Dawn watched the bus Buffy was on pull away from the Sunnydale bus terminal with a heavy heart. It was no secret she was worried about Buffy. She suspected that her sister was merely using this demon's rampage as a way of getting out of Sunnydale for a while. Heaven knows Angel and his team would most likely be able to handle it. Just because they didn't know how to kill it, didn't mean a way didn't exist. It was unlike Buffy to just take off and not even consider accepting the help offered to her by her friends.
"Dawn? Are you coming? We're going back to the house...maybe order a pizza?" Willow's voice cut into her thoughts and Dawn nodded absently.
"Yea, you guys go ahead, I'll be out in a minute. I have to use the bathroom." Even as she spoke, her mind was made up. It had been made up that morning, when she woke up and checked her savings account to see if she had enough money for a ticket to L.A.
She waited until Willow, Xander and Anya left the terminal, before going up to the counter and smiling at the receptionist.
"Do you have a bus heading to L.A. later on at night?" She inquired. The receptionist checked her computer and nodded back at her.
"We have a coach that leaves every three hours. What time would you like to catch it?"
"Is there one that leaves at midnight then?" Dawn asked. The lady nodded and keyed it in. "I'll take that one."
Dawn paid the woman and put the ticket in her pocket before heading outside. The others were waiting for her in the car. She just wanted to get back to the house so she could go to her room and pack. There was no way she was going to leave her sister in L.A. to face this thing alone.