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Well, here it is: chapter 2! Enjoy!
Pairings: (not all in a romantic way) Buffy/Angel, Spuffy, Angel/Cordy (but not all that much), Cordy/Connor, Fred/Gunn, Wesley/Fred...........and that's pretty much it. But it's mostly a B/A fic.
A Buffy/Angel crossover!
A little warning before you start to read: this chapter is really bad! And I'm really not happy with it........Hopefully I'll do a better job on the next chapters!
Spoilers: Well...if you haven't seen the last couple of episodes of season 7.....
And I wanna thank all of you for the great reviews! I loved them!
Smile1: Thank you for giving me your honest opinion...means a lot to me! (
Crissy: Don't worry....There will be very little C/A in this fic....and about the smoochies.....I could never write a Buffy/Angel fic without some smoochies!
Sara: Well, there will be very little C/A.....but there will be a little Spuffy in the upcoming 2 chapters! Sorry! But I promise that it will be B/A after those 2 chapters or something!
Chapter 2
After his little conversation with the First, Angel had gone back to the vineyard to see if the real Buffy was there, but when he got there, the place had been deserted. He decided to go to Buffy's house, figuring she must have gone there. Angel hesitated a little, before ringing the doorbell. Even though it had been a while since he had been here, everything still looked the same and he wanted to keep it that way, but he knew that by ringing the doorbell, something definitely was going to change, because he knew that dealing with everything Buffy had dealt with had changed her and everyone around her. It took a while before the door opened, but then Dawn appeared in the doorway. She looked up at him and he thought she didn't recognize him, but after a few seconds she started to smile and jumped around his neck. Angel smiled to himself as he hugged Dawn back.
"Angel! What are you doing here?" Dawn asked, while she was hugging Angel so tight that he thought he was almost going to choke, even though he knew it wasn't possible, because he was a vampire and all.
"I came to help. Is your sister around?"
Dawn eventually let go of Angel and seemed a little embarrassed now for hugging Angel like that.
"Eh....yeah, sure. She just came back....Some priest beat her up pretty bad and everything is bruised and not pretty, but the priest is dead so..yah! Come in."
Dawn stepped aside to let Angel in. Angel wanted to step inside when it seemed Dawn suddenly changed her mind, because she stepped back in front of Angel, so he couldn't enter the house.
"Wait! You're not all evil again, are you? I know I probably should have checked that before I hugged you the way I did, cos my neck was only inches away from your mouth when I hugged you, but I'm a teenager and I'm allowed to be irresponsible and reckless"
Angel smiled at Dawn. She was so much like her sister. This was something Buffy could have said when she was still a teenager and that was what he loved about both of the Summer sisters: their rambling.
"I'm not evil again" he said with a smile on his face, doubting that would do the trick. He knew Dawn well enough to know that this probably wouldn't convince her.
"Oh, okay"
And Dawn stepped aside again. Angel was surprised. That went pretty easy. He expected her to be a little bit more suspicious.
"Just like that? What if I am evil?"
"You just said that you weren't"
"Don't you think I would have said that too if I had been evil?"
"Well, yeah, but because of my irresponsible and reckless teenage-behavior, I already invited you in and if you are evil and you really wanna go in then you would just throw we aside and I kinda like my body when it's not bruised, so....I decided letting you in would be the best option here........Plus, when you're inside and it turns out you're evil after all there will be a lot of volunteers in there to stake you, so that's safer for me too."
"Oh, well in that case....." Angel said and he stepped inside.
Dawn closed the door behind him and walked into the livingroom. Angel followed her. Everything really was still the same and even though most of the furniture had been replaced, it had been replaced by almost similar furniture and it was still standing at the same place. He looked into the livingroom and was surprised to see it was crowded. He saw Willow sitting in a chair and a girl with long, dark hair was resting her head on her shoulder. Xander was sitting in another chair and was having a heated discussion with a woman Angel had only met once. He believed her name was Anya, but he wasn't completely sure. Angel noticed the eye-patch Xander was wearing and wondered what was going on? Was he just going through some kind of pirate-phase or was there really something wrong? Buffy was sitting on the couch and even though Dawn had told him about the fight with the priest he was still shocked to see her like this, because he hadn't realized it had been that serious and he felt kind of guilty, because he knew he could have been there to help Buffy in the vineyard if he hadn't let the First fool him. Faith was taking care of Buffy's wounds with the first aid kit. Spike was.....wait, Spike?! Yep, that really was Spike sitting next to Buffy on the couch while some other girl Angel didn't know was taking care of his injuries. Good old Giles was trying to calm the pretty large group of young girls down. Angel didn't know any of them. Another kind of nerdy guy was sitting separate from the group, observing the scene in front of him. The last thing Angel noticed was a black,bald guy leaning against the desk, looking at Buffy with a concerned look on his face. All the young girls were talking and it wasn't easy for Dawn to get everyone's attention. She cleared her throat a couple of times, but of course that didn't have any effect.
"Guys.....?" she tried.
Still no one looked up.
"Guys?" she said, a little louder this time.
Still nobody seemed to hear her. Dawn looked up at Angel. Angel shrugged.
"Guys?!" she now practically yelled.
Suddenly one of the girls who was sitting on the floor looked up and noticed them. She smiled at Dawn and got the attention of the girl next to her. The other girl looked up too and gave Angel a weird look. One by one the girls who were sitting on the floor stopped talking and looked up at the stranger standing behind Dawn. Giles realized the girls had finally stopped talking and thought they were finally listening to him, but then he noticed Angel too. Then the bald guy, leaning against the desk saw Angel and not much later Xander followed, which got Anya's attention and not much later everyone had noticed Angel, except for Buffy and Spike who were still in the middle of a conversation.
"I never said that!" Buffy said.
"You bloody well did!" Spike answered.
"Well I don't remember it!"
"You don't have to remember it. I remember it, so that means...."
Spike stopped in the middle of his sentence when he realized it had gotten really quiet in the room. He looked around to see what caused the silence and then he noticed Angel.
"Well, well, well......" Spike started.
Buffy looked up now and saw Angel standing there.
"Angel" she said.
Angel seemed to be pretty uncomfortable with the attention everybody was paying to him. He slowly raised his hand and looked at everybody.
"Hi........." he said.
"Is THAT Angel?" One of the girls suddenly said.
"He's not evil again is he?" Another girl asked.
"Well, I don't....." Dawn started.
"I'm not evil again" Angel interrupted Dawn.
"Don't you think you would have said that too if you had been evil?" Dawn now said.
Angel turned to Dawn.
"That's not fair" he said, talking about the fact he had used an almost similar sentence only minutes ago.
Dawn just shrugged. Buffy got up from the couch.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to help.....and I have something for you"
"Oh" Buffy said, obviously a little uncomfortable with the situation
Everyone in the room looked at Buffy, then they moved their gaze to Angel and then back to Buffy. Buffy didn't think it had ever been this quiet since the Potentials had arrived and she realized the longer the silence would continue, the harder it would be to start a normal conversation with Angel, because it would only make them more and more uncomfortable. She stared at Angel.
"So....uh.......Let's go talk"
She didn't wait for Angel's reaction, but just walked up to him. She turned around to face the group of girls.
"I'll be right back"
The group didn't react. They just kept looking at the dark stranger standing in the livingroom. Buffy grabbed Angel's arm and pulled him with her into the kitchen.
Spike watched the two. He wanted to hear what Angel had to say.......and he wanted to keep an eye on him, because he didn't trust Angel at all. Especially not around Buffy. Dawn sat down on the couch next to Spike, where Buffy had been sitting. She looked at Spike, but he didn't notice. He kept staring at the kitchen. He wanted to get up and join Buffy and Angel, but the second he got up Faith pushed him down again.
"Down boy....Let them talk"
Spike looked at Faith.
"Why do you care about those two?"
"I don't" she answered.
"Alright then....." and Spike tried to get up again, but Faith pushed him down again.
Spike looked up at Faith again, obviously getting a little tired of this. He wasn't going to give in. He wasn't going to let Faith stop him. He noticed the warning look on her face....He cleared his throat.
"So....uh.....I'm just gonna use the bathroom"
Faith hesitated, then she stepped aside.
"Be my guest"
Spike got up, his eyes still focused on Faith. He started to walk in the direction of the kitchen.
"Eh....Spike, the bathroom is the other way" Dawn said.
Spike didn't say anything. He stopped walking, turned around and walked in the other direction. He knew he could also get to the kitchen like this.
"He's still going to kitchen, you know" Dawn said when Spike had left the room.
"I know" Faith said.
Faith and Dawn looked at each other, then Faith sat down on the couch, next to Dawn. It remained quiet in the livingroom.
Buffy leaned against the wall in the kitchen, but she quickly changed her mind when she remembered how bruised her arm was and she felt the pain. She stood up straight. Angel noticed.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah....or no....but I will be"
Angel nodded. He walked up to her and was standing right in front of her now.
"So....the house is much more crowded than I remember. You found out your true calling was your own orphanage?"
"It really does look that way, doesn't it? Summers orphanage.....It does have a certain ring to it....Maybe an idea for the future, but no.....They're all Potentials. Future Slayers"
"Must be a lot of fun, this many girls in a house together"
"Oh, you have no idea. The word 'catfight' needs a completely new definition when you see them lining up in front of the bathroom in the morning"
Angel smiled. He realized how much Buffy had changed over the years. She went from an innocent schoolgirl to a responsible young woman who didn't fear anything anymore.
"I ran into that big bad evil of yours" He suddenly changed the topic, not knowing any other way to bring it up.
"The First?" Buffy asked suprised and a little worried.
"Yeah. Introduced itself as Buffy Summers. I bought it for a couple of minutes, but it really needs to work on it's acting skills......and on the whole 'I can't be touched'-thing"
"But you're okay, right?"
"Yeah....but....It knows about this now"
Angel took the amulet out of his pocket and showed it to Buffy. She took it from him and looked at it.
"What is it?"
"I'm not sure....It's very powerful, but dangerous. It's supposed to give strength when it's worn by the right person...By a champion"
"Well it's gonna be a pain to find an outfit to match this" Buffy said, only half joking.
"It's not for you. It's for someone stronger than human....someone with a soul"
"I hear you....The only thing that's missing is your name engraved in it"
"I didn't say that"
"No, you only dropped subtle hints....that really weren't that subtle"
"I'm just telling you the facts"
"I know"
She looked at the amulet one more time, then she carefully put it in her pocket. Angel looked at Buffy.
"I thought we had the advantage of The First not knowing about the amulet, but...."
"Have you told the First what the amulet does?" Buffy asked.
"Sorta....so it's probably gonna come for the amulet"
"Yeah......probably....but not tonight"
"Why not tonight?"
"I killed his.....well....I kinda killed his....sidekick, so The First probably needs time to recover from that.....and I stole his cool axe earlier, so....."
"He won't come tonight" Angel finished her sentence.
"No, but we have to be ready for when he does come" Buffy said.
"Or we're gonna have to finish this all before he even gets the chance to get the amulet"
"So I guess that means you have a plan that won't get us all killed?"
"Well.....no....but...."
"We need time" Buffy said.
Angel nodded. He understood what she meant. He had to admit that things were a lot more complicated than he first thought. This wasn't going to be easy. This wasn't going to be easy at all.
"So.....are you in this with us?" Buffy asked Angel.
"I wouldn't wanna miss it for a thing" Angel said with a little smile on his face.
"You're a fool" Buffy joked.
"Yep, born that way" Angel said.
He took Buffy's hand. She looked at it.
"I'm glad you came" Buffy softly said.
"Yeah.....me too"
They stood like that for only a minute, then Buffy took her hand back.
"We should probably let the others know about this"
Angel nodded and followed Buffy back into the livingroom. It was still incredibly quiet in the room and it kinda started to freak Buffy out, because this was nothing like them. Everybody looked up at them when they came in. Buffy cleared her throat and wanted to start talking, but then Spike came in from the other side. Buffy looked at him with a suspicious look on her face.
"Bathroom" Spike explained.
He walked up to the couch and gave Dawn a look.
"Okay okay already moving" Dawn said.
She got up, looked around the room and eventually decided to sit down on the floor with the Potentials. Spike sat down on the couch and turned to Buffy.
"Ready when you are" he said.
Buffy ignored him and turned to the group.
"As you all know Spike and I have finally been able to strike back after everything the First has done to us. We killed Caleb. We killed him, but it almost got us killed. I realize now that we're not ready yet. We can't fight the First now. We're not nearly strong enough to even be a match for him. I want you all to realize that. However, tonight we've gotten some help. This is Angel and he's gonna fight this fight with us"
"So he's not evil again?" Anya asked.
"No....he's not evil" Buffy said.
"And we're absolutely sure about that?" Xander asked.
"He's not evil, Xander"
"How do you know?" Xander continued.
Buffy wanted to answer, but Angel said something before Buffy could even open her mouth.
"It's nice to know someone has such faith in me"
"I'm just saying....." Xander started.
"You know, I know you used to hate me, but I thought you would be over that by now"
"I never hated you!....I just.....didn't like you"
"And the difference between those two would be?" Buffy asked.
"Hate is such a strong word. People really underestimate the power of a strong word......Angel is.....someone who's not exactly on top of my favorite people list"
"The feeling is mutual" Angel said.
"Then who is?....On top of your favorite people list?.....Not that I really care" Anya asked, giving Xander a look.
"Oh well....there are a lot of people in the running, but I haven't decided yet"
"So you're saying it's not me?" Willow asked, not knowing if she was supposed to be offended by that, because she didn't want to sound like a child.
"Well.....you know....you are in the running"
Xander saw that his answer didn't exactly satisfy Willow, because she gave him an angry look.
"But you are a couple of points ahead of the rest" Xander said.
"Hey!" Anya said and she really was offended.
Xander sighed and turned back to Anya.
"You're not that far behind"
"So, how do we win points?" Willow asked.
Xander hesitated and looked at Buffy for help, but she looked away not planning on helping Xander out with this one.
"You know....you...." Xander started.
"Sex?" Anya asked.
"No...not sex!............or......well, yeah.....sex could get you some points"
Anya looked around with a satisfied look on her face.
"Well, in that case....I don't even have a chance....." Willow said.
"Okay, could somebody help me out here?" Xander asked the rest of the group
"I suggest we move on from Xander's favorite people list to Angel and make him feel welcome here" Buffy said as she smiled at Angel who was standing next to him.
Spike made a disapproving sound, but everybody ignored him and Faith hit him on the arm.
"Welcome to the party" she said and smiled at Angel.
"Yeah....welcome back" Willow said.
"Thanks" Angel said.
Then the group of girls started to whisper to each other and Buffy let a sigh of relieve. Soon the whispering would become talking and then things would go back to normal. Angel turned around and faced Buffy.
"Aren't you gonna tell them about the amulet?" he asked her.
"Not yet....I don't want to freak them out just yet....We need to come up with a plan.....and fast"
Angel nodded and they turned back to the group. Angel looked at Spike who was looking back at him. Buffy noticed and sighed.....This was gonna get interesting....
"Come on...Let me introduce you to everybody" she said.
Angel nodded. His eyes left Spike, but Spike's eyes didn't leave Angel.
A/N: Okay, I know this chapter kinda sucked, but it was very hard for me to write all the characters into this and let them all say something......I mean, I just realized Giles didn't say anything.....and Kennedy didn't say anything (that would be a first) and Andrew didn't even say something stupid...so this chapter really sucked. Anyway, on the show Angel kinda helped Buffy to kill Caleb, so I hope you understand that Spike helped Buffy out in this fic, since Angel wasn't there....that would kinda explain why Spike was hurt.......So, I'm gonna try to do a better job on the next chapter...maybe I won't write all of the characters in every part....Well, we'll see....Please review and let me know what you think!
Steffanie (a.k.a. Nice-one)