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3rd Person's POV

"I'm thinking about you."

Willow is totally charmed. Buffy slightly less so.

"He's so sweet."

Buffy grimaces, "Uh, yeah, he's a sweetie."

"What should I write back?"

"Uh, Willow... I think it's great that you've got a cool pen pal, but... you seem to be kind of rushing all into this. You know what I mean?"

Willow hasn't heard a word, "I'm thinking of you too! No, that's incredibly stupid."

"Will. Down girl. Let's focus. What do you really know about this guy?"

Willow frowns, "See, I knew you'd react like this."

"Like what? I just think you should be, well, careful."

"Buffy--"

"He could be different than you think."

Minutes later Willow is still smiling at the computer screen. Buffy looks over in worry, "Are you still talking?"

Willow gives her a blank look then sighs, "His name is Malcolm Black, he's eighteen, he lives in Elmwood which is like eighty miles from here and
he likes me."

"Short, tall, skinny, fat..."

"Why does everything have to be about looks?"

"Not everything. But some stuff is. I mean, what if you guys get really intense and then you find
out he... has a hairy back?"

Willow almost wavers then shakes her head, "Well... no. He doesn't talk like the kind of person who has a hairy back. And anyway that stuff doesn't matter if you really care about each other... Maybe I'm not his ideal of babelitude either."

Buffy smiles softening the moment, "Hey. I just want to make sure he's good enough for you, that's all. I
think it's great that you're--"

Fritz suddenly appears by them, "Hey! Are you done?"

Buffy frowns, "What?"

"I'm trying to work."

"Okay, sorry..."

She throws Willow a look as Fritz leaves.

"Boy, Fritz is even more charming than usual."

Willow shrugs, "I don't know what his problem is
lately."

"He needs to get out more. Or ever."