I love you too Riley. See you tomorrow." (A/N: That was EXTREMELY painful for me to write just to let you all know!)
Buffy turned around and tried to avoid everyone's stare. She walked towards Rosenberg and Tara and lead the way out of the magic box, no one except Angel seeing the self satisfied look on Riley's face.
The slayer sighed, really wanting to get this over with. All she wanted was a nice comfortable bed, and sleep. But instead, she was walking through a cemetery with a group of people following her, going to pick up her younger sister.
"Buff, are we almost there?"
Buffy turned around and smiled at the younger Xander.
"Yep, we are here."
Buffy pulled open the door to the crypt and tried hard not to laugh at the sight. There was Spike, sitting down watching Passions, while Dawn was asleep with her head on a pillow in Spike's lap. She carefully walked over and rested her hand on her sister's shoulder, shaking it gently.
"Dawnie, it's time to go home."
Dawn woke up and smiled sleepily at her sister.
"Whatsupbuffy?"
Buffy smirked.
"I said it's time to go home sleepy."
Dawn nodded and looked at Spike.
"Thanks for letting me hang with you for a while."
Spike nodded dejectedly, not taking his eyes of the screen.
"No problem Nibblett."
Angel couldn't help but quirk his eyebrow at the weird way Spike was acting. Dawn luckily didn't seem to notice the weird group of people outside the crypt.
"Buff, where is everyone sleeping tonight?"
The slayer shrugged.
"We'll figure it out when we get home.
Once the group finally got back to the Summers residence, they all sat down in the living room.
"Alright guys, we're going to have a tight fit but we'll have to deal with it. Dawn, you'll sleep in my room with me. Tara and Willow you two can share your room like normal. Younger girls (Cordelia, Willow, Mom) You three can share Dawn's room. There are two beds in there as Dawn has a day-bed and there's a trundle underneath it. Oz, Xander, this couch pulls out so you two care share it. Angel, there's a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen downstairs that's all yours."
Everyone nodded and made their way upstairs or in Angel's case downstairs. He knew that he needed to speak with the slayer, but also knew this wasn't the right time to go about it.
Buffy sighed, she couldn't sleep for anything. Looking to her left she smiled as she saw her younger sister cuddled up with a pillow and sleeping, oblivious to her older sister's turmoil. The slayer sighed and put on her robe, quietly sneaking out of her room so she wouldn't wake the younger girl.
The vampire took a deep breath, knowing he wouldn't be able to sleep. He was nocturnal. He turned around and smiled softly as he saw his girlfriend walk out onto the porch where he currently stood.
"Couldn't sleep?"
Buffy jumped at the sound, not at all paying attention to another person being outside.
"Nope, unfortunately. If I didn't need to worry about Dawn being here I'd go patrol, but with no-one here that could protect her from Glory, I have to stay here."
Angel nodded.
"I could always stay here and watch her if you want me too."
Buffy smiled in thanks before shaking her head slightly.
"Thank you for the offer but it's okay. She'd freak if she woke up and couldn't find me."
Angel quirked an eyebrow.
"Who is she? I mean she looks a lot younger than you and I don't remember her from our time."
Buffy smiled.
"No you wouldn't. She wasn't even around then. It's a really long story and I only want to have to explain it once, preferably when Dawn is at school. I'll just tell you this little tid-bit. That little one up there is my younger sister."
Angel opened his mouth to speak but was quickly silenced by a look from the slayer. He nodded his head, silently saying that he would wait until tomorrow.
"So tell me a little about your life."
Buffy smiled softly.
"Not much to tell honestly. I'm in college. I attend UC Sunnydale. Willow and Tara are both students there as well. Xander is a construction worker. Giles owns the Magic Box and Anya works for him. Spike is the same as he always is minus the killing people thing."
"What about the rest of us?"
Buffy sighed.
"Well, I told you about my mom."
Angel nodded and put a hand on the slayer's shoulder.
"I'm not sure where Oz is, You own your own Private Investigation business in LA, Cordelia works for you. Wesley also works for you I believe."
Angel quirked an eyebrow.
"I don't live in Sunnydale anymore?"
Buffy shook her head.
"No, you don't."
Before another word could be spoken Dawn burst out of the house and into her older sister's arms. Buffy didn't need to ask what was wrong as she felt the young girl's tears soaking her shirt.
"Dawnie it's okay, I'm right here."
Buffy gave Angel an apologetic look which he waved off. Buffy finally was able to calm her sister down before leading her back upstairs, leaving Angel to wonder what had happened in the few years to make his lover to antsy around him, and also wondering why he no longer lived in Sunnydale.
TBC! Okay, I know it's been almost three months since I've updated this, but I cant help it! Lol. But be thankful it's a lot longer of a chapter than all the other ones and I happen to think it's written better as well! Please read and review! The more reviews, the quicker I update!
