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Why?
Why?
Why did you leave me, baby? We were happy.
Well, I was happy. Is there something you werent
telling me? Did I do
something to hurt
you? I know you were upset over that deal I made with
Buffy, but luv, that
was over a
year ago. As disgusted as I am with myself, Im over
it, you should be,
too.
I did it for
you, anyhow.
Everything I have ever done has been for you.
Yet, you throw it all in my face. You did it every single
night since we
left Sunnyhell.
You have managed to jump the bones of each creepy crawly of
the night you
could find.
You did it all to hurt me.
Why?
Love hurts, I know. I told Harmony that, but she
didnt mean anything
baby.
She wasnt
you. She was rebound.
Im not saying that as an excuse. Its a fact.
Im not also saying that
because I want you
back. I used to, but not anymore. Its obvious to me
now that Im
completely
sober and
back in the game. Maybe once you did really love me, but
somewhere it
faded.
I just cant
figure out when. Was it when the great poof lost his soul?
You got your
old
boyfriend
back and then I suddenly wasnt good enough anymore?
Or was it before and you just kept it up to not hurt my
feelings?
Either way, baby, I dont care anymore. Im not
going to degrade myself.
Im
moving on.
Im moving on to someone very specific.
***
Oh God, I cant breathe.
Why?
Here I am, I havent left yet. I know Buffy needs me.
Theres trouble
here,
like always. I
cant leave, I cant. I cant move, I
cant think. If I do, if I even
inhale
one breath, it makes
all this real. I dont want it to be real. I want to
open my eyes. I want
to
open my eyes and
see your face. I want to touch your hair, I want to smell
your skin, I
want
to feel your lips.
God, Oz, please. Please come back.
I want to hear the door opening. I want to hear your
footsteps.
Most of all, I want you. You are literally my world. You
are the earth
beneath my feet.
You are the sun, the moon... you are my entire sky. You are
the air that I
breathe.
That is why I am lying here on my bed, choking. I need you.
I need you so
I
can breathe
again.
Why?
***
Why?
Why did this happen to me? Why was I bit? I never did
anything to hurt
anyone, not on
purpose... I didnt deserve to become what I am now.
I dont even know what I am anymore. Am I a man or an
animal?
God, Willow, I want you. I want you so bad it hurts. Oh
God, it hurts. I
cant breathe,
Willow. I cant even move. All I can do is sit here in
the van and stare
off
into space.
I want to go back. I do, but Im afraid. I am so
afraid I will hurt you,
or
worse, kill you.
Thats why I left.
Please dont think I left you. Please, please, please
dont think that. I
would never leave
you. Youre my other half, Willow. Every aspect of my
being is connected
to
you.
Without you, there is no logic to my universe.
I cant live without you.
I love you, Willow.
Thats why I left. I need to figure out how to control
this. I killed
once.
Im afraid that I
might one day do it to you.
God damn it! Why! Why is this happening to us? It hurts! It
hurts me and
it
hurts her.
Im dying without her.
I cant do this! I... I... Oh God, its like my
heart is collapsing. I
need
her. There is an
empty seat next to me, she should be there. Shes
always there. She was
meant to be
there.
My hand is empty. Its meant to hold hers.
Why?
***
Did I do something wrong? God, why is it always me?
Yeah, I know I am the slayer. I know its my job to
defend the world
against
the forces of
darkness, but dont I get a break? Why do I have to
learn everything the
hard way.
Premarital teen sex as an example. I make love to my first
boyfriend and
he
loses his soul.
the first time I have a beer, I turn into cave girl?
Okay, what was I in a pass life? Did I ax murder someone?
Was I some
massively
heinous dictator? Was I a Republican?
Alright, Im sorry. I dont mean to complain. I
do have a lot. Ive
survived. I know its my
place in the world to fight and to suffer occasionally, but
my friends
dont
deserve it.
Willow is the one person in the world who does not deserve
anything bad to
her.
She should be happy. She, of all the creatures walking the
earth, should
be
content. Of
everyone I know, she has never done a cruel thing to
anyone, yet fate
steals
her boyfriend
from her. Not in death, but circumstances. The Hellmouth
once again throws
a
wrench in
the works and makes it hard for her. She and Oz deserve
each other. If he
wasnt a
werewolf, they would have heaven.
They deserve heaven.
So why dont they have it?
***
What is it with me and demons?
Hell, what is it with me and life? My own parents are
making me pay rent.
On
top of that,
they wont pay to fix the plumbing.
She doesnt mind though. Anya hasnt complained
once. In fact, shes
sleeping on my
chest right now. God, she looks so content. Im afraid
to breathe too hard
because it might
wake her.
Look at that, shes smiling. I wonder if shes
having a nice dream. I
wonder
if shell
remember it and tell me.
This is much nicer than a praying mantis or a mummy. Sure,
she was once an
evil genie
demon, but shes very human right now.
It was hard for her. She is pretty much trapped here
without very little
experience it very
human living. I cant say any of us made it easy for
her.
Well, I am now.
I think I love her. I dont know why, but I do.
***
I cant move, Oz. I cant.
I tried, but I couldnt. I dont have any
strength left.
You are my strength and you are gone.
Did I do something wrong? We could have figured this out
together! Giles..
Giles.. I
mean, hes the Watcher, well, former Watcher and he
has all those books.
Youre not the
first werewolf in history. He could have helped us find a
way to control
the
wolf.
But you left before I had this thought.
Im crying. God, I thought it didnt have any
tears left, but here they
are.
Is because I kissed Xander? If it is, Im sorry. It
was... I dont know
what
it was.
Possession maybe. Teen hormones. It meant nothing. Even
then, you were my
everything,
I just didnt know it.
I know it now.
Im dying, Oz. Im dying. My entire life force is
fading away. My heart is
stopping and I
still cant breathe.
Please come back.
I need you.
***
No.
Im not going to do this. Im not going to leave
you.
I can work this out, the only way I can.
I cant think without you.
I cant breathe without you.
Im taking the easy way out, driving away like this.
Im running away and
leaving you
behind to God knows what. I cant do this. I need to
be there. I want to
protect you. I need
to know you are safe.
I need you back in my arms.
Im coming Willow.
***
Im coming, Willow.
Im already here, right outside your door.
God, I can already taste you.
***
Spike.
***
Thats right pet, its me. Im here.
Oh no you dont. Youre not going to run away.
Im not going to let you
slip
away this
time. I made that mistake at the factory and Im not
about to let it
happen
again.
Oohhhhh, this is heaven. Even your struggles are ecstasy.
***
Oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh
God, oh God, oh
God, oh
God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh
God, oh God.
I dont want to die.
If I die, Ill never see you again.
How did he get here? Why is he here? What does he want?
Oh God, hes biting me! It hurts! Its twenty
times worse than when
Harmony
was doing
it.
You were there then. You saved me. Why arent you here
now.
Im scared. I dont want to die.
I cant die.
I want to see you one last time. I want one last kiss.
I want to say I love you.
Why?
Why is this happening?
Why?
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