"I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can't be heard
But I will remember you
Will you remember me?"
-Sarah McLachlan
A week later
"Still no news?" Willow asked.
"I'm afraid not," Giles sighed. "I'm beginning to fear the worst."
"No!" Willow yelled. "No fearing the worst! Buffy's alive, we just need to find her."
"Yeah Giles I saw her remember?" Xander said.
"And she called me," Willow said.
"I don't think he's saying that she's dead dead," Oz said.
"What do you mean?" Willow asked he didn't respond. "Oh."
"But we can't stop looking," Xander said. "She saved us, if she hadn't called you guys would have been taken off guard and probably killed."
"Xander's right," Cordelia said. "Whoa, I never thought I'd say that. She may be a vampire, but she isn't evil."
"She doesn't want to be found," Giles said softly. Willow began to cry Oz slipped an arm around her shoulders. Xander dropped his head onto his arms. Cordelia unsure of what to do put her hand on his arm her way of comforting him.
"How do you cool your lips After a summer's kiss? How do you rid the sweat After the body's bliss? How do you turn your eyes From the romantic glare? How do you block the sound Of a voice you'd know anywhere?" -Jann Arden
"Land," Buffy said stepping off the ship onto the grass. "I have never been so happy to see land. Angel slipped an arm around her.
"Ah Ireland," he said easily slipping back into his accent. "The land of my birth."
"That's a sexy accent," Buffy said.
Angel grinned. "I'll have to remember that."
"If you two would stop this disgusting display the rest of us would like to get off the ship," Spike said. Buffy and Angel stepped aside allowing Spike and Dru off the ship. They had decided to send the other minions away so they could travel alone. They walked through the streets.
"I haven't been here since I turned," Angel told Buffy.
"As much as I love this trip down memory lane, and I don't, we need to get a place to stay," Spike said. "And we need to feed."
"True," Angel said. "Come on." He led them to an abandoned mansion.
"Where are we?" Buffy asked.
"My old house," Angel said dropping their bags. They all split up. Spike and Angel had gone into town together to "sample the local color." Buffy had gone off by herself. She ran into someone as she turned the corner.
"Slayer," the man growled.
"Not anymore," she muttered. She froze staring at him in shock. "Lyle Gorche."
"You killed my brother," he snarled.
"Leave my sister alone," Dru said as she approached.
"Sister?" Lyle asked confused.
"See I knew you'd get yourself in trouble," Angel said as he walked up to then.
"Angelus," Lyle said.
"I can't leave you alone for five minutes," he chastised. "Hello Lyle."
"Lyle," Spike said also approaching. "You still owe me a grand from that card game."
"You cheated," Lyle accused.
"I always cheat and everyone knows it," Spike said. "I won though."
"We're going to go now," Angel said putting a possessive arm around Buffy's shoulders.
"I knew that you'd gone soft Angelus but dang," Lyle said. Angel had Lyle against the wall in an instant.
"Ever say anything like that and I will lock you alone in a room with Dru," Angel growled. "With lots of knives and holy water."
"I could be wrong," Lyle said. Angel let him go.
"Let's go," he said leading them forward. Again they split up. This time Angel and Dru went together and Buffy and Spike went together.
"Shouldn't you be with Dru?" Buffy asked.
"If I hear another word about her Angel I'll get sick," he told her.
"He knows," she told him.
"How?" he asked.
"He just did," she said. "I don't know how. I didn't tell him." Spike looked at her thoughtfully.
"And yet he hasn't killed you," Spike said. "I believe that Angel has fallen in love."
"In love?" Buffy squeaked.
"He's in love with you," Spike said amused by her reaction.
"But how?" she asked. "He's evil."
"So am I," she said. "And I love. Dru." There was a pause there that confused her.
"So evil creatures can love?" she said thoughtfully.
"Yeah," he said. "Why do you think he turned you?"
"He wanted a new sex toy?" she asked with a shrug.
Spike chuckled. "While that may be true I doubt it. Only someone who loves you could put up with you."
"Hey!" she exclaimed. He merely laughed at her outrage. "Okay going by your train of thought why, if he loves me, is he acting like such a jerk?"
"He's Angel," Spike said as if that would explain everything.
"And that means what?" she asked.
"Angel has this thing where he's an idiot," Spike told her. She laughed softly. "He's not like me. He can't express his love."
"Any suggestions?" Buffy asked.
"Just give him time," he told her. She nodded looking into the darkness.
A week later
"Still no news?" Willow asked.
"I'm afraid not," Giles sighed. "I'm beginning to fear the worst."
"No!" Willow yelled. "No fearing the worst! Buffy's alive, we just need to find her."
"Yeah Giles I saw her remember?" Xander said.
"And she called me," Willow said.
"I don't think he's saying that she's dead dead," Oz said.
"What do you mean?" Willow asked he didn't respond. "Oh."
"But we can't stop looking," Xander said. "She saved us, if she hadn't called you guys would have been taken off guard and probably killed."
"Xander's right," Cordelia said. "Whoa, I never thought I'd say that. She may be a vampire, but she isn't evil."
"She doesn't want to be found," Giles said softly. Willow began to cry Oz slipped an arm around her shoulders. Xander dropped his head onto his arms. Cordelia unsure of what to do put her hand on his arm her way of comforting him.
"How do you cool your lips After a summer's kiss? How do you rid the sweat After the body's bliss? How do you turn your eyes From the romantic glare? How do you block the sound Of a voice you'd know anywhere?" -Jann Arden
"Land," Buffy said stepping off the ship onto the grass. "I have never been so happy to see land. Angel slipped an arm around her.
"Ah Ireland," he said easily slipping back into his accent. "The land of my birth."
"That's a sexy accent," Buffy said.
Angel grinned. "I'll have to remember that."
"If you two would stop this disgusting display the rest of us would like to get off the ship," Spike said. Buffy and Angel stepped aside allowing Spike and Dru off the ship. They had decided to send the other minions away so they could travel alone. They walked through the streets.
"I haven't been here since I turned," Angel told Buffy.
"As much as I love this trip down memory lane, and I don't, we need to get a place to stay," Spike said. "And we need to feed."
"True," Angel said. "Come on." He led them to an abandoned mansion.
"Where are we?" Buffy asked.
"My old house," Angel said dropping their bags. They all split up. Spike and Angel had gone into town together to "sample the local color." Buffy had gone off by herself. She ran into someone as she turned the corner.
"Slayer," the man growled.
"Not anymore," she muttered. She froze staring at him in shock. "Lyle Gorche."
"You killed my brother," he snarled.
"Leave my sister alone," Dru said as she approached.
"Sister?" Lyle asked confused.
"See I knew you'd get yourself in trouble," Angel said as he walked up to then.
"Angelus," Lyle said.
"I can't leave you alone for five minutes," he chastised. "Hello Lyle."
"Lyle," Spike said also approaching. "You still owe me a grand from that card game."
"You cheated," Lyle accused.
"I always cheat and everyone knows it," Spike said. "I won though."
"We're going to go now," Angel said putting a possessive arm around Buffy's shoulders.
"I knew that you'd gone soft Angelus but dang," Lyle said. Angel had Lyle against the wall in an instant.
"Ever say anything like that and I will lock you alone in a room with Dru," Angel growled. "With lots of knives and holy water."
"I could be wrong," Lyle said. Angel let him go.
"Let's go," he said leading them forward. Again they split up. This time Angel and Dru went together and Buffy and Spike went together.
"Shouldn't you be with Dru?" Buffy asked.
"If I hear another word about her Angel I'll get sick," he told her.
"He knows," she told him.
"How?" he asked.
"He just did," she said. "I don't know how. I didn't tell him." Spike looked at her thoughtfully.
"And yet he hasn't killed you," Spike said. "I believe that Angel has fallen in love."
"In love?" Buffy squeaked.
"He's in love with you," Spike said amused by her reaction.
"But how?" she asked. "He's evil."
"So am I," she said. "And I love. Dru." There was a pause there that confused her.
"So evil creatures can love?" she said thoughtfully.
"Yeah," he said. "Why do you think he turned you?"
"He wanted a new sex toy?" she asked with a shrug.
Spike chuckled. "While that may be true I doubt it. Only someone who loves you could put up with you."
"Hey!" she exclaimed. He merely laughed at her outrage. "Okay going by your train of thought why, if he loves me, is he acting like such a jerk?"
"He's Angel," Spike said as if that would explain everything.
"And that means what?" she asked.
"Angel has this thing where he's an idiot," Spike told her. She laughed softly. "He's not like me. He can't express his love."
"Any suggestions?" Buffy asked.
"Just give him time," he told her. She nodded looking into the darkness.
