A/N: Hope you all like this story. I know it's different, but I thought I'd give it a whirl.
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Chapter Two
When Buffy got home, her mother smiled at her. " Oh hi, Buffy. You don't have to slay tonight do you? I was kind of hoping that we could talk. You know about you going to College? I know that you've resigned yourself to UC Sunnydale, but I wanted to throw few more at you." Buffy sighed, it was like she couldn't wait for her to leave. She'd freaked out when she'd left for good, but she wanted her out again. " I can't mom, I've got Oz duty tonight." Joyce sighed again. " Honey, this is very important. Can't someone else watch over Oz? Why can't Faith or Willow do it, maybe Xander? Was her mother blind or something? She had to be, because she wasn't paying attention to what was going on around her. " Mom, Faith is evil, literally. Oz broke up with Willow because he caught her with Xander. Do you really think Oz should be watched over by them?" Her mother looked at her. " I'm sorry, I didn't know any of that was going on. Alright, We'll just make it for tomorrow, before you go slay. How's that?" Buffy nodded her agreement.
Up in her room, Buffy grabbed a few books to keep her busy. She also grabbed her small stereo, so she could at least get a work-out while she was at the library. On her way out, she waved by to her mother, and headed back to the school. When she got there, Oz still hadn't turned into his wolfy self, but he was taking his shirt off. When he saw her he stopped in mid-undress. " Oh, I didn't think that you'd be back until I was full wolf. Um, I can stop if it bothers you." Buffy laughed at him. " Oz! You're going to be changing any minute, so you need to get out of your clothes. I'll turn around until you've changed, that way you won't be embarrassed, and neither will I. He smiled at her, so she turned and went into Giles's office. She still couldn't believe that graduation was going to happen, and there wasn't anyway she could prevent it. She knew what she was going to do, but she wished that she didn't have to go through the whole fighting process. This was supposed to be her big day, and she wasn't going to get to celebrate it. It had been bad enough when she'd had to go to the prom by herself, only to have Angel show up and make it harder for her to forget him. Oz had gone by himself as well, but had quickly left after he'd seen Willow and Xander together.
After Buffy was certain Oz had completely wolfed out, she went back into the outer library. Giles had left a few minutes after Buffy had arrived. When Wolf Oz saw her, he attacked the cage once, then settled down when she started reading to him. The reading settled him down considerably, it seemed. At about 3:00 A.M. Buffy started getting restless, so she put on some music and started to exercise. At about 5 Buffy was pooped. She sat down at the table so she could watch the sun rise as well Oz. She never knew that just watching over someone could make you so tired. Granted, she hadn't slept much in the last couple of days. She was still in shock of the blow Angel had delivered her. He was going to help her with the graduation, but then he was going. How was he not going to say good-bye? She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even notice when the sun came up, and then Oz changed back.
Oz woke up to being naked in the cage very disoriented. He sat up and noticed that Buffy had fell asleep at the table, with a book open under her head. He smiled at the picture she made. Buffy was a really good friend to him, and he needed to spend some time with her. She'd been right there when he'd found out about Willow. She'd known that Willow had done wrong, and had been there for Oz. She seemed so sad now, and he needed to ask her about it. After he got his clothes on, he cleared his throat. When that didn't seem to get Buffy's attention, he said her name. Then he rattled the cage, and made Buffy jump up. She looked around very quickly until her eyes settled on Oz. " Oh God Oz, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep. Let me go and get the key." He hung his head to hide his smile. When she came back to unlock the door she looked up at him. " Have you been trying to get my attention long?" He smiled at her then. " No, I'd just gotten up. I'm usually pretty disoriented when I wake up." She smiled with relief. When she went to sleep it was very hard for anything to wake her up.
When Buffy let him out he went and sat down at the table. It was Saturday so they didn't have to worry about people coming in. Even Giles had said he probably wouldn't be in this morning. Buffy went and sat across from him and plopped her head back on the table. " What's the matter, Buffy? You don't seem to be in the best of places mentally right now." She sighed. " I'm just going through some stuff right now, and I don't really want to share it with anyone. Willow has been giving me these looks like she's mad at me. I just need to work this out on my own." Oz moved over to the chair next to her. " Buffy, it's never good to let things fester. You should get it out of your system. You should know me by now that I'm not going to go and blab your stuff all over the city." She smiled at him. She wasn't sure she wanted to tell him. He never talked about Willow and his problems, and it just didn't seem fair for her to unload all of her problems onto him. " I'm okay Oz, you don't have to worry about me."
Oz didn't know what to say to her to make her trust him. He could tell that she really wanted to tell him, but she was holding back. " Buffy, it's okay. I know from personal experience that you shouldn't hold stuff in. You'll remember that from last year when you took off. It's not like you don't' know me, Buffy. I"m not going to tell everyone your business." She smiled at him. It was really hard to deny him anything when he was being so nice to her. " It's just that none of you guys liked Angel." Oz nodded, and moved his chair closer yet again. " So, you're having Angel problems? I did notice that you were by yourself at the prom." She looked away. " It was that day that he told me what he's doing. It's just so unfair, and I don't get a say in anything. You're very right about me being by myself at the prom. He showed up at the end of the prom and danced with me one time." Oz was getting a little confused. " I'm not really getting what your saying, Buffy." She sighed. " He's leaving me, Oz. He told me about two weeks ago that he thought we shouldn't be together anymore. After this whole thing with graduation, he's going to leave. It's just so unfair! I love him so much. I loved him even when he was bad, and when he came back. I guess none of that meant anything to him. I've started wondering lately if he ever loved me at all." At this Buffy put her head in her hands and started crying her heart out.
Willow was walking into the library when she saw this scene. How come Buffy was crying, and it was Oz she was crying to? Was it something that she had done not knowing it? Just then Oz put his arms around Buffy and was whispering something to her. What in the hell was this? Oz was macking on her best friend? She was about to say something, but Oz beat her to it. " Willow, why don't you come on in, instead of lingering in the doorway? Willow had forgotten that Oz could smell her. It was at times disconcerting to her. " I wasn't lingering, I just didn't want to interrupt anything. Buffy looked up at her and smiled. " Hey, Wil, sorry about yesterday. I was running a little late, and I had my mind full of stuff." Willow just looked at her. " Xander and I waited for you forever in the library. Giles was so worried." Buffy looked up at her. " Yeah, well, I've talked to Giles already." Oz interrupted again. " Hey, I'm going to go. I'll be back here at five, though. Are you going to watch over me again?" Buffy smiled at him. " Sure, that's fine, but I think I'm going to bring a sleeping bag tonight. I'll just park right in front of you cage so you won't go anywhere. Well, not right in front of your cage...oh you know what I mean." He smiled at her, and walked out of the room without saying good-bye to Willow.
Buffy felt a little awkward. She could only imagine what Willow was thinking right now. She was probably feeling more than a little jealous of Oz right now. Willow sat down in the chair Oz had just been in. " So, are you two becoming like friends now?" Buffy looked at her. " What do you mean now? I've been friends with Oz for a really long time, Wil. It wasn't quite when you two started dating, but very shortly after that." Willow just looked at her. " You aren't going to start dating him now are you? Sorry, that was that evil twin of mine. You've got Angel so you don't need to date Oz." Buffy couldn't believe that Willow had just said that to her. " Willow, if I wanted to date Oz, I would. You have no right at all to be mad if I do. I could understand that you'd be mad if he'd broken up with you for no reason and broken your heart. The thing is though, you cheated on him. You weren't thinking of Oz when your tongue was down Xander's throat. I honestly don't blame Oz and Cordelia breaking up with you two." With all of that said, Buffy got up and walked out.
Buffy hadn't meant to go off on Willow like that, but she just didn't seem to get it. When she got back to the library shortly after five, Oz was there, but Willow was there too. Oz didn't look happy at all with the fact that she was there. " Willow, what are you doing here? You know I have to watch over Oz tonight." She smiled at Buffy. " I know, that's why I'm here. I came to keep you company. I thought that we could talk some more, and this way you won't be here by yourself." Buffy put her things down, and sighed. " Willow, you know that you can't stay with me. I thought that I had made myself very clear earlier. Oz isn't comfortable around you anymore, which by the way, is why I'm watching over him. That's not true, I do it because he's my friend. I know I said some hurtful things today, and I'm sorry. If Oz is uncomfortable like this, how do you think this is going to make the wolf-Oz feel? I can't risk him breaking that cage down, so I'm afraid you can't stay." The look on Willow's face was one that Buffy would never forget. The look of hurt and betrayal fresh in her eyes. Without saying anything, she turned and ran from the room.
She turned around and hung her head. " Dammit, I just keep saying the wrong damn things!" She slumped into her chair, sighed. Oz came to sit by her. " If it' s any consolation, I appreciate it. I'm way over her now, Buffy, but that doesn't mean I'm all for hanging out with her." She smiled. " I know, and I get that, but she's really sensitive. I just need to be more sensitive in return." He smiled at her, then frowned. " Okay, I think it's time for me to be locked in, Buff." Buffy got up with him, and once he was in she locked it tight. " alright, now I'm going into Giles's office." He smiled at her. He was going to have to get Buffy to hang out with him somewhere other than this library. Would she do that, though? Willow wouldn't like it at all if Buffy started hanging out with him. For some reason, Willow just wanted to push him out of her life completely. That meant that she was also trying to push him away from all of her friends, but she forgets that they were his friends too.
Buffy was watching Oz as he was pacing in his cage. She told herself that she wasn't watching him because he was now stripping. Although, he did look very good. It was amazing that Buffy had never noticed how cute Oz was before. She wondered if he'd mind if she called him Daniel. When he started to undo his pants, Buffy turned around. She didn't think that she really wanted to see him fully undressed. When he was fully wolfed out, she went back into the outer part of the library. She set up her sleeping bag outside of the cage, but out of reaching distance. Wolf Oz wasn't as agitated as he normally was. She pulled out her book and started reading out loud for his benefit. Wolf Oz started pacing the floor of the cage, but eventually settled down right where Buffy was laying.
When Oz woke up the next morning, he wasn't behind the towels they had set up. He was right out in the open, but luckily Buffy was still sleeping. Before he could get his bearings, Buffy jerked up like she'd been having a nightmare. She looked around until her eyes focused on Oz. " Oh, my GOD!" She jerked her head away, and Oz quickly jumped behind the towels and started dressing. " Oz, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to!" Buffy was completely mortified. She had never meant to do that. Oz called out to her from the cage. " Buffy, could you let me out, please?" Buffy really didn't want to go back in there, but she didn't want to strand him either. She walked back into the outer library, very red faced. "Yeah, sorry about that." She unlocked the cage, and quickly started gathering her things. Oz wanted to tell her that it wasn't a big deal, but he didn't want to embarrass her further. She quickly said good-bye, and left very fast.
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Chapter Two
When Buffy got home, her mother smiled at her. " Oh hi, Buffy. You don't have to slay tonight do you? I was kind of hoping that we could talk. You know about you going to College? I know that you've resigned yourself to UC Sunnydale, but I wanted to throw few more at you." Buffy sighed, it was like she couldn't wait for her to leave. She'd freaked out when she'd left for good, but she wanted her out again. " I can't mom, I've got Oz duty tonight." Joyce sighed again. " Honey, this is very important. Can't someone else watch over Oz? Why can't Faith or Willow do it, maybe Xander? Was her mother blind or something? She had to be, because she wasn't paying attention to what was going on around her. " Mom, Faith is evil, literally. Oz broke up with Willow because he caught her with Xander. Do you really think Oz should be watched over by them?" Her mother looked at her. " I'm sorry, I didn't know any of that was going on. Alright, We'll just make it for tomorrow, before you go slay. How's that?" Buffy nodded her agreement.
Up in her room, Buffy grabbed a few books to keep her busy. She also grabbed her small stereo, so she could at least get a work-out while she was at the library. On her way out, she waved by to her mother, and headed back to the school. When she got there, Oz still hadn't turned into his wolfy self, but he was taking his shirt off. When he saw her he stopped in mid-undress. " Oh, I didn't think that you'd be back until I was full wolf. Um, I can stop if it bothers you." Buffy laughed at him. " Oz! You're going to be changing any minute, so you need to get out of your clothes. I'll turn around until you've changed, that way you won't be embarrassed, and neither will I. He smiled at her, so she turned and went into Giles's office. She still couldn't believe that graduation was going to happen, and there wasn't anyway she could prevent it. She knew what she was going to do, but she wished that she didn't have to go through the whole fighting process. This was supposed to be her big day, and she wasn't going to get to celebrate it. It had been bad enough when she'd had to go to the prom by herself, only to have Angel show up and make it harder for her to forget him. Oz had gone by himself as well, but had quickly left after he'd seen Willow and Xander together.
After Buffy was certain Oz had completely wolfed out, she went back into the outer library. Giles had left a few minutes after Buffy had arrived. When Wolf Oz saw her, he attacked the cage once, then settled down when she started reading to him. The reading settled him down considerably, it seemed. At about 3:00 A.M. Buffy started getting restless, so she put on some music and started to exercise. At about 5 Buffy was pooped. She sat down at the table so she could watch the sun rise as well Oz. She never knew that just watching over someone could make you so tired. Granted, she hadn't slept much in the last couple of days. She was still in shock of the blow Angel had delivered her. He was going to help her with the graduation, but then he was going. How was he not going to say good-bye? She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't even notice when the sun came up, and then Oz changed back.
Oz woke up to being naked in the cage very disoriented. He sat up and noticed that Buffy had fell asleep at the table, with a book open under her head. He smiled at the picture she made. Buffy was a really good friend to him, and he needed to spend some time with her. She'd been right there when he'd found out about Willow. She'd known that Willow had done wrong, and had been there for Oz. She seemed so sad now, and he needed to ask her about it. After he got his clothes on, he cleared his throat. When that didn't seem to get Buffy's attention, he said her name. Then he rattled the cage, and made Buffy jump up. She looked around very quickly until her eyes settled on Oz. " Oh God Oz, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep. Let me go and get the key." He hung his head to hide his smile. When she came back to unlock the door she looked up at him. " Have you been trying to get my attention long?" He smiled at her then. " No, I'd just gotten up. I'm usually pretty disoriented when I wake up." She smiled with relief. When she went to sleep it was very hard for anything to wake her up.
When Buffy let him out he went and sat down at the table. It was Saturday so they didn't have to worry about people coming in. Even Giles had said he probably wouldn't be in this morning. Buffy went and sat across from him and plopped her head back on the table. " What's the matter, Buffy? You don't seem to be in the best of places mentally right now." She sighed. " I'm just going through some stuff right now, and I don't really want to share it with anyone. Willow has been giving me these looks like she's mad at me. I just need to work this out on my own." Oz moved over to the chair next to her. " Buffy, it's never good to let things fester. You should get it out of your system. You should know me by now that I'm not going to go and blab your stuff all over the city." She smiled at him. She wasn't sure she wanted to tell him. He never talked about Willow and his problems, and it just didn't seem fair for her to unload all of her problems onto him. " I'm okay Oz, you don't have to worry about me."
Oz didn't know what to say to her to make her trust him. He could tell that she really wanted to tell him, but she was holding back. " Buffy, it's okay. I know from personal experience that you shouldn't hold stuff in. You'll remember that from last year when you took off. It's not like you don't' know me, Buffy. I"m not going to tell everyone your business." She smiled at him. It was really hard to deny him anything when he was being so nice to her. " It's just that none of you guys liked Angel." Oz nodded, and moved his chair closer yet again. " So, you're having Angel problems? I did notice that you were by yourself at the prom." She looked away. " It was that day that he told me what he's doing. It's just so unfair, and I don't get a say in anything. You're very right about me being by myself at the prom. He showed up at the end of the prom and danced with me one time." Oz was getting a little confused. " I'm not really getting what your saying, Buffy." She sighed. " He's leaving me, Oz. He told me about two weeks ago that he thought we shouldn't be together anymore. After this whole thing with graduation, he's going to leave. It's just so unfair! I love him so much. I loved him even when he was bad, and when he came back. I guess none of that meant anything to him. I've started wondering lately if he ever loved me at all." At this Buffy put her head in her hands and started crying her heart out.
Willow was walking into the library when she saw this scene. How come Buffy was crying, and it was Oz she was crying to? Was it something that she had done not knowing it? Just then Oz put his arms around Buffy and was whispering something to her. What in the hell was this? Oz was macking on her best friend? She was about to say something, but Oz beat her to it. " Willow, why don't you come on in, instead of lingering in the doorway? Willow had forgotten that Oz could smell her. It was at times disconcerting to her. " I wasn't lingering, I just didn't want to interrupt anything. Buffy looked up at her and smiled. " Hey, Wil, sorry about yesterday. I was running a little late, and I had my mind full of stuff." Willow just looked at her. " Xander and I waited for you forever in the library. Giles was so worried." Buffy looked up at her. " Yeah, well, I've talked to Giles already." Oz interrupted again. " Hey, I'm going to go. I'll be back here at five, though. Are you going to watch over me again?" Buffy smiled at him. " Sure, that's fine, but I think I'm going to bring a sleeping bag tonight. I'll just park right in front of you cage so you won't go anywhere. Well, not right in front of your cage...oh you know what I mean." He smiled at her, and walked out of the room without saying good-bye to Willow.
Buffy felt a little awkward. She could only imagine what Willow was thinking right now. She was probably feeling more than a little jealous of Oz right now. Willow sat down in the chair Oz had just been in. " So, are you two becoming like friends now?" Buffy looked at her. " What do you mean now? I've been friends with Oz for a really long time, Wil. It wasn't quite when you two started dating, but very shortly after that." Willow just looked at her. " You aren't going to start dating him now are you? Sorry, that was that evil twin of mine. You've got Angel so you don't need to date Oz." Buffy couldn't believe that Willow had just said that to her. " Willow, if I wanted to date Oz, I would. You have no right at all to be mad if I do. I could understand that you'd be mad if he'd broken up with you for no reason and broken your heart. The thing is though, you cheated on him. You weren't thinking of Oz when your tongue was down Xander's throat. I honestly don't blame Oz and Cordelia breaking up with you two." With all of that said, Buffy got up and walked out.
Buffy hadn't meant to go off on Willow like that, but she just didn't seem to get it. When she got back to the library shortly after five, Oz was there, but Willow was there too. Oz didn't look happy at all with the fact that she was there. " Willow, what are you doing here? You know I have to watch over Oz tonight." She smiled at Buffy. " I know, that's why I'm here. I came to keep you company. I thought that we could talk some more, and this way you won't be here by yourself." Buffy put her things down, and sighed. " Willow, you know that you can't stay with me. I thought that I had made myself very clear earlier. Oz isn't comfortable around you anymore, which by the way, is why I'm watching over him. That's not true, I do it because he's my friend. I know I said some hurtful things today, and I'm sorry. If Oz is uncomfortable like this, how do you think this is going to make the wolf-Oz feel? I can't risk him breaking that cage down, so I'm afraid you can't stay." The look on Willow's face was one that Buffy would never forget. The look of hurt and betrayal fresh in her eyes. Without saying anything, she turned and ran from the room.
She turned around and hung her head. " Dammit, I just keep saying the wrong damn things!" She slumped into her chair, sighed. Oz came to sit by her. " If it' s any consolation, I appreciate it. I'm way over her now, Buffy, but that doesn't mean I'm all for hanging out with her." She smiled. " I know, and I get that, but she's really sensitive. I just need to be more sensitive in return." He smiled at her, then frowned. " Okay, I think it's time for me to be locked in, Buff." Buffy got up with him, and once he was in she locked it tight. " alright, now I'm going into Giles's office." He smiled at her. He was going to have to get Buffy to hang out with him somewhere other than this library. Would she do that, though? Willow wouldn't like it at all if Buffy started hanging out with him. For some reason, Willow just wanted to push him out of her life completely. That meant that she was also trying to push him away from all of her friends, but she forgets that they were his friends too.
Buffy was watching Oz as he was pacing in his cage. She told herself that she wasn't watching him because he was now stripping. Although, he did look very good. It was amazing that Buffy had never noticed how cute Oz was before. She wondered if he'd mind if she called him Daniel. When he started to undo his pants, Buffy turned around. She didn't think that she really wanted to see him fully undressed. When he was fully wolfed out, she went back into the outer part of the library. She set up her sleeping bag outside of the cage, but out of reaching distance. Wolf Oz wasn't as agitated as he normally was. She pulled out her book and started reading out loud for his benefit. Wolf Oz started pacing the floor of the cage, but eventually settled down right where Buffy was laying.
When Oz woke up the next morning, he wasn't behind the towels they had set up. He was right out in the open, but luckily Buffy was still sleeping. Before he could get his bearings, Buffy jerked up like she'd been having a nightmare. She looked around until her eyes focused on Oz. " Oh, my GOD!" She jerked her head away, and Oz quickly jumped behind the towels and started dressing. " Oz, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to!" Buffy was completely mortified. She had never meant to do that. Oz called out to her from the cage. " Buffy, could you let me out, please?" Buffy really didn't want to go back in there, but she didn't want to strand him either. She walked back into the outer library, very red faced. "Yeah, sorry about that." She unlocked the cage, and quickly started gathering her things. Oz wanted to tell her that it wasn't a big deal, but he didn't want to embarrass her further. She quickly said good-bye, and left very fast.
