Dawn waved to her friends and Buffy as she moved alone the rail to board her plane. Willow and Tara were teary eyes while Xander waved wildly. Buffy stood off to the side of Giles with a scowl on her face and her arms crossed.

She can't even be just a little happy for me; all she sees is what could go wrong, all the negative things about my acceptance as an exchange student to New York.

Dawn turned from her away party as thought of the missing member surfaced to her mind. I understand he's sound asleep in the crypt and can't walk in sunlight, but it still would have been nice to say good bye to him.

The crowd behind Dawn urged her forward and thoughts of Spike left her mind as she repositioned her shoulder bag and walked on. The Scoobies stood to the side until Dawn was out of sight. Once she disappeared down the tunnel, Buffy spun on her heels, quickly making her way to the parking lot.

Four Hours Later (12e/8p)

"Thank you for choosing Western Airlines. We hope you enjoyed your flight and have a pleasant day." Dawn rolled her eyes at the stewardess as she shuffled through the gates, clutching her bag close to her as she turned the volume on her cd player backup.

Pulling out her letter, Dawn scanned it over again and finally tapping what she had been looking for.

"'Daily Planet'Reporters: Clark Kent and Lois Lane."

She tucked the letter back into her pocket and looked over the faces of the crowd in front of her for her guides. Standing off to the side, Dawn watched as friends and families were reunited. With the final couple crawling off the plane, the awaiting crowd had dwindled down to a college aged boy and a set of blonde twins, the two of which rushed the elderly couple and threw their arms around them lovingly.

Dawn cast her eyes back to the college boy and noticed his jitteriness. He looked around and shuffled his feet nervously. Sighing, Dawn walked past the man, heading towards the coffee shop she had spotted. A hand on her shoulder stopped her, however.

Turning her head, Dawn found the college boy examining her.

"Are you Dawn Summers?" Dawn slowly nodded and he released a sigh of relief as he dropped Dawn's arms."Sorry for that. I'm Jimmy Olsen, an aspiring reporter for the 'Daily Planet'," he whipped out an idenification card for Dawn to examine.

Dawn eased up a bit when her eyes fell upon the insignia that matched the letterhead on her acceptance notice. Handing back his ID, Dawn smiled, "so you're my welcoming party? I was expecting my hosts to pick me up, no offense."

Jimmy motioned for her to walk and talk as they headed to parking garage."Lois and Clark had some last minute thing to cover and I was free so they enlisted my assistance."

"So why aren't you out investigating the next big thing?" Dawn asked.

Jimmy looked away sheepishly, a slight blush crawled onto his cheeks, "well I'm not technically a reporter yet. i'm more of a office jockey, running around in the shadows of the big boys until I find my big moment of fame. Besides, if it wasn't me getting you, you would get a full blown exposure ito our editor-in-chief. He's a real prize, let me tell you." They stepped up to the curb and Jimmy flagged down a taxi. He helped Dawn into the back seat of the first one that squealed to a stop.

"Uh, I've got baggage to pick up, Jimmy."

"It's cool, it's on delivery to the office. It should be there by the time we arrive,"Jimmy climbed in next to her and handed the driver a wad of cash. "Daily Planet" With that the cab flew onto the high way and sped towards Metropplis.