A/N Just a little ficlet from Buffy's POV last season after Willow brought
her back.
Disclaimer: I do not own "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" or subsequent characters. That belongs to Joss Whedon, UPN.and probably a bunch of other people that I'm forgetting. The song "Waiting for the Light to Change" belongs to the group Tonic. It can be found on their '99 album, "Sugar".
Buffy Summers, resident Slayer of Sunnydale, California, lazily stirred her mocha latte as she sat alone at the Bronze. She wasn't sure how she ended up there exactly. One minute, she was out on patrol, the next, at the Bronze listening to some new band pour out their hearts. Buffy sighed and resigned herself to actually paying attention to the words. It wasn't like she had anything better to do anyway.
Brazen is love's redeemer When you have so far to go It loves the true believer For the innocence they own
The Slayer almost laughed aloud into her latte. She had certainly passed innocence long ago. Buffy didn't know when it happened, maybe when she had cost Angel his soul, or maybe earlier. All she knew was that, as clichéd as it sounded in her head, on the road of life, she had passed by the exit to innocence years ago.
Life is good and life is grand When you're sitting on top of the world Life is good when it's in your hands And nobody can change your world
Yeah, Buffy knew what it was like on the top of the world. She had experienced it once upon a time, back before she knew she was the Slayer, or what real life was. Back at Hemery, nothing bad could ever touch Buffy Summers. Cute and popular, with the jock star boyfriend, she had everything going for her. Until Merrick walked up to her on the school steps and changed her life forever. Suddenly, her life was not in her hands anymore and it seemed like everybody had the power to change it.
I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting
The band wasn't really as bad as she thought initially. At least their lyrics were pretty decent, and easy to relate to. She had felt that way for the last two or three months, ever since Willow pulled her out of Heaven. Everything had changed, yet somehow she felt like she was just doing the same thing over and over. Wake up, get through the day at Burger Palace, make sure Dawnie got her homework done, go on patrol, go to bed and do it all over again. Buffy had been 'waiting for the light to change' forever. Really, she had been waiting long before she died.
All my prize possessions That I thought I needed so Dragged me down on a razor With a heaviness they tow
If there was one thing that dying had taught her, it was that all the stuff she thought was important wasn't. Actually, looking back on it, Buffy supposed that she had learned that lesson before. When she had had to essentially renounce her friends after discovering who she was. Those things that had determined status in high school quickly found themselves at the bottom of Buffy's list of priorities.
Always searching for a love that's in bloom It's a warm and soft embrace Hoping you'll never be lonely again It's a fear that you just can't face
Buffy swallowed a lump in her throat. Wasn't that what she had been doing ever since Angel walked out of her life? First Parker, then Riley, and, here she shuddered, Spike. She couldn't believe she had sunk so low. But what was worse was that she didn't even have feelings for the neutered vamp. She was only using him as a vessel to pour all of her pain and anger into. And he took it. It would be one thing if he refused, but he never did. And for that, Buffy felt guiltier by the day.
I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting
Buffy pounded the table in frustration, causing the Bronzers around her to jump and stare in her direction. Buffy smiled, a light blush rising up her face. "Sorry," she muttered partially to herself, partially to the people around her. The Slayer was just tired of being stuck all the time and it pissed her off. Unfortunately, some of that anger got taken out on innocent furniture.
Buffy stood up and leaned against the stairs, listening to the rest of the song. She didn't even notice when someone walked over and stood next to her, also listening to the lyrics.
Life is good and life is grand When you're sitting on top of the world Life is good when it's in your hands And nobody can change your world
I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting I'm just waiting I'm just waiting
It wasn't until the song ended that Buffy saw the young man standing to her right. "Oz?"
"Hmmm." The lycanthrope had never been much with words as Buffy well- remembered.
"Yeah." She studied Oz for a moment, noting the hard lines on his face. Lines that hadn't been there before. He had clearly been through a lot in his absence. "Hey, Oz, want to sit and talk to me?" Buffy realized her voice was bordering on sounding needy, but she didn't care. She just wanted to talk to someone who didn't have a clue what was going on.
Oz turned and looked at the Slayer as though surprised that she was standing next to him. "Buffy. Yeah, that'd be cool."
A/N: Like I said, just a little ficlet. Please review if you feel so inclined. I might do one from Oz's POV too.or maybe I'll just write the conversation their going to have. Let me know what you want to see in your review.
Disclaimer: I do not own "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" or subsequent characters. That belongs to Joss Whedon, UPN.and probably a bunch of other people that I'm forgetting. The song "Waiting for the Light to Change" belongs to the group Tonic. It can be found on their '99 album, "Sugar".
Buffy Summers, resident Slayer of Sunnydale, California, lazily stirred her mocha latte as she sat alone at the Bronze. She wasn't sure how she ended up there exactly. One minute, she was out on patrol, the next, at the Bronze listening to some new band pour out their hearts. Buffy sighed and resigned herself to actually paying attention to the words. It wasn't like she had anything better to do anyway.
Brazen is love's redeemer When you have so far to go It loves the true believer For the innocence they own
The Slayer almost laughed aloud into her latte. She had certainly passed innocence long ago. Buffy didn't know when it happened, maybe when she had cost Angel his soul, or maybe earlier. All she knew was that, as clichéd as it sounded in her head, on the road of life, she had passed by the exit to innocence years ago.
Life is good and life is grand When you're sitting on top of the world Life is good when it's in your hands And nobody can change your world
Yeah, Buffy knew what it was like on the top of the world. She had experienced it once upon a time, back before she knew she was the Slayer, or what real life was. Back at Hemery, nothing bad could ever touch Buffy Summers. Cute and popular, with the jock star boyfriend, she had everything going for her. Until Merrick walked up to her on the school steps and changed her life forever. Suddenly, her life was not in her hands anymore and it seemed like everybody had the power to change it.
I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting
The band wasn't really as bad as she thought initially. At least their lyrics were pretty decent, and easy to relate to. She had felt that way for the last two or three months, ever since Willow pulled her out of Heaven. Everything had changed, yet somehow she felt like she was just doing the same thing over and over. Wake up, get through the day at Burger Palace, make sure Dawnie got her homework done, go on patrol, go to bed and do it all over again. Buffy had been 'waiting for the light to change' forever. Really, she had been waiting long before she died.
All my prize possessions That I thought I needed so Dragged me down on a razor With a heaviness they tow
If there was one thing that dying had taught her, it was that all the stuff she thought was important wasn't. Actually, looking back on it, Buffy supposed that she had learned that lesson before. When she had had to essentially renounce her friends after discovering who she was. Those things that had determined status in high school quickly found themselves at the bottom of Buffy's list of priorities.
Always searching for a love that's in bloom It's a warm and soft embrace Hoping you'll never be lonely again It's a fear that you just can't face
Buffy swallowed a lump in her throat. Wasn't that what she had been doing ever since Angel walked out of her life? First Parker, then Riley, and, here she shuddered, Spike. She couldn't believe she had sunk so low. But what was worse was that she didn't even have feelings for the neutered vamp. She was only using him as a vessel to pour all of her pain and anger into. And he took it. It would be one thing if he refused, but he never did. And for that, Buffy felt guiltier by the day.
I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting
Buffy pounded the table in frustration, causing the Bronzers around her to jump and stare in her direction. Buffy smiled, a light blush rising up her face. "Sorry," she muttered partially to herself, partially to the people around her. The Slayer was just tired of being stuck all the time and it pissed her off. Unfortunately, some of that anger got taken out on innocent furniture.
Buffy stood up and leaned against the stairs, listening to the rest of the song. She didn't even notice when someone walked over and stood next to her, also listening to the lyrics.
Life is good and life is grand When you're sitting on top of the world Life is good when it's in your hands And nobody can change your world
I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting for the light to change I'm just waiting I'm just waiting I'm just waiting
It wasn't until the song ended that Buffy saw the young man standing to her right. "Oz?"
"Hmmm." The lycanthrope had never been much with words as Buffy well- remembered.
"Yeah." She studied Oz for a moment, noting the hard lines on his face. Lines that hadn't been there before. He had clearly been through a lot in his absence. "Hey, Oz, want to sit and talk to me?" Buffy realized her voice was bordering on sounding needy, but she didn't care. She just wanted to talk to someone who didn't have a clue what was going on.
Oz turned and looked at the Slayer as though surprised that she was standing next to him. "Buffy. Yeah, that'd be cool."
A/N: Like I said, just a little ficlet. Please review if you feel so inclined. I might do one from Oz's POV too.or maybe I'll just write the conversation their going to have. Let me know what you want to see in your review.