If you guys were reading my story "Music of My Heart," it got taken out of the website for reasons that I don't really know of. I wouldn't want anyone thinking that I took it out. It wasn't my choice. Now is when I'm able to come back in here to post something else. I'm sorry that you guys won't get to finish it. I know a lot of you were into that story and I really appreciated all the reviews I got for it. I do have the story on other websites. If you guys are interested in finishing it, feel free to let me know what your e-mail address is and I will send you a link to where you could find the rest of the story. I already did that for a few people that e-mailed me. I can't really put the links in here. Anyway, I decided to put another story in right now. I hope this one would be okay. I was probably in a depressing mood when I wrote this story. I also wanted to do something different and I'm sick of writing mostly fluff all the time. Don't get me wrong, I will have lots of fluff and this is a Spuffy story. It just isn't so fluffy in the beginning. It has to build up to that. I am pretty proud of this one though. I hope ya'll would like it and leave me a review to let me know how it is. I'll accept any comments!

Chapter 1

Buffy Summers was walking the halls of Sunnydale High. It was her first day at a new school and she was already feeling like she didn't belong there. She was in her own little world and bumped into someone, causing her to fall down. She looked up to see two girls laughing and a guy with bleach blonde hair and a leather duster. "You alright?" He asked and she nodded as she stood up. "Just watch where you're going." Was all he said before he walked away with the two girls right behind him. Buffy let out a sigh. She was already off to a good start, when she heard a voice behind her.

"Don't let them get to you. They think they own this school." Buffy turned at the voice to see a red headed girl talking to her.

"Yeah, I guess." Buffy replied and the girl smiled at her.

"You're new, right?" Buffy nodded.

"Just moved here from LA." The girl kept the smile on her face.

"That's cool; I would love to go to LA." Buffy shrugged.

"It's not so great." The girl ignored her comment.

"I'm Willow, what's your name?" She asked.

"It's Buffy." She answered and Willow put her arm around Buffy as they started walking.

"I'll introduce you to some of my friends. Just stick with us and you should be fine. I would avoid those other kids if I were you. They have a habit of making people's lives miserable." Buffy took in what she was saying and nodded.

"Let me guess, they would be the popular kids." Willow nodded also.

"Yeah, the guy was Spike. He's like one of the most popular guys in school. He always has girls hanging around him. I bet half the time he doesn't even know their names." Buffy rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Willow looked at her new friend.

"So, what were you like in your other school? Did you have to deal with really mean popular kids?" Buffy gave a laugh as she thought about her question.

"I was one of them." Willow raised her eyebrows and Buffy decided to clarify for her. "I wasn't really mean or anything, but I was one of the popular kids." Willow still seemed surprised.

"What changed?" Buffy looked at her and didn't feel like getting into her past.

"I moved here." Was all she said as they continued to walk to their first class.

Willow introduced Buffy to her friends at lunch later in the day. She liked them all instantly. Xander was funny and always tried to make people laugh. Cordelia used to be one of the popular kids until she started to date Xander and she became a better person after that, more or less. Willow's boyfriend, Oz was the quiet type and he was in a band. Tara was Xander's sister and she was very shy, but really sweet. Buffy found herself laughing at something Xander said and it felt like she hasn't laughed in a long time. Buffy looked over at another table in the cafeteria that the popular kids were sitting at. She figured that out because she noticed Spike among them with some brunette on his lap. She had to admit that he was good looking, but way out of her league. She was a nobody these days. She felt saddened when she saw Spike start to kiss the girl. She then felt a twinge of jealousy and she didn't even know why. She continued to stare, when Spike suddenly pulled away from the girl and looked right at Buffy. She turned away quickly and hoped that he didn't notice her staring.

Buffy got home after school and placed her bag on the couch. She looked around at the empty house and again felt saddened. She didn't think she belonged there. Her father walked out of the kitchen with his cell phone to his ear, as always. She caught the end of his conversation to find him yelling at someone, but she didn't know what it was about. He hung up and looked at her. "Hey, how was your first day?" Buffy shrugged.

"It was okay." She told him.

"You have homework?" Buffy nodded.

"Yeah, I was wondering if you could help me with this one assignment. I'm not sure I really understand it." She said trying to get her father to do something with her, since he has been neglecting that lately. He was about to say something, when his phone rang again.

"I'm sorry, Buffy. I'm a little busy right now, I'm sure you would be able to figure it out." He said as he answered the phone and walked away from her. Buffy sighed as she watched him go. She should have known he had something more important to do. She didn't even know why she bothered. She headed upstairs to her room and sat on her bed. She grabbed her stuffed pig and held it close to her.

"Say hello to your new life." Buffy said to herself as she clutched the pig closer to her chest and let a tear slide down her cheek.