OMG, I am soooooooooo sorry! I haven't written in, like, forever. Well here's another chapter, cuz I know you've been waiting!
Love's Truth
"Dawn…" Buffy's anguished cry died down to a pleading whisper.
"Buffy, luv, we have to find her. We have to get Angel, and-" Spike began.
"He took Dawn…" Spike suddenly looked at the slayer, really looked at her, and saw that her eyes were blank and empty. The shock must have been too much.
"Slayer? Buffy?" Spike began to shake Buffy's shoulder, watching as she stared off into nothingness.
He knew there was only one way to get his slayer back.
He slapped her.
Hard.
Right on her jaw, her head whipping back.
A large red mark remained, but Spike knew it had worked when the slayer jumped to her feet, pinning him against the wall in a matter of seconds.
"Spike?" Buffy's eyes became clear again, and she fell into his arms, tears sliding down her cheeks.
"Please don't let me lose her again. Not again…"
"I won't, luv, I won't. Not again." Spike stroked her hair until he remembered that they should get moving.
"Come on. We've gotta find Peaches and his gang. There's a nibblet to be saved."
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"Cordy? You in here?" Angel peeked around the corner of the seer's room.
"Yeah."
Angel approached her as she sat on her bed, holding a pillow to her chest.
"What's wrong? I mean, really, what's wrong?" Angel leaned against the door and studied her.
"I dunno…it's just, this whole Buffy thing. You're all nervous and stuff, and trying to make everything so special, and it's just…well…" the cheerleader mumbled.
"Yeah?" the brooding king urged her on.
"I'm jealous! Okay?! Is that what you wanted to hear?!" Cordy erupted suddenly, and to her surprise, Angel moved so that he was sitting on the edge of her bed, and cupped her face in his hand.
"That's exactly what I wanted to hear," his lips stopped moving, and were on hers quickly, covering her in a passionate kiss.
***
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Gunn yelled in an annoyed voice.
Someone had been knocking for five minutes. Couldn't they just take the hint and open the door themselves?
But before Gunn could grasp the handle, the door burst open, followed by a blond man and woman, both with frantic but determined expressions.
"We're looking for Peaches. Where is he?" the blond man said in a very clear British accent.
"Peaches? Whoa, look. I dunno who you are, or what you-" Gunn was interrupted as Angel walked down the stairs casually.
"Well, you've found me."
Spike and Buffy turned to look at the Poofster himself. Buffy gave an inward breath of relief. Angel looked…the same. Exactly how she remembered him, before he left.
Spike turned from panicked ex-vamp to an obnoxious, gloating punk, a smirk plastered on his face.
"Peaches! Long time no see, eh?" he exclaimed, sarcasm dripping every word.
"Spike," the older vamp stated simply.
"Hey Buffy," his voice changed to a pleasant tone as he directed his attention to the blond slayer.
"Sorry Angel, but I don't exactly have time for the whole greetings deal. Dawn was just kidnapped by a vamp in our hotel and we lost them. We need your help, now." Buffy's tone changed to one that meant she was all business.
Angel sighed and ran a hand through his hair and averted his eyes away from Buffy, almost as if he were hiding something.
"Angel? What is it?" Buffy pried, trying to get her ex to look her in the eye.
"I think I have an idea who's behind it."
"Who?" It was Spike who asked first upon seeing the look in Angel's eyes.
Forgetting their past differences, Angel answered Spike with a pained expression.
"Dru."
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Sorry about all the shortness! I'm just trying to get into the swing of things, but I promise at least a thousand words tomorrow! That is…if you review. :^)~
Quote:BUFFY :"Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live.
For me."