TITLE: Learning Curve
AUTHOR: Blue Shoe 22
RATING: PG
SPOILERS: General for all of Buffy up to 'The Gift' and maybe some for first and second season Angel.
SUMMARY: After his return form Pylea and the news of Buffy's death Gunn witnesses the reactions of those around him and he has to wonder – who is Buffy?
PROLOGUE
Return
We walked into the Hyperion on top of the world. We'd saved the day, got Cordy back and rescued the damsel in distress – a hat-trick of good deeds. For the first time since his 'epiphany' Angel seemed relaxed, excited even, but definitely happy to be back.
So we walked in and he says 'There's no place like…' and then stops dead, mid-sentence. I look around him and there's this little redhead sittin' there in the foyer, pale and trembling. I thought she might have been a client but the way Angel and Cordy were reactin' said something else.
'It's Buffy.' Is all he says, not a question, just a flat statement but there's stuff behind it, history, emotions.
And I just think, 'Who's Buffy?'