Author's note: Sorry this took a while to put up. I had a little writing block for a while. Hope you like this!
"Got it" Oz said as he held a vampire's arms behind it's back so Buffy could stake it. Buffy ran up and plunged the stake into the vampire's chest. Oz fell backwards and onto the ground as the vampire exploded into a cloud of dust. Buffy extended her hand to help him up.
"Wow you really did great at holding that thing. You had it for a while."
"Well..." Oz replied modestly. All of a sudden he got a gap in his memory. He couldn't remember how he had gotten here with Buffy. One minute he was walking up the stairs to go to the bathroom in Buffy's house, the next, he was out here.
"What? How did we get out here? I was going up to the bathroom and.."
"Woah" Buffy said, sounding worried "Did you hit your head?"
"Huh? Oh, I don't know. One minute I was in your house, trying to find the bathroom and the next I was out here."
"Willow..." Buffy said realizing that Willow had done a spell to make Oz forget what had happened."We have to go back to the house. We have to talkt to Willow. She did a spell to make you forget something."
"What did she want me to forget? Why would she do that?"
"Uh.... you'll find out..." Buffy replied as they headed back tward her house.
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"Where's Willow?" Buffy asked Dawn as she walked into her house with Oz.
"Out looking for you two. She said something about talking to Oz." Dawn answered.
Buffy looked at Oz and he nodded. They headed back out and started going back over Buffy's patrol route. As they were walking through one of Sunnydale's many graveyards, they heard a scream coming from behind some bushed nearby.
"Willow" Oz said as he ran tward the bushes the scream had come from. There he found a vampire wrestling Willow to the ground, about to bite her. Oz leaped onto the vampire and desperately tried to get it off of Willow. Then, Buffy jumped in, too, and they finally managed to stake the vampire.
"Are you okay?" Oz asked them both.
"Yeah" Willow said. "That was close."
"Will, we need to talk to you" Buffy said with a stern voice. "Did you do a spell on Oz?"
"Um.. well, uh.. not exactly" Willow started.
"Willow" Buffy said with a half glare.
"Yeah" Willow answered in a guilty voice.
"I think you guys need to talk" Buffy said, and left to finish her patrol.
"Oz, I-"
"Why?" Oz interrupted. "Why did you do it? What happened?"
"I uh... Tara and I... we kissed."
"Willow... I thought--" Oz started. "I thought you two were over. I thought you wanted to be with me."
"I do. I do want to be with you. I don't know what happened with Tara, but it's over now, she knows it, and I know it."
"That's just the thing. You may know it, and she may know it. But I... I don't." Oz said, beginning to walk away.
"Oz wait" Willow said, trying to stop him.
"No" Oz said pulling away from her. "I need to think. Just let me go. I'll see you tomorrow, maybe."
"Alright" Willow said trying to hide her tears, but not doing a very good job.
Willow didn't even move as Oz left. She just watched him go. Once he was out of sight she fell onto her knees and just cried.
"Got it" Oz said as he held a vampire's arms behind it's back so Buffy could stake it. Buffy ran up and plunged the stake into the vampire's chest. Oz fell backwards and onto the ground as the vampire exploded into a cloud of dust. Buffy extended her hand to help him up.
"Wow you really did great at holding that thing. You had it for a while."
"Well..." Oz replied modestly. All of a sudden he got a gap in his memory. He couldn't remember how he had gotten here with Buffy. One minute he was walking up the stairs to go to the bathroom in Buffy's house, the next, he was out here.
"What? How did we get out here? I was going up to the bathroom and.."
"Woah" Buffy said, sounding worried "Did you hit your head?"
"Huh? Oh, I don't know. One minute I was in your house, trying to find the bathroom and the next I was out here."
"Willow..." Buffy said realizing that Willow had done a spell to make Oz forget what had happened."We have to go back to the house. We have to talkt to Willow. She did a spell to make you forget something."
"What did she want me to forget? Why would she do that?"
"Uh.... you'll find out..." Buffy replied as they headed back tward her house.
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"Where's Willow?" Buffy asked Dawn as she walked into her house with Oz.
"Out looking for you two. She said something about talking to Oz." Dawn answered.
Buffy looked at Oz and he nodded. They headed back out and started going back over Buffy's patrol route. As they were walking through one of Sunnydale's many graveyards, they heard a scream coming from behind some bushed nearby.
"Willow" Oz said as he ran tward the bushes the scream had come from. There he found a vampire wrestling Willow to the ground, about to bite her. Oz leaped onto the vampire and desperately tried to get it off of Willow. Then, Buffy jumped in, too, and they finally managed to stake the vampire.
"Are you okay?" Oz asked them both.
"Yeah" Willow said. "That was close."
"Will, we need to talk to you" Buffy said with a stern voice. "Did you do a spell on Oz?"
"Um.. well, uh.. not exactly" Willow started.
"Willow" Buffy said with a half glare.
"Yeah" Willow answered in a guilty voice.
"I think you guys need to talk" Buffy said, and left to finish her patrol.
"Oz, I-"
"Why?" Oz interrupted. "Why did you do it? What happened?"
"I uh... Tara and I... we kissed."
"Willow... I thought--" Oz started. "I thought you two were over. I thought you wanted to be with me."
"I do. I do want to be with you. I don't know what happened with Tara, but it's over now, she knows it, and I know it."
"That's just the thing. You may know it, and she may know it. But I... I don't." Oz said, beginning to walk away.
"Oz wait" Willow said, trying to stop him.
"No" Oz said pulling away from her. "I need to think. Just let me go. I'll see you tomorrow, maybe."
"Alright" Willow said trying to hide her tears, but not doing a very good job.
Willow didn't even move as Oz left. She just watched him go. Once he was out of sight she fell onto her knees and just cried.