The Vampire Slayer Diaries

Selfless

Willow decided she wanted to keep living with the Summers but wanted to change rooms so Willow and Buffy changed rooms.

I understood Will completely there was no way Willow would be able to stay in the room after Tara died there. 

Anyway, Dawn helped Willow to pack her things and Olivia decided she wanted to help too. Nick was out hunting and hanging with his friends.

"My advice to you is do exactly what everyone else does all the time." Dawn said.

"Got it." Willow told her. 

"Do what everyone else does, wear what everyone else wears, say what everyone else says."

"Okay." Willow told her clearly amused.

"People say something to you, you don't understand." Dawn added. "Just don't be afraid to keep your mouth shut and pretend you know what they're saying." 

"You know Dawn, I've been to college before." Willow told her chuckling. "Olivia mind putting this on the bedside table there?"

"Okay." I heard Olivia say. 

"People may say something like 'my protein window closes in an hour." Dawn said ignoring her. "Just nod and smile. Mm-hmm. Turns out it has something to do with fitness."

Buffy, Xander and I entered the room carrying boxes, me carrying the heavy stuff. 

"Have you talked to her lately?" Buffy asked referring to Anya, turning to Xander. 

"Not since that night with the Gnarl demon." Xander told me. "And that wasn't exactly the kind of 'how have you been' kind of talk. More of the 'pierce its eye with something sharp' kind of talking. I'm thinking I should call her." 

"I just don't want you to get your hopes up Xan." I told him gently. 

"Hopes?" Xander repeated staring at me. "Oh no, no, no, no. There are no hopes. Anya and I are done. I love being single. I'm a strong, successful male who is giddy at the thought of all the women I will no doubt be dating in the near future." 

"Strong, successful males say giddy?" Buffy asked sarcastically, making me giggle at her. 

"I just worry about her, that's all." Xander told us.

We walked in further to the room and I sat boxes down. Olivia was sitting on the bed watching Will pull things out. 

"Anya?" Will asked. 

"Yeah." Xander told her. "She seems so sad."

"She should try acting like everybody else more." Dawn said earning a look from Buffy. 

"Apparently it's what all the kids are doing nowadays." Willow said. 

"Except Nick." I added. 

"And me." Olivia said making us look at her. She looked back at us with a little smirk. I smiled at her. 

"Well, I'm not sure I get the sad vibe." Buffy said. "But there's definitely a vengeance vibe worth worrying about." 

"Oh that??" Xander asked. "No, no. I don't worry about that. She was hurt and she just turned back to what she knew when I... you know. But that's not her anymore."

"I hope you're right." I told him. "I don't wanna judge, but I hope she doesn't go back to bad vibes you know." 

"Yeah, well, she turned that worm guy back before any real damage happened right?" Xander asked. "It'll just take some time. I really think she's coming around."

Buffy and I shared a look.

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The next day everyone was at school or working so I headed to check on my mate.