Oz and Buffy stood in front of Edna-Mae and Ivan in the garden of the mansion. The portal began to swirl behind them. "Edna-Mae I really don't know how we can thank you and Ivan enough."

She smiled warmly at Buffy and softly stroked her cheek, locking eyes with Buffy and then shifting them to Oz, "Just be happy, that is more than enough thanks." The two women shared a warm smile and Oz and Buffy jumped back through the tunnel hands tightly clasped together.

Sunnydale

The two teens landed in a heap. Buffy stood up and brushed herself off before reaching out a hand to Oz. "Well Toto looks like we're home."

"True Dorothy what do you say we follow the yellow brick road to some clean clothes at the Wonderful Van of Oz?"

She sent him a bright smile and they ran to Oz's van.

Oz went in first giving Buffy a hand up. "Well I don't think I have anything your size but it'll get you out of those clothes."

"At this point Oz I would wear a potato sack," she chuckled.

Oz dug through his bag puling out a Star trek t-shirt and some black jeans and passing them to Buffy. "Why don't you go up there and change?" She nodded and headed to the front seat.

Oz turned around to give her some privacy and then pulled out a plaid shirt and a pair of blue jeans for himself.

Buffy having already finished looked up in the rear view mirror to check for any scratches or bruises and instead got quite a good look at Oz's muscular back and bum. After silently coming to the conclusion that Oz wore too long shirts and too baggy jeans she returned to gazing out the front window before she was caught.

"Okay Buff I'm done, so what do you want to do now?"

Looking at the clock and seeing the time ,3:15, blazing from the darkness of the van at night she turned back to Oz, "Well it's late, do you mind giving me a ride home?"

"Sure no problem," Oz tried to swallow past the lump that grew in his throat at the thought of having to be apart from Buffy.

They pulled up to Sunnydale University and Oz walked around to the passenger side, helping Buffy down from the van. Neither knew what to say as the awkward silence stretched on Oz decided action to be the best approach. He stepped closer to Buffy and placed a soft kiss upon her lips, as Oz was about to deepen the kiss someone cleared their throats behind them. Looking back Buffy whispered, "Angel."

End of my part...