Chapter 4: Sleeping arrangements.

Title: Reunion time.

Author: Nikka

Author notes: Hi everyone, If you need to know about summary, rate and all the rest it's all in chapter 1 I'll just remind you that English is not my native tongue so you may find some spelling & grammar mistakes, you're more then welcome to let me know about them but remember you may find them while you read the story. Have fun.

Disclaimer: Angel & Buffy's characters are not my creation (wish they were) they belong to Joss Wehdon and David Greenwalt. Other characters that are not familiar from the show do belong to me.

A special thank you to Sigma for reproof reading my story. I hope you'll see the difference. As of that the upload of the chapters may take longer.

As they entered Buffy's house, Tara greeted them, frowning when she noticed their shocked expressions. But, even as she opened her mouth to ask what had happened, the L.A. group came in with Cordy still holding Connor, making sure his safe. "Oh." Tara said quietly, suddenly understanding.

"We thought it would be best to come here and talk." Willow said to Tara.

"Well, Dawn is asleep and Giles isn't back yet." she replied.

"Thanks Tara." Buffy murmured, looking dazed.

"Would you like something to drink or eat?" Tara asked, playing host as Buffy was obviously in no shape to do that.

"Some water would be nice, thanks." Lorne said to Tara, who didn't seemed shocked by his appearance. He liked that.

"So what now?" Buffy suddenly asked.

"We all sit down and I explain. After that, if you have questions, I'll try to answer them, but you need to know there are things I don't know about this either."

"Fine. Let's..." Buffy was cut off as Giles came in.

"I've discovered some interesting things…" He stopped when he saw the guests. "Bloody hell! There's a baby in Cordelia's arm!!! Oh, hello, Cordelia." Giles exclaimed.

"Hi, Giles. I think they already noticed the baby. Grab a seat. Angel was just about to explain, and I'm sure you'll love that." Cordelia said with half a smile.

"Well, then." he said, sitting down as he nodded hello to Angel and Wesley.

Now that they were all there, Angel began to explain, "You see..."

"Luv, are you there? I wanted to know if you taped "Passions." I missed tonight's episode I had a problem with…" he stopped. "And I see you have company. Angelus, how interesting." He smirked.

"Spike. It's Angel and what are you doing here?" Angel frowned, surprised that Spike seemed to feel right at home. He knew Spike couldn't hurt anyone...but still...

"I should ask you that. Aren't you supposed to be miles away on your little redemption quest?" Spike didn't like Angel being here one bit. He didn't want him to get near Buffy. Then he noticed Cordelia and Connor. "Angelus, you really should keep an eye on your employees, or is it congratulation time. Who's the happy sucker you married, cheerleader?" Spike loved teasing Angel, especially watching as Angel rose to the bait.

"Not that it's any of your business, Blondie, but Connor isn't mine. He's Angel's" Cordelia sniffed.

"Bloody hell"

"What is it with you British and bloody this bloody that?" Gunn asked, not expecting an answer, just trying to tease Wesley who gave him a serious look in reply.

"I need to hear you explain this, DADDY!" He laughed, seeming to be the only one amused by the Connor situation.

"Spike, shut up or get out!" Buffy ordered. He didn't like her talking to him like that; he could see Angel on the side smiling. When Spike finally sat down, Angel started to explain. He told them about Darla, about how he had gone half-crazy and fired everyone, about his epiphany, about Darla coming back pregnant, about the prophecy, about Darla's death, and about Connor's life being in danger. When he finally finished there wasn't one mouth among the Scoobies who wasn't wide open, except Spike who just stuck a cigarette in his, causing Buffy to tell him to put it out or get out.

Then the questions started bubbling forth, seeming endless.

Fred, Gunn and Lorne were standing in the entrance in front of the stairs, looking bored. They'd all lived the story, and the questions were getting tedious. Suddenly Tara came up to them. "Want a tour of the house?" She offered. "I asked Buffy and she said it would fine."

"Don't you have question for our muffin over there?" Lorne asked.

"Who?" Tara looked puzzled

"Oh sorry, sweetie. I meant Angel."

"No, I heard what I needed to hear. Besides, I don't really know him." Tara said with a smile. "So shall we?"

Tara started to walk upstairs, the rest following behind. She gave them the grand tour while telling them about Buffy's mother's death, how she and willow moved in, and showed them Dawn sleeping. Finally, they reached Buffy's room. To their surprise, it looked pretty ordinary although there was a big cross hanging on the edge of Buffy's mirror. "That's very pretty". Fred said.

"Angel gave her that years ago. When they first met, I think." Tara explained.

As they headed downstairs, they noticed things had calmed down considerably. The Scoobies had finished quizzing Angel, and everyone was just talking and relaxing. Anya was even playing with Connor. Buffy and Angel sat alone on the sofa, talking, while Spike stomped out for a smoke, not being able to stand seeing them together. Giles and Wesley were comparing and sharing notes.

"So, are we done here? Can we get some sleep?" Gunn asked the room.

"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea. Connor is tired as am I, after all the visions." Cordy sighed.

"Did you have any more?" Buffy inquired.

"Not since we got here."

"That's strange. I mean, you had all those visions telling you to come here and now you're finally here and they stopped?" Willow wondered out loud.

"Maybe that was the point." Fred suggested.

"What do you mean?" Willow asked.

"Maybe they gave you all those visions to make sure you'll get here as fast as you can, and, now that you're here, they'll still keep on sending you visions, but not so frequently". Fred had a point. At least, Willow thought so.

"Do you have an hotel here?" Lorne asked.

"Oddly enough, no. Could you think why a wonderful place like Sunnydale doesn't have any nice hotels? Oh yeah! Cause it's on hellmouth." Cordy said sarcastically.

"So, no hotels?" Fred asked desperately.

"Not any you'd like to spend even one night in." Cordy sighed.

(** For fic purposes I decided that Sunnydale has only crappy motels like the one Faith stayed in.**)

"So, where do we sleep?" Fred asked again.

"Here. Where else?" Buffy said.

"Where, Buffy? You have a full house." Angel reminded her.

"Don't worry. Tara and I'll sleep at the dorms." Willow said with a smile, looking at Tara for the approval she quickly got.

"No, Willow. We can't let you do that. This is your home". Cordy felt uncomfortable interrupting their life like this.

"It's fine, Cordelia. Really it is." Willow reassured her.

"And I have a folded up bed that you can use and, of course, the sofa now that Giles found his own place." Buffy remembered.

(**For fic purposes I decided that Giles isn't planning on moving back to England any time soon so he found a new place and moved out from Buffy's house)

"And some of you can stay with me and Anya." Xander offered.

"But, Honey, we had plans". Anya whispered to him.

"They can wait." he whispered back, giving her look that said not to push anymore.

"So, this is what we'll do:" Cordy got into command mode again. "Lorne, you'll sleep on the folded bed here in the living room with Wes. Fred and Gunn, you two go to Xander's place." she turned to Xander. "You do have room for two, right?" Xander nodded "O.k. and that leaves us." she said, looking at Angel.

"No problem. We'll sleep in Willow & Tara's room with Connor. He'll be fine, right?" Angel asked Cordy, ignoring the shocked faces of the Scoobies.

"Sure, he'll be fine. We've done that before". She answered, also ignoring the looks.

"Oh, the minute I go out for a smoke, things get interesting". Spike said from the hallway, he just walked in.

"What? Does anyone have a problem with that?" Cordy asked angrily; she had enough interrogations and questions for one day.

"No, no" Everyone said quickly while shaking their heads. Even the Scoobies knew not to mess with Cordelia when she's upset.

Then it's settled. Let's go to bed and figure out the visions in the morning". Cordy's words made Spike snicker, but he stopped when he saw the look Buffy gave him. "Well then my pets, sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite. Or anything else".

Everyone headed out to their designated sleeping spots, while Buffy went to grab some fresh linen for her temporary housemates.

"So I guess its good night time." Buffy said awkwardly as she handed them their linens.

"I guess it is". Angel mumbled.

**Oh, God** Cordy thought to herself. **This will never end**.

"Ok, then. Good night, Buffy. Let's go!" Cordy said to Angel as she picked up Connor.

"Good night, Buffy." he called, heading upstairs after Cordy.

Buffy stood alone in the suddenly very empty living room. Sighing, she started picking up things and putting the chairs back in their places.

"Alone again, pet?" Spike was at the entrance leaning against the wall.

"What do you want, Spike? I'm really not in the mood." She groaned tiredly.

"Upset cause your great love found someone else to sleep with?" Spike smirked.

"What are you talking about? They're just friends. Good friends, but still just…"

Spike cut in and finished her sentence. "...friends. I know. That's why you're cleaning the house at 2:00 am when you barely clean it during normal hours."

"Hey! I do clean my house, and, besides, what do you care? Don't you have a rerun of "Passions" to see?" She teased.

"Luv, there's no reruns for "Passions" on and the reason I'm saying these things is to get you out of your dream world."

"Dream world?" She frowned.

"Come on. Every idiot can tell. Ask Xander; you'll see I'm right."

"Tell what?"

"Tell he's moved on. With her." He stopped and looked at Buffy who just stared at him.

"I don't believe you, and, even if I did, why should I care? We're not together any more. Haven't been for 3 years and counting." She said, continuing to clean the living room.

"Yep, that's right. You don't care. Whatever you say, luv." He snorted sarcastically. "Just remember, pet: I knew first". He smiled at her and walked out, closing the door behind him.

She stood in the living room for a few more seconds before she threw everything onto the table. "The hell with it, I'm tired" she turned off the lights and went upstairs.

"What's going on? Where is everybody? Why is it dark? Great. Just leave the demon all alone in a strange house. If he's a demon, he's probably fearless. Yeah right". Lorne opened his bed and went to sleep.

TBC

Hi everyone, first of all I wanted to thank you for all your great reviews. Keep reviewing good or bad.
Second thing, as I wrote in the beginning of each chapter English is not my native tongue and even though I have a speller check on my computer sometimes it misses things like grammar and tenses and due to the fact that I don't have internet at home I write and upload all my stories during working hours so I don't always have time to double check my stories. If I do find out grammar mistakes after I uploaded the story I fix them and upload the chapter again. But as I said mistakes might appear on my fic if it's that bad you don't have to read them I know some people find it very annoying.
That's all and keep on reviewing. Thanks. Nikka.