Buffy and Cordelia
"Season 5"
Disclaimer: I don't own it!
AN: Cordelia's apartment is the one she got in Angel in the episode "Room with a view"………………………
Chapter 22: The Gift
Cordelia's apartment (L.A.)
She couldn't believe that they were being so nice and giving toward her. Yeah sure she was a good attorney but she wasn't that good. As soon as she got off the bus in the L.A. bus station, which was hard to believe that the bus station in L.A. is worse than the one in Sunnydale. Anyway where she got off the bus there was someone from the law firm waiting to take he to the apartment that they paid for…they bought an apartment for her…Buffy was gonna die over this.
She walked into the apartment and saw a huge window that over looked the city. Than she saw a fireplace and she could just imagine all the fun her and Buffy were going to have when she visited. Than she saw that one hallway led to the bedroom and the other one led to the kitchen…this place was awesome.
It was like the place that she always dreamed about…except that she thought it would be a mansion and she would be a famous movie star…but hey she was till young. She walked further into the apartment and put her bags down on the couch as she continued to look around her new apartment…it was better than the one she shared with Xander and Anya.
"Excuse me Ms." Cordelia looked behind her to see the man that had picked her up at the bus station.
"Call me Cordelia…Ms makes me feel old." Cordelia said.
"My boss told me to give you this card and you could call him after you are all settled in to discuss you hours and stuff like that," he said and he looked her up and down as if gaining the courage to ask her out on a date. "Um…Cordelia I was wondering…"
"Well you can keep wondering because I am taken," she said as she turned to look at him. "Thank you for picking me up at the bus station now if you don't mind I would like to be alone." She said and he just stood there like he didn't hear what she said. "That means leave," Cordelia said a little more bluntly and he turned and walked out the door leaving her all by herself.
Okay all I can say about that guy is…creepy. Buffy is going to love this place. Of course she wont be able to see it until after she saves the world from a hell God. No being deal, it's not like she hasn't save the world before…I guess I will have to call her tonight to see how life on the Hellmouth is progressing.
Cordelia grabbed her bags that were on the couch and took them into her new master bedroom. As soon as she walked in she was in heaven. Her and Buffy now had a Queen size bed, which was awesome because their old bed was too small for the both of them. What could she say they both need a lot of room to sleep? She placed her bags on the floor and flopped back on the bed. "This is perfect and the only thing missing is Buffy." Cordelia said as she laid on her bed and looked at her ceiling. Right now life was perfect.
Magic Box (Sunnydale)
Buffy was walking around the Magic Box, okay so it was more like pacing around the Magic Box, but who cares. She couldn't believe that Faith had lost Dawn, okay so Dawn ran away but still. As soon as Dawn had come to Faith, Faith should have brought her back…to gone along with her crazy plan.
So now on top of everything Dawn was missing, a hell God is trying to destroy the world, and Cordelia is off in L.A. without her. So right now, at this very moment, she was surround by her army, and things where no looking good for the good guys. She said a beat up old Watcher, two witches…one was a little crazy, a 1200-year-old ex-demon, a construction worker, a vampire, and two slayers…against a hell God.
"So do we have a plan yet?" she asked as she took a seat next to Anya at the research table. "We are kind of running out of time here guys…so if you have some idea's hit me with them." Buffy said as she looked around the group.
"The dagonshere," Anya said out of nowhere and everyone looked at her. "You found it near the warehouse where you first came into contact with Glory…maybe it weakens her," she explained.
"Smart chicks are so hot," Xander said.
"You couldn't have thought that way back in high school?" Willow questioned as she looked at him with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh and you have the axe that Mr. Troll left us," Anya added as she looked around at everyone and nodded. "And lefts no forget the Buffybot…we could use her as a decoy," Anya finished. Everyone kept staring at her and she was starting to feel a little uncomfortable. "What? Can't I have smart moments?" she asked as she looked around at the people she called her friends.
"Buffy…you have to understand that sometimes sacrifices are necessary…" Giles going back on a conversation that he and Buffy had, had about a hour before.
"No!" she said. "Their not." She looked him dead in the eye. "Would you sacrifice Jenny?" That was a question that he wasn't suspecting…something that he could have done without. She looked at the rest of the group. "Will…would you sacrifice Oz or Tara? Xander would you sacrifice Anya?" They all looked away from her. "Yeah…I didn't think so…so don't you dare ask he to sacrifice my sister, the only family I have left." Buffy finished.
Xander decided to break the tension with a question that had bugging him all night. "Why does it have to be blood?" he asked.
"Because," Spike said as he came out from the training room. "It always has to be blood," he said as he took a seat on the stairs.
"We're not talking about your dinner," Xander said.
"No you moron," he said eyeing Buffy but talking to the rest of the group. "Blood is life. Why do you think we eat it? It's what keeps you going. Makes you warm. Makes you hard. Makes you other than dead." He paused. "Blood is the life source that is the most valuable…course it's her blood, what else would it be?" he finished.
"Okay guys," Buffy said breaking the tension. "We need to assemble everything so we could start coming up with a plan…everyone meet back here in an hour," she said as she hurried out the Magic Box door. There was one person that she needed to make sure to find to help them in their fight.
Abandon warehouse
She couldn't believe it, she was being so careful and then she went and did something stupid like running away from the one person that was willing to help…what was she thinking? And now the one person who wanted to kill her, drain her of all her blood held her captive.
See what had happened was that she was walking down the street, making sure to keep to the shadows, when she came across a bar…the bar the Buffy always talked about getting information from. Willy's place…at least that she what Buffy and the rest of the gang called it. She needed to find out where Glory was holding up so she could get there and stop her before Faith noticed she was gone.
Flashback
When she walked into the bar she saw that the place smelled like rotten fruit, which was gross on so many levels…yet she walked further in. She didn't know how Buffy put up with this place when she came to this guy for answer…it was disgusting.
She walked over to the bartender, who she assumed was Willy. "What can I do for you kid?" she asked as Dawn took a seat on a bar stool.
"I'm not a kid," Dawn said and he just looked at her. "Whatever. I am looking for someone and I heard you were the person to ask if I needed help," she said as she watched him clean the bar.
"Oh yeah and who told you that?" he asked obviously not interested in what she was saying.
"My sister," he wasn't listening to her anymore. "The slayer," she said and that seemed to get his attention. "Now are you going to help me?" she asked.
Suddenly he started looking around the bar as if he was waiting for someone to pop out and scare his life out of him. "Listen kid…you have to get out of here, this is a good place for the slayers family. You see she has a lot, and I mean a lot of enemies." He said as he continued to look around his bar. And then suddenly his eyes met hers. "And I am her biggest one…even though she doesn't now it." Willy said.
And the next thing Dawn knew was Glory coming out from the hallway. She had an evil smile on her face as she walked toward Dawn, you know the walk, the one that all the evil things that wanna take over the world have. Dawn figured that since she was a God she would have her own walk…but she was wrong.
"Well, well, well if it isn't the slayer brat kid sister…which also happens to be my key." Glory said as she took a seat next to Dawn. "You know I have been looking all over for you…and what do you know, you hang at the local demon bar." Glory looked at Willy. "Have you been treating her good Willy?" Glory asked the bartender she had only meet a few days ago when she came by looking for her key…that was before she knew that it was human.
"Of course," he said as he listened to them talk but than Glory gave him an evil look. "Right…I am going now." He said.
End Flashback
And that was how she ended up here, with Glory. God if she ever got out of this she was going to make sure that Buffy went down to Willy's and kicked his ass. That of course would only happened if she survived, which wasn't looking too good right now. Dawn was sitting in the corner when Glory walked in with something that Dawn guessed she was going to have to wear for this whole ordeal…and they were not fashionable clothes.
"Well, it looks like Ms. Sleepyhead is finally awake," Glory said as she sat in a chair that was next to Dawn where she sat on the floor. "Are you ready for your big day? It is only a few hours away," she said.
"Bite me!" Dawn shouted. "My sister will save me," Dawn said as she looked away from Glory.
"Whatever you have to tell yourself," Glory said as she got up and put the clothes on the chair. "Get dressed," she said before she walked out of the room.
Cordelia's apartment (L.A.)
Cordelia lay awake in her bed as she looks out the window at the stars. This was one of her only nights that Buffy wasn't in bed next to her that was when they weren't fighting of course. And she couldn't take it, there was something about Buffy being in bed next to her that made her relaxed enough to fall; asleep.
Cordelia sat up in her bed and looked around her master bedroom, which was still packed with boxes that she had yet to unpack. These where the times that she really missed patrolling with Buffy and kicked some bad guy's ass. It was kind of sad that she would rather be in some cemetery killing some undead things that sleeping in this wonderful apartment.
Cordelia remember the first time her and Buffy sleep together.
Flashback
It was one night after some big college lecture and Cordelia was headed over to her off campus house. She didn't know why she stayed in Sunnydale…it wasn't like there was anything here for her. She didn't have any friend, which is if you don't count the Scooby gang…as they call themselves.
But the truth is that she did know why she stayed…it was because of a certain blonde who was right now with the worst boyfriend she could have ever picked…even Xander was a better choice. Cordelia was head over heels for Buffy Summers and she had no idea when this new feeling started. But when she was packing to get ready to go off to L.A. and work on her film career the thought of not having Buffy around saddened her…so she stayed.
As Cordelia approached her doorway someone came out from the shadows. "God Buffy! Stalk much?" Cordelia said as she put a hand over her heart as if she had just had a heart attack. "You scared about twenty years off my life thank you very much." She said.
"Sorry…it's just Willow has Oz over and Riley has some all night lecture with Professor Walsh and I was wondering if I could share with you tonight?" she asked a little nervous.
Cordelia acted like she was thinking about it for a second so she didn't sound too egger. "Sure…come on in." she said and Buffy walked in behind Cordelia. "It's small I know but I am the only one that lives here, and plus I am not here that often so it is enough." She explained.
"It's great," Buffy said as she walked in and looked around. "Um Cordy…"
"Yeah?"
"Where do you sleep?" Buffy asked as she looked around for a couch or bed or something.
"Oh…the bedroom is this way." She said as she led Buffy toward the hallway. Once they reached the door Cordelia opened it revealing her bedroom. "And this is where I spend most of my time…sleeping…not doing other things." Cordelia clarified.
"Do you have a couch or something that I could crash on?" she asked.
"Um…no." Cordelia said. "But we're big girls…we can share." Cordelia said and she looked away so Buffy couldn't see the hopefulness in her eyes.
"Sure…I am gonna go to sleep now because I am beat," Buffy said.
"I have some studying to do…I'll be in, in a minute." She said as she walked out of the bedroom.
She walked into her very, very small living room with a huge smile on her face. She couldn't believe it. Buffy Summers, the only woman that she ever thought about, was sleeping in her bed. And they were going to sleep together…it was like a dream come true. Except that Buffy thought that it was just some friendship type thing.
Cordelia finished her studying, stretched and headed off to bed. When she entered her bedroom Buffy was fast asleep. Cordelia put on her pajamas, which was a t-shirt and shorts, and climbed into bed. When she lifted the covers she noticed that Buffy was wearing one of her shirts and a pair of her short and Cordelia thought she looked the cutest she had ever seen.
Cordelia didn't sleep at all that night instead she stayed up watching Buffy sleep.
End Flashback
Cordelia fell asleep to that memory.
Magic Box (Sunnydale)
Buffy and Giles sat together in the training area in a comfortable silence that she could only feel with Giles…it was something about him that just made her feel relaxed. And she really wanted to feel relaxed right now because they where about to face something that could, and would destroy the world…and they couldn't lose.
"So did you find him?" he asked breaking the silence.
"Nope…Riley is nowhere to be found," she said as she looked off into space. "I checked everywhere and nothing. We could really use him tonight Giles…just one less person on my team." She said with a sigh. "I can't keep doing this," she said as she stood up. "I can't keep decided who die and who gets to live…Giles…" she let her sentence trail off not wanting to finish it.
"Yes Buffy."
"If Dawn dies I am done…with all of it." She paused. "I will move to L.A. and live with Cordelia…but if she dies I am done," Buffy said right before she walked out of the training room. As her words worked there way through his brain Giles remembered the last time she said that.
Flashback
Angel was in his office, he had just arrived with the Codex and Giles was busying trying to figure out what it said about Buffy and the Master. He came to the past where is said she was to fight the Master and he paused pushing the book away. Angel quickly grabbed it and read it. And than he put it down like it was diseased.
"The slayer will face the Master and she will die…" he said relaying what he had just read.
"No! You must have read it wrong." Angel said as he looked at Giles but Giles said nothing. Just than they both heard a laugh out in the library. "Buffy." Angel said as they walked into the library.
Sure enough when they walked out into the library there Buffy stand as tear ran down her face. "Were you not going to tell me?" she asked them still not looking at them. "Huh? Were you not going to tell me!" she shouted.
"Buffy I…"
"No! I quit! I resign! I do whatever I have to do so I don't have to fight the Master." She said as more and more tears came from her face.
"Buffy there is no one else…"
"I don't care! Giles I am sixteen years old…I don't wanna die." She said in the softest voice he had ever heard her use…ever. Just than she ripped off her cross that Angel had given her and ran out of the library.
Angel and Giles both just stood there not sure what they where supposed to do.
End flashback
Giles sat there on the couch remembering that time in the library when Buffy was to face the Master. It was the time that he lost his slayer…though she did come back…a piece f her remained died. But Giles knew that Buffy would do all that she could to save the world even if that meant dieing herself.
In the main shop of the Magic Box they all sit gathered in a circle talking about what they had planned. Willow was still with Tara awaiting her instruction. Xander and Anya stand next to each other whispering about what he had just asked her…he had asked her to be his wife and she told him to ask her again after they save the world. Spike was standing by the door with the axe and Giles was just coming out of the training room and Faith came in from outside. All the troops were here.
"Okay Will," Buffy said.
"Tara sweetie," Willow said. "Don't you have somewhere to be?" she asked. Tara got up from where she was sitting with a smile and then she headed toward the door. Once she was out the door Willow look at Buffy. "You ready to save the world?"
"There's nothing we do better," Buffy said with a smile. "Okay guys remember not to follow too close," Buffy said and then they wall headed out the door toward the way that Tara had went.
Buffy was starting to have second thoughts about this whole thing…I mean how could she defeat a god. There was no way that they where going to win and she was going to end up taking all of her friends with her and that was something she didn't know if she was ready for. But she knew that even if she tried to get her friend to go find some place safe to hide that they would just blow her off and follow her to their deaths anyway…that is how loyal they are…even Spike and Anya.
As the approached the site they saw this high towering skyscraper type thing and Buffy could faintly see Dawn up there tied up. This was the place and there was no turning back now. "Okay Will…your up," Buffy said and Willow followed Tara inside. When she saw that Tara had been stopped by Glory she quickly got over to her girlfriend and came up to the side of Glory. She shouted something in Latin and then they, all three of them, flew a goof ten feet.
"Hey…you witch! You put a hole," Glory said when she stood up.
"That's the least of your problems." Buffy said from behind Glory. Glory turned around and looked at her. "You see I found this outside the warehouse that I found you in and I am guessing that I weakens you…so my guess I that you better not touch it," Buffy said right before she threw it at her. Glory grabbed it and soon she was in pai, but not for long because she crushed the sphere with her hand. "Okay that didn't work," Buffy said as she jumped down from where she was standing.
Buffy charged and so did Glory and they met right in the middle. Buffy was throwing punching like there was no tomorrow. Sometimes she would hit her target and other times she wouldn't. Glory was throwing punches too and a lot more of hers were landing. Finally she got a grip on Buffy and flipped her over onto a pile of bricks. She punched once and went through brick and she punching again with the same result. Then he third punch landed knocking Buffy's head off.
"Hey the slayers a robot…did we know the slayer was a robot!" She called out.
Just than Glory felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned around and came face to face with Buffy. "Your not the smartest god in the heavens are you?" Buffy asked as she brought and Troll hammer across Glory's face sending her into the wall.
"Buffy!" Dawn cried from where she stood.
Buffy looked up and ran toward where Dawn was. As she ran she could see all her friends fighting for their lives and suddenly she was glad that they had crazy people to deal with instead of a crazy god. When Buffy reached the second floor Glory was right there. Buffy went to swing the axe but Glory caught is and threw it to the ground below.
Buffy went to punch Glory but she caught her hand as well and went to throw her to the ground up as Buffy was falling she grabbed a hold of Glory and together the fell to the ground. Buffy could faintly hear Willow telling Spike to get to Dawn and she saw Spike of the corner of her eye go running up the stairs.
When Buffy wasn't paying attention Glory grabbed her and threw her against the wall. Buffy recovered quickly but only to be thrown against the wall again. And this time as she got up she saw Spike hit the group hard and he didn't get up which meant someone was up there with Dawn. "What are you going to do now with out your axe?" Glory asked. Than a cement ball came crashing into the wall and sent her flying.
"Whatever comes in handy," Buffy said with a smirk as she walked over and grabbed the axe and then walked back over to Glory. She continually beat on her until she changed into Ben. Buffy was a little shocked at first but she got over it. "Tell her she's done." Buffy said before she ran out of the building and ran toward Dawn. This time she got up there with no problem. She saw a man standing next to Dawn with a knife and she saw his lips move but she didn't hear what he said.
Buffy went over and untied Dawn and brought her further back onto the platform. Dawn pushed away from her and Buffy looked into her eyes confused. "Buffy look…the portal…it's open." Dawn said as she looked at Buffy with teary eyes. "And the only way to stop it is with the Key's blood." Dawn said. "Please I have to go." Dawn said as she tried to get past Buffy.
"Um…no you don't," Buffy said pushing her back. Buffy looked back at the portal and the first slayer words were loud in her head. Death is your gift. Than Spike's words. It's is alwaysabout blood. And then her own. Summers blood…same as mine. And than a song that she heard at the bus station as Cordelia left for L.A.
Open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded
By the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain
How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound
But no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold onto
A time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't
How could this happen to me?
I made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?
She finally understood what she had to do. She looked back at Dawn. "Listen to me. Please, there's not a lot of time, listen. I love you. I will always love you. But this is the work that I have to do." She paused thinking. "Tell Giles ... tell Giles I figured it out. And, and I'm okay. Tell Cordelia that there was never anyone in this world that I loved more than her. And give my love to my friends." She paused as she and Dawn began to cry. "You have to take care of them now." Another paused as she whipped tears away from Dawn face as she let hers fall. "You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it." This time she looked at the portal and then looked back at Dawn. "Be brave. Live. For me." And before Dawn could stop her she ran and jumped. Dawn broke down in tears.
Down below you could see the whole Scooby Gang looking up. Willow was holding Tara, Xander was holding Anya, Spike was hunched over and Giles couldn't seem to move. Than the portal faded away and they all looked on in fear as the saw Buffy's lifeless body hit the bricks.
Xander's memory
He was walking down the hallway at school, he had just heard that there was a new girl in school and he wanted to be the first to meet her. As he was walking past the principle office he wasn't paying attention and he bumped into someone.
"Oh I'm sorry," he said bending down to help the person picked up there things.
"It's okay," the person said and when he looked up he saw that it was the new girl. "Hi…my name is Buffy," she said with a smile.
End Xander's memory
They all stood in silence not sure what to say.
Willow's memory
She was sitting in the courtyard minding her own business when someone came up behind her. She noticed that it was the new girls that she saw in the hallways with Cordelia earlier today. She walked right over and stood next to her and Willow felt a little intimidated.
"Oh…do you want me to move?" Willow asked as she looked up at her.
"Um…no. Lets start with Hi my name is Buffy and I say let's hang out for a while."
End Willow's memory
Tara held Willow as she cried about her best friend.
Giles's memory
He was about to get his first real slayer and he couldn't wait to meet her. The Watcher's Council told him that she would be arriving any day now from L.A. Just that he dropped a book in all his happiness. What he missed was when some teenaged girl walked into the library.
"Hello?" she called and it took him a moment to answer. "Hello anyone here?" she called out again.
"How can I help you?" he asked when he looked at her. This was going to be his slayer.
"I was well looking for a book…you see I am new here." She said.
"Buffy Summers?" he asked.
"That's right I guess I am the only new kid huh?"
Yup this is my slayer.
End Giles' memory
Spike walked over to where Buffy had fallen.
Spike's memory
Buffy was had just finshed dusting a vamp and he came out of the shadows clapping. She gave him a look of utter comfusion.
"That was impressive," he said.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"You'll find out on Saturday." He said.
"What happens on Saturday?"
"I kill you." He said before he walked away from her.
They all looked at Buffy as of waiting for her to wake up and say everything is going to be okay…but she didn't move.
Tara's memory
They where all in the Magic Box and Tara's family was here wanting to take her home.
"You want to take Tara out of here against her will you can go ahead and take her…you just have to go through me." Buffy said as she stood there with her hands on her hips.
"And who the hell are you?" Tara's father asked.
"We're family."
End Tara's memory
Tara left a single tears fall down her face.
Anya's memory
It was a late night for Xander and Cordelia so Buffy and Anya where sitting in the living room together. They sat there in silence not sure what to say to one another…that really weren't that good off friend…yet Buffy would die for her. Just than Anya turned to face Buffy.
"Buffy?"
"Yeah Anya?" Buffy asked as she flipped through a magazine.
"Are we friends?" she asked.
Buffy looked at her. "Of course…I could think of a better world to describe our relationship." Buffy said with a smile.
End Anya's memory
Dawn slowly climbed down the stairs and as soon as she came to the last stair everyone looked at her and she cried.
Dawn's memory (Dawn's journal entry)
Dawn was lying in her bed writing in her diary…she was planning on publishing it.
Everyone says they know what it is like to have a sister that is bossy and always thinks that her way is best. But no one has a sister like mine. You see she is overly bossy, everything she says is usually right.
She demands respect and you know what she was earned it…because my sister is The Slayer. The defender of man kind. The killer of evil. She defested Dracula…come on who can say that about their sister.
I love my sister and I wouldn't trade her in for the world…she is one of a kind.
I will never tell her this but I love her.
End Dawn's memory (Journal entry)
As they all stood there and looked at Buffy's body a group of men came over and scoped her up. "Tell us where you want her buried." They said as they held the woman that saved their lives. The only thing on all the Scoobies minds was that they had no idea how lucky they where to be holding Buffy Anne Summers.
Grave
The men held her as Xander and Giles dug her grave. They refused to put her down Because they said that a hero should not lay on the ground. There wives had went and bought a coffin and Dawn noticed that it was one of the most expensive ones…she remembered when she had to pick out her mom's.
They had all side their goodbyes and they where waiting for one more. The group of men stood and salute as they friends and family, and the people she saved, stood at her grave waiting for the last arrival.
Just as Willow laid her rose on the group she noticed that the group around Buffy's grave started to separate and just like that you could see Cordelia walking thought the crowd like she was the center of the universe. Cordelia walked up to the gravestone and placed a radio on top and pressed play.
Sarah McLachlan's 'I will remember you' came on the radio and Cordelia place a signal red rose on the grave. Everyone stood in silence. Remembering the one that someone loved and some hardily knew…remembering a hero.
I will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories
remember the good times that we had
let them slip away from us when things got bad
clearly i first saw you smiling in the sun
wanna feel your warmth upon me
i want to be the one
i will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories
i'm so tired that i can't sleep
standing on the edge of something much too deep
it's funny how i feel so much yet cannot say a word
we are screaming inside oh we can't be heard
i will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories
so afraid to love you more afraid to lose
clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
where once there was a darkness, a deep and endless night
you gave me everything you had oh you gave me life
i will remember you
will you remember me?
don't let your life pass you by
weep not for the memories
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AN: I hope you liked it. The songs were not mine. Their owners are listed below,
Song one: Simple Plan "Untitled"
Song Two: Sarah McLaughlin "I will remember you"
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