Buffy seemed more affected by the recent events than Livvie. Livvie kind of accepted that Riley was part of her. She hadn't even met the man, so she didn't have any other feelings toward him. However, Spike was more a part of her, and that's all that mattered to her now.
Buffy, on the other hand, had a lot more to sort out. She had known and loved Riley. She knew that she always would, but she also knew she was strong enough to let him go, completely. She had all the family she needed right here.
After putting everything past them, the Scoobies were all able to get on with their lives.
Willow and Tara seemed to be doing great. Everyone could see the love beaming off from them - literally(once). Willow's magic flourished. Of course, she had Tara now to help her, not that she needed much. If there was a new big bad, Willow was badder. If there was a strong magical force a-brewin', Willow was stronger. She was Buffy's 'right-hand-man'(when it came to patroling). In fact, she single-handedly killed a Suvolte demon and turned Amy back into a human.
Xander and Anya also had a lot going for them. Besides being newlyweds, they were also going to be new parents. After all the shock and excessive worry(Xander's, that is), they were excited. Especially Willow, who vowed to spoil their offspring as often as she wanted, no matter what. She loved to spoil Livvie, and now she'd have another kid to spoil and corrupt(although she wondered how much more damage she could do after Xander and Anya were through). Anya couldn't stop rambling about all the things she would go through. Her detailed, informative...information always managed to scare away some customers. Anya commented on how the customers bought chicken feet or mummy hands but couldn't bear to hear about childbirth. Everyone most often agreed with her, not that they had much of a choice. Angry, irritated, pregnant ex-vengeance demon didn't equal fun.
Giles was planning a much needed vacation to London. He had met a lovely widow, whose husband had been part of the Watcher's Council before his death. The two expressed their wanting to get away for some time and Buffy convinced Giles that it'd be okay. The gang could see how happy Giles was. He hadn't been that happy since Jenny died. It was no doubt that he needed to get out of little ole' Sunnydale.
Buffy and Spike were perhaps at the happiest time they'd ever known. Buffy had family and friends who she loved and who loved her back. They had understood when she turned to patroling to get all her anger out. They listened when she ranted about how unfair everything was. Even Spike had been 'accepted' into the circle of friends. Although Xander never really understood or liked Spike, his comments were only mildy insulting. He either had something relatively nice to say, or he kept his mouth shut - Slayer's orders.
After all was said and done,life's unexpected twists and bends gave them more than they could ever expect and the only thing the Scoobies had to worry about was...well, the next apocalypse (cause we all know Sunnydale is never lacking in them).
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