HEY GUYS! YET ANOTHER NEW STORY. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. SHE HASN'T UPDATED ANY OF HER OTHERS YET, BUT BE PATIENT, THEY'RE COMING I PROMISE. I JUST KEEP GETTING IDEAS, AND I CAN'T IGNORE THEM. SO HERE IT IS.

SUMMERY

Willow Rosenberg has been through a lot. She survived a house fire. She escaped an abusive boyfriend and she overcame a tragic family death. After all that she realizes that she needs a change. Will she get what she wants when she enters a study group full of girls? W/T, A/C, B/S, X/An and D/Con. Please r/r!

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Memories flooded the eighteen year old red-head's head as she walked with her best friend to their first class. God this was different. She was so used to being a high school girl, being in a small school, with people she knew. This was so big. She knew no one, except for the blonde walking next to her. As the two girls entered the large class room her heart filled with nervousness. They took seats, towards the front and she put down her books and sighed.

"Will what's wrong?" Buffy asked.

"Nothing, it's great. I'm just kind of overwhelmed that's all" Willow said.

"It is very strange, us being college girls, but it's also cool" Buffy said with a smile.

"Yeah, cool, but you have the better deal. I mean you have the hot boyfriend, who wouldn't hurt you if his life depended on it, the adorable kid sister, and the mother who cares more about you and your sister than anything in life. Me, what do I get, a mother who doesn't even notice I cut my hair, a father who is practically non existent, and an ex boyfriend who tried to kill me" Willow complained. Buffy put her arm around her friend.

"Will, it's okay. You're past that now. It's all over, and we'll find you someone, a nice, normal, non woman beating someone" Buffy smiled and Willow smirked back.

"That's just the thing. I'm not sure I want someone else. I'm not sure I'll be able to trust anyone again. Not after. . ." Willow said remembering her brush with death.

"Well then that's okay too. You have to do what makes you happy" Buffy said.

"I just wish I knew what that was" Willow said and the teacher came into the class.

"Hello, I'm professor Skeidlan, welcome to psyche 101" she said.

After the class was over Willow and Buffy walked to the library. It was huge. A lot bigger than the one at their high school. Willow looked about in awe. She was one of the few who appreciated a good library. Another being Buffy's boyfriend's father Rupert Giles.

"Oh my god, look at this" Willow said in a whisper.

"Yeah, it's. . .precise" Buffy said as she looked around also. She didn't take the library into perspective like her friend. To her it was just a quiet place with lots of books. Not that she didn't like to read. She did, it was just she liked to use her time doing other things than admiring a library. However she was here for Willow.

"It's amazing, a lot better than the library at Sunnydale High" Willow said as she and Buffy made their way to a table.

"So, what is it that you wanted to get Will?" Buffy asked, setting down her books and going over to where Willow was looking at some books.

"I don't know. Something interesting" Willow said and picked up an old looking book. "Ooh, listen to this. 'Harriet McKenzie was sixteen when her life changed forever. And it wasn't because of a new hairdo or a surgery. It wasn't because of a death of life. It was a change she never thought possible. Harriet was gay. Now all she had to do was tell her parents that she had found the love of her life and that she was a girl', cool huh?" Willow smiled.

"Yeah, little strange, but yeah" Buffy said.

"What about you, are you going to get something, a nice romance novel, maybe Kama Sutra, you know for you and Spike" Willow smirked.

"Stop that" Buffy smirked back.

"Oh come on Buffy, don't tell me that you two haven't. . ." Willow said.

"Of course we have, but I don't need a book to tell me how to do it" Buffy said.

"Fair enough" Willow said.

"Is that all you're going to get, 'cause I want mochas" Buffy said.

"Uh, yeah, if you want to go, go ahead, I'll catch up in a bit, I just want to look around" Willow said.

"Are you sure?" Buffy asked.

"Yeah, go ahead" Willow said.

"Okay, I'll be at the coffee shop, see ya in a bit" Buffy said and left. Willow put down the book she was holding with the rest of her stuff and went to another bookshelf. She walked along, looking at each title. After about twenty minutes of looking she had found twelve books and checked them all out.

Buffy was sitting at a table in the coffee shop waiting for Willow, but knowing her friend she knew she'd be waiting for awhile. Suddenly she felt hands on her waste and turned around sharply.

"What the f- oh, hey baby" she said, realizing that it was Spike.

"Hey, what's wrong goldilocks, got your panties in a twist" he smirked and kissed her on the cheek.

"No, I'm fine, I just didn't expect you to be here. You know usually non college guys populate the non campus" Buffy said.

"Am I getting the message that you're not happy to see me?" Spike asked.

"No, I'm very happy to see you" Buffy said and kissed him. Just then Willow came up with all of her books.

"Don't let me interrupt" she said, piling the books on the table.

"Geez Wills, got enough readin' material?" Spike asked, breaking the kiss.

"I'm in tune with my inner self" Willow said.

"In tune?" Spike asked.

"Psyche" Buffy informed him.

"Ah" he said.

"Oh, badness, twelve o'clock" Buffy said and Willow looked. "Uh, no, my ten, you're ten." Willow looked over to her left and saw her ex boyfriend Tom making out with some girl. "Will are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just hope she is" Willow said.