Title: Rejection

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Basically this is the end of 5/5/04's episode the way I wanted it to end, but with Buffy actually in it, since she wasn't actually in it, which I was hoping for, so in this fanfic, she'll be in it.

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters from Angel or BTVS, I just come up with ideas out of the top of my head.

Author Note: I was very disappointed with the way 5/5/04's episode of Angel turned out in the end, so I couldn't help it, I had to write the way I would've wanted it to end, and I hope I get a few people interested.

Spike and Angel walked down the cold streets feeling the awkward silence between them.

"So.. when we do find her, should I go up behind her and have you say "hey Buffy, turn around, I have a surprise for you?" or maybe I should say "hey, look whose still alive?" what do you think?," Spike and Angel stopped at the closest Bronze.

Angel gave him a concerned look, "How about you just not go in at all so we don't have to worry about it," he half-smiled.

"Well that would be no fun!," he scoffed.

"She has to see me, I bet she still thinks I'm lying at the bottom of Sunnydale in ashes."

"And why does that matter again?," Angel looked at the neon words on the small building, "I think this might be it.."

They entered the club and looked around for a moment, scanning the room with their eyes, looking for the honey blonde slayer.

"There.." Spike pointed toward the corner near the bar, "That has to be her," he adjusted his leather jacket, "I can feel it.."

Angel cringed a bit, still being bothered by the fact that Buffy had anything to do with Spike to begin with. It was bad enough she was now dating the immortal, but it was just as bad when she was "seeing" Spike.

Angel and Spike walked toward the area where Spike thought he saw Buffy, Angel cleared his throat a few times behind the blonde, thinking he would get her attention. "Ahem..Ahe,hem." He pretended to cough.

Spike rolled his eyes, "Oh please Angel, you won't get anything done right if you don't do it my way.." Spike pulled her by the arm, turning her around, but it wasn't Buffy.

"Do I know you?," the blonde (who obviously wasn't Buffy) smiled.

Spike looked her over then turned to Angel, "of coarse she isn't Buffy, Buffy is a lot more petite then her." He turned back to the girl, "sorry pet, you're not the one we're looking for.." he then walked off, Angel looking at the girl apologetic.

"Sorry, didn't mean to bother you.. and what he meant.. it wasn't offensive or anything, it's just.. our friend is a bit.. (he did the height thing with his hand) shorter.." he then nodded for a second.

The girl stared at him like he was crazy, then went back to dancing with her friends.

"Yeah, okay.." Angel said to himself, "Great, now where'd Spike go?" he scanned around the room, then spotted him talking to a few other blondes, doing the 'she's about this tall' description and everything.

Angel rushed over to him, "what do you think your doing?," he asked him, slightly annoyed.

"I'm looking for Buffy, and fortunately, these girls here were telling me helpful information.." he smiled.

"And that would be.. where Ken is?," he asked sarcastically.

"Look, I think maybe we should just head home, if she really wanted to be found, then don't you think –" Angel stopped for a moment, noticing Spike wasn't paying any attention to him at all. "Hello?"

"There she is.." Spike said in almost a dreamy-like state. "It's Buffy.."

Angel looked over for a moment, "let's go."

Spike rushed over there with Angel, trying not to be too obvious he was anxious to see her, Angel was the first to get the slayer's attention.

"Buffy!"

She turned to him, "Angel..hi" she spoke softly, with a bit of shock in her voice, "What are you doing here?," she asked.

Spike was standing right behind her, he thought about just grabbing her, spinning her around and holding her close to him for eternity if she would let him.

Instead he touched her arm gently, turning her around, "Buffy.." he said softly.

"oh my gosh, Spike.. aren't you supposed to be?"

"I was pet.."

"But.. you aren't now.. but how?"

"That's what I'd like to know.. but it doesn't matter now.."

She thought about hugging him, she had really thought he had died in the final battle of their lives, but she knew that would make another certain vampire with a soul very irritated, and probably jealous.

"I've missed you.." she then closed her lips tight, thinking about what she had just said, turning back to Angel now, "And I've missed you too Angel.." she nervously laughed, hoping there was no awkwardness between the three of them.

"Buffy, what are you doing with the Immortal?," Angel asked the question Spike had thought about asking possibly later on.

"Can we go somewhere quiet? Cause you guys might wanna sit down since this is well, very.. complicated…" she looked off to the side for a second.

"Oh boy, here we go," Spike sighed then looked toward the exit, "Shall we?"