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[lockless_key]

Turning away from everyone, I run my fingertips over the spellbooks on the shelves surrounding our usual working area. I notice that Spike is gone. Whatever. First he flirts with Faith, then he abandons me us. Well, good riddance to him too

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[oh_dear]

I thought I'd said, but everything happened so fast. So much.

"Dawn, this must be so hard for you." I took a deep breath, "Yes, I do. I think I must."

I'm so sorry. I wasn't here. I couldn't protect her. I left, and I shouldn't have. And everyone paid the price.

[lockless_key]

"Yeah. Hard. For all of us." I focus on the spine of a leatherbound book with a title in a demon language that I can't read. Yet. Maybe the answers will be in that one. I can feel the lump of the medallion in my back pocket.

"Okay. But, you know, it's not like she's going anywhere. You can see her anytime." I don't know why I said that. I didn't really need Giles to stay with me now. I know he has to go see her. I guess it's kind of reassuring. That she's there. Although I'd never go cuddle with her like I did with the Bot. Although she's the real thing, I don't want her anymore.

"I'm going to stay here and research," I say quickly. I don't want Giles to think that I don't want to be around him... I just don't want to be around him when. "Maybe Xander and Wil can take you?"

[oh_dear]

I looked at her, and saw something akin to horror, or at least apprehension fill her eyes. Dawn didn't want to be there.

She already let Buffy go, and finds it hard to watch other's let her go. I can understand that. And I wouldn't wish one more thing to hurt Dawn in this world. And I'll be here, to fight whatever dares to try.

"All right Dawn. I'll meet you back there later? As it is, I need a place to stay. My apartment has been sublet. Is the couch free?" I thought of the last time I came back, and Buffy trying to make it work for me. The tears made my eyes shiny, but I manged not to have them flow down my face.

Dawn didn't need to see my cry again. No one did.

"Willow, Xander, could you possibly see your way clear to take me ... home?"

[bythewillowtree]

I raise my hand meekly. I want to help, and if that means going back to the house with him, that's fine. It doesn't make it an less hard, though. I know he wants to see Buffy. It's obvious, but I just don't know if I can deal with that.

Giles will be so... so... lost, maybe? It's hard to tell.

"I can go with you Giles."