A/N: We have special guest stars in today's part.  Don't know if they'll be back or not, but I thought it would be fun.

 

A few weeks later.

 

    Willow sat in her seat, anxiously waiting for the plane to take off.  She rested her head against the window of the plane. It had been a rather tearful good-bye at the L.A. airport. It had been hard to say good-bye to her friends. They really were like family to her.  They had promised to talk on the phone everyday, but it wouldn't be the same.  She was actually leaving Sunnydale.  She hadn't thought that it would ever really happen.

 

    Just then a man threw himself into the seat beside her, another guy slid into the seat beside him. 

Willow noticed that they were both good-looking young men. Something about them was really familiar, but she couldn't quite place her finger on what it was.

 

  "This sucks, Danny."  The man sitting closest to Willow said to his friend.

 

    "That it does, Casey, that it does, " Dan replied.

 

    "Next time we tell them it's first class seats or we aren't going."

 

    "Are you guys still complaining about this?"  A pretty young woman asked as she took a seat in the row behind Willow's.

 

    "Why, yes Natalie.  We are still complaining about it.  I have a feeling we'll be complaining about it most of the way to D.C.  Speaking of which, our hotel there better be nicer than the one in L.A.  At this point I really just want to go back to New York." Casey complained.

 

    Willow found herself listening in on their conversation. She still couldn't figure out why these two guys looked so familiar. Their names rang a bell with her too, but she just didn't know why.  Finally Willow decided to ask them.

 

    "Excuse me. I hate to interrupt. But you two look really familiar to me. Would I know you from any where?"

 

    Dan grinned. "I'm Dan Rydell along side Casey McCall.  You're watching Sports Night on CSC, so stick around."

 

    Willow laughed. "Of course. My friend Xander watched your show all the time. I'm not a huge sport's fan, but you guys are really funny."

 

    "Oh, god." Natalie spoke up. "Please, don't encourage them.  I'm Natalie, by the way. I'm senior assistant producer of the show."

 

    "Hey." Casey broke in. "If the nice young woman wants to pay us compliments, I certainly don't have a problem with that."

 

    "I'm Willow Rosenberg." Willow introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you all. I'll have to tell Xander, he'll be excited."

 

    Dan smiled to himself. Maybe flying coach wouldn't be so bad. After all, he now had a pretty young woman he could flirt with.  "So what are you going to D.C. for?  Is that where home is?"

 

    Willow shook her head. "Well, it will be home.  I'm actually from Sunnydale, which is a few hours from L.A. But I just got a job in Washington.  I'm actually going to be working for the White House."

 

    Dan's eyes lit up, and Casey groaned, knowing what was about to come. "Oh, wow. That's great!  Bartlet's a pretty amazing guy.  Are you going to meet the first lady?" 

 

    Willow gave him a bit of a strange look. "Yeah, I assume I'll meet her eventually.  I'm going to be doing speech writing."

 

    "Don't mind Dan."  Natalie told her. "He has a bit of a crush on the first lady."

 

    "I don't have a crush on the First Lady." Dan protested. "I just happen to think she's a very lovely woman.'

 

    Casey rolled his eyes. "Sure, Dan.  Sure.  So, Willow. You must be an excellent writer.  Have you ever worked in politics before?"

 

    "No. This is actually going to be my first professional job. I'm more than a little frightened."

 

    "Don't worry." Dan assured her. "You'll be fine. I'm sure they wouldn't have hired you if you weren't great. 

 

    "I've never really been away from Sunnydale for any period of time. I'm positive I'm going to manage to utterly embarrass myself in front of all sorts of important people."  Willow confided.

 

    Dan and Casey exchanged looks. It was definitely time to give this girl a pep talk.

 

 

TBC