Part 2
Buffy walked into her home that she shared with her best friend, Willow, and her sister, Dawn. She deeply exhaled and quietly shut the door.
Rubbing her temple tiredly, she trudged up the stairs to her room that used to be her mother's. She closed her bedroom door behind her and sat on the edge of the bed. She rubbed her face and leaned her elbows on her knees.
Buffy stared forward and her hands covered her mouth. She kissed Spike. Lord almighty, she kissed Spike. Full blown make-out session with Spike, and it was under her own will; no spell was involved this time.
They were patrolling together and were attacked by a loan shark demon (literally a shark) and his minions that Spike owed money to. While the shark demon made a little chit chat with the slayer, Spike ran and hid inconspicuously. When the demons left with a warning, Spike emerged from his hiding place in a crypt.
Buffy made a comment on his little situation and as always, they ended up smacking each other around.
In the heat of the moment, Buffy shoved the blonde vampire against a large tombstone and kissed him hard. She didn't know why she did it. She felt nothing for him that was romantic.
After a couple of minutes, Buffy came back to her senses and backed away from Spike. She punched him one more time and dashed home.
The phone rang, shaking Buffy out of her brooding. 'Yes,' Buffy thought with a hint of a smile, 'there's a little Angel in all of us.' The thought of her first love made her stomach flutter.
She picked up the phone and answered with a "Hello?"
"Hey Toots, is this Buffy?" an unfamiliar cheery, male voice came on the line.
"Yes, who's this?"
"I'm Lorne. I'm a good chum of your old love muffin Angel."
Buffy's stomach fluttered again when she heard the beautiful voice of Angel saying Lorne's name sternly.
"Oh, Lorne. Angel told me about you one time."
She remembered Angel speaking of a demon that read souls if you sang named Lorne that was part of his team now. He told her about him and a lot more when they met at that place last year. "Really? Oh I'm touched."
"Is there something you needed?" Buffy prodded on.
"Right. Well, we need you and your buddies, Willow and Xander I believe, to come here for a spell."
"I don't know. Willow just went through this whole thing with magic and-"
"Geez Cupcakes, you sound just like Guilty McPointy Fangs over there. Don't worry. It's okay. No side effects whatsoever. Nada. Zilch. Niente. Kaput-"
"OKAY! I get it. What's the spell for?"
"Well Cordelia was brought up into a higher dimension about a few months ago, and when she was brought back, she had no memory at all. So what we're trying to do here is a memory spell obviously, and we need the eight closest to Cordelia to do it. And you guys are the only remaining three. So Sweetums, will ya do it?"
Buffy thought for a moment before answering. It was for Cordelia. The one that really didn't like her in school. But what she heard from Angel was that she has totally done a 360. And Cordelia? A higher being? Must've been a dream come true for her. Anyways, maybe they should do it. It's for the greater good anyway. She was our friend then too. And she so needed to get away from Spike at the moment.
She sighed, "Okay, we'll be there in three hours."
"Alright. Thanks Hun." They hung up and Buffy went over to Willow's room to explain their situation. They told Dawn and called up Xander. He came over ten minutes later, and they all went on their way to LA.
