Group intervention
Buffy's home
Hank Summers' enters his ex-wife and daughters home. "Hi, honey," He said to Buffy coming to embrace her. She moved out of the way.
"Sorry dad, not in the mood." She said.
Dawn rushed down the stairs. "Daddy!" she said jumping into his arms.
He picked her up. "There is my baby," he gave her a kiss.
"I'm not a baby," she said now disgusted. She crossed her arms. "Why are you here?"
"To help with the arrangements." He said
"I said we could handle it," Buffy said.
"Honey you just turned twenty I don't think you are ready for something like this to deal with."
"Your opinion, I waited for your call, dad" she said
"I was buy, sorry," he said ashamed he pulled out his wallet. "Happy birthday,"
He handed her a twenty-dollar bill. She handed it back to him, up set. "Damn it, Dad"
"Huh, what did I do wrong?" he asked
"You think you can just waltz up in hear and give me money," she scoffed "Money doesn't solve any of my problems."
"I'm sorry," he said
Dawn snatched the money from her dad's hand. "I f she wont take it I will."
"You have always been doing that since you were small," he said
"I know," Dawn, said then looking to the ground. I am not real this was not supposed to happen if I weren't here. I never took money that was years ago. I was made sixth months ago. "Here," she said handing him the money. "I don't need it,"
"What honey?" he said, "You are growing up, and that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you two about. I want to bring you back with me to La."
"Dad can we talk later?" Dawn asked very sad now.
Buffy patted her on the back. "I'm leaving out for awhile," she announced.
"Ok," he said "But where are you going?"
"Out," she said
Magic box
Anya worked the cash register. "HEY, Buffy," she said, "How are you?"
"I am ok," she answered "Thanks,"
Xander and Willow sat at the table. "Hey, Buffster"
"Hey, Xand," she said then glanced at Willow. "Willow."
Willow smiled at her. "Hey,"
"Where's Tara"
"At class," she said
"Oh, that's good." Buffy said
"So," Xander said going through some documents. "All of this is left to Anya."
Anya jumped up and down.
Buffy snatched it form him. "Yep, here in text Anya Emmanuel yadda, yadda, yadda"
"That is so great," she said "But why?"
"I guess he figured you could do it." Willow said
"Here is his will." Buffy said. "In case of death all of his money goes to me and Dawn. That is so sweet." Buffy said passing it back to Xander now in sobs.
"He filed this the day your mom died." Xander said.
"Oh god," Buffy said, "It is as if he knew."
"Yeah," Willow said
"Creepy," Anya added.
"So does this mean I get a new watcher?" Buffy asked.
"I guess so," Willow said
"Damn," she said "I wish Giles was just fired and my mom would be here even if she had sex with him."
They starred at her. "Oh anther story for another time," she said blushing.
"So Buff," Xander said, "What about Giles' funeral is his family in contact?"
"I don't think so," she said "What about his niece that we met that time?"
"She's away," Willow, said "I talked to her a few times awhile ago."
"This is going to be a sad funeral," Anya said.
"I know," Buffy said rising out of her seat. "My dads in town,"
"That's good," Willow said "Right?"
"Not really," she said "He wants to take Dawn with him,"
"No he cant, Buffy," Willow exclaimed.
"I know I'm trying to convince him to let her stay with me," she said. "I just can't can't take it no more," tears rolled down her face. "Mom! I need you here."
Willow came over to her and embraced her hard.
"Thank you so much, Will" Buffy said
"It's ok," Willow said trying to calm her down.
"It doesn't feel like it," she said. "I better make it home."
Buffy's home
Dawn and her father sat at the dining room table talking over some hot cocoa.
"I don't want to go," Dawn said.
"You need to honey," Hank said. "Buffy needs to go to school, there is no way I can pay rent for here and at home."
"Didn't you and mom buy the house," Buffy said entering upset.
"Yes,"
"Then why are you laying dad?" she said
"I just can't have all of this pain stored up in me," he said " I feel terrible from everything I put her through."
"You should be," Buffy said. "You..." she put up a hand to stop herself " I can't do this not now not today."
"Buffy..." Hank said.
"No, dad" she said "And Dawn is staying with me and that's final."
"Honey..." he said as she ran to her room.
She lies in her bed crying. All she could see was her mom. Her father knocked on the door.
"Honey... can I come in?" Hank said
"Yeah, come in"
He sat on her bed. "Honey, can't you see that I want the best for you and Dawn?"
"Yeah," Buffy began to complain. "What would I do without any family here in town?"
"Dawn, did you ever stop to think about her?" He asked
"Yes, that is all I'm thinking about." She said, "She has friends here friends that she needs. She can stay with me and I can get an off campus apartment."
"That is a good idea," he said "But how are you going to pay for it?"
She gave him a dull look. "What do you think?"
"Oh," he said, "I can do it."
"Thank you," she said
"I will be gone by the time the funeral is over." He said
"Then thanks again," she said smiling "Dad,"
Willow's dorm
Buffy entered to see Willow and Tara kissing. "Hey," she broke the silence or lack their for.
"Hey," Willow and Tara said together.
"I need to ask a favor from the two of you." Buffy said taking a seat in the beanbag seat.
"What?" Willow asked.
"Can we put together and get an off campus apartment?" Buffy asked.
"Sure," they said after talking about it briefly.
"Thanks," she said making a group hug.
A week later at the Sunnydale cemetery
It had been a sad day. After attending Giles early morning ceremony in which the gang came to wasn't hard enough for Buffy, she just saw her mother put into the ground. Her and Dawn embraced hands and tossed the final roses onto the casket.
It began to rain. They got into the family car and went on their way home in tears. Her dad left a little while earlier. Dawn was sound asleep.
Buffy went to get some hot cocoa. She heard a knock on the door. She went to it.
She opened the door to reveal Spike with flowers. "Hello, love"
"Spike," she said.
"Can I come in?" he asked
"What do you think," she said smartly.
He started in then was blocked by the invisible force field. "I thought you wanted me in?"
"You thought wrong," she said "But I can come out."
They sat on the porch steps. Looked into each other's eyes for a bit. Nothing was there. He patted her on the back after she sniffed them. "Did you steal these from my mothers grave?"
"No!" he said.
"Oh they smell alike, is all." She said.
"Look I am so sorry," he said
"Don't start this please I know you are I am just trying to put all this behind me." She said crying.
"I understand." He said
The kettle began to blast off. "Look I'm going to go get my cocoa and go to sleep."
They did a brief hug. A very brief hug. Then she retorted disgusted. "Why did I just do that?" she made a face in disgust. "I really need to shower now!"
"Good..." the door shut in his face. "Night..."
Spike's crypt
Warren lay dead on the ground. Above him stood the Buffybot.
"Good, love" Spike said, "He shouldn't have made you to obey my every command."
"Yep," she said "There is a new Buffy in town,"
Buffy's home
Hank Summers' enters his ex-wife and daughters home. "Hi, honey," He said to Buffy coming to embrace her. She moved out of the way.
"Sorry dad, not in the mood." She said.
Dawn rushed down the stairs. "Daddy!" she said jumping into his arms.
He picked her up. "There is my baby," he gave her a kiss.
"I'm not a baby," she said now disgusted. She crossed her arms. "Why are you here?"
"To help with the arrangements." He said
"I said we could handle it," Buffy said.
"Honey you just turned twenty I don't think you are ready for something like this to deal with."
"Your opinion, I waited for your call, dad" she said
"I was buy, sorry," he said ashamed he pulled out his wallet. "Happy birthday,"
He handed her a twenty-dollar bill. She handed it back to him, up set. "Damn it, Dad"
"Huh, what did I do wrong?" he asked
"You think you can just waltz up in hear and give me money," she scoffed "Money doesn't solve any of my problems."
"I'm sorry," he said
Dawn snatched the money from her dad's hand. "I f she wont take it I will."
"You have always been doing that since you were small," he said
"I know," Dawn, said then looking to the ground. I am not real this was not supposed to happen if I weren't here. I never took money that was years ago. I was made sixth months ago. "Here," she said handing him the money. "I don't need it,"
"What honey?" he said, "You are growing up, and that's kind of what I wanted to talk to you two about. I want to bring you back with me to La."
"Dad can we talk later?" Dawn asked very sad now.
Buffy patted her on the back. "I'm leaving out for awhile," she announced.
"Ok," he said "But where are you going?"
"Out," she said
Magic box
Anya worked the cash register. "HEY, Buffy," she said, "How are you?"
"I am ok," she answered "Thanks,"
Xander and Willow sat at the table. "Hey, Buffster"
"Hey, Xand," she said then glanced at Willow. "Willow."
Willow smiled at her. "Hey,"
"Where's Tara"
"At class," she said
"Oh, that's good." Buffy said
"So," Xander said going through some documents. "All of this is left to Anya."
Anya jumped up and down.
Buffy snatched it form him. "Yep, here in text Anya Emmanuel yadda, yadda, yadda"
"That is so great," she said "But why?"
"I guess he figured you could do it." Willow said
"Here is his will." Buffy said. "In case of death all of his money goes to me and Dawn. That is so sweet." Buffy said passing it back to Xander now in sobs.
"He filed this the day your mom died." Xander said.
"Oh god," Buffy said, "It is as if he knew."
"Yeah," Willow said
"Creepy," Anya added.
"So does this mean I get a new watcher?" Buffy asked.
"I guess so," Willow said
"Damn," she said "I wish Giles was just fired and my mom would be here even if she had sex with him."
They starred at her. "Oh anther story for another time," she said blushing.
"So Buff," Xander said, "What about Giles' funeral is his family in contact?"
"I don't think so," she said "What about his niece that we met that time?"
"She's away," Willow, said "I talked to her a few times awhile ago."
"This is going to be a sad funeral," Anya said.
"I know," Buffy said rising out of her seat. "My dads in town,"
"That's good," Willow said "Right?"
"Not really," she said "He wants to take Dawn with him,"
"No he cant, Buffy," Willow exclaimed.
"I know I'm trying to convince him to let her stay with me," she said. "I just can't can't take it no more," tears rolled down her face. "Mom! I need you here."
Willow came over to her and embraced her hard.
"Thank you so much, Will" Buffy said
"It's ok," Willow said trying to calm her down.
"It doesn't feel like it," she said. "I better make it home."
Buffy's home
Dawn and her father sat at the dining room table talking over some hot cocoa.
"I don't want to go," Dawn said.
"You need to honey," Hank said. "Buffy needs to go to school, there is no way I can pay rent for here and at home."
"Didn't you and mom buy the house," Buffy said entering upset.
"Yes,"
"Then why are you laying dad?" she said
"I just can't have all of this pain stored up in me," he said " I feel terrible from everything I put her through."
"You should be," Buffy said. "You..." she put up a hand to stop herself " I can't do this not now not today."
"Buffy..." Hank said.
"No, dad" she said "And Dawn is staying with me and that's final."
"Honey..." he said as she ran to her room.
She lies in her bed crying. All she could see was her mom. Her father knocked on the door.
"Honey... can I come in?" Hank said
"Yeah, come in"
He sat on her bed. "Honey, can't you see that I want the best for you and Dawn?"
"Yeah," Buffy began to complain. "What would I do without any family here in town?"
"Dawn, did you ever stop to think about her?" He asked
"Yes, that is all I'm thinking about." She said, "She has friends here friends that she needs. She can stay with me and I can get an off campus apartment."
"That is a good idea," he said "But how are you going to pay for it?"
She gave him a dull look. "What do you think?"
"Oh," he said, "I can do it."
"Thank you," she said
"I will be gone by the time the funeral is over." He said
"Then thanks again," she said smiling "Dad,"
Willow's dorm
Buffy entered to see Willow and Tara kissing. "Hey," she broke the silence or lack their for.
"Hey," Willow and Tara said together.
"I need to ask a favor from the two of you." Buffy said taking a seat in the beanbag seat.
"What?" Willow asked.
"Can we put together and get an off campus apartment?" Buffy asked.
"Sure," they said after talking about it briefly.
"Thanks," she said making a group hug.
A week later at the Sunnydale cemetery
It had been a sad day. After attending Giles early morning ceremony in which the gang came to wasn't hard enough for Buffy, she just saw her mother put into the ground. Her and Dawn embraced hands and tossed the final roses onto the casket.
It began to rain. They got into the family car and went on their way home in tears. Her dad left a little while earlier. Dawn was sound asleep.
Buffy went to get some hot cocoa. She heard a knock on the door. She went to it.
She opened the door to reveal Spike with flowers. "Hello, love"
"Spike," she said.
"Can I come in?" he asked
"What do you think," she said smartly.
He started in then was blocked by the invisible force field. "I thought you wanted me in?"
"You thought wrong," she said "But I can come out."
They sat on the porch steps. Looked into each other's eyes for a bit. Nothing was there. He patted her on the back after she sniffed them. "Did you steal these from my mothers grave?"
"No!" he said.
"Oh they smell alike, is all." She said.
"Look I am so sorry," he said
"Don't start this please I know you are I am just trying to put all this behind me." She said crying.
"I understand." He said
The kettle began to blast off. "Look I'm going to go get my cocoa and go to sleep."
They did a brief hug. A very brief hug. Then she retorted disgusted. "Why did I just do that?" she made a face in disgust. "I really need to shower now!"
"Good..." the door shut in his face. "Night..."
Spike's crypt
Warren lay dead on the ground. Above him stood the Buffybot.
"Good, love" Spike said, "He shouldn't have made you to obey my every command."
"Yep," she said "There is a new Buffy in town,"