Chapter 10

Spike slowly turned around to face Angel, who was leaning against the

wall.

"Why do you keep calling me that?" Angel asked, anoyed

"Well, can't call you soul boy anymore, now can we", Spike

smiled

Angel,slowly walks towards him, arms crossed.

"What were you doing talking to Dawn?"asked Angel

"Is that any of your busness?"

"It is if it's about Dawn"

"Since when?", Spike snaped back

By this time most of the girls, in their rooms heard the cumosion, they

all stood in "ah" at the sight of Spike, but he didn't seem to take

notice.

"Since shes under me roof" Angel, yelled

"Oh, yea, sure.....and does Buffy know about your "under my

roof" thing?"

"Should she?" Angel asked

"Uh yea if it's about her little sis" Spike said

"Why am I even wasting my time" Angel said throwing his arms

up in the air.

"I don't, why are you Angel? oh I know maybe it's because

your jealous"

"Of you? you wish" Angel said

"See thats just it I don't wish, I do, unlike you. You just

sit around all day wishing you could be human again so you could be with

Buffy.... Well guess what shes with me, you got that? Me, not you and

your forehead..me" Spike then took notice of the large group of girls

around him and Angel, Buffy was among them.

Spike looked at her first.

"So uh.. how you hear?" Spike asked, quitely

"Oh I don't know.....just about all of it" Buffy said crossing

her arms

"Oh"

Buffy walked over, in front of Angel.

"Do you think me and the girls could use the a room?" Buffy

knew she had to tell them what was going on.

"Uh, yea , sure you can use the conferrence room down stairs"

Angel said

"Thanks," Buffy smiled and turned to the girls. " Okay, I know

alot of you have questions so why don't we all go down stairs and talk"

Andrew raised his hand.

"Yes,.... Andrew? what is it?"

"Uh do I have to go? theres a star trek marithon on and-"

"Go ahead"

Andrew ran back down the hall and into his room, slaming the door behind

him.

"Ok girls follow me" Buffy said walking to the stairwell

"Buffy, I'll be in my office if you need me, ok?"Angel said

"Sure"

Buffy walked over to the door that had the word exit over it and lead

the girls down the stairs.

*Angel's Office*

Angel sits in his chair, looking out the window, Spike's words really

did get to him.

::::::He doesn't know what he's talking about, it's Spike, for crying

out load::::::::

There was a knock at his door.

"Come in" Angel called

Gunn walked in the office, Fred, Wesley and Lorne behind him.

"What's up?" Angel asked

"There something you need to see" said Gunn

"Can it wait, I'm alittle busy right now" said Angel turing

back to the window.

"Uh Angel-cakes I think you should see this now"

Angel turned to face them.

"What is it?"

"Me" said Cordelia

Chapter 11

Xander sat on the roof of Wolfrom & Hart, the sun was setting and a cool

night's breeze blew threw the town. His hair was going in five different

directions, his clothes were dirty and wrinkled he hadn't done much

lately, he felt like it wouldn't change anything.

Anya was gone, and he couldn't do anything to bring her back, no matter

how hard he'd try. Everything was over for him, nothing could make him

happy......except her.....and she was gone.

*Angel's Conference Room*

The girls sat around a big wooden table, Buffy at one of the

heads,standing. All the slayers, including Giles and Willow, were

anxious to

hear Buffy's excuse for not telling them about Spike's return.

"Um, now I know that everyone has a lot of questions as to why we

brought Spike back" Buffy said

"No, we can understand why you did it, it's just that we don't know

why we didn't know about it" said Kennedy

"Oh, well I figured that since you guys had been through so much these

past couple of days, I'd let you rest and not have to worry about

anything"

There was a short silence in the room, then all the girls stood up at

once and made their was to the exits, back up to their roms. After all

the girls had left, Buffy had walked over to Willow and Giles.

"How'd I do?" Buffy asked sticking her hands in her pockets

"Good" said Willow, Giles nodded in agreement. Buffy turned and walked

out of the room up the stairs and back to her room. Giles and Willow

soon followed after her.

*Buffy's Room*

Buffy opened her door slowly, then walked in closing the door

quietlybehind her.

"well aren't we the sneaky on" said Spike sitting on her bed.

"I'm not trying to sneaky I just like when things are quite, thats

all" Buffy said walking farther into the room.

She saw that the sun was setting and walked over to the window,

crossing her arms.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" she asked

Spike got up from the bed and stood next to her

looking out the window, not really interested in it.

"Yea..I mean I've seen better..... but it's nice" he said sticking

hishands in his pockets.

"Can I ask you something?"Buffy asked turning to him.

"Shoot"

She hesitated a little.

"Where were you.....when you were gone?

"Honestly I don't really know..at first I thought I was in hell because

I was in so much pain....but then all of sudden...it was gone...the

pain....I was a peace"

Buffy just staired at him, somewhat shocked, Spike turned back to the

window, then looked down at his feet.

"Can I ask you something?" he asked

"Shoot"

"Why'd you bri-"

Willow ran into the room, busting open thedoor.

"Buffy!......"

"What is it? what's wrong?" Buffy said turning towards her

"Xander"