Out Of Order

Author: Richess a.k.a A.N.H. Richards

Email: richess78@hotmail.com

Summary: Buffy is on her summer vacation after the end of Season One and blonde vampire comes to the city to find the Slayer.  A different spin on season 2. 

Relationship: Spike/Buffy & Spike/Dru & Buffy/Angel. 

Note: Thanks to my beta's Jill.

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Part 5

Buffy jumped when she heard the pounding on the front door.

Buffy walked out of the bathroom slowly looking for Spike and he was no where in sight.

"Buffy it's me Angel!" A voice called out on the other side of the door.

The Slayer went and opened the door harshly allowing Angel's hand to bounce off against the barrier.

"Are you alright?  I thought I heard…"

"What are you doing here?" Buffy demanded.

"I—Giles said that Spike was in LA so I figured we would go after him together." Angel looked at the frazzled looking girl before him.

"Excuse you?" Buffy shook her head, "We'd do what?"

"Well slay him Buffy, he is evil." Angel said unsure about her hostile attitude, "Can we not discuss this outside for your dad's neighbor's to hear?"

"Fine." Buffy huffed, "Come in Angel." 

The vampire brushed past the Slayer as she gave one last fleeting look out into the darkness to see if could see Spike.  In her heart she knew he was probably long gone.  And this didn't make her any happier at all to see Angel.

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Angel looked at the sofa which was strewn with a pillows and comforter. "Did you have company?"

"You can say that."

"Did you fight Spike tonight?"

Buffy stopped in her tracks, "Uhmm why?"

"Cause you smell like him." Angel couldn't believe how much of strong smell he was getting off of Buffy that belonged to Spike.

"Yeah- yeah we did so what?  I can handle myself and that whole smelling thing is freaky." Buffy gathered up the stuff for Angel to have a seat. And then sat on the chair near him.

"Did… did I do something?  I can't help but feel that you are mad at me for some reason."

"Well how about bursting in here like a raging lunatic and thinking that I need rescuing."  Buffy huffed suddenly standing up, "I can take care of Spike on my own Angel.  I'm a big girl and all.  So I think that you should leave before my dad gets back."

Angel took that as his cue to leave and Buffy practically pushing him out of the door was the other sign.

"Buffy I… But your dad is…"

"Good bye.  Angel see you when I get to Sunndydale."  Buffy said as he passed the threshold and quickly closed the door. 

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Angel looked back at the house thinking he might see Buffy at least looking at him through the window but he was wrong.  Everything about her seemed wrong. Something was going on and he wasn't going to leave LA until he made sure she was safe no matter what she said.

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Buffy waited up the whole night for Spike to come back but he never did.  It took a whole week for her to realize that he wasn't coming back, that is when she cried.  It was like something was missing from her.  Like someone had taken a life line away.  She hadn't dreamt since the night Spike left. Not until the night she arrived back in Sunnydale.

TBC…