Chapter 4

After the three long years ended, mysterious things began to happen in Sunnydale. Buffy no longer saw any vampires or demons. It was as if they left or no longer had any use for the people of the city. Buffy continued to patrol the city just in case some were still around. While she was busy, something began to happen outside the town.

A small ripple began, and then lightning appeared as if it was ripping a hole in the spot. Within seconds, a hole that looked like water floating in air opened and something stepped out. It was cloaked in robes of white, and its head beneath the hood turned to look around. In an instant, it vanished. Where it disappeared from, there was a small circle of scorched earth.

The figure reappeared near the Bronze. It took its hand and removed its hood to reveal its face. It was Drew. He had finally come back from wherever he was. He smiled a bit at the site of the Bronze. With a snap of his fingers, the white robes vanished and were replaced with a white t- shirt, blue jeans, and a pair of boots.

Drew stepped toward the door of the Bronze and walked in. He looked around wondering if Dawn or any of they others were there. After glancing around a bit, he went towards the bar and sat down on a stool.

"What will it be?" the man behind the bar asked.

"I guess a coke. It's been a while since I was here last," Drew replied. The bartender looked at him, shook his head, and got him a coke. Not long after Drew had sat down, a blonde sat beside him. She was wearing a pink tank top, a short skirt, and high heels. She ordered a Dr. Pepper and looked at Drew and smiled.

"Hi," she said, "My name is Sarah. What's yours?"

Drew looked at her with his deep blue eyes. Something about her bothered him, but he didn't show it.

"My name is Drew," he replied.

Sarah looked at him with a funny look on her face. Her green eyes looked him over. In her mind she thought of what to do. She then decided to talk to him and then lure him outside.

"So, come here often?" she asked him.

"No," Drew replied. "This is my first time since I left."

"No wonder you don't look familiar," Sarah said. She was continuously thinking of how to gain his trust. Something inside her wanted him badly, but yet something else said to leave him alone.

"I left three years ago to go back east and stay with my mom till she died," he lied. "Now I have come back to see my friends."

He turned his head and looked at Sarah again. Her green eyes seemed as if they had never taken their gaze off of him.

"So wanna take me home?" Sarah asked hoping he would say yes. "It's dark and a lot of weirdoes come out at night."

Drew looked at her. He thought for a moment.

"Why not?" he answered. "I need to go anways."

Both of them walked outside and once they were clear, Sarah turned towards Drew. Her face had become disfigured and fangs now hung in her mouth. She smiled a bit and shoved Drew against the wall.

"I should have known," Drew said. "Vampires always did know the corniest ways of getting someone outside so they could feed on them."

Sarah looked at him and went to bite Drew's neck when suddenly; something was rammed through her chest. She stepped back to reveal that a stake was in her heart. Before she could say another word, she turned to dust and blew away in the wind.

Drew decided to go back inside the Bronze for a bit longer. He figured if Buffy was patrolling, it would be a while before she would be home. When he got back inside, he saw a girl wearing a brown tank top, black pants, and some sort of high-heeled shoes.

He figured he was just imagining things so he kept going towards the bar. Suddenly, a girl's voice came out of nowhere. He looked around for where it came from and saw it came from the girl in the brown tank top. Her voice was so familiar. So he got up and walked towards her. He hoped it was someone he knew.

When he got near the girl, he reached out his hand and tapped the girl on the shoulder.

"Pride?" he said.

The girl whipped around to reveal that it was indeed Pride. She looked at him as if she couldn't believe that he was back. Then she put her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly.

"Drew," Pride said, "Where the hell have you been?"

"Can we talk privately?" Drew asked.

Pride nodded and both of them walked into a corner. Drew told her everything. Pride's eyes widened at what he said.

"So did you find out what it was?" Pride asked.

"No we didn't," Drew replied. "How is Dawn?" he quickly added.

Pride looked at him. She then realized that he still loved her. Something inside her told her that his love for her was everlasting. In her heart, she knew that Drew didn't want lose Dawn.

"Well," Pride started, "for the first two years, she turned down every guy who asked her out. I told her that you may never come back, but she just told me to shut up about it. She never really gave up on you, Drew."

Drew looked at her. He wanted to know what all had happened since he had left. So Pride continued.

"Just recently though," she said, "some guy asked her out and Dawn said yea." She saw a look of anger come over Drew's face when she quickly added. "Drew, don't get mad. She still loves you. If she didn't, then why would she still wear the locket you gave her before you left?"

Drew began to calm down at the sound of this. He realized that if Dawn didn't love him, then why would she still wear it. Finally, he decided to go and see Dawn.

Pride went and said bye to her friends at the Bronze and went with Drew outside. In an instant, Drew vanished in a whirl of blue flames.

"My God," Pride said, "Doesn't he ever know how to wait on someone?" With that, she began to run towards the Summer's home.