Buffy was fortunate to have Willow in all her morning classes. When lunch came, the two made their way to the cafeteria. "We'll have Xander fight his way through to get our lunch." Willow said upon seeing the mass of football players and wrestlers in line for food.

"No need to worry about me. I brought my own." Buffy replied as they sat at a vacant table.

"Are you ready to meet my friends?" Willow asked, seeing them walk through the door.

Buffy sipped her Pepsi, "Sure."

Oz made it to them first and kissed Willow's cheek. She blushed, "This is my boyfriend Oz. The one in glasses is Wesley, the girl is Faith, the other brunette guy is Xander, and the peroxide blond is Spike." Buffy nodded to all of them. "Guys, this is Buffy."

Faith sat down next to Buffy, "You seem more comfy than you did this morning."

Buffy shrugged, "New school. Kind of intimidating."

Wesley smiled as he sat next to his girlfriend, "I know how that feels. I transferred here from England three years ago."

"Where are you from?" Xander asked.

"I moved here from L.A."

"L.A. Why'd you want to leave a cool place like that?" Oz asked.

Buffy thought about her answer for a moment. She really didn't want to tell her new friends that she got raped and pregnant. "It wasn't the same after my dad walked out." It wasn't exactly a lie. Her dad did walk out on them and into the open…arms of his secretary. When she was nine.

"That sucks."

"My parents are divorced too pet." Spike said, sitting next to her. "I lived with my mum for a while till she passed on. That's why I live with my dear cousin." He patted Faith on the arm.

Buffy blinked, surprised he felt comfortable sharing that much information with a stranger. Willow noticed this and smiled, "We're all pretty blunt here. No secrets between friends."

Buffy smiled, suddenly feeling guilty for not telling them about Ceri.

Buffy was walking to her final class of the day when she heard someone call her name. She turned and saw Spike running towards her. She smiled as he finally caught up with her, leaning on the set of lockers next to them, trying to catch his breath. "You okay?" she asked.

Spike nodded, "Yeah. Where are you heading?"

Buffy looked down at her schedule, "Psychology I with Mr. Finn."

"Me too. Here," he took her books, "let me walk you."

She blushed, "Thanks."

Just as the two blonds entered the room, an arm slipped around Buffy's waist. "Hey baby." a deep voice said. Buffy grabbed his hand and flipped him over. The guy, who was now on the floor, was about 6'1 and had spikey brown hair. "What the hell is your problem!" he yelled at her as he got off the floor.

"Well mate, it seems you have the problem." Spike chuckled. He led Buffy over to two empty desks in the back.

"Who was that?" Buffy asked.

"That pet was Angel O'Connor. He's the school's star quarterback. And the most popular kid in school." He pointed to a group of jocks and cheerleaders gathered around Angel. "And they are his cronies. The girl kissing him is his girlfriend and head cheerleader Cordelia Chase. The other cheerleaders are Harmony Kendall and Kennedy Wilson. The other jocks are Forrest Gates and Caleb Fillion." He smiled, "Looks like you'll never be popular now."

Buffy smiled back, "I really don't care."

Thank you all for reviewing. You really know how to boost one's ego after her story got deleted off another site for no good reason. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm working on number four right now. Guess what! My birthday is in 16 1/2 days! Yay me!