When Alternate World's Collide
Summary: Did you ever wonder what it would be like if certain things were done different in Buffy and Angel? What if Faith never went bad in season 3 of Btvs? What if when he turned human in season 1 of Ats he didn't ask the oracles to change back time and he stayed human? What if Faith wasn't able to stop Angelus in season 4 of Ats and he turned her? What if Buffy, Spike and the others weren't able to stop the First at the end of season 7 of Btvs? How much different would things have been if these things happened? That's what you're going to find out. Takes place mid to late season 5 of Ats.
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Prologue
"You have the apartments all set up?" Angel asked.
"Yes boss," Harmony responded. "I told you I've got it all under control."
"Four rooms, two with one king size bed and two with two queen sized beds?" Angel asked nervously.
Harmony rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Yes boss. Everything is all set. You don't have to worry about a thing."
"Is our boy getting all flustered again about our guests coming to visit?" Lorne asked as he walked up to the two vampires.
"Yes!" Harmony answered with frustration. "I keep telling him that everything is all set up and everything is going to be fine but he's just so overly paranoid."
"I am not!" Angel protested.
"Yeah well you know how he gets when it comes to you know who," Lorne said to Harmony acting as if Angel wasn't even there.
"Hey I do not get…" Angel tried to interrupt.
"Boy do I," Harmony responded to Lorne. "If you ask me I think he just needs to take a big chill pill."
"I'm standing right here!" Angel yelled agitatedly.
Lorne finally acknowledged Angel. He turned toward him and put his hand on Angel's shoulder. "Look Angel cakes you really don't have to worry about a thing. My little Harmonica over here has gotten all of the arrangements arranged and everything is set. There's no need to be a mister worrypants."
Angel sighed and rolled his eyes. "I know, but I am…worried…not a worrypants. I'm worried. She didn't agree with my decision and after that whole thing with Dana, the slayer, I wanted to prove to her that I made the right choice. I finally convinced her to come to see everything and I just don't want anything to go wrong."
"I know," Lorne said sympathetically. "You just have to relax though big guy. They're gonna be here soon and like I said before everything is all set up and fine. I know you're nervous about seeing her again but you have to be cool, confident. You have to show her that you have everything under control."
Angel nodded his head. "You know what? Your right. I've just gotta show her I've got it all under control. I can handle this," he added trying to sound less nervous then he really was.
Lorne smiled and patted Angel on the back. "That's the spirit cupcake."
As Lorne was about to walk away Gunn approached the group. "Is the boss freakin out again?"
"Yup," Harmony responded.
"I am not freaking out!" Angel, getting frustrated again, responded.
"I've gotta go kiddos," Lorne said as he started to walk away again. "Harmony would you care to walk me to my office?" Lorne asked as he held his arm out to her.
Harmony smiled at the green demon, nodded her head and took his arm in hers. "I'd love to Lornytoons."
As Gunn was about to open his mouth to say something to Angel, a very nervous and frantic looking Spike walked up to the two friends. "Are they here yet? They're not here yet right?" Spike asked nervously.
"No," Angel responded with annoyance, "They're not here yet."
Spike gave a sigh of relief. "Good…I'm not ready for this. I mean she doesn't even know I'm alive. What is she going to think? What is she going to do?"
Spike had been going crazy ever since he learned that she was coming. She didn't even know he was back. He had been afraid to tell her. After the exit he made the last time they saw each other he was afraid that coming back and revealing himself just wouldn't work. He had no idea how she was going to react to seeing him. He hopped that she would be happy and that they could just pick up where they left off but he knew the chances of that were slim to none. And then there was the Angel problem.
Angel rolled his eye. "Hopefully ask you to leave," he said under his breath.
"Hey I heard that!" Spike stated angrily.
Angel was very excited, nervous and annoyed all at the same time. The last time he saw Buffy he felt that there was a small possibility that he'd have a chance with her again and now she was coming to visit him.
He was nervous though. She wasn't very happy with his decision to come to Wolfram & Hart so he had to prove to her that it was a good decision. Even though he still wasn't even really sure that it was.
He was annoyed at the fact that Spike was there. He knew that when Buffy fought the First, she and Spike had gotten very close and that thought bothered him more then he liked. Deep down he feared that when Buffy found out Spike was back she would wrap her arms around him and his heart would shatter into a million pieces. He just wished that Spike had never been sent to LA in the first place.
Gunn just laughed at the two souled vampires. "Are we going to have to put the two of you in separate rooms when they get here?"
The boys simply glared at each other and at the same time crossed their arms over their chests.
"Look," Gunn continued, "If you guys wanna make a good impression on Buffy you'd better just cool it and try to at least pretend like you get along. I'm kind of excited to meet these people. I've always heard so much about them and I'm one of the only ones who's never met them. Well, besides Faith and Willow. I think we're all going to have a good time here so don't mess it up," he ordered as he pointed to the two vampires.
"Where are Wesley and Fred?" Angel asked Gunn.
"They should be here soon," Gunn responded. "I think there's something going on between those two," he said with a small smile. "Have you seen the way they've been looking at each other lately?"
Angel smiled back and nodded his head slightly. "Yeah, I've seen it."
"I see it now," Spike added as he pointed to the stairs where Wesley and Fred were walking down arm in arm.
The other two turned to see the couple walking towards them smiling and laughing.
"Hey guys," Fred greeted. She looked around the room. When she saw that their guests weren't there yet she smiled. "Good we didn't miss them getting here."
"Nope," Gunn confirmed. "They should be here any minute though. I was just trying to calm these two panicked vampires."
"Hey!" Angel and Spike said at the same time as they glared at Gunn and then at each other when they realized they said the same thing at the same time.
The five friends didn't have to wait much longer. They turned as they heard a group of people coming out of the elevator and into the lobby of the large law firm.
Willow, Xander and Kennedy were the first to walk out of the elevator with their arms linked, Willow in the middle of course. Dawn and Andrew were the next to walk out and then finally Faith, Robin and Buffy walked out of the elevator behind them.
Angel and Spike swallowed hard as they watched Buffy walk into the large lobby smiling and laughing with Faith. If they're hearts could beat they both would have been racing with the anticipation of seeing their old love.
When Buffy spotted the two souled vampires her face of laughter and smile changed to a face of fighting back anger. A look of worry appeared on both of their faces. They looked at each other as if to ask which one of them Buffy's anger was being aimed at.
They soon found out when she marched straight up to Spike.
He took in a deep, pointless breath. "Hello Buffy, I bet you didn't expect to see me here," he attempted to joke.
Buffy didn't laugh. Instead she smacked him hard right across his face. "Oww!" Spike yelled. "What the hell was that for?"
"You've been back for what...four or five months now and you didn't tell me?!" Buffy yelled.
"Well I was going to…" Spike tried to defend himself but Buffy cut him off.
"I mourned for you and this whole time you've been safe and sound here in LA?!" she continued.
"You did?" Spike asked happily.
"You did?" Angel asked disappointed and slightly disgusted.
Buffy pointed to Angel sternly. "You…don't even start!" Just as Spike was about to laugh at Angel getting yelled at, Buffy changed her direction to Spike. "And you…don't sound so happy about it!"
"How did you even know?" Spike asked.
"Andrew told me," Buffy answered.
Spike glared angrily at Andrew. "Oh thanks Buffy. What happened to the finding a different answer to that question plan?"
"It was your plan Andrew…I never agreed to it," Buffy responded. She turned her attentions back to Spike. "Listen Spike I'm still angry with you but yelling at you isn't what I came here to do so I'm going to stop that now. And despite my extreme anger…it is good to see you," she said with a slight smile creasing her lips towards the end.
Spike smiled back at her. "Well that's good to hear. It's worth getting yelled at."
"Well then," Wesley said as if to break the tension. "Why don't we introduce you all to those of us you don't know and then show you where you'll be staying?"
"Sounds like a plan," Buffy agreed.
Wesley introduced Buffy and the others to Gunn and Fred and then showed them around the building. Angel, Spike, Fred and Gunn also joined Wesley in giving the tour but Angel and Spike didn't speak up much. Buffy figured it was probably because they were just as nervous about seeing her as she was about seeing them. Either that or they were just scared of getting yelled at again.
After the tour, Wesley and the others showed their guests to their rooms. Buffy and Dawn were in a room with two queen sized beds. Xander and Andrew were in the other room with two beds right next door and Willow and Kennedy and Faith and Robin were right across from them in the rooms with one king sized bed in each.
It was still fairly early in the night but the gang had flown all the way from Rome and were exhausted. They said goodnight to their hosts and then went to bed. There would be plenty of time for catching up and exchanging pleasantries tomorrow.