate. Brad lets out a moaning scream and rolls his eyes back so hard that he can see white lighting shooting behind his closed eyelids. And Xander not wanting Brad to come down from the bliss, he slides another finger in to join the first. Brad lost in the burn and heat starts panting and babbling incoherently. " Oh God Xan, feels so good." " Want you." " Want you in me."

" Brad you're so tight, I want to fuck you baby, Make it feel so good."

"Fuck!" "Fuck me!" "Now Xan don't want to wait, do it now."

Xander who couldn't wait any longer because just listening to Brad begging him to fuck him was going to make him cum and he didn't want to cum yet he wanted this night to last.

He pulls his fingers out causing Brad hiss at the loss feeling to lean over where he throw the lube and condom. He rips open the condom and rolls it down the length of his shaft. He squeezes some lube out on his open palm and them throws the tube to the floor in a rush. He palms his cock and runs his hand up and down the shaft to make it wet. The feel of the tight fist was making his cock harder and the head to look tight and purple. He had to get his cock in to Brads hole before he cums. He leans down once again and positions his cock to line up with Brads tight hole. Brad opens his legs wide, lifts them in the air and hooks his hands behind his knees to give Xander the room he needs to fuck him. " Look at me Brad." And when their eyes locked Xander pushes in to the tight ring of muscles. When the head of his cock pushed through Xander holds himself still letting Brad get used to the fullness. "Oh god too big, too big!" Breathes Brad.

" Do you want me to stop baby?" " If it hurts we can stop."

" No!" "No keep going it feels so good."

Xander pushing forward inch by inch slowly letting Brad get used to the strange invasion.

Pushing till he is all the way in, till he can feel this pubic hair brush against Brads and his balls lay against his hot skin then he slowly eases out to the tip of his head watching his pink hole close back over then repeats the pushing again. The look of rapture shadowing their faces as he inches in to him again.

" Stop teasing and fuck me already." Cries Brad who can't take the slow mantra.

Xander lying over Brad kissing him franticly their tongues rubbing against each other causing them to moan. Xander grabs a hold of Brad in a tight embrace and slams in to him deep. Brad screams in to Xanders shoulder scratching his nails down his back leaving deep welts. He then wraps his arms around Xander holding on tight as Xander pounds in to him. " You are so tight, hot, wet, I'm going to cum baby."

Xander pumping in to Brad with long fast thrusts hitting his prostate with each push.

Xander takes his hand and reaches it between the hot sweaty bodies to rap his hand around Brads cock. With frantic strokes his begins to stroke his cock.

Brad cums with a scream, shooting is hot wet seed all over his chest and stomach. Xander feeling Brads tight muscle pulsating around his cock lets out a roar and cums deep in to his ass. Easing out slowly not wanting to hurt Brad he rolls over to lay on his side and wraps his arms around Brad in a firm tender embrace. Xander yawns and whispers in Brads ear " I'm tired and I need to get up to shower."

" Want to shower with me?"

" No maybe next time I'm going to just lay here and whither in the after glow of our intense lovemaking." Says Brad jokingly.

Xander laughs and touches his lips to Brads and gets up to go take a shower. Xander standing there brings his hand to his still bandaged stomach and rubs at it. "Does it still hurt?" Asked Brad.

"Yes now it does I think I might have over done it a bit."

Brad gets up to sit at the edge of the bed and grabs Xander to pull him closer. " Do you want me to take a look at it."

" No I'm ok just still a little sore." " I'm going to go jump in the shower now; I'll be out in a bit, I'm finding it hard to shower with one hand cuz my other is rapped up in plastic because of the cast." Xander leans down and gives Brad a chaste kiss on the lips before he leaves to go shower.

Brad sits on the edge of the bed till he hears the water start to run and then waits for Xander to enter the hot spray of water then he quietly walks out to the living room where he left his jacket thrown over the back of the couch; he digs deep in to an inside pocket where he lifts out his cell phone and starts to dial a number by memory. "Hello" " I'm in." " No he doesn't expect a thing." " Don't know." "Don't know." " I know time is running out." " Yes I do I know that, I will get him to tell me." "Ok" "Bye"

Brad hangs up the phone and put it back in his pocket. He walks to the bathroom and opens the door he walks to the shower and pulls the curtain back.

" Hi, I thought I would join you after all."

*****