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Buffy looked around at the vamps, "Walk away. Don't do this, not now."
Apparently, the vamps weren't in the mood to be listening to a vampire Slayer. Buffy kicked and punched her way through them until she managed to get through their throng and get hold a weapon. She managed to get her hands on a long pointed sharp staff which had been propped up next to a dumpster. She took four of them out in the space of about one minute. She next one, the boss, she assumed jumped at her, she simply ducked and used his own body weight to impale him on the staff. Buffy turned the staff on the last vamp, a female sporting a rather nasty black eye. Buffy realised with sickening horror that this was the vamp, this was the one. It was the one that had been feeling on Riley the night before when she and Spike had interrupted. Buffy just couldn't seem to bring herself do it. She couldn't just stake the thing, not to its face. It felt as though she was being petty, so she stood back, and the vampire turned and ran. Buffy threw the staff and it punched through the things back as she kept trying to run. The female exploded in a cloud of dust as it screamed echoing after it disappeared.
Xander watched as Buffy eliminated the vampires in a matter of moments one after another. Something seriously bad was happening here. He had to talk to her, get her to admit that there was something wrong, he had to try to help her, after all he was a Scooby and that's what they did, they helped the Slayer. "So Buffy. How did that work out for you? Did it make you feel any better?"
Buffy turned around at the sound of her friends voice but she didn't think that she could handle an intervention session now, "This is not a great time, and I don't feel like talking."
"Buffy I'm serious, there is obviously something wrong you're acting like a crazy person, just now, here? You could have been killed."
Buffy walked away and opened the door of the factory slipping through it. Xander wasn't having that however and he followed her, "For example? You don't want to deal so you hide, that's not very Slayer like."
"Just leave me alone Xander. You have no idea what's going on."
Xander shook his head, did she think that it wasn't incredibly obvious what was happening, "Good. So you and Riley aren't imploding?"
Buffy span around and looked at him, "What? Who told you?"
"No one told me anything Buffy. It was right there in front of my Xander face. The guy would do anything for you."
Buffy was suddenly quite sick of all the men in her life thinking that they knew everything, "The guy, got himself bit by a vampire, in a sexual way, he ran around behind my back and almost got himself killed and know he tells me that he's leaving with the military tonight at midnight unless I convince him not to. Go on, then tell me that you understand. I don't." Not only that Buffy thought. I have a vampire lover who's threatening to leave me if I don't tell him that I want him to be a part of my life.
As though Xander had heard her anyway he asked, "Are you going to let him go?"
Buffy almost smiled, Xander could be asking about either, "It's not my decision."
"Of course it is."
Buffy felt the tears build up, "Well it's not fair. It just isn't fair."
"Who cares if it's fair? He's going to just disappear if don't do something to stop him."
"What am I supposed to do? Beg him to stay?"
"Why wouldn't you? To keep him here . . ."
"I don't even know what to do anymore. I don't even know how to deal or how I feel."
"No. That's not it. You see the thing is you got burnt with Angel and then he shows up."
"I know this story Xander." Buffy was getting seriously pissed off at this point.
"But you missed the point. You shut down Buffy. You've been so afraid of going through that kind of pain all over again that, you just shut down and didn't give yourself to him. You've been treating him like a bit of fun. Like the rebound guy. He's the one that comes along once in a lifetime. He's never held back with you, he's risked everything that makes him, him to love you and you're about to let him go because you don't like ultimatums."
Buffy lowered her head as the tears fell down her cheeks. "If he's not the guy Buffy. If what he needs from you just isn't there let him leave, let him go. Break his heart and make it a clean break but if you really think that you can love him. Scary, messy, no emotions barred need, if you're ready for that. Think about what you're about to lose."
Buffy didn't have much time Riley would go in a few minutes; she had to tell him, "Xander . . ."
Her friend smiled at her, "Run."
Buffy ran.
Buffy looked around at the vamps, "Walk away. Don't do this, not now."
Apparently, the vamps weren't in the mood to be listening to a vampire Slayer. Buffy kicked and punched her way through them until she managed to get through their throng and get hold a weapon. She managed to get her hands on a long pointed sharp staff which had been propped up next to a dumpster. She took four of them out in the space of about one minute. She next one, the boss, she assumed jumped at her, she simply ducked and used his own body weight to impale him on the staff. Buffy turned the staff on the last vamp, a female sporting a rather nasty black eye. Buffy realised with sickening horror that this was the vamp, this was the one. It was the one that had been feeling on Riley the night before when she and Spike had interrupted. Buffy just couldn't seem to bring herself do it. She couldn't just stake the thing, not to its face. It felt as though she was being petty, so she stood back, and the vampire turned and ran. Buffy threw the staff and it punched through the things back as she kept trying to run. The female exploded in a cloud of dust as it screamed echoing after it disappeared.
Xander watched as Buffy eliminated the vampires in a matter of moments one after another. Something seriously bad was happening here. He had to talk to her, get her to admit that there was something wrong, he had to try to help her, after all he was a Scooby and that's what they did, they helped the Slayer. "So Buffy. How did that work out for you? Did it make you feel any better?"
Buffy turned around at the sound of her friends voice but she didn't think that she could handle an intervention session now, "This is not a great time, and I don't feel like talking."
"Buffy I'm serious, there is obviously something wrong you're acting like a crazy person, just now, here? You could have been killed."
Buffy walked away and opened the door of the factory slipping through it. Xander wasn't having that however and he followed her, "For example? You don't want to deal so you hide, that's not very Slayer like."
"Just leave me alone Xander. You have no idea what's going on."
Xander shook his head, did she think that it wasn't incredibly obvious what was happening, "Good. So you and Riley aren't imploding?"
Buffy span around and looked at him, "What? Who told you?"
"No one told me anything Buffy. It was right there in front of my Xander face. The guy would do anything for you."
Buffy was suddenly quite sick of all the men in her life thinking that they knew everything, "The guy, got himself bit by a vampire, in a sexual way, he ran around behind my back and almost got himself killed and know he tells me that he's leaving with the military tonight at midnight unless I convince him not to. Go on, then tell me that you understand. I don't." Not only that Buffy thought. I have a vampire lover who's threatening to leave me if I don't tell him that I want him to be a part of my life.
As though Xander had heard her anyway he asked, "Are you going to let him go?"
Buffy almost smiled, Xander could be asking about either, "It's not my decision."
"Of course it is."
Buffy felt the tears build up, "Well it's not fair. It just isn't fair."
"Who cares if it's fair? He's going to just disappear if don't do something to stop him."
"What am I supposed to do? Beg him to stay?"
"Why wouldn't you? To keep him here . . ."
"I don't even know what to do anymore. I don't even know how to deal or how I feel."
"No. That's not it. You see the thing is you got burnt with Angel and then he shows up."
"I know this story Xander." Buffy was getting seriously pissed off at this point.
"But you missed the point. You shut down Buffy. You've been so afraid of going through that kind of pain all over again that, you just shut down and didn't give yourself to him. You've been treating him like a bit of fun. Like the rebound guy. He's the one that comes along once in a lifetime. He's never held back with you, he's risked everything that makes him, him to love you and you're about to let him go because you don't like ultimatums."
Buffy lowered her head as the tears fell down her cheeks. "If he's not the guy Buffy. If what he needs from you just isn't there let him leave, let him go. Break his heart and make it a clean break but if you really think that you can love him. Scary, messy, no emotions barred need, if you're ready for that. Think about what you're about to lose."
Buffy didn't have much time Riley would go in a few minutes; she had to tell him, "Xander . . ."
Her friend smiled at her, "Run."
Buffy ran.