My Elizabeth - Chapter 6

First of all - thank you for the reviews so much!  I have this whole dissertation in my mind about why they're so important.  But I'll spare you.  Just, trust me, they are.  I don't feel like I'm rowing a boat by myself upstream when you're all here.

Thanks to my wonderful betas: Capella42, Lutamira and DoriansKitten - for removing my extra commas, and telling me when things don't make sense - and for not minding when I ignore their advice and put in some part that they think might be better off left out.  Swell banner by AmyXaphania!

Mother the doctor knows something is wrong
Cause my body has strange information
He's looked in my eyes and knows I'm not a child
But he doesn't dare ask the right question

~Suzanne Vega~

 Chapter 6

They both seemed quite content with silence during dinner; each was lost in their own thoughts.

Buffy puzzled over the confusing array of silverware set out on the table, before deciding to be an equal opportunity employer and use all of them in turn.  While she ate, she snuck glimpses of him watching her through carefully lowered lashes.  Simply seeing her eat seemed to sadden him for some mysterious reason – she couldn’t begin to fathom why.
 

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