Buffy arrived at the Mansion and gave it a quick run-through. "No
demons. Good," she said. She went back to the spot in the den
where all her pain had begun.
"Hi," she said softly. "I hope you can hear me, because this is
probably one of the most important things I'll ever do. I love
you, but it's different than it used to be. I'm not holding on,
not anymore. I know now that I can let go, it doesn't mean I'm
ignoring what you meant to me."
I used to think I couldn't live without you, but I discovered a
way to do that. That doesn't surprise me as much as the fact that
I've found a way to love again, too. I didn't ask for it, and I
wasn't expecting it. It happened though. I've fallen in love,
with a guy who's my best friend in this world.
So you know now, it's Xander. I hope you can be okay with that, a
part of me thinks you are."
She knelt on the floor, taking off the the Claddagh ring, "I
can't keep this anymore. You gave it to me as a sign of a promise
that we would be together always. I had to break that promise,
and I'm sorry for that. But I think I kept this ring to punish
myself. To remind myself of the awful thing I'd done. You
wouldn't want that, would you? You'd want me to be happy, so I'm
trying to do that.
She pressed her lips to the ring and added, "So, goodbye Angel.
One last time. Because I want to move on with my life, with a man
who really, truly, loves me and wants to make me happy. And I
can't do that while I'm holding on to you. I think.... no I know
I can love him, and make him happy as well." She placed the ring
on the floor, and added, "I'll never forget you."
She stood then, and walked out of the mansion, not looking back.
She stepped outside, and leaned up against the side of the
building, until the tears had slowed. "You did the right thing,"
she told herself. "Angel would be the first to tell you with
that." She took a deep breath, and returned to the hospital.
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demons. Good," she said. She went back to the spot in the den
where all her pain had begun.
"Hi," she said softly. "I hope you can hear me, because this is
probably one of the most important things I'll ever do. I love
you, but it's different than it used to be. I'm not holding on,
not anymore. I know now that I can let go, it doesn't mean I'm
ignoring what you meant to me."
I used to think I couldn't live without you, but I discovered a
way to do that. That doesn't surprise me as much as the fact that
I've found a way to love again, too. I didn't ask for it, and I
wasn't expecting it. It happened though. I've fallen in love,
with a guy who's my best friend in this world.
So you know now, it's Xander. I hope you can be okay with that, a
part of me thinks you are."
She knelt on the floor, taking off the the Claddagh ring, "I
can't keep this anymore. You gave it to me as a sign of a promise
that we would be together always. I had to break that promise,
and I'm sorry for that. But I think I kept this ring to punish
myself. To remind myself of the awful thing I'd done. You
wouldn't want that, would you? You'd want me to be happy, so I'm
trying to do that.
She pressed her lips to the ring and added, "So, goodbye Angel.
One last time. Because I want to move on with my life, with a man
who really, truly, loves me and wants to make me happy. And I
can't do that while I'm holding on to you. I think.... no I know
I can love him, and make him happy as well." She placed the ring
on the floor, and added, "I'll never forget you."
She stood then, and walked out of the mansion, not looking back.
She stepped outside, and leaned up against the side of the
building, until the tears had slowed. "You did the right thing,"
she told herself. "Angel would be the first to tell you with
that." She took a deep breath, and returned to the hospital.
***********