Alexander or "Xander" is one of Buffy's best friends(not to mention he has a big crush on her!) And he is not very popular at school at all. He spends most of his time w/ Buffy and Co. in the school library. But he IS (secretly) seeing Cordelia. Xander can't get Buffy and doesn't even LIKE Cordelia, AND he almost ate a slimy, buggy thingy in his "egg baby." Once again--tough life! geesh! And BTW, if the dorks in their HS are good looking like Xander I wouldn't mind going to THAT school, imagine what the 'popular' guys look like!