Sam nodded as he settled beside her. "He and Bobby just stepped outside to talk." He frowned a bit. "Kinda felt like when parents step out of the room so the kids don't hear what they're talking about, actually."
He listened as Buffy tried to form her thoughts into coherent sentences, and he unfortunately remembered what that felt like. He'd felt that way when Jess had died, and it had taken a long time to recover from that. He slipped his hand into hers, being careful of her bruised knuckles as he gave her smaller hand a reassuring squeeze.
I should probably call her parents or something.He shook his head a bit. "Giles said he was going to take care of it tonight." between him and Giles, they were gonna find any way to keep Buffy from having to be the one to delivr bad news tonight
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Kinda felt like when parents step out of the room so the kids don't hear what they're talking about, actually.
Buffy nodded. Giles would be keeping himself busy right about now, a trait he'd passed off to Buffy in a crisis, though it wasn't exactly evident here. She glanced down as Sam slipped his hand into hers.
"I was thinking it might be better coming from Giles," said Buffy quietly. She couldn't honestly remember the last time she'd spoken to her parents. "But then I figure... I guess it doesn't matter who breaks the news. It's gonna kill them no matter what." 'Cause whether they agreed with Willow's lifestyle choices or not - and that was strictly in the Wiccan category - she was still their daughter.
"You seen Faith?"
It took him a moment to answer and Buffy only barely registered the way he stiffened when she asked. She turned slightly, meeting his gaze.
She, uh, she left.
Buffy blinked and straightened, not sure she'd heard him right at first. "What?" Faith had left? "What do you mean left? She was hurt."
But then I figure... I guess it doesn't matter who breaks the news.
"Giles will... I know there's no good way to break the news, but he'll-- he'll find a way, I'm sure. It's the accent, I think."
He was joking. Sorta.
He stiffened at the question about Faith, trying his best to seem casual as she turned to him. He had promised faith he'd walk in like nothing was wrong, but even Faith had to know he'd tell the others what really went down, especially Buffy. He'd made Faith promise not to go out feeling guilty, and he didn't want the others last memory of her being someone who abandoned the mission for no good reason. She deserved more than that.
"She couldn't stay, Buffy," he said, his hand still lingering in hers as he sat forward in his seat. "She knew the moment she stepped out of that truck. Things went bad fast, I think." He paused with a frown. "She tried her damndest to save the others, but... she got bit."
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Sam nodded as he settled beside her. "He and Bobby just stepped outside to talk." He frowned a bit. "Kinda felt like when parents step out of the room so the kids don't hear what they're talking about, actually."
He listened as Buffy tried to form her thoughts into coherent sentences, and he unfortunately remembered what that felt like. He'd felt that way when Jess had died, and it had taken a long time to recover from that. He slipped his hand into hers, being careful of her bruised knuckles as he gave her smaller hand a reassuring squeeze.
I should probably call her parents or something.He shook his head a bit. "Giles said he was going to take care of it tonight." between him and Giles, they were gonna find any way to keep Buffy from having to be the one to delivr bad news tonight ( ... )
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Buffy nodded. Giles would be keeping himself busy right about now, a trait he'd passed off to Buffy in a crisis, though it wasn't exactly evident here. She glanced down as Sam slipped his hand into hers.
"I was thinking it might be better coming from Giles," said Buffy quietly. She couldn't honestly remember the last time she'd spoken to her parents. "But then I figure... I guess it doesn't matter who breaks the news. It's gonna kill them no matter what." 'Cause whether they agreed with Willow's lifestyle choices or not - and that was strictly in the Wiccan category - she was still their daughter.
"You seen Faith?"
It took him a moment to answer and Buffy only barely registered the way he stiffened when she asked. She turned slightly, meeting his gaze.
She, uh, she left.
Buffy blinked and straightened, not sure she'd heard him right at first. "What?" Faith had left? "What do you mean left? She was hurt."
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"Giles will... I know there's no good way to break the news, but he'll-- he'll find a way, I'm sure. It's the accent, I think."
He was joking. Sorta.
He stiffened at the question about Faith, trying his best to seem casual as she turned to him. He had promised faith he'd walk in like nothing was wrong, but even Faith had to know he'd tell the others what really went down, especially Buffy. He'd made Faith promise not to go out feeling guilty, and he didn't want the others last memory of her being someone who abandoned the mission for no good reason. She deserved more than that.
"She couldn't stay, Buffy," he said, his hand still lingering in hers as he sat forward in his seat. "She knew the moment she stepped out of that truck. Things went bad fast, I think." He paused with a frown. "She tried her damndest to save the others, but... she got bit."
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