Previously:Buffy got up and got back into bed after hugging Willow and Tara again. She drifted off to sleep almost instantly, replaying her dance and kiss with Spike over in her head one more time.

Revelation's Part Two

"Buffy?" No answer.

"Buffy!" Dawn tried again.

However Buffy was dreaming "Never let me go, please I want to stay with you forever…umm Spike…"

Dawn threw a pair of rolled up socks at Buffy "WAKE UP!"

Buffy opened her eyes and then shut them again after realising that they hurt. Opening one eye she saw Dawn smirking at her.

"WHAT?"

"Good time last night?" Dawn asked.

"Um yea, I think so. I can't remember the middle of the evening, that can't be good!"

"Mom says you have to get up or you're going to be late. Your alarm went off fifteen minutes ago, I found it in the hall and Willow and Tara have been up for an hour."

"When do find the time to breathe?" Dawn cut Buffy a dirty look "Ok I'm up!" Buffy stood up and then instantly sat back down again "I'll be down in a minute or so, I think."

Dawn huffed and left Buffy to lie on her bed for a minute and went to join the others downstairs. When Buffy finally joined them she was wearing black trousers a white top and a pair of dark sunglasses.

"Morning Guys."

"Morning Buffy." Joyce said turning back to the juice machine.

Willow laughed at Buffy "Hey Buff what's with the glasses?"

"Let's just say it's a little bit too daytimey for me at the moment" She replied sitting at the counter and grabbing the orange juice freshly made by Joyce.

Tara looked at her watch "Hey we better get going; you guys have history this morning."

"Does that mean I have to go outside?" Buffy said complaining, throwing her head onto the counter top and realising that it was a bad idea.

"Yes Buffy and take this sandwich, you need to eat something." Joyce said.

Buffy, Willow and Tara all got up to leave out the back door. Buffy kissed her mom goodbye and started to make her way out the door.

With a smirk on her face Dawn asked "Hey Buffy who's Spike?"

"Huh?" Buffy said, turning round to look at Dawn with a look of shock on her face. She thought quickly 'God how does she know about him? She couldn't have seen us together could she? No! She was at home. Maybe Willow and Tara told her…I'm going to kill them…No they wouldn't have, not in front of mom.' Buffy was confused.

"Hello! Earth to Buffy!" Dawn was stood before her waving her hand in her face.

"I…Um…don't know anyone called Spike…OK!"

"Oooohh touchy! Got out of the wrong side of bed this morning?"

"Yea the side you were stood on!"

"MOM!" Dawn whined.

"Girls stop it or ill ground you both!"

"MOM!" The girls whined unison.

"It's just that you seemed to be having a good dream about him is all." Dawn said slyly earning an angry evil glare from Buffy.

"You were watching me sleep?!" A moment passed "Hey is that my sweater?"

Willow and Tara grabbed Buffy and pulled her out of the door before she started another argument with her sister.

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Buffy and Willow walked out of the History class, Willow was very cheery as she had got a good grade on her last essay and Buffy looked like the walking dead.

Willow linked arms with Buffy "So are we awake now or is this the sleep walking Buffy?"

"It's ok I'm awake…Sort of…" She said before stumbling onto the grass.

"I can't believe Mr Baker didn't realise you were asleep, He kept asking you questions but he took your silence as though you didn't know. Good Job you had those glasses on otherwise everyone would have noticed!"

"Yep! Multi-purpose these glasses…Trendy, fashionable and yet practical!"

Riley and Tara started walking in their direction.

"So Buffy what are you going to do later?" Willow asked.

"I thought I would have an early night, seeming as all I can do is sleep." Thinking at least she would have an excuse not to meet Riley.

"Hey Buffy what's with the glasses?" Riley asked putting an arm around Buffy.

"Oh nothing, but if I take them off I will be permanently blinded by the daylight."

"Can I have a word?" Riley asked suddenly sounding more serious than usual.

"Sure." Buffy said sounding a bit suspicious.

Riley lead Buffy away to a less crowded part of the campus where it was quieter, Tara hugged Willow and they sat on the grass waiting for Buffy to come back.

"What's up Riley?" Buffy said sounding concerned.

"I'm going away…For a while" He said sounding a bit guilty, Buffy didn't know what he was getting at, at first.

"What? With the…Initiative? You're kidding me…you promised you wouldn't do anything for them anymore…I thought you loved me!"

"I do love you Buffy; it's just that they really need me."

"Just say no! You've done it before, and then maybe they will leave you alone…for good."

"I'm sorry Buffy I don't want them to leave me alone, I want to help them! And no one is going to stop me okay?"

"I thought you said you'd never leave me alone again." She said as tears escaped from behind her dark glasses, she was glad Riley couldn't see she hated people seeing her cry.

"I'm sorry Buffy it's just the once I promise, I will never do it again, this is the last time. It's not that the job is more important than you, I suppose it's the same amount of importance, but you will always mean more to me." He Kissed Buffy on the cheek but she barely responded.

Buffy had now grown very upset and had begun to sob uncontrollably, Riley be damned, she couldn't help herself "I'm not happy, but if you do this again, I will never forgive you. Bye Riley."

Buffy turned round only looking back once while walking back to her friends. Riley stood there a moment wondering if he had done the right thing, in his mind he had…So why was Buffy so sad? I'll make it up to her when I get back he thought turning around. He walked in the opposite direction to Buffy and started to prepare himself for his upcoming Mission.

"Hey Buffy! Were going to go the Magic Box are you coming?" Tara asked.

"No Thanks Tara. I think I'm just going to go home and catch up with some coursework." Buffy lied and tried to contain the tears stinging her eyes again.

"Are you ok Buff? You look upset."

In barely a whisper Buffy replied "He's going away again."

Willow didn't really have to say anything. She remembered how hurt Buffy had been the last time Riley had left, and remembered how he had promised Buffy that he would never go away again. Buffy must really have been hurting she thought Willow got off the grass and gave her friend a big hug. Buffy managed a half smile and picked up her bag and headed home. She tried to calm herself but couldn't stop the tears from falling. This had to be the last time; he can't do this to me again…He said that last time…I can't believe he left me…Maybe he doesn't love me as much as I thought…I need to sleep she thought in a rush.

Back on campus Tara turned to Willow from watching Buffy's retreating form.

"Is she going to be ok?"

"I'm not sure; Buffy has really had hard times with guys…Maybe this time Riley's betrayal hurts more because he promised her he wouldn't leave again and now maybe she thinks history is repeating itself."

"Poor Buffy. don't you think we should go comfort her?"

"In my experience it's best to leave her a bit…We could go round later…maybe we can go patrolling or something, it will make her feel better to kill evil things." Willow said with a smile.

"Yea okay. Shall we head to the Magic Box? Anya is probably unconscious by now…I think she has a few nerves about the wedding."

"A change of scenery from this place would be great." Arm in arm they left the campus.