Willow stared at Oz with shock.

"Oz..." she whispered ,grasping the door knob for balance.

"Hey Will." Oz replied softly, almost in a whisper.

Willow shook her nervousness off and smiled.

"Um come in." she said and stepped aside to let him in.

" Is Buffy or Xander here? I kind of want to talk to you somewhere private."

"No, Buffy is at school working as a counselor and Xander is busy constructing some of the science labs at the new SHS."

Oz raised a eyebrow

"New high school?"

Willow quickly explained to him about the new rebuilt Sunnydale High School.

"Um Will, I kind of need to talk to you about some things"

"Where do you want to go?" Willow asked.

Oz motioned to his car.

No longer was the van he cherished so much during high school, but a shiny blue Honda Civic.

Willow frowned.

"What happened to the van?"

Oz shrugged.

"Got tired of it breaking down and bought this car. They finally agreed to go to Sonin Beach, a beautiful small beach just twenty minutes away from the hell mouth. When they arrived, Willow wrapped her jacket tighter around her body as a cold breeze soon developed. She walked ahead of him, taking her shoes off and sitting down crosslegged on the sand. Right across, the sun was going down. Oz sat beside her and looked at Willow in her eyes.



"Will, I'm really sorry about Tara."

Willow nodded and fought the urge to cry, to let herself drown into Oz.

"But still I don't understand things, how you could just have,"

Oz paused and frowned.

"Change." he finished and looked down.

Willow stared at him. Somewhere in her heart, she could tell he was right. Willow swallowed hard.

"Oz, after that whole Veruca thing ...,

"Oz cringed and looked away

" You left me heartbroken and total miserable, and Tara really helped me get through the most toughest experiences I have ever faced in my life."

She hesitated for a second and then continued.

Willow took a deep breath, her eyes know shimmering with tears.

"Oz, when you broke up with me, It hurt like hell, It touched me deeper than Buffy's death. That day I saw you with Veruca I walked around Sunnydale in a total blur!" Willow exclaimed.

"Will..." Oz started.

Willow scrunched her eyebrows and gave Oz a angry look.

"No, Im not finished, Then you come back, expecting me to come back with you after you gave me pure hell, and someway I had fallen in love with Tara..I really thought long and hard and I didn't want to get hurt again."

Oz frowned. "You hurt me when you went around my back with Xander!" Oz shot back angrily.

"You went around with him and kissed him, and God Willow, I took you back, I took at another chance with you.!"

Willow smiled angrily.

"At least I didn't sleep with Xander!" Willow retorted.

Oz looked down and.

"I told you that it wasent me, it was the whole werewolf attraction thing.!"

"No Oz, you were attracted to Veruca even before you slept with her. Huh? Isn't that true?" Willow sputtered.

"I'm not going to lie to you, I was attracted to her, but I tried so hard to fight it off, I really did." Willow broke down and put her hands up to her face.

"To much...To much....Just to many emotions flooding back." She sobbed.

Oz gently took Willow into his arms and buried his head on her shoulder.

"I understand you completely... I still love you more than ever."

Willow looked up.

"Oh...Oz."

Oz pressed a finger to her lips and gently kissed her.



Sorry It took so long to update........I'll have more in the upcoming week. Thanks to all those people who reviewed!