Chapter 2
Buffy and Dawn got to L.A just after 8 o'clock.
"Are you sure this is the right address" Dawn said looking up at the hotel.
Spike had lived in a crypt and she figured like father, like son.
Buffy looked at the card Willow had given her earlier on in the year. She had the right address she just couldn't figure out why it was so nice.
"I guess so," she said picking up her bag. "Come on maybe he knows some place we can stay that's not to expensive."
"Buffy" Dawn asked watching her sister struggle towards the door. "Where not going back are we"
Buffy looked at her sisters face. She couldn't tell if it was relief or sorrow.
"No Dawn I don't think we are"
Dawn shrugged and followed Buffy towards the door. Buffy pushed open the door and peeked inside.
"Umm hello is anyone here" Buffy called meekly.
"Hello welcome to Angel investigations how may I help you" a cheery voice came from behind a desk.
Buffy steeped a little further into the foyer allowing Dawn to enter the hotel. She looked around; well there were certainly not demon vibes, maybe she was in the wrong place.
"Umm is Angel here"
Suddenly a head poked up from the desk.
"Buffy" she said surprised.
"Cordelia" Buffy said smiling.
"Oh my god how are you, you look great. Especially with you being well dead and all" Cordelia said running out from behind the desk"
"Umm yeah I am good, no oozing flesh or anything. You look good too I like the hair," Buffy said trying to be nice, she needed a favour from these people.
"Oh well you know I thought I needed a change." Cordelia looked at Buffy. In her line work, she often saw looks of despair and she could see it on Buffy. "So it's really good to see you, what's up"
"You glad to see me," Buffy asked surprised. Usually people were glad to see the slayer.
"Of course I am Buffy" Cordelia reassured her.
Buffy hesitantly walked towards Cordelia then flung her self into her arms and began weeping.
"Oh Cordelia it's so great to see you"
Cordelia furrowed her brow then looked at Dawn. Dawn smiled meekly then walked over to Cordelia.
"It's been a weird couple of months"
Cordy nodded and began stroking Buffys hair.
"So what brings you guys to town?" Cordy asked trying to soothe one of the strongest person she knew.
"Umm we kinda skipped Sunnydale, we needed a break. Were are looking for a place to stay." Dawn explained.
"Oh ok well I'll get Angel for you guys ok" she said pulling Buffy off her and leading her to the couch.
"Fred" Cordy screamed "Could you come here a minute"
Dawn looked over to where Cordelia had come from to see a girl just a little bit taller then herself come out followed by dark muscular man.
"Sure Cordy what's up new case?" the dark guy asked.
Cordy shook her head "No look can you stay with her while I go get Angel."
Fred and Gunn nodded while Cordelia ran up the stairs. Fred walked over to the girls and smiled.
"Hi I'm Fred and this is Gunn, are you guys' friends of Angels then. Angel has lots of friends its hard to keep up. And I should stop talking now, huh"
Buffy looked up at Fred and smiled trying to wipe away a tear. Dawn stood up and held out her hand.
"Hey I am Dawn and that's Buffy," she said indicating her sister.
"You're Buffy," Gunn said walking over to her. "Wow you're like a legend around here"
Buffy heard footsteps on the stairs and saw Angel running down the stairs.
"Buffy are you ok," he said running over to her concerned.
"Hi Angel, I umm just needed to get out of Sunnydale you know, hell mouth and all"
Angel didn't buy it.
"Are you sure you're ok." Angel looked over at Dawn "Is she ok?"
"Yeah. Things were just getting a little much. You know the hell mouth. Witches getting a little too addicted to magic, weddings not happening. Then there's Buffys birthday but I am sure I don't need to tell you that it didn't end well."
"Wow Buffy your life really sucks right now huh" Cordelia piped up
Buffy raised her eyebrows "Yep sucks sums it up. Look Angel, Dawn and I just got to L.A from Sunnydale. We kinda split in hurry we don't know how long we are staying but I thought I would come say hello, see if you knew a place where Dawn and I could stay"
"They could stay here right Angel," Cordelia said. She knew what it was like to be in L.A all alone.
"No that's not what I meant Angel I just thought you could give us the heads up on a place" she knew Angel would try to make her do the right thing. For once in her life, she didn't want to do that.
"No Buffy you and Dawn are welcome here for as long as you want."
"No Angel really we couldn't" Buffy tried to protest.
"Buffy" Dawn piped up "if Angels offering we could really use the help. I mean we don't know how long we are staying, we could just stay here till we figure out where we are going, it would save us some money"
"It would be great to have you guys around" Cordelia said smiling.
"Are you sure you have enough room" Buffy asked.
Fred started laughing. "This is a hotel there is plenty of room, come on we will set one up" she said holding her hand out to Dawn.
Dawn took it and ran up the stairs with Fred. "This place is so cool," she said before she disappeared onto the other level.
"Thanks you guys" Buffy said smiling "We will only stay a few days I promise"
"Where will you go after that?" Angel asked
Buffy shrugged "I don't know I just had to get away, I have a week off of work so I have to decide before then if I am going back" liar liar pants on fire.
"You mean your really going to leave the hell mouth," Cordelia said sitting down next to her.
"Yeah there's nothing there for me now anyway. Why stay?"
"Sure there is" Angel said trying to convince her to stop running.
"What Angel" she snapped "What is there, my mum's dead. Riley's left and married, the gang is all weird around me since they brought me back. Everyone expects me to be miss hyper Buffy, but I can't. Willow and Tara broke up, Xander and Anya have to, they were my light at the end of the tunnel, and now I feel like a freight train has hit me, there's nothing left in Sunnydale. If I stay there I am just going to be miserable"
"What about Dawn" Angel asked.
"She didn't have to come I said she could stay" Buffy knew that was crap.
"Like she would leave her sister," Cordelia pointed out.
"Everyone who ends up in Sunnydale ends up getting hurt I wanna give Dawn a better life, she hated it there" yep doing it all for Dawn, yeah right.
"Alright Buffy just make sure your doing the right thing before you split ok" Angel ran his hand through his hair then looked at the gel on his hand.
Buffy nodded.
"Hey Buffy" Dawn screamed from upstairs "you gotta see this room its great"
Buffy smiled. "I better get up there" Buffy headed up the stairs then turned around. "Angel if they call for me tell them you haven't seen me ok"
"But Buffy"
"You haven't seen me," she said loudly.
Angel nodded and Buffy went up stairs.
"Ill find out" Cordelia said to Angel walking up the stairs.
"How are you going to do that?" Angel asked confused. If Buffy were going to tell anyone, it wouldn't be Cordy.
"You should know, you never enter from the front, you use the back door"
Angel frowned. "Now I am sure that made sense to you.
"Dawn" Cordelia said simple before disappearing up the stairs.
"Dawn"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cordelia eventually found the room Dawn was in. She had found Buffy first and bid her goodnight before continuing her look for Dawn.
"Hey Dawn," she said stepping into her room and shutting the door behind her.
"Hey" Dawn said buttoning up her pyjamas then sitting on her bed.
"We never really talked much when I was in Sunnydale did we," Cordy said sitting on the bed next to her.
"No"
"Well I guess because I never really like your sister so why would I talk to you"
Dawn frowned at Cordy. "Is there a point to this?"
"We are worried about her"
Dawn looked nervously at Cordy.
"She's fine really"
"Dawn come on your not a kid anymore, that doest work" Cordy had used that line to many times on her parents to know there was defiantly something wrong.
Dawn sighed in defeat.
"Ok she's not fine. She just needs a rest" she hoped that would be enough for her.
"Dawn"
"I think she was sleeping with Spike" she said quickly then covered her mouth with her hand.
Cordy frowned. Was this supposed to be a big revelation or something?
"So what"
Dawn frowned at her. She now knew why Buffy refereed to her as dits.
"You do know who Spike is"
Cordy shrugged. "Buffys latest fling"
Dawn started laughing. "
"Well I guess you could call him that. I am talking about Spike. Angels Grandchilde Spike or however they are related"
Cordy's mouth dropped open. "Spike as in Spike and crazy Dru"
Dawn smiled "Well yeah except there was no Dru. Well there was but that's not important"
"So you think they were sleeping, why?"
"Well Buffy and Spike were acting really weird and well Buffy got really upset when she saw Anya and Spike doing it.
"Wait, wait" Cordy said rubbing her eyes. "I thought Anya was the one who was with Xander."
Dawn sighed she knew she shouldn't have said anything.
"They broke up and for some reason she and Spike did it, we all saw it on camera"
Cordy shook her head. "I don't want to know"
"Everything has been weird since that night we caught them. Willow and Xander keeping looking at her like she did something wrong" Dawn thought about how many times she wanted to have Buffys powers so she could hit Xander.
"And you don't think there is anything wrong with her sleeping with Spike" Cordy asked surprised.
"He's harmless. He has this chip and he is nice. Better then any of Buffys other boyfriends"
"So why are you helping her run?" Cordy asked.
Dawn shrugged. "I was going to try and tell Spike but..."
"Buffy wouldn't want that, right"
Dawn nodded.
Cordy got up she had to warn Angel there was trouble ahead.
"You won't tell Angel about Spike will you, Buffy would flip"
Cordy nodded. "Alright but I will have to warn him"
"Ok"
Cordy walked down the stairs and saw Angel pacing the lobby.
"Don't you have a case?" she asked.
"What took you so long?" he demanded.
"Girl talk takes time"
Angel frowned. "So"
Cordy sighed. "I can't tell you"
"What" he yelled.
"Angel there both dealing with a lot right now and all they need is for you to be understanding. Can you do that?"
"About what" he asked.
"Everything" she said before walking back behind her desk.
~TBC~
Author note: Sorry it took so long to post a chapter but this story went through a major over haul. It was originally going to be like five chapters long but I have decided to take it a different way so it will be so much longer.
All ideas will be greatly appreciated and credited. And yes, it will be Spuffy but you will have to wait, awhile.
Hope you enjoyed.
Buffy and Dawn got to L.A just after 8 o'clock.
"Are you sure this is the right address" Dawn said looking up at the hotel.
Spike had lived in a crypt and she figured like father, like son.
Buffy looked at the card Willow had given her earlier on in the year. She had the right address she just couldn't figure out why it was so nice.
"I guess so," she said picking up her bag. "Come on maybe he knows some place we can stay that's not to expensive."
"Buffy" Dawn asked watching her sister struggle towards the door. "Where not going back are we"
Buffy looked at her sisters face. She couldn't tell if it was relief or sorrow.
"No Dawn I don't think we are"
Dawn shrugged and followed Buffy towards the door. Buffy pushed open the door and peeked inside.
"Umm hello is anyone here" Buffy called meekly.
"Hello welcome to Angel investigations how may I help you" a cheery voice came from behind a desk.
Buffy steeped a little further into the foyer allowing Dawn to enter the hotel. She looked around; well there were certainly not demon vibes, maybe she was in the wrong place.
"Umm is Angel here"
Suddenly a head poked up from the desk.
"Buffy" she said surprised.
"Cordelia" Buffy said smiling.
"Oh my god how are you, you look great. Especially with you being well dead and all" Cordelia said running out from behind the desk"
"Umm yeah I am good, no oozing flesh or anything. You look good too I like the hair," Buffy said trying to be nice, she needed a favour from these people.
"Oh well you know I thought I needed a change." Cordelia looked at Buffy. In her line work, she often saw looks of despair and she could see it on Buffy. "So it's really good to see you, what's up"
"You glad to see me," Buffy asked surprised. Usually people were glad to see the slayer.
"Of course I am Buffy" Cordelia reassured her.
Buffy hesitantly walked towards Cordelia then flung her self into her arms and began weeping.
"Oh Cordelia it's so great to see you"
Cordelia furrowed her brow then looked at Dawn. Dawn smiled meekly then walked over to Cordelia.
"It's been a weird couple of months"
Cordy nodded and began stroking Buffys hair.
"So what brings you guys to town?" Cordy asked trying to soothe one of the strongest person she knew.
"Umm we kinda skipped Sunnydale, we needed a break. Were are looking for a place to stay." Dawn explained.
"Oh ok well I'll get Angel for you guys ok" she said pulling Buffy off her and leading her to the couch.
"Fred" Cordy screamed "Could you come here a minute"
Dawn looked over to where Cordelia had come from to see a girl just a little bit taller then herself come out followed by dark muscular man.
"Sure Cordy what's up new case?" the dark guy asked.
Cordy shook her head "No look can you stay with her while I go get Angel."
Fred and Gunn nodded while Cordelia ran up the stairs. Fred walked over to the girls and smiled.
"Hi I'm Fred and this is Gunn, are you guys' friends of Angels then. Angel has lots of friends its hard to keep up. And I should stop talking now, huh"
Buffy looked up at Fred and smiled trying to wipe away a tear. Dawn stood up and held out her hand.
"Hey I am Dawn and that's Buffy," she said indicating her sister.
"You're Buffy," Gunn said walking over to her. "Wow you're like a legend around here"
Buffy heard footsteps on the stairs and saw Angel running down the stairs.
"Buffy are you ok," he said running over to her concerned.
"Hi Angel, I umm just needed to get out of Sunnydale you know, hell mouth and all"
Angel didn't buy it.
"Are you sure you're ok." Angel looked over at Dawn "Is she ok?"
"Yeah. Things were just getting a little much. You know the hell mouth. Witches getting a little too addicted to magic, weddings not happening. Then there's Buffys birthday but I am sure I don't need to tell you that it didn't end well."
"Wow Buffy your life really sucks right now huh" Cordelia piped up
Buffy raised her eyebrows "Yep sucks sums it up. Look Angel, Dawn and I just got to L.A from Sunnydale. We kinda split in hurry we don't know how long we are staying but I thought I would come say hello, see if you knew a place where Dawn and I could stay"
"They could stay here right Angel," Cordelia said. She knew what it was like to be in L.A all alone.
"No that's not what I meant Angel I just thought you could give us the heads up on a place" she knew Angel would try to make her do the right thing. For once in her life, she didn't want to do that.
"No Buffy you and Dawn are welcome here for as long as you want."
"No Angel really we couldn't" Buffy tried to protest.
"Buffy" Dawn piped up "if Angels offering we could really use the help. I mean we don't know how long we are staying, we could just stay here till we figure out where we are going, it would save us some money"
"It would be great to have you guys around" Cordelia said smiling.
"Are you sure you have enough room" Buffy asked.
Fred started laughing. "This is a hotel there is plenty of room, come on we will set one up" she said holding her hand out to Dawn.
Dawn took it and ran up the stairs with Fred. "This place is so cool," she said before she disappeared onto the other level.
"Thanks you guys" Buffy said smiling "We will only stay a few days I promise"
"Where will you go after that?" Angel asked
Buffy shrugged "I don't know I just had to get away, I have a week off of work so I have to decide before then if I am going back" liar liar pants on fire.
"You mean your really going to leave the hell mouth," Cordelia said sitting down next to her.
"Yeah there's nothing there for me now anyway. Why stay?"
"Sure there is" Angel said trying to convince her to stop running.
"What Angel" she snapped "What is there, my mum's dead. Riley's left and married, the gang is all weird around me since they brought me back. Everyone expects me to be miss hyper Buffy, but I can't. Willow and Tara broke up, Xander and Anya have to, they were my light at the end of the tunnel, and now I feel like a freight train has hit me, there's nothing left in Sunnydale. If I stay there I am just going to be miserable"
"What about Dawn" Angel asked.
"She didn't have to come I said she could stay" Buffy knew that was crap.
"Like she would leave her sister," Cordelia pointed out.
"Everyone who ends up in Sunnydale ends up getting hurt I wanna give Dawn a better life, she hated it there" yep doing it all for Dawn, yeah right.
"Alright Buffy just make sure your doing the right thing before you split ok" Angel ran his hand through his hair then looked at the gel on his hand.
Buffy nodded.
"Hey Buffy" Dawn screamed from upstairs "you gotta see this room its great"
Buffy smiled. "I better get up there" Buffy headed up the stairs then turned around. "Angel if they call for me tell them you haven't seen me ok"
"But Buffy"
"You haven't seen me," she said loudly.
Angel nodded and Buffy went up stairs.
"Ill find out" Cordelia said to Angel walking up the stairs.
"How are you going to do that?" Angel asked confused. If Buffy were going to tell anyone, it wouldn't be Cordy.
"You should know, you never enter from the front, you use the back door"
Angel frowned. "Now I am sure that made sense to you.
"Dawn" Cordelia said simple before disappearing up the stairs.
"Dawn"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Cordelia eventually found the room Dawn was in. She had found Buffy first and bid her goodnight before continuing her look for Dawn.
"Hey Dawn," she said stepping into her room and shutting the door behind her.
"Hey" Dawn said buttoning up her pyjamas then sitting on her bed.
"We never really talked much when I was in Sunnydale did we," Cordy said sitting on the bed next to her.
"No"
"Well I guess because I never really like your sister so why would I talk to you"
Dawn frowned at Cordy. "Is there a point to this?"
"We are worried about her"
Dawn looked nervously at Cordy.
"She's fine really"
"Dawn come on your not a kid anymore, that doest work" Cordy had used that line to many times on her parents to know there was defiantly something wrong.
Dawn sighed in defeat.
"Ok she's not fine. She just needs a rest" she hoped that would be enough for her.
"Dawn"
"I think she was sleeping with Spike" she said quickly then covered her mouth with her hand.
Cordy frowned. Was this supposed to be a big revelation or something?
"So what"
Dawn frowned at her. She now knew why Buffy refereed to her as dits.
"You do know who Spike is"
Cordy shrugged. "Buffys latest fling"
Dawn started laughing. "
"Well I guess you could call him that. I am talking about Spike. Angels Grandchilde Spike or however they are related"
Cordy's mouth dropped open. "Spike as in Spike and crazy Dru"
Dawn smiled "Well yeah except there was no Dru. Well there was but that's not important"
"So you think they were sleeping, why?"
"Well Buffy and Spike were acting really weird and well Buffy got really upset when she saw Anya and Spike doing it.
"Wait, wait" Cordy said rubbing her eyes. "I thought Anya was the one who was with Xander."
Dawn sighed she knew she shouldn't have said anything.
"They broke up and for some reason she and Spike did it, we all saw it on camera"
Cordy shook her head. "I don't want to know"
"Everything has been weird since that night we caught them. Willow and Xander keeping looking at her like she did something wrong" Dawn thought about how many times she wanted to have Buffys powers so she could hit Xander.
"And you don't think there is anything wrong with her sleeping with Spike" Cordy asked surprised.
"He's harmless. He has this chip and he is nice. Better then any of Buffys other boyfriends"
"So why are you helping her run?" Cordy asked.
Dawn shrugged. "I was going to try and tell Spike but..."
"Buffy wouldn't want that, right"
Dawn nodded.
Cordy got up she had to warn Angel there was trouble ahead.
"You won't tell Angel about Spike will you, Buffy would flip"
Cordy nodded. "Alright but I will have to warn him"
"Ok"
Cordy walked down the stairs and saw Angel pacing the lobby.
"Don't you have a case?" she asked.
"What took you so long?" he demanded.
"Girl talk takes time"
Angel frowned. "So"
Cordy sighed. "I can't tell you"
"What" he yelled.
"Angel there both dealing with a lot right now and all they need is for you to be understanding. Can you do that?"
"About what" he asked.
"Everything" she said before walking back behind her desk.
~TBC~
Author note: Sorry it took so long to post a chapter but this story went through a major over haul. It was originally going to be like five chapters long but I have decided to take it a different way so it will be so much longer.
All ideas will be greatly appreciated and credited. And yes, it will be Spuffy but you will have to wait, awhile.
Hope you enjoyed.