CHAPTER ONE: SLEEP TIGHT

Buffy was pacing through the graveyard. Waiting on the one who said to met her there. She glanced at her watch and sighed. He's 30 minutes late, she said to herself as she leaned on a tomb. She was playing with the necklace that Angel had given her long ago when she first arrived in Sunnydale. She ran her fingers over the cross, the silver was smooth and cold.

"Buffy?" Quickly she snapped back into reality and pocketed the necklace. She spun around to find Angel before her. There seemed to be something different about him.

"Took you long enough. Oh that's right, vampires have no sense of time." A slight grin appear on Angel's face and Buffy felt her knees go limp. Her feelings for him still hadn't changed.

"Sorry about the time, I had some business to take care of along the way." After a moment of silence Angel began to make his way through the tombstones towards Buffy.

"I have important news to tell you."

"Oh yeah!" Buffy said quickly, "Mind if I take a guess at what that might be?"

"Buffy this is ser-" Buffy cut him off short, "Some big bad is back in town to do some evil mo jo and you've come to inform me…right?"

"Evil mo jo? Now that sounds like my cup of tea." Buffy and Angel turn to find Spike appearing from the darkness.

"Spike now is not the time for you or your jokes," Angel replied. It seemed like the sight of Spike rage seemed to have taken him over.

Spike raised his arms in response, "Don't worry big boy, I mean no harm." He then pointed to his head, "I'm a tamed puppy now."

Buffy rolled her eyes, "Ignore him, he's harmless. I promise." With that word Angel turned back to Buffy.

"You must listen carefully to me Buffy, you must begin to prepare. There's not much time left." Angel's face now showed much concern.

"Left for what?" Buffy cut in again, "Angel what's going on?"

"Yeah, what's this all about mate?" Spike too had become interested in what Angel had to say.

Angel took another step towards Buffy. "I fear that you cannot handle it," he softly whispered to her. He was now standing right in front of her. Buffy peered up at his dark brown eyes but then had to turn away from them. The pain was still there.

Spike came up behind Buffy, "What's this about Angel?" Spike had used a stern voice which had snapped both of them from their trance. "Buffy is the bloody slayer," he continued, "What cant she handle?"

"This!" Angel said and in a split second he had transformed into a vampire and bit Buffy. She could feel his fangs digging deeper into her neck her blood dripping down …

CRASH!

Buffy awoke at the sound of something falling. She rubbed her eyes and sat up looking around her room trying to find what made such a noise.