A/N: Sorry for the wait! Life has been difficult, and I wanted to get the whole thing outlined before I started writing.

Teaser:

"Hey, Will!" Buffy called to her friend, who was watching the Dingoes finish up their last song.

"Buffy, you're looking awfully cheerful," Willow pulled out a chair. "May I ask why?"

"I am now a fully emancipated minor," Buffy sat down in the proffered chair.

"Good for you! I take it you found a source of income?"

"I did." Buffy looked up and behind Willow. "Hey, boss."

"Hey, Buffy," Oz replied. He was standing behind Willow.

"Wait, what?" Willow looked confused.

"Oh, I hired Buffy as a stagehand," Oz explained. "She's stronger than the four of us put together."

Which is why Oz paid her twelve bucks an hour. This was how Buffy would be making a living from now on.

"So, to celebrate, I am inviting all of you over to what is officially my house on Saturday."

"I'll be there," Oz promised.

"I'll give Xander a call!" Willow said. "What's his number? Oh, yeah, 1-800-I'm-Dating-A-Skanky-Ho." She rolled her eyes.

"Meow!" Buffy replied, surprised at the jab. Not that she disagreed with the sentiment. Oz was completely silent – probably wise on his part.

"Really? Thanks," Willow blushed slightly. "I've never gotten a meow before."

"Well deserved."

"Darn tootin'!" Willow sat back in her chair. "I'm just saying, Xander and Cordelia? I mean, what does he see in her anyway?"

"But what could she possibly see in him?" Xander broke the kiss, much to Cordelia's exasperation.

"Excuse me? We didn't come here to talk about Willow. We came here to do things I can never tell my father about because he still thinks I'm a good girl."

"I just don't trust Oz with her. I mean, he's a senior, he's attractive – okay, maybe not to me, but – and he's in a band. And we know what kind of element that attracts."

"I've dated lots of guys in bands," Cordelia replied. Two of whom were in the same band as Oz.

"My point exactly," Xander nodded.

"Do you even want to be here?" Cordelia was getting frustrated. "Because when you're not babbling about poor, defenseless Willow, you're raving about the all-powerful Buffy."

"I do not babble," Xander responded. "I occasionally run on, every now and then I yammer…"

"Xander?" Cordelia interrupted.

"Yeah?"

"Look around. We're in my daddy's car, it's just the two of us, there's a beautiful, big full moon outside tonight. It doesn't get more romantic than this. So shut up!"

A clawed, hairy arm tore through the roof of Cordelia's father's convertible.

"AAAAAAH!" she screamed.

End Teaser

Credits:

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Nicholas Brendon

Alyson Hannigan

David Boreanaz

Charisma Carpenter

And Anthony Stewart Head as Giles

Created by Joss Whedon