Thoughts of fear and confusion raced through my head.

"Spike killed Anya!" I blurted out so loudly that I scared myself.

"Xander, Spike didn't kill her. He can't, not with that chip in his head," Cordelia said so calmly that I could have ringed her neck.

At least we're going back to Sunnydale. Once there I can convince these mindless Angel Investigators of Spike. He must be vanquished.

Xander and all of Angel's gang walked into the Magic Shop. Buffy Willow and Dawn were inside picking up Anyanka's mess.

"Xander!" Willow sobbed out. "I am so sorry. It was an accident!"

"What was Will? Spike and Buffy, or who he killed Anya?" Xander wanted to sound convincing. He needed Angel's help.

"Xander! Spike didn't kill Anya, I did! She was attacking us…I had no choice!" Willow stopped and froze at Xander's reaction.

Xander fell to the floor in tears. He couldn't believe that his best friend killed is fiancée. HE would have much rather had Anya kill him than have Willow kill her.

"Um, I have a question. What's exactly going on and why are we here?" Fred asked quietly from where the Angel Investigators were standing.

Dawn spoke up. " A few days ago Buffy and Spike announce that they were together and Xander got angry…." Dawn went on and told the events of the past few days, while everyone stood around in stared. When she was done, everyone was silent, trying to let the story sink in. Angel was the first to speak up.

"So, Buffy and Spike are together? How'd that happen?"

I approached that Magic Shop but hesitated before I went in. I didn't want to go in there because then they would know I had been crying. Yeah, Anya was annoying, but she had a good heart she did. I took a deep breath and walked into the Magic Box, only to stop in my tracks. Xander was back, and Buffy's dream was right, he brought Angel and his Investigators with him.

"Bloody hell," I said, acting cool, while I walked over to where Buffy was standing. "What are you doing here?"

Angel immediately jumped at the chance to answer me. "we're here for a Scooby Gang reunion and to introduce our new friends. Which reminds me. Guys this is Fred, Gunn and this," Angel took the baby out of Cordelia's arms, "is Connor---my son."

"He's so cute!" Dawn was smiling over the baby.

"Wow, he looks a lot like you Angel. When we first heard about the baby I thought he was going to be pale, and well…dead." Buffy reached to grab the baby from Angel's hands.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE! ANYA'S DEAD!" Xander looked like a wreck. He looked like an insane mental patient who was looking for his mother.

"Xander! I'm so sorry!" Willow was crying hard. She looked desperate.

"You and you! All of you! You have taken my world and crushed it. I can't go on living like this!" Xander ran out of the magic box.

Cordelia went running after Xander, but by the time she got outside, he was gone. Cordy walked back into the Magic Box with a panicked expression on her face. "He's gone."

"Where could he have gone?" Wesley asked.

Everyone was silent while they tried to think of where Xander could be. Buffy spoke up first.

"He probably went home to sit with Anya's stuff. I know when my mom died, all I wanted to do was sit with her stuff."

Without even saying a word, the whole group walked out the door and walked at a brisk pace towards Xander's apartment. When they got there the door was unlocked, so they let themselves in. When they walked into the apartment, it looked empty. They split up looking to see if he even came here. Dawn's scream pierced the silence.

Everyone went running to where Dawn was standing. She had opened a closet to see if the suitcases were still there when she made the discovery. When the group got their, Buffy, Cordy and Willow fell to the floor almost hysterical while the guys just turned away. There, hanging in the closet was Xander---dead.

"No! No! Not Xander, not Xander!" Cordelia was screaming and crying at the top of her lungs. "He was the first boy I ever loved!" She fell to the floor in faint, and Angel rushed to her side.

"Oh my gosh this is all my fault! I did this! I might as well have killed him myself!" Willow shrieked having not gotten over the fact that Xander was dead.

"Help get his body," Buffy moved towards Xander's body, but Angel quickly stepped in her way.

"Wait!" Angel spoke." We shouldn't move him, the cops will get angry if we disturb the body."

"God, forget the cops! Xander needs to be more comfortable! Hanging from a rope definitely isn't!" Buffy moved toward Xander and grabbed him. Spike helped her move him to the bed.

The funeral for Xander and Anya took place two days later. They were buried side by side. Their head stones read, "Lovers Eternally." The newspapers made the story sound like Romeo and Juliet, two star crossed lovers. If they only knew.

"This week is the worst week of my life!" Willow said crying on Tara's shoulder.

Tara came to the funeral and was filled in about the week's events. She was shocked, she couldn't believe how fast peoples lives could get screwed up.

"Will, it's okay, life goes on, it will get better. There is no reason to dwell in the past. They died in love. Anya would have never have turned if she didn't love Xander, the same with Xander." Tara was making perfect sense to Willow.

"Thanks Tara, you make me feel so much better when you're around. I love you." Willow leaned in to kiss her, but Tara pulled back.

"Will, I love you too, but I'm not ready to just…well jump back into a relationship."