So we're going to assume that the bachelor party was the Friday following the Sunday night that Angel came back to LA, Doyle's vision was that night (Friday) and that thanksgiving will be the Thursday after that. Everybody following? Good. If you didn't then review and let me know…
Angel left late Sunday night/early Monday morning and Buffy spent the morning just sleeping before studying some from willow's lecture notes. If she wanted to be accepted back into the same year group, she would have to pass a special exam two weeks before Christmas; she had no intention of failing it. University was a means to an end and she didn't want to spend an more time there than necessary!
She wasn't like Willow, who enjoyed learning for learning sake – she was Buffy, who knew that 'everybody' went to college if they could. She could, she was smart enough, but that didn't mean she liked it. If Giles said that she needed a degree and her mother had agreed with him, they were most likely right.
Monday night's was a quick patrol with just one fresh grave, two fledglings testing the boundaries and no unusual encounters. She met the gang for a short time at the Bronze before heading back to Giles for the night.
Tuesday dawned far earlier than was strictly needed and although it did mean she could drive Dawn to school and inter–ask her about what her teachers would be saying to her that evening, Buffy still wasn't happy about it. After a long phone call to Angel at about 10 – Doyle was already married to a woman called 'Harry' and Cordy wasn't happy about that – she spent some more time with Willow's class notes and began work on an essay the group had done and handed in just over a week ago. With no other work to keep her occupied during the day, the first draft should only take the rest of the afternoon and she could have it handed in on Friday. Especially with Giles there to encourage her and help with obscure references. After all, most of Sunnydale High's library was now being stored in his house. And though most schools would not have had the right books for a uni essay, it was only freshman year and between Giles and Angel, Buffy was pretty sure she had access to all the books ever written.
As predicted, by the time dinner had been made the first draft had been written and looked at by Giles to catch any obvious mistakes. Soon it was time to head to Dawn's school.