Xander knocked on the door of Oz's apartment. He waited for a moment and then it opened. "Hey Oz." Xander stepped in and shut the door.

"Hey." Oz turned and said, "Follow me. It's in my bedroom." Xander was lead down a hallway and then into Oz's room. "I'll lock myself in, but you need to keep the key for me and let me out tomorrow, OK?"

"Yeah. Will you need me tomorrow too?" Xander stepped in front of the cage as Oz locked himself in.

"Yeah, if you don't mind. I need the help now that I don't have Willow." Oz frowned and sat down on the floor of the cage.

"We don't have to talk about that now. Do you need anything else?"

"There are a few hamburgers in the fridge. Could you get them for me? I think I have time to eat them before I change."

"Sure." Xander walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. "A few hamburgers Oz? The fridge is chuck full of 'em! What is it with you and meat? Oh yeah, Wolfboy." Xander picked up three of them and made his way back to the cage. "Here." He handed Oz two of the hamburgers and took a bite of the other one.

Oz raised an eyebrow at him. Xander just smirked and said, "Hey, I wolfsitting you for free. I hear they're charging three dollars an hour these days. All I'm asking for is a little snack every now and then." Xander smiled and quickly ate the rest of his hamburger. Oz was just finishing off his second one. "Why do you need to eat these now anyway?"

"If I eat before I change I'm not as hungry in my wolf form. Then I'm less likely to try to eat anyone. Which is a good thing for you."

"I'd say so. If you ever try to eat, kill, of maul me, the rate goes up to five dollars an hour!" Xander chuckled and looked at his watch. "It's almost time. Are you all set?"

"Yeah. Oh, in the morning I need you to get me some new clothes. By the way, You're gonna have to turn around. I need to strip. I'm tired of losing my good shirts." Oz waited for Xander to turn around and then shed his clothes.

"Do you want me to take those?" Xander turned around without thinking. He quickly closed his eyes, but had already seen Oz, full monty.

"Sorry about that Oz. i think I'd better get out of here now. I'll check in on you later. See you tomorrow."

"Uh-huh." Oz mumbled as Xander picked up his clothes and left the room. Oz wasn't nearly as embarrassed as Xander. He didn't mind Xander seeing him naked. *I only wish it was the other way around! Maybe I'll get the nerve to tell him someday.*

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Xander found a comfortable seat on the couch. He was about to turn the TV on when he heard a phone ringing. He checked the kitchen phone, but it wasn't ringing. He followed the sound to Oz's pants. *Oh, cell phone.* H picked it up and said, "Hello. You have reached Oz's pants. How may I direct you call?"

"Hey Xander." He could hear Buffy giggling on the other end of the line. "Naughty Xander. What did your mommy tell you about guys that like to get in other guys pants?"

"I think I was told by a certain boy-toy of yours that it was completely natural. Isn't that right Giles?" Xander could tell that Giles was the one tickling Buffy. He kept hearing a laugh in the background that could only be the British watcher.

"Xander, I believe that you quoted me right, but you left out the fun part! Stop it Buffy!" Giles broke off in laughter.

"Um, did you guys have a reason for calling Oz's pants?" Xander chuckled as he heard Giles cry out as Buffy smacked him.

"Yes, We wanted to make sure that you had Oz locked up and everything." Buffy said. "Too bad you're busy. We're all going to the Bronze later. I talked Giles into getting over the whole student and teacher thing. I mean we did graduate already!"

"Who's we?" Xander was now making his way to the kitchen. He was getting hungry again. He found some sour cream and onion potato chips and made his way back to the living room.

"We would be Buffy and Giles, Willow and Angel, and Cordelia and Wesley. By the way, sorry about the whole Cordy and Wesley thing. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine." Xander said with a mouth full of chips. "It's been a few months. I'm taking it almost as well as you took the Willow and Angel thing." Xander shoved another handful of chips in his mouth.

"Yeah, but you don't have a big strong librarian to make everything better. I liked him all along."

"Well, I don't want one anyway no offense Giles."

"None taken."

"Hey, you and Oz could get together. Then the whole scooby gang would be hooked up!" Buffy started giggling again. Xander could hear Giles laughing in the background too.

"That's not gonna happen anytime soon guys. I better let you guys go now. Have fun, play safe." Xander hung up.

He flopped back on the couch. *Yeah nothings gonna happen anytime soon. No matter how hard I wish. If only Oz felt the same way about me....* Xander sighed and went to check on Oz.