Disclaimer: I don't own anyone mentioned in my fic, and I also earn no money from creating this fic. Please don't sue, I have nothing to offer or give anyway so there wouldn't be much point.

Summary: AU What if the live you know wasn't real. That your life was altered, changed, destroyed by the scorn of one woman. Will you be able to get your life back in order with the help of the only person who trusts you, or stay within the lie. AngelSpike SLASH!

IMPORTANT NOTES: This story doesn't fully follow the Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Angel timeline and Spike's and Angel's age have been changed to fit in with the story. The gangs attitudes may also be more horrible.

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The gangs attitudes being horrible you will notice in much later chapters if you didn't understand what I meant.

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Last Summer:

"I don't expect any misbehaviour or mockery towards my school. I expect you to be on time and in every lesson. I expect nothing but the best from you two and I don't expect to be seeing your parents until a parents evening. Now do I make myself clear?" Snyder stated, watching as Dawn nodded and William didn't.

"Is there a problem with my rules William? Or do you wish to make a spectacle of yourself and argue against them?" Snyder asked, getting out of his chair and walking around to stand in front of William.

"May I ask a question?" William asked and Snyder nodded, "Did you read our school files?" William asked.

Snyder looked confused and annoyed, which William was quite impressed by, "Of course I did! How do you think I know your names!" Snyder answered angrily.

"Then you would have known that our parents died 8 years ago in a house fire and that our legal guardian is my sister Riana Collins. Now you may not expect to see my SISTER until a parents evening but I can guarentee that you'll be seeing her waaay before one of those" William answered, staring back at Snyder coldly, making him turn away from the gaze.

"Yes...well I apologise about the misunderstanding. It's become a habbit for me to say parents instead of sister. Now take your lesson plans and get out of here. I will look forward to seeing your sister young William," Snyder walked the two to the door, "Since I don't take threats too lightly" Snyder spat before slamming the door in their faces.

Dawn laughed and patted William on the back, "Way to go bro! Not even 10 minutes that we've known him and you've already managed to piss him off, confuse him, threaten him and even stand up to him. Great going!" Dawn said, walking out of the office down the empty corridor.

"Yeah well. What can I say? It's a gift. What you got next?" William asked, checking at his plan as well as Dawn.

"Urgh, English. Lets hope it's better here than in London, you?" Dawn replied.

"Art. Maybe here the teacher doesn't care whether we do work or not" William said, walking towards room 36.

"Well this is my room. I'll see ya later sis, you alright finding your place?" William asked.

"Yeah I'll be fine have fun! Maybe Liam has Art" Dawn said, giggling as William turned beet red.

"I have no idea what your talking about!" William huffed, opening the door to the Art room, leaving a laughing sister behind.

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"Ah! William do come in and take a seat! I've been expecting you" The teacher said, walking up to him. William was more than just a little bit afraid of the teacher's bubbly attitude.

"My name's Mr.Murthi and I'll be your Art teacher for the rest of the year. This is the top Art class so I expect top grades from you as well as everyone else. Now everyone settle down and get back to work!" The teacher said , turning from bubbly to serious in a fraction of a second. William looked around for a seat and spotted Liam waving him over.

William took a deep breath. Oh God...this lesson is going to be tough...William thought dejectedly as he took a seat next to his soon to be serious crush. Liam smiled at him and he couldn't help but smile back.

As the teacher left the room for more supplies a blonder haired girl with a cut across her top lip and green eyes, covered with eye-liner, mascara and eye-shadow came over to their table and sneered at William with disgust.

"Say O'Connor, aren't you gonna introduce me to your little friend here?" The girl spat as she eyed William up and down. Tank top, ripped trousers, and heavy makeup, William surveyed. All black, and he suspected that the colour reflected strongly on her mood. William raised his eyebrow at her and scoffed as the girl call her friends over.

"His name is William, there. Now leave" Liam ground out, glaring at Buffy and her friends.

She scoffed at Liam, turning her attention back to William, and gestured to her friends, "Whatever, Well in anyway my name is Buffy. This is Cordelia" She smiled and waved her hand, "Harmony," She didn't acknowledge William or if she did, she chose not to, "Lexi," She gave a thin lipped smile, "and Dazzle" She nodded her head to him. Buffy clicked her fingers infront of his face to make her his focus.

Buffy smiled sweetly, her lip making her scar scrunch up, "Hey..." She began softly, "I know what it's like to be the new guy, not knowing who to hang with and not knowing who's good," She turned her eyes to her friends, "...and who's...well who's not" She glanced over at Liam, "But i can help you with that. You see, i just want to help you in the right direction in this school. Trust me, appearances can be decieving...and Liam is no Angel sweetheart" Liam glared angrily at Buffy, who continued to focus her attention on William.

William's eyes shifted nervously between the two figures, i should have stayed in London, he thought dispairingly. Buffy looked at him expectantly, "It sounds like you know a lot about the people in this school," William began, "But knowledge isn't everything. To get somewhere in life, you need experience in the field," Buffy's smile faded, "And what can i say, i'm a risk taker," William stated, shrugging, "So if you don't mind, i'd like to find out things as primary evidence, as the events take place, rather than as secondary evidence, which can often be...biased" William finished, grinning broadly at Buffy as she gave him a black look.

Liam smirked at Buffy, "I think you've overstayed your welcome Summers, Your not wanted here. Never have been...never will be"

Buffy gave Liam an amused, smug look, "That's not what you said to me last year" she stated, walking to stand behind him. Liam clenched his jaw as Buffy invaded his personal space, while casually placing herself between him and William, a human barrier.

"That's not what you said to me when we were at your parents house, or when you gave me that beautiful ring" She circled Liam, putting her mouth next to his ear and whispered, "That's not what you said when you told me you loved me" She finished, grinning, and walking away to stand with her friends.

Liam drew in a deep breath, trying to keep his temper in control, "Your right Buffy, We did have a thing didn't we? Too bad we were young, niave, horny, little kids who didn't know any better at the time", The class, who's attention had been captured by the commotion, chuckled at Buffy's expense, "You know what i say? Stop living in the past baby. The past is the past, we can't change that, but i can certainly make some life altering changes as i live and breathe today to improve my future. You know what that includes?" Buffy shifted nervously, Liam glanced at her, "No? No idea? Well that included me finding out that i was gay, me taking back the ring i gave you and throwing said £5.99 ring into the trash, and being a mature responsible individual, who is not trying to get back his past lovers" Buffy stared at Liam, her eyes revealing her hurt and hate within their depths, "Your a bastard Liam" she stated.

Liam shrugged, "And i couldn't care less. I had to put up with a lot of stick from you Buffy, you didn't understand how a relationship works. It is not all about you. When i didn't give you something, instead of leaving it at that, you'd go somewhere else and get it. A watch, a new jacket, earrings, eyeliner...Sex" Liam nodded at Buffy's look, "Oh yes. I knew about you cheating, as well as you bullying Willow, destroying the computers to get back at Wesley, flooding the gym to get back at Gunn and emptying contaminating the pool to get back at Xander. But you know what else?" Buffy let out a huff of air in amusement, "I couldn't care less about retalliation," Liam got up and walked over to Buffy, no strutted over, William mused.

"Because your not worth wasting my time and energy on" Liam ground out, and Buffy's breath hitched in her distress. Liam gave her a last look, before retaking his seat next to Liam, placing his hand on his shoulder in reassurance.

Buffy turned to him, eye's flaring in anger as the class burst into uncontrollable laughter. She walked back to Liam and hissed in his face,

"You'll get yours O'Connell! Mark my words" She spat, eyeing William in distaste, "I make sure that i don't underestimate my people, especially my enemies, you'd better be sure not to underestimate me" Buffy finished, giving another pointing glance to William, before storming out of the classroom with her gang and pushing past Mr.Murthi as he was entering.

William frowned, and shifted in his chair uncomfortably, "Well that was an interesting way to start my first day at school" William stated calmly.

Liam grinned.

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Buffy stormed from the school and headed towards the car park. She fumbled hurriedly with her cigarettes, lit one, and took a deep, calming drag. By the time her friends had caught up, she had managed to keep her hands from trembling. They looked at her aprehensively and watched as Buffy slowly finished her cigarette.

When Buffy had finished, she hopped up onto the nearest car and laid back.

"I hate that bastard" Buffy stated to no one in particular.

Lexi looked at Cordelia anxiously, "We know honey. But don't worry, things'll work out for the best, in fact I'm positive they'll turn around for you" Lexi said confidently and Buffy chuckled humourlessly, tugging at her hair stressfully.

"Your damn right they're going to turn around for me. I'll make them turn around for me" Buffy promised, releasing her hair and sitting up to face her friends..

"What're you gonna do then?" Dazzle asked, flicking her long black hair behind her shoulders. Cordelia looked nervously at Buffy's faraway look. Ever since that Rosenberg girl cut her lip with that pen knife, she's turned from nasty to loony, Cordelia mused, remembering the look on everyone's faces when goody-two-shoes Willow pulled out a knife and hacked at Buffy when she punched her.

"Can't tell ya now Dazzle. But how's about we have a sleep over at my place tonight and talk it over. I got a plan that's positively full proof. No one's making a fool out of Buffy Anne Summer's anymore, when i want something...i get it." Buffy replied, hopping down from the car and smirked at her friends..

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"So is it true?" Gunn asked at Lunch break, sitting next to Liam at the cafeteria table.

Liam looked up at him curiously, "Huh?" He asked curiously.

"Camron told me that Nick heard from Noelle that she heard from Anita that in your Art class, you and Buffy got in a arguement again, about William" Gunn stated. William had gone off to the library with Dawn, Willow and Xander to get their school books from Mr.Giles.

Liam sighed and rubbed his face, "Oh yeah. That. Well she...basically...said some things that weren't true and she tried to get William into her little posse of people" Liam replied, looking up at Wesley who had joined them.

"Ahhh. So you like William and didn't appreciate her trying to take him, what with you gaining a 'fancy' for him and everything" Wesley said, patting Liam on the shoulder as Liam groaned.

"Oh god this is really bad. I've only just met him yet I feel like i'm going to become one of those people who create shrines and worship the floor their crush walk on" Liam moaned pitifully.

Gunn laughed, "Yeah, well, that feeling can also be discribed as premature love, you have an instant connection with William...or at least you feel you do. Remember how I used to feel about Dazzle? Man the first time I met her she was like a Goddess to me but then she talked to me like I was nothing! Now that was a heart breaker" Gunn said, thinking back, and Liam patted his back comfortingly.

"But ya know what? You actually like a guy who's hot, smart, nice and is gay" Liam looked up at those words and Gunn shrugged, "He wears eyeliner, has fashion sense and his hair is immaculate. He's gay" Gunn finished, then his attention was caught by a girl walking by.

"Whoa...I'll see you guys later!" Gunn shouted, already running towards the girl.

Wesley took Gunn's seat, "He's right you know" he stated.

Liam looked up, "'bout what?" He asked.

"Everything. William is a great guy. Hell he gave me a run for my money in English today. Kept correcting me and everything which was quite surprising. It took a lot of persuading but I got him to tell me a couple of things and it slipped out that he is gay, and apparently quite unsure about telling people. I say you've fallen for the right guy" Wesley say encouragingly.

"Go for him" Wesley commanded, walking towards last period but he turned around and shouted, "and don't screw it up!"

Liam whimpered in frustration, but little did he know that he was in for the ride of his life.

TBC...

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Editted: 31-07-2005

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