He was wet. The rain made him as wet like he had fallen into a river. He didn't know where he was. Or why he was there. Inside him he felt nothing. The only thing he felt was the hard concrete. He was laying in a dark street. Around him were buildings, as high like skyscrapers. In the corners were rubbish containers he heard rats somewhere and from time to time he could even see some lights passing one end of the street. But it took him some time to realize that the lights were cars and that he was in a dead end. He stood up. Staggered a little and made his way to the end of the street. He doesn't remember much. Only a lovely voice, saying,I love you" …….
Willow, Dawn, Xander and Giles were standing in the floor of the hospital, waiting for Buffy. She was allowed to go home today. The only problem was that they all had no home anymore. Willow had tried to call her parents who had already left Sunnydale after the first times of a new apocalypse. Xander wasn't even interested in finding his parents and Giles had never thought about his friends in England since Buffy broke down.
Buffy was still in her room at the hospital, waiting for the doctor to look after her for the last time. She couldn't wait to leave. Although she had already spent some days in hospital after the death of her cousin she still hated hospitals. To stay in one gave her the feeling of being helpless. And she never liked that feeling.
Finally the doctor entered. He was ca. 50 years old and had a strange accent. Could be Croatian or some other country in this direction, Buffy wasn't sure.
, Morning"
" Hi! When can I go?"
The doctor raised one eyebrow and took some papers in his hands, which were lying next to her bed.
" You don't like hospitals very much, am I right?" he asked, while he was looking at her values. " Well, I think you can leave us in some minutes. Just take care of not being injured again so soon, ok?"
Buffy smiled. " Never wanted to." When he leaved again she stood up, got her bag which she had already packed days ago and went to the reception to get her papers, which would allow her to go.
Xander was driving the car, while Giles was sitting next to him. The girls were sitting in the back. Dawn was hugging Buffy for the 7th time and Willow just smiled from one ear to the other.
" Could you please drive a little bit slower!" Giles said, holding himself at the door.
Xander smiled "Let me guess, you English people drive like snails…."
"That's not the right time for "old England jokes" !" Giles answered and finally got relaxed, when Xander drove less fast. Buffy, who was sitting between Willow and Dawn started to feel a lot better than she did in the hospital. She didn't even knew what made her feel so uncomfortable there. The only thing she knew was that it hadn't only been her dislike of hospitals in general……
