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Chapter 1

Buffy smiled as she looked over sunnydale or what was left of it.

"What are we going to do now?" asked Dawn , standing behind

her.

"Start over" Buffy answered still smiling

"Uh.... Buffy don't you think that would take some time" said

Willow standing next to Kennedy.

A cool breeze came. Buffy closed her eyes and let it blow against her

face. The feel was like no other, the sun was bright, the sky was blue

and everything was right in the world.

"All we have is time" Buffy said turning around to face them.

Andrew rasied his hand from the back of the crowd.

"Yes, Andrew?"

"Uh.. seeing how there is no more Sunnydale..uh where are

we going to stay?"he mumbled

"Yeah, Andrew's right! Where are we going to stay?" seconded

Kennedy

"What about food?" yelled someone from the back.

Everyone started to talk to the person next to them, no one knew what

was going to happen to them, everyone was scared.

"You guys! Chill. We'll find some food, and somewhere to stay

but the first thing we need to do is make sure

everyone is alright!" Buffy yelled over everyone.

Everyone turned to eachother and asked were they okay, Willow walked up

to Buffy and placed her hand on her sholder. Buffy smiled at her and

gave her a hug, she winced in pain.

"What is it?" asked Willow looking over Buffy

Buffy lifted up the bottom part of her shirt to reveal the cut from the

swordon her stomach. Willow smiled and moved her hand over the huge

cut, "I want to show you something"

Willow whispered there words that Buffy couldn't hear, if she had, she

thought, she probably wouldn't be able to understand them. Willow moved

her hand from her stomach, the cut was gone! Buffy looked down at where

the cut used to be and looked back up at Willow.

"Thank you, but how did you do that?"

"I'm a goddess!" She said smiling

Buffy looked around at everyone and felt like for once in her life

should could take a break from slaying and just lay back with her

friends, but something was missing. She couldn't quite figure it out but

after a few minutes she realised what it was.

Spike.

Buffy did love Spike, but he didn't seem do think so. Even though she

told him how she felt he didn't seem to believe her, which didn't come

as a suprise to her. For them to become lovers after being mortal

enemies would be a huge step, but they had come a long way.She had to

get him back and with everyone's help, she would!

Dawn walked up beside Buffy. Buffy turned to face her.

"I'm so proud of you!" Buffy said giving her a hug

"And me of you" Dawn said, smiling, "It's kinda hard to

believe that Spike did all this, isn't it?"

"Yeah it is, but he was the one who saved us all. If it

weren't for him we wouldn't of won"

Dawn nodded in agreement.

Buffy rubbed her hand on her little sisters back and walked over to

Giles, Xander, and Andrew.

"Well we did it!" She said, happily

"Yes,I'm sure we did" said Giles smiling.

Buffy could see the hurt in Xander's eye .She walked in font of him,

looked him straight in to his eye and gave him a hug.

"She was a wonderful person" she whispered in his ear

"I know" He whipered back

She looked at Andrew, who quickly turned his head the oppsite way.

"You did good Andrew"

Andrew turned his head back towards her.

"T-thanks", his hand wear sweating like god knows what. He wiped them on

his shirt but thrn hand two smeered hands prints.

*On the School Bus*

"You sure your alright, man?" Faith asked kneeling in front of the badly

beaten'. Wood.

"Y-yeah, I'll be fine." He answered breathing heavly. His hand was

wrapped around the lower part of his stomach.

Faith noticed that he wasn't doing to well, he was breathing really

hard, bleeding a lot, and didn't seem that he could hold his head up

that long.

"I'm going to get some help" she said sticking her head out

the bus door.

"Buffy!, Hey we need some help in here" she yelled, the bus

doors shut in her face, almost hitting her. She turned to face Wood,

with his hand on the button to close/open the door.

"That was alittle close,yo. I'm just tryin' to help" Faith

said

"I said, I'm fine. I just need to rest thats all"

" 'Aight, If you need anything I'm right out here" She said

pointing to the back of the bus.

Faith walked towards the back of the bus, and hopped out the emergency

back door, Wood watched her as she left.

Buffy saw Faith come out the bus and walked over to her.

"How is he?" Buffy asked

"He says h'es 'fine' but i know he ain't, just tryin' to be big

strong guy" ,she smiled a little

"That's Wood, always trying to be strong" Buffy said crossing

her arms

Faith looked around at the potential, I mean, slayers standing

around, talking to each other.

"Well I guess we did it, together" Faith said

"Yeah... we did"Buffy smiled, then gave her a hug.

Faith was suprised by this because ever since Buffy met her, they never

really agreed on anything. They never hung out, or anything ,except

patroling but that did count.

"You proved yourself to day Faith" Buffy said with Faith arms length

away.

"I did, didn't I?" She said, proudly

Buffy smiled.

"It looked like you and Spike were uh haven' a little moment

down there" Faith said

"Well i wouldn't call it a moment, more like a...a...."

Faith looked at her in disblief.

"Alright. yeah, we were having a moment," Buffy admitted "it

was nice,except that the building was caving in, but other then that it

was nice.", she smiled

"And?" Faith said moving her hand in a circle

"And what?"

"Was there any kissing?" she asked

"No! why would i kiss him?" Buffy asked

"Well you said you loved him right?," Buffy nodded, "well then how

come you didn't kiss 'em?"

"You don't always have to kiss someone to show you love them, there are

other ways"

"Thats true,B. But it didn't seem like you two were the best of buds

either"

"Faith, I really don't want to talk about this right now, Maybe some

other time?" asked Buffy

"Yea, sure, some other time"