Chapter Five
Willow, Kennedy, and Dawn were sitting around their dining room table, eating dinner. Dawn was kind of mopey and Willow was on edge. Dawn was very antsy about Andrew, but she wouldn’t say so out loud. Willow knew that she was upset about being kept in the dark because she felt the same way. Willow had always been part of the inner circle, and now they were keeping things from her. It really bugged her when they tried to protect her from things that she needed to know. Kennedy was oblivious to Willow's turmoil. She just sat at the table, eating her dinner silently. She’d never really been comfortable around Dawn, but Willow was adamant about teaching her how to control her power. She’d caught her on more then one occassion trying to do things she should be messing with. That’s the main reason she offered to let Dawn live with her, plus Buffy needed some time on her own. Trying to break the silence, Willow addressed Dawn.
" So, Dawn, did Buffy give you any useful information on Andrew?" Dawn just shook her head. She was very quiet, which was very weird for Dawn. She was usually just this little ball of energy ready to explode.
" She gave me a whole boatload of nothing. They're just doing an errand for her, and she won't tell me what it is. She's always sheltering me from things."
Willow knew exactly what she meant, and she was just as annoyed. There had been times when everyone had tried to shelter her. When Xander was dating Cordelia, Buffy not telling her when Angel had come back from a Hell dimension, and now this. They’d done the same thing to Dawn as well. Buffy had found out that Dawn was the key and hadn’t told anyone at all. She’d confided in Giles, and only later had she said something to them about it. Dawn had only found out because she’d read it Gile’s journal.
" Dawn, she's just trying to protect you." Dawn dropped her fork onto her plate.
" Well it majorly sucks! I thought I was part of the scoobies now, but I guess I just thought wrong." Before Willow could say anything else, the phone rang. Willow answered it, and when she heard who it was, she had to smile.
" Oh Dawn! You have a telephone call, my dear." Dawn got up sulkily, (probably thinking it was her sister again.), and went over to the phone.
" Hello?" That was when she heard Andrew's voice...and she squealed. His voice was smiling.
" Hi. I heard that you've been asking about me, so I figured I'd just call you."
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Well this was just great! After Xander had told Oz about Joyce, Oz had gone to sleep saying he couldn't take anymore bad news. Now, after talking to Buffy, Andrew was on the phone with Dawn. Xander couldn't take this for very much longer! He missed Anya so much that he ached from it. Sure, she’d been quirky and very annoying at times, but she’d been his soul mate. She’d always been there for him, even when they hadn’t been dating, and now she was gone. To top things all off, he couldn't go to sleep for the life of him. Just then Andrew was saying something about where he was, and Xander panicked. Buffy had been very specific about not telling anyone where they were, he just didn’t know why.
" Oh, don't worry, we're just fine. We were only checking out Cleveland, you know because of the Hellmouth. So, how's school?"
Great, teenage love, only Andrew wasn't a teenager he just acted it.
" So, I was wondering if you wanted to go to a movie or something like that. Really? Great! Well, I'll see you in a couple of days then. Bye bye."
Andrew hung up the phone and immediately started to go to sleep. He said goodnight to Xander, who was still upset about not being able to sleep. After Andrew was asleep that only left Xander to think about what he wanted to do. He didn't have Anya anymore, so he could go anywhere he wanted to go. That sounded so horrible in his head, but really, what was keeping him from going somewhere different? Sure, he’d miss his friends, but he thought it was time to branch off on his own. Once again, his mind fell on Anya and how much he missed having her with him. He missed her stupid sayings, and the way she made him feel. Now, he was just dead inside. He finally fell asleep, and when he woke up they were still quite a bit from California. At least he’d been able to rest a little bit, even if it hadn’t been for long. They had stopped to refuel, and were already headed out again. It seemed like forever before their plane was descending onto the runway at L.A.
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Buffy hated waiting, it was one of her big faults. She was at the airport by herself, and she was waiting for the boys' plane to land. Angel hadn't minded that she was going. Technically, yes, he was her boss, but he didn't give her orders. It was the same with Faith. She and Buffy could pretty much do whatever they wanted to do, but if something big came along that they couldn't defeat, then they'd have to tell Angel. He'd made them promise that if a demon came along that was really hard for them to kill, then they needed to tell him. He was still very protective of her, which was nice, but only to a certain extent. Angel had told her to tell Xander to stick around here, so he could talk to him. She knew it wouldn’t be easy for him to do so because of Anya. She didn’t want him to leave, but she knew he wanted to. He wanted to get away from everyone and everything, which she couldn’t blame him for. He blamed himself for Anya’s death, and that was just silly. Just then they announced that the flight had arrived, and Buffy took a deep breath. She walked over to where they would be deboarding to wait for them. It was a little while before they got out of there, and the wait almost made Buffy crazy. When she finally saw them, she smiled and waved at them. Oz walked over to Buffy and gave her a hug.
" Hey Buffy. I'm really sorry about you mom. I would have come for the funeral if I'd known."
She smiled at him and didn’t let her pain show. She was still a little raw at the fact her mother’s grave was completely destroyed. She couldn't really blame him for not being there either, even if he had known about it. To be around the person you love, and not be able to touch them...very hard to do. She was so excited about Willow seeing him because she thought he was what she needed right now. Buffy didn’t have a problem with Kennedy at all, but she just wasn’t right for her best friend.
" Oz, It's totally fine. I really didn't expect you to come, what with everything that happened. I'm really glad that you agreed to come, though, and not to sound too rude, but we have to leave. Your flight to San Diego leaves in twenty minutes." They walked over to where the other gate was, and Buffy started talking again.
" Ok, I brought you here because I think Willow needs you. It's as simple as that...she needs you. She may not need you as a boyfriend, but she does need you to be there as her friend. I can't protect her anymore because she's there and I'm here. You can, though. You used to always protect her when you could, and I respect that more than you'll ever know. So, here are your tickets. Send Willow my love." Oz took the tickets from Buffy, and noticed there was only two.
" Hey, wait, there's only two tickets here, who's coming with me?"
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