Lost Love ********* By. Every Night I Save You

Summary: Buffy looks back on her time in L.A., after the destruction of Sunnydale, and the loss of Spike.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, Joss Whedon does, I'm just borrowing them. I promise to give them all back, but maybe not Spike.

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Chapter Two

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When Angel entered the hotel, he started to wonder if he was in the right place. The girls had taken over the lobby. There were magazines, with pictures of what he could only assume were the latest boy bands on them. The air was heavy with the odor of hair care products and nail polish.

He spotted Faith and Willow talking to Gunn and headed towards them.

Gunn spotted him first. "What's up, Angel? How's Cordy?"

Angel just shook his head. Cordy still wasn't responding to anything the doctors could come up with, he just hoped she woke up soon.

"How's Buffy?" he asked Willow.

"She's upstairs with Dawn right now. She should be back down in a few, she wanted Dawn to help her go over the list of things we need." Willow told him, carefully avoiding the subject of how Buffy was.

"Angel, man!!!" Faith said looking him over. "Did I tell you how good it is to be able to see you again?"

Angel had to smile at her, he knew she was trying to distract him from his thoughts of Buffy. Like it could be that easy. He just wanted to help her get her life together, hopefully so he could be a part of it.

"Faith," Angel said, smiling at the dark haired Slayer. "You look good, I'm glad you made it out of Sunnydale."

"Thanks, Angel. I'm pretty happy about it myself." She told him, grinning. "Well, I've got to get upstairs to check out Robin, before he ends up down here. Wouldn't want him to rip those stitches."

Angel watched her head up before turning back to Willow. "So . . ."

"Angel, look I know you want to know what happened and why Buffy's upset, but you're just going to have to talk to her." Willow said. "It's her story to tell."

Angel was about to reply, when Dawn came down the stairs.

"Faith said you were back. Buffy's in her room, she wants to talk to you." Dawn told him.

Angel noted the anger in her voice, but decided to talk to her later. He wanted to talk to Buffy, to let her know how he really felt. He was ready to enjoy her cookie. Hopefully she was done baking.

He took the stairs two at a time, when he reached her door, he stood for a moment to compose himself. He wiped the smile off his face, not wanting to upset her. She had lost some of the Potentials and that was probably what was causing her all the pain. The thought that maybe it had something to do with Spike entered his mind, but he refused to allow it to settle. There was no way this could be about Spike.

He knocked on the door. "Come in, Angel." Smiling once more, he let it drop, then opened the door.

TBC

A/N: This will be Spuffy, I promise I just want to get Angel out of the way first. Not that I enjoy causing Angel pain, well not much, I just can't believe how over-confident he can be, with the ruling people's lives and of course the ruling of Buffy's life. For a 250 year-old vampire he really acts like a jackass!!! Well anyway, coming up, Buffy is going to confront Angel, while the Scooby Gang will have a meeting minus Buffy and Angel, to dicuss what they are going to do about the torn apart Slayer. I hope you enjoy, and sorry for the inexperience.