"Wow! That's amazing!" Willow exclaimed, admiring Alexandra's drawing of Buffy.

"It certainly is a very nice depiction of her based solely on a verbal description," Giles agreed, looking at it with Willow. When he looked at Lexie, however, he was taken aback by her as she looked up and smiled at him. There was a twinkle in her big, brown eyes that seemed strangely familiar…

"In Giles-ish, that means the picture looks good," Willow said, oblivious to what was going on.

"What's wrong?" Lexie asked, looking concerned.

"What?" Asked Willow, bewildered.

"Hmm? Oh, it's nothing," Giles responded, "you just, umm, reminded me of someone, that's all."

Lexie's face suddenly became serious as she said, "Right, well, umm… on to the mystery that is… uh…"

"Buffy," Willow offered.

"Right," Lexie said, "Buffy, of course! Why did she leave in the first place?"

This time, unsure how she should answer, Willow turned to Giles to clarify, "Well, that's a little complicated… she and her mother got in a fight about an ex- boyfriend, and when she went after him, she never came back."

"And where is this boyfriend now?" she asked.

Willow quickly replied, "Oh, don't worry, we're sure he hasn't taken her or anything."

"Okay…" Lexie answered uncertainly, "when did all this happen?"

"Just before the end of school last year," Giles answered, "which reminds me, I don't know if this will be of any assistance, but she was expelled before she left last year."

"It should help a bit, thank you," Lexie told him, smiling again with those big, brown eyes…

"Did she do any extra-curricular activities?

"She did ice skating before," Willow said, shrugging, "but that was before she even came to Sunneydale."

"Where did she live before she came to Sunneydale?"

"In Los Angeles," Giles told her simply.

"Alright," Lexie said, still writing, "One more question, what was her ex's name?"

"Angel" both Giles and Willow responded in unison, but after a stern look at Willow, Giles continued, "but when she left, he was going by the name of Angelus."

"I think I know the place where she is, but I don't want to say anything, in case I'm wrong…" Lexie explained slowly, smiling.

"Oh, don't worry, even if you said a place halfway around the world from where she really is, you'd probably be closer than any of the other leads she's gotten," Willow told her, smiling, but the smile quickly faded when she looked up to see Giles staring at her.

"Alright, but I don't know… If she doesn't want to be found, why should we be trying to find her?" Lexie questioned.

"Because we need her," Willow said urgently.

"We just want to make sure she's alright..." Giles said, polishing his glasses.

Oh, crap I made him nervous, Alexandra thought, before finally saying, "I think she's in… LA."

Giles wasted no time before going to his office and grabbing his coat. "It will be a place that's familiar to her, but it's such a big city, she thinks it'll be too hard for you to find her there. Plus, think of the name connection with her ex-boyfriend. Angelus and Angeles, I believe she thinks that being in the city brings her closer to him without upsetting any of her friends or family."

"Wow," Willow muttered, looking dazed as Giles ran out the library doors, "you're amazing!" The bell suddenly rang and Xander and Cordelia burst through the door.

"What'd we miss?" Cordelia asked.

Xander, noticing Lexie and running his hands through his hair said, "Oh, hello."

"Buffy's in LA," Willow explained, leaving, "This is Lexie, she's new. It's a good thing Cordelia didn't see you do that."

"See him do what?" Lexie and Cordelia asked at the same time.

Willow was on her way out when Xander grabbed her arm and asked into her ear, still smiling at Lexie, "Do we like her?"

"Yes, Xander, we like her," Willow told him, and before he could even ask, she said quietly to him, "and, no, she doesn't know, but I've really got to get to class, especially since I have to show her where to go before I can go myself."

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"That was Xander and Cordelia, you get used to them," Willow explained, walking Lexie to English, room 305, "The librarian is Giles, he's almost like Buffy's dad, except different… It's kind of confusing…"

"It's okay, I understand," Lexie said, thinking of home, "I'm from a big family, but the funny part is, half of them aren't even related to me, but we're all so close, we might as well be… it's a little complicated, but it's just how I was raised…"

The two walked in silence the rest of the way, thinking. Willow just couldn't get what this girl had done out of her head, she was amazing! They could really use her… but Willow couldn't tell her, it would break the rules… not that they really had any rules or anything, but it's was just how they worked and it didn't seem right to tell her.

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