Sat in the den, there was an air of nervous apprehension. The tension in the air was thick, and Buffy and Sirius were lost in their own thoughts, not looking at each other. Once Buffy's decision had been made, Sirius had told her more about his wizarding heritage.

Suddenly the doorbell rang, cutting through the silence, and Buffy and Sirius looked at one another expectantly, nervously. Once Buffy had decided she would follow Sirius, they'd called Willow and asked her to bring the others over. They had to know about this decision.

Buffy slowly rose to her feet and shuffled to the door. When it opened, she saw the faces of her family, Dawn, Willow, Xander, Tara, Anya and Giles. Their faces made what she was about to tell them all the harder.

She stood back to let them in, but at the haunted look on her face, they could tell something was wrong. Dawn hesitated.

"Buffy?" she asked quietly, not moving. Buffy didn't speak, simply shook her head and motioned them all inside. They filed in, curious as to what could be wrong with their friend, after all, hadn't they just given her her love back? Or had things gone wrong after what happened with Spike? Giles and Dawn however, had no idea as to Sirius Black having been returned from the dead, and assumed Buffy was still upset over the previous night.

Once they entered, Buffy led them though to the Den, and Sat next to Sirius. Dawn's and Giles' eyes went straight to the stranger in the room. Buffy picked up on that and set to introducing her lover.

"Dawnie, Giles," she began, her voice a mere whisper. She cleared her throat. "This is Sirius Black."

Realisation dawned quickly on their faces.

"But …" Giles words died on his lips. His eyes shot to connect with Willow's. She met his gaze for a second, and then dropped her eyes. "Again, Willow. Did you learn nothing? After what you've put Buffy through, and now this?" He broke off, the anger evident in his voice. He looked back to Buffy.

"It's not like that this time Giles; He wanted to come back, back to Buffy. Ask him." Willow stated her case, eager for the watcher to not look on her in disappointment anymore.

"It's true" Sirius spoke for the first time, forcefully. "I asked her to bring me back. I have things I need to finish."

"Which is kinda why you're here guys." Buffy broke the argument before it could start. Now she'd made her decision, she had to tell them. They had to know.

"I've made a decision. And you aren't going to like it." She started. Sirius looked at her supportively, knowing that this conversation would be hard on her, and picked up her hand. While they'd been in heaven she'd spoken of her family, and how much they'd meant to her, and how she missed them. As much as it had hurt her to be pulled out of heaven, it would hurt her to leave them again, after she'd just come back to them. It would hurt them too. But he was glad she was coming with him. He needed her. She looked at him, grateful for his support.

"I'm leaving for a while." She saw the looks on her family's faces and put up a hand to stop them. "I know what you're all going to say, but I need to have some space from this place. It's killed me twice now, and things haven't felt the same since I came back. I have made some mistakes, but I've been hurting, and I need to go. Sirius has family in England, and he has a whole bunch of problems over there to sort out. And I'm going with him. He's a wizard, a wand wizard." She took a breath. Giles looked as if something she'd said had registered a memory within him, as did Tara. Everyone else looked confused and angry. Buffy continued.

"There's been something bad going on over there," she started, and proceeded to tell them the whole tale of Voldemort, the order of the Phoenix, and Harry.

"I think they could do with a Slayer over there, and I'd like to meet Sirius' family, and clear his name. So I'm going with him. We leave tomorrow." She finished, taking in everyone's shocked faces.