Disclaimer: They belong to the god. AKA. Joss whedon. I wish I were him,
except a girl. 'Cause many men are incompetent. (No offense to a lot of you
its just I know some guys who I just want to hit sometimes.)
A/N: All righty then peoples. This chapter is brand, spanking new. The last two chapters were written quite a while ago but I totally redid this one. I hope it's to your liking.
Thank you's: Thank you sooooooooo much to everyone who reviewed. I decided when I get 2 chapter 5 I will answer all questions you have and I will make a list of people who reviewed. Thanks again! (Keep 'em coming) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3: Reuniting
Angel was astounded. Ok, astounded was the biggest understatement of the year. More like the world was exploding and he was to distracted to notice all of the "pretty" fires. Anyway, there was the object of his desire. His blond goddess, his Aphrodite, his Venus, his world, his.everything...and he was just standing there as if he was the world's biggest idiot.
"B..buffy?"
Buffy smiled, well, it was more of a grimace. "Who'd you expect? The toothfairy?"
Angel shook his head in disbelief. "But, you're.you're..."
"Dead?"
Angel stared at her. "Yeah."
Buffy shook her head flippantly. "Naw, I'm not dead. I mean I was dead but willow did her mojo and poof. Here's me."
Angel could sense something was wrong in that sentence. It just didn't seem right. She seemed to brush it off and something in her eyes made his fear start to grow. Apparently, Cordelia noticed this too because she commented on it.
"Buffy, not that I'm not extremely glad that you're back, but are you sure that's it?"
Well, that did it. Weeks, ages, centuries started to show in Buffy's deep green eyes. She tried to keep her cool but Angel could already see a crack in her infamous armor. She tried to defend herself but her voice was too shaky. Eventually she spilled the beans.
"What do you mean? Of course, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? I mean I come back from the dead and I'm perfectly fine right? No, It wouldn't be bad that I had to crawl out of my grave or c..come back f..from the most wonderful place." Then the tears started to fall. "No, it wouldn't be bad at all that my so called friends ripped me from where I was most happy and bring me back to this hell. No, No. It wouldn't be bad or upsetting that I nearly screwed spike because I'm so screwed up myself. Nope, Buffy's fine. She can deal with it. That's what they all say right? No, Buffy's fine even though she has to lie to her friends and tell them that she was in a hell dimension even when she was in heaven."
Her voice dropped off at the end and she started too wobbly a bit. Angel leapt forward and then nearly collapsed himself from the shock of pain that went through his entire body. He had forgotten about that stupid arrow and the stupid poison. Damn, Buffy's friends, damn this stupid arrow, damn his slack concentration, and damn Buffy for thinking she was this strong....just damn everything. Buffy toppled over but Gunn was behind her by the time she collapsed. Angel was about to thank Gunn when another sharp pain went through his body and he blacked out.
A/N: I'm sorry this chapter is so short but I needed to get the fact out of the way that Buffy was in heaven and that Angel's pain is getting worse. When I first wrote this chapter there was absolutely no angst and I have to remain slightly true to the story line! *wink.
A/N: All righty then peoples. This chapter is brand, spanking new. The last two chapters were written quite a while ago but I totally redid this one. I hope it's to your liking.
Thank you's: Thank you sooooooooo much to everyone who reviewed. I decided when I get 2 chapter 5 I will answer all questions you have and I will make a list of people who reviewed. Thanks again! (Keep 'em coming) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chapter 3: Reuniting
Angel was astounded. Ok, astounded was the biggest understatement of the year. More like the world was exploding and he was to distracted to notice all of the "pretty" fires. Anyway, there was the object of his desire. His blond goddess, his Aphrodite, his Venus, his world, his.everything...and he was just standing there as if he was the world's biggest idiot.
"B..buffy?"
Buffy smiled, well, it was more of a grimace. "Who'd you expect? The toothfairy?"
Angel shook his head in disbelief. "But, you're.you're..."
"Dead?"
Angel stared at her. "Yeah."
Buffy shook her head flippantly. "Naw, I'm not dead. I mean I was dead but willow did her mojo and poof. Here's me."
Angel could sense something was wrong in that sentence. It just didn't seem right. She seemed to brush it off and something in her eyes made his fear start to grow. Apparently, Cordelia noticed this too because she commented on it.
"Buffy, not that I'm not extremely glad that you're back, but are you sure that's it?"
Well, that did it. Weeks, ages, centuries started to show in Buffy's deep green eyes. She tried to keep her cool but Angel could already see a crack in her infamous armor. She tried to defend herself but her voice was too shaky. Eventually she spilled the beans.
"What do you mean? Of course, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? I mean I come back from the dead and I'm perfectly fine right? No, It wouldn't be bad that I had to crawl out of my grave or c..come back f..from the most wonderful place." Then the tears started to fall. "No, it wouldn't be bad at all that my so called friends ripped me from where I was most happy and bring me back to this hell. No, No. It wouldn't be bad or upsetting that I nearly screwed spike because I'm so screwed up myself. Nope, Buffy's fine. She can deal with it. That's what they all say right? No, Buffy's fine even though she has to lie to her friends and tell them that she was in a hell dimension even when she was in heaven."
Her voice dropped off at the end and she started too wobbly a bit. Angel leapt forward and then nearly collapsed himself from the shock of pain that went through his entire body. He had forgotten about that stupid arrow and the stupid poison. Damn, Buffy's friends, damn this stupid arrow, damn his slack concentration, and damn Buffy for thinking she was this strong....just damn everything. Buffy toppled over but Gunn was behind her by the time she collapsed. Angel was about to thank Gunn when another sharp pain went through his body and he blacked out.
A/N: I'm sorry this chapter is so short but I needed to get the fact out of the way that Buffy was in heaven and that Angel's pain is getting worse. When I first wrote this chapter there was absolutely no angst and I have to remain slightly true to the story line! *wink.
