What If when Buffy was being Anne in L.A. And she went into the Hell dimension she was there long enough to age a few years. She fought hard to bring back every human there and wouldn't leave until all the baddies were dead or something happened and she was stuck there temporarily. When Buffy comes out of the portal she is slightly older (say early 20s) and has spent the last several years fighting and protecting almost nonstop. That way when she does make it back to Sunnydale she has had years to get over Angel and can view the relationship for what it really was, a first love crush that would have fizzled anyway. How do all the Scoobies and Joyce react when a no nonsense Buffy comes back to town and how will Angel and then Spikes return run differently. Obviously Spuffy. Bonus Cookies if Buffy is the one to first start flirting with Spike and it throws him all off his game.