Fic: One way To Nowhere 2

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Title: One Way To Nowhere (2/?)
Author: Mac
Email: mac012@xxxxxxxxxxx
Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy own the characters I'm 
playing with. 

Summary: Buffy breaks up with Riley, but what's the real reason? 



"Riley, it's not you, it's me. I have problems and issues I need to 
deal with before I'm in another relationship. I have issues which 
don't involve you and they don't need to involve you, I'm sort of 
lost at the moment and I need space to myself without feeling as 
though I have some sort of obligation to see you all the time and to 
give you myself so you'll be satisfied. I'm going through a rough 
patch and I need to deal. Alone." Buffy raised her head to look him 
in the eye for the first time that evening. She hated doing this to 
him, but she felt she was only giving and not receiving. 

Riley sighed. "Right. So your next speech is gonna be, 'Oh we can 
still be friends.'" 

Buffy frowned. "But we can, this doesn't need to change our 
friendship." 

Riley forced a laugh, Buffy didn't like the sound of it. "Right, so 
we're fuck buddies at one time and now we're just buddies? You expect 
things to go back to the way they were?!" 

Buffy stood up, readying herself for a fight. "I'm the only one who 
is giving in this relationship and you just take, take, take, without 
one thought for me. When was the last time you made me climax in bed, 
huh? Wanna know?" 

"Yeah, I do!" 

"Never! That's how crap you are." 

"What about that time when we were stuck up in the bedroom and-" 
Riley stood up, glaring down at her. 

"That was different." Buffy answered. 

"Who is the other guy? Or is it a girl? Is it Faith? Or maybe it's... 
Willow?" He smirked at her. 

Now she felt angry, now she felt as thought she was explode if she 
didn't hit his fat nose and send him through his room door. "Why 
would it be Faith?! She's not even here!! She's in L.A locked up in 
prison! Why Willow?" 

"I've seen the way she looks at you; the way she lusts after you. I 
bet you fuck her at night in the dorm." He grunted as she delivered a 
punch to his abdomen. He collapsed onto the ground, bent over. 

"And don't ever speak to me... EVER!!" 

She stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind her. She could 
feel the tears burning her cheeks as she fled down the corridor and 
over campus to her own room. She burst into the room sobbing and fell 
onto her bed, clutching Mr. Gordo. 

He was such a pig, she was such a fool to think he would take it 
well. He wouldn't understand anyway, his brain had four functions 
that it would operate on: Eating Fucking Fighting and Sleeping. She 
wanted someone who would care for her and cherish her, she wanted... 
she didn't like admitting this to herself because it seemed so 
wrong... she wanted Willow. 

"Buffy?! Are you OK?" 

"Yeah, Wills." 

"What happened?" Willow sat down beside her crumpled form on the bed. 

"I broke up with Riley." She answered in a monotone voice. It wasn't 
the fact that she was crying because she broke up with him, it was 
because she couldn't have what she really wanted. 



tbc