Buffy was at loose ends. She was cutting a class, but completely by accident (sartorial in nature), so she had nothing to do. It wasn't worth the trip home since she had another class in an hour, but the day was too perfect to just sit somewhere and pretend to study. So she wandered. Without realizing it, she was following her campus patrol route, but it was a far nicer place in the sunshine, so the wandering was worthwhile.
Down on one of the outlying campus lawns, she spied a noticeably large group lounging in the grass; some had blankets and others were leaning on packs or satchels. What called her attention, though, was a girl sitting just off to one side of the circle. The girl was close enough to be part of whatever activity the group was up to, but she didn't seem to be so much a part of the fun.
Since Buffy was already too-late-to-slip-in-the-back of Astronomy (what? the stars were important, or so Giles had told her), and none of her friends were about and she was... nosy, she strolled up to the girl, sat beside her, and inserted herself into the girl's life. And Xander had questioned her ability to reach out to people. Ha! She was Buffy Summers, friend of the people! See? Here she was, being all friendly-like!
"So whatcha doing?" She glanced toward the group, tipping her head to one side. Mostly a male crowd in various shades of adorableness. They all had that cute slacker thing going on that had affected Buffy once, Way Back, so she could see the appeal for the pretty blonde off-to-the-side girl. "Waiting on your boyfriend or something?"
Either canon or dark timeline - Britta's choice!
Down on one of the outlying campus lawns, she spied a noticeably large group lounging in the grass; some had blankets and others were leaning on packs or satchels. What called her attention, though, was a girl sitting just off to one side of the circle. The girl was close enough to be part of whatever activity the group was up to, but she didn't seem to be so much a part of the fun.
Since Buffy was already too-late-to-slip-in-the-back of Astronomy (what? the stars were important, or so Giles had told her), and none of her friends were about and she was... nosy, she strolled up to the girl, sat beside her, and inserted herself into the girl's life. And Xander had questioned her ability to reach out to people. Ha! She was Buffy Summers, friend of the people! See? Here she was, being all friendly-like!
"So whatcha doing?" She glanced toward the group, tipping her head to one side. Mostly a male crowd in various shades of adorableness. They all had that cute slacker thing going on that had affected Buffy once, Way Back, so she could see the appeal for the pretty blonde off-to-the-side girl. "Waiting on your boyfriend or something?"