Disclaimer- I own nothing of Buffy the Vampire and do not receive any profit for my writing.

Summary- An All Human Fic. Buffy is a new student in Sunnydale after leaving L.A. After a rocky past she has decided that she will live her life her a lot different. But her past isn't done with her yet, and there is someone in this town who will be wrapped into the whole thing.

Note- I decided that I would work on only two storied at a time. This one and Living Without you. I decided to do an all-human fiction since the other one isn't. Reed and Review and tell me what you think.

Chapter 1- A New School

Buffy walked into Sunnydale High with a certain flare to her. She seemed confident and unafraid of starting over at a new school. She walked as though she owned the school and that everyone else were unimportant. She automatically made Willow sick with disgust. She was just another blonde bimbo who would fall victim to the pressures of being popular in high school. She seemed somewhat disappointed as she saw Cordelia walk over to the girl.

Buffy walked into Sunnydale High scared shitless. Yet she knew better than to show it. It was like the Animal Kingdom, if you show fear you will get eaten. But if you approach with flare and confidence, you could be accept and not have to waste months of being someone's lap dog just for the chance to be a cheerleader and sit at the popular table. So as scared as she was, Buffy walked in like she owned the place. She walked down the hall the same way she had at her own school, like she was the most popular person there. The difference was that at Hemery High she was the most popular girl and here she was a nobody. A brunette in a short black skirt and a pink tank top approached her. This girl was the most popular in the school, Buffy could tell. Everyone looked at her, everyone noticed her, and since she was talking to Buffy, everyone noticed Buffy. Buffy was scared, a new feeling for her. She couldn't remember a time that high school had scared her. "Hello." The brunette said cheerfully. "You must be the new girl."

"Yeah. That's me. My name's Buffy."

"Cordelia." The brunette extended her hand towards Buffy. Buffy took it, feeling out of place in this conversation. Cordelia could have been the mirror image of Buffy before she moved. She dressed in all the latest fashions, had her nails perfectly done, and was wearing a whole lot of make up. She was exactly like Buffy. Or at least how Buffy used to be. A lot had to happen to Buffy to make her realize that being popular in school wasn't the only thing that mattered. "You are from Hemery right, like in L.A." Buffy nodded. "That is wicked cool. I would kill to live in L.A."

"Yeah. It's great."

"It is probably fifty times better than this town." They started walking down the hall, receiving stares and whispers. "So here I am, boring English. Why can't they teach us something useful, like how to talk your way out of a speeding ticket?" Buffy laughed knowing that she expected her too. Cordelia walked into the class and Buffy headed to the principal's office.

Buffy walked into the principal's office, her confidence and flare gone. She nervous and scared. She sat in front of the principal who was smiling at her. "Hello. Welcome to Sunnydale."

"Thanks." She replied.

"It says here..." He said looking at her file. "That you where kicked out of your old school for setting the gym on fire."

"Umm... yeah." She said with her head down.

"Well not that you should do it here, but it'd probably be an improvement if you burnt our gym down." He laughed and she stared at him. "Well don't you worry... here you are going to start with a clean slate."

"Great." She said without any emotion.

"Do you know how to get to your next class?"

"I can figure it out. This school isn't that big."

"Yes." He said. "I suppose compared to Hemery this school is a joke." He looked down, as though he felt ashamed that he was principal here.

"It's nice. I can't get lost as easily." She smiled at him and he smiled back.

"If you ever need anything my door is always opened."

"Thank you." She said and walked out.

He slammed the locker shut and cursed to himself. He took the piece of paper that was in his hand, read it and then ripped it up. He didn't notice the blonde staring at him until he had looked up. He must have been in between her and her way to class and he had obviously scared her. "What the hell are you looking at?" She was scared shitless of him and it made him laugh. He walked towards her and then left her standing there in fear of him. She was such a loser.

Buffy was walking down the hall when she heard someone slam a locker shut. She turned the corner in time to see a tall bleached blonde ripping a letter up and scattering the pieces on the ground. He was obviously very mad. He looked up and saw her and she was scared. An encounter with someone so early in her new school would look really bad. "What the hell are you looking at?" He obviously knew that he had effected her and was enjoying that. He began to walk towards her, but he walked right by her. Glad that he was out of her way, she went to class. After being introduced as the new kid, she sat down and thought about the encounter with the blonde. Her first thoughts where on how sexy he was, all angry and upset. She could tell that he was a passionate person. But he was out of her league anyways.

Buffy walked into the cafeteria and saw a redheaded girl sitting at a table all by herself. She decided to sit with her and walked over to her. "Hi." She said in her cheeriest voice. "Can I sit here?"

"Sure. Do you want me to move?"

"No." She smiled at the weakness in the girl's voice. She was already under the impression that she was a popular girl, one of the ones that would make fun of the plain way that she dressed. "My name's Buffy."

"I'm Willow."

"Nice to meet you Willow." She smiled at her and began to eat her sandwich. A guy with black hair walked over to them.

"Willow, Willow, Willow." He said to her. "Want to introduce me to your friend." He sat down in a chair and looked at Buffy.

"This is Buffy. Buffy this is Xander."

"Hi." He said.

"Hi." She replied. He was dorky in every definition of the word. She smiled a little, thinking about how she would have made fun of him had she still been at Hemery.

"How are you liking Sunnydale?" Willow asked her.

"It's all right..." Buffy's voice trailed off as the blonde that she had seen before walked into the cafeteria. Willow and Xander both caught the look as she followed him with her eyes. He walked over to Cordelia's table and sat down. Almost as soon as he sat down, five girls flocked to him.

"Ahh. Spike. You will not get anywhere near him hanging around us." Xander said.

"Yeah. He is like the most popular guy in school." Buffy smiled at the redhead, breaking her thoughts of the guy. If he was the most popular guy in school, she wanted nothing to do with him. She had been with guys like that more than once, and it wasn't worth getting hurt again.

"So what do you do around here for fun?" She asked. The two of them smiled.

Note-

Okay so I already wrote a note at the top about what I was doing so this is really just a reminder to review. Anyways I hope you liked the first chapter.