BtVS: Alternate Lives

Where: The Tree
Who: Tina OT Any
When: Saturday Afternoon

Tina hadn't been in this part of town in months. She'd spent most of the year making new friends and enemies, taking lessons from her older sister and trying to forget about any life she had in Sunnydale, friends that were now in LA, or playing the bass in a band.

Except, she now played the bass in a different band and had a new set of friends. A lot had changed with her, which was evident by the designer clothes, slightly different hair and different demeanor. There was also the tall, handsome young man that never went far from her.

Both of them browsed the bookstore, she looked for something on love spells and he causally walked up and down the aisles.

Who: Chloe, OT Tina
Where: Avarice
When: Saturday Night

Chloe had called Tina, asking if she could meet her for a little while at Avarice. She'd been at her new coffee shop almost constantly the last few days, and felt like dancing. And who better to call than the girl she'd been seeing for the last month or so? 

Wearing a rather sexy skirt that showed off her leggy figure, and a snug white t-shirt with a daringly plunging neckline, the blonde drummer sat at the bar, grinning ear to ear as she chugged down probably the third or fourth Coke she'd had in only a half hour or so.

WHO: Nica Marchese, OT anybody
WHEN: Tuesday evening
WHERE: Coffee shop downtown

Nica help up the line a little at the coffee shop, eyeballing the menu.

"How can you not have bagels?" she asked. "I mean, come on. Coffee ... bagels. It's kind of like peanut butter and jelly. You have one, the other's right there, ya know?"

"Sorry, miss, we're all out."

"Yeah, fine, whatever, I'll just have a mocha."

"We have scones, and croissants ... "

"Not even close to the same thing," Nica said, shaking her head.

She took her drink and settled near the window, flipping open her sketchbook and taking out a freshly-sharpened number four pencil. She took a sip of her drink and looked out the window ... it was getting dark, the sky turning red past the buildings, above the ocean. Palm trees lined the street, and Nica was still so unused to them that they seemed strange and exotic to her.

"At least, it's pretty here," she said out loud.

Who: Anyone who would be at Avarice for Reagan High's prom
Where: Avarice
When: Friday Night

"...My club looks like something out of a bad 80's romantic comedy."

Ben said with a sad sigh as he looked around his formerly hip club. Thank god it would only suffer this indignity for one night. He was in a sharp black Armani tuxedo, his hair slicked back, his fingers adorned with several gold rings as he watched the students start to come into the club.

"Meredith? You coming out? I did all this for you... I'd at least like to see you in your dress."

Who: Chloe, and re-introducing Tina Eliot
Where: Avarice
When: Tuesday night


As she slithered through the crowd at Avarice, making her way to the bar, Chloe barely noticed the throngs of people. She was SO happy for Lucy, as the girl had not only set herself seamlessly into a new school, but secured herself both a prom date AND a boyfriend in just over a week. But... while she was thrilled for her sister, she couldn't help but feel like there was something wrong with her. She was older, just as pretty, and just as nice as her sister... yet nobody had so much as ASKED her to prom. Hell, she hadn't had a date since coming to LA from Sunnydale.

Wearing a sexy black Chanel miniskirt, with matching stockings and heels, and a blood-red silk blouse with black trim, the tall blonde stood by the bar, waiting for the bartender...