Buffy awoke and it was pitch black out, so it was somewhere around midnight and1 a.m. She climbed out of bed and walked around the mansion a bit before bumping into Xander and Willow, who could not sleep either.
"Hey Buff, what are you doing up?"
"I couldn't sleep… have too much on my mind,"
Yeah… I know what you mean."
"I just can't help feeling that it is my fault."
Knowing what Buffy was talking about Xander pulled her into a hug and Willow followed. The three friends cried all together about their lost loves and they didn't care about anything else but the comfort they felt in each other's arms.
"Why did this have to happen to us? We all lost someone we loved more than life."
Willow, Buffy and Xander all collapsed on the couch cuddling in each other's embrace and drifted off to sleep.
Buffy awoke in the morning to find Willow gone but herself being held against Xander's muscular frame. She snuggled closer trying to find comfort so she wouldn't brake down crying. She felt her eyes burn and felt a tear roll down her cheek.
Xander awoke to find Buffy all snuggled into him and he felt certain wetness in the front of his shirt where her head was. He pulled her back and found tears trickling down her cheeks.
"Buff, I'm sorry about him."
"It's not your fault, if it's anyone's it would be mine."
"It is not your fault that Spike died. He chose it so that you could live on and be happy."
"I know… I just miss him so much."
"Look why don't me you Willow, Dawn and Giles all go somewhere, just the five of us, but of course Kennedy would have to tag along,"
"Yeah I guess that would be ok, but just for a day."
"Ok I will tell the rest of them to pack their bags. Then we can decide where to go."
Xander went off to tell everyone about the trip and where they could go. But Buffy already knew where she wanted to go.
A few hours later the whole gang was waiting outside of the mansion talking about where to go when Buffy walked up to everyone.
"Um guys, I want to go back to Sunnydale and put something up in remembrance of… well you know"
"I think that would be a good idea." Giles stated.
"So is that where we are going to go?" Kennedy whined.
"Well you guys can go anywhere you want I just want to go back to Sunnydale,"
"Yeah me too" Willow, Xander and Giles all agreed that they wanted to go back.
A few hours were spent driving to the town that they once called home. They finally arrived and it had become night. Giles got out of the car and set up his sleeping bag next to the crater.
Buffy jumped out of the car and went running in the direction of the destroyed school basement with her sleeping bag in hand. She could still feel his presence even though he wasn't there. She found the spot in which he died and she kneeled before it and she put he sleeping back on top of the spot and drifted off to sleep. Willow and Xander found her and they decided not to say anything except they just put their sleeping bags next to hers and drifted to sleep as she did.
While they slept a huge light enveloped the group and they suddenly disappeared.