Willow suddenly appeared at the door with Paige behind her, they both
looked nervously at each other, this was the moment they were dreading,
Willow especially. Paige squeezed her hand tightly reminding her that she
was there with her. Willow smiled at her girl friend let go of her hand and
broke the silence of her two best friends by saying,
"Have you made your minds up?"
Buffy looked at her and said,
"Will, please don't hate me."
Willow ran forward and kneeled on the step lower than the one on which Xander was sitting with Buffy on his lap and said,
"Buffy, Xander I don't hate either of you, I love you both so much it hurts... hurts me so much to see you both like this. That's why when I found the spell me and Paige thought we should offer it to you. Not cause we want to get rid of you but because we're happy and we want you to be happy as well. I have so many memories of the three of us in the library and at Giles' and at your house Buffy when we happy that it hurts so much to see you both in so much pain. You both deserve happiness and if you have to leave, if it means that I never see you again then so be it. The important thing is that you'll both be happy, I love you guys so much."
She Hugged Them both, her arms wrapping round Xander's shoulders and Buffy who was still on his lap.
"I love you too Wills, and I'm going to miss you so much"
Buffy said as she kissed Willow on the cheek.
"When are we going to do this then?"
Xander asked, Willow exchanged a look with Paige and said,
"Tonight, it's got to be tonight."
Buffy looked at Xander and said,
"But that's not enough time, how are we going to say good bye every one? Are they going to understand?"
Willow interrupted and said,
"Buffy, Xander when I found the spell I talked to everyone and told them that it would have to be tonight, they understand and their waiting inside to say goodbye."
Buffy stood up, hugged willow and said,
"Thank you so much Wills, I love you."
Before running inside. Xander stayed for a bit longer and said,
"I've said my good byes, I want to do this now."
Willow looked at Paige who had tears shimmering in her green eyes; her wispy black hair was swaying in the wind. She knew how hard this was for Willow, what it would mean for her. She had to be strong now, Strong for willow. She smiled and nodded at her lover and the two of them stood either side of Xander In the moonlight holding each other's hands round him, situated directly under the moon and Willow began to Chant in a language Xander had never heard. He felt himself being folded in on himself and just as he was leaving he shouted out,
"I love you Willow, Paige take care of her please!"
Willow opened her eyes and looked at the space where Xander had been and fell into Paige's outstretched arms crying, Paige wrapped her arms around the woman she loved and said,
"Come babe, we've got one more to go, it's not time for tears now, you've got to be strong. It's only for a little while longer."
Inside Buffy was saying her goodbyes; She was clinging to Dawn and Giles telling them how much she loved them,
"Giles promise me you'll look after Dawn she maybe an adult now but she still needs love."
Giles nodded and said,
"I promise Buffy."
She turned to Dawn, who was crying and said,
"Dawn, are you sure you don't hate me, If you can't look me in the eye and tell me to leave then I'll stay with you. I love you so much."
Dawn just gabbed Buffy and said,
"You've sacrificed so much for me, let me makes this one sacrifice please Buffy I love you, you have to go, please though whenever you get wherever your going send word somehow that your ok please?"
Buffy Hugged Dawn backs and said,
"I promise Dawnie, but promise me something. When you've finished college you'll have a family a big family and live in a large house with a big back yard and a white picket fence and that when you've got a minute on your own you'll think of me."
Dawn Hugged her back not wanting to let go but knowing that she would need to soon said,
"I'll always think of you Buffy."
"As will we."
Maya Lin said squeezing Giles' hand, she knew how much this was hurting him he was loosing two of his surrogate children in one night.
Faith came tearing through the door Tim breathlessly following and grabbed Buffy in Bone breaking hug sad
"B, you better not have thought you were leaving without a goodbye from us."
Buffy relaxed in Faith's arms and whispered
"I love you"
In her ears only to have the same thing whispered back to her, when Faith had let go of her, Tim hugged and the two of them looked at her and said,
"We've decided that the baby's going to be Emma Buffy Amos, you'll never be forgotten Buffy, she's going to grow up knowing who she was named after."
Buffy started crying all over again and said,
"I can't believe I'm really going"
She wiped the tears from her eyes and grabbing Giles' hand one last time she stared him deep in the eyes and pleadingly said,
"You'll care for the Girls, the watchers, all of them? They need someone to be there for them. You were there for me so much that I can't think of any one better to help them with their responsibility's"
Giles who had tears in his eyes now said,
"It will be an honour, though I must admit I doubt any of them will live up to you. Words can't express how proud I am of you Buffy. You've dealt with so many things that no single person should ever have had to deal with and conquered everything that's ever come against you even death. And it seems you've suddenly become this Woman who I shall never forget a woman who deserves to have a happy and long life. Good luck Buffy."
He pulled her towards him and gave her a fatherly kiss on the forehead before letting go of her and pulling Maya Lin to him and holding on to her, he wished he had never seen this night. The night he lost two of his 'Children' but he knew it had to be done. He was glad that they would be happy, after a lifetime of battles of darkness and pain they deserved an eternity of Happiness and he knew that one day they would all be together again.
Buffy gave everyone one last hug and told them that she loved them. Before going back outside where Willow and Paige were standing, she hugged Paige and said,
"Take care of Paige, if you hurt her at all I'll find some way of getting back here with a pick axe ok."
Paige laughed and said,
"I promise I'll take care of her..."
Then she leant in and whispered in her ear,
"I'm going to ask her to marry me."
Buffy squealed and hugged Paige again before turning to willow, she grabbed her red haired friend who was not crying anymore, she had nothing left to cry.
"I love you Wills, you are the most amazing Woman I've ever met in my life. Be happy and remember Carpe Diem."
Willow laughed as she cried and kissed Buffy saying
"I love you to, now stand in between us like that... yeah... now don't move ok?"
She grabbed Paige's hands and began chanting again. Buffy felt a similar feeling as Xander did before she disappeared.
"Carpe Diem"
Willow whispered to herself as Paige led her inside the house, neither saying anything. There was nothing they could say any more. What was done was done they could just hope for the best
"Have you made your minds up?"
Buffy looked at her and said,
"Will, please don't hate me."
Willow ran forward and kneeled on the step lower than the one on which Xander was sitting with Buffy on his lap and said,
"Buffy, Xander I don't hate either of you, I love you both so much it hurts... hurts me so much to see you both like this. That's why when I found the spell me and Paige thought we should offer it to you. Not cause we want to get rid of you but because we're happy and we want you to be happy as well. I have so many memories of the three of us in the library and at Giles' and at your house Buffy when we happy that it hurts so much to see you both in so much pain. You both deserve happiness and if you have to leave, if it means that I never see you again then so be it. The important thing is that you'll both be happy, I love you guys so much."
She Hugged Them both, her arms wrapping round Xander's shoulders and Buffy who was still on his lap.
"I love you too Wills, and I'm going to miss you so much"
Buffy said as she kissed Willow on the cheek.
"When are we going to do this then?"
Xander asked, Willow exchanged a look with Paige and said,
"Tonight, it's got to be tonight."
Buffy looked at Xander and said,
"But that's not enough time, how are we going to say good bye every one? Are they going to understand?"
Willow interrupted and said,
"Buffy, Xander when I found the spell I talked to everyone and told them that it would have to be tonight, they understand and their waiting inside to say goodbye."
Buffy stood up, hugged willow and said,
"Thank you so much Wills, I love you."
Before running inside. Xander stayed for a bit longer and said,
"I've said my good byes, I want to do this now."
Willow looked at Paige who had tears shimmering in her green eyes; her wispy black hair was swaying in the wind. She knew how hard this was for Willow, what it would mean for her. She had to be strong now, Strong for willow. She smiled and nodded at her lover and the two of them stood either side of Xander In the moonlight holding each other's hands round him, situated directly under the moon and Willow began to Chant in a language Xander had never heard. He felt himself being folded in on himself and just as he was leaving he shouted out,
"I love you Willow, Paige take care of her please!"
Willow opened her eyes and looked at the space where Xander had been and fell into Paige's outstretched arms crying, Paige wrapped her arms around the woman she loved and said,
"Come babe, we've got one more to go, it's not time for tears now, you've got to be strong. It's only for a little while longer."
Inside Buffy was saying her goodbyes; She was clinging to Dawn and Giles telling them how much she loved them,
"Giles promise me you'll look after Dawn she maybe an adult now but she still needs love."
Giles nodded and said,
"I promise Buffy."
She turned to Dawn, who was crying and said,
"Dawn, are you sure you don't hate me, If you can't look me in the eye and tell me to leave then I'll stay with you. I love you so much."
Dawn just gabbed Buffy and said,
"You've sacrificed so much for me, let me makes this one sacrifice please Buffy I love you, you have to go, please though whenever you get wherever your going send word somehow that your ok please?"
Buffy Hugged Dawn backs and said,
"I promise Dawnie, but promise me something. When you've finished college you'll have a family a big family and live in a large house with a big back yard and a white picket fence and that when you've got a minute on your own you'll think of me."
Dawn Hugged her back not wanting to let go but knowing that she would need to soon said,
"I'll always think of you Buffy."
"As will we."
Maya Lin said squeezing Giles' hand, she knew how much this was hurting him he was loosing two of his surrogate children in one night.
Faith came tearing through the door Tim breathlessly following and grabbed Buffy in Bone breaking hug sad
"B, you better not have thought you were leaving without a goodbye from us."
Buffy relaxed in Faith's arms and whispered
"I love you"
In her ears only to have the same thing whispered back to her, when Faith had let go of her, Tim hugged and the two of them looked at her and said,
"We've decided that the baby's going to be Emma Buffy Amos, you'll never be forgotten Buffy, she's going to grow up knowing who she was named after."
Buffy started crying all over again and said,
"I can't believe I'm really going"
She wiped the tears from her eyes and grabbing Giles' hand one last time she stared him deep in the eyes and pleadingly said,
"You'll care for the Girls, the watchers, all of them? They need someone to be there for them. You were there for me so much that I can't think of any one better to help them with their responsibility's"
Giles who had tears in his eyes now said,
"It will be an honour, though I must admit I doubt any of them will live up to you. Words can't express how proud I am of you Buffy. You've dealt with so many things that no single person should ever have had to deal with and conquered everything that's ever come against you even death. And it seems you've suddenly become this Woman who I shall never forget a woman who deserves to have a happy and long life. Good luck Buffy."
He pulled her towards him and gave her a fatherly kiss on the forehead before letting go of her and pulling Maya Lin to him and holding on to her, he wished he had never seen this night. The night he lost two of his 'Children' but he knew it had to be done. He was glad that they would be happy, after a lifetime of battles of darkness and pain they deserved an eternity of Happiness and he knew that one day they would all be together again.
Buffy gave everyone one last hug and told them that she loved them. Before going back outside where Willow and Paige were standing, she hugged Paige and said,
"Take care of Paige, if you hurt her at all I'll find some way of getting back here with a pick axe ok."
Paige laughed and said,
"I promise I'll take care of her..."
Then she leant in and whispered in her ear,
"I'm going to ask her to marry me."
Buffy squealed and hugged Paige again before turning to willow, she grabbed her red haired friend who was not crying anymore, she had nothing left to cry.
"I love you Wills, you are the most amazing Woman I've ever met in my life. Be happy and remember Carpe Diem."
Willow laughed as she cried and kissed Buffy saying
"I love you to, now stand in between us like that... yeah... now don't move ok?"
She grabbed Paige's hands and began chanting again. Buffy felt a similar feeling as Xander did before she disappeared.
"Carpe Diem"
Willow whispered to herself as Paige led her inside the house, neither saying anything. There was nothing they could say any more. What was done was done they could just hope for the best