Dawn

"You okay?" Ty asked.

"Yes Ty, for the fifth time, I am fine," Anders said, exasperated.

"Sorry," Ty said, "You just seem to be holding it together really well."

"What do you want me to do? Curl up in a ball on the ground and cry?" Anders said.

"No," Ty said slowly, "I just want to know you're actually alright and you're not doing your typical Anders thing and saying you're fine when you're not." Anders didn't respond and when Ty glanced at him he saw Anders was staring out the window.

"So, how come Michele drove you to Mike's?" Ty finally said.

"Doctor says I'm not allowed to drive in case I pass out again," Anders told him, "So Michele said she'd drive me. Makes sense since she's at my flat most of the time anyway."

"You two are, uh," Ty started and Anders looked at him.

"Yes Ty?" Anders said, smirking slightly at his brother.

"Well, I just mean - you guys aren't just sleep together, right?" Ty said, "I mean, you actually care about each other?"

"Yes Ty, we are exactly like you and Dawn," Anders said sarcastically, "We're going to be all lovey and bake together and-"

"Alright, alright," Ty said, "Forget I asked." Anders laughed quietly before he spoke genuinely.

"No, but seriously," Anders said, "It's good, me and Michele. It's different. I mean it must be cause I gave her an out and she's still here."

"What d'you mean?" Ty asked.

"Before we knew whether it was a God or mortal thing we talked. She said she was in it no matter what cause I hadn't signed up for this any more than she had," Anders said.

"She loves you man," Ty said quietly as they pulled up outside j:PR, "And you know f you need anything, we're all here for you."

"I know," Anders said, "Now, I need to go talk to Dawn so I will see you at Mike's later." He got out of the car, waved goodbye to his brother, and walked inside. He entered his office and saw Dawn sitting at her desk.

"Anders," she said, looking up and seeing him standing there, "How are you?"

"Alright," Anders said, "Can we talk?" Dawn nodded and stood, following Anders over to his couch and sitting next to him.

"Um, so you know I went into the hospital to get the test results," he said and Dawn nodded, "Well, they found what they believe is a tumor and I need to go back in tomorrow morning to get a biopsy done. So, I'm going to be out of the office for a couple days, but-" He was cut off when Dawn suddenly threw her arms around him. He sat there for a moment, trying to determine what to do, but before he could react Dawn had let go.

"Sorry," she said, "I'm sorry. I just- never mind. You take as much time as you need, alright? Don't worry about the business, everything will be taken care of."

"I'm not worried about the business," Anders said, "I've called you when I was on a plane out of here and you've managed to keep us in business. This is probably the first time I've ever told you I won't be here more than ten minutes before I leave so I'm not worried." There was a fresh set of tears gathering in Dawn's eyes and Anders sighed, holding his arms out and allowing Dawn to fall into them.

"I'm sorry," she mumbled, squeezing him tightly.

"What are you sorry for?" he asked.

"You're the one going into the hospital and yet here you are comforting me," she said, pulling back.

"Trust me Dawn, I'll be fine," he said, "You don't need to worry about me."

"Well tough," she said, "Because I do anyway. How's Michele handling all this?"

"She's been great," he said, "Neither of us were really expecting this and it's been hard, but she's been great. She's driving me to the hospital tomorrow and said she's going to stay there and pester the doctor's for information." Dawn laughed and nodded.

'Well, since she's a doctor there it shouldn't be too difficult," she said.

"Yeah," Anders nodded slowly as he tried to focus on what Dawn was saying and not on the pit in his stomach as he thought about the next day.

Alright, so I'm having a terrible week and working on fanfiction is something that always helps me feel better so I decided to upload another chapter today.

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