She keeps me safe. That's what she knows. Dawn gets in trouble and Buffy saves her. Yeah, I probably left out the part about me being a trouble magnet. But it's okay. The fact that she keeps me safe means she wants me around. She loves me.
[She's quiet long enough to take a sip of her drink. When she speaks again her tone is forcibly harsh, full of false bravado.]
Well I'm getting over it. Cause it's stupid. I'm totally worth being with and if he can't see that, then it's his loss. [It probably doesn't sound like she completely believes those words. But hey, she's trying.]