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Okay. So you totally knew yours was going to be Bander, right? It's set right before the fight in Graduation part II.
“Hey.”
Buffy glanced behind her, where Xander was standing in the doorway. “Oh. Hey,” she said, turning back to the library. Tomorrow, it'd be completely destroyed, right after the graduation. Another mark in her Burned and Destroyed Buildings collection.
“Ready for the Big Boom?” he asked, stepping beside her. “'Cause if Giles and Jonathon did it right, this place is gonna go sky high.”
“I'm actually looking forward to it,” she said with a small grin, which faded with her next words. “And not. Because then this? It's gone.” She didn't mean the books.
There was a pause, before Xander said quietly, “It was going to be gone anyways, Buff. You and Wills, off to college. Giles thinking about London. Oz following Willow. Cordelia following Hollywood. It wouldn't be the same.”
“And what about you?” she asked, her chest suddenly tight. She plastered a smile on her face anyways. “What plans do you have?”
She felt his hand brush against hers, where it hung by her side. “Not really sure, actually. Wanted to road trip for awhile, but I'm not sure how long, you know?”
She slid her hand in his before he could say anything. “I hope it isn't too long,” she said, swallowing. “We, uh...” Deep breath in. “I'd miss you,” she admitted quietly.
He tightened the grasp until their hands were so clenched they didn't know who was squeezing the harder. “...Then maybe some of this won't change,” he said quietly.
~Nebula
“Hey.”
Buffy glanced behind her, where Xander was standing in the doorway. “Oh. Hey,” she said, turning back to the library. Tomorrow, it'd be completely destroyed, right after the graduation. Another mark in her Burned and Destroyed Buildings collection.
“Ready for the Big Boom?” he asked, stepping beside her. “'Cause if Giles and Jonathon did it right, this place is gonna go sky high.”
“I'm actually looking forward to it,” she said with a small grin, which faded with her next words. “And not. Because then this? It's gone.” She didn't mean the books.
There was a pause, before Xander said quietly, “It was going to be gone anyways, Buff. You and Wills, off to college. Giles thinking about London. Oz following Willow. Cordelia following Hollywood. It wouldn't be the same.”
“And what about you?” she asked, her chest suddenly tight. She plastered a smile on her face anyways. “What plans do you have?”
She felt his hand brush against hers, where it hung by her side. “Not really sure, actually. Wanted to road trip for awhile, but I'm not sure how long, you know?”
She slid her hand in his before he could say anything. “I hope it isn't too long,” she said, swallowing. “We, uh...” Deep breath in. “I'd miss you,” she admitted quietly.
He tightened the grasp until their hands were so clenched they didn't know who was squeezing the harder. “...Then maybe some of this won't change,” he said quietly.
~Nebula