ALL THINGS NEW - PART 5
Part V: Flashback, earlier that month
Oz was about to get into his van and leave town after killing the female werewolf named Veruca, when the Anya-less Xander Harris showed up and stopped him.
The young man said angrily, “Where are you going?”
His companion said emotionlessly, “Not sure. Away from here...Sunnydale.”
Xander didn’t look happy. “I heard what happened from Buffy. Look, Oz, let’s get something straight; I don’t like you right now, you hurt Willow even worse than I hurt Cordelia by sleeping with that Veruca bitca. But I know my best friend – if you leave now, you’ll just hurt Wills more. So you’re not leaving!”
The man whose birth certificate read Daniel Osborne said softly, “It’s not that simple...” and started to leave anyway.
Xander pulled out a gun, and waggled it in front of the werewolf. “Sure it is. And silver bullets in this thing, so listen up! Have you considered the implications here? I mean if you’re gone, I have an open shot at Willow. And by the time you get back, there might not be anything for you to come back to!”
Oz stepped forward, with an inscrutable expression. “That’s not gonna happen.”
Xander nodded, as he lowered the handgun. “Exactly, 'cause you’re not leaving. You’re gonna go back in there, get down on your knees and beg Willow for forgiveness...
The young man paused. “Look, I’m not sayin’ everything’s gonna be magically okay. For all I know, you two may not get past this and you’ll end up gone anyway. But not now. Not like this. So get your shit together, man, and clean up the mess you made.” Then Xander walked away.
Oz stared after him, and thought about it for a long time. Then he turned around, and went inside again to find Willow Rosenberg.
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