Chapter 2: Hi Title: Her Presence Still Felt

Summary: Months after her death Angel can still feel Buffy B/A

Disclaimer: Buffy, Angel etc are not mine, don't own any of them. If I did Buffy and Angel would still be together. P.S. Joss is evil!!!!!

Author's Note: Sorry for the delay between chapters and this is a really short one too. Exams, Christmas, holidays away, you pick your favourite excuse, their all true.

Previously Angel strode forward grasped the blonde by the shoulders and passionately and furiously kissed her. He pulled away and looked at her.

"Buffy."

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"Hi" Buffy replied timidly looking up into Angel's face.

Angel grabbed Buffy again into a bear hug like he was afraid she would evaporate. "How. why.what.. How?"

"Buffy?" Fred repeated not understanding what was going on before her.

"It's probably a long and complicated story Angel. One which I'm sure Buffy would tell you if you let her breathe." Cordelia, Fred and Lorne had moved down the stairs to stand by Gunn, who still had a stunned look on his face, a look that mirrored the stunned look on Fred's face. Lorne and Cordelia were just grinning from ear to ear. Cordelia had tears in her eyes.

Angel loosened his grip on Buffy but still held her firmly in his arms. "I will never let you go again. Never!" he whispered into her hair.

Buffy gently pulled back in Angel's arms, struggling a bit against his vice like grip. "I am not going anywhere. Not for a long time. Let's go some where and we'll talk, okay?"

Angel nodded and slowly released her from his arms. As Buffy and Angel moved their way towards the stairs, Wesley walked out of the office, head down focused on the book her was carrying. "Gunn, I found that reference to the.." Buffy stopped and Wesley walked straight into her.

"Oh, I'm so sorry my dear, I wasn't." Wesley started to apologise and stopped dead when he looked up. "Oh my God!"

"Hey." Buffy said with a small little sad smile.

"Oh my God!" Wesley repeated and fainted dead away.

"Not quite the response she was looking for, I'm sure." Cordy said as Gunn and Fred ran forward to check on the man on the floor. "We'll look after him, you two go and talk." She stopped as she touched Buffy on the arm. Cordy was flooded with images of Buffy happy, of Buffy with her mother in a peaceful, serene place.

"Thanks Cordy" Angel said leading Buffy up the stairs not noticing Cordy's shocked face. Cordy's eyes followed them up the stairs until they were out of sight. What was that? Cordy, Willow everyone had assumed Buffy had been in a hell dimension. What if she'd been in Heaven?!

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