Title: Love Conquers All
Author: no1buffy_angelfan
Email: no1buffy_angelfan@hotmail.com
Summary: It's basically what I'd want to happen in season 5 of Angel if SMG
were to make guest appearances, or become a semi-regular.
Distribution: Ask and you shall receive.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: S1-7 BtVS, S1-4 Angel
Disclaimers: As If!
Feedback: Please! No flames though, if you don't mind.
Dedication: To the people who lost a loved one in 9/11.
Author's Note: Hope you like!
Chapter 1 - New Beginnings
"What are we gonna do now?" Dawn asks. With the sun glinting in her eyes, Buffy Summers smiled, and looked on at what used to be the town of Sunnydale.
* * *
That had been over a month ago. After they had surveyed what was left, or rather what wasn't, Buffy, Xander, Willow, Dawn, Faith, Giles and the rest of who had survived left in the school bus they had taken, headed for LA. Just as they were about to reach LA, they all booked into a motel. When they all woke up the next morning, Buffy was gone. She had left them all notes, saying that she needed to get away for a bit, that she had bought a plane ticket online in the motel the previous night, not to worry and to take care of each other. Only Willow knew where she had gone to, as Buffy had accidentally woke her up just before she left. She told her, but made her promise that she would not tell anyone unless Buffy told her to, and Willow stayed true to her word. Even when Angel had pestered her for the first two weeks that they had been at Angel's, she still kept quiet. Eventually he had stopped asking. But she could still tell he wanted to know, and told Buffy whenever she phoned her with news, or emailed her. But I told her to not tell anyone, and she didn't, thought Buffy, as she looked out over Galway Bay. She had been in Galway quite a while now, and was staying at the home of Cathy, a young slayer and witch, and a very powerful one at that. She had the ability to teleport from one place to another, near and far, to read minds and much more. But she reminded Buffy of herself in a few ways; she was quite petite, had quite an attitude, and wasn't the type to give up on something easily. Then she found her thoughts drifting to Angel, how she felt she had given him the brush-off just before he left. He probably thought that she was interested in Spike. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn't notice someone come up behind her.
"Morning," Cathy said. "Buffy?" She waved a hand in front of Buffy's face. Finally Buffy noticed her.
"What? Oh. Morning," Buffy replied.
"You know, you can use the phone if you really miss him that much," Cathy said to her, with a knowing smile.
"Miss who?" Buffy asked.
"You know who I'm on about," Cathy teased. "And from what I've heard from Willow, he's missing you too. So is everyone else. Don't you think you should go back to LA now?"
"Why?" Buffy answered, teasing her back. "You wanna get rid of me?"
"No!" Cathy laughed. She went back inside the mansion that her family owned, leaving Buffy alone again with her thoughts. Maybe she's right, she thought. I miss all of them . even Faith! I wonder what they're doing now . She checked her watch. It was just after 8pm. It would be just after midday there. Maybe I'll give Willow a call, she thought, and headed back into the mansion, to the phone.
* * *
Meanwhile, in LA
Willow had just finished a late breakfast when she noticed Wesley entering the kitchen. He looked her deep in the eyes, and said
"Sleep well?" Willow nodded, and looked down. Wesley then proceeded to make his own breakfast, and Willow made a quick exit to her room on the first floor. Whats wrong with me! Willow thought to herself. Kennedy isn't even a few days gone to her new slayer position in New York, and I'm already checking out Wesley! Maybe . maybe I'm going straight again, she thought. Maybe he feels the same . she was jolted out of her thoughts by her phone ringing.
"Hello?" Willow said.
"Hey," Buffy answered.
"Oh! Hi Buffy!" Willow said." We have all missed you so much!"
"All of you?" Buffy questioned.
"Yes, Angel misses you," Willow teased. They then proceeded to talk about whether Buffy should come home. Willow thought it was a great idea, that it was about time, and said so.
"Ok. I'll come home. But not for another day or two", said Buffy. "I've to go, Will. Bye." When Willow came out of her room, she was surprised to see Angel waiting outside her room.
"Was that Buffy on the phone?" he asked her. She nodded. "Will, where is she?" Willow debated whether or not to tell him where she was, and then remembered that Buffy had not said not to tell anyone where she was like she normally did when she rang or emailed her. So she told him. He had to sit down with shock. "What is she doing in Ireland?" he said.
"Well ." Willow started. "I don't think I'm the one you should be asking, do you?" She left him with his own thoughts.
* * *
They were both sweating. They had just taken out a nest of vampires. As they were walking back to the house, they were silent. Finally Cathy broke the silence.
"Um . I'm not exactly sure how to say this without getting your hopes up ." With that, Buffy looked her in the eyes.
"What is it? Just tell me." So she did. Cathy had been researching spells on the net, when she came across this site, and if the spell worked, Angel's soul would be permanent. Cathy looked at Buffy, who was silent for a moment, then squealed and hugged Cathy. "Are you serious?" she asked her, her voice filled with excitement.
"Yeah," she said. Buffy hugged her again.
"Except, I'll need to go over to LA with you so I can meet up with Angel, and I'll need help from Willow with the spell."
"That's fine", replied Buffy, almost singing. Two days later, they were flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Only Willow knew they were coming. She picked them up from the airport in one of Angel's many cars, and pulled up outside the Wolfram & Hart building that Angel Investigations had taken over.
"Go inside," Willow said. Buffy went in herself, as Willow and Cathy were discussing plans for the spell. Buffy left herself in the enormous front door, and turned, only to find Angel, with his back to her, leaning over some papers on a large wooden desk.
"We're closed," Angel said, without turning around. He turned around to face her as he said, "I said, we're-" The words died in his throat. He just stared at Buffy just a few feet from him. She smiled faintly, and said,
"Hey."
Chapter 1 - New Beginnings
"What are we gonna do now?" Dawn asks. With the sun glinting in her eyes, Buffy Summers smiled, and looked on at what used to be the town of Sunnydale.
* * *
That had been over a month ago. After they had surveyed what was left, or rather what wasn't, Buffy, Xander, Willow, Dawn, Faith, Giles and the rest of who had survived left in the school bus they had taken, headed for LA. Just as they were about to reach LA, they all booked into a motel. When they all woke up the next morning, Buffy was gone. She had left them all notes, saying that she needed to get away for a bit, that she had bought a plane ticket online in the motel the previous night, not to worry and to take care of each other. Only Willow knew where she had gone to, as Buffy had accidentally woke her up just before she left. She told her, but made her promise that she would not tell anyone unless Buffy told her to, and Willow stayed true to her word. Even when Angel had pestered her for the first two weeks that they had been at Angel's, she still kept quiet. Eventually he had stopped asking. But she could still tell he wanted to know, and told Buffy whenever she phoned her with news, or emailed her. But I told her to not tell anyone, and she didn't, thought Buffy, as she looked out over Galway Bay. She had been in Galway quite a while now, and was staying at the home of Cathy, a young slayer and witch, and a very powerful one at that. She had the ability to teleport from one place to another, near and far, to read minds and much more. But she reminded Buffy of herself in a few ways; she was quite petite, had quite an attitude, and wasn't the type to give up on something easily. Then she found her thoughts drifting to Angel, how she felt she had given him the brush-off just before he left. He probably thought that she was interested in Spike. She was so lost in her own thoughts that she didn't notice someone come up behind her.
"Morning," Cathy said. "Buffy?" She waved a hand in front of Buffy's face. Finally Buffy noticed her.
"What? Oh. Morning," Buffy replied.
"You know, you can use the phone if you really miss him that much," Cathy said to her, with a knowing smile.
"Miss who?" Buffy asked.
"You know who I'm on about," Cathy teased. "And from what I've heard from Willow, he's missing you too. So is everyone else. Don't you think you should go back to LA now?"
"Why?" Buffy answered, teasing her back. "You wanna get rid of me?"
"No!" Cathy laughed. She went back inside the mansion that her family owned, leaving Buffy alone again with her thoughts. Maybe she's right, she thought. I miss all of them . even Faith! I wonder what they're doing now . She checked her watch. It was just after 8pm. It would be just after midday there. Maybe I'll give Willow a call, she thought, and headed back into the mansion, to the phone.
* * *
Meanwhile, in LA
Willow had just finished a late breakfast when she noticed Wesley entering the kitchen. He looked her deep in the eyes, and said
"Sleep well?" Willow nodded, and looked down. Wesley then proceeded to make his own breakfast, and Willow made a quick exit to her room on the first floor. Whats wrong with me! Willow thought to herself. Kennedy isn't even a few days gone to her new slayer position in New York, and I'm already checking out Wesley! Maybe . maybe I'm going straight again, she thought. Maybe he feels the same . she was jolted out of her thoughts by her phone ringing.
"Hello?" Willow said.
"Hey," Buffy answered.
"Oh! Hi Buffy!" Willow said." We have all missed you so much!"
"All of you?" Buffy questioned.
"Yes, Angel misses you," Willow teased. They then proceeded to talk about whether Buffy should come home. Willow thought it was a great idea, that it was about time, and said so.
"Ok. I'll come home. But not for another day or two", said Buffy. "I've to go, Will. Bye." When Willow came out of her room, she was surprised to see Angel waiting outside her room.
"Was that Buffy on the phone?" he asked her. She nodded. "Will, where is she?" Willow debated whether or not to tell him where she was, and then remembered that Buffy had not said not to tell anyone where she was like she normally did when she rang or emailed her. So she told him. He had to sit down with shock. "What is she doing in Ireland?" he said.
"Well ." Willow started. "I don't think I'm the one you should be asking, do you?" She left him with his own thoughts.
* * *
They were both sweating. They had just taken out a nest of vampires. As they were walking back to the house, they were silent. Finally Cathy broke the silence.
"Um . I'm not exactly sure how to say this without getting your hopes up ." With that, Buffy looked her in the eyes.
"What is it? Just tell me." So she did. Cathy had been researching spells on the net, when she came across this site, and if the spell worked, Angel's soul would be permanent. Cathy looked at Buffy, who was silent for a moment, then squealed and hugged Cathy. "Are you serious?" she asked her, her voice filled with excitement.
"Yeah," she said. Buffy hugged her again.
"Except, I'll need to go over to LA with you so I can meet up with Angel, and I'll need help from Willow with the spell."
"That's fine", replied Buffy, almost singing. Two days later, they were flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Only Willow knew they were coming. She picked them up from the airport in one of Angel's many cars, and pulled up outside the Wolfram & Hart building that Angel Investigations had taken over.
"Go inside," Willow said. Buffy went in herself, as Willow and Cathy were discussing plans for the spell. Buffy left herself in the enormous front door, and turned, only to find Angel, with his back to her, leaning over some papers on a large wooden desk.
"We're closed," Angel said, without turning around. He turned around to face her as he said, "I said, we're-" The words died in his throat. He just stared at Buffy just a few feet from him. She smiled faintly, and said,
"Hey."