Chapter 3

Buffy walked into Victoria Secrets, but when she did, she bumped into someone. She started to say sorry, but then she glanced up and the words caught in her throat.

Angelus' POV

Buffy was standing in front of him. Buffy is dead, so what is she doing in front of the Hyperion.

"What are you doing in Victoria Secrets in the middle of the day, not that anytime of day would be a common thing for you in this store, Angel. Did you follow me here to tell me some cryptic message?"

"What are you talking about Buffy? We are in front of the Hyperion and you have been dead for 2 years. So, I ask, what are you doing here?"

"Angel, I am obviously not dead. The last time I died, Xander revived me, remember, you were standing right there. And then I practically made out with you before I came to my senses."

"Willow came to me after you jumped off the tower and told me you were dead. A couple months later, she told me that they had tried and failed to resurrect you from the dead."

"We went to the dance afterwards…"

They both seemed to realize what the other was talking about at the same time and so they spoke simultaneously, "Wait, Willow tried to resurrect me? So that means that you are from the future also!" "Are you talking about the summer before your junior year?"

"Are you saying I'm in the past?" Angelus asked.

"Yes, you are in the past, as am I. When I jumped off that tower, I landed but I landed in the body of my Sophomore self. I had just died and Xander had performed CPR. Upon seeing you, I kissed you. I was a little confused and I confused everyone else when I mentioned, Tara and Dawn. You didn't even say anything when I mentioned Spike."

"Dawn disappeared after you did. No one knows where she is."

Buffy nodded. She thought that might have happened. Although, there was no one to take her away. She probably was restored to her natural form by the PTB."

"I walked out of the Hyperion one minute and I'm here the next," Angelus muttered.

"What did you do before you left?"

"I put on the Gem of Amara and my Claddagh ring."

Buffy looked up at that. She pulled a chain out of her shirt and showed it to Angelus.

"You haven't given this to me yet, so I couldn't exactly wear it in public. It is one of the few things I have from the future. I kept my strength. I have the strength of future me in the body of this me."

Angelus thought to himself, 'she has no idea that I'm Angelus. Although then again, I haven't really acted like Angelus yet either.'

Angelus leaned down and kissed her. Buffy leaned up to met him halfway.

It was good to see Buffy again. He hadn't seen her in 5 years. Three of which soul boy had been in control and two she had been dead.

"I'm here shopping. I plan to max out my dad's credit card. Or get as close to doing it as possible."

"Do you want help? I don't mind seeing the clothing," Angelus glances up at the store he had just 'walked out' of, "and helping you pick out what looks good on you," as he finished, he grinned wolfishly in what was sure to be a purely Angelus not Angel way.

Buffy nodded distractedly and said, "That is fine, but you stay out here while I pick out some lingerie."

"Are you sure you don't want my help?"

"You can help carry my bags if you want!"

"How about we rent a limo and then have the clothing sent to the limo?"

"Alright, that sounds like a plan."

A couple hours later, they were walking into the food court for lunch, or mostly just Buffy's lunch. Angelus had gone and gotten some "pig's blood". In actual fact, he had killed a girl and drained her and put her blood in different containers so that he could drink it discreetly without Buffy noticing.

They had been sitting there for about ten minutes, when a boy with dark hair and a leather jacket walked up.

'She has a thing for leather!' Angelus grinned after noticing the look she gave the boy.

"Buffy what are you doing in LA! Last I heard, you moved to Sunnydale after the gym burned."

"I did, my father still lives here. He gave me a credit card to do what I please with. So I'm making a dent in this months limit," Buffy said.

"Still the same Buffy, I see!"

Angelus growled lowly at this. This guy was starting to piss him off.

"Angel, I would like you to meet my ex from Hemry, Pike. Pike this is my ex from Sunnydale, Angel."

"Who said anything about ex. We haven't started dating technically," Angel whispered "suggestively" or at least that is what it was supposed to look like to Pike so that he was left in no doubt that they were "thinking" of getting back together into Buffy's ear.

"He looks older than you," Pike said morosely.

Buffy giggled at this. It was true Angel is older than her, by a good century or two and some odd decades.

"He is older than me. Guys he knows the truth," Buffy said to both so that they wouldn't be antsy around the other.

"Which truth?" Angelus whispered in her ear again.

"The Vampire Slayer truth," Buffy whispered back.

Angelus nodded.

"So you know the truth about vampires?" Pike asked seriously.

Angelus responded by laughing, "Of course I do. It is how we met. She was on her way to the Bronze, a local club in Sunnydale, and I was following her. She knocked me on my ass and I told her I wouldn't bite. I became as she likes to fondly call me, Mr. Cryptic Guy. I show up warn her of danger and disappear into the night."

"If you are Mr. Cryptic Guy then why do you look like you are hanging out? And why are you both in LA?"

"I'm visiting with Buffy and helping her with her shopping," Angelus smirked.

He was having fun. Buffy hadn't noticed he wasn't Angelus yet and Pike was fun to mess with.

Buffy's POV

Angel was being possessive. It was almost Angelus like in nature, but considering he hadn't attacked her yet, she would give him the benefit of the doubt. It was nice to see jealous possessive Angel again. She hadn't seen her Angel in years. She glanced back at Angel and smirked. When she had bought her clothes at Victoria Secrets, she had bought some specifically cause she knew he would like them. It was naughty, but she had fun.

Angel had insisted on her buying some leather while they were in other stores. She glanced back at Pike and noticed she had missed something he had said.

All she heard was Angel's response, "I'm visiting with Buffy and helping her with her shopping."

Buffy nodded at this.

"I have know Angel almost since I moved to Sunnydale."

She had just finished her lunch and Angel said, "Well, I think it is time to go back to your dad's house. We wouldn't want him to worry about where you are or who you are with."

Angel sneered as he said this. That look was purely Angelus. She would have to talk to him on the way home. She was beginning to wonder who was actually with her. Things were starting to add up and she wasn't liking the math.