Buffy was still slightly on edge, expecting Lucius to pop up out of nowhere within minutes. Hearing that he hadn't followed her on Friday, however, gave some small measure of hope that he hadn't figured it out yet. Possibly because he was busy with some kind of scheme.
She had to start when the other girl mentioned running into someone, someone she'd known and obviously cared for a lot. That was why she'd wanted to talk to her specifically. Buffy found herself, however, not exactly knowing just what to say. Really, what were the odds?
"Tell me what happened exactly. What did he say?" she asked. She didn't want to pull the whole 'Well, people change, and things change and the world changes sometimes when you aren't looking for it' speech. It was hard to see someone you'd known suddenly be so completely different from how you remembered, and at the same time she knew that change happened, sometimes before you even really knew it.