Letters from Buffy
Chapter 4: Tara
Willow looked up with tears in her eyes. She couldn't believe that Buffy had actually thought ahead about the fact that she might die while fighting Glory. Of course they all knew that the god would kill them, but surely they had all believed that Buffy would survive. She looked at Tara and tried to smile. That was when she noticed that there was something else in the envelope. She opened it wider and looked inside to see another piece of paper with Tara's name written on it.
"There's a letter here for you too, honey," she said quietly.
"There is?" asked Tara, who was somewhat shocked that Buffy would take
the time to write to her also. She reached out and took the letter.
May 21, 2001
Dear Tara,
I know that we haven't gotten the chance to be close in the past year,
but I wanted to say goodbye to you also. I want to thank you for helping me through my mother's death and for looking out for Dawn when she was going through such a hard time. I am really sorry for what Glory did to you. It means a lot to me that you went through all of that, rather than tell her that Dawn was the key. I can't ever thank you enough for that. That was above the responsibility of friendship. I would like to think that I would have done the same thing if I was you, but I don't know if that is true. Only a special person would submit herself to that much pain. I regret the fact that I didn't have a chance to get to know you better than I do. Even so, I consider you a good friend and a Scooby. Take care of Willow, she cares about you so much. And take care of yourself.
Love,
Buffy