Alexandra took a deep breath as she looked at her new school. Gracefully, she stepped up the stairs and headed to the office to get her schedule. She uncomfortably realized by the turning of most of the male population's heads that her outfit choice had probably not been a good one to "blend in" with a denim miniskirt that showed off her long, thin legs and a colorful halter top. She shrugged it off, however. She always loved being the center of attention; it was just them who wanted her to fit in.

When she reached the office, she gave her 'name' to the secretary, who wordlessly handed her a half sheet of paper with her classes, though she would occasionally say 'uh, huh' or 'yeah' to the receiver that was connected to her ear, and eventually shooing her off to class. 'Welcome to Sunneydale,' she thought to herself, exiting the office and heading to first period global history.

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"…now, would everyone please turn in your notes to the section on ancient Egypt?" Mrs. Hayse asked politely.

"Umm, Mrs. Hayse… I don't have notes or a textbook, I'm new here, soo…" Alexandra stated confidently.

"Oh, right," the teacher said absently, "you must be Alexis Jones, then."

"Umm, no…" Alexandra began, but caught herself in mid-sentence, "I mean, yes, that's me, Alexis Jones!"

"Well, you can just look on with someone else then, umm," she hesitated, looking around the room for someone who would have good notes from last year, "Why don't you go sit with Willow over there, you can switch with Alexander Harris," she said, motioning for them to switch.

'Perfect,' Alexandra thought, but apparently, Xander had a different opinion, because he complained, "Aww! I need to see Will's notes too!" the teacher, however, just glared at him and waited for them to switch seats.

When 'Alexis' reached her new seat, Willow moved her desk over a little so her notes would be visible to them both. As the teacher began her lecture, Willow whispered, "Hi! I'm Willow! What's your name?"

"I'm Alexan-" she was about to say 'Alexandra Kalderash,' but she caught herself and quickly said "well, Lexie, Lexie Jones."

"Welcome to Sunneydale, Lexie!" Willow said warmly, "but you're goanna need to go to the library and get your books, I was just about to head down there after class, do you want to come with me?"

"Um, sure," Alexandra said, pretending to turn her attention to the lecture.

At the end of the period, Lexie followed Willow, as she said she would, to the library. Without much thought, Willow jumped behind the librarian's desk and began furiously typing on the computer.

"You look like you're pretty good with that thing," Lexie commented, smiling.

"Yeah, I love computers, I'm just pulling up your schedule and the books you need for your classes," she said, her eyes glued to the screen, "I was actually the computer science teacher last year, after-

well, after the old one died in the middle of the year," she said sadly, then paused, thinking.

Lexie, however, already know perfectly well what happened to the first computer science teacher. "I'm sorry," she barely managed to croak out.

"It's alright," Willow said, sadly, I've had a chance to get over it. It's been a year already. We still miss her, but, I guess life just has to go on, doesn't it?" she asked, feigning a smile, "do you like computers?"

"Me? Oh, no," Lexie responded, looking at her feet, "I'm really more interested in the arts- dance, singing, painting, drawing… computers were really more of my mother's thing, but I do know a fair bit about them, she taught me everything I know," she said proudly, then added sadly, returning her gaze to the floor, "she died… last year… I didn't even get to see her, she just left, and then my Aunt told me that she and my uncle had died while they were away."

"Oh, Lexie, I'm so sorry!" she said, running over to give her a hug. She barely knew this girl, but she felt some sort of connection with her, like she had known this girl before, somehow…

About ten minutes later, when Lexie and Willow were quietly collecting her books, Giles walked in and told Willow, "It wasn't her, just reports of some sort of movie," he said, deflated, sinking into one of the chairs at the tables in front of the bookcases.

"Oh, don't worry, Giles, you'll find her, I mean, she can't stay away forever, this being the you-know-what and all," Willow told him pointedly, trying to tell him 'don't say the h- word' with her eyes.

"You mean the hellm-"

"Who's missing?" Lexie asked, coming out from behind the bookcase.

"Just a friend of ours," Willow responded as both she and Giles stiffened slightly.

"Ooo! Can I help?" Lexie asked, getting out her sketchpad, a pencil and a notebook, "I love figuring out puzzles and stuff, what does she look like?"

Willow and Giles exchanged uncomfortable looks, but reluctantly, Willow began describing Buffy.

A/N: I know… short chapter, the next ones will be longer, I promise.

PS Does anyone know who she is?