" Giles, what do we know?" Buffy asked him still clinging to Angel's arm.
" I talked to Wesley and apparently he has looked through the most informative books and has found nothing."
" No, we have to find something."
" We are not positive that there is a loophole. You do understand that don't you?"
She replied with a silent nod. She bowed her head to hide the tears in her eyes.
Angel pulled a seat out for her to sit in and opened a book to research.
Buffy sat in silence thinking. What am I gonna do? I can't live without him, but if they can't find a way out then… then… She couldn't even bear to think about it. She'd
just be a girl with no reason to live. She's turn into a slayer. A true slayer. A slayer with one purpose in life. To kill demons. With no one to love her or care for her. Sure there was Willow and Xander and Dawn and Giles, but no one would care for her like Angel would. No one was like her beloved Angel.
"I'm going on patrol," Buffy told the gang.
"What?" Giles said startled, "Oh, all right. Perhaps you should."
"Angel? Are you coming?"
" Yeah. Of course."
When Angel and Buffy had left, Anya broke the silence in the Magic Box.
" Why do we put up with this anyway? I mean we do the boring research all for the good of Buffy, and she's probably just out there with Angel having the time of her life!" Anya said.
" Anya!" they all yelled irritatedly.
"What? I was just saying what was on my mind."
" Anya, honey," Xander told her, " just don't say anything."
"I think Anya was right. I mean she never does any research and she's always out on patrol I mean who knows if she's even trying to kill the bad guys. Maybe she's just out there getting drunk or something," Dawn said.
" Dawn!" Willow scolded, "Don't you get it? She has to go on patrol. She has to keep her mind of off everything that's happening. She has so much pain in her, so much hurt. Angel is her life, and if she loses him, she dies."
Dawn hid her head in her book to hide her embarrassment.