Undoing the Laces

Your love is like a tidal wave, spinning over my head
Drownin’ me in your promises, better left unsaid
You’re the right kind of sinner, to release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be

Your love has set my soul on fire, burnin’ out of control
You taught me the ways of desire, now it’s takin’ it’s toll
You’re the right kind of sinner, to release my inner fantasy
The invincible winner, and you know that you were born to be

You’re a heartbreaker
Dream maker, love taker
Don’t you mess around with me!
You’re a heartbreaker
Dream maker, love taker
Don’t you mess around - no no no!
--Pat Benatar, "Heartbreaker"

"I have to go meet my new roommates now." Buffy said as she applied her lipsticookiooking at herself in the mirror above William's dresser.

Buffy had informed William of her relocation. She was assigned to apartment 212, the floor below William's. William was still in a bit of shock. Not only was Buffy back in his life after seven long years but she was staying. She would be here all the time. He would see her everyday. He was thrilled and yet scared to death.

"William? Are you listening to me?" Buffy turned and put her hand on her hip in annoyance.

"Huh? Yes...Sorry...new roommates..." William was brought forth from his thoughts.

"Yes. Can you help me carry my things up?" Buffy asked.

"Of course." William answered.

"Well come on then. I'm ready" Buffy extended her hand to him.

William walked her to his bedroom door and escorted her out. As the couple came through the living area, William's three roommates looked up, two from their reality T.V. show and one from his computer. All three mene cue curious expressions as they took in the state of William's face with his black eye and swollen lip. William put on a brave face and cleared his throat.

"Hey guys...umm..this is my.....friend....Buffy" William managed to get out.

"Uhh..hey Buffy...nice to meet you" Angel said, getting up from his seat to be a gentleman and shake her hand even though he had his questions about what the heck was going on.

"Yeah, Bunny..same here" Riley said.

"It's BuFFy" Buffy said slowly.

Parker jumped up over the sofa's back, "Buffy. A beautiful name for a beautiful girl." he said in his most charming Joe Cool style.
William growled and gave Parker the evil eye. Buffy just rolled her eyes.

"So...uhh..Buffy...a girl who likes it rough, eh?" Parker said and then laughed. He was the only one laughing.

"Shut your gob you git!" William got up in his face, fists clenched.

"Hey! Backing off here. I was just joking" Parker backed up with his hands up in the air.

"We gotta go move Buffy's things in from her car. I'll be back later" William informed them.

"Move? She's not moving in here is she?" Riley asked.

"No, her apartment is on the second floor. She is transferring here from UCLA" William responded.

"Why'd you come to Sunnydale from a school like that?" Riley inquired.

"I have my reasons. Come on William, let's go." Buffy walked towards the door as William dutifully followed behind her.

Once they were out the door Parker said, "She's got him on a leash, don't she? Damn. Good thing she's a hot chick."

Angel rolled his eyes and returned to his work. "Hot chick she may be but did you see his face? We should call her Buffy Ali. There's something strange going on here. You better watch out for that girl"

"Ohhh, I intend to. I intend to." Parker replied with a gleam in his eye.

"Here we are, 212. Whew! I didn't realize I had so much stuff." Buffy said as she looked at William who was overidden with suitcases.

"What do you have in here? Bricks?" He questioned as he set them down.

"Very funny." Buffy replied as she unlocked the door with the key she had picked up in the office before William and her unloaded her car.

The couple entered the apartment to be greeted by an attractive blonde who was sitting on a stool at the kitchen bar flipping through a magazine. William set down the suitcases he was carrying as Buffy approached the other girl.

"Hi, I'm Buffy." she said.

"I'm Anya Christina Emmanuel Jenkins. Nice to meet you Buffy." Anya said extending her hand to shake with Buffy.

"And who is this magnificant speciman of manhood behind you? Look at those arms..." Anya began.

"I'm William, Buffy's friend" William cut her off feeling slightly uncomfortable and like a piece of meat under her scrutiny.

"Friend or does he give you orgasms too?" Anya asked bluntly.

William and Buffy both coughed in shock.

"He's my boyfriend, Anya. So have our other two roomies moved in yet?" Buffy quickly changed the subject.

William's chest filled with pride as Buffy referred to him as her boyfriend. He wasn't sure what he was to her so he had said friend to be safe.

"Yes, both of them. They are out getting some food for us now. Willow and Cordelia are their names. Willow's like some kind of genius and Cordelia..well she is more of a princess." Anya informed them.

"I see. Well, I take it you all already chose your rooms so I get which one is left?" Buffy questioned.

"Yes, I hope you don't mind. We drew straws to make it fair so you actually got the second best room." Anya answered.

"Great. Come on William, let's put my stuff in my room" Buffy told him.

William picked up her bags and followed Anya and Buffy down the hall to the last vacant room.

"Did you get in a fight or something?" Anya questioned motioning to his bruised face.

"Something like that." William replied.

Anya shrugged and continued talking.

"Do you go to school here too, William?" Anya inquired.

"Yes, I live on the third floor with my mates." William replied.

"What are you studying?" Anya asked.

"English Lit." William answered.

"How about you, Buffy?" Anya continued her questions.

"Criminal Justice" Buffy informed her.

"Wow, interesting. What made you go into that field?" Anya pushed further.

Buffy and William gave each other a look.

"Buffy, are you hungry? We haven't had lunch. Why don't we go grab a bite to eat?" William changed the subject sensing Buffy's uncomfortableness.

"I'm famished. I worked up quite an appetite." she winked at him.

"I bet he gave you great orgasms." Anya smiled cheerfully.

"Uhh..we'll see you later, Anya. Tell Willow and Cordelia I'm sorry I missed them but I will see them later." Buffy pulled William from the room and they left the apartment in search of lunch.

"She's uhhh..interesting" William said as Buffy and he walked down to her car.

"Yeah, to say the least. But, she seemed nice enough." Buffy pointed out.

"Yeah, nice and blunt." William agreed.

"What do you want to eat?" Buffy asked innocently as they got into her car.

"Well now..let's see.." William grinned as he looked her body up and down.

"I'm serious, William. I'm hungry. FOR FOOD." she emphasized.

"Chinese?" William suggested.

"Mmmm..hey is that little place on Crawford Street still there?" Buffy questioned as she pulled out of the parking lot.

"Yeah, still is pet." William answered.

"Cool. We'll go there then." Buffy said and headed in the direction.


Ten minutes later they had been seated by the hostess and were waiting on their tea and shrimp chips that every table got complimentary with their meals.

"It still looks the same after all these years...I can still remember.." Buffy started then looked down and away.

William cringed as he remembered also the last time they were in this restaurant together.


Seven Years Earlier....

Buffy sat eating her Moo Goo Gai Pan while she listened to Ford talk across the table from her. Her and William had fought yet again and to get back at him, as she had done so many times in the past, she accepted an invite on a date from one of her other classmates, Ford. He was cute and nice enough. She hadn't even waited for dinner before fucking him in his jeep. She was famished now after working up an appetite. She voraciously ate her food as Ford, on a high from his most recent sexual act, gabbed on and on.

Buffy was just putting her fork up to her mouth again when she saw him out of the corner of her eye. He looked pissed beyond belief. His eyes narrowed in on her and he made a beeline for their table. Ford, noticing Buffy had stopped eating, stopped talking and then turned his eyes in the direction that hers were pointing. He swallowed the lump in his throat as he watched William stalk towards their table. Shit, he thought to himself. He should've known better than to go out with Buffy, let alone, screw her. He had heard all the rumors himself and this wouldn't be the first time William beat up some guy because of Buffy.

William walked right up to Buffy and grabbed her by the upper arm, dragging her out of the booth.

"Get your purse. We're leaving." He said through clenched teeth.

"Excuse me. I'm eating here! Leave me alone William." Buffy tried pulling free.

"NOW, Buffy. Get up!" William raised his voice a bit.

"You can't tell me what to do, William Giles! You don't own me!" Buffy said back.

Several patrons started to turn their attention towards the feuding couple.

"Umm..maybe you should.." Ford began to talk but was but off by William.

"You shut your gob!" William pointed his finger at Ford.

"William, don't talk to my date that way" Buffy said watching William's jaw twitch.

"You fucking whore!" William said barely above a whisper as he grabbed Buffy's arm again.

"Bastard! Let me go." Buffy yelled.

At this point, Kim, the manager came over to see what the disruptance was.

"Is there a problem?" he said to Buffy.

"NO" William said as Buffy said, "YES" simultaneously.

"Maybe you go and discuss someplace else." Kim suggested.

"No problem here, man." Ford said as he threw down a few bills on the table and stood.

"See you around Buffy..." He said quickly and rushed out of the restaurant not wanting to meet the other end of William's fists.

"See what you did now? You got us kicked out of the restaurant AND my date left." Buffy grabbed her purse and coat and shrugged out of William's grip and walked to the door.

She left the building and started walking down the street. William was right behind her and it only took a few blocks for him to catch up. He came up behind her and spinned her around.

"Just go, William!" she yelled.

"Did you fuck him, Buffy?" William asked.

"What do you care?" Buffy shrugged.

"Christ, you did! Fuck! Why do you do this to me?" William said, beginning to tear up.

"We broke up. I can fuck who I want to" Buffy stated.

"Broke up? We had a fight, Buffy. We didn't break up! Everytime we have a fight, you gonna go out and fuck someone else? Jesus Christ!" William ran his fingers through his hair.

"Well, you don't want me. I'm a whore remember?" Buffy threw his own words back at him.

"Don't want you? What the fuck, Buffy? I want you. I always want you. It's never enough though, is it? What, don't I fuck you enough? Give you enough cock? Not big enough for you? What the hell do I have to do?" William said crudely.

"Fuck you." Buffy said and turned around to keep walking.

Suddenly the sky opened and rain began to pour.

"Fuck me? Yeah, Buffy. You fuck me. You fuck EVERYONE!" William yelled down the street at her as the rain pelted his skin.

"I may be a whore but at least I'm not a rapist like you." Buffy screamed back.

William stopped in his tracks, rain and now tears running down his face, mingling together. Buffy brought her mouth up to her hand in shock at herself that she had said that. William dropped to his knees and hung his head. Buffy ran back to him and reached out to cradle his head to her.

"William..I'm sorry...I didn't mean it...I'm sorry baby" she sobbed.

"You're right...I'm not fit to live..." William said into her stomach.

"Oh William, yes you are. Please...I'm sorry..." Buffy hugged his head to her stomach.

William's arms came up and reached around her and held on. To anyone passing by, they must've looked like two crazy people, him kneeling into her, both in the rain, soaked to the bone, crying.

Present Day....

"Egg Drop or Won Ton, Buffy?" William asked as he glanced at the menu. "Buffy? Hello?"

"Sorry...I was..daydreaming." Buffy cleared her thoughts. "Won Ton" she finally answered.

"What were you dreaming about?" William inquired after he had ordered for them.

"Just remembering the last time we were here actually..." Buffy admitted.

"Oh...yeah...that was the night you broke my heart...well, one of the many at least" William looked down.

Just then, Kim, still the manager, came over to their table.

"Hey you two. I remember you. You cause no trouble here now, yeah?" He said nervously.

"No worries, mate. No trouble. We promise." William said as Buffy blushed brightly.

"Enjoy meal then but I be watching you" Kim said and left the table.

"Maybe we should have went someplace else." Buffy said.

"No, it's O.K. Just relax." William replied.

After dinner, they drove back to the campus in silence. William helped carry up the last few boxes that Buffy had in her trunk. Both of them met Willow and Cordelia, both of whom exchanged curious looks as to the state of William's face.

Willow was studying computer science and Cordelia was a theatre/acting major. They all exchanged the necessary pleasantries and small talk.

"Well, if you all don't mind, I'm going to go to bed. It's been a long day." Buffy stretched and began walking to her bedroom before turning and looking at William.

"Well, come on William" she ordered.

"Night ladies." William tipped his head in their direction and dutifully followed Buffy.

"Enjoy your orgasms!" Anya called out to them as Willow and Cordelia both cringed.

"She certainly has him wrapped around her finger. Look how he follows her like a puppy." Cordelia noted.

"I think it's sweet" Willow sighed dreamily.

"Wonder how he got beat up. Something just seemed....off about them" Cordelia said.

Buffy was on William as soon as the door was closed.

"Buffy...baby...maybe we shouldn't....you know" he shrugged his shoulder in the direction of where the other girls were, outside the room.

"So? We did it with your roommates in the apartment." Buffy said as she pulled his shirt off him.

"Yeah, but they're guys..." William protested.

"And your point? What, are you embarrassed for girls to hear you fucking?" Buffy teased him.

"Bloody hell, yes! Especially that Anya chit. She makes me uncomfortable. No doubt she will be talking about our orgasms come morning if we make love here." William stated.

"Don't be such a baby. Come on. No one cares." Buffy replied as she unzipped him and pulled his pants down.

"Buffy...I think..." William began then suddenly felt her warm soft lips wrap around his cock. "Hey, that's cheating!"


Continued in Chapter 4