Disclaimer: Not mine. Everything belongs to the God Almighty, Mr Joss
Whedon.
Thanks to everyone for the reviews. They were all great. Please R/R for this one too! And if anyone would beta read these for me, please email me (elven_princess88@yahoo.co.uk).
Can't wait till the 16th! I've been waiting all year for 7th Season to start. Lets hope for a Spuffy filled season (though it doesn't look very hopeful the way the last season ended) Oh well. Happy New Year, Everyone!!!
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Buffy stared blankly out of the window, watching the trees fly by. A part of her wondered what she was doing. Why was she going to see him? That never ended well. She was just going to cause herself more pain and heartache, and she just couldn't deal with that right now, not with everything else that was going on. Yet, she was still sitting there, in this dingy bus, on her way to LA.
She didn't really understand what she was going to say to him anyway. She knew she needed to ask him about the Mohra demons. If he had had a run in with them before, he might be able to tell her something useful, and the resources Giles had left them had told them squat. She did need to talk to him about that. But what about what she had seen, on that website? She couldn't understand why there was a website about her, in the first place. It didn't make sense. She'd think she was going crazy if Spike hadn't seen it as well. Why did it go on about Angel being human? She knew people always said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet," but it still unnerved her.
She felt the bus slow down, and realised it was stopping. She stared out of the window once more, looking at the drab walls of the bus station.
"It's now or never," she thought quietly. Shakily, she got to her feet, and stepped off the bus.
**********
Buffy slowly walked down the steps of the hotel. She had never been here before, and she had to admit, Angel sure had a good place.
Purposefully, she strode up to the front desk and rang the bell. After a moment, a familiar brown head appeared from the doorway and said, in an overly cheery voice:
"Angel Investigations, we help the help. Oh, hey Buffy. Do you wanna talk to Angel?"
"Yeah. Is he around?"
"No. He went out to fight some snot demon or something. Do you wanna leave him a message?"
"No, I'll just wait, if that's alright."
"Sure, just don't make too much noise. That demon left me the mother of all headaches. You know, if I ever meet those Powers That Be, I'm gonna give them a hard kick up the ass for those visions they put me through."
Buffy smiled, and turned to sit down. Then she stopped, and turned back, as though a struck by a sudden thought.
"Cordy, do you have a computer?"
**********
Buffy really didn't know why she was doing this. She knew she had seen that website, she knew it, but she just wanted to make sure. What if she confronted Angel, and it was nothing? He'd tell her it was just a dream, that she shouldn't worry about it. She didn't want him to think she was being stupid. She had to be sure.
She carefully typed the word Mohra into the search bar, and clicked search. After a moment, the screen displayed various different websites, but something wasn't right. To start with, there were only 21 matches, but when she'd searched before, there had been hundreds of them. And when she scanned the list of links, the BATA didn't appear anywhere. There were only links to demon databases, and that sort of thing. The sort of thing you'd expect to see. There was nothing like she'd seen before.
Frustrated, she logged off. She was so sure she'd seen it, but she couldn't have. If she had, why wouldn't it be there now? She must have dreamed it. Though it was kinda weird for a dream. Why would she dream about researching? She did enough of that in real life, she didn't need to dream about it as well. And WHY would she dream about researching with Spike, of all people? It wasn't as if he hadn't been plaguing her dreams enough of late. NOT that she was going to think about that. Thinking about those thoughts made them real, and them being real was disgusting. Now was the time to think about what she was to do when Angel arrived, not the time to think about him.
From what seemed like a world away, she heard Cordy say, "Hi Angel. You'll never guess who's here!"
"It's now or never," Buffy thought. Bracing herself she got out of the chair, and strode into the hallway.
"Buffy," Angel said. He looked very shocked.
"Hello to you too."
"Sorry, I was just a little surprised to see you."
"That's alright."
There was a long silence, with Angel looking at Buffy expectantly, and Buffy looking at her shoes.
After a very pregnant pause, Angel said, "Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"Oh, um, yeah. Yes. Um, a few nights ago I was out patrolling when I was attacked by a Mohra demon."
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, but we've been researched this thing for days, and we've found nothing about it. I thought maybe you might know something." Buffy looked up at Angel, hopefully.
"Yeah, I have some books. I can go get them for you if you'd like."
"Yes, please."
"I'll just be a minute."
As Angel disappeared into the office, Buffy wondered if she should ask him. If she didn't ask him, she'd be wondering about it forever. But if she did ask him, she could end up looking really stupid. And he obviously wasn't human now. She was just being stupid, making something out of nothing.
Angel came sweeping back into the room, and handed Buffy a few very thick, very old looking books.
"It's all in there," he said.
"Okay, thanks." Buffy smiled, but didn't move.
"Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?"
"What?" She couldn't ask him. She just couldn't. "Oh, no. There's nothing."
"It's just, you could have asked me about those demons on the phone. I just thought maybe there was another reason you came down here."
"Oh, there is!" She couldn't. She couldn't. "I wanted to. um, wanted to see. my dad! I haven't seen him in a long time and I thought maybe I could stop by and see him!"
"Doesn't your dad live in Spain now?"
"Oh! Yeah, yeah he. he does, but I completely forgot till I was already half way down here, so I thought, what the heck!"
Angel gave her a penetrating look, and then said, "Well, if you're sure that's everything."
"Yeah, yeah it is." Buffy gave him a half-hearted smile before saying, "Well, I'd better go. Don't want to get home too late, I gotta get back for Dawn"
"Maybe I'll see you soon?"
"Yeah. Maybe."
Okay, so what do you guys think? PLEASE R/R! I found this kinda hard to write, so any comment will be REALLY appreciated
Thanks to everyone for the reviews. They were all great. Please R/R for this one too! And if anyone would beta read these for me, please email me (elven_princess88@yahoo.co.uk).
Can't wait till the 16th! I've been waiting all year for 7th Season to start. Lets hope for a Spuffy filled season (though it doesn't look very hopeful the way the last season ended) Oh well. Happy New Year, Everyone!!!
*******
Buffy stared blankly out of the window, watching the trees fly by. A part of her wondered what she was doing. Why was she going to see him? That never ended well. She was just going to cause herself more pain and heartache, and she just couldn't deal with that right now, not with everything else that was going on. Yet, she was still sitting there, in this dingy bus, on her way to LA.
She didn't really understand what she was going to say to him anyway. She knew she needed to ask him about the Mohra demons. If he had had a run in with them before, he might be able to tell her something useful, and the resources Giles had left them had told them squat. She did need to talk to him about that. But what about what she had seen, on that website? She couldn't understand why there was a website about her, in the first place. It didn't make sense. She'd think she was going crazy if Spike hadn't seen it as well. Why did it go on about Angel being human? She knew people always said "Don't believe everything you read on the internet," but it still unnerved her.
She felt the bus slow down, and realised it was stopping. She stared out of the window once more, looking at the drab walls of the bus station.
"It's now or never," she thought quietly. Shakily, she got to her feet, and stepped off the bus.
**********
Buffy slowly walked down the steps of the hotel. She had never been here before, and she had to admit, Angel sure had a good place.
Purposefully, she strode up to the front desk and rang the bell. After a moment, a familiar brown head appeared from the doorway and said, in an overly cheery voice:
"Angel Investigations, we help the help. Oh, hey Buffy. Do you wanna talk to Angel?"
"Yeah. Is he around?"
"No. He went out to fight some snot demon or something. Do you wanna leave him a message?"
"No, I'll just wait, if that's alright."
"Sure, just don't make too much noise. That demon left me the mother of all headaches. You know, if I ever meet those Powers That Be, I'm gonna give them a hard kick up the ass for those visions they put me through."
Buffy smiled, and turned to sit down. Then she stopped, and turned back, as though a struck by a sudden thought.
"Cordy, do you have a computer?"
**********
Buffy really didn't know why she was doing this. She knew she had seen that website, she knew it, but she just wanted to make sure. What if she confronted Angel, and it was nothing? He'd tell her it was just a dream, that she shouldn't worry about it. She didn't want him to think she was being stupid. She had to be sure.
She carefully typed the word Mohra into the search bar, and clicked search. After a moment, the screen displayed various different websites, but something wasn't right. To start with, there were only 21 matches, but when she'd searched before, there had been hundreds of them. And when she scanned the list of links, the BATA didn't appear anywhere. There were only links to demon databases, and that sort of thing. The sort of thing you'd expect to see. There was nothing like she'd seen before.
Frustrated, she logged off. She was so sure she'd seen it, but she couldn't have. If she had, why wouldn't it be there now? She must have dreamed it. Though it was kinda weird for a dream. Why would she dream about researching? She did enough of that in real life, she didn't need to dream about it as well. And WHY would she dream about researching with Spike, of all people? It wasn't as if he hadn't been plaguing her dreams enough of late. NOT that she was going to think about that. Thinking about those thoughts made them real, and them being real was disgusting. Now was the time to think about what she was to do when Angel arrived, not the time to think about him.
From what seemed like a world away, she heard Cordy say, "Hi Angel. You'll never guess who's here!"
"It's now or never," Buffy thought. Bracing herself she got out of the chair, and strode into the hallway.
"Buffy," Angel said. He looked very shocked.
"Hello to you too."
"Sorry, I was just a little surprised to see you."
"That's alright."
There was a long silence, with Angel looking at Buffy expectantly, and Buffy looking at her shoes.
After a very pregnant pause, Angel said, "Is there something you want to talk to me about?"
"Oh, um, yeah. Yes. Um, a few nights ago I was out patrolling when I was attacked by a Mohra demon."
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, but we've been researched this thing for days, and we've found nothing about it. I thought maybe you might know something." Buffy looked up at Angel, hopefully.
"Yeah, I have some books. I can go get them for you if you'd like."
"Yes, please."
"I'll just be a minute."
As Angel disappeared into the office, Buffy wondered if she should ask him. If she didn't ask him, she'd be wondering about it forever. But if she did ask him, she could end up looking really stupid. And he obviously wasn't human now. She was just being stupid, making something out of nothing.
Angel came sweeping back into the room, and handed Buffy a few very thick, very old looking books.
"It's all in there," he said.
"Okay, thanks." Buffy smiled, but didn't move.
"Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?"
"What?" She couldn't ask him. She just couldn't. "Oh, no. There's nothing."
"It's just, you could have asked me about those demons on the phone. I just thought maybe there was another reason you came down here."
"Oh, there is!" She couldn't. She couldn't. "I wanted to. um, wanted to see. my dad! I haven't seen him in a long time and I thought maybe I could stop by and see him!"
"Doesn't your dad live in Spain now?"
"Oh! Yeah, yeah he. he does, but I completely forgot till I was already half way down here, so I thought, what the heck!"
Angel gave her a penetrating look, and then said, "Well, if you're sure that's everything."
"Yeah, yeah it is." Buffy gave him a half-hearted smile before saying, "Well, I'd better go. Don't want to get home too late, I gotta get back for Dawn"
"Maybe I'll see you soon?"
"Yeah. Maybe."
Okay, so what do you guys think? PLEASE R/R! I found this kinda hard to write, so any comment will be REALLY appreciated
