"New Friends"
"Scooby Dooby Doo, where are you? There's lots of work for us to do now!" Buffy and Spike sang in unison. Faith's face contorted. The cartoon dog, ruffed in his characteristic manner, and Buffy laughed. Faith shook her head.
"I will never understand how you guys can like ScoobyDoo." Spike grinned.
"You don't have to, luv. This cartoon is for those of a superior intellect. You can't be taught to like it." Faith glared at him.
"I'll teach you something Spike." Faith playfully taunted, and she hit him with a pillow. Spike sat stunned for a few seconds before regaining his senses, and retaliating. Faith laughed and threw a pillow to Buffy. Buffy swung and hit Spike so hard that the pillow broke open and sent feathers flying everywhere. Faith laughed, Spike growled, and Buffy covered her mouth to stop the giggle that threatened to escape her lips.
"Good one, Amy." Faith said, as she gave Buffy a high five.
"Amylia, I thought we were on the same side?" Spike said, in mock hurt.
"But girls have to band together sometimes. Nothing against you." Buffy giggled. Spike grabbed her tickling her in her ribs, and she began to scream.
"Ahhhh!!! Let me go Spike!" He laughed.
"Say "You Win!"" Buffy growled.
"Come on! We are too old to be...playing...these...games!" Buffy struggled to talk; distracted by the immense laughing that was going on.
"How do you know you are too old? You don't know how old you are." Buffy growled again.
"Okay! You Win! Are you happy?" She said as he let her go.
"Perfectly!" Buffy glared at Spike.
"You are so mean to me."
"It's only cuz you're like my little sister, you can't be nice to your little sister. The other kids would tease me." Spike pouted playfully. Buffy half smiled.
"So, I'm going to meet Cordelia, Gunn, Wesley and Fred tonight?" Buffy questioned as she straightened her hair.
"Yup! They are coming over for dinner tonight."
"Good. Fred's a girl, right?" Faith nodded, "You do know your friends all have weird names?" Spike laughed and started picking up the feathers on the floor.
"I know."
"Just checkin." Buffy nodded, smiling.
"Go get dressed." Buffy smiled as she skimpered out of the room.
Buffy watched the make-out fest in disgust and jealously. She thought dinner would be a good time to get to know Spike and Faith's friends, but all they did was make-out. Buffy got up and went to the balcony to look at the stars. The night sky was bright, and it seemed to call her name, that is if she knew what her name was. She knew she couldn't stay with Spike and Faith forever, no matter how much she loved them. It had been three months since she had lost her memory and it was about time she got back to her other life. She just had to answer the phone before she could do any of that. The phone angrily rang, and Buffy looked into the dining room to see that the couples were still making-out and going strong. She looked at them with an ick face before picking up the phone.
"Hello?" Buffy politely answered. The voice on the other line gasped.
"Hello?" Buffy asked again.
"Buffy?" The voice frantically questioned. Buffy laughed.
"No, my name is Amylia. Or at least I think it is. Who's this?" The male voice groaned.
"Sorry, I didn't...sorry. This is Angel, could I talk to Faith?"
"Sure, I just have to pry her off of her boyfriend." Buffy put the phone on the counter, and tapped on Faith's shoulder.
"What's up Amy?" Faith wiped off her mouth with the back of her hand.
"Someone named Angel is calling for you. Sounds cute too." Buffy smiled.
"Ewww, that's my big brother!" Spike smiled at Buffy, and she shrugged.
"Got a picture?" Spike went to the photo album and pulled out a picture.
"Here. This is Angel." Buffy took the picture. A tall, handsome man with dark hair and chocolate eyes was sullenly smiling. Buffy touched the picture; it was as if she knew this person. Spike stared at her. Flashes of recognition went through her. It felt like she knew him. Loved him.
"Amylia?" Spike said, breaking her reverie. "Do you know him?" Buffy touched the face once more before handing the picture back to Spike.
"No." She whispered. "No." The face haunted her, she felt like she had once known that person very intimately. Faith came out of the kitchen.
"Spike, we have to go to Sunnydale. My brother's fiancé died, and I think I should go help him get back on his feet." Spike nodded understandingly.
"Okay." Spike said as he went to give Faith a hug. "How sad." Buffy whispered.
"You guys have to go." Faith called to her friends, "We need to pack. We are leaving tomorrow, and if we catch a flight out of here in the morning, we should be there by tomorrow night." Cordelia, Wesley, Fred, and Gunn left in a hurry, and Faith packed faster than anyone Buffy had ever seen, then again, she never remembered seeing anyone other than Faith pack anyways.
The plane had turbulence to spare, and Buffy looked out the window and imagined that she was flying in the clouds. When she slept Angel's face haunted her dreams.