Thanks for all the reviews. VaMpEdChick, your right they do spell Xander with an X on BTVS.

My only excuse is that I also write a lot of General Hospital Fanfics and the character on that show spells it with a Z and I just got so used to doing that. So I didn't realize I messed it up here. But for the sake of keeping things going smoothly I'm just gonna keep it with a Z. Thanks for pointing it out.

Bridge:

"Piper's calling." Leo said watching Buffy stare out into the bay.

"You can go." She said not bothering to turn around.

"It's ok, she doesn't sound angry, yet anyways." Leo said with a small grin."Are you ok?"

"No." she replied honestly turning to face him.

"It must have been hard to hear his voice and..." Leo began.

"That's not it." Buffy interrupted. "I hear him all the time, I see him all the time."

"I don't understand." leo said confused.

"You know about Dawn?" She asked he nodded of her to continue. "Well after Glory, the hell god, took her I lost it. I went kinda comatose. My friend Willow, she's a wicca, well anyways she did this spell. To make a guide to help me find my way out of my mind."

"It was Chris." Leo said realizing. "I had a similar expertise when I went on a vision quest."

"Do you still see him?" She asked.

"No, he told me I had to let him go, and I did." He replied. "Holding onto him was destroying me."

"Yeah, well he's kinda been with me ever since. I can't let him go." She said sadly. "I don't want to. I'm not delusional, I know he's not real, but the closet thing I can get. So, I've settled for a dream instead of facing reality. I can't do that. I can't see the real him. I can't look him in the eye and realize he has no idea who I am."

"He wouldn't want this for you." Leo said stepping towards her.

"He told me I didn't have to let him go, I'd always have his heart, I believed him." Buffy said getting angry. "And I know it wasn't his fault. He didn't know what was going to happen but, I need to believe it's true. I don't know how not to and seeing him will prove it's not. Damn it Leo, he loves someone else."

"You don't know what will happen either." Leo countered. "You could start over."

"I don't want to start over, I don't want to make new memories. I want a man who doesn't exist, tell me how you can fix that?" She demanded.

"I can't." Leo replied sadly. "I have to go, Piper..."

"I'll be here.' She interrupted waving him off.

Manor:

"Where is she?" Kyle demanded as Leo orbed in alone.

"Can't you sense her?" Wyatt asked confused.

"No, she's blocking me." Kyle explained.

"She doesn't want to be here." Leo replied. "She's angry, confused, and afraid. I think we should give her some time."

"We can't just leave her out there alone." Kyle declared. "Who know's what could happen."

"We both know she can take care of herself." Leo replied.

"From what Kyle's said she doesn't." Piper countered.

"What do you want me to do, drag her back here kicking and screaming?" Leo asked frustrated.

"No, bit you could take her somewhere else." Wyatt said coming up with an idea.

"I don't know if that's a good idea." Kyle said realizing what he was up to.

"She needs to know." Wyatt insisted.

Bridge:

"Buffy." Leo called orbing in.

"What? Think I went somewhere?" She asked. ":I have nowhere to go."

"Yes you do,": Leo replied. "I mean, I'd like you to go somewhere with me."

"Leo." She sighed. "I don't want to see anyone."

"It'll just be me and You. I promise." He said holding out his hand She eyed him carefully taking it.

"Where are we?" She asked as they materialized. "Who lives there. You promised we weren't going to see anyone."

"I didn't lie, I said it would be just me and you and it is. Well, sort of." Leo explained. "You live here."

"I want to go." She said nervously.

"No." Leo replied blocking the door. "You need to see this."

"I don't want to." Buffy refused.

"What are you afraid of?" He asked. "You want to be left alone, well you were, this is how that works out." She took a deep breath turning around and spotting herself huddled in a corner murmuring to herself. "Careful." Leo called as she stepped toward her.

"Why?" She asked quietly.

"Because, I'm crazy." Future Buffy laughed. "Well, I guess you could say we are."

"Leo?" Buffy asked confused.

"Leo's not real." Future Buffy replied.

"What is she talking about?" Buffy asked.

"I have no idea." Leo replied confused. "I'm real."

"No, your not." Future Buffy declared jumping up. "Get out!"

"Buffy." Leo said concerned. They both spun turning to look at him.

"Stop talking." Future Buffy shouted covering her ears. "You can't be real."

"Am I real?" Buffy asked talking a step foward. Future Buffy look at her former self and burst into laughter.

"I think we both know the answer to that." She laughed.

"What happened to me?' Buffy asked.

"I see them all the time." She said quietly. "They wont go away. I need them to go away."

"Who?" Buffy asked confused.

"Everyone." She replied. "I need them to go. It's wrong, everything is wrong. I need you to go."

Buffy tensed as she stepped foward grabbing her arm prepared for an attack. But instead she just leaned in towards her studying her carefully. "I can't see him anymore. They're all here but, he went away. He wasn't supposed to leave." She whispered.

"No, he wasn't." Buffy replied turning to Leo. "Can we go now?"

"Don't you even care that this is your future." Leo asked amazed.

"So I went a little crazy, well a lot crazy. But, it's not like I got fat or anything." Buffy shrugged.

"Funny." Leo said rolling his eyes.

"I thought so." Buffy replied. "I mean, I never really thought I had a future."

"And now?" He asked.

"Now I know." She replied. "I don't."

Bridge:

"You don't look so good." Buffy said studding his pained expression.

"I hadn't seen you like that, I didn't know." Leo admitted.

"Look, I know you all want to help me but you can't." Buffy said annoyed.

"No, we can't." Leo said shaking his head. "Because you don't want help."

"It's not like that." Buffy began.

"Yes it is." He interrupted. "And you know what, The worst part is? What do you think he'd think of you now?" Leo asked orbing out and leaving her there to ponder his question.

"I never thought you were a quitter." he said shaking his head.

"Yes you did." She replied. "I quit all the time."

"Yeah, but this time it's for real." He pointed out.

"Maybe." She said "But, it's easy of you to point out all my faults, your not real."

"And you are?" He asked.

"No." She admitted. "I'm not but, I want to be and that terrifies me."

"Do you want me to leave?" He asked.

"No but, I'm afraid to keep you with me." She replied. "But then again you leave and I could just end up like her."

"You could." he replied. "Or, you could be happy."

"That sounds nice." She said smiling softly. "But, how am I supposed to do it without you?"

"There's only one way to find out." He replied. "Tell me to leave."

"I..." She trailed off unsurely.

Manor:

"Are you sure?" Phoebe asked for the tenth time.

"Yes Mom." Mel said frustrated. "It's not like I wanted this to happen."

"I know sweetie, none of us did." Phoebe replied hugging her.

"But, you did the right thing coming to us." Cole added.

"What do we do now?" Mel asked.

"What has to be done." Paige said uneasily. "Don't worry we'll handle it." She said turning to Piper.

"No, I can't pawn this off on you. I'm his mother. It's my job to protect him." Piper insisted.

"Even at the risk of losing him forever?" Phoebe asked.

"That may happen no matter what we do." Piper replied sadly.

Front hall:

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Bianca asked.

"Yes, you need to give them a chance to get to know you." Chris insisted. "Don't nervous, it's just dinner. MOM!"

"In the Kitchen." Piper called back.

Kitchen:

"Mom, I brought.." Chris trailed off surprised to find his entire family there looking very upset. "Is everything ok?"

"Get out of my house." Piper said furiously glaring at Bianca.

"Chris?" Bianca asked confused.

"What's going on?" Chris demanded.

"She's evil." Phoebe declared.

"How many times do we have to go over this?" Chris asked frustrated.

"Where we're you today?" Paige demanded.

"Why is that any of your business." Bianca shot back.

"It is if you were out killing a witch." Paige declared.

"What the hell is going on?" Chris demanded.

"I have no idea have their talking about Chris." Bianca lied. "I told you this would happen."

"It's not a lie." Wyatt said watching his brother closely.

"Why are you doing this?' Chris asked upset. "She isn't evil. Mel, you said you'd give her a chance."

"I did," Mel replied. "I gave her a chance, and she killed a witch. I saw it Chris with my own eyes."

"You don't believe them do you?" Bianca asked. "You know I would never."

"I..." Chris trailed off unsurely

"Buffy's gone." Kyle declared frightened orbing in.

"What do you mean she's gone? What happened." Leo demanded.

"I went to the cottage to see how she was after your visit, she's not there." Kyle explained worried.

"That doesn't mean..." Leo trailed off.

"We have bigger issues here." Phoebe said bringing their attention back to the confrontation at hand.

Bridge:

"I want to be a real person." Buffy declared. "I want you to go."

"Are you sure?" He asked. "I wont be able to come back."

"I know, but you'll always be with me, even if I can't see you." She said smiling sadly. "I have your heart."

"Goodbye Buffy." He said smiling softly.

"Goodbye Chris." She said a single tear rolling down her cheek as she watched the man she loved vanish into thin air for the second time.

Manor:

"What's going on?" Kyle asked confused.

"Bianca killed a witch." Paige replied.

"I did not!" Bianca shouted. "Chris you believe me right?"

"I don't know what to believe." Chris said confused.

"Fine, I'm out of here." Bianca said disappearing.

"None of us wanted this." Piper began taking a tentative step toward her son.

"Sure." Chris said sarcastically. "Don't pretend you ever liked her."

"I'm not it's just." Piper began.

"Save it." Chris said furiously. "I never said I believed you."

"You think I made this up?" Mel asked hurt.

"No, I didn't say that. I need to think." Chris said orbing out.

"Should someone go after him?" Cole asked.

"No, leave him be for now, back to Buffy. What happened?" Piper asked.

"She's gone, something had to happen with her past self. Changing her future." Kyle explained.

"Yeah, but we wanted that." Paige said confused.

"I know, but she disappeared. It's not like she's there but different. She doesn't exist. I can't sense her." Kyle explained. "Which may mean..."

"She's dead." Leo finished for him.

Bridge:

"I thought I told you to go away." Buffy said spinning around.

"Um who are you?" Chris asked confused.

"Your, your real aren't you?" Buffy said swallowing nervously.

"Are you ok?" Chris asked. "How did you get here?"

"Chris." Buffy said gripping the railing to support herself.