Spike bounded down the hallway taking steps two at a time. He reached Angels door and started pounding on it.

            "Angel get the phone now!" Spike barked.

            "I fucking told you no phone calls!" Angel yelled angrily.

Spike walked into Angel's room and looked at him.

            "You really need to answer the phone mate, its Joyce." Spike said sullenly.

Angel's back straightened and he looked up at Spike clearly alarmed. Walking to his desk he picked up his phone and motioned for Spike to hang up the phone.

            "Hello?"

            "Hi Angel, its Joyce." She said.

            "Hi Joyce, what's up?" Angel wringed his hands nervously. He hadn't heard from Buffy or even made an attempt to call her, in well over two years, it still didn't mean he didn't love her any less than the day he left.

            "Angel, I think you need to come back to Sunnydale, its Dawn."  Joyce said slowly. "There was a car accident, and she was um, thrown from the car, she died Angel." Buffy's mother told him, starting to cry.

Angel sat there taking in all that Joyce was saying, he was crushed about Dawn, but in a strange way, glad it was her and not Buffy.

            "Angel, I wouldn't have called unless I thought Buffy needed you, and she does. I haven't seen her like this ever. She won't eat, won't sleep, she just sits, she needs you."

            "I'll be there by morning Joyce" Angel said in a hurry.

Angel slammed the phone down on the receiver and ran to the closet, pulling out a suitcase. Running through the room he shoved clothes from his dresser into his bag.

            "Spike! I'm going to Sunnydale, I need you to stay here." Upon hearing Spike's complaints. A little less than two hours later Angel was on a plane from New York to Los Angeles.

hold on to me love
you know i can't stay long
all i wanted to say was i love you and i'm not afraid
can you hear me?
can you feel me in your arms?

Authors Note: Okay guys sorry for the cliffhanger before. Like I said, I started school today, and I will try to update as often as possible. Thank you all for the positive feedback, this is my first fic and I hope I'm doing good. Please keep the feedback coming!!

The song is "My Last Breath" by Evanescence

Oh! I would also love some ideas/challenges for my next story? Anything you guys want written or ideas of your own you want to see written? I'll try and do my best! Review or e-mail me your ideas! Thanx