Xander left Willow and Buffy on her front porch after seeing the to her house without vampire interference. Then at Willow's instance he headed to the mansion where Angel was staying. For reason beyond him, the redhead thought that the vampire should know about Buffy's condition. And even though he fought it, he lost to Willow's resolve face. So he made his way to the mansion grumbling to himself the whole way.

Xander raised a hand to knock only to have the door swing open on him. Angel's tall frame filled the area and Xander glared at him. Angel rolled his eyes and moved aside, letting the boy in.

"What do you want Xander?" Angel asked, crossing his arms.

Xander crossed his own arms and glared up at him, "Trust me Deadboy, I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to be. But its about Buffy."

Angel dropped his glare and grabbed Xander on his shoulders, eliciting a small squeak from the boy. He started talking in a rush, "Buffy? What about Buffy? Is she hurt? Captured? What happened to her?" said Angel.

Xander jerked away from the vampire and wiped his arms off, as if he was cleaning away Angel's touch, "She's fine…kinda." Angel growled deep in his throat, letting his demon visage slipped out briefly, and Xander continued hastily, "She was fighting a couple demons and got knocked out. When she came to, she had amnesia."

"Amnesia?" asked Angel, feeling kinda confused.

Xander sighed and waved his hand in front of Angel's eyes, as if waving the definition of amnesia into his brain, "Amnesia, she doesn't have her memory. It went poof…gone. Say bye bye to Buffy's memory."

"Oh…" murmured Angel, finally catching on, "So she doesn't remember anything?"

Xander confirmed his question with a curt nod, "Right, that's right. She doesn't even remember Giles and she certainly doesn't remember you. Willow sent me to tell you. For some reason she thought you should know." He sneered at his last words. One thing Xander would never forget is the hell Angel put them through, especially Buffy during his time as Angelus. And he didn't see why everyone was making such a big deal over him being back and forgiving his so quickly. He felt that they should stop making with the happy and remember that he killed Ms. Calendar.

Angel's muscles bulged in his effort to restrain from hitting Xander. The master vampire tolerated the boy, on because he was one of Buffy's friend. He hated Xander for being such a ass when it came to demons, and for thinking that he was better than them. He was a racist and it seemed that no one but him saw it. Buffy loved him and so did Willow. And it was because of that he didn't bite the boy and get rid of him.

Angel spoke, surprisingly calm and in control, "Willow sent you because she hopes that I can help get Buffy's memory back. Tell her that I will meet you guys tomorrow at dusk. You'll be at the library I presume?"

"Yeah, library all day. On a damn Saturday no less." muttered Xander, turning to go. Angel watched silently as he lift. As soon as he was out of sight, Angel's thoughts turned to helping Buffy in any way he could.


~*~*~*~*~*~

Back at the Summers house, Willow had just finished telling Joyce what happened to her daughter. Joyce, after hearing Willow's story fully understood why Buffy pulled away from her when she tried to hug her daughter. She ushered the girls into the kitchen.

"Come on. I'll make some hot chocolate and we can tell Buffy about her life. Help her understand some things that she doesn't now since her memory loss." said the older woman as she chopped up some chocolate. Willow grinned as she and Buffy sat at the table, knowing that Joyce would do all she could to put Buffy at ease. Joyce joined them after adding the chocolate to the heated milk.

Buffy wrapped her fingers around her mug, soaking up the warmth as she studied Joyce, trying to remember this woman who was her mother. Joyce's love for her daughter seemed to radiate off her and spread around the room, setting Buffy immediately at ease.

Buffy took a sip, then smiled as the chocolate sent another spurt of warmth through her, "This is good Joyce." She was calling her Joyce since she felt a little uncomfortable calling her mom, when she couldn't remember her. It was Joyce's idea for her to call her by her first name.

Joyce smiled, "Thank you Buffy. I hope that we can help you get your memory back fast."

Buffy looked around the kitchen, not remembering anything about it, "Well can you just tell me about myself…wow that sounded weird."

Willow snorted and giggled into her mug and blushed as the two Summers women looked at her, "Sorry, its just kinda weird feeling around here right now."

"Only a little" said Joyce with a small comforting smile as she turned to Buffy, "Well what do you want to know about yourself?"

"Where I came from…what I do…who I am …just you know, about me in general." whispered Buffy staring in her mug. Joyce's heart went out to her young daughter. She could only imagine how Buffy felt right now, how lost she must be. She always knew that Buffy being the Slayer would result into something like this. For her to lose her memory and now remember nothing. Joyce cursed her daughter's calling silently and rested her hand on Buffy's lightly.

"Well we moved from LA to Sunnydale two years ago. Your father still lives in LA and you visit him occasionally, when he has the time. Its just me and you living here and I work at the gallery downtown. You are 17 years old and a senior at Sunnydale High and the Slayer. You also have a boyfriend….kinda." said Joyce, trailing off as she realized she brought up Angel.

Buffy's eyes lit up at the mention of having a boyfriend, "I have a boyfriend?" She looked at Willow for conformation.

Willow bit her lip nervously, "Well he was your boyfriend. But its not a real solid thing right now."

Buffy looked confused for a moment, "Not a solid thing? Why?"

Willow forced a grin on her lips, "That's a really long story. I can tell you before we go to sleep. Your mother isn't all that comfortable with the Angely subject."

Joyce stood up and gathered the now empty mugs, "You girls can go ahead and go up to Buffy's room and talking. I'm going to call Rup-Mr. Giles and see what he thinks so far."

Willow nodded and she stood up with Buffy right behind her. The two girls walked up the stairs to Buffy's room with Willow whispering something in Buffy's ear.

A/N: Sorry its taken so long for a update. Umm Spike in next chapter I promise.