"Nervous?" Jack asked Buffy from his seat next to her in their plane to Los Angeles.
"The last plane I was on crashed, what do you think?"
Jack shrugged.
Buffy smiled, "You'd think I would be but I'm not, not with everyone else here," she said, looking around at the other people she had spent so much time on the island with.
"I know what you mean," he said, "I'm excited to get home and see my wife."
Buffy smiled and nodded, "I can't wait to see my mom and my friends and Giles."
Everyone got off the plane that had brought them to Los Angeles and for the most part they were greeted with warm hugs from family and friends. Buffy smiled and looked around at her fellow survivors.
She watched as Jack ran over to his wife and kissed her passionately.
Shannon and Boone were greeted by an older woman presumably Boone's mother and Shannon's step mother. The woman hugged both Boone and Shannon but she showed Shannon little warmth. Boone looked over at Clair, who was standing with Noelle and a friend, and motioned for her to come over. She did and they all left together despite Boone's mother's protests. Noelle looked happy Buffy thought.
She also saw Locke and Danielle leaving together talking animatedly.
She watched as Michael hugged his mother and then explained to her that her grandson was dead. She fell to the floor sobbing uncontrollably.
Hurley hugged his mom who began to admonish him that he looked to thin. Buffy laughed at the remark.
She watched as Charlie left with his brother, their arms around one another like the best of friends.
"Buffy!" Xander yelled. She turned and saw him, Willow, Joyce, and Giles coming towards her.
"Buffy, I'm so glad you're okay," Joyce said, hugging her daughter tightly.
"I missed you," Buffy said as she pulled away from her mother and hugged the others, "All of you guys."
"We missed you too," Willow said.
Buffy looked at Giles a concerned look in her eyes, "Don't worry we took care of everything in your absence," he whispered in her ear.
Buffy smiled at him and then noticed Sawyer all alone at a magazine rack buying something, "I'll be right back," she told her friends as she made her way over to him.
"Hey," she said.
He looked at her, "Shouldn't you be with your friends, making some more Kodak moments," he said, taking a cigarette out of the pack he just bought and lighting it.
"You're not supposed to smoke here," Buffy said.
He laughed as he sat and she followed suit, sitting down next to him on the bench. The California sun shined down on their faces through the window, "What are they going to do to me?"
"Where's your family?"
He shrugged, "Not here….Don't feel sorry for me. I don't need your pity."
"I just came to say goodbye."
"Bye."
She frowned and he looked at her. He sighed and threw his cigarette on the ground crushing it with the heel of his boot.
"Alright," he replied getting up and hugging her goodbye, "I'll see you around slayer," he said before picking up his duffle bag and moving towards the door.
"If you're ever in Sunnydale," Buffy yelled to him.
"I'll give you a call," he said, turning around and looking at her with a smile. He turned around again, "See you around goldilocks."
"Who was that?" Willow asked, walking over and watching Sawyer's retreating form with her friend.
"Just a friend."
THE END
AUTHORS NOTE: Well that's it. Hope you enjoyed it. I know it was awhile coming but I hope it was worth the wait. Please tell me what you think. I need feedback.