Disclaimer: None of the characters or events belong to me but to Joss
Whedon, who is a God for creating "Buffy".
A/N: This story takes place after "Normal Again" and deals with events in "After Life", "Once More, With Feeling", "Tabula Rosa" and "Older and Far Away". Told in Buffy's point of view.
Another A/N: For those of you who are interested, I got the title for this after the new Angelina Jolie movie.
"Life or Something Like It."
By SparkingDiamond
I guess I should have paid attention to what I was singing while I was singing it; there are so many things to be happy about in life, my family and friends mainly. Also, like Spike said, life isn't always going to be perfect and I just have to deal with that. I was taken out of Heaven but there are things on Earth, here and now, that are important, perhaps even more important than Heaven. For instance, Dawn, for whom I am responsible for, was suffering and I didn't even notice it. I was too caught up in my own problems to notice that she needed me right then, needed me and depended on me to be there for her. I also didn't notice how Giles felt, about how he felt that I would always depend on him for everything and would never learn to stand on my own. I guess he was right, in some ways; I was too dependent on him and everyone else to do things for me. To feel sorry for me; feel sorry for Buffy, who just got taken out of Heaven.
In some ways, I felt sorry for myself; I wanted things to go my way for a change and I didn't care if that meant pushing others around to make it that way. Now, I realize just how foolish and selfish I was; others depend on me more then I depend on them. It's finally time that I realize that and stand on my 'own two feet', as Giles put it.
Dawn was right when she said, "the hardest thing in this world is just to live in it." I need to realize that and realize that everything doesn't always go my way. I have to go on living.
I have to go on living in this life I have now, not some fantasy world tailored to my liking.
Life isn't going to be the way everyone wants it or wishes it was.
I have to go back on living my life, no matter how hard it is. Living life or something like it.
Life isn't perfect; in fact, I think the true meaning of life has been lost through the centuries. To me, life is being alive and being around the people that are happy you're alive. Life is dealing with every thing that comes your way, hard or simple, good or bad, and not crying about it.
Well, I guess what I have is life.
Life or something like it.
A/N: This story takes place after "Normal Again" and deals with events in "After Life", "Once More, With Feeling", "Tabula Rosa" and "Older and Far Away". Told in Buffy's point of view.
Another A/N: For those of you who are interested, I got the title for this after the new Angelina Jolie movie.
"Life or Something Like It."
By SparkingDiamond
I guess I should have paid attention to what I was singing while I was singing it; there are so many things to be happy about in life, my family and friends mainly. Also, like Spike said, life isn't always going to be perfect and I just have to deal with that. I was taken out of Heaven but there are things on Earth, here and now, that are important, perhaps even more important than Heaven. For instance, Dawn, for whom I am responsible for, was suffering and I didn't even notice it. I was too caught up in my own problems to notice that she needed me right then, needed me and depended on me to be there for her. I also didn't notice how Giles felt, about how he felt that I would always depend on him for everything and would never learn to stand on my own. I guess he was right, in some ways; I was too dependent on him and everyone else to do things for me. To feel sorry for me; feel sorry for Buffy, who just got taken out of Heaven.
In some ways, I felt sorry for myself; I wanted things to go my way for a change and I didn't care if that meant pushing others around to make it that way. Now, I realize just how foolish and selfish I was; others depend on me more then I depend on them. It's finally time that I realize that and stand on my 'own two feet', as Giles put it.
Dawn was right when she said, "the hardest thing in this world is just to live in it." I need to realize that and realize that everything doesn't always go my way. I have to go on living.
I have to go on living in this life I have now, not some fantasy world tailored to my liking.
Life isn't going to be the way everyone wants it or wishes it was.
I have to go back on living my life, no matter how hard it is. Living life or something like it.
Life isn't perfect; in fact, I think the true meaning of life has been lost through the centuries. To me, life is being alive and being around the people that are happy you're alive. Life is dealing with every thing that comes your way, hard or simple, good or bad, and not crying about it.
Well, I guess what I have is life.
Life or something like it.