Back to the Past – Moving On
Buffy stood there looking at the giant crater in which her LOVER died. Well that is different, her lover, she never thought that she could ever love him. Until he was gone, ……… forever. She tried to hold back the tears but the fact that he was really gone hit her hard.
Willow and Xander could tell she was in pain but they didn't realize why… until they noticed that Spike wasn't anywhere to be seen. Dawn also noticed and she felt an urge in her stomach and felt her eyes watering. Xander noticed Dawn and he went over to the grief-stricken girl and tried to comfort her.
"Why… it's just not fair. He was my friend… he understood me."
"I'm sorry Dawn…"
"No your not. You always hated him!"
"Dawn, please calm down,"
"How am I supposed to calm down when my best friend is gone… is dust,"
Dawn just broke out in tears and Xander held her and picked her up and brought her back on the buss. Everyone else that was still alive got back on the buss, but Buffy and Willow were the only ones who stayed outside of the buss.
"Buffy… god I am so sorry,"
"Me too… I always gave him a hard time and I never got to apologize to him. He will never know that… I… l…l… love him."
With that Buffy felt a horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach and her eyes burned as tears flowed down her no longer tanned cheeks. Willow hugged Buffy and tried to comfort her but Buffy just didn't seem to even notice.
"Come on, we better get on the buss. It may help if you get away from this" Willow said as she pointed to the giant crater. Willow took Buffy's hand and lead her onto the buss, and Buffy found a place to sit next to Dawn and they both held each other as the buss carried them away from the place that held so many cherished memories.
Giles had just dropped off the last of the new chosen ones and the remainders in the buss included Willow, Xander, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Kennedy, and Andrew. Giles was now driving toward a hotel so that everyone could eat, rest, and bathe.
About an hour later they found the most suitable hotel and everyone had to share a room, Kennedy and Willow shared a room, Buffy and Dawn shared a room Andrew and Xander shared a room, but there happened to be a lot of protesting coming from them both when they heard they were sharing. The only one who didn't share a room was Giles because he was old and it would be wrong (as Buffy says).
So everyone went to their rooms and slept for the rest of the day but some point in time they all ate and had a shower. It had been two days and Giles called a meeting in Buffy's room to discuss what they were going to do next.
"The reason I have called you here is to tell everyone that I have bought a house, not far from here, for all of us to live in."
"Ok… so when do we leave?"
"How about now? That way we can all settle in."
"Works for me."
And there they went. They paid the desk their fee for staying and they took off once again.