FOUR: WILLOW
Willow
No more cookies.
Love Buffy
The guilt was starting to hit Willow at magnum force. Her idea to resurrect Buffy had ultimately been the cause of the Slayer's demise. And this time, Willow knew that she couldn't bring Buffy back again. Not only would it be horribly cruel to do to Buffy again, but she now knew the ultimate consequences of the spell.
Dawn handed Willow the small slip of paper and Willow unfolded it, wondering, much like Xander had, if there would be words of accusation written on it. The words that were actually there were not what she'd been expecting.
No more cookies.
Willow couldn't help but smile at the reference. The last time she'd actually made cookies to alleviate her guilt had been because of her "I will it so" spell that she'd done just after Oz had left Sunnydale.
Baking lifts thirty percent of my guilt, but only seven percent of my inner turmoil.
But Buffy had told her no more cookies. Willow had been forgiven by the Slayer whose life Willow had ruined completely in the last year. Not only had Willow torn Buffy from eternal happiness, but Willow had endangered Buffy's sister as well as tried to kill Buffy both personally and with magically made demons to purposefully take the Slayer out.
Willow wiped the tears from her eyes and silently vowed to make only one batch of cookies as a tribute to the Slayer who had forgiven her. They wouldn't be cookies of guilt, but cookies of freedom.