Title: Meant to Be

Author: Dana

Rating: PG-PG-13

Warnings: Character death (Yeah it's Buffy so that's a given)

Summary: An alternative ending to Buffy. One couple finally takes that major step, while the rest of the group tries to handle a different place. This ain't California anymore!

Spoilers: Everything! It's AU but pretty much everything happened the way it did with one big exception on whom died.

Notes: this is my first Buffy fic. I've been working on one called Gems but it's having problems with keeping the OFCs un Mary Sue.

Disclaimer: Joss owns everyone! If I owned them, Robin and Andrew would have died in Chosen.

Anya fell again to the ground. The Harbringers were difficult to fight and she was scared! The former vengeance demon was truly frightened. She closed her eyes for a brief second thinking of the man she loved and readied herself for the fatal blow. She opened her eyes and saw Andrew take the hit.

What? She wondered. He wasn't there a moment ago. She got up and started fighting. The idea that that guy had saved her life gave her the strength to go on. She wasn't going to stay down. She took down Harbringer after Harbringer until there was nothing left. She checked Andrew's pulse and he was dead.

"Anya!" She heard Xander yelling for her. "Anya!"

She looked down at Andrew once more before limping over to where her former boyfriend stood in front of the bus. She fell into his arms exhausted. He helped her onto the bus.

"Where's Andrew?" Dawn asked.

Anya sat up. "He died saving my life. He took a hit that was meant for me."

"Glad he did it." Xander said into her ear. "I couldn't go on without you."

"Me too Xander. Me too."

***

The bus continued on it's way making a stop in Los Angeles. The injured were tended to by Angel's group helped them. Rona hadn't made it though.

Anya was sleeping on the bus seat when she felt someone stroking her hair. She looked up to see Xander standing there beaming at her. "Anya I need to ask you an important question."

"Kay." She said trying to stay awake.

"Will you marry me? For real this time. I won't back out. I've never been more sure."

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"