She couldn't stop the laughter that bubbled forth or the blushing that followed it, trying to hide her face in the process. "And what, pray tell, do I have to do to see this awesome dance, then? Because now I'm curious, I mean, you can talk the talk, but can you dance the dance?" Claire challenged him by raising her brows, casting him a long side-glance.
Ready to run, she crouched down a bit and listened for the cue to leave him in the dust...until his three turned into a word she had been thinking about a lot lately, but not in the context she was wanting.
Claire's initial reaction was to save Xander, forgetting the hiding backup and pouncing on the back of the vampire attacking Xander. She tore at his eyes, his hair, grunting and trying her hardest to get his attention off her friend long enough so that he could grab whatever it was he was reaching for.