A/N: Guys, the bit three word phrase is happening this chapter. As you recall they are part of a big prophecy, more light is going to be shed on this later in the chapter.

But even though they say it, their relationship is fucked up. Klaus is still a seriously screwed up individual and Buffy is no better currently.

So bare with me here, I wrote it this way for a reason.

It had been a week and a half since Buffy had last seen Klaus. He said all he needed from them was Willow's help and a drop of Dawn's blood. That's it, but he seemed to be avoiding her. Every time Willow had an idea on what they could do and where they would have to go Buffy would call and he wouldn't answer. She should be grateful that he wasn't answering, right? Well that wasn't the case. She was furious, furious that he was ignoring her.

How dare he? Was it something she did?

"Did I piss him off?" She asked herself quietly, she shouldn't care. But she was extremely hurt on top of angry. Her office phone rang and she rolled her eyes. "Hello?"

"Yes, my name is Winston, I am a retired watcher from the old council. Is this Buffy Summers?"

"Yes, sorry, Giles told me you were calling. What's going on?"

"I am actually on my way to the headquarters with an... Unusual item that needs to be kept there."

"Okay, I'll come outside to meet you and we will talk business." Buffy got up from her desk and stretched. 'Why do I miss him?' She thought, 'he tried to kill Dawn, did kill me.' She shook her head, she didn't need men in her life. She was seriously considering joining a convent. Give herself over to the church, stop drinking, live her life away from the crazy. Just as she made up her mind her cellphone rang. She looked at the caller ID. It was Klaus.

In an instant she froze. 'Does he actually want to talk to me?' She thought, her inner voice sounding hopeful.

"Hi," she said nervously. His chuckle gave her chills.

"Hello love," 'his accent!'

"I've been trying to get a hold of you for a few days. Where the hell have you been?"

"Traveling the world looking for a spot of mystical convergence so your witch can do the spell. Thought I have to admit, your company would have been welcomed." Buffy's cheeks flushed.

"He missed me," she whispered. Then she remembered he could hear her. Oh god, oh no, no, no, no.

"I'd be lying if I said I didn't." He admitted, "listen love, I am about to bored my jet. I will drop by your apartment later." Buffy closed her eyes, wishing she could keep this conversation going.

"Okay, I'll see you then." Buffy hung up and dashed out of her office. She made it the front of the building and waited for Winston. A man stepped out of a limo with a strange box and walked over to Buffy.

"You must be Buffy, I am Winston Faragay."

"It's good to finally meet you. Giles has talked very highly of you."

"I would hope so, I trained the boy!" He said with a bark of laughter, "let's take this inside. No one besides the people in this building may know what lays in this box."

After Buffy hung up Klaus growled. Why? Why did he feel this way? She was a fling, a pointless fling. He had many relationships like these over the years. But why was she different? How could someone have a hold over him the way she did? It wasn't right, he was an Original vampire for cryin' out loud!

Now Klaus was reduced to having feelings. He hadn't felt like this since he was human. Not since Tatia. That bothered him more. He felt happy she was around him. He missed her. Klaus snapped the neck of one of his compelled assistance's when she asked if he was okay. He was not okay! Nothing about what he was experiencing was okay. None of it. What troubled him deeper was the fact that thinking about her made him smile. He dreamed about her, his mind was plagued like that of a madman.

"My Lord, if I may offer some council. There is a bottle of scotch in the cabin that I acquired for you. 120 years old. I'd rather you have fun than be in this stupor. Unless you'd rather be like this, then that is fine. I shall get the girls ready for you if you'd like."

"Jacob, how long have you been serving me?" Klaus asked,

"Six hundred years, sir." Jacob may have been the only being alive that Klaus would seek actual help from, besides Buffy.

"Then you know it's best to keep your mouth shut when I am in this type of mood. Do I need to punish you?" Klaus asked,

"Give me the knife and I shall do it to myself if you'd so wish." He said kneeling,

"I'd rather you not catch the end of my wrath this day, seeing as what almost happened last time. Unlike each one of these compelled fools, you are the only one to willingly serve me. You are indispensable." Klaus said, "so, Jacob. Best you get into the flight deck and avoid me at all costs." Jacob nodded and waited for any other instruction.

"You are dismissed," he stood and walked into the jet.

Willow looked inside the box at the object.

"It's a severed hand," she said in disgust. She could feel the magic pouring off the mummified appendage.

"It is the hand of King Solomon," Winston told her. "If any demon or evil seeking the destruction of the world got their hands on his we wouldn't stand a chance. So, witch," he said the word with disgust. Willow didn't understand why, the old council worked with witches, why did he have an issue? "You need to craft a box of some sort, one that is magically sealed and can only be opened with this." He set a vital of blood on the table.

"Is that real?" Willow asked in a mixture of awe and anger.

"It is, blood of an Iberian Lynx. Ran into some trouble getting this as the spell calls for blood directly from the heart." Willow slapped him,

"You killed one of the most endangered species of animals in world to get blood for a spell?!" She shrieked,

"And you would have done something else?"

"Oh, I don't know, find a different spell that doesn't need that type of blood!"

"Look, where did you find this and why is it so important it's held here?" Buffy asked,

"I found it two months ago in Jerusalem. How I obtained it you don't need to know. Why it needs to be held here? There is a vault about twenty feet below the earth where the old council held mystical objects." Buffy narrowed her eyes at Giles,

"Why didn't I know about this?"

"I actually thought it was destroyed." He said as he took of his glasses and began to clean them. "I can only surmise that the bringers either missed it or the enchantment on it are so powerful that it was protected. But this building was but directly in top of the old one."

"There is a tunnel in the courtyard, most likely buried but still there that leads to it. Ms. Rosenberg could find, I have no doubt." Every time he looked at Willow he seemed absolutely disgusted by her.

"What is your problem with me? All you have done since getting here is glare at me and I don't like it much, nope. I will not stand here and be treated like this. I demand answers!"

"Everything you stand for is wrong. You live on a thin line of balance that you-"

"No, she actually doesn't. She has mastered control. I know what the old council stood for but they aren't here, they got blown into little tiny pieces." Buffy said, "so tone back the judgement before I hurt you, understand me, Winston?" She said in a cold voice, he slowly nodded,

"Well, let's find this so I can go back into hiding."

"You didn't mention that," Giles said as they left the break room.

"For quite some time, a very old vampire has had it out for me for a few years."

"Who is this vampire?" Buffy asked, hoping it wasn't Klaus.

"Her name is Rose," Dawn hurled herself after them.

"Katherine's sire?" Dawn asked, Buffy face-palmed herself. 'Me and my fucking questions,' she thought.

"Yes, how did you know?"

"Well, I-"

"Dawn!" Willow and Buffy both groaned.

"What?!" She screeched,

"It has been three years, you need to let go." Buffy pleaded,

"No, I can't. I won't."

Buffy returned to her apartment. She immediately felt another presence in the house and stalked towards it. She found Klaus standing looking at pictures.

"Hey," she said. To her amazement he jumped.

"Stealthy as ever," he said. He looked like he wanted to say something but couldn't find words. Instead he walked over and kissed her soft on the lips. Her eyes closed and her arms wrapped around his neck as he deepened the kiss.

"Why didn't you pick up when I called?" Buffy asked when he pulled back. He gazed into her eyes, did he want to answer her honestly? If he was being honest he was ignoring her because he didn't want to deal with the feelings he was growing for her.

"As I said earlier, I was tracking down a location to preform the spell." He said, which was partly true, Buffy nodded and rested her head against his chest.

"I missed you," she said quietly. Klaus nodded and brought his arms around her. Why did he care so much? He shouldn't, he shouldn't let himself but he couldn't stop it. What shocked him more was that he rubbed his hand up her back. What was he doing?!

Buffy felt safe, she wanted this. She shouldn't but she did. She content, she was... Happy with him. That scared her, she was happy with what ever she had with the most dangerous vampire in history. The vampire who three weeks prior tried to kill her sister. Regardless of what happened she just wanted him to hold her. As her eyes closed she felt him plant a kiss on top of her forehead and she stopped and pulled back.

"What the hell was that?" They both asked at the same time. What was happening to them?

Cassie watched as it happened. A small smile gracing her lips. They deserved this, she knew that Klaus could be a great person with the right push. She also knew that they were meant for each other. The future would be bad for them, they would experience loss, they would go through much.

Klaus smirked down at her before he captured her lips again. His tongue dipped into her mouth and she moaned in response. He walked forward until she was against the wall. In that moment Buffy wanted him to bite her.

"Klaus," she gasped when he nibbled at her ear. "Feed from me," she begged. She felt herself growing wet and thought of him feeding from her was making her more turned on. Klaus felt himself harden and he bit into her neck. The minute his fangs pierced her skin an orgasm tore through her. She screamed his name and then she bit into his neck. They had shared blood once before, but this time it was the single most erotic thing either of them had ever experienced.

Neither one pulled back, both their eyes still closed. When Klaus finally pulled back so did Buffy. She looked up at him and then kissed him. She ran her tongue along the outside of his lips before she slipped her tongue inside his mouth. When she pulled back he held the side of her head. He was looking into her eyes and she had to put a stop to it.

"Hold up, three steps back for each of us." Buffy said, Klaus nodded. He followed her when she went up to change. "What is going on with us?" She asked as she slipped into a pear of sweatpants. "We just had a moment. An actual moment, you even looked into my eyes." She looked up at him, "what do we do?"

"Then the answer is we keep this exclusively business." Buffy glared at him,

"No, we just need a no feelings rule." Klaus nodded, he did not want to give up whatever they had.

"How do you propose we do that?" Klaus asked,

"I don't know! I make the plans other people help with details, this is very new ground for me Klaus. I may have had a similar thing with Spike but in my defense I had just come back from the dead. What ever we have works, but feelings..." She said in an exasperated tone, "feelings are bad. They are very bad. They lead you to falling for someone and then they did, and they come back and then tell you to move on. Well I don't want that to happen, nope. No more feelings ever." She said crossing her arms over her chest.

It instantly became clear this wasn't about what they had anymore. He knew she was developing feelings for him and she was doing the smartest thing anyone could do in her situation. Run.

"Then we call each other when we want a good long shag and then not breathe a word to each other." He offered,

"It's not ideal, but it will do." She said in agreement.

Buffy tackled a vampire to the ground. The type that stems from the Originals. She began to punch her over and over.

"Then of course, sex, lots of wild sex had to turn into feelings!" She picked her up like she weighed nothing and threw her to the other end of the ally. "And get this!" She said as curb stomped her chest. "He decided we shouldn't even talk. Excuse me Mr. "I'm afraid of what I feel. So instead of finding a good solution I'm gonna suggest the easiest," what an asshole!" Buffy stomped on her chest again. "We were about to come to an agreement when he came out with, "I changed my mind, love."" She said mimicking his voice, "Who does that?" The vampire twisted her leg and slammed her against the side of a building.

"Lady, relationships are two sided. If he's hiding it means he isn't ready to face what he feels. Just try being friends first." Buffy just sunk to the ground and the vampire sat next to her.

"But he clearly likes me. And I shouldn't even like him back. You know, he is this gorgeous vampire who makes me forget who I am when we have sex. But then there is the fact he tried to kill my sister! Why the hell would I ever even have the smallest amount of feelings for someone like him? I learned a long time ago that dating the bad boy always blows up. Dating the good guy always blows up. Me and dating just don't mix!" She looked at the ground,

"Been hurt one to many times?"

"Yeah, and a few of those times were from the same person. I'm hopeless. But I shouldn't even like him. The last time I was in a relationship like this, my other half ended up falling in love with me, then trying to rape me, then getting his soul back, then I finally fell in love with him and then he died. Then he pops up again and tells me he still loves me but I should date humans. That I should have a normal life. Well I haven't had a normal life since I was fifteen."

"He sounds like a royal douche actually." The vampire said, she glanced at the moon.

"Why are you so good at talking to people?"

"I've been alive for well over five hundred years, you learn a thing or two." She settled against the wall and gave Buffy a smile. "So, who's this new love interest?"

"Klaus fucking Mikaleson that's who." Buffy didn't miss the fear the crossed the vampires features. "Yeah, my best friend is pissed at me because I did things with him. But I am a woman, I have needs. Needs he has satisfied very well thank you. I didn't judge her when she went postal and tried to destroy the world. Sure, when she came back to Sunnydale after some witchy rehab and we found a skinned body. That was sorta her trademark, but I didn't once believe she actually did it. It was actually a Gnarl demon. She has no room to judge me."

"Well, I would judge you if you were my best friend and you were sleeping with Klaus. But your not and I don't know you very well." She turned and looked Buffy in the eyes, "just try being friends. If Klaus hasn't killed you yet that means he holds you in high respect or really wants to get in your pants."

"I'm immortal."

"You're Buffy Summers,"

"I'm surprised it didn't register when a 5'3 blond girl was kicking your ass." The vampire laughed,

"Buffy, if he hasn't tried anything yet beyond killing your sister, then you must have a hold on him. Again, just be friends. You don't have to have sex all the time but that is a huge plus. Whatever happens happens."

"Can I give you money?" Buffy asked with a laugh, "cause' I have had to see a few shrinks over the years and you are better than all of them."

"Your payment to me can be not killing me."

"I wasn't going to any way. I have this sense now if a vampire is being a vampire or is actually trying to be normal. Aside the whole no sunlight thing." Buffy said with a smile,

"My name is Rose," she said. Buffy shook her hand as they both stood.

"Well, I have payment for you. Winston is in Florence, just look for a statue of mother marry and walk strait through the Vineyard." God, she hated that man. She hated the fact that he treated Willow like trash and she hated the old Council.

Buffy had Mr. Gordo tightly pressed against her chest. A very rare thing had happened. She was sick. Physically sick. Giles said that she likely wouldn't get sick after becoming immortal. Well here she was, curled up in bed with head a cold and a fever. Willow had said it was mystical. She was looking up a cure for it now.

"I hate this!" Buffy cried as she got a muscle spasm.

"Quit being a baby," Dawn said from the chair by her bed. "Serves you right for sleeping with Klaus!" She screamed in Buffy's ear.

"Willow! Dawn's being mean!" Buffy whined, Dawn smacked her on the arm.

"She has a point Buff!" Willow called from downstairs. Buffy sobbed, she always became three years old again when she was sick. She didn't handle being sick well.

"I want mom!" She whined, and she did. Joyce always made her good food when she was sick.

"Buffy," Dawn warned.

"I'm sorry Dawnie." She said quietly, Dawn sighed and turned the TV on.

"We are watching movies and you are going to stop whining. Willow is making you food and her yummy healing tea." Dawn blared the volume so she couldn't hear Buffy's whining.

Downstairs Willow put the finishing touches on the tea and then went to stir the Mac N' Chesse.

"Hello witch," she turned around and then glared. Klaus was standing in the apartment.

"Leave, she's sick." Willow said, Klaus glared at her.

"You see, Willow. She called me here earlier." He smirked, Willow's magic flared and lights exploded all over the house. Klaus took a step back.

"She's upstairs. You touch Dawnie I am going to make sure you die." Her eyes flashed black. He growled at her but went upstairs. He found Buffy laying in bed and Dawn looked up at him.

"Buffy!" She screamed shaking her sister. "You psycho boyfriend is here." She got up and stood toe to toe with Klaus. People never had this much courage with him. Even humans who didn't know about the supernatural found him opposing and scary. Not Dawn or Willow were scared by him.

"Hurt her," Dawn warned. "I will hurt you." Klaus glared at her until she stepped back. She cast a glare at him before walking out of the room.

"Klaus, she's protecting me." Buffy said weakly, Klaus just shook his head and slid in next to her. He brought his arms around her and she laid her head against his chest. "I'm sick," she said.

"I know love," Klaus ran his finger along her spine. "Now, I thought we agreed that we would only see each other for... Other things," he said knowing Dawn was still in the hallway. Buffy picked up her head and glared at her door.

"Dawn, get your ass downstairs!" They heard a very dramatic sigh and then footsteps down the stairs. "I know, but I'm sick and you're you. You make me feel better." Klaus just squeezed her and she rested her head against his chest. What was he doing? Why did he come? He then felt a presence and looked around. He could have sworn he saw a blonde girl smiling at them but shrugged it off.

Buffy woke up and realized Klaus had left. There was note next to her.

'I already told you we had to stop this, love. Until the next time we need each other we can't talk.

Sincerely, Klaus.'

She shredded the note and laid back down. She still felt awful and now she was pissed. She settled for glaring at the ceiling seeing as it was a better option as any. Willow came up and handed her a vital.

"This is a very yummy cure for your illness. I made it so it tastes like honey," Willow said with a smile. Buffy drank it and made a face.

"How could you lie such a horrible lie?!" Buffy screamed,

"Because it got you to take it." She answered with a shrug. Buffy yawned and got out of bed.

"What was I sick with?"

"Something called "Vanquisher Of The Chosen," makes a Slayer all sick and icky. Other Slayers would have died." Buffy nodded and the room went silent for a moment. "Buff... Klaus, really?"

"Yes, Wills. Really," Buffy said with a roll of her eyes.

"Are you crazy?"

"No, Willow. I am making the best out of a situation. We can be in a not so professional business relationship and still be of use to each other." Willow's head snapped up when the word "relationship" left her best friend's lips.

"Exactly, a relationship!" Willow exclaimed, "the last time you did something like this you ended up in a "relationship" and then he tried to rape you!" Willow hissed,

"Yes, then I fell in love with him and he turned out to be one of the best men I have ever known. Willow, there are no feelin-"

"Yes there are. Everyone, including me, can see that you are developing feelings for that psycho." When Buffy heard psycho something inside her clicked into gear.

"Are you any better?" Buffy snapped, Willow felt like someone shove a knife through her chest. Tears welled in her eyes,

"You're right, Buff," she got up and started to walk toward the door. "You're right,"

"Wills, wait! Willow I'm-"

"No Buffy!" Willow screamed, she turned around and glared at the blonde. "You are absolutely right. I have no room to pass judgement. Your best friend the murderer, your best friend who tried to destroy the world. I get it, I get that I have no room to pass judgement on Klaus, the vampire who perfected psychological torture. The vampire who had killed an entire village in one day because he was bored. You know what Buffy? Fuck you!" Willow screamed at her, "when you are done making all the wrong choices you know where to find me but until then this friendship is over."

Willow slammed the door to Buffy's bedroom and Buffy felt a piece of herself tear away. Buffy felt tears leave her eyes and she began to sob.

Outside, Willow slammed the door to her car. She peeled off and drove right to her apartment. When she opened the door she came face to face with Kennedy.

"I am having a really bad day and I told you we were over." Willow growled, Kennedy was taken aback.

"Can't we talk things out?"

"No, we can't. Maybe after the first time. But this is the third time you've cheated on me. I'm done with you and your drama so get out of my damn house!" She snapped her fingers and Kennedy stood outside. Willow flicked her wrists and the doors closed and a spell formed up around them. She ran up to her bed and laid down. She began to cry.

Klaus finally caved. He had to see her. It was easier being a few hundred miles away where he didn't have the ability to walk five minutes from his flat and be at her apartment. But now... He shook his head. He knocked on her door and waited. Then he heard her screaming in rage and breaking things.

What could have happened in the span of twelve hours that had her like this? He knocked again,

"Who the fuck is at that door?!" She screamed, Klaus chuckled.

"Come on, love. Open up." She opened the door and yanked him inside before she had him against the wall kissing him.

"I have had a really bad day. I need you inside me now!" He held her tightly and rushed upstairs to her bedroom. They tore each others clothing off and Klaus slid into her. He set a rhythm,

"Faster," she growled. He was more than happy to oblige. Buffy locked her legs around around his waist and he lifted her hips slightly, allowing himself to plunge deeper into her. She worked her muscles around him. He began to slam into her moving as fast and as hard as he could. Buffy felt the heat coil within her and her walls became more slick.

"K... Klaus... Klaus!" When she came she bit into his bicep and he moaned. His fangs descended and with a final thrust he emptied inside her. He bit into her neck and drank deeply. When he pulled back he looked into her eyes and then kissed her long and hard.

Buffy woke up in his arms. She smiled,

"Hey," she said. He laughed and kissed her forehead

"Are you alright, love? You seemed rather upset when I arrived." She laid her head against his chest,

"Me and Willow aren't friends anymore." Saying those words sounded so foreign, unreal. But it all blew up, she had lost her best friend because she didn't like the fact Buffy was sleeping with Klaus. But much to her horror, Willow was right. She was developing feelings for Klaus. Major feelings. She wanted to wake up in his arms and fall asleep the way she had just done every single night.

This scared her, there was a new Buffy rearing her ugly head. This Buffy wanted it all. Danger, love, adventure, hate, lust and everything in between. She wanted to always taste his blood. It scared her deeply because she wanted him to feed from her. It was a constant thought on her mind. It was intimate and a huge turn on for her. She had no idea why. Was it because she knew she wouldn't actually die if he drank to much? Was it the sheer danger of doing it? Or was it because it was forbidden for a Slayer to give her blood to a vampire? What ever it was she didn't care.

"Because she thinks I have feeling for you. But what we have here, this is no feelings. This is just rough, very hot, sex. I mean why would I have feeling for you?" She laughed nervously, "it's not like you treat me right, or are concerned about me when you shouldn't be. It's not like you actually check up on me or anything. None of that happens. Nope, none of it! I-" he kissed her.

"Yes it does, love. I know you have feelings for me."

"Pft! No-no I don't." She denied it, Klaus took her hand and their fingers intertwined. He leaned in and kissed her tenderly. His tongue slowly penetrated her lips and into her mouth. He tasted her, claimed her mouth as his before he rolled her underneath him. He hovered over her. He moved her hair out of her face and the leaned down and kissed her again.

He trailed kisses from her lips and down her neck before moving back up slowly. He placed hot, open mouthed kissed on her pulse point before biting down gently. His desire for her only grew each time he drank from her. He pulled back and she opened her legs for him.

He eased into her. Buffy's heart was racing, she hadn't been touched like this in a very long time. The tenderness, the slow pace. He then pulled back out abruptly and eased back in.

Her body was on fire, the way his touch seemed to be filled with care. How his touch always made her feel sparks. The way his mouth worked over her skin, it was almost enough to drive her over the edge. She gasped as he began to move faster, more heat began to pool within her. Her face felt as though it were on fire, her body well on its way to the same point.

She felt tension inside her and moaned when he began to trail kisses along her chest. His stubble tickled her skin, everything about him made her want more. This was the first time since Angel that she had felt human during sex.

But this time was different, this time was so much more.

Cassie stood outside the house with Hellen.

"It's about to happen, they're gonna say it."

"It is time, she and the witch are no longer friends. The prophecy may move as planned. The Powers have waited for this day. Four thousand years they have waited and now it is coming to fruition. Such simple words shall bloom into so much more, young Cassie. His conception shall be achieved in the coming months, and until that point every factor thrown at them will not separate them until the deed is done." Cassie looked over at the woman.

"You act as though they are a means to an end. They are people, Hellen, as me and you were."

"We are higher beings, why not view them as lesser?"

"Because Buffy is the longest living Slayer in history not to mention she is immortal. Klaus is the only hybrid in existence and an Original. They are not ordinary."

"You miss it don't you?"

"Every day. I miss being able to breathe, my writing, my friends."

"Your friends, besides Dawn, all died in Sunnydale. You knew this," Cassie shook her head.

"It doesn't matter, I miss being human."

Klaus felt something rise in his chest. He felt his stomach churn a little as he let go inside her. He loved her. Why? How could he let this happen? Love is vampire's greatest weakness. He had lived by that since he had turned, the only exception to that was familial love, nothing more.

But Buffy... She was the exception. He pulled out of her and looked into her eyes. She reached up and cupped his face before leaning up to kiss him.

"I love you," slipped out of him when she pulled back. It felt right, but after only three weeks of knowing each other? Was it a spell? Little did they know that they were being toyed with. Instruments of The Powers That Be.

"I... I love you too," he smiled at her then kissed her again. It felt so right, the words felt natural.

"Listen love..." Klaus said,

"He doesn't want Dawn anymore does he?"

"Oh no he does, he just doesn't need her right now. She's changing him... If it lasts I am not sure, but we are making sure he changes. For now..."

"And then what? Make them break up and he go back to being an asshole who is feared by everyone?" Hellen slapped her,.

"Understand this Cassie Newton!" She bellowed, "I have been given control over this situation and I am to see it play out perfectly! You shall not question my methods and things have changed. Nedrigal gets released!" Cassie felt a shiver go up her spine at the mention of the God. "In the year 2013 Nedrigal gets released and Klaus needs to change and fix things in the realm he ends up in, otherwise our world will burn! Do you understand me?"

Cassie nodded slowly,

"Cassie, I am only trying to protect you. If he destroys us you will die first. I have grown to care for you as a daughter."

"Yeah?"

"I," he took a deep breath. He would need up regretting what he was about to say. "I'm not gonna need Dawn anymore." Buffy smiled and rolled on top of him and kissed him fiercely.

Willow felt bad about how she and Buffy left things. She went knock on the door when she stopped.

"Klaus, you heading out?" Buffy asked,

"Yes, I have a few... People who need to be taken care of." Willow rolled her eyes, "bye Buffy, I love you."

"I love you too," Willow went still. Klaus opened the door and bumped into her.

"Ah, I am no longer going to need you. Seeing as my interest in Dawn's blood had gone away." He stepped around her and walked off. Willow blinked a few times and walked in.

"So no feelings?" She asked, "you know Buffy? I came here to apologize for how we left things but..." She shook her head, "look Buff. You will always be my best bud, but right now we can't do this." Buffy slowly nodded, Willow turned and walked away slowly. She let tears fall. This wasn't happening. After everything they had ovrcome. They had finally gotten back to a good place after everything at had happened in the last few days of Sunnydale.

After getting off the bus she, Xander and Buffy had gone separate ways for a few years. They did write letters from time to time. But Xander was crushed with grief after losing Anya and Willow and Buffy were at odds from when they kicked Buffy out.

Now another wedge had been driven between them. Willow had come a long way since high school, but social awkwardness was something that was was still there when she met new people.

She got to her car and stopped. She looked around, something was wrong.

"Willow," she turned around and saw Cassie.

"H-how?"

"I don't have a lot of time to explain. I was granted permission to say this. Everything that is happening right now is for a reason. I don't have much time and be careful. Something is coming." She disappeared, Willow was shocked. She wiped the year stains away and got behind the wheel of her car. She had to tell Giles what had just happened.

A/N: Here it is, I am reminding you that this is a prequel to my fic, A New World.

It hurt. So, so much when I wrote the two scenes between Willow and Buffy. But fear not, they will get to a better place.

Leave a review and tell me what you are thinking so far. It keeps me going.