Anya walks away from the frat house, her face streaked with tears. She stops when Xander calls to her, but tells him to go away. He responds that no matter what has happened between them, he doesn't want her to be alone "in this." She tells him that she should be alone. "My whole life, I've just clung to whatever came along," she tries to explain. Xander gently says that he didn't mind the clinging, but Anya's "Thanks, for everything" is a very final dismissal. Xander sighs, and giving her a last glance, he starts to leave. "Xander," Anya calls after him, "what if I'm really nobody?" Aw, her heart's fear. I think this scene has me more sniffly on second viewing than the first time, when I was just too shocked to really have it sink in. "Don't be a dope," Xander reassures her, and heads off. I know some viewers were upset that he left her there, but seriously, she told him not to help her and to leave her alone about sixty-seven times in this episode, and he couldn't have pushed any more without being a creep. Anya watches Xander go, then walks away in the opposite direction.









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