Despite all the noises of the hospital, Dawn managed to sleep 14 hours straight. Buffy called her boss and told him she was not going to work that day. Dawn was a little afraid to spend the day alone with her sister. There was no one else to talk to there. She wished Janice was there. She didn't know how to hold a long conversation with Buffy without both of them wanting to strangle each other. So, Dawn was glad when she saw Xander walk into her room. Xander was the best friend anyone would ever want. He adored Buffy and was always there for her and Dawn. He was the kind of person that can always make you feel better. Even at the darkest times.
Xander didn't come alone. He brought his fiancee, Anya. Dawn thought Anya was a really strange woman. She was always making odd comments about money and stuff. People didn't like her, Buffy didn't seem to like her that much. But Dawn suspected she had a great heart behind those crazies ideas about evil bunnies. She figured she was like that because she was foreigner.
Dawn and Buffy really enjoyed their company. They were both so funny and Dawn thought she couldn't have asked for better visitors. Her thoughts about death were gone as soon as she saw their faces.
Xander was telling them a joke when the doctor took the youngest Summers to run some tests. Dawn's thoughts about death came flooding once more. She'd had a good day with Xander and Anya. But the stupid doctor had to come and ruin everything.
When she got back to her room, Anya and Xander were still there. But Buffy was nowhere to be seen. Minutes later, Buffy's blonde head appeared through the door. Blank expression on her face. She glanced at Dawn for a second and then asked Xander to come with her. Anya just smiled uncomfortably at Dawn. "You look pretty good in that robe. The color suits you." Anya remarked.
Dawn really liked Anya. But she didn't know how to talk to someone like her. She felt a short-lived relief when Buffy and Xander came back. Then Buffy announced that she needed to have a private conversation with her sister. She tried not to look at Dawn in the eyes until the others left. When they finally made eye contact, Dawn guessed it was bad. Her heart started pounding and felt cold sweat form in her back. She guessed that was probably the moment in which she was going to learn about her death. How was she supposed to react? Should she cry or put on her brave face?
Buffy tried to fix her face before saying something. She didn't know how was she supposed to deal with this. She was no responsible adult to take care of a sick teenager. She didn't know how to be brave for her sister. She had tried. After their mother's death, Buffy had tried to make things better. But in the end, she just wasn't what her sister deserved. Still, Dawn had no one else to care of her. She knew no one could replace her in her sister's life. She was needed. She had to be strong, no matter how imposible it seemed at the moment.
"Doctor Shultz talked to me." Buffy started saying in her shaking voice. "It's bad. They don't know exactly what's making your heart sick. But it's serious." Dawn was just staring at her, trying her best to hide her fear. Buffy paused and took a deep breath before continuing. "They say you need a heart transplant. Yours is too damaged. We don't know why you didn't show any symptomps before. But there's still time. You'll be fine." Finished Buffy with teary eyes. She hugged Dawn tightly like she never wanted to let her go. The thought of losing her only family left scared her to death.
Dawn on the other hand, felt relieved. She had been waiting to hear something worse. She imagined Buffy would tell her something like There's nothing they can do. You have three days left. But at least this gave her hope. Although she remembered her mother was told something similar and that didn't end well. She also wondered if she was going to feel any pain. Or if she would feel any different with a new heart.
Buffy then explained that she was going to be taken to Los Angeles the next day. The Sunnydale hospital didn't have the equipment necessary to perform a heart transplant. Buffy was going with her obviously Dr. Shultz then came to see if Dawn had any questions. She had Many. She even asked if she could keep her old heart after it was removed. Dr. Shultz wasn't so sure about that.
That night Dawn couldn't sleep. She was tired, but so many things were keeping her mind too busy to take a break. She thought about her friends at school and she wondered if she would see them again. She had called Janice from her sister's phone and she had promised her that she would keep her updated on everything that was going on at school. She was going to miss the people of Sunnydale so much. But she promised she would come back. She had to.
Note: I'm sorry for any grammatical mistake you might find. English is not my first language.