Disclaimer: I am not Joss, if I were Angel and Buffy would be together and
the sucky season would never had happened.
Chapter 2
Buffy awoke and she tensed, realizing that she was being held, she then sighed when she remembered that her Angel had come back to her. She rolled over in his arms so that she could look at him. He looked so innocent when he was asleep, okay so he wasn't breathing and that was just creepy, but he looked at peace for once. She tried to figure out what had awoken her, when she heard a buzzing come from Angel's coat pocket, reaching for she found a cel phone. Buffy smiled as she answered it.
"Hello?"
"Who is this and why do you have Angel's phone?" a woman on the other end asked, Buffy immediately recognized the voice as Cordy.
"Hey, Cordy, nice to hear from you too." She whispered, hoping that she wouldn't awaken Angel. She tried to get out of his arms so that she could take the conversation into the hallway, but Angel growled at her whenever she tried to.
"Who is this?"
"Buffy."
"But -But you're dead."
"Well, yes I was." She said, giggling at Cordy's bewildered voice.
"When?"
"A couple of days ago. But Angel showed up last night."
"Can I talk to him?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I am not going to wake him, but if you want to leave a message you can go right ahead."
"I just wanted to make sure that he was okay and that he still had his soul, because you have a tendency to break his heart and leave him all soulless and stuff."
"Yes, well he still has his soul and he is sleeping right now. Bye Cordy, I'll have Angel call you later." Buffy hung up the phone before Cordy could reply and then turned the phone off, before she snuggled back into Angel's arms and went back to sleep.
When Dawn got up to go to school, she peaked into Buffy's room to make sure that Buffy was still there and that the windows were closed so Angel wouldn't get a tan. She looked at Buffy and Angel, who she had never seen so relaxed. Her sister seemed like a new person and she was glad that Angel had come back and was there for Buffy.
"Did you need something?" Angel whispered, he had woken up when the younger Summers had opened the door.
"No," Dawn whispered back, jumping slight, because she hadn't realized that he was awake, "I just wanted to check and make sure that the windows were closed." She told him and turned to walk out the door.
"I woke up during the night just to make sure she was there too." Angel whispered to her and Dawn smiled and left the room. Angel looked down at Buffy and smiled, she looked so trusting and innocent, but Angel knew what horrors she had experienced. He smiled grimly and mentally berated himself for not being there when she really needed him.
"It wasn't your fault."
"Hey, I didn't know you were awake." Angel told her, "Would you like something to eat?"
"Are you cooking?" Buffy asked and then looked at him sharply, "And don't for one moment think that you are getting out of that conversation."
"Yes I am." He told her and he got up to go down stairs, "And we will talk about everything later on." He picked her up and carried her down stairs, where Willow, Tara, Dawn and Xander were sitting around the table having breakfast, cereal. Buffy made a face when she noticed what they were having and Angel chuckled, causing everyone to look at them.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Dawn said, looking at Angel and Buffy in concern.
"No, you didn't wake us." Angel reassured the younger Summers, "Your sister was hungry, so I promised to make her breakfast."
"What are you making?" Dawn asked and Angel looked at Buffy.
"Pancakes." She said and Angel moved through the kitchen gathering supplies.
"Anyone else?" he asked and everyone nodded.
"I'm sorry Angel." Xander said, finally, "We did need help and I wasn't willing to admit it." Angel looked at Xander and realized just how much Xander had changed since high school.
"It's okay." He told him, as he mixed the batter. He began to pour the pancakes onto the griddle, when Buffy got up and went to the fridge. "Did you want something?" he asked, almost like if she moved by herself she would break.
"No, but I thought you might be hungry." She told him as she looked through the fridge. "Ah-ha!" she declared, when she found the blood.
"And why do you keep blood?"
"For Spike." The Buffy-bot answered, when she came into the room. "He is sexy." Angel raised an eyebrow at the bot and then looked at the rest of the group. "You must be Angel, you are a bloody-wanker."
"Spike had it built." Buffy supplied, while she put the blood in a cup and then in the microwave to heat it up. "To have sex with, because he couldn't have me." Angel growled and immediately went into game face, causing everyone to gasp, except for Buffy, who took the blood out of the microwave and handed it to.
"It's okay." She told him, stroking his face and making him calm down, "He could never have me and okay it's uber creepy, but hey she does come in useful."
"For what?"
"We used her to trick Glory." She said and everyone immediately quieted down, not willing to admit that Buffy had died. "It's okay guys. I'm fine, safe and sound." She told them and only Angel was not impressed with the speech, his look told her that they would be talking later.
"Alright, who wants the first pancakes?" he asked, taking them of the griddle.
"Me." Buffy said and smiled when she was served first. Everyone in the room smiled in relief, to see their old Buffy back. Angel finished the pancakes and was getting up with his glass of blood.
"Where are you going?" Buffy asked, getting up to follow him.
"Sit, eat, I'm just going to drink my breakfast in another room." Angel told her and turned to leave again.
"Angel, it is okay for you to eat in here with us." Willow told him, patting the spot between her and Buffy. "We don't mind, in fact we insist."
"That's right dead boy, you have to eat in here with us, it is tradition." Xander put in and everyone nodded their agreement. Angel sighed in defeat and made his way over to the table, taking the seat next to Buffy, who curled up to his side and as he drank, he looked for any signs of disgust, so that he could leave. No one showed any signs of disgust, they continued on with their discussion like nothing was wrong! They were almost done with breakfast, when the doorbell rang.
"Everyone I know is here." Buffy said and then thought about the one person who wasn't there, she quickly got up and threw open the door. "Giles!"
Chapter 2
Buffy awoke and she tensed, realizing that she was being held, she then sighed when she remembered that her Angel had come back to her. She rolled over in his arms so that she could look at him. He looked so innocent when he was asleep, okay so he wasn't breathing and that was just creepy, but he looked at peace for once. She tried to figure out what had awoken her, when she heard a buzzing come from Angel's coat pocket, reaching for she found a cel phone. Buffy smiled as she answered it.
"Hello?"
"Who is this and why do you have Angel's phone?" a woman on the other end asked, Buffy immediately recognized the voice as Cordy.
"Hey, Cordy, nice to hear from you too." She whispered, hoping that she wouldn't awaken Angel. She tried to get out of his arms so that she could take the conversation into the hallway, but Angel growled at her whenever she tried to.
"Who is this?"
"Buffy."
"But -But you're dead."
"Well, yes I was." She said, giggling at Cordy's bewildered voice.
"When?"
"A couple of days ago. But Angel showed up last night."
"Can I talk to him?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I am not going to wake him, but if you want to leave a message you can go right ahead."
"I just wanted to make sure that he was okay and that he still had his soul, because you have a tendency to break his heart and leave him all soulless and stuff."
"Yes, well he still has his soul and he is sleeping right now. Bye Cordy, I'll have Angel call you later." Buffy hung up the phone before Cordy could reply and then turned the phone off, before she snuggled back into Angel's arms and went back to sleep.
When Dawn got up to go to school, she peaked into Buffy's room to make sure that Buffy was still there and that the windows were closed so Angel wouldn't get a tan. She looked at Buffy and Angel, who she had never seen so relaxed. Her sister seemed like a new person and she was glad that Angel had come back and was there for Buffy.
"Did you need something?" Angel whispered, he had woken up when the younger Summers had opened the door.
"No," Dawn whispered back, jumping slight, because she hadn't realized that he was awake, "I just wanted to check and make sure that the windows were closed." She told him and turned to walk out the door.
"I woke up during the night just to make sure she was there too." Angel whispered to her and Dawn smiled and left the room. Angel looked down at Buffy and smiled, she looked so trusting and innocent, but Angel knew what horrors she had experienced. He smiled grimly and mentally berated himself for not being there when she really needed him.
"It wasn't your fault."
"Hey, I didn't know you were awake." Angel told her, "Would you like something to eat?"
"Are you cooking?" Buffy asked and then looked at him sharply, "And don't for one moment think that you are getting out of that conversation."
"Yes I am." He told her and he got up to go down stairs, "And we will talk about everything later on." He picked her up and carried her down stairs, where Willow, Tara, Dawn and Xander were sitting around the table having breakfast, cereal. Buffy made a face when she noticed what they were having and Angel chuckled, causing everyone to look at them.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Dawn said, looking at Angel and Buffy in concern.
"No, you didn't wake us." Angel reassured the younger Summers, "Your sister was hungry, so I promised to make her breakfast."
"What are you making?" Dawn asked and Angel looked at Buffy.
"Pancakes." She said and Angel moved through the kitchen gathering supplies.
"Anyone else?" he asked and everyone nodded.
"I'm sorry Angel." Xander said, finally, "We did need help and I wasn't willing to admit it." Angel looked at Xander and realized just how much Xander had changed since high school.
"It's okay." He told him, as he mixed the batter. He began to pour the pancakes onto the griddle, when Buffy got up and went to the fridge. "Did you want something?" he asked, almost like if she moved by herself she would break.
"No, but I thought you might be hungry." She told him as she looked through the fridge. "Ah-ha!" she declared, when she found the blood.
"And why do you keep blood?"
"For Spike." The Buffy-bot answered, when she came into the room. "He is sexy." Angel raised an eyebrow at the bot and then looked at the rest of the group. "You must be Angel, you are a bloody-wanker."
"Spike had it built." Buffy supplied, while she put the blood in a cup and then in the microwave to heat it up. "To have sex with, because he couldn't have me." Angel growled and immediately went into game face, causing everyone to gasp, except for Buffy, who took the blood out of the microwave and handed it to.
"It's okay." She told him, stroking his face and making him calm down, "He could never have me and okay it's uber creepy, but hey she does come in useful."
"For what?"
"We used her to trick Glory." She said and everyone immediately quieted down, not willing to admit that Buffy had died. "It's okay guys. I'm fine, safe and sound." She told them and only Angel was not impressed with the speech, his look told her that they would be talking later.
"Alright, who wants the first pancakes?" he asked, taking them of the griddle.
"Me." Buffy said and smiled when she was served first. Everyone in the room smiled in relief, to see their old Buffy back. Angel finished the pancakes and was getting up with his glass of blood.
"Where are you going?" Buffy asked, getting up to follow him.
"Sit, eat, I'm just going to drink my breakfast in another room." Angel told her and turned to leave again.
"Angel, it is okay for you to eat in here with us." Willow told him, patting the spot between her and Buffy. "We don't mind, in fact we insist."
"That's right dead boy, you have to eat in here with us, it is tradition." Xander put in and everyone nodded their agreement. Angel sighed in defeat and made his way over to the table, taking the seat next to Buffy, who curled up to his side and as he drank, he looked for any signs of disgust, so that he could leave. No one showed any signs of disgust, they continued on with their discussion like nothing was wrong! They were almost done with breakfast, when the doorbell rang.
"Everyone I know is here." Buffy said and then thought about the one person who wasn't there, she quickly got up and threw open the door. "Giles!"