A/N: Hey everyone, this is my first Buffy fic, although I already have 2 Angel ones and a few others on other tv shows. I hope you like this one

Spoilers: Everything in Buffy really, and I've decided to ignore all happenings in Angel all together as I've only seen the first and last seasons.

Replaced Chapter 1

Angel drove into Sunnydale, feeling more than slightly nervous. He hadn't seen Buffy since their meeting after she'd returned from the dead, and he was terrified of the reactions of both her and her Scoobies. He parked his car near her house, but lost his courage at the last second, deciding to go to one of the cemeteries to fight something and calm his nerves. When he was less than a block from the nearest cemetery, Angel heard a girl scream in a high pitched voice. Angel immediately began to sprint to the source of the noise, running through the open cemetery gates. He paused momentarily as he saw Spike holding a girl close to him, fangs bared. He'd thought that Spike had fled town after losing the ring of Amara, but appearantly, he was back. He didn't dwell on the thought though, realising a young woman's life was in danger.

He ran straight into Spike, tackling him and bringing the young girl down with them. She soon scrambled up and ran for safety. Angel grabbed Spike's collar.

"You should have stayed away." He said softly, glaring into Spike's blue eyes.

"Get off me you Ponce." Spike said, struggling. Angel opened his mouth to reply when he heard a voice exclaim,

"Angel!" Angel's head twitched up and was surprised to see Buffy standing above them both.

"Buffy! What're you doing here?" Angel asked,

"I live here Angel. Let him up" Buffy commanded, much to Angel's surprise.

"What?"

"You heard the girl, let me up." Spike said, resuming his struggling from below Angel. Angel stood up; releasing Spike from his grip and stood back to allow him room to stand too.

"Did you know he was back in Sunnydale?" Angel asked

"I've been back for over three years now." Spike said dryly,

"What're you doing here?" Buffy asked Angel

"Well… There's nothing much happening in L.A. and I heard from my resources that the First was back."

"You heard right." Buffy said, still unsure how much use Angel would be when he heard about her and Spike's relationship the year before. If it could even be called a relationship. She was already wondering what she would say to the complicated questions that Angel would undoubtedly ask

"So… why aren't we staking him?" Angel said nodding at Spike. Questions like that.

"He's one of the good guys now." Buffy said,

"A good guy! He's a vampire!"

"Takes one to know one." Spike said looking at Angel with disgust.

"I have a soul."

"So do I."

"What?" Angel said, staring at him

"You heard me Peaches, I have a soul, and it's permanent too." He said, smirking. Angel looked from him to Buffy who nodded in confirmation and suddenly he felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. He was used to being individual. The only vampire with a soul, ever. Then suddenly he caught sight of a group of girls holding clipboards, one of which being the girl he'd just rescued.

"Ah, Buffy… Who're they?" Buffy glanced over her shoulder to see who he was talking about and said,

"Slayers in Training."

"Right…" he said, looking dazed, "and you're training them?" he guessed correctly. Buffy nodded in confirmation.

" Do you have anywhere I can stay tonight? Because sunrise is coming pretty soon…" he said

'No, of course you can stay with us." Buffy said, glancing at Spike, who was looking annoyed, "We're a bit tight for space. Maybe you and Spike can share…" At once there was an uproar from both of them,

"The Poofter is not staying in the same room as me!" Spike snapped

"He sleeps in your house!" Angel exclaimed

"He stays in the basement, and unless one of you would rather sleep with Xander…"

"Fine." They both muttered in a defeated tone, glaring at each other again.

"We'll have to cut our lesson short today." Buffy announced to the confused looking Potentials, "We'll have a longer one tomorrow, and maybe Angel'll help out with that too…" Angel nodded, annoying Spike even more. Looked like the Poofter would be sticking around for a while.

A/N: So what do you think of it? If you like it, say so, if not, I probably won't continue with this fic.