Ooh! Theo feels so accomplished, getting extra kissing on demand.

Mmm.

The night is uneventful after that.

And eventually Theo will leave the club to go home, and then he'll go to sleep.

And so will Sadde and Willow.

The next day, he doesn't really do much in the morning, other than texting Sadde some details about the party.

And then, well, it's finally time for him to get ready and go. Smart casual – he's pretty good at that – and then he lets his dad know he's going, and… off he goes.

It's nice that Sunnydale's small enough for him to walk there. And also small enough that the directions aren't difficult to follow. It's a shame it's not small enough to have a vampire population of approximately zero.

Nope, not that small.

Sadde meets him on the way. "Hi."

"Hey," he says, smiling at her. "How are you today? Looking forward to the party?"

"Yeah! It'll be fun."

He smirks a bit. "Yeah, hopefully not too much."

"...really? Why?"

He snorts. "I just mean I hope some people don't get too carried away."

"Like who?"

And there's Willow! "Hey, guys."

"Hey, Willow," he says, smiling at her. "I was just telling Sadde here that I hope she doesn't have too much fun disrupting the party."

"I'm more worried she might have too much fun not disrupting the party."

"You two are terrible. Why do I even hang out with you?"

Theo raises an eyebrow at Sadde. "C'mon, isn't it obvious?"

"No, it's not!"

"'Cause of my charming personality, obviously," he smirks. "And her because she's funny."

"She's also super smart and driven and interesting and creative and awesome," Sadde says, a touch defensively.

"I thought you didn't know why you hung out with us?" he asks innocently.

"Oh, she loves us."

"Bah!"

Theo smiles and continues walking.

And eventually they make their way to the party! Where it's already going on.