Once everyone was back to the hotel, I excused myself to make the call to my dad, and give them a little space. Lily looked a little uncomfortable, but she offered to get them drinks and rushed off to the kitchen. I guess she wanted to try and make everyone feel better
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After I talked with Spike and Buffy a little more, I was finally able to lay down and rest. I didn't exactly sleep soundly, but it was something.
A while later, I heard my phone ring and looked to see it was Connor. When I answered, he said that he was back at the hotel and that meant Faith was with him.
"Hey," I said quietly. "Good. Faith is with you?" I asked, but already knew the answer. "Did you go get the kids?" Nicole had been so angry when she'd come here and I didn't want to think how things went down at her place with Connor and Faith showing up to take them back. But for Faith's sake, I hoped they were with her.
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"Yeah, she's here and talking with the kids. She's alright now...as alright as she can be, at least."
I wasn't going to get into what happened at Nicole's unless he asked me directly. Otherwise it was best to just leave it like it was. No reason to make him feel worse than he already does.
"I'm moving back so I'll crash tonight. Are you coming back tonight?" I was sure if he said no that Cordy would probably stay with him until he was ready to come home. She was probably watching over him.
"How are you doing?"
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"Good. They'll probably need someone there with them tonight even if it's just to know they're not there alone."
I leaned forward, resting an elbow on my knee and ran my hand over my face. "No, I think I'll just stay here for the night. They need some time to themselves."
How was I doing? Good question. "I'm doing..," Not okay. "Better." And I was compared to the first day or so. I also wasn't living in the hotel right now either.
"I'll get my things and Cordy and I will back at the hotel in the morning before sunrise," I told him. "How are you?" I asked in return because he sounded exhausted.
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I looked back up at the stars and was quiet for a moment. Exhaustion is such a weird thing. It can hit you so fast that you feel like you're going to fall over at any moment. I wasn't sure I was ready to fall over, but slowing down was making me feel the weight of everything that happened.
"I don't know," I told him honestly when he asked how I was. It was still so weird to try and process what had happened. Everyone was dealing with it in their own way, but my way of dealing had been to keep moving.
"I'm tired, mostly, and pissed off. I guess I finally get how hard it is for you to try and take care of everyone because it's really fucking exhausting."
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