Backfire - Spander Files

“All right, yes. I have a lot of sex. But that’s mystical vampire man-sex. It’s not
adolescent horny-boy girlfriend sex.”
“And there’s a difference?”
“A world of difference. The ‘satisfaction,’ as you call it, that I get from the
vampires is simply completing a need. An urge that I get that, under normal
circumstances, a normal teenager wouldn’t. And with Cordy, well, it’s what
supposed to happen next. You know, boy meets girl, boy hates girl, boy kisses girl,
boy gets really horny, boy likes girl, boy gets laid. You know? That’s normal.”
“And normal is the watchword, isn’t it? Listen, Xander…you are an extraordinary
young man for coping with a unfortunate situation.”
“And aren’t you supposed to be finding a way to fix this ‘unfortunate situation?’”
“I haven’t forgotten. It’s constantly on my radar. As I was saying, you seem to be
coping very well. In fact, perhaps a little too well? This is the first time in weeks
you’ve come by my flat to talk. And it appears that you want to talk about your
relationship with Cordelia, and not Angel and Spike.”
“What, are you upset that I’m dealing? It’s a bad thing that I haven’t shown up here
in a complete nervous breakdown as of late?”
“No, no. I’m glad that you’re doing better. I just don’t understand what happened to
cause the change.”
“Can we go back to talking about Cordy?”
“No.”
“Huh?”
“I don’t mean ‘no’ as in ‘not ever.’ I just mean that I would like to talk some more
about the more mystical aspects of your life before we move on to the normal
parts.”