"So what happens now?" Xander asked the inevitable question as they all sat together in the hospital cafeteria, huddled around a small table.
"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.
"With Willow. What happens with Willow?"
As Giles began to open his mouth to reply, Dawn cut him off with a chuff and a mumble of, "Like I care," as she folded her arms and slumped in her seat.
"Dawn," Buffy shot her a look.
"What? She almost killed us, Buffy. She almost buried us alive
( ... )
"They all hate me," Willow murmured, staring at the x-ray of Jenny's ribs, still lit up in the corner of the room.
Jenny watched her. "No they don't."
"Dawn does."
She sighed. "Dawn will get over it. She's still a teenager. They fly into a rage over things all the time and you know it." After studying the back of Willow's head a moment, she carefully broached the question. "Are you going to be okay with missing Tara's memorial?"
Willow turned back to face her, slowly approaching where Jenny sat on the bed again. "No, but... I don't know that I'd be okay attending the memorial at this point, either
( ... )
Giles returned to a rather curious, yet mildly comforting sight, in his wife's hospital room. She and Willow were embracing, Jenny's eyes closed as Willow held tight to her, one hand stroking through the girl's hair
( ... )
After her release the next morning, she and Rupert met everyone at the Summers house. Willow was upstairs packing her things and Buffy was puttering around Xander in the kitchen, while Dawn had shut herself in her room, still in a foul mood.
"She's just gonna need some time," she told Buffy, who was still looking like she hadn't slept much. "She's been through the same ordeal as the rest of us, except... different."
"That's your pep talk?" Buffy balked, smirking.
Jenny rolled her eyes and grinned. "What I mean is... she's a teenager. She's in a place in her life where everything seems like the end of the world. So... coming back from a literal end-of-the-world scenario is only gonna be magnified for her."
"I just really want Willow to get better," Buffy sighed. "And I don't want her to come home to Dawn glaring at her constantly."
"I know. Just... talk to her. Try to get her to look at things from an objective viewpoint."
Buffy grimaced. "Are you sure you don't just wanna do that
( ... )
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"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.
"With Willow. What happens with Willow?"
As Giles began to open his mouth to reply, Dawn cut him off with a chuff and a mumble of, "Like I care," as she folded her arms and slumped in her seat.
"Dawn," Buffy shot her a look.
"What? She almost killed us, Buffy. She almost buried us alive ( ... )
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Jenny watched her. "No they don't."
"Dawn does."
She sighed. "Dawn will get over it. She's still a teenager. They fly into a rage over things all the time and you know it." After studying the back of Willow's head a moment, she carefully broached the question. "Are you going to be okay with missing Tara's memorial?"
Willow turned back to face her, slowly approaching where Jenny sat on the bed again. "No, but... I don't know that I'd be okay attending the memorial at this point, either ( ... )
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"She's just gonna need some time," she told Buffy, who was still looking like she hadn't slept much. "She's been through the same ordeal as the rest of us, except... different."
"That's your pep talk?" Buffy balked, smirking.
Jenny rolled her eyes and grinned. "What I mean is... she's a teenager. She's in a place in her life where everything seems like the end of the world. So... coming back from a literal end-of-the-world scenario is only gonna be magnified for her."
"I just really want Willow to get better," Buffy sighed. "And I don't want her to come home to Dawn glaring at her constantly."
"I know. Just... talk to her. Try to get her to look at things from an objective viewpoint."
Buffy grimaced. "Are you sure you don't just wanna do that ( ... )
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