Rebirth (CH1)

By Obi's Girl

Buffy is reborn again, and yes, the Moulin Rouge bug is still strong! Christian even makes an appearance as Giles' nephew!

Buffy played with the ring on her finger as she sat in her bed, her hospital bed at Sunnydale Memorial. After the gang discovered she was alive, Giles drove her to the hospital to be checked in. Because she was too weak, Buffy didn't argue. She welcomed it, to be able to sit in a comfortable bed and for the first time, actually relax but then she wandered how long it would be until there was some crisis that needed her attention?

That's the way he life had always been. Some evil plan, make a plan to stop, put the plan into action, beat the bad guy, come home, deal with her family and then the next day, the same thing. She frowned, falling back onto her pillow. When she was in Heaven, she got the impression, sending her back down, meant she was given a choice. She could either continue the Slaying or pursue a normal life, but for her, the two things were virtually impossible.

The two were just not compatible. She huffed, turning over, once again looking at her ring. Before her mom died, she never worried about anything. Somehow, coming home to the house and seeing her, made all her worries go away. Now, she had Dawn to worry about. She would be entering 10th grade next year.

She laughed to herself. She hadn't even thought about school. What she was going to do there? She skipped out in the middle of the last semester and there was the whole being dead. It would take her a while to catch up and time to register again. Buffy huffed, her life was a total mess. There was no denying it, but through it all, she managed somehow, didn't she? She managed with Angel.

Angel.

After Riley left, she never once thought about Angel or call to say hi. She was always busy, and anyway, whenever they were in the same room, it was never good. They argued and someone always ended up hurt; most of the time, it was the both of them.

She signed. Now she was alive again (for the billionth time), she had to talk to him. What if next time this happened, it was permanent? She couldn't live with her un-dead life if she left him in anger. There was so much she had to do when she got out of the hospital but talking to Angel was the key thing. She couldn't leave with that kind of pain.

Ever.

TbC