Dirty Back Road Sequel, Part 3

This is the chapter that's gonna make everybody hate me. Please remember in reading it that I do have deep and abiding affection for both of these characters. Deep breath. (Edited to mention that I've edited the previous chapter to extend some of Buffy's thoughts, and also because I keep forgetting to put in a link to those parts, which is here.) ( Does It Have to Mean Something? Chapter 3 )