Part 3
Buffy was very slowly coming out of her deep slumber. What a strange dream, she thought. She smiled to herself, glad that the nightmare was over and she was back in her own bed and in her own town. Or was she? Her hands traveled over something very silky and light. Her eyes slowly opened, she wasn't quite ready to wake up. Since when did I get silk sheets? Buffy popped up and looked around the room franticly. This wasn't a dream. She was actually here in LA in Angel's apartment. In Angels BED!
"Good morning."
Buffy looked over in the doorway and there he stood. He was just as beautiful as he was the last time she saw him. "Morning." She smiled shyly.
He walked over to his bed and sat down next to her. "I called Giles last night and he and the gang are on their way here. When they get here I'll fix breakfast and we'll solve whatever is going on."
"Breakfast?" Buffy looked at him with doubt in her eyes. "You cook?"
Angel smiled. "Well, when Cordelia is your employee and when you call her here early in the morning, if you don't have food on the table, you're hounded all day."
Buffy laughed at the thought of Angel cooking. She didn't care right now what kind of cook he was as long as it was edible. The last time she ate was nearly two days ago. Then she thought back to what he had said. "The whole gang is coming?"
"Yeah, that's what Giles said. Why, what's wrong?"
Buffy looked down at her hands not speaking. How am I going to tell him this? "Um, there has been a few additions to the gang." Angel continued to look at her. "Um, well there's Anya, Xander's girlfriend. Oh and there's Tara, Willows girlfriend and Riley, my boy who is a friend." She looked up at Angel and sighed. "Riley is my, my boyfriend."
"Oh." Angel said moving off the bed and standing in the middle of the room. "I mean OH?"
Buffy laughed nervously, "You wanted me to have a normal life. Someone who could take me into the light. Well that's him."
Angel looked down at the ground. It was true, he had said those things to her but I guess he never really thought that she would find anyone to take her place. Then realizing no one was talking he quickly said, "I bet you want to freshen up before you see everyone. Cordy brought down some of her clothes and the shower is right through that door." He then hurried out of the room "Just come up stairs when your ready." He called back.
Upstairs Cordelia and Gunn were getting ready for there company. They knew for certain that Giles would want to consult some books about something so they were giving their version of the library a good dusting.
"So that's the Slayer huh?
"Yes."
"She's pretty."
"Think so?"
"Anyone who has eyes would thing so."
Cordelia sighed, "Well lets just hope that Angel has some sort of self control."
"What do you mean."
Cordelia set down her duster. "On Buffy's seventeenth birthday they were captured by some demon. They managed to get away and they headed back to Angel's apartment. There they got groiny with one another, Angel lost his soul, and then he went about trying to end the world with two other vampires, Spike and Drusilla."
Gunn looked at her with shock. She said all this as if it were nothing. "Well, are buddy Angel isn't soulless now. What happened?"
"He brought forth a hell sucking vortex and if it wasn't closed soon every human would be sucked into hell. The only way to close the vortex was Angel's blood. Buffy went to the mansion where the vortex was, fought him and then ran a sword right into his gut. The sad part was that right before she did this, Willow was able to restore his soul. So Buffy sent her Angel to hell, not the evil killing and maiming Angel. Months later he got back from hell, Buffy helped him get better. Things seemed to be going fine for awhile but then all of a sudden he broke up with her and left to come here to LA."
"Wow. Quite a history those two have huh?"
"Yup."
Knock Knock Knock.
"That must be them. Cordy why don't you go get Buffy and Angel." Gunn said already heading to the door.
Cordelia started down to the basement worried about what she would find there. What she did find, did shock her but wasn't what she expected. There at the egde of the bed sat Buffy. Her hair was sopping wet from her shower and she had tears in her eyes. Angel was no where in sight. "Buffy, everyone is here." Buffy wiped her eyes and gave Cordelia a quick smile and headed upstairs. "Angel!" Cordelia called. "Angel! Where are you? Everyones here!" Out of the kitchen came Angel. "Are you OK? I mean, Buffy was crying, you are so obviously brooding and."
"I'm fine." And with that he headed upstairs Cordelia running after him.
"Your obviously not fine. If you were fine you would have been by Buffy's side while she was crying and. who is the hunk with Buffy?"
At the top of the stairs Angel and Cordelia could see into the library. There sat the whole gang and some new comers. They all looked pretty happy about seeing Buffy safe and sound. Especially one guy, who Angel guessed to be Riley. "That's Riley, Buffy's new boyfriend." Angel stated, trying to keep the dislike for the boy out of his voice but failing miserably.
"BOYFRIEND!" Cordelia yelled.
Angel glared at her. "Thanks Cordy, do you think you could say it any louder?"
"Sorry, but, boyfriend? How come her boyfriend is here? Is she trying to pick a fight with you or something?"
Angel sighed and walked into the library. "Angel!" Willow cried. She jumped up and ran to give him a hug.
"Hey Willow. How's my favorite witch?"
Willow blushed and hit him on the arm. "Fine." She smiled.
Angel looked over at Buffy who had Riley holding on to her very protectively. "Um, Angel, that is Anya and Tara over there," Angel looked to see two girls smile and wave "and this is Riley." Buffy said nervously. Both men just nodded at each other.
"Shall we get to work then?" Giles asked obviously trying to clear the tension in the room. "Buffy why don't you tell us everything that happened from the time you woke up here in LA."
"OK."
"Cordelia, Gunn, and I have heard this so we'll go down and start breakfast." Angel said
"Deadboy cooks?!"
Angel glared at the brown haired boy sitting on the sofa. "Nice to see you too Xander."
Buffy was very slowly coming out of her deep slumber. What a strange dream, she thought. She smiled to herself, glad that the nightmare was over and she was back in her own bed and in her own town. Or was she? Her hands traveled over something very silky and light. Her eyes slowly opened, she wasn't quite ready to wake up. Since when did I get silk sheets? Buffy popped up and looked around the room franticly. This wasn't a dream. She was actually here in LA in Angel's apartment. In Angels BED!
"Good morning."
Buffy looked over in the doorway and there he stood. He was just as beautiful as he was the last time she saw him. "Morning." She smiled shyly.
He walked over to his bed and sat down next to her. "I called Giles last night and he and the gang are on their way here. When they get here I'll fix breakfast and we'll solve whatever is going on."
"Breakfast?" Buffy looked at him with doubt in her eyes. "You cook?"
Angel smiled. "Well, when Cordelia is your employee and when you call her here early in the morning, if you don't have food on the table, you're hounded all day."
Buffy laughed at the thought of Angel cooking. She didn't care right now what kind of cook he was as long as it was edible. The last time she ate was nearly two days ago. Then she thought back to what he had said. "The whole gang is coming?"
"Yeah, that's what Giles said. Why, what's wrong?"
Buffy looked down at her hands not speaking. How am I going to tell him this? "Um, there has been a few additions to the gang." Angel continued to look at her. "Um, well there's Anya, Xander's girlfriend. Oh and there's Tara, Willows girlfriend and Riley, my boy who is a friend." She looked up at Angel and sighed. "Riley is my, my boyfriend."
"Oh." Angel said moving off the bed and standing in the middle of the room. "I mean OH?"
Buffy laughed nervously, "You wanted me to have a normal life. Someone who could take me into the light. Well that's him."
Angel looked down at the ground. It was true, he had said those things to her but I guess he never really thought that she would find anyone to take her place. Then realizing no one was talking he quickly said, "I bet you want to freshen up before you see everyone. Cordy brought down some of her clothes and the shower is right through that door." He then hurried out of the room "Just come up stairs when your ready." He called back.
Upstairs Cordelia and Gunn were getting ready for there company. They knew for certain that Giles would want to consult some books about something so they were giving their version of the library a good dusting.
"So that's the Slayer huh?
"Yes."
"She's pretty."
"Think so?"
"Anyone who has eyes would thing so."
Cordelia sighed, "Well lets just hope that Angel has some sort of self control."
"What do you mean."
Cordelia set down her duster. "On Buffy's seventeenth birthday they were captured by some demon. They managed to get away and they headed back to Angel's apartment. There they got groiny with one another, Angel lost his soul, and then he went about trying to end the world with two other vampires, Spike and Drusilla."
Gunn looked at her with shock. She said all this as if it were nothing. "Well, are buddy Angel isn't soulless now. What happened?"
"He brought forth a hell sucking vortex and if it wasn't closed soon every human would be sucked into hell. The only way to close the vortex was Angel's blood. Buffy went to the mansion where the vortex was, fought him and then ran a sword right into his gut. The sad part was that right before she did this, Willow was able to restore his soul. So Buffy sent her Angel to hell, not the evil killing and maiming Angel. Months later he got back from hell, Buffy helped him get better. Things seemed to be going fine for awhile but then all of a sudden he broke up with her and left to come here to LA."
"Wow. Quite a history those two have huh?"
"Yup."
Knock Knock Knock.
"That must be them. Cordy why don't you go get Buffy and Angel." Gunn said already heading to the door.
Cordelia started down to the basement worried about what she would find there. What she did find, did shock her but wasn't what she expected. There at the egde of the bed sat Buffy. Her hair was sopping wet from her shower and she had tears in her eyes. Angel was no where in sight. "Buffy, everyone is here." Buffy wiped her eyes and gave Cordelia a quick smile and headed upstairs. "Angel!" Cordelia called. "Angel! Where are you? Everyones here!" Out of the kitchen came Angel. "Are you OK? I mean, Buffy was crying, you are so obviously brooding and."
"I'm fine." And with that he headed upstairs Cordelia running after him.
"Your obviously not fine. If you were fine you would have been by Buffy's side while she was crying and. who is the hunk with Buffy?"
At the top of the stairs Angel and Cordelia could see into the library. There sat the whole gang and some new comers. They all looked pretty happy about seeing Buffy safe and sound. Especially one guy, who Angel guessed to be Riley. "That's Riley, Buffy's new boyfriend." Angel stated, trying to keep the dislike for the boy out of his voice but failing miserably.
"BOYFRIEND!" Cordelia yelled.
Angel glared at her. "Thanks Cordy, do you think you could say it any louder?"
"Sorry, but, boyfriend? How come her boyfriend is here? Is she trying to pick a fight with you or something?"
Angel sighed and walked into the library. "Angel!" Willow cried. She jumped up and ran to give him a hug.
"Hey Willow. How's my favorite witch?"
Willow blushed and hit him on the arm. "Fine." She smiled.
Angel looked over at Buffy who had Riley holding on to her very protectively. "Um, Angel, that is Anya and Tara over there," Angel looked to see two girls smile and wave "and this is Riley." Buffy said nervously. Both men just nodded at each other.
"Shall we get to work then?" Giles asked obviously trying to clear the tension in the room. "Buffy why don't you tell us everything that happened from the time you woke up here in LA."
"OK."
"Cordelia, Gunn, and I have heard this so we'll go down and start breakfast." Angel said
"Deadboy cooks?!"
Angel glared at the brown haired boy sitting on the sofa. "Nice to see you too Xander."