Buffy stared at Dawn. "oh." She choked. Angel stepped forward and growled.
"We need to find Drusilla. If she really is here then she's probably
causing trouble for my people too." Dawn looked back at the fang gang.
"Yeah. We need to check on Wesley." she answered.
Angel pointed to Dawn. "You and Conner take the docks and work this time! No breaks." Conner nodded and led Dawn out of the dark alley.
"Cordelia," angel sighed. "You're with me." Cordi smiled. "I already figured that." She chuckled.
Angel pointed to Fred and Gun. "Uh. Gun. You go with Fred and this time NO taxi shortcuts. You two are in charge of down town."
Gru looked at Angel. "And who shall I go with?" he asked. Angel sighed again. You go with. Buffy." Angel answered.Spike growled. "Buffy is my wife."
Angel shrugged. "Well Gru is going with her. Anyway. Gru and Buffy, I want you to go through the graveyards. Cordeilia and I will take on Wolfram and Hart." Spike shoved his hands into his jean pockets and mocked. "Well where oh where should I go? Ya magnificent poof"
Angel growled and Buffy stepped between the angry vampires. "Please can you two be civil for just a little while!" she yelled. "Drusilla is after OUR daughter and we need to catch her. Please just behave until then." Slowly the Vampires nodded and Angel looked back at Spike.
" You can look through the sewers." He hissed. Spike growled and then watched as the groups left.
"Like I'm going through sewers." He laughed. "Bloody nut he is" Spike walked into the street and smiled "I'm an alley hunter myself." Slowly he sunk into the shadow of the first alley he came too. "Like I'm gonna listen to peaches at all.."
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Willow and Tara watched as Michael and Joyce chased each other across the green grass. Michael was getting pinned down frequently as Joyce would get playful. Willow laughed. "She definetly has her mom's side doesn't she?" Tara shook her head. "Nah. She's her own little person."
Willow looked down at the porch floor guiltily. "I. I'm sorry." Tara turned away from the screen door to look at the sullen red head. "For what?" she asked. Willow stared at Tara and slowly answered. "I over reacted with Joy.Joyce." Tara sighed in relief thanking the powers that be it was nothing life threatening. "Will," she chuckled. "She's curious and she doesn't understand. She wants to know Spike. She wants to know Buffy. Her personality is not the most patient either." Willow laughed softly and watched Michael fell onto the soft ground from the slam in the chest that Joyce had just shown him.
Joyce scrambled across the grass and laughed gleefully. "Come on Michael!" she taunted. "Am I going to wait all day for you to catch me?" Michael smirked and stood up. "You just wait." he teased.
Joyce turned to run into the brush surrounding the yard but stopped as she saw a Large pale horned demon standing behind her.
Willow and Tara ran off of the porch and stopped a few feet from the demon. "Someone has called." The demon growled softly. Joyce backed slowly away until there was more space between her and the new creature.
"Da'hoffren." Willow whispered. Tara watched the demon's frown curl into a sneer. "The witch." he snarled. "I wondered when you would call again." Tara shivered without thinking. "What do you want Da'hoffren?" she sighed. The creature slowly pointed to Joyce. "She summoned me." he growled.
Willow pulled Joyce back and stepped in front of the quivering child. "She called no one." Willow hissed angrily. Tara's hand slipped to the pocket on her skirt and she pulled the talasmen out. "Will." She whispered. The red haired Wicca's eye's met the metal disk and she took a quick breath. Willow took the talamen and threw it to Da'hoffren who caught it quickly.
"Who used this talasmen if it was not the child?" he growled. Willow glared at him powerfully. "She did use it. But as you know, Tara and I are powerful fighters. If you touch this girl or her friend then I will kill you." She warned. Tara's heart beat faster as she heard the slayer style threat.
Da'hoffren smirked and dropped the talamen into his cloaks. "I never came to cause pain. I only came to help. No vengence demon is after this girl. But someone else is and their watching you're every move." Da'hoffren paused and smiled. "They are watching.even now." He hissed before dissapearing into thin air.
Tara pushed the two children towards the house. "go." She whispered. Joyce started to argue but Tara shook her head. "No. There's something wrong. Go inside with Anya. She'll keep you two busy." Joyce had never seen her beloved Aunt look so terrified. She looked like the sky was falling.
Michael followed Joyce inside and sat down beside Anya. "We're in trouble aren't we?" he asked. Anya nodded, much to Joyce's horror. "We all are." Anya answered. "Someone out there really wants to get their hands on you Joyce." A thought flashed across Joyce's mind and she shivered. 'Could that awful vampire be hunting for me?'
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Drusilla sat up quickly from her slumber and sighed. A blonde minion bowed by her side. "Oh leader. Are thou ready for the attack?" Drusilla stood and the minion pulled a cloak onto her thin shoulders. "no." she growled softly. "The King of Hearts says to wait. Pixies whisper now. They say a week. Yes. one week."
The minion was growing impatient along with the rest of the 50 who were tired of the crypt. "The pack." he whimpered. "They yearn. They yearn for the blood of the slayers child. We agree it must taste like a Slayers." Drusilla shoved the vampire back and walked to the door. "They will wait." She growled. "When the time comes we will dance in blood and the puny girl will die." Drusilla opened the door leading out to the room full of her pack and then smiled. "And it will be by our hand and our hand alone."
The pack livened as their leader came into the open. "One week!" she hissed. "And all will have their fill of the puny girl." A roar of approval echoed through the crpyt and out into the cemetery.
A female vampire and her childe watched as their leader turned back into the room and the door closed. "A monumental moment." The vampiress hissed. "The slayer has a child and we get to kill it." The childe looked up at the grand sire. "What do you mean Emly?" they growled. Emly sneered back at the oblivious childe. "Dear timmy, I mean that we are going to make history. No longer will Drusilla and her pack be in the shadows of the watcher diaries. I mean that we get to see a vampire/slayers child die by OUR hands." Timmy smiled. "I like this part of history." Emly growled softly and closed her eyes. "I do too."
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Spike slipped down the dark alley. "Where is the bloody bent?" he growled. Spike was not at all happy with the split that he had gotten. Everyone else had someone to patrol with but he had to stand aside while Gru or whatever got to patrol with HIS wife. A growl echoed around him as this thought angered him even further.
A thump came from the darkness and Spike turned quickly to see who was following him. A low growl emitted from the hiding creature and Spike smiled as he recognized the all too familiar sound.
"Why the great Angel's shown up." he taunted. He would have said more too but his Sire leapt forward and knocked Spike to the ground.
"Why are you messing with Buffy?" he growled. Spike tried to pull away from the furious vampire but he was sufficiently pinned to the earth. "WHY?!" Angel growled again as he hit Spike.
Spike growled. "I'm not messing with anyone! Especially not Buffy!" Angel hit Spike again. "You're lieing! You don't love her. You're only messing with her mind!" Spike caught his sire's hand before it could hit him again. With all his might he hit Angel's hand with his own and Angel fell back in pain. Spike stood and looked down at the powerful sire. "I'm not lieing you nit!" he growled. " I love her. I don't mess with her mind and that's one subject YOU shouldn't talk about! You hurt her more then I EVER did!" With a low growl of threat he turned to leave.
Angel scrambled from the ground and grabbed Spike. "You don't love her!" he hissed. Spike turned furiously and grabbed Angel by the front of the shirt. "And do you?" he asked. "You love Cordeilia from what I saw earlier. Why are you still fighting over old news?" Angel grabbed Spike by the arms and soon they both had a bone crushing grip on each other. "IS that all she is to you?" Angel shouted. "OLD NEWS?" Spike shook his head. "NO! She's mine. I love her. She loves me and it's just killing you to see her moving on." Angel sneered. "Just like Soldier boy. He was dating her and you couldn't take it. You beat him up. Well that's not happening to this lap puppy."
Both Vampires dropped each other as Buffy came down the alley. "What are you two doing?" she fussed. "Angel! You're supposed to be with Cordi and Spike." Buffy paused as she saw the blonde vampire taking un needed breathes. "and you." she tried again.
Angel growled and stormed away from the two love birds.
Buffy stared at Spike. "What was that about?" she asked skeptically. "Why were you two fighting again?" Spike hung his head and tried to look innocent. Buffy crossed her arms "Not falling for it mister." Spike looked back at Buffy and smiled evilly. "Well it's nothing now." Buffy smiled and glanced at the blonde vampire again.
"Spike. Do you think we should just go home and be happy Joyce is okay? Do you think we should. forget about Dru?" Spike shook his head and stepped closer to Buffy. "It's the point of the fact. She bit our daughter. Even if Joyce's okay and troublesome as ever Dru needs to be punished. She needs to be finished. Once and." Spike paused as he thought about the Vampiress he had loved for so long. "Once and for all." He gulped.
Buffy sat down on a box and looked up at the sky. "Do you ever want it to end?" she asked. Spike slumped down beside the slayer and looked up. "What to end?" Buffy took a small breath. "Your life." She answered. Spike shook his head. "nope. I enjoy every bloody minute of it and ya know why?" Buffy looked from the heavens back to Spike. "Why?" Spike smiled. "Because every minute I'm here, I've beaten my record of days I've lived." Buffy laughed. "That's a cheery outlook." Spike nodded again. "Life's dark for about 45 percent of the time we're here. Cheery outlooks are sometimes all people have."
Buffy looked at the ground as she thought about Spike's new found wisdom. "I guess that's true." She answered. Spike kissed Buffy's wrist and smiled. "Sometimes beautiful things can help too." He smirked.
Buffy leaned over and softly kissed Spike. He hadn't felt her be so gentle in along time. The last time she had done this was when he had been kidnapped by Glory. The kiss grew passionate and Spike let his hands go around her back. Buffy groaned softly before pulling away. Spike pouted at the loss of contact. "Come on Big boy." she taunted. "Sun's coming up soon and I don't want to be Mrs. Big pile of dust." Spike nodded and followed Buffy towards the street.
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Spike and Buffy dropped their weapons to the floor and looked around the large lobby. "See luv? Now this is a hang out." Buffy hit Spike in the ribs and smiled as she saw Angel. "Hey romeo. Can we get a room here?" Cordi saluted and smiled. "Why yes you can. What would you like? Garden view? Street view? Alley view? Street view? Or my personal favorite. The Alley and brick wall view?"
Buffy laughed. "Just one that doesn't have a lot of sunlight in a hour. " she chuckled. Spike picked up the weapons they had packed, smirked, and stuck his tounge out at Angel as Fred led them up the staircase.
Angel growled but stopped as Buffy turned to look at him. "By the way Angel. Nice abs." Angel looked down to see his shirt was ripped down the front. Fred giggled and turned around the corner with Buffy and Spike following.
Angel rolled his eyes and pulled his shirt off. "Why do I go through so many of these?" he whined. He stopped as he thought about Buffy looking at his abs. Was she still in love with him? Why else would she be looking in that direction?
Angel turned quickly as the front door slammed open. "da dum dum dum. Da dum dum Da dum du dum dum da dum da da dum." Dawn hummed as she giggled. Conner Laughed along with her but stopped as he saw Angel's angry face. Dawn blushed. "UH hi. I. uh. we. uh. I better go upstairs. " Dawn slipped out of Conner's arms and leaned over to whisper. "I'll see you up there." Conner smiled and nodded, watching as she quickly ran up the stairs almost colliding with Fred who was coming back down the stairs. \
Angel waited until Fred was back in the library researching and then sighed. "Conner. You and Dawn need to take it easy. You cant be the hero and the husband all at once." Conner glared. "Father. I know that. I want to be a husband but why cant I be a hero until the wedding?" Angel put his hand on his son's shoulder and shook his head. "Because then you might not make it to the wedding. Let the immortal people take care of big stuff." Conner pushed away from Angel and sneered. "WHY? You and mom gave me this power and I'm supposed to let it go to waste? I need to protect people father."
Angel growled in dissapoint as Conner stormed up the stairs and was gone out of the lobby. Silence fell into the hotel as he looked around the large room. Cordeilia ran her hand up his arm and smiled softly. "Angel. Can we go to bed now? I'm tired." Angel kissed Cordi's hands and nodded. "yeah."
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Spike pulled the curtains across the windows and looked at the beautiful Slayer who was lying under the covers softly sleeping. Quietly he lay down beside her and brushed the unruly blonde strands of hair from her face. She was so magical. Even though he knew all there was to know about her. She still amazed him.
Buffy took a deep breath and snuggled up under the vampires chin. Spike hugged her and smiled. He was basking in her warmth, in her light, in her life, in her sheer utter power, Spike closed his eyes and soon fell to sleep.
Buffy woke a few minutes later to feel Spike's arms around her. With a deep quick breath she closed her eyes again and smiled. She was his and he was all hers.
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Angel paced back and forth across the room. Did Buffy love him? Angel sighed and held his head. He was going to find out. Whether she liked it or not.
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Angel pointed to Dawn. "You and Conner take the docks and work this time! No breaks." Conner nodded and led Dawn out of the dark alley.
"Cordelia," angel sighed. "You're with me." Cordi smiled. "I already figured that." She chuckled.
Angel pointed to Fred and Gun. "Uh. Gun. You go with Fred and this time NO taxi shortcuts. You two are in charge of down town."
Gru looked at Angel. "And who shall I go with?" he asked. Angel sighed again. You go with. Buffy." Angel answered.Spike growled. "Buffy is my wife."
Angel shrugged. "Well Gru is going with her. Anyway. Gru and Buffy, I want you to go through the graveyards. Cordeilia and I will take on Wolfram and Hart." Spike shoved his hands into his jean pockets and mocked. "Well where oh where should I go? Ya magnificent poof"
Angel growled and Buffy stepped between the angry vampires. "Please can you two be civil for just a little while!" she yelled. "Drusilla is after OUR daughter and we need to catch her. Please just behave until then." Slowly the Vampires nodded and Angel looked back at Spike.
" You can look through the sewers." He hissed. Spike growled and then watched as the groups left.
"Like I'm going through sewers." He laughed. "Bloody nut he is" Spike walked into the street and smiled "I'm an alley hunter myself." Slowly he sunk into the shadow of the first alley he came too. "Like I'm gonna listen to peaches at all.."
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Willow and Tara watched as Michael and Joyce chased each other across the green grass. Michael was getting pinned down frequently as Joyce would get playful. Willow laughed. "She definetly has her mom's side doesn't she?" Tara shook her head. "Nah. She's her own little person."
Willow looked down at the porch floor guiltily. "I. I'm sorry." Tara turned away from the screen door to look at the sullen red head. "For what?" she asked. Willow stared at Tara and slowly answered. "I over reacted with Joy.Joyce." Tara sighed in relief thanking the powers that be it was nothing life threatening. "Will," she chuckled. "She's curious and she doesn't understand. She wants to know Spike. She wants to know Buffy. Her personality is not the most patient either." Willow laughed softly and watched Michael fell onto the soft ground from the slam in the chest that Joyce had just shown him.
Joyce scrambled across the grass and laughed gleefully. "Come on Michael!" she taunted. "Am I going to wait all day for you to catch me?" Michael smirked and stood up. "You just wait." he teased.
Joyce turned to run into the brush surrounding the yard but stopped as she saw a Large pale horned demon standing behind her.
Willow and Tara ran off of the porch and stopped a few feet from the demon. "Someone has called." The demon growled softly. Joyce backed slowly away until there was more space between her and the new creature.
"Da'hoffren." Willow whispered. Tara watched the demon's frown curl into a sneer. "The witch." he snarled. "I wondered when you would call again." Tara shivered without thinking. "What do you want Da'hoffren?" she sighed. The creature slowly pointed to Joyce. "She summoned me." he growled.
Willow pulled Joyce back and stepped in front of the quivering child. "She called no one." Willow hissed angrily. Tara's hand slipped to the pocket on her skirt and she pulled the talasmen out. "Will." She whispered. The red haired Wicca's eye's met the metal disk and she took a quick breath. Willow took the talamen and threw it to Da'hoffren who caught it quickly.
"Who used this talasmen if it was not the child?" he growled. Willow glared at him powerfully. "She did use it. But as you know, Tara and I are powerful fighters. If you touch this girl or her friend then I will kill you." She warned. Tara's heart beat faster as she heard the slayer style threat.
Da'hoffren smirked and dropped the talamen into his cloaks. "I never came to cause pain. I only came to help. No vengence demon is after this girl. But someone else is and their watching you're every move." Da'hoffren paused and smiled. "They are watching.even now." He hissed before dissapearing into thin air.
Tara pushed the two children towards the house. "go." She whispered. Joyce started to argue but Tara shook her head. "No. There's something wrong. Go inside with Anya. She'll keep you two busy." Joyce had never seen her beloved Aunt look so terrified. She looked like the sky was falling.
Michael followed Joyce inside and sat down beside Anya. "We're in trouble aren't we?" he asked. Anya nodded, much to Joyce's horror. "We all are." Anya answered. "Someone out there really wants to get their hands on you Joyce." A thought flashed across Joyce's mind and she shivered. 'Could that awful vampire be hunting for me?'
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Drusilla sat up quickly from her slumber and sighed. A blonde minion bowed by her side. "Oh leader. Are thou ready for the attack?" Drusilla stood and the minion pulled a cloak onto her thin shoulders. "no." she growled softly. "The King of Hearts says to wait. Pixies whisper now. They say a week. Yes. one week."
The minion was growing impatient along with the rest of the 50 who were tired of the crypt. "The pack." he whimpered. "They yearn. They yearn for the blood of the slayers child. We agree it must taste like a Slayers." Drusilla shoved the vampire back and walked to the door. "They will wait." She growled. "When the time comes we will dance in blood and the puny girl will die." Drusilla opened the door leading out to the room full of her pack and then smiled. "And it will be by our hand and our hand alone."
The pack livened as their leader came into the open. "One week!" she hissed. "And all will have their fill of the puny girl." A roar of approval echoed through the crpyt and out into the cemetery.
A female vampire and her childe watched as their leader turned back into the room and the door closed. "A monumental moment." The vampiress hissed. "The slayer has a child and we get to kill it." The childe looked up at the grand sire. "What do you mean Emly?" they growled. Emly sneered back at the oblivious childe. "Dear timmy, I mean that we are going to make history. No longer will Drusilla and her pack be in the shadows of the watcher diaries. I mean that we get to see a vampire/slayers child die by OUR hands." Timmy smiled. "I like this part of history." Emly growled softly and closed her eyes. "I do too."
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Spike slipped down the dark alley. "Where is the bloody bent?" he growled. Spike was not at all happy with the split that he had gotten. Everyone else had someone to patrol with but he had to stand aside while Gru or whatever got to patrol with HIS wife. A growl echoed around him as this thought angered him even further.
A thump came from the darkness and Spike turned quickly to see who was following him. A low growl emitted from the hiding creature and Spike smiled as he recognized the all too familiar sound.
"Why the great Angel's shown up." he taunted. He would have said more too but his Sire leapt forward and knocked Spike to the ground.
"Why are you messing with Buffy?" he growled. Spike tried to pull away from the furious vampire but he was sufficiently pinned to the earth. "WHY?!" Angel growled again as he hit Spike.
Spike growled. "I'm not messing with anyone! Especially not Buffy!" Angel hit Spike again. "You're lieing! You don't love her. You're only messing with her mind!" Spike caught his sire's hand before it could hit him again. With all his might he hit Angel's hand with his own and Angel fell back in pain. Spike stood and looked down at the powerful sire. "I'm not lieing you nit!" he growled. " I love her. I don't mess with her mind and that's one subject YOU shouldn't talk about! You hurt her more then I EVER did!" With a low growl of threat he turned to leave.
Angel scrambled from the ground and grabbed Spike. "You don't love her!" he hissed. Spike turned furiously and grabbed Angel by the front of the shirt. "And do you?" he asked. "You love Cordeilia from what I saw earlier. Why are you still fighting over old news?" Angel grabbed Spike by the arms and soon they both had a bone crushing grip on each other. "IS that all she is to you?" Angel shouted. "OLD NEWS?" Spike shook his head. "NO! She's mine. I love her. She loves me and it's just killing you to see her moving on." Angel sneered. "Just like Soldier boy. He was dating her and you couldn't take it. You beat him up. Well that's not happening to this lap puppy."
Both Vampires dropped each other as Buffy came down the alley. "What are you two doing?" she fussed. "Angel! You're supposed to be with Cordi and Spike." Buffy paused as she saw the blonde vampire taking un needed breathes. "and you." she tried again.
Angel growled and stormed away from the two love birds.
Buffy stared at Spike. "What was that about?" she asked skeptically. "Why were you two fighting again?" Spike hung his head and tried to look innocent. Buffy crossed her arms "Not falling for it mister." Spike looked back at Buffy and smiled evilly. "Well it's nothing now." Buffy smiled and glanced at the blonde vampire again.
"Spike. Do you think we should just go home and be happy Joyce is okay? Do you think we should. forget about Dru?" Spike shook his head and stepped closer to Buffy. "It's the point of the fact. She bit our daughter. Even if Joyce's okay and troublesome as ever Dru needs to be punished. She needs to be finished. Once and." Spike paused as he thought about the Vampiress he had loved for so long. "Once and for all." He gulped.
Buffy sat down on a box and looked up at the sky. "Do you ever want it to end?" she asked. Spike slumped down beside the slayer and looked up. "What to end?" Buffy took a small breath. "Your life." She answered. Spike shook his head. "nope. I enjoy every bloody minute of it and ya know why?" Buffy looked from the heavens back to Spike. "Why?" Spike smiled. "Because every minute I'm here, I've beaten my record of days I've lived." Buffy laughed. "That's a cheery outlook." Spike nodded again. "Life's dark for about 45 percent of the time we're here. Cheery outlooks are sometimes all people have."
Buffy looked at the ground as she thought about Spike's new found wisdom. "I guess that's true." She answered. Spike kissed Buffy's wrist and smiled. "Sometimes beautiful things can help too." He smirked.
Buffy leaned over and softly kissed Spike. He hadn't felt her be so gentle in along time. The last time she had done this was when he had been kidnapped by Glory. The kiss grew passionate and Spike let his hands go around her back. Buffy groaned softly before pulling away. Spike pouted at the loss of contact. "Come on Big boy." she taunted. "Sun's coming up soon and I don't want to be Mrs. Big pile of dust." Spike nodded and followed Buffy towards the street.
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Spike and Buffy dropped their weapons to the floor and looked around the large lobby. "See luv? Now this is a hang out." Buffy hit Spike in the ribs and smiled as she saw Angel. "Hey romeo. Can we get a room here?" Cordi saluted and smiled. "Why yes you can. What would you like? Garden view? Street view? Alley view? Street view? Or my personal favorite. The Alley and brick wall view?"
Buffy laughed. "Just one that doesn't have a lot of sunlight in a hour. " she chuckled. Spike picked up the weapons they had packed, smirked, and stuck his tounge out at Angel as Fred led them up the staircase.
Angel growled but stopped as Buffy turned to look at him. "By the way Angel. Nice abs." Angel looked down to see his shirt was ripped down the front. Fred giggled and turned around the corner with Buffy and Spike following.
Angel rolled his eyes and pulled his shirt off. "Why do I go through so many of these?" he whined. He stopped as he thought about Buffy looking at his abs. Was she still in love with him? Why else would she be looking in that direction?
Angel turned quickly as the front door slammed open. "da dum dum dum. Da dum dum Da dum du dum dum da dum da da dum." Dawn hummed as she giggled. Conner Laughed along with her but stopped as he saw Angel's angry face. Dawn blushed. "UH hi. I. uh. we. uh. I better go upstairs. " Dawn slipped out of Conner's arms and leaned over to whisper. "I'll see you up there." Conner smiled and nodded, watching as she quickly ran up the stairs almost colliding with Fred who was coming back down the stairs. \
Angel waited until Fred was back in the library researching and then sighed. "Conner. You and Dawn need to take it easy. You cant be the hero and the husband all at once." Conner glared. "Father. I know that. I want to be a husband but why cant I be a hero until the wedding?" Angel put his hand on his son's shoulder and shook his head. "Because then you might not make it to the wedding. Let the immortal people take care of big stuff." Conner pushed away from Angel and sneered. "WHY? You and mom gave me this power and I'm supposed to let it go to waste? I need to protect people father."
Angel growled in dissapoint as Conner stormed up the stairs and was gone out of the lobby. Silence fell into the hotel as he looked around the large room. Cordeilia ran her hand up his arm and smiled softly. "Angel. Can we go to bed now? I'm tired." Angel kissed Cordi's hands and nodded. "yeah."
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Spike pulled the curtains across the windows and looked at the beautiful Slayer who was lying under the covers softly sleeping. Quietly he lay down beside her and brushed the unruly blonde strands of hair from her face. She was so magical. Even though he knew all there was to know about her. She still amazed him.
Buffy took a deep breath and snuggled up under the vampires chin. Spike hugged her and smiled. He was basking in her warmth, in her light, in her life, in her sheer utter power, Spike closed his eyes and soon fell to sleep.
Buffy woke a few minutes later to feel Spike's arms around her. With a deep quick breath she closed her eyes again and smiled. She was his and he was all hers.
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Angel paced back and forth across the room. Did Buffy love him? Angel sighed and held his head. He was going to find out. Whether she liked it or not.
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