Angel shut the door and sighed, he shifted his weight from one foot to the
other, concentrating on exactly what to tell her.
"Spike isn't the only reason we brought you here."
"Good, I thought I wasted a trip."
Angel's eyes ducked from her gaze, "So you don't care he's back?" He said, his eyes connecting with hers once he finished his question.
"I'm glad he's alive. I wont deny it."
"So you still...."
"Did you entirely miss my cookie analogy? Look, why don't you tell me why I'm here so I can get back home?"
"Your house in LA. Actually your mother's house, you own it. I asked you to come down here so you could choose what to do with it."
"Choose what to do with it? I could have told you over the phone, it's becoming Dawn's college fund."
"You do have another choice."
Buffy scrunched her forehead, "Andrew's college fund..."
"No, I was thinking you and Dawn, well you do have the choice of moving here."
Buffy folded her arms, "What about Andrew and Xander?"
"Well Andrew too, whoever he is. And if you have to..."
"I knew vampires never grew old, I just never knew they weren't able to grow up. I'm not moving here. We aren't moving here."
"I guess you haven't baked yet?"
Buffy stood silent. "No, I think I'm just a cookie you wouldn't like."
"But I do."
"Angel, I'm happy for you. I'm going to go home now."
"There's a prophecy..." Angel cut in before she could turn her back on him.
************
The groggy masculine voice said.
"Hey Xand, did I wake you?"
"Thanks."Buffy twirled the curly phone cord around her fingers as she waited for her sister to come on the phone.
"Sorry Dawnie, I have to stay out here a little while longer."
"Yes, no, and no. I don't want you to worry Dawn, it's not a dangerous thing. Just something that needs to be done."
"I promise. Goodnight Dawn."
*************
Buffy went down another long corridor, retraced her steps, then went down the corridor and to the left.
"Hey cutie, you lost?" The green demon took a sip of the brown liquor.
"Actually I think I'm found. Are you Lorne?"
"I get it, you're worried about that prophecy."
"Well.... I guess I want to ask... Not really ask but..."
"You want to know if everything is going to be okay after... the change?"
"Yes. I mean I know I'll still be me, but I don't know if..."
"I get it poodles, you've lived like this for so long you don't know if you can make it when you're changed. Alright, give us a little jaunty tune and uncle Lorne will tell you what's what."
Buffy stood there for a moment, waiting for something, anything to pop into her head.
"Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro, can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow-"
"Honey you're going to be fine."
"Are you sure? Should I sing more? I know the entire Fraggle Rock song if you want-"
"Not necessary. You are actually one of the easiest reads. Don't worry, everything going to be great. Now why don't I lead you to Angel's office, we've got a ceremony to perform. It's one of the better ones, there won't be any sacrificing."
Buffy gave a half smile and was lead by the green demon to meet her destiny.
"Spike isn't the only reason we brought you here."
"Good, I thought I wasted a trip."
Angel's eyes ducked from her gaze, "So you don't care he's back?" He said, his eyes connecting with hers once he finished his question.
"I'm glad he's alive. I wont deny it."
"So you still...."
"Did you entirely miss my cookie analogy? Look, why don't you tell me why I'm here so I can get back home?"
"Your house in LA. Actually your mother's house, you own it. I asked you to come down here so you could choose what to do with it."
"Choose what to do with it? I could have told you over the phone, it's becoming Dawn's college fund."
"You do have another choice."
Buffy scrunched her forehead, "Andrew's college fund..."
"No, I was thinking you and Dawn, well you do have the choice of moving here."
Buffy folded her arms, "What about Andrew and Xander?"
"Well Andrew too, whoever he is. And if you have to..."
"I knew vampires never grew old, I just never knew they weren't able to grow up. I'm not moving here. We aren't moving here."
"I guess you haven't baked yet?"
Buffy stood silent. "No, I think I'm just a cookie you wouldn't like."
"But I do."
"Angel, I'm happy for you. I'm going to go home now."
"There's a prophecy..." Angel cut in before she could turn her back on him.
************
The groggy masculine voice said.
"Hey Xand, did I wake you?"
"Thanks."Buffy twirled the curly phone cord around her fingers as she waited for her sister to come on the phone.
"Sorry Dawnie, I have to stay out here a little while longer."
"Yes, no, and no. I don't want you to worry Dawn, it's not a dangerous thing. Just something that needs to be done."
"I promise. Goodnight Dawn."
*************
Buffy went down another long corridor, retraced her steps, then went down the corridor and to the left.
"Hey cutie, you lost?" The green demon took a sip of the brown liquor.
"Actually I think I'm found. Are you Lorne?"
"I get it, you're worried about that prophecy."
"Well.... I guess I want to ask... Not really ask but..."
"You want to know if everything is going to be okay after... the change?"
"Yes. I mean I know I'll still be me, but I don't know if..."
"I get it poodles, you've lived like this for so long you don't know if you can make it when you're changed. Alright, give us a little jaunty tune and uncle Lorne will tell you what's what."
Buffy stood there for a moment, waiting for something, anything to pop into her head.
"Do your ears hang low, do they wobble to and fro, can you tie them in a knot, can you tie them in a bow-"
"Honey you're going to be fine."
"Are you sure? Should I sing more? I know the entire Fraggle Rock song if you want-"
"Not necessary. You are actually one of the easiest reads. Don't worry, everything going to be great. Now why don't I lead you to Angel's office, we've got a ceremony to perform. It's one of the better ones, there won't be any sacrificing."
Buffy gave a half smile and was lead by the green demon to meet her destiny.