Spike had told them that when he first came across Sam she had been looking for a teen shelter. In the hope that she had still gone to one they had compiled a list of the teen shelters around Los Angeles. Then they split up and headed out to the different buildings. Spike had stayed behind partly in case Sam decided to return but mainly because he couldn't be bothered doing all the searching and was happy to let the others do the work.
Angel and Willow arrived at the first place on their list. It looked familiar to Angel but he wasn't able to place it until the door was answered by a blond haired woman.
"Anne?" Angel questioned.
Recognition showed on Anne's face as well and she remembered her last encounter with Angel. "Angel." she stated coldly and attempted to close the door in his face.
Angel's weight against the door kept it open. "Anne, I'm sorry. But it was a long time ago, can we please put it behind us. We need your help."
Anne noticed that Angel wasn't alone, there was a red haired woman standing beside him on the steps. Anne was a kind person who couldn't turn away people who needed help so she sighed and let go of the door. "What's wrong?"
Angel smiled. "Thanks, we're looking for a young girl named Sam. She hasn't stopped by here has she?"
"Actually she has. She arrived not long ago and has been trying to call her family. I can go and get her if you like?" Anne replied.
"Sam's here!" Willow exclaimed grinning. She gave Angel a hug of relief while Anne went to go and find Sam. She returned with her and as soon as Sam saw Willow she ran into her arms blubbering.
"I'm sooo sorry. I shouldn't have run away, it was stupid of me and I already miss you guys so much and please don't be really mad at me." Sam looked up and noticed Angel standing behind Willow. She stopped clinging to Willow and backed up. "What's he doing here?"
"Uh, he was helping us find you." Willow answered unsure about how much she should tell her. Angel was looking down feeling slightly ashamed for his previous behaviour when he first met Sam.
"He's a vampire!" Sam stated.
"I know" Willow replied. "But we shouldn't discuss this here. We should get back to the apartment and meet up with Giles and Xander."
Sam agreed and reluctantly returned to Spike's apartment with Willow and Angel. They had rung Giles on his cell phone to let them know that they had found Sam. So when they arrived at the apartment they found Giles and Xander already there. As soon as Sam set foot in the room she found herself encased in the arms of both Giles and Xander.
"We were so worried" Giles said. "If it wasn't for Angel's..."
"And me" spike butted in.
"...help, we wouldn't have found you." Giles continued. They both let go of Sam giving her room to breath.
"Why were they helping, they're vampires."
"Good vampires" Willow said.
"Hey!" Spike said quickly.
"Well Angel is. Spike's just a confused vampire." Xander added.
"As a matter of fact Angel has something important to tell you that we just discovered." Giles told Sam. "You should probably sit down."
Sam gave them all a confused look but sat down anyway.
But before Angel could start getting into more long explanations, he was interrupted by Xander who was still thinking about how lucky they were to find Sam. "You know we should have known that Sam would have run away to Los Angeles."
This time everyone gave Xander a confused look. So he elaborated.
"You know, like mother like daughter."
A/N- I hope you enjoyed reading this. Please review and tell
me what you think. I really appreciate getting them. Also thanks to everyone
who have reviewed before, you guys are great! Special thanks to Insane1
for her many reviews. Keep an eye out for my next piece of fiction
which I will be starting soon.
Tariq- I didn't mean to show Angel & the fang gang as nincompoops. Sorry I didn't resurrect Buffy, but I thought this story had reached a conclusion. I might still write an epilogue but I'm not sure.
And lastly these are the challenge details that this story came from:
Challenge #11 by chocolate, January 20, 2001 - IWRY Child Challenge
It's 15 years after IWRY. Spike is in L.A. and he sees a very
familiar looking 15 year old girl. She looks exactly like Buffy! She's
a runaway. I like the name Samantha (Sam) but it's your choice. Spike
takes her in and finds out (not from her) that she's Buffy and Angel's
daughter. I think it works best if Buffy is dead but she doesn't have
to be. Angel finds out and goes to get her. Spike doesn't want to give
her up. While they're yelling at each other she runs away and they have
to find her. The ending is up to you. Who does she stay with? Maybe
none of them. Maybe one of them. If Buffy's alive she must get to know
her daughter and preferably get together with Angel.
must have:
~lots of angsty memories
~Sam arguing with Spike a lot
~an old picture of Buffy
~cookie dough fudge mint chip ice cream