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OBSESSION

                                     

          PART 3
*At Oz's house               "You knock..." Buffy urged Willow.               "No YOU knock!"               "But he's YOUR boyfriend!"                "Point taken, but still you knock!" Willow was becoming very paranoid.                "You are sure we are at the right place?" Buffy was going form foot to foot.               "Yes! Even when we groap... I know where we are Buffy..."                "Well excuse me for asking, just ring the darn door-bell or something" Buffy's steam was slowly running out. Willow's face was a scarlet red colour and was shifting from foot to foot.                "... Ok, Man you really are determined aren't you? And why do I listen?..."                "Because I have a stake and I know how to use it?" Buffy suggested, trying to brighten up her friends mood. The door suddenly opened and a very sick looking Oz stepped out onto the porch.                "What are you doing here on a school you guy's... Umm girls... Girls doing here on a school day?" Oz's now spiked, red hair stood up on end, as Oz doubled over, a look of pure pain seeped through his brown eye's. Willow was at his side in a mere millisecond holding him toward her chest.                "Oh my GOD Oz, What's WRONG???" Willow's voice was completely calm but her eye's read different. Buffy dove for Oz as he went down, completely ragged. Willow let out a yelp of helplessness. Buffy caught him way before he hit the ground. He let out a groan, as she picked him back up. Buffy stepped into Oz's house Willow close behind. The door slammed shut a second later and once again Willow was at Buffy's side.                "Willow where's Oz's room?" Willow stepped in front of Buffy and began to lead her up a flight of stairs, down the hall and up an other set of stairs, leading to the attic. Again Oz groaned in Buffy's arms. Buffy let some of the strength out of her arms and Oz went even more limp. His arms hung down, towards the ground his legs just hung over Buffy's small arms. Buffy grabbed the arm closest to her , and swung it around her neck, taking the other arm she placed it carefully on Oz's stomach. Everything talked about for the past few hours where completely forgotten by the girls, replaced by their worry for Willow's lead-guitar boyfriend still groaning in her arms. Reaching the top of the stairs, which had seemed like an eternity to get up, Willow opened the door to a very large room with a bed to the side. Willow ran to it and pulled down the dark red sheets and comforter that covered it to make it easy to get Oz in. Buffy carefully laid out a pained and unconscious Oz on his bed. Yet again Oz let out a loud groan, turned onto his side and within seconds he was breathing was slow and rhythmic. Oz was asleep. * At the school library                "Giles was busy picking up all the books that Xander had fallen on top of. It had taken him and hour to sort them out yesterday, and now it would take way longer, cause it was way worse. It would take him the better part of the day he figured out. He began to sort his books again. He was starting to get very mad with Xander Buffy And Willow, when the library doors swung open and closed again. Sounding like gun fire, Giles jumped three feet into the air. He turned around to see a very pissed off Cordelia.                "OK Giles where is he? We where suppose to meet in the broiler room minutes ago! For... For Umm a... A tutoring session, yeah that's it a tutoring session, and he DIDN'T show! The Nerve, he just BLEW me off! I want to SO give him a piece of my mind, so where the HELL is he...?" Cordelia was pacing, hands behind her back.                "Umm, Cordelia? Your going to run a in the library floor if you don't stop pacing" Giles continued with his sorting books from past watchers.                "I will not rest until I know where MY boyfriend is!!! Is he off with some other girl?"                "If you must know, Xander, your BOYFRIEND has gone to find Willow and Buffy" Giles threw it into Cordelia's face" Now will you please let me continue sorting the books that your BOYFRIEND tripped over???" Cordelia took a step back.                "Umm, sorry Giles... I'm not busy right now, I have a free period, do you Umm want me to help you to sort all your books? * Oz's house                Willow was sitting on the edge of Oz's bed, waiting for him to wake up. She seemed to have already seen his bedroom a on numerous occasions, she was completely at ease here, more so then even in her own room. Buffy on the other hand wasn't so used to it. She sat in a deep red bean bag chair, in the center of his room. His room was the whole attic done up to what Buffy thought was Oz's favorite tastes. The floor was a dark cherry red wood. His walls were also a dark bloody red colour. Buffy looked up from her chair, to Willow . Willow had moved from the edge of Oz's king sized bed to right beside him. Her hand on his sleeping shoulder. Buffy again surveyed his room. In the middle of the room it seemed to be a little living room. It had a large screen T.V. ... , a black leather couch, a black leather arm chair and even a mini fridge. On top of the Fridge rested a good quality CD player with a ton of CD's . In the far corner he had a few guitars and even a drum set. A cardboard box was clearly visible peeking out of the corner of under his bed, a chain hung frown it_ No need to guess what that was for. Buffy thought to herself. But what impressed Buffy the most about the room had to be his walls, covered in different pictures of bands and pictures of different things. It had 3 large windows, covered in either black or dark red drapes, it was hard to tell. An other wall was covered in pictures of Werewolf's, Vampires, Witches and other undead people of Sunnydale. But across the pictures it read *Nightmares in Fairyland, do YOU believe?* On the wall opposite of Oz's bed was a collage of pictures of Willow and himself, it was truly romantic.< Willow Is so lucky to have such a great boyfriend, even if he is a Werewolf, he's not really evil, and it's only 3 day's out of every month, unlike my Vampire of an ex-boyfriend that will soon be a Vampire with a soul.>
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      PART 4
               "It seems to be the ritual needed to give Angel back his soul, but it needs a few things in order to work... Hey maybe they went to get some of the stuff." Giles voice seemed to get a lighter tone to it. For once Xander wasn't fooling around, he was scrolling down the screen on the computer. Cordelia was behind Xander , her elbows on his shoulders, reading over top his head at the screen. "There are some really wired things needed to do this ritual Giles. And I know this sounds really crazy , half the words I don't even know what they are! Like what the heck is an Orb of Thesula and all this other Junk?" Cordelia now seemed like her normal self. Yet different, a new maturity surrounded her.                "Actually an Orb of Thesula is a glass ball that the Egyptians used to give people souls, they are very delicate but if I remember correctly, I might have one in my back room. Let me go check" Giles was already at the back room in the library room. Xander and Cordelia drew into each other and started kissing.                "I'm right. I do have one. Perfect.." Giles walked back into the room, Xander and Cordelia didn't seem to notice. " Ahem! You guys this is a very public place. Can you save it for the Bronze or the Lookout point?"                "Giles you know about the lookout point? Xander and Cordelia drew apart untouched by his little speech. Except the part about the lookout point bit.                "Xander I was young once too. Anyway... There are only a minimal number of places to go in this small hick's vile town... With Jenny... I'm more updated than you think! Goodness!" Giles sounded slightly peeved, but went on anyway's" We need to find Buffy and Willow." Giles put down the Orb of Thesula carefully, onto the table.                Cordelia and Xander looked at Giles with their mouth's hanging on the floor. Giles turned his back to them, and continued reading over the ritual Buffy and Willow had left for him." Oh... My! How strange!. I never even thought of that, but it makes sense, interesting! That's what there probably out looking for!" Giles voice shook Xander and Cordelia apart once again.                "Huh?" Cordelia and Xander asked at the exact same time. Xander then pulled Cordelia once again to his side, and swung his arm across her shoulders in a relaxed carefree style, as there heads rested against one an other.                "It seems the ritual needs a Werewolf to be completed.. You didn't by any chance go by Oz's house did you Xander?"                "Umm actually I did, but there was a nice blue convertible in there driveway, so I figured that he had company why? Xander spoke in a confused voice, Cordelia rolled her eye's in the direction of Giles. < Is he ever going to learn? Giles practically points out were he is and Xander looks on like the fool. How could I be in love with someone who can be so dumb???>                "Xander what did the car look like and what was the license plate number?" Cordelia once again turned toward Xander.                "As I said before, It was a cute blue convertible. Black roof, black seats, full of bags filled with different stuff... Like wood. The license plate number was... Let me think for a minute.... Oh Yeah!!! NETGIRL... Oh, OH! ...Oh???"                "As I predicted Xander, they are at Oz's house. That's Willow's car. She did just get her drivers license. I thought you already new that." Giles looked at Xander with the *look* of I knew something you didn't... Nener, nener, boo boo!                "Yeah Xander... Everyone knows Willow got her drivers license, and a convertible to go with it. It's been going around school for a couple of day's now. How could you not know?" Cordelia said this whit one of her ever so popular shrugs.                " You know, everyone knows about this but me?" Xander looked really peeved, and started pushing the books Cordelia and Giles had just finished sorting onto the floor, seeing what he was doing he stopped aburtly and tried resorting them, but it only made it worse. He stood and began pacing.                "Xander if you don't stop your going to run a hole in the floor...: Cordelia then started laughing, and so did Giles, tears rolled down there cheeks. "What???" Xander stooped pacing and looked at them, a wired look on his face.                "Nothing Xander, inside joke. No biggie..." Giles replied after calming down somewhat. "Something I said to Cordelia earlier on this morning." Giles wiped his eyes "Anyway Cordelia, Xander why don't you go down there to see Oz, Buffy and willow."                "Yes SIR!" Xander saluted him. "We'll give you a call later on, what's happening. Have fun!" Cordelia grabbed for Xander's hand and they walked toward Cordelia's C Queen red convertible. * Oz's house                "What does giving back Angel's soul have to do with me being a Werewolf or not?, and being cured and stuff?" Oz wasn't getting the points Buffy and Willow where trying to get at. Kendra look at all of them with wide eye's.                "Maybe Willow should explain this part, it's more along her level. Buffy murmured fro her spot on the bed.                "It goes like this Oz... Kendra." Willow's eye's never left his. " Somehow during the process of becoming a Werewolf you become possessed by a second soul. No one is really sure why , but when someone has two souls they morph when the moon's gravitational pull. To change Angel back it goes where your second soul is transferred into Angel's body. Witch makes him completely human, and unable to become a demon anymore, In return Oz has only one soul and can transfer, not transfer or transfer only to how much he wants to, knowing who he is and having absolutely no Blood lust, or be attracted to emotions."                "So you're saying Angel would become a human, and I wouldn't have to morph unless I really want to? And it's all cause of a second soul? And Angel needs one?" Oz looked completely dumfound.                "How come you and Buffy always find the good-bad dudes. I never find the good- bad dudes! And find out the prophecies and curses not known to man? Well barely anyway." Kendra let out a little a long sigh.                "Kendra when you have such great friends as I do... Not to mention that your studying and researching goes way faster like up to 4 times faster, and better, and while patrolling you have more energy!!!" Buffy laughed and hugged Kendra, she stiffened under it, but slowly let herself loosen and hugged Buffy back.                "I don't remember the last time I've been hugged. It's been more than ages, thanks!" Kendra got up from her spot and hugged both Willow And Oz, but being careful not to hurt Oz..                "Anyway I suggest we continue reading up on the curse some more, we want to be able to preform it properly. And as soon as possible so Angel doesn't find out about it."                " You know Buffy I could learn a lot from you.... Maybe after we get Angel back we could you know... Hang out??? I think that's the proper word you used." Kendra glanced at Buffy hopefully.                "Kendra? I'm sure I could learn a lot more from you than you could of me... I'd be honored for you to hang out with me. For the time being your going to stay at my place, no if and's or but's!"               "But.." Buffy gave Kendra a look. "I must be unknown..."                "Kendra, Vampires knowing where I am makes it easier for me, they come to ME, I don't really have to go after them. And it really helps to have friends around..."                "OK. Ok. I get your point.... Can I sleep on your bedroom floor too???" Kendra's eye's brightened.                "I'll do better than that, I'll have an extra bed put in for you. But for now we have to continue our little research."               "A BED??? Me being able to sleep in something so comfortable?"                "Kendra, back on track here... Angel??? Giving him back his life, and soul?"                "Oh. Yeah!... Business stuff first., sorry. Umm how do you research in a group?" Willow who had been looking from Buffy to Kendra and back to Buffy popped in.               "We start with the round robin, you remember what that is right?"                "Umm. Yeah, isn't it when you call your parents and tell them your studying all night and will be staying at everyone else's house?"                "Yeah. Then we put on some beaty music down low, it help's to get us reading a bit faster. Then we put a stack of books on the table and go at em. We get snacks and chat about what interesting stuff we can find and about the latest gossip we heard and I personally love that part, it's actually a lot of fun!. Time to spend with all your friends, all while learning more useful stuff than from our History class, it's a real get together." Willow finished off by flashing off a huge smile at Kendra, and melting even more into Oz's gaze if it was humanly possible. Oz leaned over Willow and kissed the top of her head.                " And your sure you want to do that? Cause I am like Kendra... No nicknames for me... Not yet considered your friends..." For the second time that day Kendra looked as if she might cry. Tears gathered in the corners of her eye's, threatening to fall, one made it's way down her cheek.                "Kendra why did you think you weren't considered our friends? I know myself consider you my friend. I wouldn't even think once before letting you research with us. Knowing you, you'd know everything already, or know where to find the information right away. I really don't know where you got that wired idea, I hope you consider us your friends." Buffy was again hugging Kendra.                " But I always have judged you and almost killed you before, more than once, I've doubted you! I jumped to conclusions more than once..."                "First of all how would you know all that? Second of all we do indeed live on the Hellmouth! Everyone has had more than one incident that they've almost been killed, a brush by, even if they don't know it Kendra!. You are considered all of our friends." Willow again spoke up.                "You guys that means more than any of you will ever know. I've never in my entire life had any friends." She started crying full fledged. Kendra began to cry harder. Her body shook and her shirt was soaked in seconds. Buffy rocked her back and forth. Kendra leaned in, wanting to be held more than she would care to admit. Slowly she quieted down. " I think we had better head for the library, we'll need the computers." Kendra croaked out.                "No need, We have a computer room downstairs they all have the internet too, so no problem there." Oz replied. Kendra go t Oz while Buffy got a mattress downstairs for Oz to lay on on the computer room. Oz laid down and began looking over the ritual, saying things that might help for the ritual for the three girls to look up. When everyone was settled they all heard the garage door open, and close.                Oz's mom came into the room, with Xander and Cordelia behind her. "Oz honey you have some Visitors. Oh, hey Willow."                "Umm, hey mom, this is Buffy, she also goes to my school. And this is Kendra. Hi Xander, Cordelia." Oz pointed to each as he said their names. Buffy put her hand out for Oz's mom, Kendra did the same.                "Aren't you popular today" She replied taking both the hands egarly." Anyway, sorry to say, I have to fly out of town again tonight. And I won't be back for a few day's. Your father is already in England on business. Are you going to be able to manage your self while I'm away honey?"                "No worries mom, I have Willow if I need her, and Buffy, Xander, Kendra and Cordelia, and Everyone from the The Dingos, and Mr.Giles... I'll be fine. You go and have fun, and don't worry!!!"                "Ok honey. I'll go pack then. Nice meeting all of you!" Oz's mom left the room. She could be heard going up the stairs to her room.                The room stayed silent for a few moments, no one even working on the computers. "Umm Hi guy's, how's it going? Xander let out a laugh and the tension in the room evaporated, everyone in the room Exploded. "That was a bit pathetic much huh?"                "Oh no, not again!" Oz cried out as tears poured down his cheeks, his body rolled into a tight ball, and was rolling around on the mattress.               "What?" Xander continues laughing.                "N-nothing, inside joke Xand-man." Oz seemed to be enjoying himself. Willow had fallen onto the mattress, cause of laughing so hard, and now to was rolling around on the mattress.                " That's the second time I've heard that today Oz. Come on you can let me in... PLEASE???"                "Xander? it's not really even a inside joke, but earlier me Buffy and Willow had a really bad laughing fit."               "Oh." Simple as that.                Kendra was the first to get over the laughing fit.. " Guy's we really need to get researching here." A smile broke onto her face and she threatened to burst out laughing again.                "Listen to Kendra people, we have a soul to give back and a Werewolf to make happy." Cordelia was leaning against the door frame, trying to catch her breath, and reapplying her make-up, with lipstick in one hand mirror in the other. Everyone in calmed down and Oz's mom head poked back into the room once again                "Well I'm off Oz have fun!" She blew him a final kiss and stepped away.                "Let's get a huntin'!" Buffy called out running to one of the computers.                                                                      
        End Part 4


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