Buffy turned her head and looked out the small window as the plane took off.

"Buffy?" asked Dawn. Dawn was sitting in between her sister and Faith. "Buffy? Buffy can you hear me?" Dawn waved a hand in front of her sister's face. "Earth to Buffy!" Buffy jumped and turned toward her sister with sad eyes.

"Sorry." Buffy tried to smile but failed miserably. "Got lost in my thoughts."

"You really, really miss him don't you?" Dawn asked quietly.

"Yeah, I do."

"You love him don't you?"

"Yeah. I do." Dawn pushed a piece of her chestnut hair behind her ear. I'll be right back." She got up and looked at Willow who was sitting behind them with Kennedy and another potential. Willow got up and followed Dawn to the bathroom.

"What's up Dawnie?" she asked.

"It's Buffy. We have to get Spike back for her or it's going to get worse."

"She'll be fine Dawn. She's Buffy, she'll heal."

"I don't think so. Not this time."

"Dawn. She'll be fine. Just give it time." Willow put a hand on Dawn's shoulder and smoothed out her hair with the other the turned and walked back to her seat.

"Yeah." Said Dawn in a voice that clearly stated Riiiiiiiight and then went back to her seat.

After Dawn went to the bathroom Buffy turned her eyes back to the window. She sighed quietly and closed her eyes. In seconds she was asleep. She dreamed:

Buffy stood in the corner of a large dark room staring at Dream Buffy lying on a bed curled up in a tiny ball. Dream Buffy shook with sobs. Dawn came into the room and sat on the bed. "Shh...Buffy it's ok. Don't cry. Please, Buffy. Heal like Willow said you would. We need you." Tears rolled down Dawn's cheeks, as Dream Buffy didn't even notice there was someone else in the room with her. Dream Buffy jerked violently and Dawn quickly pulled her hand away and got off the bed. "Giles! Giles! She's doing it again!" she yelled sounding terrified. Giles burst into the room and took a small leather book out of the drawer in the bedside table. He opened it and took out a needle with clear pink liquid in it. He took Buffy's arm and she jerked harder. He inserted the liquid and refilled the needle from a mini jar of what real Buffy guessed was the clear pink liquid. Dream Buffy's jerking came to a halt with her sobbing and her breathing evened out as she fell asleep.

"We must figure out what's wrong with her quickly." Said Giles. He took Dawns hand and they stood and watched for a few minutes to see if she was ok for now. Just then Willow ran into the room with a book in her hand.

"I found it! Listen..."

Buffy woke up to Faith shaking her shoulder.

"Buffy. We're landed. Time to get off the plane." Buffy got up and followed the others off the plane.

Later

After they rented cheap motels to save money Giles and Willow went to find houses that were for sale. They'd asked her to go a million times but Buffy just wasn't up to it. She was all of the sudden very tired so she just lay on her bed with Dawn playing with her hair. And soon after she fell asleep.

The next morning

"Buffy?" said Xander shaking one of his best friends shoulder. "Buffy wake up. We're going to check out a house that Willow and Giles found."