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“That’s not gonna happen.”<br />
“Buffy, Angel loves you.”<br />
All of Buffy’s strength and resolve dissolved at that and she stumbled all the way<br />
into the room and collapsed in a chair. Xander knelt down in front of her and<br />
clasped her hands.<br />
“Does he, Xander? Does he love me?”<br />
“He does. Really.”<br />
Buffy’s voice got small and tears began to fall. “I saw you. You and Angel.<br />
And…the things you were saying, Xander. The things you were saying to my<br />
boyfriend.”<br />
“Yeah. You know that my mouth and my brain have never been very compatible.<br />
Sometimes I just talk. Those things that I said…those are just things I say when<br />
things…get…intense. I’m so sorry that you walked in on that, Buffy.”<br />
“So am I.”<br />
“But, listen, this really doesn’t effect your relationship with Angel.”<br />
“How can you say that!? How can I ignore the fact that you’re sleeping with Angel?<br />
You are still doing it, right?”<br />
“Um, yeah, I am. We are. Don’t look like that, Buffy. I can’t help it. This is<br />
something that my body is forced into. Spike did it. He made it happen and it<br />
doesn’t end until I die. I can’t stop it!”<br />
“Does it have to be sex? Why can’t he just bite you, like you’ve been telling us all<br />
this time.”<br />
“Because a simple bite will kill me. If either one bites me without the distracting<br />
sex stuff, then my body gives in to the death. But when sex is involved, I have the
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