The Missing Scenes

Ch. 2

Joan spun around, her face hot and flushed. "Oh my God! I am so embarrassed". Burying her face in her hands she quickly turned to find herself in Randy's embrace.

Randy looked up at his dad angrily. "What the bloody hell do you want?!" He held Joan against him feeling her tremble slightly from embarrassment.

"What do you think you are doing? You are just taking advantage of the poor girl!" Rupert could not believe that a son of his would do anything like that.

"Poor girl?! Joan can take care of herself. And I don't think that I'm the one taking advantage of a poor girl!" Randy looked pointedly at his father and then at Anya.

"That is none of your business...son!"

"Well neither is this!" Randy strengthened his grip on Joan protectively. Joan buried her face deeper into his chest. // Bloody wanker! // He began stroking her back reassuringly and felt her relax a bit.

"Well if you can just restrain yourself long enough for us to get out of mortal danger, maybe I wouldn't be so hard on you!" Rupert walked back towards the group, leaving them once again standing alone.

Randy looked down at the girl in his arms. "Shhh, luv. Don't worry, I'm sure dad and I have rows like that all the time."

Joan looked up at his words to find him staring down at her. His hand never stopped stroking her back and she could feel her breath quicken. "Do you think...maybe...maybe that..."

"We're lovers?" Joan saw Randy's lips curve up in what seemed a familiar smirk.

"Well, I was going more for 'dating', or 'a couple', or something like that. But yeah." Joan sighed and once again rested her head against his chest only to hear his chuckle softly.

"Sure seems like it, pet. And if we aren't I think we should be."

"I like it when you call me that." She didn't look up, afraid of what he might say.

"What? pet?"

"Yeah...and luv. They give me a happy."

Randy felt a warmth spread throughout his body hearing those words. He bent and placed a soft kiss on the top of Joan's head and said, "Okay luv. Anything to give you a happy."

Joan felt so safe and comfortable in his arms she didn't want to move. But Mr. Giles was right. They had to get out of there. She had a sister to protect after all. She looked up at Randy once more and suddenly got an idea.

She spun around and called out to everyone. The idea was to divert the vamps attention to Randy and Joan so that everyone else could get away safely. She looked over at Randy who seemed a bit unnerved by the idea.

"Are you ready Randy?", she asked giving him a 'you know I won't let anything happen to you look'.

"Yeah, okay." // Sod it! She should know I'd follow her anywhere // They burst through the door and began running down the street. Randy felt a strong arm grip his and he spun around. He felt a rush of adrenaline and punched the vamp clear across the street! He turned to Joan and yelled out, "Hey! I'm a super hero too!"

As he turned he saw Joan's face change from concern to horror. And he felt a familiar painful stab in his chest. She screamed and ran. He looked around to see what had frightened her. The other vamps were coming, that must have been it.

"Joan? Joan, wait up!" He began to run.