A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update this story. I'm going through and I'll be updating all of my stories, I know I have quite a few. I hope you like this chapter.

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Buffy was walking in the cemetery with Oz out on patrol. They'd survived the whole ordeal of graduation. She had really doubted herself there at the end and hadn't thought she'd be able to pull it off. The Mayor was not history, and Faith was in a coma. Willow was back with Xander, but she wasn't talking to Buffy at all. Xander had left for road trip over the summer, leaving the three of them here. Willow had tried for a long while to get Oz to get back together with her, but he'd refused. Buffy and Oz had been dating now for four months, and Buffy couldn't be happier. Angel had left right after the school had blown up. He'd looked at her from across the way, and just left. It had hurt for a long time, but mainly because of the connection the two had shared. They'd been friends, and now they weren't. He was in L.A. doing his own thing. It was weird that he wasn't here for her to talk to anymore. Sure, they'd been on and off for as long as she could remember, but she had Oz now. She just wished that she'd have gotten a proper good-bye from Angel. Oz wasn't saying anything to her, seeming to know she was lost in her own thoughts. School started up in about two weeks, and Buffy was really worried. She had to hide her identity again, and it was going to be hard. In highschool it had become impossible, because she'd had to save everyone at least once. Oz had said that he'd help in anyway he could, but how do you help someone hide who they are. They walked up to the grave they were supposed to wait for. The vampire hadn't risen yet, so they two just sat down on a nearby log, and held hands. Buffy rested her head on his shoulder, and sighed.

" Why can't we just stay like this forever, and not have to go back to school?" Oz smiled, and put his arm fully around her shoulders.

" I guess we could, but we'd become bums. We have to have a career, I guess." She chuckled at him.

" You do know how to make me laugh. I just hate to start all over again, at the bottom of the proverbial food chain. We're freshman again, and I do not fancy reliving that." Oz smiled.

"It'll be okay, Buffy, because we're in college now. We're not in highschool, we're in a much more mature element now." Buffy sighed and lifted her head from Oz's shoulder.

" I suppose you're right. We are in college, so it should be different, right? We'll have dorm rooms, and all the good things that come along with college life." He nodded his agreement.

" Actually the band is wanting to get a house off-campus. I thought that would be cool, and you could hang out there sometimes. You know to get you away from whoever your roommate might be." Buffy smiled. They had yet to broach the subject of sex. They hadn't done it yet, but it was on both of their minds.

Buffy wanted to wait for the right time before they ventured into that territory. Sex was a big thing, and it would change their relationship. It didn't have to be a bad thing, it would more than likely be a good thing, she just didn't want to do it to early. Not to mention, her last and only lover, had turned evil on her afterwards. Realizing that she'd left his statement unanswered, she looked over at him and smiled.

" That would be great, because I'm sure I'm going to want to get away from my roommate. I hope she's cool though, because I've had nightmares about what kind of person they're going to put me with." Oz smiled his little half smile at her.

" I hear they're supposed to pair you with who you're most compatible with. So, I guess that's a plus." She laughed and put her head back on his head.

" Is this guy ever going to wake up? We so have better things to do than sit out here in the cemetery and wait for it to decide to grace us with it's presence." As if on cue, a pair of hands came out of the grave. Buffy stood up, and did a stretch to get her ready for the fight. It seemed like it took forever for the vampire to emerge fully from the grave. She supposed she could stake it as soon as it's heart was in stabbing distance, but she liked the workout of fighting with the vampires. When it got out she looked at and smiled.

" It's about time you decided to wake up. I was getting so bored, and now I finally get to kill you." With that said she charged the vampire, and the fight ensued. The vampire did get the best of her, and picked her up. It threw her away, and she landed on a head stone, which knocked the wind out of her. It started to advance on her, when Oz came up behind it, and grabbed him around the neck. The vampire was taken by surprise, but only for a moment, before he was loose of Oz's grip. Just as he was about to grab Oz, Buffy got up, and staked the vampire from behind. She sighed, and brushed the dust from the vampire off of her. When she finished, she smiled at Oz.

" Do you wanna go the bronze? It's still kind of early, and we could go dancing, or we could find a dark corner and make out." He nodded and took her hand.

" Sounds cool, either one. I think I prefer the making out though." Buffy just laughed at him.