CHAPTER TWO
Buffy pulled into the drive of her new home, it was so strange knowing that she wasn't going to walk into a war zone, well unless dawn tried to dye her hair blonde again that never turned out well.
Closing the car door behind her she walked up the short path and entered through the side door, "Dawn you home?"
No answer.
'Oh well it's only early, not even dark yet.' Buffy thought. It was such a relief to not have to worry about keeping Dawn alive, it gave her plenty of time to worry how Dawn was doing in school. It was strange that she actually enjoyed worrying about normal stuff because as long as she was worrying about normal it meant that there was nothing end-of-the-world-y happening.
She pressed the button on the answering machine.
"Hey Buffy wanna come round later Kennedy's going out and I thought we could you know have a core Scooby night, me, you, Giles and Xander. Come round when you're ready." Willow's voice said from the machine.
'Cool' Buffy thought. It'd be nice to spend a little time the original gang getting together to watch movies.
'And it'll get me out of this place.'
The young women living on her own thing had seemed like such a good idea at first, but then the loneliness had crept in. The cookie dough thing had worked out quite well, going where she wanted when she wanted not having to take anyone into consideration but then after a bit all she wanted was some one to hold her through the night.
Like Spike had in their last few days together.
She pushed all thoughts of him a side, he was gone. Every time Buffy thought about him she felt guilty, she had fought him for so long never letting him in and then when she did he died for her.
Young, free and single.
~*~
"Hey you." Willow offered as a greeting to her friend.
"Hey." Buffy replied smiling brightly, Willow like to see that because it was something that she hadn't seen in years.
"How's it going?"
"Things are good. You know I'm normal now, no slaying unless I get bored or there's a crisis which that goddess," She gave Willow a cheeky grin, "hasn't happened yet."
"Are you sure you seem like you wanna say more?" Willow asked pushing her friend slightly hoping that Buffy wasn't being to shut herself off again.
"Ok here's the deal, I'm kinda thinking that I want to find someone." Buffy said.
"What like a 'I'm ready to settle down and start a family' sort of person?" Willow asked.
"God no, just a casual 'kissing and cuddling' sort of person."
At that point the doorbell rang and Willow turned to answer it. Buffy was lost in her own thoughts of lying in a bed next to a sexy man with a slender build and muscular arms...
~*~
THE OFFICE'S OF WOLFMAN & HEART, L.A
Spike tapped his pen on the desk, waiting for Angel to come and see him. He'd been back, as in back on earth for a couple of months and Angel was becoming a major pain in the arse.
"Ah William."
Spike jumped when he heard the voice of his grand sire.
"How come you can do that sneaking up thing so well, I was a vamp and I could never get it down?" Spike said throwing the pen across the room.
"That's my secrete and I'm not telling." Angel answered.
"Talking of secretes that you keep from me, where's Buffy?" Spike asked for the hundredth time.
"Don't know." Angel said not even bothering to look at his younger.
"Don't give that bollocks you poof I know you know. You must know with an organisation like this at your feet, so when are you going to tell me?" Spike demanded.
Angel walked out of the office, "Hopefully never." He muttered.
T.B.C
Buffy pulled into the drive of her new home, it was so strange knowing that she wasn't going to walk into a war zone, well unless dawn tried to dye her hair blonde again that never turned out well.
Closing the car door behind her she walked up the short path and entered through the side door, "Dawn you home?"
No answer.
'Oh well it's only early, not even dark yet.' Buffy thought. It was such a relief to not have to worry about keeping Dawn alive, it gave her plenty of time to worry how Dawn was doing in school. It was strange that she actually enjoyed worrying about normal stuff because as long as she was worrying about normal it meant that there was nothing end-of-the-world-y happening.
She pressed the button on the answering machine.
"Hey Buffy wanna come round later Kennedy's going out and I thought we could you know have a core Scooby night, me, you, Giles and Xander. Come round when you're ready." Willow's voice said from the machine.
'Cool' Buffy thought. It'd be nice to spend a little time the original gang getting together to watch movies.
'And it'll get me out of this place.'
The young women living on her own thing had seemed like such a good idea at first, but then the loneliness had crept in. The cookie dough thing had worked out quite well, going where she wanted when she wanted not having to take anyone into consideration but then after a bit all she wanted was some one to hold her through the night.
Like Spike had in their last few days together.
She pushed all thoughts of him a side, he was gone. Every time Buffy thought about him she felt guilty, she had fought him for so long never letting him in and then when she did he died for her.
Young, free and single.
~*~
"Hey you." Willow offered as a greeting to her friend.
"Hey." Buffy replied smiling brightly, Willow like to see that because it was something that she hadn't seen in years.
"How's it going?"
"Things are good. You know I'm normal now, no slaying unless I get bored or there's a crisis which that goddess," She gave Willow a cheeky grin, "hasn't happened yet."
"Are you sure you seem like you wanna say more?" Willow asked pushing her friend slightly hoping that Buffy wasn't being to shut herself off again.
"Ok here's the deal, I'm kinda thinking that I want to find someone." Buffy said.
"What like a 'I'm ready to settle down and start a family' sort of person?" Willow asked.
"God no, just a casual 'kissing and cuddling' sort of person."
At that point the doorbell rang and Willow turned to answer it. Buffy was lost in her own thoughts of lying in a bed next to a sexy man with a slender build and muscular arms...
~*~
THE OFFICE'S OF WOLFMAN & HEART, L.A
Spike tapped his pen on the desk, waiting for Angel to come and see him. He'd been back, as in back on earth for a couple of months and Angel was becoming a major pain in the arse.
"Ah William."
Spike jumped when he heard the voice of his grand sire.
"How come you can do that sneaking up thing so well, I was a vamp and I could never get it down?" Spike said throwing the pen across the room.
"That's my secrete and I'm not telling." Angel answered.
"Talking of secretes that you keep from me, where's Buffy?" Spike asked for the hundredth time.
"Don't know." Angel said not even bothering to look at his younger.
"Don't give that bollocks you poof I know you know. You must know with an organisation like this at your feet, so when are you going to tell me?" Spike demanded.
Angel walked out of the office, "Hopefully never." He muttered.
T.B.C