Thats what everyone kept saying. But there was, there were spells, there were ways to make him see she wasn't lying and once she was there. Once she'd proven that, she could work on the rest. Because selfishly, she thought it wasn't fair that Faith, that Buffy's other friends, got to have their lives back after messing up that badly. Got to have their friends back.
"I'd do it right now if he asked. I'd do anything. I just want him to believe me. For real. I'm being honest and I want him to see it. I want everyone to see it."
Replaced was something Ruby understood a little. Not much but enough. No one had replaced her in Sam's life but they'd closed ranks around her and that hurt too. Buffy must have it worse. Neither she or Faith were really to blame for how the blonde felt. But there it was all the same.
"She complicates things. Its not her fault. But she does. I guess we both have to learn to deal with it because why would it change for either of us. I don't know yet if I'm strong enough to have him hate me forever. Even with everything else I built back, I'm in love. I'm loved. I have new friends, I have responsibilities, but I don't have him in my life and its breaking my heart. And thats not far off from what you feel is it. Lost, hurting. But with no way back"