"I am sorry Miss. Rosenberg but your academic performance over the last few months has done nothing but deteriorate and your countless absentees haven't helped." The person across the brown desk wasn't even looking at her. He was sitting there ruining her future and all he did was read those stupid papers in fount of him.
"Well I can do better… I mean I'm schoolgirl. I have always been schoolgirl. I love school." Willow said she felt like she was three inches tall.
"I'm sorry but you no longer qualify to be in the advanced placement program and it's to late in the semester to place you in on level."
"Are you kicking me out?" She asked trying to hold back tears.
"No… don't think of it that way… you just will not be eligible to attend classes for the rest of this year. Next Autumn you are welcome to re-enroll… as a junior again of course." He stood up and looked down at her, "Well I have another appointment so…" Willow stood and shook his hand, "We will look forward to seeing you next fall."
"Thank you." Willow chocked out as she walked out the door. Her whole body was num. In just a few weeks her entire life had been turned up side down. First Giles the only person who had ever felt like a parent to her. Told her that she was basically stupid. And then Tara, who had walked out on her, Also Dawn she had almost killed Dawn, now this.
Soon Willow found her self in front of the Summer's home. She just stood there. This wasn't really her home and she couldn't stay there forever, she wasn't needed anymore and she couldn't move back to the apartment, Tara had moved back in there and she wouldn't exactly open her with open arms.
She pushed the door open and entered the front hallway. Her coat hung on the rack. She was so nervous when they called wanting her to come down to the school that she had left it.
The T.V blasted from the living room and there was a familiar laughter. Willow peeked around the corner. Tara was sitting on the couch with Dawn.
Dawn was laughing so hard that she her body shook, "Oww." She grabbed her arm in the sling.
"Oh sweetie you okay?" Tara asked flipping off the T.V. and looking at Dawn. Out of all the scoobies Tara had the most motherly instinct for Dawn. And with Buffy being so distant lately she was the only parental figure Dawn had left.
"Yeah. I'm fine." She looked down, "I try to hate her… But I just cant you know. She does such stupid stuff and could of gotten me killed but…"
"It's Willow?" Tara said pushing Dawn's hair out of her face.
"Exactly." Dawn said looking down, "When we first moved here. I had no friends for the longest time. But Buffy met Xander and Willow right off the back. So they became my friends in a way. I would hang around them as much as possible. Willow was real nice about it though. One night she even let me stay over at her house. It was so much fun… She was such a different person then." Dawn put her head on Tara's shoulder.
Tara laid her head on top of Dawn's, "Really?"
"Yeah. Nothing like she is now. She loved people more then magic. You could always count on her. She's a lot like you are now." There was a long silence, "Do you ever think you'll get back together."
"I wish I knew. I'll always love her but I just can't trust her anymore." Tara looked down and Dawn had fallen asleep on her shoulder.
Willow who had been listening to the whole conversation whipped tears from her cheek. She walked into sight of the living room. Tara looked up at her and the two just stared at each other. Tara broke the stair and looked down at Dawn and her arm and then looked back to Willow and mouthed, "How could you?" Will couldn't stand it anymore she ran up the stairs to her room slamming the door behind her. She cried her self to sleep.
The morning lights threw the blinds was almost blinding. Struggling to make out figures she rubbed her eyes. Then Willow saw it. There was a witch and werewolf pez dispensers on the table next to her. She jumped up throwing on the dress she had on yesterday. It was the same dress she had warn when the singing demon had taken over Sunnydale. She ran down the stairs. Dawn was in the front entrance way.
"Where are you going?" Dawn asked. She hadn't spoken to Willow in a week and this is the time she wants to have a conversation.
"Out." Will said. She wanted to make up with Dawn but she was in a hurry.
"Well can I come? I figured we could talk."
"That sounds great but not this time Dawn. Later." She hugged Dawn and ran out the front door.
Dawn just stood there in the doorway, "I tried."
Willow ran as fast as her legs would carry her to her past to her future she didn't know but she had to get to the cemetery. She entered the crypt where they used to keep the werewolf cage. Slowly stepping down the stairs. There was a redheaded figure sitting at the bottom of them. "You know normal people call." She said sitting down beside him.
"Since when are we normal?" He asked
"Nice to see you Oz." Willow leaned in and hugged her ex-lover. "I've missed you."
"You to." Oz said closing his eyes and smelling Willow's hair. She finally broke it.
"What are you doing here?"
He looked at her, "You've been crying for weeks you think I didn't since that you were in pain." Willow looked to the ground, "You want to tell me what's been going on?"
Willow explained about all the torment she had been threw… "And that's when she said she couldn't trust me anymore."
She and Oz sat in silence for a minute. Both looking at the ground and then Willow felt his hand wrap around hers, "Anyone who doesn't want you in their arms is an idiot." They looked up at each other. There lips met seamlessly and they slowly got wrapped up in each other's arms. They lost all since of time and the world out side the door. Slowly day faded to night and then day again.
She opened her eyes to find Oz was watching her sleep, "Morning." She said with a smile.
"Its morning already." He said looking up at the light peeking threw the cracks. "Hmm, It didn't seem that long."
"No kidding." She yawned.
"Do you feel like breakfast?" He asked.
"Breakfast would be great." She looked down at her watch. "Shoot there was a Scooby meeting last night. We better check by the magic shop and tell them I'm okay… If they care." Willow said sitting up.
"If it's any consolation, I care." Oz said and was immediately answered by a kiss.
Standing out the magic shop Willow took a deep breath and turned to Oz, "You ready to see everybody again?"
"Yeah. Why don't you go in ahead of me though."
"Chicken." Willow said laughing. She opened the magic shop door. The bell above her made all the scoobies that were in the magic shop jump to their feet.
"Will." Xander rushed to her and hugged her, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Next Buffy came running, "What happened."
Then Dawn, Anya and Tara followed. Willow's eyes immediately when to Tara, "What are you doing here."
"When you didn't show up we called Tara. Now what happened?" Buffy asked looking frustrated.
"Yeah what's the big bad?" Dawn asked.
"No big bad." Will said reassuring Dawn.
"Then where the HELL have you been? And what in GODS NAME have you been doing?" Xander yelled.
"Hi guys." A voice from behind Willow said. The entire group went into shock.
"Oz is back." Willow said with a small voice.
"Well I can do better… I mean I'm schoolgirl. I have always been schoolgirl. I love school." Willow said she felt like she was three inches tall.
"I'm sorry but you no longer qualify to be in the advanced placement program and it's to late in the semester to place you in on level."
"Are you kicking me out?" She asked trying to hold back tears.
"No… don't think of it that way… you just will not be eligible to attend classes for the rest of this year. Next Autumn you are welcome to re-enroll… as a junior again of course." He stood up and looked down at her, "Well I have another appointment so…" Willow stood and shook his hand, "We will look forward to seeing you next fall."
"Thank you." Willow chocked out as she walked out the door. Her whole body was num. In just a few weeks her entire life had been turned up side down. First Giles the only person who had ever felt like a parent to her. Told her that she was basically stupid. And then Tara, who had walked out on her, Also Dawn she had almost killed Dawn, now this.
Soon Willow found her self in front of the Summer's home. She just stood there. This wasn't really her home and she couldn't stay there forever, she wasn't needed anymore and she couldn't move back to the apartment, Tara had moved back in there and she wouldn't exactly open her with open arms.
She pushed the door open and entered the front hallway. Her coat hung on the rack. She was so nervous when they called wanting her to come down to the school that she had left it.
The T.V blasted from the living room and there was a familiar laughter. Willow peeked around the corner. Tara was sitting on the couch with Dawn.
Dawn was laughing so hard that she her body shook, "Oww." She grabbed her arm in the sling.
"Oh sweetie you okay?" Tara asked flipping off the T.V. and looking at Dawn. Out of all the scoobies Tara had the most motherly instinct for Dawn. And with Buffy being so distant lately she was the only parental figure Dawn had left.
"Yeah. I'm fine." She looked down, "I try to hate her… But I just cant you know. She does such stupid stuff and could of gotten me killed but…"
"It's Willow?" Tara said pushing Dawn's hair out of her face.
"Exactly." Dawn said looking down, "When we first moved here. I had no friends for the longest time. But Buffy met Xander and Willow right off the back. So they became my friends in a way. I would hang around them as much as possible. Willow was real nice about it though. One night she even let me stay over at her house. It was so much fun… She was such a different person then." Dawn put her head on Tara's shoulder.
Tara laid her head on top of Dawn's, "Really?"
"Yeah. Nothing like she is now. She loved people more then magic. You could always count on her. She's a lot like you are now." There was a long silence, "Do you ever think you'll get back together."
"I wish I knew. I'll always love her but I just can't trust her anymore." Tara looked down and Dawn had fallen asleep on her shoulder.
Willow who had been listening to the whole conversation whipped tears from her cheek. She walked into sight of the living room. Tara looked up at her and the two just stared at each other. Tara broke the stair and looked down at Dawn and her arm and then looked back to Willow and mouthed, "How could you?" Will couldn't stand it anymore she ran up the stairs to her room slamming the door behind her. She cried her self to sleep.
The morning lights threw the blinds was almost blinding. Struggling to make out figures she rubbed her eyes. Then Willow saw it. There was a witch and werewolf pez dispensers on the table next to her. She jumped up throwing on the dress she had on yesterday. It was the same dress she had warn when the singing demon had taken over Sunnydale. She ran down the stairs. Dawn was in the front entrance way.
"Where are you going?" Dawn asked. She hadn't spoken to Willow in a week and this is the time she wants to have a conversation.
"Out." Will said. She wanted to make up with Dawn but she was in a hurry.
"Well can I come? I figured we could talk."
"That sounds great but not this time Dawn. Later." She hugged Dawn and ran out the front door.
Dawn just stood there in the doorway, "I tried."
Willow ran as fast as her legs would carry her to her past to her future she didn't know but she had to get to the cemetery. She entered the crypt where they used to keep the werewolf cage. Slowly stepping down the stairs. There was a redheaded figure sitting at the bottom of them. "You know normal people call." She said sitting down beside him.
"Since when are we normal?" He asked
"Nice to see you Oz." Willow leaned in and hugged her ex-lover. "I've missed you."
"You to." Oz said closing his eyes and smelling Willow's hair. She finally broke it.
"What are you doing here?"
He looked at her, "You've been crying for weeks you think I didn't since that you were in pain." Willow looked to the ground, "You want to tell me what's been going on?"
Willow explained about all the torment she had been threw… "And that's when she said she couldn't trust me anymore."
She and Oz sat in silence for a minute. Both looking at the ground and then Willow felt his hand wrap around hers, "Anyone who doesn't want you in their arms is an idiot." They looked up at each other. There lips met seamlessly and they slowly got wrapped up in each other's arms. They lost all since of time and the world out side the door. Slowly day faded to night and then day again.
She opened her eyes to find Oz was watching her sleep, "Morning." She said with a smile.
"Its morning already." He said looking up at the light peeking threw the cracks. "Hmm, It didn't seem that long."
"No kidding." She yawned.
"Do you feel like breakfast?" He asked.
"Breakfast would be great." She looked down at her watch. "Shoot there was a Scooby meeting last night. We better check by the magic shop and tell them I'm okay… If they care." Willow said sitting up.
"If it's any consolation, I care." Oz said and was immediately answered by a kiss.
Standing out the magic shop Willow took a deep breath and turned to Oz, "You ready to see everybody again?"
"Yeah. Why don't you go in ahead of me though."
"Chicken." Willow said laughing. She opened the magic shop door. The bell above her made all the scoobies that were in the magic shop jump to their feet.
"Will." Xander rushed to her and hugged her, "Are you okay? Are you hurt?"
Next Buffy came running, "What happened."
Then Dawn, Anya and Tara followed. Willow's eyes immediately when to Tara, "What are you doing here."
"When you didn't show up we called Tara. Now what happened?" Buffy asked looking frustrated.
"Yeah what's the big bad?" Dawn asked.
"No big bad." Will said reassuring Dawn.
"Then where the HELL have you been? And what in GODS NAME have you been doing?" Xander yelled.
"Hi guys." A voice from behind Willow said. The entire group went into shock.
"Oz is back." Willow said with a small voice.
