Willow tried to fight him off, but he was too strong. One pushed her against the brick building as he went searching through her pockets. " Willow Rosenburg? That's a cute name." the mugger told her. then he looked deeper in her wallet and realized she had no money. " well, looks to me we gots a problem here." he told her. He pushed her to the ground and Kept beating her. He jabbed his fists into her face. She cried, but no one heard her when he covered her mouth.. He pulled her back up by her neck and began to punch her in the stomach. Then the fell back. Her face all bloody and almost dead, she didn't move. " Hope next time we can get a little further" the mugger said and left her to die.

Oz Drove all night. It kept him in his mood when he was trying to write his songs. He once wrote a song about a puppy getting lost in the park, then getting found by it's owner. It was a bronze hit. Anyway, He stopped at a "Stop" sigh. Then There she was. " who is that girl?" he asked himself. He's seen her before, and for some reason, she fit in his fantasy of a Feather boa and a summer theme. He saw her at the crosswalk, then he saw another follow. He had to know who this Mystery Girl was. He pulled his car off the street and parked it. He tried to remember which way she went. Straight! He heard some Rattling in the distance, but he didn't hear much. Probably some couple in the ally messing around. As he saw the Stranger walk out of the ally, he knew something fishy happened. He watched as the man grew further and further away from the ally. He turned to see a Beaten, frightened Girl, about his age. He ran to her and checked to see if she were alive. He picked her up and Took her to his van and he drove as fast as he could to the Hospital.

Buffy and Xander were at their usual stop... the lockers. They noticed that Willow wasn't in. "I guess Willow finally realized that taking a History test isn't as easy as she thought it was gonna be." Xander joked. " Well, I guess it is ok if stayed home. God, ever since I came here she never missed a day. Maybe i'll call her later, See why she didn't show." Buffy said. She scrambled around the locker until this unfamiliar face appeared next to them." Are you Buffy?" It was Oz, but they didn't really know him well enough to know his name. " Yea, why? Is everything ok?" Buffy asked. She saw that he was disturbed by something. "look, I know I don't know you , but something's happened. "

Xander sat next to an unconsious girl in the hospital room. Unfortunately, The unconsious girl was Willow. He held her hand, trying to talk to her. But he was in too much pain to bother. Buffy stood outside the room talking with the suspicious Oz.

" I wasn't sure if you were friends with her, but I saw you with her one night at the bronze, Took a chance" he explained.
She smiled a little, " thanks, I mean.. You .. saved my friends life. I don't know how to repay ..." before she could get another word in, he raised his arm and interrupted "Please, Don't even think it." he finished.

Xander finally took in a few breaths and spoke.
" Willow? Can you hear me? Please, if you can...you have to....to..you have to wake up." he said. He looked at her a lot deeper and talked again." ok, you can sleep for a little longer. But then, you've gotta wake up"

"What about her parents? I tried to call them, but I didn't have a number." Oz said." don't worry, i'll call them." Buffy asured him and he nodded. " I guess, I should go .." Oz said and walked toward the Exit. Buffy stopped him.." Wait... I don't even know your name. I.. If Willow wakes up, she might anna know who saved her." Buffy asked. Willow.Willow . he nodded and answered.

" Oz" he said and walked through the doors.

Willows eyes fluttered open. She had to look around to know where she was. She saw a Sleeping Xander next to her. "Xander?" she tried to call him. Her voice as loud as a whisper. She took her hand and pulled it to his head, started rubbing it. He slowly woke up. He had a smile on his face. " I love it when you do that, Willow.....Willow??" he said and his head shot up faster than he knew. He smiled at her. He gave her a tight hug. " Promise me that we'll die when we're two old people with blue hair and still hang at the bronze" he said. She was confused but went a long." Xander, at some point I'll need to breath" she said cause he was hugging her too tight." Sorry, Still happy to see you awake." he said and let go. His face went from happy to Sad. " Do you remember what happened?" Xander asked. He Really didn't want to know, but he had to find out. Willow took a moment, then she lowered her head and started to cry. " i'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked just yet" Xander said and hugged her again. " I couldn't fight him, Xander. He was too strong." she wispered to him. He leaned back. " was it a vampire? A demon?" xander asked. Willow shook her head.
" no, he was... Human. I.. I was... walking home. He just kept following me. I thought he was asking for money... Instead he was..."Willow cried. She couldn't finish. " It's ok, now..it's over" xander assured her. " How did you find me?" she asked. Xander looked down. " Someone found you. But It wasn't me or Buffy. He just happened to walk by and found you. He drove you here. That was 3 days ago" Xander said. 3 days?!?

After a few days of recovering , Willow finally went back to school. Her face wasn't so bad, just a minor cut on her eyebrow and lips just a little swollen. Her arm hang in a slang. She didn't care, she was just glad to be there. Breathing, Walking, Moving, Living. She took a deep breath and entered the library.
Giles stood in his office, didn't see her come in. He was talking to Buffy. Buffy saw Willow come in and walked in a middle of Giles' sentence. He turned to watch Buffy greet Willow.
" Willow, You shouldn't be here. you should be home." Buffy saidn " I know, but i can't stand being there all by myself." she stated. Giles came from behind Buffy and saw the Brave Willow. " Plus, I missed Missed the Masterful Giles." She added. He hugged her.
" I'm glad to see you better. I heard what happened. I'm sorry" He sain. She simply smiled and nodded to him.
She heard Giles in a distance, as she turned for the library doors and saw Him. Through the windows, she walked out the library.
"Willow?" Giles asked. He looked confused. " Giles, Give her a minute." Buffy said. It was Oz.

Oz talked with Larry and the other Larryettes and didn't really pay attention. He just nodded a lot. He never really paid any attention to them, but what was he gonna do? They followed him. "Um, Oz?" Willow said behind Larry. Larry looked at her, and spoke to her." Hey, Didn't you hear him talking?" Larry said in a mean voice. Oz saw who it was. Willow. "Larry! She's ok, Leave her alone" Oz ordered. Larry waved his hands like he couldn't touch anything and moved away. " I'm Willow Ro..." she began. " Yea, I know already. I'm Oz." he said. With her free hand, she shook his. "Nice to meet you in person." he finished.She smiled. "Look,...What you did..." She said again. " It was nothing" he interrupted." No, Let me finish, Please." she begged. He was Quiet. "What you did. I really appreciate it. Most people wouldn't have bothered." she explained." But, you took me and helped me. That's more than just a Stranger to me. You're...Well, you're very great in My book." she said. Oz was touched. Noone ever said anything Nice to him like that before. RING "You have to go. Bell rung." Oz said and started walking away. " Oz?" willow called him. He turned to her.
" now that we know eachother, Lets not be strangers. I really want to get to know you. If that's ok with you. If not , that's ok" Willow said, and Turned. "I'd like that." She heard him. She turned and they both exchanged smiles. Then walked into classrooms.