"I'm sorry." Buffy said quietly, but in earnest. "I'm sorry for hiding this from you. If you had any idea how hard it's been, not to be able to talk to you about this stuff..." It was true, it had been hard-- she loved Xander dearly, but there were some things she would always instinctively turn to Willow for, and not being able to do that was a constant effort on her part.

"Okay." She nodded, before gesturing at their crappy surroundings. "Now?"