Those Were the Best Days of Their Lives
by Shannon
Part 4
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Author: Shannon
Rating: G - PG. I'm not going anywhere perverted with little kids!!
Disclaimer: Joss is a lucky, lucky man.
Summary: AU Buffy & Co. They're in 1st grade. I'm gonna make with the couples, but the couples *I* want. Buffy/Willow, Xander/Anya, Tara/Spike, Giles/Joyce.
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Tara got her lunch, and wandered out in the playground to sit by herself. She didn't have many friends, none in fact. She was painfully shy... it wasn't her fault, she just was. Donny and Beth weren't shy. They were both different. They were loud, and had lots of friends. The only girl that had talked to Tara was that funny girl who talked about money a lot, Anya. And she was pretty sure that Anya spoke to anyone who would listen.
There was shy little boy in her class too. His name was William, and the only person she'd seen him talking to had been Buffy. She'd caught him looking over at her a few times, and he had quickly turned his head away when she'd seen him.
She was thinking a lot about these things when she caught something out the corner of her eye. Buffy was poking William and whispering something to him that was making his cheeks red. She must have convinced him, because Buffy had run off somewhere, and he had stuck his hands in his pockets and begun wandering over to her.
Tara froze. She didn't know what to do; no one had ever wanted to come and talk to her before. "Um, hi." William shuffled his feet around as he waited for her response. "Hi, W-William." Tara held her eyes downcast, and William sat down so he could see her better. "What have you got for lunch?" Tara looked at the sandwich in her hands. "A sandwich. It's got peanut butter." She smiled softly to herself. She loved peanut butter. "What have you got?" William dug his hands deeper in his pockets, and came back with some scattered items. "Um, some marbles. Don't think I could eat them, though." Tara giggled. He was funny.
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"Hey Willow!" Buffy had run off to go see Willow, after she'd convinced William to make friends with Tara. Willow looked up and smiled. "Hey Buffy. Whatcha doin'?" Buffy sat down next to her. "Talking to you. Sitting with you. Maybe coming to your house tomorrow after school?" Buffy smiled. "I need help with spelling. And I thought that `cause it's Friday, it might be better."
"That would be good. Well, I need to ask my mommy but she'll say it's okay she likes it when I have friends over well I don't really have any friends over except for Xander but he doesn't count `cause he's a boy, and I'm talking too much again right?" Xander laughed at his friend. "Yep. And hey! I'm not a friend `cause I'm a boy?" He stuck his lip out, and imitated his best pout. Willow knew this pout. It was his "I'm-not-really-hurt-but-I'm-gonna-pout-anyway," face. She poked him in the side and he jumped and fell over. Buffy frowned at him. "You fall over a lot, don't you?" Xander jumped up as he blushed. "Nah not really. Just when people TICKLE ME!" He mock-glared at his best friend, and Willow turned her head to Buffy. "He's so weird. I try to ignore him when he's not giving me shiny nickels."