Hey! Here is chapter 8. I still desperately need a beta reader so if you want to get the stories in advance and beta read email me. This may not be Cordelia friendly I think I am going to make her evil soon, just warning you. PLEASE review!

Still lying on top of Buffy Angel stared at the shocked and angry face of Cordelia Chase. Buffy quickly sat up, effectively throwing Angel off of her, and attempted to straighten her rumpled close, as did Angel who was now sitting beside her on the couch.

"You jerk!" Cordelia yelled at Angel. "I should have known that once she came to town whatever it was we had would go out the window."

"You were involved?" Buffy rather quietly asked.

"Yeah. He claimed to 'love' me." Cordelia told her. Buffy looked at the brunette briefly before turning back to Angel.

"Is she telling the truth?" Buffy asked Angel, already knowing the answer but still hoping that Cordelia had been lying.

"Yes." Was Angel's simple reply. He knew that his answer would upset Buffy but also knew that she deserved the truth.

"Why didn't either of you tell me?" Buffy questioned them.

"I didn't think you would be an issue anymore so it wasn't any of your business!" Cordelia spat at the blonde. Buffy just turned to look at Angel; the devastated look on her face was enough to break his heart.

"I didn't think there was a reason to tell you. I knew it would hurt you and I didn't want to cause you anymore pain than I already have." Angel told her sadly, knowing that he should have told her right away.

"When ever you try to protect me from yourself I just end up getting even more hurt then I would have if you had just told me the truth!" Buffy yelled angrily, before the anger left her and all that was left was sadness and hurt. "I'm going to go get some air…I'll be back in a minute." Buffy told him quietly, desperately needing to leave the room. She couldn't take the thought of Angel loving someone else.

Angel turned back towards Cordy. He had no idea what to say to her, but apparently that wasn't going to be a problem because she didn't intend on letting him speak right away and began ranting.

"I can't believe you! I thought I had finally gotten you over her." She began. "What is it with you two? You can't be in the same hotel with each other for a few days without getting at it!" Cordelia suddenly stopped, worn out by anger and just looked at Angel sadly, making him feel even guiltier for using her. Which is what he had been doing, and he knew it. He used her replace Buffy but he should have known better; Buffy wasn't replaceable. "I thought you loved me." Cordelia said before she started sobbing.

"I thought I did." Angel told her, taking her trembling from in his arms. "I think I do, just not in the romantic sense."

"Then how? How do you love me?" She asked, pulling away to look him in the eyes.

"As a good friend."

"I don't think I can be just your friend, Angel."

"Can you try? I can't lose you because of this."

"I can not see you two together making puppy dog eyes at each other, it would be to hard for me." Cordelia told the vampire.

"I'm sorry Cordy. I really wish this wasn't so hard on you."

"Can you just hold me for a minute?" Cordelia asked of him. Angel nodded and proceeded to put his arms around her waist and pull her close. She put her arms around his neck and pulled as close as she could. The two stood like that a moment before they began to pull away. Arms still around each other they locked eyes. Both leaned in and began to kiss.

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Buffy had gone right outside the front doors to the hotel after leaving Angel and Cordelia. She was on the verge of tears when Spike came out, and upon noticing her watery eyes immediately brought her into his arms and held her tight while she cried. Buffy sobbed for a good ten minutes before pulling away from Spike and sitting down on the front step.

"Sorry I got your shirt all wet." The slayer said, noticing Spike's wet shirt where she had been crying.

"'s no problem luv." He said sitting down next to her and putting an arm around her shoulder and pulling her in close to him. Buffy leaned her head on his shoulder and stared up into the sky, looking at the darkness above. "You want to tell me what happened that was enough to make you cry?"

"Angel." Buffy stated.

"I figured as much." Spike muttered. "What did Peaches do this time?" Spike asked, getting into his role as the over protective best friend.

"We were watching TV and one thing lead to another and before I knew it were making out on his couch. It was nice. It was like before, when I was younger, but with more passion." Buffy paused, going into her own little world of remembrance before coming back to the present when Spike gently shook her. She briefly looked up at him before putting her head back on his shoulder and continuing. "We were laying there, him on top of me, just getting into it when Cordelia walked in and interrupted us. She informed me of some things that I didn't really want to know."

"Like what, luv?"

"Like the fact that they had been involved." Buffy informed him, lifting her head to see his reaction. Spike just stared at her incredulously. Buffy noticed his shocked look and continued. "Oh, but it gets better." She paused a moment before putting her head back down onto his shoulder. "He told her he loved her." The girl stated sadly, sounding like she might cry again. Spike just looked at her a moment before saying anything.

"I can't imagine him loving anyone other than you." He told her truthfully. Seeing that he was being honest by looking in his eyes, and that he wasn't just saying that to cheer her up she told him what Angel had said to her earlier.

"Angel told me earlier that he 'thought' he loved someone else. Maybe that means that he never actually loved her." Buffy said with a renewed sense of hope.

"Then he probably meant it, and he knows now that he never did love her. At least, not in that way." He told her.

"Good. I feel better now." Buffy told him, standing up and helping him up as well before starting to go in. "When did everyone get back anyways?"

"Just a while ago. They went shopping and eating." The bleach blond informed her. "Why don't you go back in and talk to the Poof now. I'm sure he will tell you that same thing I did."

"I think I will." She said before heading down the hall to Angel's room. She got to his door and paused a moment. Buffy was not quite sure how to approach the subject. After figuring that directness was the best option she opened his door. The sight that greeted her made her run from the room crying silently. She hadn't made any noise when she left a supposed that Angel hadn't heard her, but that was what she wanted; a silent escape. What she had seen had the power to destroy her. Seeing Angel holding Cordelia tightly and them kissing had broken her already fragile heart.

Buffy walked into Spike's room where she found him sitting on his bed reading a book.

"Could you go tell everyone else that we are going to leave right now and to go get packed?" She more ordered than asked. Spike knew that now wasn't the time to question the slayer. "I will pack for both of us while you find them."

"Sure." He agreed before getting up and leaving the room to find the others.

Buffy went around Spike's room and packed all of his stuff before heading into her room and packing her own bags. She knew she had to get out of L.A. and back to Sunnydale as quickly as possible. After finishing the packing she grabbed the 2 bags and walked into the lobby to meet the rest of the Scooby's, all packed and ready to go. Buffy assumed that Spike had made them all speed pack and that that was the reason they were all ready when she got there.

Buffy turned to Fred who was sitting at the front desk. "It was nice to meet you." Was all she said before turning with the rest of her gang following her out, exchanging curious glances. They all wanted to know why Angel and the rest of the fang gang hadn't been there to see them off and why they had to leave to so fast. Of course, they all assumed that something had happened between Buffy and Angel, but no one was about to question the upset slayer right then, or the rest of the trip so Sunnydale. They had piled into two cars and everyone in the car with Buffy remained silent for the entire trip and raced out of the car as quickly as they could to escape the tension that was radiating off of her when they go to her house.

What will happen next? What does Angel do when he realizes Buffy left? The more reviews I get the sooner I update