FYI I wasn't trying to condone what Angel did to Lindsey, I thought it was kinda mean even though I didn't like Lindsey, but I thought that after everything else that he has done that he deserved to be made human.

Anways on with the next chapter and don't forget to review.

Stepping off Wolfram and Hart's private jet into the glorious Roman sunlight, Spike squinted and drew his coat further around himself. He hadn't been in direct sunlight for more than about 5 seconds in hundreds of years so no wonder he was reacting this way.

All the time he was travelling here he was thinking about what to say to Buffy, how he'd explain the past years events to her. So far he had "Hi Buffy." So it was safe to say it wasn't going that well.

Spike wasn't much of a flier so one other tiny little thought he had was: "At least there's bloody alcohol on board."

Walking through the airport, Spike began to get slightly more nervous but excited nonetheless. He was finally going to get to see the woman he lived for, Buffy. He was slightly apprehensive about her reaction to his return though: would she welcome him with open arms or throw him out the door and never talk to him again. Only time would tell.

It took him about half an hour to reach Buffy's apartment.

Everyone who walked past spike stared

"Bloody wankers." He muttered underneath his breath. He couldn't see what was wrong with him but it was probably a shock to the people of Rome to see a man with peroxide hair clad in black leather in the middle of the blistering hot summer. When he realized why people were staring, Spike decided he needed more appropriate clothing for this time of year in this country.

As he walked up to Buffy's front door, Spike began to get even more nervous. He tried to knock on the door but couldn't. After 5 minutes he thought himself ridiculous

"You killed your own mother twice and now you can't knock on a door." He whispered to himself. He finally decided that it was now or never, so reached out his hand and knocked.

Buffy, not expecting anyone, was at the door reasonably quickly. Opening it and finding herself staring into Spike's beautiful blue eyes brought tears to her eyes and these word to her mouth:

"Spike it's you, it's really you."

"Yep." Was all he could manage to say. He was left speechless by her beauty that seemed to have grown since he last saw her.

She didn't even think to ask why or how he was in the sunlight, she just threw herself into his arms. The man who loved her was here and she wouldn't let him go because she loved him too. Whether he had not believed her in the Hellmouth or just couldn't bring himself to watch her die, she had meant every single word of what she had said to him.

"Can I come in then?"

That was the new chapter folks. Please review. In the next chapter (if I can actually write one) I might do it about what Angel did after he and Spike parted but let's just wait and see.