Hey there readers! I am back from my lovely vacation and I'm all set to write again. Thanks for the reviews! ok. here we go.
Chapter 5
Willow, Xander, Buffy, Dawn, and Spike all stood in the front lawn, waving, as the cab took Kennedy away. They all walked back into the house and sat down around the table.
"So." Xander folded his hands on the table. There was an uncomfortable silence.
"Well, welcome back." Willow smiled at Spike.
"Thanks."
"So how did this work exactly? Like how did you get from there to here? Special x-vampire privilages?" Xander asked snidely.
"Well, Buffy needed me." Spike ganced at her, making her blush.
"So as usual, whatever Buffy needs, she gets."
"Xander!" Willow could not believe he was behaving like this.
"What Willow? Just because Buffy claims to be in love, AGAIN, her re-dead vampire lover gets to come back? Well what about Anya? What about Tara? When do they come back?" He stood up and walked out of the house, slamming the door behind him.
Dawn started crying. Spike put his arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "I'm so sorry. I don't know why he's acting like this," she said between sobs.
"I'll go talk to him." Willow walked out into the cold. She followed his footprints in the snow to the car. He was sitting in the driver's seat, arms crossed across his chest. She sighed and slid into the passenger's seat.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"So what's on your mind?" He sighed heavily. "It'll make you feel better is you tell me."
"It's just that...it's... It's not fair. Spike was evil. He killed hundreds of people. And yet he gets to go to heaven AND come back? How is that fair?"
"It's not, ok. It's not fair. But look at how happy Buffy is now compared to how she's been these past few months. Don't you think that after all she's been through she deserves some happiness?"
"Well what about my happiness, huh? When does Anya get sent back? Oh wait! She doesn't. She's dead."
"You know what Xander? You're not the only person in the world who's lost someone! Don't you think that I wish and hope and pray that Tara could be here with us?"
"And it's not fair that she's not!"
"Of course it's not fair! It's not fair that she just happened to be standing in that window when that bullet was fired! It's not fair that Anya was killed! It's not fair that Dawn and Buffy lost their mother! It's not fair that we never got to be real teenagers! It's not fair that Buffy was chosen to be the slayer! But Xander, no one said that life was fair!"
"Willow, I'm sorry."
"And how do you think what you said in there makes Dawn feel? She loves you Xander. Do you understand how precious that is? Don't you care for her?"
"Of course I do. It's just that...what would Anya think? She's only been dead a few months and I've already moved on?"
"You have to stop worrying about what Anya thinks. She'll always love you, you know that. But the truth is, she's not here and Dawn is."
"God, I'm an asshole."
"Well only sometimes."
"Thanks Will. You always know how to help me come to terms with my inner asshole."
"Can we go back inside now? I can't feel my ear lobes."
Chapter 5
Willow, Xander, Buffy, Dawn, and Spike all stood in the front lawn, waving, as the cab took Kennedy away. They all walked back into the house and sat down around the table.
"So." Xander folded his hands on the table. There was an uncomfortable silence.
"Well, welcome back." Willow smiled at Spike.
"Thanks."
"So how did this work exactly? Like how did you get from there to here? Special x-vampire privilages?" Xander asked snidely.
"Well, Buffy needed me." Spike ganced at her, making her blush.
"So as usual, whatever Buffy needs, she gets."
"Xander!" Willow could not believe he was behaving like this.
"What Willow? Just because Buffy claims to be in love, AGAIN, her re-dead vampire lover gets to come back? Well what about Anya? What about Tara? When do they come back?" He stood up and walked out of the house, slamming the door behind him.
Dawn started crying. Spike put his arm around her shoulder, trying to comfort her. "I'm so sorry. I don't know why he's acting like this," she said between sobs.
"I'll go talk to him." Willow walked out into the cold. She followed his footprints in the snow to the car. He was sitting in the driver's seat, arms crossed across his chest. She sighed and slid into the passenger's seat.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"So what's on your mind?" He sighed heavily. "It'll make you feel better is you tell me."
"It's just that...it's... It's not fair. Spike was evil. He killed hundreds of people. And yet he gets to go to heaven AND come back? How is that fair?"
"It's not, ok. It's not fair. But look at how happy Buffy is now compared to how she's been these past few months. Don't you think that after all she's been through she deserves some happiness?"
"Well what about my happiness, huh? When does Anya get sent back? Oh wait! She doesn't. She's dead."
"You know what Xander? You're not the only person in the world who's lost someone! Don't you think that I wish and hope and pray that Tara could be here with us?"
"And it's not fair that she's not!"
"Of course it's not fair! It's not fair that she just happened to be standing in that window when that bullet was fired! It's not fair that Anya was killed! It's not fair that Dawn and Buffy lost their mother! It's not fair that we never got to be real teenagers! It's not fair that Buffy was chosen to be the slayer! But Xander, no one said that life was fair!"
"Willow, I'm sorry."
"And how do you think what you said in there makes Dawn feel? She loves you Xander. Do you understand how precious that is? Don't you care for her?"
"Of course I do. It's just that...what would Anya think? She's only been dead a few months and I've already moved on?"
"You have to stop worrying about what Anya thinks. She'll always love you, you know that. But the truth is, she's not here and Dawn is."
"God, I'm an asshole."
"Well only sometimes."
"Thanks Will. You always know how to help me come to terms with my inner asshole."
"Can we go back inside now? I can't feel my ear lobes."