Willow awoke to the sound of her alarm clock and sunlight pouring into her room. She groaned and switched it on to snooze, then lay back in bed for a few moments, taking in her dream. She had been dreaming about Oz. His eyes. His smile. His voice. Lately he was all she could think about. Ever since he'd taken that bullet for her and saved her life. She was in love. Willow couldn't stop the smile from spreading across her face as she remembered the more explicit details of her dream, then she shamed herself for having such terrible thoughts. That's Xander's job she thought to herself, and she even blushed a little, wondering if Oz thought about her the same way. The her alarm clock went off again and she dragged herself out of bed and started getting ready for another day of school.
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"WILLOW!!!" Xander screamed, sitting up in bed, sweat pouring down his face. He glanced around his room and realized it was daylight. In fact, he realized that if he didn't hurry up he'd be late for school. He got out of bed and stumbled into the bathroom to splash water on his face. it was so real... he thought as he remembered his nightmare. Angel had turned on everyone and kidnapped Willow. He killed her Xander thought, shaking. I couldn't do anything about it. He shook his head and tried to knock some sense into his head. just a dream, sport he told himself. Just a dream... but it was so real! He began to think about what he would do if Willow ever died or got hurt. I'd die he thought. I'd never forgive myself. He walked back into his room and threw some clothes on. Then he glanced over at the framed picture of Willow, Buffy and himself outside the school. It had been taken the day before the prom. He picked up the picture and smiled to himself as he gazed at his best friend. Her reddish hair, her sparkling eyes and smile. she's pretty He decided, though he'd never thought of her that way before. Very pretty he looked at the picture more closely, and for the first time in his life realized just how good-looking she was. A little overwhelmed, he put the picture back on his desk and went downstairs, but he couldn't stop thinking about her.
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Buffy pulled up in front of Willow's house and honked the horn. She was tired from over-slayage the night before and didn't feel like dragging herself out of the car to collect her friend. Besides, she really liked the song that was playing on the radio. It's Friday. Yay she thought, and she decided she'd try to get Giles to give her the night off. She missed Angel... of course she'd only seen him the night before... Not likeI saw too much of him... She thought, grinning. my eyes were closed most of the time...Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw the front door to Willow's house open and her bubbly friend come bounding down the stairs and towards the car.
"Good morning, Buffy!" She chirped, getting in the car.
"'Morning, Will."
"How did you sleep last night?" She asked as they drove away from her house.
"I didn't. Much. The vamps decided they'd have a feild trip last night." Buffy looked over her sunglasses at Willow and rolled her eyes. Her friend returned the gesture.
"How about you?"
Willow grinned.
"Great! I had a really good dream."
"Uh-oh." She panned,
"What was Xander doing this time?"
"It wasn't Xander, actually. It was Oz."
"Oz?" Buffy was interested.
"As in... lead-guitar-of-the-only-decent-band-in-Sunnydale Oz?" Willow nodded happily, smiling.
"As in... Mr. I-saved-Willow's-life-and-then-flirted-with-her-non-stop-for-a-whole-week-and-three-days Oz?" Willow nodded again.
"Details."
"Well... I don't know, we were at the Bronze... only it wasn't the Bronze. Atleast not all of it. Part of it was the arts and crafts cabin at my old summer camp... but he was there, and we were... doing things..." She blushed a little.
"Nice things." She concluded. Buffy smiled.
"Well, well, Willow, sounds like we've got a potential guy for you." She was happy, hoping her friend was finally getting over Mr. Confuso, Xander.
"I don't know, Buffy. I really like him. Like... a lot. A whole lot... but I don't know if he likes me... I mean... he could have, like, any girl."
"Willow, he's like... in love with you. He probably has a shrine to you somewhere in his room that he prays to everynight. And a guy wouldn't save your life if he didn't like you." Willow silently agreed by not replying.
"Besides, his face, like, lights up whenever he sees you."
"Maybe he's just friendly?"
"Will, dont' doubt yourself."
"I can't help it."
"Remember, he complimented your smile..."
"Yeah." Willow sighed.
"I just don't want to get my hopes up."
"I really think you've got a chance with him." She said, pulling into the Sunnydale High parking lot.
"You do?"Willow's face was hopeful.
"I do. Totally. Now c'mon I have to talk to Giles before class starts. Walk me to my locker."
The two girls walked through the halls of their school, chatting about Buffy's rondevu with Angel the night before.
"... and then he just started kissing me and..." Buffy trailed off as she opened her locker.
"That man can kiss."
"Sounds like it." Willow said, a little jealous of her friend's good luck in love.
"Where's Xander?" Buffy asked, suddenly realized that their friend was no one where to be seen. Willow looked around to see if she could spot him. Unsuccessful, she turned back to Buffy.
" I don't know." She said.She thought about the last time he'd turned up missing during lunch and she'd gone to look for him. And found him in the computer room, making out with Cordelia. She thought about how much pain she'd felt.
"Maybe he's with Cordelia." She offered quietly. Buffy scrunched up her nose,
"Ewww, why would he be with Cordelia?" Willow shrugged as Buffy closed her locker door.
"Well... I gotta go talk to Giles, so I'll catch you later." Willow forced a smile, still thinking about Xander and Cordelia.
"I'll walk you." She said, and they started walking down the hall. Halfway to the library, something stopped Willow. It was the sound of a guitar, coming from one of the classrooms. It was so pretty. She glanced in and saw... Oz. Sitting on one of the desks, all by himself, strumming his guitar. He was doing well considering he still had a sling on from hs bullet wound. He was concentrating hard on the chords, and seemed to be in his own world. Willow turned to Buffy.
"I'll see you later." she told her absent-mindedly. Then she turned back to the classroom and leaned against the door frame. He was totally concentrated on the song, and occasionally humming along with the song. After he finished, he stared at the floor momentarily, thinking very hard. Willow decided that she would make herself known.
"Hi Oz." She said, after clearing her throat. He jumped and looked up at her.
"Oh, hey Willow." He said, his face lighting up.
"How are you?"
"I'm good, how are you? How's your arm?" She asked.
"Good. We're both good." He grinned.
"I'm getting my sling off today, actually."
"Oh, good!" They stared at eachother for a second.
"Listen," Oz said,
"I was just gonna walk to my locker before class... you wanna walk me?"
"Sure!" She said, mentally kicking herself for sounding to eager. They left the class together, talking about their plans for the weekend.
"Yeah, I have band practice this weekend, but other than that I'm gonna be bored off my ass." He said, opening his locker and putting his guitar in.
"What about you?"
"Oh, I"m not doing anything, really. My parents are gonna be out of town, so I'll probably just hang with Buffy and Xander." She said. Oz closed his locker and turned to her.
"Um... Willow... I was wondering..."
"WILLOW!!!" Oz was interuppted and Willow swung around just in time to see Xander before he scooped her up in a big hug.
"Hi... Xander," She said, shooting Oz a baffled look. He returned it, feeling a little uncomfortable.
" I thought you were dead!" Xander said.
"What? Um, I'm not... could you put me down?" He did.
"I was so afraid, Willow... who's this?" He asked, noticing Oz for the first time.
"Uh... this is Oz. Oz... this is Xander." Willow said, and the two boys stared at eachother.
"Hey." Xander said finally.
"Hey." Oz returned. The three stood in silence for a few seconds.
"Um... Xander, Oz and I were talking, so could I just see you in class in a few minutes?" Xander stared at her, as if he wasn't comprehending what was going on.
"Oh yeah... sure... um..."
"Okay..."
"Um..."
"Alright..."
"Bye."
"Bye."
"Bye... uh..." Xander said, purposely forgetting Oz's name.
"Oz." He helped.
"Right, Oz." Xander walked away feeling a little put out.
"Sorry about that, he's being weird today."
"No problem."
"So... you were saying?"
"Right... um..." Willow smiled, wondering what was so hard for him to tell her.
"Okay... Do you ever go to the Bronze?" He asked her.
"Yeah,why?"
"Well... um I was wondering... if you'd want to um... go with me... tothe Bronze... tonight?" He asked, then he looked at the floor. Willow was dumbfounded, here was the guy she was totally in love with asking her out on a date.
"Yeah... of course." she finally managed out.
"Really?"
"Yeah." She said, smiling at him.
"But.. really?"
"Yes, really." She giggled.
"Wow... okay, that's great!" He said, smiling.
"So... um, do you want to meet there, or should I pick you up or what?" Willow thought. She had to meet Buffy after school, they were going to research some stuff and try and convince Giles to give them the night off.
"Um... I'll meet you there?"
"Okay, cool." He said,
"What time?"
"8:30?"
"8:30 is good. Perfect. Great." He was ecstatic.
"Alright, see you then?"
"Okay, see you then."
"Bye." He grinned at her.
"Bye." She said, and he started walking down the hall towards his class. She watched him go, grinning.
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