"Mom, I'm home," Buffy hummed coming in the front door. It wasn't until she walked into the living room that she knew something was wrong. Her mother was sitting on the sofa holding a letter in shock and Dawn was curled up crying. "Mom."

"I lost my job. Apparently someone thought it was inappropriate for me to be dating one of the artists I have a show lined up for."

"That's crazy. Liam is like a totally famous painter. They should be kissing your feet for getting him to show at your gallery."

"Don't worry about it sweetie. I'm sure I'll figure out something."

"Me too," Buffy agreed. "I'll find another job that actually pays something, like Double Meat Palace."

Spike was annoyed that his mother had invited Harmony to spend Easter with them. Not only did he have to marry the idiot someday, but he had to spend his entire week off of school with her. Time he'd much rather use to figure out ways to kill Angel and win Buffy back. So here he was taking Harmony who wouldn't stop giggling out to lunch at a fast food chain he was sure no one he knew would be caught dead at. He froze at the front door of the image of Buffy, in a bright orange baseball hat, that was a cross between a cow in the front and chicken feathers in the back, behind the counter.

"Blondie bear," Harmony whined behind him. "I'm hungry."

"I think there's a McDonalds down the street that is much better," Spike backtracked before Buffy could see him.

Buffy was surprised by the phone call from Cordy that night.

"Hey Cordy"

"Buffy," Cordy sounded relieved. "Thank God I got a hold of you. Spike was telling me all these ridiculous things: you dating Angel, Angel being out of V4, your mom losing her job, and you flipping greasy burgers."

"All true, except I haven't been promoted to flipping the burgers yet."

"Why didn't you call? I thought the boys were idiots. Listen okay, I am coming home tomorrow and will fix all of this so please quit the grease pit and I will personally take you for a spa day to clean out those pores I can already feel clogging over the phone."

"But"

"Buffy, trust me. Just let me fix this." Cordy hung up.