Buffy stepped in front of him, staying close and cupping his face in her hands. She lifted his gaze up to meet hers. "You know all those things I'm going to tell you one of these days...context for this is one of them. Suffice to say, I don't get to make a lot of my own choices in life. I haven't since I was sixteen. I want you to be a choice in my life. I want you because I want you. Not because fate or destiny or anything else told me I could have you. If we're destiny or fate...they can decide to take you away from me. If you're my choice no one can decide to take you away from me. Ever. Only I decide that."