Okay...so i decided to just continue with this long freaking fic instead of starting a new one. If people don't read it because it's freaking long, well...it's their lost because I'm too lazy to start a new book.

Disclaimers Alert. I don't own Buffy or Angel.

Thanks for the reviews and now on to the story!

Five years later...Sike I'm totally kidding. It's more like five hours.


It was dark when Buffy finally entered the hotel. The girls were all in the lobby awaiting them. The serious wounded ones were upstairs. The lobby was filled with cots because Angel hadn't had the chance to furnish all the rooms yet. All the girls stared at her and Faith when they came in. Buffy just shrugged and headed to the shower. She turned the water as hot as it could go before stepping into it. Buffy closed her eyes. She couldn't face anyone yet; she just wanted to down in the shower. She still couldn't believe he was gone.

"I'm not gone silly", Angel stated pulling her to him. He smiled and kissed her neck right where his mark was.

"I miss you", she whispered.

"I'm always right here when you need me", he whispered back moving her hands to rest over her heart. "Have you seen the kids…they want to see you", he told her. "make sure to kiss them for me", he replied.

Buffy opened her eyes and looked around the shower hoping to see him but she was alone. She sighed and got out of the shower. It felt weird being in LA….being in this room knowing he was never going to be here again.

She spotted one of his shirts on a chair and put it on before heading down the hall.


She heard Liam and Katherine before she saw them. She glanced at Alonna and Dawn doing their best to calm them down.

The two girls looked up at Buffy when she entered. "Hey guys", Buffy stated putting on a fake smile. "What's wrong with momma's babies", she asked grabbing Liam and Kathy.

"They've been like this all morning Buffy…and I'm really sorry about Mr. D".

Buffy looked up from her kids' faces. She stared at her sister's face instead. "I don't wanna talk about it…what I want to do is sleep and since it's past these little guys bed time they will be joining me". With that Buffy turned and walked away.


"How is she", asked Willow awkwardly. It was weird asking Cordelia how her best friend was.

"You know Buffy…if you wanna know how she's doing you gotta beat it out of her", Cordy stated reading the files and doing some cleaning. She was trying her best to hold this company together but with watching these girls and three babies, well she was at her wits end. Cordy looked up from paperwork to see two girls chasing each other with swords. She rolled her eyes and huffed. These people wanted her to do everything. "Stop running with those damn swords", she screamed.

Kennedy and Vi stopped and looked at Cordy. "You're not the boss of us", Kennedy stated. "You're not even a slayer"', she hissed.

"But I am", Buffy stated walking down the stairs holding Liam.

"Buffy", Kennedy stated shocked to see her. It's been two days and nobody has seen her. They were told that she sent Giles and Faith away to find survivors from the council. The rest of them were leaving at the end of the week to search for sister slayers.

"You're out of your room", Vi said stating the obvious. She didn't know what to say to Buffy at all.

Buffy looked at them weirdly. "Liam was hungry, um Cordy can you please see if there's any more of those pj mini sandwiches", she asked handing the baby to Cordy.

Cordy grinned and left Buffy to deal with the wanna be Queen B's.

Buffy took the sword out of Kennedy's hand easily. "Gather the others. You all have much to learn", she commanded.

They were confused. "We knew everything. We're slayers now. Just like you", Kennedy stated. "All because you're dead hubby is dust doesn't mean", Kennedy was interrupted by Buffy tossing her back the sword. Buffy immediately grabbed another one and started attacking Kennedy.

By now everybody gathered around to see the commotion. Buffy was a blur and the fight was pretty pitiful until it ended with Buffy holding her sword to Kennedy's neck in a form of 'checkmate'. With Kennedy's sword on the other side of the lobby, it was clear to see who won.

"You have power…doesn't make it yours. You know things because of the ones before. It feeds your instincts. You don't know them, things click because some girl before you died learning it. I'm here and your watchers will be there to teach you to own that power, to know it, to control it", Buffy stressed.

"Because if you don't then it will control you…it's not a pretty road. To have power but be powerless because you can't control it…ask Faith she could tell you better than I. Next week, you'd be leaving but I want you to leave with the ability to live longer than 18 years. Longer than me. It's time to stop acting like girls…and start being slayers", Buff told them.

"Is that what you're doing", asked Wesley.

Buffy whirled around to see him standing at the front entrance with Gunn and Kathy right behind him. Kathy jumped from Gunn's arms and ran to her mother. Buffy swooped in and caught her twirling her around. The sword was thrown on the table. "It's what I am", Buffy told him. She then turned to Kathy and started to make little kissing noises while tickling her.


The gang all sat in the grand room. Buffy was at the head of the table and the AI team was on one side and the Scoobs was on the other. Giles was on the speaker phone telling them on the progress he made. Turns out there were three survivors and a few that went into hiding that he was still searching for.

"Yo G' man", Gunn boosted, "check you out. "

"Hey that's my name for him", Xander stated.

"Oh how I hate that blasted nickname", Giles groaned. "Buffy, are you ready for the girls to come here. I have a private estate where they can go until you've um…healed and then the kids and you can come here too."

Buffy looked upwards and groaned. "I'm fine Giles", she told him even though she could tell he was cleaning his glasses in annoyance as she spoke. She then looked around the table and all she could see were sad faces looking at her. "Guys", she told them. "I'm fine", she told them.

"Buffy", Dawn cried.

"No, I'm fine", she shouted standing up. "Oh man….I've had it with you guys and your interventions", she hissed and walked out the door.

"No Buffy wait", Willow cried running after him.

Buffy turned to Will furious at her. "Why should I wait…you guys all need me to be ready…I don't have time to wait…you don't understand…none of you understand", she screamed.

"Hey I lost Anya", Xander cried getting up at her accusation.

"You were hooking up with Cordelia before she was even dead", Buffy hissed and she immediately covered her mouth. "Xand…Cord…I'm sorry", she stated coming closer to them.

"No you wanna be alone so bad then go", he screamed.

Buffy stepped closer to Xander. "You always seem to kick me out of my own place…don't you", she asked. "Why wait till Friday…..I want you out now…then I can be alone", she smiled and left.

"Where are we going to go", Willow asked.

"Oh there's no "we"…I have a home and I have a job that we should get back to", Cordelia stated getting up from her seat. "Guys", she snapped when nobody from the AI team stood to follow suit.

The boys hurriedly ran after her.

"Fred….guys meant you too", Cordy said as she peeked back into the room.

Fred stood hesitantly. "Sorry everyone", she apologized.


Buffy was in bed holding Angel's pillow to her chest. She looked at the clock and noted it was 12:45. It was going to be a long night and Buffy really dreaded the thought of being there another minute. She rolled out of bed and opened her night draw. The blond grind when she found what she was looking for. If she couldn't sleep she was going to make sure that the creatures of the night were having as much fun as she was.

Hours later, Buffy came to a decision.

"Dear guys, I want you to know that I love you all so much but I need time away for awhile. I'm fine and I'm not keeping the kids locked up from the world but I need to find my strength again.

Please don't try to find me.

Always B "


"I can't believe she didn't even feel like telling us goodbye"', Willow cried dropping the letter on the ground.

"Well you know Buffy; she likes to brood over Angel by herself. She probably started to become annoyed by ya'll nagging and her trying to pretend to be normal, Cordy snapped.

"What do you mean; she was doing fine", Will argued.

Cordy scoffed. "Yea fine at lying...the love of her life just died and ya'll expected that she'll be fine in a week."

Lilah came to the hotel and smiled at the misery. It was everywhere. She thought a world without the big stupid vamp was an awesome world, but he did sign a contract stating Angel Investigations would run the firm. "Sorry to interrupt but we, the law firm at Wolfram Hart would like for you guys to cash in on your side of the deal", Lilah stated.

"Hey she's the creepy chick from Evil Inc," Xander stated.

Kennedy squinted her eyes as the hairs on the back of her head stood up." She stopped her fight with the dummy and walked over to them. She doesn't seem human; I say we kill her", Ken piped up.

"We've tried...nothing works", Wes stated.

Kennedy made an 'oh' sound.

"Okay evil lady why are you here", asked Dawn looking rather confused. She was having a really bad day. It started with Buffy coming to her tell Dawn that she wanted to go to Ireland. Buffy begged her to come with but Dawn wanted to stay and that decision was tearing dawn up inside. She promised to keep it a secret and to keep in touch but looking at Willow fall apart over Buffy's letter made her want to spill the beans and now she had to deal with Lilah.

Lilah shrugged. "Your boss made a deal...we did ours now u do yours", she grinned.

"Our boss is dead", Cordy stated and even if he wasn't Angel would never make a deal with the likes of you.

Lilah smiled. "You should know nobody stays dead for long", with that she left.


Flashback:

Angel was hit by the sun and suddenly he couldn't move. "Buff", he cried.

Buffy looked in horror and raced toward him. This time she made it to his side without getting injured. "Baby", she cried. She had to duck from one of the rays of sunlight coming from him. All of the vamps turned to ash and the cavern started to fall inward.

She was so pissed at Angel. It was just like him to do something like this. "Why", she cried grabbing his hand as another ray left him.

"To keep you safe…you were right you know", he told her trying to see her smile one last time. He hated seeing her cry yet it seems like he was the one that made her cry the most.

"About what…you being an idiot", she snapped.

He chuckled. "No…about my soul…its amazing baby…I finally feel cleansed", he confessed through clenched teeth. The pain was accelerating at a high speed.

Buffy started to caress his face. "Shh….Shh…it's alright my love…I'm right here", she told him. She was sobbing hard. Angel closed his eyes at the feel of her hands.

As the lights started to come more and the pain got unbearable for him to endure, Buffy started to whisper soothing words to Angel.

"You need to leave babe", he gritted out. He was burning up and losing touch on reality but he knew every second she stayed she was in danger.

"How", she hiccupped. "How can you say that….we leave together….always. Our kids need you", she cried.

"Oh murrain…you need to tell them that I love them…I love you. I can't leave babe".

"No…no…come on", she cried yanking his hand to get him to move but he wouldn't budge. It was like something was keeping him there. "I want my life to be with you", she begged.

"I'll never leave you…not really but I need you to live", he cried.

"I wanna die with you", she told him.

"Buffy move your ass", Faith shouted. Faith held back as long as she could but soon she was forced to bolt.

"Baby…you need to be strong…you need to leave", he told her.

"I'll die without you anyways", Buffy begged.

"Don't say that…you fought the pain of the bond before…", he told her knowing that he was condemning he, now especially since she was part vamp.

His hands light up but Buffy held strong. The burning dull in comparison to what she was feeling. "I love you", she cried.

He smiled and for a moment it was just them. "I love you too", he told her.

"How can I say goodbye…knowing what we had…what we could have had…I'll never forget…I'll never forget", she promised. The two meet in a heated kiss. The light was burning her alive but she didn't care.

Angel gently shoved her away. "Go", he commanded.


Two weeks later….

One second all was still than the wind started to pick up. The winds crackled and started to spin. One moment it was an empty conference room and the next Angel stood in the center of the chaos. He doubled over in pain, gasping madly, materializing out of nowhere. He didn't know what was going on. One moment he was...he couldn't remember what he was doing but he knew he was at Wolfram hart and that for some unknown reason he was breathing.

"Nice to...hey not fair", Harm yelled. "Y do he get to use a mirror;" she cried stomping out of the room.

Angel just looked really confused until his eyes landed on Spike.

"Spike…what the hell is Spike doing here", Angel sneered.

"Bullocks…I was hoping he stayed dead. No worries peaches somebody had to keep your desk all warm and toasty for ya".

"Well, you can go now", Angel growled.

"Aw….the little vampy that isn't. You're less scary human", Spike joked pointing at Angel.

Angel charged for Spike but went right through him. He then looked at Spike strangely. "Human", he asked, a smile coming to his face at the thought. "I'm really human", he smiled.


The mail clerk pushed a basket of mail down the hallway. The top envelop was address to Angel. The lobby was buzzing and so was the AI team. They just split up to take a tour around their new positions in the firm. Wes walked into the lobby calm and collective but out of the corner of his eye he sees Fred in the elevator.

Fred was extremely confused but she hurriedly left the elevator to speak to him. "Oh! I'm always getting turned around", she stated. Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment. She looked at her surroundings in awe.

"Can I help you with any of that", Wes asked gesturing to the papers in her hand. He wanted to further their relationship. Before their trip to Sunnydale they were making a break through. He couldn't get their one night out of his head. He smiled as she was talking about her new lab and who she was in charge. The two was having a grad conversation before her new co-worker showed up. Then she left. He was too preoccupied that he almost didn't hear Gunn yell.

"Think fast", Gunn shouted throwing a basketball Wes's way. Wesley barely caught it. "Heh! Gotta be faster than that in this place", Gunn joked.

Wesley smiled at Gunn. "Cricket's more my game".

"I've made up my mind. How's Fred doing", Gunn asked. He couldn't help but feel like Fred was being distant and he was extremely distant.

"I'm sure Knoxy will take wonderful care of her. Don't you think it's a bit unseemly adding y's to the ends of people's names", Wes asked.

Gunn frowned. "Does that mean I have to call you "Westle"", he asked. He found that extremely disturbing. He decided to change the subject. He pulled Wes to the office he wanted.

"Oh! I want the one on the left. This one makes me feel a little bit less completely out of place. I'd say 17% less. Plus", Gunn stated pointing to the window. He was too excited about this part of the room. "A little bit of a view of the mountains. Lived my whole life in L.A., now I find out there are mountains. A brother should be told".

Wesley was used to something of this magnitude when he worked for the council. "It's very nice", he told Gunn.

The two conversed more about their new offices until Gunn decided to address the elephant in the room. "You having second thoughts" he pondered.

"You're not", Wes asked shocked.

Gunn scoffed. "Man, do I look like I belong here? You got the mystical creeds at least. I just hit stuff. I mean, even if this works, and we can turn this place around, use it to do some good, it gonna be a long, long while before any of us gets anywhere near comfortable here."

Lorne came in talking business about some production. He missed Angelcakes but he was extremely happy that his life was now how it was. He loved it there.

Gunn stood corrected.

Cordy came around the corner with a smile on her face. "well their day care is unbelievable…it's amazing…well I mean if you don't mind the whole species thing", she stated blinking rapidly as if to clear her mind.

"yea little C is gonna have a bunch of evil little classmates", Gunn joked.

Cordy scoffed at him. "Yea guys, I don't know what the hell where doing or what the hell Angel got us into to save his little Buffy but if he was here I'll give him a piece of my mind", she snapped.

"Who's to say that he's not", Angel said. Everybody looked amazed they couldn't believe their eyes; he was right there in front of them.

Cordy hurried up and hugged him and then she reeled back and hit him hard in the jaw. Angel shook it off and rubbed his jaw while Spike laughed at them.

"The hell", Angel sneered.

"The hell is right", Gunn stated looking at the two. "They just bring all kinds of dead folks back to life", he stated looking at them bewildered.

"Nice to see you too kid", Spike growled.

Something in Gunn snapped. "I oughta kill you for what you did to Buffy", he snarled and went to tackle Spike. Angel tried to warn him but it was already too late. Gunn went right through Spike and landed on his butt. He looked at Angel. "Maybe I should've hit you first".

Angel on the other hand was lost in memories. They were all coming back to him. "Buffy", he whispered. He then looked at his friends. "Where is she…is she here", he asked looking around for the blond bombshell.

The gang paled. "Please don't bit us", Fred stated.

"Kind of hard to bite when you're fangless", Spike muttered.

"Where is she", Angel asked again.

"We don't know Big Guy", Cordy said grabbing his hand trying to confront him. "Nobody knows where she is".


A few days later...

"How did you find me", Buffy asked as she opened the door to see Giles on the other side.

"I'm your watcher" he said as if insulted.

"Grand-papa", Kathy shouted running up to hug him. Buffy smiled at him. "g-pa", Liam cried reaching for the man as well.

"Well hello Katherine and Liam", Giles greeted them. He then turned to look at Buffy again. "My heavens your skin and bones", he stated. She was wearing Angel's black shirt and some jeans. Her jeans were looser than they used too. Although Angel's shirt has always dwarfed her, he could see the change. She officially lost the baby's weight. "You look like you can barely stake a vampire".

"Nice to see you too", Buffy mocked as she closed the door behind him.


"Have you thought about what you're going to say", asked Cordy sitting on Angel's desk.

Angel stood staring out the window. "I just want to make sure Buffy's okay", he stated.

"You know you dying really did a number on her", Cordy warned him.

He turned to look at her with side eyes. "I know", he whispered.

Cordy wasn't finished. "Lucky for you, you got like the biggest 'make-up' present ever", she cried. She clapped her hands at Angel who looked extremely confused. "You're human…you guys can finally be all happy in the sun. You got what you always wanted", she praised.

Angel sighed. "Cordy, it's not that easy", he replied.

Her shoulders slumped. "Right cuz you work for Evil Inc and your married to its lead competitor…yeah you're totally screwed. But answer me this, if Buffy died and you were the one wanting to get away but be closer to her at the same time…where would you go", she asked.


The three of them sat at a restaurant and enjoyed dinner. It was nice. Giles told Buffy of the success they were making to rebuild the councilmen and training the girls. He also told Buffy of Dawn's involvement; a fact to which Buffy protested immensely. "She's too young…she needs to finish school and go to college", Buffy cried.

"Dear god, you sound like Joyce", he cried.

"She wants to make a difference…", he stated.

"…and she can", Buffy agreed.

"She wants to be known as Dawn…not Buffy's little sister. She wants to know you support her". He grabbed Buffy's hand. "I know you're tired Buffy, after all we just had a great battle with great loss but we must summit to defeat. One day Liam and Katherine will join this fight and the last they need is to have their mother be bitter towards their decision."

"This fight killed my husband, he wasn't supposed to die. He was supposed to watch after Kat and Li, Giles it should have been me. I was ready and now I'm ready to call it quits. You have a thousand slayers", she shouted getting odd looks from the people around them. "So you can leave this one alone…I quit", Buffy declared.

Giles was hit with déjà vu. He remembered Buffy telling him something like that when he first met her. "You and I both know it doesn't work like that. It's a vampire in Rome called The Immortal. He predates An-um Darla. He's been quiet until recently, he's planning on massacring almost fifty newly chosen slayers".

"Giles", Buffy cried.

"He needs to be eliminated…something tells me that this was only the message and I am the deliverer. "

"And I'm retired", she stressed. She started to put Liam's coat on and told Katherine to put on her's. "Leaving dramatically was so much easier without kids", she sighed.

"You have a duty to these girls Buffy".


"What do you mean, you can't find her", Angel shouted. He hired the best PI team to find Buffy. Each second that passed was a second that she was in pain because she didn't know he was alive. How hard is it to find a blonde slayer", he shouted.

"Sir since you've been awaken there is about 140 blonde slayers", informed an agent. He then glanced down at his notes. "Make that 138", he corrected.

"'Get me a jet", he ordered. "I think I may know where she is", he told his employee.

The man looked doubtful. "We had our people search all 7 continents and two dimensions sir", he replied. "Maybe she was in the 150 number last week", he informed.

Angel bit his tongue and walked away. "Sir where are you going", the man asked.

"To get my wife, I want your resignation on my desk when I get back", Angel ordered.


They were running through a fog in the park. It was a beautiful night with the exception that the three girls were being chased by vamps. "Guys we just have to get to the house", Dawn told the other two girls only to stop running when a vamp came in front of her. "Okay make this rule number one Katrina…unless it's a do or die moment never try to out run a vamp".

The vampire smiled. "Smart girl", he smiled.

Dawn smiled back and quickly poured holy water on him commanding the girl next to her to stake him. The other two vamps attacked no longer finding their dinner fun or amusing. "Slayers", he hissed in confusion. There was only supposed to be the one. He whistled and the girls were surrounded by five more vampires.

"The more the merrier", Katrina smiled as she quickly made work of two of them. Dawn was holding her own against one and the other one was struggling with the others.

The big one got Dawn on the ground and started to zone in on her neck when suddenly he turned to dust. Dawn looked around trying to steady her breathing. She was confused, both Katrina and Bethany were busy fighting.

Dawn watched as other vamps turned to dust until it was just the three of them. Now they were all confused because vampires never went poof on their own. The two slayers went into a defensive mood as their savior stepped into the opening.

"Nice work, I wasn't that good when I was just starting either", it said. Dawn froze. She knew that voice but she was too shocked to say anything.

"Who are you", Beth snapped.

"Let's just say I'm a friend", the voice stated.

"What if we don't want any friends", Katrina piped.

"Then you're stupid', Dawn smiled. She got off the floor and ran to her sister. "Buffy", she squealed hugging her tightly.

"Hey sweetie, so watcher", Buffy teased.

"So…not mad right", Dawn asked back smiling trying to charm her sister.

Buffy sighed. "It's your life, if you want to spend it being a dull tweed that nobody likes, well that's your choice…but I'm very proud of you", she stated with her best non fake smile.

Dawn turned back to her charges. "This is Katrina and Bethany….guys this is Buffy my sister", she introduced.

"The Buffy', Beth gushed.

Buffy was honored. She was gone for a month and they were calling her 'The Buffy'. "Just Buffy actually", she smiled.

"Just Buffy it is than", stated a man coming up to them.

Buffy turned and narrowed her eyes at the intruder. Her senses were telling her vamp and her gut was screaming ancient. "Let me guess, those were your boys I 'just' dusted", she asked.

The vamp smiled. "I can see why he chose you', he stated.

"Angelus has nothing to do with it, your dressed in a cheesy suit and that tie screams vintage not to mention the shoes can you say 1800's", she stated squelching up her face in disgust.

He laughed. "I think me and you are going to get along just fine", he smiled. The blue in his eyes sparkled and Buffy frowned because she found herself swooning to his laugh.

"Oh so you're going to just walk into my stake and dust easily than", she asked titling her head to the side.

"No…I'm going to invite you to dinner", he said instead.

"Can we just get to the staking", whispered Beth.

Buffy face straightened. "I'm more of a breakfast in the sunlight kind of girl", she quipped lying through her teeth.

"Maybe you'll change your mind for The Immortal", he stated bowing elegantly.

"Here's that 'thee' again", she muttered unimpressed.

"Well ladies, have a nice night and Buffy I'll be seeing you", he stated before leaving as swiftly as they came.


The women quickly made it to the new Watcher's Headquarters. The man office and faculties was in the center and then it was a building that wrapped around it in a semi-circle. "Can't believe Giles picked Rome to have the HQ rebuilt", Buffy stated.

"Oh he didn't but I told him that we should have two, so last time can't happen again. Faith's coming from the Britain one in the morning. This was one of Mr. Traverse estates", Dawn informed Buffy.

"Oh, didn't he die", she asked.

"Yeah but his will gives it to the last standing watcher, i.e. Giles and Giles gave it to someone else. He didn't say who for safety reasons", Dawn shrugged.

"Buffy", Willow asked coming down the stairs. "Oh it's so good to see you", she greeted hugging her best friend.

"Will", Buffy smiled. "You look good", she stated.

"You too", the witch stated even through Buffy looked like she needed to eat."How are the kids", she asked instead.

Buffy whole demeanor changed and she proceeded to tell them the latest Kat and Li stories.


Giles was reading Kathy and Liam a story book when he heard a sound from down stairs. "You two stay here", he told them. He then said a soft enchantment to make sure no one but he and Buffy could get into that bedroom before pulling out a stake. He was going to have to tell Buffy that she needed this house in her name to make it safe for them to live in. he crept silently down the stairs and saw a glimpse of brown hair. Giles followed the male and when the man turned around Giles attacked.


Angel entered his old Irish home quietly, aware of the late hour. He hated how he couldn't smell or hear anybody because of his normal human senses. He was just have to simply walk around the whole damn house. After Angel left the master bedroom he could feel somebody following him.

He got the knife he found on the nightstand and started to position it in a way to defend himself. He also made a mental note to contact the witch he had on the protection spell he had placed on the house centuries ago. He was about to enter the living room when he was tackled to the ground. Angel quickly started to fight back and managed to get on top of his opponent. Angel was about to deliver another blow when he realized who he was fighting. "Giles", he breathed out slightly out of breath.


Buffy unlocked the door to her little Irish home exhausted. She missed this place. She breathed in the scent. It smelt like Angel. She was away for three days and she basked in it. this was the only placed in the world where she felt like Angel was always with her. She closed her eyes and listened to the sounds in the house. Giles and the kids weren't there but she heard a sound that sounded like a person.

"Why can't I get a break", she muttered. It was a perfectly sunny day outside; this intruder was going to get a piece of her stake. She looked down at the rose petals warily. She had a sick feeling at the pit of her stomach and she dreaded following them. What if The Immortal was an Angelus copy cat? What if Angelus had a copy cat that was a completely different vamp all together?

Buffy followed the petals till she arrived at the doors to her garden. She took a deep breath before swinging open the doors. "Look buddy…I'm going to kick your as…Angel", she asked. Buffy leaned into the door because her knees weren't working. The door broke under her weight.

Angel turned to look at Buffy. She was breathtaking. He had to squint his eyes in the sun. "Buffy", he asked back.

She gave a really dorky smile. "How", she asked taking in Angel standing in the light.

He returned the dorky smiled and ran to her. He lifted her up and Buffy effortlessly wrapped her legs and arms around him.

Buffy ran her fingers through his hair. "Wow", she asked smiling at him. "I can't believe it's you…baby you're here. The kids are gonna freak…I didn't know how to tell them", she cried.

Angel wiped her eyes. "Now you don't have too", he whispered.

Buffy kissed him. "I love you and I love who ever sent you back to me", she praised.

Angel smiled hesitantly. "I love you too, but there's more beloved". 'Way more', he thought grimacing at all he had to tell her.

Buffy looked expectedly at him but was interrupted by Liam and Kathy screaming racing towards them. "Mommy…papa", they cried.

Buffy watched as Angel sat her down and scooped up their children. She started to cry as she watched them together.

"Mommy", Kathy asked titling her head to the side.

"Yes, Angel Kat", she replied trying to keep her emotions in check and Buffy noticed that was the first time she called Kathy that since Sunnydale.

"Why you crying", she asked.

Liam was now more alert. "Sad", he asked starting to pout. It was a tell tale sign that he was about to start crying too.

Buffy kissed them on the check and pinched Liam's cheek. "Happy", she corrected. "Mommy's crying because she's very happy". She then kissed Angel on the lips. "Welcome home love", she told him grinning madly. She leaned against him finally feeling happy and content.


Giles looked at the family in the doorway with a grave expression on his face. He was happy of Angel's miraculous return but he knew that law firm of his was only going to try to further break his slayer. He saw right through Wolfram Hart and he could assure the devils that they weren't going to get his grandchildren in their clutches. They weren't going to turn Buffy dark.

He almost smiled at what was going through their mind when Angel came back with a pulse. "Serves them right, the bloody blasters", he muttered. He turned away from the family and proceeded to get some rest. He planned on renting a room later on to give Buffy and Angel some alone time because he was giving Angel 24 hours to tell her about his new job or he was.

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