Buffy stood in her kitchen washing dishes aimlessly as she stared out the window. Flashes of the events of that morning were racing through her mind. She tried to find and explanation for their behavior something, anything. Maybe she misunderstood them. Maybe this is all one big nightmare and she’s going to wake up tomorrow, walk up into the Magic Box and everything will be back to the way it was, they way it always is. Buffy had lost so many people in her life she was surprised she wasn’t yet accustomed to it. Then again every time she lost someone she had Willow to talk to, Xander used his jokes to lighten up the mood and Giles seemed to always know what to say to make Buffy feel better.
‘Giles ‘always’ knew what to say to make her feel better.’ She thought of a conversation they had three years ago.
*”Buffy, you acted wrongly, I admit that. But believe me, that was hardly the, the worst mistake you'll ever make. Uh, that wasn't quite as comforting as it was meant to be.”*
Buffy smiled at the thought of better days. Her best friends were always like her family she could never imagine life without them, she would have never had gotten as far as she did without them. Buffy felt sick to her stomach regretting everything she had said. She concentrated hard on the dishes as she fought off the tears. Knowing if she started she might never stop. She glanced up at the clock. Dawn was going to be coming home soon. She didn’t have the heart to tell her, not yet.
She looked down and noticed that she had been cleaning the same plate for twenty minutes. She put the sparkling clean dish back in its place and picked up a coffee mug from inside the sink. She heard the front door signaling Dawn’s homecoming. The door clicked shut and she heard Dawn’s footsteps head from the living room to the dining room and finally toward the kitchen.
“Hey!” Dawn said. “I thought you would still be at the Magic Box still involved in Operation: Kill the Evil Whore god… or is it god whore…hmm…whore god…god whore…Well anyway you get it.”
Buffy continued focusing all of her attention onto the dishes. “Not today.”
“Buffy are you okay?” Dawn said.
“Yeah, I’m fine.” Buffy said using her best effort to sound happy.
“Buffy something’s wrong.”
“No Dawny I’m fine.”
“Why won’t you tell me?”
“Dawn, Everythi…”
“You know I’m not Five years old. I can be told stuff.”
“Maybe I have more important things on MY mind then whether or not Dawn feels adult enough!” Buffy shouted as the cup shattered cutting the palm of her hand.
“Y-Your bleeding.” Dawn informed Buffy still taking aback by Buffy’s shouting. “We should clean it out.”
“Dawn, go upstairs.” Buffy said overly calm.
Dawn instantly turned around and stomped upstairs.
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