"No! I never thought you would hurt me…Don’t ever think that!"

"Then, please tell me why."

"Buffy, I-I c-can’t…please…”

"No, we’ve always been honest with each other. Tell me.  I need to know."

"Oh yeah we’ve always been honest…that’s why you never told us about us pulling you out of heaven..honesty…you didn’t even tell me and … and.. I am the one who did it…"

"I am here now…nothing can be done about that unless I do it…I just didn’t want you to suffer knowing…I am the one who protects…so I was trying to protect…you…I can’t leave.  Tara leaves…Giles leaves…everyone walks on glass around me and now you leave in your own way, too and yet I can’t leave.  I know if it isn’t fear then it has to be guilt.  I know that, but why?!"  Buffy pleads sternly and Willow bends.

“I..me..I took away your heaven.  No one else did that…I did… ME!  I can’t fix it…I wouldn’t if I could…I am guilty of destroying my best friend’s peace.  I know you must hate me.." Willow sighs, " It was selfish…purely selfish…”

"Willow, you thought I was in *****.  You thought the world needed me.  You brought me back to save me how could I hate YOU for that.  I just hate that there was no way for you to know I was safe.  You couldn’t have known.  How is that selfish?  I don’t hate you…never could."

"Don’t say that Buffy when you hear the truth you will feel…you will hate me.  I did..yo..I thought you were in *****, but…" Willow swallows, “I didn’t want to know where you went…it wouldn’t have mattered…I didn’t care about anyone else…I…”

"What? You what?!  I don’t understand…just tell me.  Don’t you see?  I have lost everything, but you..You’re still here..make me understand…please we can still be honest with each other…we can still have that if we want it.  What do you mean you didn’t care about anyone else?"  Buffy runs her hands through her hair, “I’m sorry for yelling.."

"It’s okay. I deserve it.  I pulled you back.  I did it because I need you… I wanted you here…I didn’t think I..no..I didn’t care if what I was doing was wrong…” she whispers.

"You wanted me here?" Buffy looks up.