Nothing is as it seemsII pt6

The night was chilly and quite as the Sunnydale crew

drove on the interstate. Every now and then the van they were

riding in would start to act up. When this would happen, Oz

would start to say soothing words to it. After a few hiccups,

the van would continue on to its destation.

"You know I think you say more loving words to your

van than you do to me." Willow crossed her arms together. Her

lower lip was stuck out while looked over at Oz.

"You know that is not true, Baby." Oz reached out with

one hand to pull her into a hug while keeping the other on the

steering wheel. He let his senses take in the herbal smell of

her hair.

"How long do you think it will take us to get there?"

Buffy asked. She didn't like the fact that Angel and Giles

decided to go in a different vehicle than them. *It's not fair

that I have to ride with these two lovey doveys. Why don't they

just pull over and have a make out session.* She leaned back in

her seat with a huff and crossed her arms to pout.

"It should only take us less than an hour to get there."

Willow stated while still wrapped up in Oz's arm. "I hope that Xander's

going to be okay."

"He can handle himself till we get there." Buffy stated firmly.

She pounded her fist into her hand. "When we get there we are going to

have some good ole butt kicking."

Oz looked into the rearview mirror. His eyes held the look of

uncertainity. "Are you sure that these Kindred are a danger to Xander?"

"Giles said that they are and if you doubt Giles then maybe

you shouldn't be a part of this group."

"Buffy!" Willow was in shock. She didn't understand what

could have came over her friend. The Buffy she knew would never say

something like that.

"It's true." Buffy said firmly. "I can't have someone doubting

my word or Giles's at this time. We are about to get ourselves into a

huge fight to save a friend."

"That's why we all need to stick together," interupted Willow.

"We just can't be arguing over every little thing. Right Oz?"

Oz nodde. He couldn't understand what had gotten into Buffy.

First the private meetting between Giles, Buffy, and Angel. Now this.

He couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen next.