Authors Note: This story takes place in the 
Wish Universe

Oz and Buffy walked into the library. They 
looked tired and were badly bruised. Rupert 
Giles never thought that they would not survive 
tonight's confrontation. Well he was glad to 
see he was wrong. 

"Are you okay?" he asked the two teenagers, 
who looked like hell. 

"Well we got rid of the vampires. That means 
I get to sleep for once in peace." She was 
exhausted. This place gave her the wiggins.

"Do you have a place to stay?" Oz asked the 
blonde who was standing before him. She was 
in many ways his savior.

He liked her. She was courageous and showed 
no fear. Yet, Buffy was a survivor like him. 
He needed someone to talk to and maybe have 
some company for a night or two.

"I really don't have any place to stay." 
Buffy shrugged her shoulders back. This was 
as good as any place could be with a vampire 
population.

"You can stay at my apartment. There's more 
than enough room. Besides, this town is still 
dangerous with Xander still on the loose."

"Xander's still alive..." Giles was horrified. 
The thought of that boy being a vampire king 
was just too horrible to fathom. 

"Relax, G man. When I'm at my full strength 
tommorow night, I'll give Xander a taste of 
Mr. Pointy." This vampire cretin didn't scare
her one bit at all. Well time to get to know 
Oz and the layout of this town a whole lot 
more. 

They left the library together. Giles was 
hoping that both of them would come back 
tommorow. Maybe, they could bring happiness
to one another. That was if Buffy, stuck 
around long enough. She was a drifter as her 
last three watchers described her. 

Scene: Sunnydale Parking Lot

"What's bothering you, Oz?" she asked him. 
There was no use in beating around the bush. 
She wanted to be honest with him. Life was 
too short for regrets. 

"I wish that I hadn't staked Willow. She may 
have been a vampire, but..." Remembering all 
the good times he had with her.

"Let me guess, she was your girlfriend." God, 
he knew what it was like too. Her mother, 
father...Those memories still cut like a 
knife. 

"Yes." Tears coming out of his eyes. 

"Don't cry, Oz about it. Remember this concept, 
a vampire has no soul. They are completly 
different than the person they were." Hugging 
him. She hated to see sadness in anybody. Why 
did he have to suffer? He was so sweet and 
nice. "Are those your wheels?" Asking him. 
Besides, it was time to change the subject.

"Yeah, you know this van and me have been 
through a lot." Remembering his first kiss 
with Willow. How him and Devon used to 
practice before the...

"Hold on to those memories, Oz. Sometimes, 
they are all we have left in this world. I 
lost a lot, but it's what keeps us sane." 
Fighting to hold the tears back. 

Oz thought that behind those jade eyes of 
hers, she was a survivor, like he was in many 
ways. "Come on in. My parents are no longer 
around." Grimly aware of the fact that he 
needed them a lot more than he realized. 

"No, sweat. My mother died not once, but 
twice to me." Tears were flowing out of her 
eyes. 

"Don't cry." He couldn't stand to see her 
cry or any women cry. Handing her a tissue. 

"Thanks." Looking at him, she found a kindred 
spirit in him. Maybe, she would stay in 
Sunnydale.

Buffy was put in a guest room. Oz didn't tell 
her much about his past. Well she didn't come 
straight out with her past either. 

Her mother ran out on both of them. Hank her 
father had killed her when he became...No, 
the memory of seeing that still sent shivers 
up her spine. 

Better to think of the present. Maybe 
Sunnydale would become a better place. 

"Umm, Buffy can I come in." The last thing 
he wanted to do was come in when she was naked. 

"Relax, I'm decent." This was his home. If 
he wanted to come in, well...Unsavory men was 
what she dealt with all her life. 

She could handle this. Besides he was a very 
sweet person. Trusting people had saved her 
on more than one occasion.

"Just wanted to make sure everything's okay. 
I hope you like it here." What he wanted was 
a real friend that he could talk to. 

"Everything's fine." Buffy kissed him on the 
cheek. 

"Good night, Buffy."

"Good night, Oz." 

Buffy woke up and saw that Oz had prepared 
Breakfast for her. His kitchen was beautiful. 
How did he afford a place like this, she 
wondered. 

"Good Morning Buffy. I hope you like Pancakes." 
Oz put out a plate full of pancakes on the 
table.

"Good Morning, Oz. Yeah, I like them. Do you 
have any milk by the way? Thanks for cooking 
breakfast. I'll help you..." she was cut 
off by a young girl's voice.

"Oz..." a blonde hair girl said. 

"No. Ah here's Amy. Hello, sleepyhead." Handing 
her a plate of food. 

Amy was a pretty blonde. She looked untouched 
by all the violence, Buffy thought to herself. 
How was it possible? 

"Hello, I'm  Amy. Oz's kid sister. Who are 
you?" She didn't like how her brother took in 
pretty girls. This one was different. 

"Oh, silly me. Amy this is Buffy. She saved 
my life. Hey, why are you not wearing your 
cross necklace." Amy was all he had left in 
this world, after his parents died. 

"Relax, brother. It's daytime. I'm safe so, 
I figure..." Now she was in for a lecture. 

"No, Amy. Please put your necklace on. I love
you very much and don't want to lose you to 
a bunch of bloodthirsty vampires." God, if 
anything ever happened to her, he would...

"Oz, I think you should ease up on the kid. 
She just woke up." Winking at Amy.

Amy knew her brother had finally chosen a 
girl who was smart. Yet, someone who would 
stand up to him, when the occasion rose.

"Fine, I'll drive you to the library." Amy 
was safe in the house, when Jenny Calendar 
appeared.

"Oz, I'm here now. You get to school now." 
Jenny didn't like the blonde haired girl and 
blew her off. 

Buffy didn't like this woman one bit at all.

Scene: S.H.S Library 

Her watcher Rupert Giles was a nice man, but 
a little on the soft side. Why did she want 
to be put back in high school? Frankly, 
it was a waste of time. Life was too short to 
be sitting in a boring class room. 

"Miss Summers, attending this school will 
only help you." Wiping the sweat off his brow. 
Hopefully, she would listen to his advice. 

"I don't think so. Listen Geeves..." All her 
life she did what she pleased. That was not 
going to change any time soon.

"Giles" interrupting. She was going to be an 
infuriating Slayer to deal with. 

Then Oz came in. 

"Whoah, you two look intense. Let me guess, I 
interrupted." Whatever he interrupted was sort 
of important.

"Well, Geeves over here wants me to go to 
school here in Sunnyhell."  Thinking this was 
going to be fun.

Oz smiled. Buffy should stay. He had his 
reasons, albeit they were selfish ones. 
"Ease up on her, Giles. Come on, I'll show 
you around  the campus." Remembering 
how nice the campus had been once. Maybe it 
would be like that again. 

Scene: The Courtyard-S.H.S

"This is the courtyard, Buffy. Our final stop 
on the tour." What a quiet place and full of 
bad memories for him.

"Must have been nice to be a student here." 
She sat down on the bench wondering, maybe if 
her life would have been different if...

"Seems weird, doesn't it." Sitting down 
besides her.

"Yeah, we lived, while the people we love are
gone." Tears began to stream down her face.

"Please don't cry, Buffy." Tenderly, he wiped
off her tears with a handkercheif.

"Thanks, I'm sorry for making such a fool of 
myself." Feeling sorry for herself was something 
she rarely did. 

Then Oz and Buffy kissed one another.

Xander was sitting on his throne. He missed 
Willow. Then she came into the warehouse. His 
eyes were focused on her.

"Come here, babe. What's your name?" His 
request was more like an order.

"My name's Drusilla, your lordship." Miss 
Edith says you need my help to get rid of 
that nasty slayer. 

Xander grabbed the girl and gave her a kiss. 
With this girl, he could destroy the Slayer. 
The one who killed his Willow.

Scene: S.H.S Library

"Dusted those three vampires tonight, Geeves." 
Telling her new watcher proudly. Though this 
watcher was way too uptight.

"Buffy, are you okay?" Oz asked looking at 
her arm.

"Fine. Just hand me an ice pack. My arm is 
really killing me here." This was going to 
be a long week. She felt a lot of pain in 
her arm. She was stupid for letting one of 
the vampires take advantage of her.

Oz liked Buffy a lot and didn't want to see 
her hurt. She was what he desired and that 
maybe they could have a future together.

"Thanks. Are the vampires just stupid or do 
they just love to fight." jokingly teasing 
both of the men in the room. 

"Buffy, I want you to be here in the library 
tommorow to practice." Damn the girl's 
stubborness. He was not going to lose anybody 
else. His Slayer needed discipline.

"Fine, whatever. See you tommorow, Giles." 
Nonchantly shrugging it off like it was no 
big deal.

Scene: Xander's warehouse

"You, stupid, ignorant fool" Slapping the 
minion who had failed him.

"Miss Edith tells me, my lord that she is 
dangerous. You have to hurt her from the 
inside. Attack her fast." Smiling at him with
her doll in her hand.

"Hmmm, I like that idea, Drusilla. You have a
sharp, mind that has proven itself to me. Now
we just have to find her weakness." Upset 
that he hadn't found a way to kill that bitch, 
who killed his Willow.

"Don't be upset. The Slayer will bleed." Miss 
Edith knew her new lover and pet wanted the 
slayer dead. She wanted the girl who had killed 
her Spike, to be dead and rotting in hell.

Scene: An abandoned factory

Drusilla never understood why Xander was 
watching the nasty slayer on videotape.

All the minions were practicing. Drusilla saw 
how her Xander looked at the mean, nasty 
slayer. 

"Kitten, the nasty slayer is very skilled. 
You take her boyfriend away. Miss Edith says 
that's how we do it."  All she wanted to do 
was get rid of that nasty slayer. Then she 
would gain control of this clan with
Xander's help.

Scene: A classroom in S.H.S

Buffy Summers was absolutely bored sitting in 
a classroom. She felt so stifled. These people 
were fools. 

"Hi, you are new. My name's Harmony." the 
blonde said to her.

"Oh, I'm Buffy." An instant dislike was 
forming for this girl. 

"So, do you have a boyfriend." Trying to make 
nice with the new girl, Buffy thought to 
herself. Maybe this was to make herself look
better, but so be it. 

"Not, yet. I am interested in someone though." 
Remembering her moments with Oz were just so 
perfect. 

"Be careful. Grab a boy if you are interested in him. 
Nobody lives in this town for long, because of the 
vampires." Well the girl obviously had some 
semblance of a brain. 

"I'll keep that in mind." Wanting to get away from 
this ditz as soon as possible.

Walking into the library, she knew this would be a 
place where she would be able to come for some 
quiet time.

"Ah, yes, Oz. We do so need to find out..." Giles 
said being cut off by the sound of his slayer's voice. 
This would take some time getting used to.

"What am I doing tonight Geeves?" Calling him that 
made her feel much more at ease. 

"Take a night off, Buffy. You don't get it very often 
around here." Warning his new girlfriend that tonight 
was a night meant for fun. Plus he had plans for 
tonight.

"Okay, you two. Please don't lie to me. Tell me what 
you two were talking about." They were hiding something
from her and she didn't like that too much. She always 
found the truth out one way or another.

"As your watcher, it is not important." Lying to her would 
be easy. 

Assuming she would accept everything he said to her.

"No, Giles. My duty as a slayer is to know things. I don't 
like it when people, especially my watcher keeps things 
from me." Her new watcher didn't like her attitude. That was 
fine, he would jsut have to accept these things.

"Tell her, Giles. Buffy has a right to know." Last thing he 
wanted was to see her upset. 

"We found Xander's lair. Seems he has found himself a 
new queen." 

Vampire queens were dangerous and needed to be 
stopped. 

"You didn't think this was important." God, Giles here was 
going to be tough to work with.

Scene:Xander and Drusilla's factory

"I want the Bronze back." Slapping the minion who had given 
him bad news. This was horrible news. He needed to have 
some control in this town. Ever since the new slayer had 
come into town, things were never the same again for him.

"Miss Edith says to strike very soon at the one she loves." 
Kissing her new pet on the cheek. Her goals would be 
accomplished very soon. 

"What do you suggest?" Asking her for advice. She was 
his suppport. After all, everything about his new queen was 
worthy. His perfect match.

"Tonight at the Bronze, he will be singing. Miss Edith says 
to grab him. 

That mean slayer will be kept busy." Time for the nasty 
slayer to pay for killing her Spike.

Scene: S.H.S Library

"Wow, Buffy. You simply are getting better everytime I see
you train." 

Feeling like this day couldn't end. This day was one of the
happiest he had in a very long time.

"Thanks, Oz." Throwing him a coy smile. He was making 
her feel wanted and appreciated. Something she hadn't felt 
in a very long time. 

"Oz, did you tell Buffy, the good news?" Knowing that Buffy 
and Oz were getting closer to one another. He was hoping 
that they would be together for a very long time and heal 
each other's wounds. God, knew that they had both been 
through hell.

"Tell me, Oz." Happy for whatever news she could get. This 
town was starting to come alive again. She liked this town. 
Actually was thinking of staying  here and beginning a new 
life.

"Me and the remaining Dingoes are playing at the Bronze 
tonight." Excited that he and his band would be able to play 
again. One of the few things that he had been deprived of. 
Well, no one was going to take this away.

"Oz, that's wonderful." Loving the news. She wanted to hear
some cool music.

Man, had it been that long since that she, Buffy Summers 
had forgotten what it was like to be a teenager again.

Scene: Xander and Drusilla's bedroom

"Pet, what is wrong?" Miss Edith had told her that something 
was bothering her Xander. She didn't like that.

"I'm losing this town Drusilla. All because of that damn slayer." 
Angry that Sunnydale was no longer a paradise for vampires. It 
was now a pathetic shell of what it was. If the Master was still 
alive...

"Listen to me..." running kisses along her Xander's pale, but 
beautiful neck. 

"We must kill the slayer slowly and methodically." Wanting to 
kill the slayer who had taken her Spike away. Her Spike was 
everything to her. Although, she had Xander now, though. He 
was tough and ruthless, yet there was a tender side 
that nobody ever saw.

"How do we kill her?" This slayer was one of the best he had 
come across.

She had staked Willow who was as vicious as they came.

"Take a whitecoat and get her to rescue him." Miss Edith 
always came up with the most wonderful ideas.

"Hmm, I like that." Bringing his lips down to hers. He owed 
Drusilla a day of pleasure. She was going to make an 
excellent queen.

Scene: Bronze

"Oz, I'm going to do a quick sweep around the Bronze. I'll be 
back in time to hear you sing" Thinking that the last thing Oz 
needed was to have vampires interupt his performance.

"Buffy, promise me that you will be careful." Having one hand 
gently stroke her face. He didn't want to lose the woman he 
had come to love with all his heart.

"I'll be careful." Knowing full well that she was a slayer. Being
a slayer was dangerous, yet it was her duty.

"Buffy, I love you." Saying the words he desired hearing from 
her.

"Oz, I love you." Knowing that these things were so rare in life, 
you took any chance you could for love.

Then they kissed one another. 

All she ever wanted was a normal life. Now, that it was within 
her reach, something was interefering with her happiness. 

"Okay, you might as well come out." Knowing there was a 
vampire somewhere in this alley with her. She could feel it. 

"So, your the slayer that killed my Willow." Xander said 
growling.

"Oh, you must be the loser they call Xander." Smiling at 
the vampire. 

"You bitch." Punching her hard. He didn't like to be called 
a loser.

"Hardly. I don't like to be called a bitch." Giving him 
a roundhouse kick in his face.

Meanwhile, back at the Bronze

"Hey, Oz where's your girl?" Devon asked his best friend in 
the whole world. 

"She went to powder her nose." Lying about where Buffy 
had actually gone. He missed seeing those eyes of hers 
and smile of her's.

"Then, let's play buddy." Quickly playing the guitar.

This felt wonderful. Very soon him and Buffy would have 
the life they wanted. 

Back in the alleyway, Buffy and Xander were continuing 
their displays of bravado. 

"Slayers are always pathetic. I killed at least two of them." 
Laughing at the slayer who was on the floor. 

"Well, I'm not impressed." Kicking him hard in the leg. 

"Argghh..." Not expecting her to kick him so hard. 

"Aww, did the poor vampire get hurt." Getting up and 
landing a fist across his jaw.

"You..." cut off by her kicking him in the groin.

As Oz and the Dingoes were playing, vampires began 
to attack the Bronze. 

"Oz, we got trouble." Devon took out a stake and began 
to stake some vampires. 

"Let's go kick some vampire tale." Quickly kicking the 
vampire who had grabbed on to his leg.

As soon, as he staked his first vampire for the night, his 
stake was knocked out of his hand.

"Naughty, naughty." Smiling at the boy.

"Drusilla, I'm guessing." Not liking this at all. 

"Oh Miss Edith and me are going to make sure you 
die." Holding him tightly in her grasp. Just as she 
was about to kill him, a door came slamming down.

"I don't think so." Buffy was holding an unconcious 
Xander.

"Miss Edith and I say let him go." Worried about her 
Xander. 

"You let him go, or I will stake him." Holding the stake 
close to Xander's heart. 

"I don't trust you" She's a slayer, don't trust her, Miss Edith 
whispered. 

"Likewise. We each have something the other wants." Not 
liking this situation at all.

"You want him, take him." Releasing her hold on the slayer's
boyfriend.

"Fine." Releasing her hold on Xander. 

Slowly the vampire and the slayer went to their respective 
boyfriends. 

"Don't worry, pet. Mommy, will take care of you." Slowly
kissing her Xander and carrying him out of the building.

"Oz, please wake up." Trying to get him to look at her. 

"Buffy..." Seeing her eyes shimmer. Those eyes always 
made him smile.

"Oh, Oz I was so afraid I was going to lose you." Not 
imagining her life without him. 

"Do you mean it?" He wanted to spend the rest of his 
life with her.

"I love you Oz." Smiling at him. 

"Buffy, I love you. Will you marry me?" Finally 
acknowledging the fact that he could not live 
without her.

"Of course I will." Kissing the man she loved. 

The End.

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