She hopes that he never has reason to be afraid of the computer. She's been lucky that most of her vampires and demons just wanted to kill people. Most of the time, it was humans who did horrible things to each other.

She sighs and shakes her head a little. "About the time having a teenage daughter became difficult, he split. I haven't heard from him in years."

For some people, yes college is overrated and it's definitely overpriced. It wasn't ever really in the cards for Buffy, no matter how much she wanted it, but she's determined that Dawn is going to get to go to college. Dawn deserves college. She's smart and she's good. Buffy doesn't care that Alcide didn't go to college. He owns his own business. That's worth a lot. Most of the time, her job isn't that glamorous either, but she's good at it.

She can't help blushing and ducking her head when he says 'me too'. "Good," she finally says, looking up at him.