Buffy stumbled towards home, shocked and numb. She'd just had sex with Spike. She'd just had
sex with
Spike! She had no idea how she was going to face anyone – including herself – ever again.
She wouldn't admit it but it was quite a relief, really, to look up and discover the road she was walking down was no longer road in suburban Sunnydale but instead a main road outside a very familiar hotel.
"Great," she said, staring up at it, hands on her hips. "Back in Nowheresville."