Disclaimer: I don't own anything from BtVS or AtS - it all belongs to Joss Whedon.

Chapter One:

Buffy Summers looked out of the bus window as the rain drops slid down it slowly. She was desperately trying to drown out the lady who sat beside her, knowing that she didn't have a whole lot of patience left in her body. Her eye lids were drooping and she could feel herself starting to fall asleep when something - someone - starting poking her arm.

Turning, she looked at the older woman. "What do you want lady? I'm not having a very good day, so I'd appreciate it if you could leave me alone."

"Do you want to talk about it honey?"

Buffy rolled her eyes. "No, not really. Thanks."

"Are you sure? Because I hear that its very - "

"Alright, fine. You want to know why I'm having such a bad day? I got expelled from my school for having an affair with my much older teacher... is that all you want to know or would you like to me to get into details?"

Buffy smiled in triumph when the woman stood and moved to another seat. "Now, what was I doing. Right, sleeping..."

She closed her eyes and her mind drifted back to earlier that day.

Buffy sat in large room, the walls plastered in awards and certificates. Her legs were crossed and her hands placed intertwined on top of them. She was dying to scratch them - the leggings she had on were driving her crazy - but she resisted temptation because she knew it wouldn't look good in front of her headmaster. And, she needed all the help she could get.

"So, Ms. Summers... It has been brought to my attention that you and Mr. Finn have been having an intimate relationship, is that correct?" her headmaster asked. He was short, bald and very annoying but he thought highly of himself.

"Would you believe me if I said no?" she asked, looking at him innocently.

"No, I wouldn't. I know your type Ms. Summers, I've dealt with them before and you may think I'm being... unfair? Biased? But I have quite a bit of evidence. I'm not going to name names as far as how I came across it. We'll just say it came from a fellow student, one who was worried about your -"

"Ok, you can stop there. I know who it was, and she was not worried about my anything... She blackmailed me into doing a lot of things for her, and... and she gets off with nothing... with more then nothing, she gets praised for it!" Buffy said, angry.

"Blackmailed? Do you have any proof of this? Because quite frankly, I think you'll say anything to get yourself out of trouble Ms. Summers. But I'm afraid its too late for that. You've been expelled. I suggest you go to your room, pack your things and call your family because as long as I'm headmaster here, you won't be coming back."

The door opened and Buffy turned in her seat to see who had come in. Standing there was a tall man, in his late twentys, with dirty blonde hair and gorgeous brown eyes. Buffy rolled her eyes and turned back to face the headmaster.

"Ah, Mr. Finn. Take a seat over there, I'll deal with you in a minute."

"Look, Mr. Headmaster, I... I just wanted to say that..." she looked to her teacher, and smirked. "I just wanted to say that Mr. Finn is really, really, REALLY good at what he does."

"You're dismissed Ms. Summers. You're to be off school property by 3 pm," he said, motioning for Mr. Finn to take her place.

Buffy stood and walked past Mr. Finn, stopping briefly to look him in the eye. "I'm gonna miss my extra special tutor sessions. But, I have a feeling it won't take you long to find someone else to... tutor."

She smiled to herself as she left the office, glad to finally be free of this place.

The bus came to an abrupt halt, causing Buffy's head to fall forward, waking her up. She looked around for a minute, still not really sure of her surroundings. After blinking a few times, she grabbed the bag she had underneath her chair and headed to the front of the bus. Climbing down the steps, her stomach filled with butterflies as her feet touched the pavement. She hadn't been here in two years, she wasn't really sure what she was going to face.

"Home sweet home."

Ok, so this is just the beginning... Anyway, there's lots of twists in this story so I hope you keep reading but I want honest opinions. I don't write often anymore so I'm kinda rusty. Let me know what you think :) !