The next morning, Buffy woke up with a pounding in her head so bad it made her dizzy. She had to lay down until it stopped.
She was dreading facing Willow. She didn't want to get into another fight. It was bad enough that Willow was moving out. She didn't
want that to happen. She would miss her best friend that she has had for the lsst ten years. She told Willow every dark
secret she could have ever had. She was sitting on her bed when there was a knock on her bedroom door. She got up to answer it.
Willow; "I just wanted to tell you that i'm leaving." She hated saying those words to Buffy, but she knew that she had to at some poing in her life. She ahd no other choice.
Buffy; "Will, can't we talk about this? This is childish. i hate fighting iwth you. i would do anything to make it up to you.'
Willow: " Buffy, don't you think that i would love to stay and live here and help you out. I would i mean I know that our little arguement right now I would like to just take a little break and get our friendship back into working order. i want to be you friend. I just need a little breather."
Buffy: "Fine, you want to get an attitude like that, I don't want you in my house. I don't want anything to do with you anymore." She slams the bedroom door so hard that the house shook. She started crying as soon as she sat on the bed. She hated it when she was in the middle of a fight with Willow. She couldn't take the stress anymore. She was thinking about giving Ange;'s life changing question a second thought when there was a knock at the door. She got up to open it.
Dawn: "Where's Willow going?" She asked Buffy with concern for her sister.
Buffy; " She's moving out just because I won't let her go on patrol with me anymore."
Dawn: "Buff, don't you think you are going way overboard with this whole thing, trying to do everything on your own?"
Buffy: "Dawn, when you get as old as I am you will know that there is two types of people: people who wnat to do everything on their own or the other kind of person who wnat to have everything handed to them. i have learned since I became the slayer that i need to be the person that has to do everything on my own. i don't like to think that way but I have to. Slaying vampires are what i would call one of the things that you have to do on my own."
Dawn: "I don't understand what the hell your problem is, I mena you are getting all worked up over nothing. All Willow was trying to do is help you out,"
Buffy; "I do not and you have no reason to take this out on me. If that witch told you differently, I wouldn't listen to anything she says, because it is all a lie.'
Dawn; "I think I'm going to move in with Willow until you get over whatever is bothering you, because i am sick of the arguing in this house. I am going now."
Buffy; "Dawn wait, I know that you are sicking of the arguing but maybe this is the best idea that Willow has ever came up with. I mean it could help us out and me and her could get even more closer. We just need some space. Everyone's going a little stir-crazy, right now."
Dawn; "Buffy; I still think that i am going to stay with Willow and Kayla. I hope you udnerstand."
Buffy: "Yeah sure, I understand." She stormed past Dawn into the hallway. She raced down the stairs. She saw Willow coming out of the living room.
Willow: "Well, I hope you learned your lesson. I am sorry that I have to leave you like this but i need to get some air before I go crazy."
Buffy; "Yeah, well I have one thing to say before you leave and I hope you learn a lesson before you step out that door for the final time. You leave Dawn alone.
I don't want her leaving me with no one else to keep me company. I used to think that you would be the one to fill that shoe, but you hare leaving. Which I want you
to know that it isn't my fault that you wnat to leave. The only thing that i said to you was that I didn't need your help on patrol. Giles asked me if i needed help and I told him
that I had Angle that would come with me. Which I should inform you that he did go on patrol with me and he helped me more than Giles ever could.
Willow; "Fine if you feel that Angel can help you more than anyone else then why don't you go and get married to him. Oh yeah I forgot you have to be a vampire in order to do that.
Oops Iforgot you were thinking about doing that anyways, weren't you?" Dawn was walking in the room that's why she said it as loud as she could.
Buffy: 'Why the hell did you just go and do that? You knew that I was keeping that private until i knew for sure that I was going to do that."
Dawn; "What is going on here?"
Willow: "Oh Dawn you're here. Buffy was just getting ready to tell you what she plans on doing."
Dawn; "Buffy what's going on? What is she talking about?" Dawn looks at both Buffy and willwo like they were both crazy.
Buffy: (glares at Willow.) "Dawn, Angel asked me to become a vampire, and now I am thinking aobut taking the opportunity to become one. Right now it would beat losing my best friend and my ssiter."
Dawn; "Buffy, you're not losing me. I will be here in Sunnydale. It's not like I'm moving out of the country."
Buffy; "Dawn, I don't want you to move in with Willow I am your sister and I am going to miss you can't you see that, they don't really care about you. They are just using you to get to me. Just like Matthew, using me to get back at Spike for some unknown reason. Look I love you Dawn and now that i know i could lose my sister to anyone or anything I am not going to take Angel's offer. So what if i can't see him whenever. I don't want to lose my friends or my sister
Dawn: "I am moving out and you can't do anything about it now. I am of age. You can't stop me.? Once you realize that you sometimes need help on patrol, I'll come back,
but until then I am staying with Willow and Kayla."
Buffy; "Willow, can I talk to you in the kitchen for a minute please?" She glares at Willow so she knows that this is no time to start arguing.
Dawn: "Buffy whatever you say to her you can say in front of me. I thought that you trusted me again?
Buffy: "Dawn this has nothing to do with trust, except if we are talking about Willow and trust, then we have problems."
Willow:(glares ar Buffy with the look of hate in her eyes.) "Yeah well let's talk about how you still don't think that you need hellp when you're on patrol. Buffy we went through this like once a year since you came here to Sunnydale. I really don't know if I can forgive you this time. I don't think that you and I are going to be friends anymore. I am sick of feeling used. I mean I help you and you say okay I am willing to get the help that i need from my friends but around the same time every year you turn around and say that you would rather do this on you own. I'm sick of it.
Buffy; "Fine maybe I don't want to talk to you in the kitchen anymore. I am sick of you trying to tell me that I need help when I need to be by myself for a little while. I'm not talking about in the house, but on parol. When I am out there I feel that i am the keeper of the world. I have to protect it from some deep dark evil that no one else in this century is able to do. I am sorry if you feel that I am being too selfish but that is how I feel right now."
Willow: "I can understand that. I am sorry that I blew up at you but I still think that I should tkae a few days to recuperate from this arguement. I don't want to rush inot forgiving you so fast."
Buffy: "Don't worry Will, you still have a place to stay, and Dawn if you want because I know that since mom died you have been really close to Willow, you can stay with them. As long as it's okay with Kayla.?
Dawn; "Thanks Buffy, I figured you would understand." She ran and gave her sister a hug. About five minutes later Dawn and Willow were packing Willow's car with some of their belongings. They were on their
way. Buffy hated watching them leave. She would have given anything to be going with them, but she knew that now that her and Willow talked their problems out, that she had something to do that was really impor-
tant to her.