//text// = telepathic communication.
Buffy woke up in Xander's bed different than when she fell asleep. If that's what he needed, that was fine. She wasn't going to stop him from doing what he wanted. In fact screw him. Yeah, that's right, screw Alexander Lavelle Harris. She could do this without her mother, father, Giles, Willow, and Angel. She surely could do without Xander.
He wants to be a selfish bastard than fine, When did she ever ask for his help? Never. She never needed it either...
**********
*3000 miles east*
Xander woke up the same way he fell asleep, tired and missing everyone. He couldn't think, thinking meant giving up and not wanting to go to work. (Don't think Xander, just shower. Then put on another suit for another day.)
RING
Xander raced to the phone.
"Dawnie?"
\"Hey Xand. I just wanted to tell you... Buffy stayed at your place last night.... at least I think she did. She just came home... She looks happy. She told Giles to stop the search for you."\
"Well then I don't have to worry about any Scooby's coming to my door." (The second day I'm gone and she's ok... I guess I should be happy.... Idiot Jed steps in: You idiot! That bitca doesn't miss you!! All of this for nothing! She could care less that you aren't there! You mean nothing to her, not even a friend.)
\"Yeah, or you can get angry on how selfish she is acting."\
"She isn't the only one doing something selfish." (Idiot Jed: the girl is right, get angry! break stuff!)
\"Yeah, cause you have no reason to act the way you are. Just because you love her more than anything and did everything for her and then, the one thing you needed from her she says no."\
"Dawn."
\"Sorry, but being the founder of Xander is the sexiest man on the face of the universe club it kinda pisses me off when she cant see how great you really are."\
"You don't have a crush on me still, do you Dawnie?"
\"Truthfully... Kinda, you're a hard guy to get over. You, you've been so brave... I get scared and the first thing I think of is 'What would Xander do?'"\
"Dawnie, the answer to that is always going to be 'run and hide.' I'm no hero, I'm just a guy who's too scared to tell the woman he loves the truth, and runs away. Runs 3000 miles away."
\"Sometimes being brave is knowing when to run... I remember someone telling me that once- Hold on, someones coming home. I gotta go."\
She hung up the phone before he could tell her goodbye.
**********
*3000 miles west*
Willow officially didn't care what Buffy though. She was not going to stop looking for...
"How stupid can I be!!"
Giles looked up from his book.
"Excuse me?"
"I can just think him!"
"Yes... of course you can think of him, he has been your friend all these years-"
"No! Me, Buffy, and Xander did this spell when I got back and almost fileted. It was so if someone was in trouble we could hear them with out having to be in hearing distance, it also cut down the cell phone bills. I can just reach him through my mind!"
"Are you sure the spell is strong enough for the distance?"
"Well there's only one way to find out."
Willow looked down at the table concentrating on something.
//Xander//
//Will?//
Willow stood up excitedly jumping up and down.
"Is that part of the spell?" Giles looked at her like she was crazy.
"No, I heard him! Hold on, let me try and talk to him."
//Xander, why did you go?//
//Will I really don't want to talk to anyone.//
//Ok, don't talk. Get your ass home!//
//It's not that simple.//
//Wait, why did you go?//
//Will, I love you so much. Bye.//
//Xander? Xander! //
"Damnit! He won't talk to me. I am going to officially kill him when he comes back here."
"He told you he was coming?"
"No. But it's Xander... He'll come back. He'll work out what he has to and come back... Right?"
//Oh, tell Buffy not to worry, I kinda took Mr. Gordo.//
**************
"He took Gordo??"
"Buffy that's not the point."
"Gordo's been pignapped?"
"Buffy, FOCUS! I can't get him to come back... Maybe you should try."
"And tell him what exactly? Thanks for abandoning us?"
"Not us, you. Its all your fault he's gone." Dawn didn't even look up from the magazine she was reading.
"Oh, what is it Blame Buffy night? Well I don't have to put up with this." She slammed the front door shut and went towards one of the closer cemeteries. (Stupid Dawn.... Wait.... that doesn't make any sense... How could she know what made Xander leave. Oh Dawn you are soooo dead!) Buffy ran back into the house.
"He told you he was leaving!!" Buffy pointed at Dawn.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"He told you, or else you wouldn't be so sure why he left! You know why he's gone!"
"I'm going to my room." She was pinned to the wall by her much stronger sister.
"No, You're going to tell us where he is."
"What happened to 'I dont care about what Xander does.'?"
"Can you guys leave us alone?"
The others nodded and left quickly.
"What do you want to do Buffy, threaten me?"
"No."
"Than what?" She let go of her sister and sat down on the couch thinking about it for a minute.
"Dawnie I need him."
"I know. But do you ever wonder what he needs?"
"What does he need?"
"You."
"Well than that was really smart of him. Hello Dawn, I'm right here why would he go-"
(She held out the heart.
"You're gonna need this."
"Keep it, its yours anyway.")
"Oh. I get it. He needs me. I guess I thought when he had Anya he would never want...I have to get some air."
Buffy woke up in Xander's bed different than when she fell asleep. If that's what he needed, that was fine. She wasn't going to stop him from doing what he wanted. In fact screw him. Yeah, that's right, screw Alexander Lavelle Harris. She could do this without her mother, father, Giles, Willow, and Angel. She surely could do without Xander.
He wants to be a selfish bastard than fine, When did she ever ask for his help? Never. She never needed it either...
**********
*3000 miles east*
Xander woke up the same way he fell asleep, tired and missing everyone. He couldn't think, thinking meant giving up and not wanting to go to work. (Don't think Xander, just shower. Then put on another suit for another day.)
RING
Xander raced to the phone.
"Dawnie?"
\"Hey Xand. I just wanted to tell you... Buffy stayed at your place last night.... at least I think she did. She just came home... She looks happy. She told Giles to stop the search for you."\
"Well then I don't have to worry about any Scooby's coming to my door." (The second day I'm gone and she's ok... I guess I should be happy.... Idiot Jed steps in: You idiot! That bitca doesn't miss you!! All of this for nothing! She could care less that you aren't there! You mean nothing to her, not even a friend.)
\"Yeah, or you can get angry on how selfish she is acting."\
"She isn't the only one doing something selfish." (Idiot Jed: the girl is right, get angry! break stuff!)
\"Yeah, cause you have no reason to act the way you are. Just because you love her more than anything and did everything for her and then, the one thing you needed from her she says no."\
"Dawn."
\"Sorry, but being the founder of Xander is the sexiest man on the face of the universe club it kinda pisses me off when she cant see how great you really are."\
"You don't have a crush on me still, do you Dawnie?"
\"Truthfully... Kinda, you're a hard guy to get over. You, you've been so brave... I get scared and the first thing I think of is 'What would Xander do?'"\
"Dawnie, the answer to that is always going to be 'run and hide.' I'm no hero, I'm just a guy who's too scared to tell the woman he loves the truth, and runs away. Runs 3000 miles away."
\"Sometimes being brave is knowing when to run... I remember someone telling me that once- Hold on, someones coming home. I gotta go."\
She hung up the phone before he could tell her goodbye.
**********
*3000 miles west*
Willow officially didn't care what Buffy though. She was not going to stop looking for...
"How stupid can I be!!"
Giles looked up from his book.
"Excuse me?"
"I can just think him!"
"Yes... of course you can think of him, he has been your friend all these years-"
"No! Me, Buffy, and Xander did this spell when I got back and almost fileted. It was so if someone was in trouble we could hear them with out having to be in hearing distance, it also cut down the cell phone bills. I can just reach him through my mind!"
"Are you sure the spell is strong enough for the distance?"
"Well there's only one way to find out."
Willow looked down at the table concentrating on something.
//Xander//
//Will?//
Willow stood up excitedly jumping up and down.
"Is that part of the spell?" Giles looked at her like she was crazy.
"No, I heard him! Hold on, let me try and talk to him."
//Xander, why did you go?//
//Will I really don't want to talk to anyone.//
//Ok, don't talk. Get your ass home!//
//It's not that simple.//
//Wait, why did you go?//
//Will, I love you so much. Bye.//
//Xander? Xander! //
"Damnit! He won't talk to me. I am going to officially kill him when he comes back here."
"He told you he was coming?"
"No. But it's Xander... He'll come back. He'll work out what he has to and come back... Right?"
//Oh, tell Buffy not to worry, I kinda took Mr. Gordo.//
**************
"He took Gordo??"
"Buffy that's not the point."
"Gordo's been pignapped?"
"Buffy, FOCUS! I can't get him to come back... Maybe you should try."
"And tell him what exactly? Thanks for abandoning us?"
"Not us, you. Its all your fault he's gone." Dawn didn't even look up from the magazine she was reading.
"Oh, what is it Blame Buffy night? Well I don't have to put up with this." She slammed the front door shut and went towards one of the closer cemeteries. (Stupid Dawn.... Wait.... that doesn't make any sense... How could she know what made Xander leave. Oh Dawn you are soooo dead!) Buffy ran back into the house.
"He told you he was leaving!!" Buffy pointed at Dawn.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"He told you, or else you wouldn't be so sure why he left! You know why he's gone!"
"I'm going to my room." She was pinned to the wall by her much stronger sister.
"No, You're going to tell us where he is."
"What happened to 'I dont care about what Xander does.'?"
"Can you guys leave us alone?"
The others nodded and left quickly.
"What do you want to do Buffy, threaten me?"
"No."
"Than what?" She let go of her sister and sat down on the couch thinking about it for a minute.
"Dawnie I need him."
"I know. But do you ever wonder what he needs?"
"What does he need?"
"You."
"Well than that was really smart of him. Hello Dawn, I'm right here why would he go-"
(She held out the heart.
"You're gonna need this."
"Keep it, its yours anyway.")
"Oh. I get it. He needs me. I guess I thought when he had Anya he would never want...I have to get some air."