Chapter 9

"Do you think they would actually get together?" Buffy asked Angel when she was alone with him in his office.

"I wouldn't know, they did just meet." Buffy nodded.

"I know, but I can definitely see something between them." Angel nodded also.

"Well, it's better than him having a crush on you." Buffy crossed her arms over her chest.

"What's wrong with that?" Angel looked up at her.

"He's my son, it would be awkward." He told her.

"Right and it would have nothing to do with jealousy." Angel gave a laugh.

"I'm not jealous, I don't get jealous." Buffy rolled her eyes.

"Sure you don't. I would never get involved with your son anyway, Angel. That would be a bit weird and it sounds like something that would be on Jerry Springer." She told him.

"Is that still on?" Buffy nodded and couldn't help the smile that graced her lips. "So, what are you doing in here?" Buffy shrugged.

"I just wanted to see you. Is that a crime?" Angel shook his head.

"No, I just figured you would want to be with Spike." He said a little harshly and Buffy sighed.

"I'm letting Spike catch up with Dawn at the moment." Spike decided to show Dawn around Wolfram and Hart because Connor had to go back home. They were talking and laughing like they used to. Spike then decided to ask her what he has been thinking about since he saw Buffy again.

"Dawn, how has Buffy been? I mean I know she has been somewhat involved with other blokes so I guess she's been doing okay." Spike said with a sad expression and Dawn stopped to look at him.

"What are you talking about? Buffy hasn't been with any other guys." She explained and Spike was confused.

"She said that she slept with other guys. Something didn't seem right about that though. She said they were drunken mistakes and that didn't really sound like Buffy." Dawn shook her head.

"She hasn't been with anyone else, Spike. She probably just wanted you to think that for some reason. To be honest, she's been kinda depressed lately. Since what happened in Sunnydale, losing you was really hard for her. Sometimes late at night I would hear her crying in her room and she gets all upset whenever anyone would mention you. That all seemed to change after she had this dream and found out that you were back." Spike thought about what she said.

"So, everything was an act? She does have a habit of keeping everything inside. I mean when I first saw her she didn't seem like she missed me at all." Dawn nodded.

"She didn't want to break down in front of you I guess. She thinks she has to act tough all the time." Spike agreed.

"Yeah, that she does." Dawn grabbed his hand and gave it a tight squeeze.

"She really does love you, Spike." Spike looked at her and squeezed her hand back.

"I know," he replied in a quiet tone. He did believe her when she told him in the Hellmouth; he just wanted her to get out of there alive so he told her that he didn't. She may not have told him again, but he believed that she really did love him and that she would tell him when she was ready.