***First off, sorry it took so long to update and then I'm sorry this is so
short and choppy. If I do ever manage to finish the journal sections of
this, I want to move it into a story with journal side notes. I was kinda
lost when it came to this story, but I think I've found a way to make what
I want to happen, work. Happy Hunting, enjoy the small piece of update
that this is, cause with me you never know when you'll get another, lol.***
Buffy Summers' Journal Entry 7-30-03
"That's it, Buffyworld is officially closed. My best friend just asked me the only question in this world, that I could never had expected. Xander wants Dawn to stay in LA with him? I don't get this. I mean, I know they were spending a lot of time together and all, but, why would he want her to stay. I can't just leave her here, can I? I mean, she is eighteen and all, but, she's not ready to be without me. I wonder if I'll ever know what's going on in her world?"
Xander Harris' Journal Entry 7-30-03
"It's raining today. How odd, the day I finally get balls enough to ask Buffy to keep Dawn here, and it starts raining. That can't be of the good when it comes to omens. I asked Buffy, but I didn't explain anything. Maybe she'll just see it as one of those Dawnie is growing up and ready to live her own life things. Then again, I am thinking of Buffy, she's probably thinking about how Dawn still needs her. The last two weeks have been awkward. Dawn and I haven't said a lot to the other, after the date that night and knowing that we could be worlds apart soon, it's just too much."
Dawn Summers' Journal Entry 7-30-03
"So Buffy was storming around fussing about something and I heard her talking to herself. How narcissistic does one have to be to ask advice from ones self anyway? Moving on, I heard her telling herself that Xander and her had held a conversation about me staying in LA, then she mumbled something about Xander asking. It was confusing. A lot like the last two weeks. We are two inches apart every night and every morning, but we're worlds apart. We both kind of drew back after dinner than night, I think we both realized that there was something there, but we may have to move on soon. I don't want to, move on that is, I want to be here with Xander. I'm perfectly content to be LA girl, perfectly content to be Xander's, if he'll just quit being so worried about the future."
Andrew's Journal Entry 7-30-03
"I've been back here for what seems like forever now. Sunnydale has been all but abandoned since it's collapse. I did see a dog the other day, it looked to be rabid so I kind of went the other way. I've found so many things I would have never wanted to find, mostly corpses. I have almost given up my search, thinking it was futile but somehow I've continued. I've been back searching for hope, searching for the one true sign of hope left in this world. I found it late last night after digging for at least a month. Underneath the rubble I found it, and I'm taking it back to LA to bring hope back into all our lives."
Willow's Journal Entry 7-30-03
"Fred was telling me something funny last night, and it made me think. She was telling me how Lorne had sent Dawn and Xander out to eat a couple weeks back. Then we got to recounting all the times we have seen Xander or Dawn, and realized, we haven't seen one without the other all summer. In fact, they share a bedroom, hell a bed even. Then it dawned on me, their in love. My Xander and little Dawnie in love? It doesn't make sense, wait, actually it makes all the sense in the world actually. They fit well together, I just never, no, no one ever allowed themselves to think it before. Yet, here we are years into our journey's and we have found the fork in the road that some of the others have veered off on. Buffy is lost in thought with the move and council and such, Angel is being Angel and off somewhere in his brood wonderland, and I've kinda been preoccupied with my love life. But, I see it now. They're even going through denial at this very moment, they're suffering because they know they'll be split apart in a month. But, I did hear Buffy muttering something about her and Xander talking. I hope she didn't figure it out, she may kill him."
Buffy Summers' Journal Entry 7-30-03
"That's it, Buffyworld is officially closed. My best friend just asked me the only question in this world, that I could never had expected. Xander wants Dawn to stay in LA with him? I don't get this. I mean, I know they were spending a lot of time together and all, but, why would he want her to stay. I can't just leave her here, can I? I mean, she is eighteen and all, but, she's not ready to be without me. I wonder if I'll ever know what's going on in her world?"
Xander Harris' Journal Entry 7-30-03
"It's raining today. How odd, the day I finally get balls enough to ask Buffy to keep Dawn here, and it starts raining. That can't be of the good when it comes to omens. I asked Buffy, but I didn't explain anything. Maybe she'll just see it as one of those Dawnie is growing up and ready to live her own life things. Then again, I am thinking of Buffy, she's probably thinking about how Dawn still needs her. The last two weeks have been awkward. Dawn and I haven't said a lot to the other, after the date that night and knowing that we could be worlds apart soon, it's just too much."
Dawn Summers' Journal Entry 7-30-03
"So Buffy was storming around fussing about something and I heard her talking to herself. How narcissistic does one have to be to ask advice from ones self anyway? Moving on, I heard her telling herself that Xander and her had held a conversation about me staying in LA, then she mumbled something about Xander asking. It was confusing. A lot like the last two weeks. We are two inches apart every night and every morning, but we're worlds apart. We both kind of drew back after dinner than night, I think we both realized that there was something there, but we may have to move on soon. I don't want to, move on that is, I want to be here with Xander. I'm perfectly content to be LA girl, perfectly content to be Xander's, if he'll just quit being so worried about the future."
Andrew's Journal Entry 7-30-03
"I've been back here for what seems like forever now. Sunnydale has been all but abandoned since it's collapse. I did see a dog the other day, it looked to be rabid so I kind of went the other way. I've found so many things I would have never wanted to find, mostly corpses. I have almost given up my search, thinking it was futile but somehow I've continued. I've been back searching for hope, searching for the one true sign of hope left in this world. I found it late last night after digging for at least a month. Underneath the rubble I found it, and I'm taking it back to LA to bring hope back into all our lives."
Willow's Journal Entry 7-30-03
"Fred was telling me something funny last night, and it made me think. She was telling me how Lorne had sent Dawn and Xander out to eat a couple weeks back. Then we got to recounting all the times we have seen Xander or Dawn, and realized, we haven't seen one without the other all summer. In fact, they share a bedroom, hell a bed even. Then it dawned on me, their in love. My Xander and little Dawnie in love? It doesn't make sense, wait, actually it makes all the sense in the world actually. They fit well together, I just never, no, no one ever allowed themselves to think it before. Yet, here we are years into our journey's and we have found the fork in the road that some of the others have veered off on. Buffy is lost in thought with the move and council and such, Angel is being Angel and off somewhere in his brood wonderland, and I've kinda been preoccupied with my love life. But, I see it now. They're even going through denial at this very moment, they're suffering because they know they'll be split apart in a month. But, I did hear Buffy muttering something about her and Xander talking. I hope she didn't figure it out, she may kill him."