It's her. She still stuns me with her beauty. Our eyes meet. Tears fill her emerald eyes making her more breathtaking. Just when I gather the courage to say something, she bolts out the door. I feel my heart breaking. It would have hurt less if she would have slapped me. I shouldn't have come back. I'm barely able to hold in my tears. My friends all look at me with sympathy.

"Buffy." I look up and see Giles's penetrating gaze. "Why did you leave?"

"I just end up hurting you guys." I give in to the tears and they cascade down my face.

Xander just looks at me with his jaw hitting a floor. It's a pretty funny site. I probably would've laughed if Wills hadn't of ran away from me.

"How can you think that? You keep us safe. We fight the fight b/c we want to and want to help you."

"Yeah, Buffy. Even though it rarely happens, Xander's right. Anything that happens to us is our own fault. We can't do this without you." Cordelia says.

I'm shocked. Flabbergasted, really. This coming from Cordy. She sure changed this summer.

"Wow, Cordy. You're the last person I thought would be comforting me."

"I have many layers." she stated. "Plus I can tell you've been beating yourself up because you look like crap." That's the Cordy I know.

Dawn scowls at her. "Cordy!"

"It's okay, Dawn. How's Mom doing?" I hope she's not mad anymore because I miss her.

"She's been looking for you all summer. She felt really guilty after you left. I explained everything to her. I'll go call her."

Giles looks at my tear-stained face, gives me a hug, and says, "I'm glad you're back." I wish Wills felt the same.

After Xand and Cordy give me a hug, everyone tells me who our villain is now.

Angelus.

Oh god.

"WILLOW!" Everyone's eyes widen in fear.

"Stay here. I'll go get her."

I bolt out the door before they can protest. He can't have my Willow.

I'm such an idiot. Why did I run? I've been dying to see her and time I do I run away. When I saw her face, my heart leaped. Her eyes were filled with a look of hope. No telling how she is feeling now. She probably thinks that I don't wanna be her friend anymore. But that couldn't be farther from the truth. I've been walking for hours and I just noticed that it's dark. I shudder, thinking about how Buffy will feel after learning about Angelus's return. God, why doesn't she not love me. The hair on the back of my neck raises.

I hear footsteps behind me. Without turning around, I began to walk faster.

The footsteps become faster.

I take off running. "Help!" I scream. The sound of the running footsteps are the only thing I hear. I turn into and an alley and run into a dead end.

Dammit.

"Well look what we have here." I turn around even though I already know that I will see the face of the thing that has been the cause of my many nightmares this summer.

"Angelus," I gasp.

A/N: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE tell me how I can make this story better.