Willow yawned as she leaned on tara's shoulder. Everyone was just sitting around fidgetting or thinking. It was defenitely an un easy wait. Tara started petting Willow's hair and she smiled. Anya walked over to the couch and sat beside them. She motioned for Xander to follow her and he reluctantly did. When he sat down she leaned on his shoulder and started to make his hand pet his head.
Anya stared up at Xander, "This is nice. We should opy Willow more often."
Tara and Willow burst out laughing and was soon joined by everyone in the room. Defenitely a tension breaker. Cordy walked over to them and sat on the coffee table inf ront of them. She stared at Willow first, "I thought you and Oz amazingly worked it out?"
Willow looked down and away trying to avert all eyes. She may be in love with tara but Oz will always be a part of her. She finally answered, "He left me a little after school started."
Cordy barely looked apologetic but spoke anyway, "Sorry Willow."
Willow nodded and looked at her, "Don't worry about it. I'm happy now."
Tara who was all of a sudden uncomfortable smiled down at her Willow. Cordy sighed and turned to Xander, "So you and Anya huh?"
Xander nodded, "Yeppers."
"How'd that happen?"
Anya sadly answered, "He's really good in bed. I came back to have goodbye sex and then we just started having more."
Again everyone started laughing but Xander this time, "Anya, remember no sex talks in front of my friends."
Anya nodded, "Okay, geesh, I was just trying to answer the question."
Xander looked at her, "And you did."
Riley who was staring at the window finally chimed in, "I wonder if they've found her yet."
Xande rlooked at him, "Look, with their noses and Buffy's scent, I have no doubt in my mind they're talking to her right now!"
-Cemetary In L.A.-
"Dammit Angel! She's not here!"
Angel looked at the blonde, "I get it SPike."
Spike smiled, "Oh look at you. All trying to save the damsel in distress and you can't even find her."
"Like you could do better."
Spike smiled, "I could if i wanted to."
Angel sighed, "Just shut up Spike."
"Hit a spot did I Angel? You know if you would of just snuck out the window we wouldn't be here in the first place."
Angel turned around and hit Spike, "I said to shut up."
Spike just smiled as he stood up, "Yes master."
His laughter was cut off by a soft voice, a small voice only they could hear. "Your arguing could wake the dead, and we don't want that I hear."
The vampires turned around rapidly trying to find the voice. Angel called to it, "Where are you?"
The voice laughed, "Look up."
When both vampires looked up they found the girl they were searching for. Spike spoke first, "Good, we found her. Let's go back and then you two say goodbye and then I go home."
Angel totally ignored Spike because he was preoccupied with soemthing else. When he looked at buffy, he could smell something, he could tell something was wrong. So when she hopped down and stepped into the somewhat light he could see the grass stained jacket and bloody eyebrow and hand. He wa sinstantly concerned, "Buffy..What happened to you?"
Buffy wiped one of the fresh tears from her face, "Looks like I have strength after all. At least now I know why I had all those stakes and crosses in my room."
Angel nodded and started to move closer to her but he was surprised when she stepped back. "What's wrong Buffy?"
Buffy shook her head and had a few more recent tears, "I'm suppossed to hate you and Spike. I can feel it. You're both a part of something I was meant to destroy but I can't. Is this why you left me?"
Angel stared at her dumbfounded at what to say, "Buffy, it wasn't just this, it was..."
Buffy stared at him, "All our midnight romantic walks, why I'm always in the dark, defenitey why you're always in the dark and why I feel so alone. This slayer thing ruined my life, I don't even know if I want to remember anymore."
"Buffy...Believe me, it wasn't always bad. There were so many nights that it was just you and me and this world of darkness didn't exist."
Buffy just shook her head, "I don't believe you anymore. I can't live like this Angel."
The pleading in her voice reminded Angel of the night she died. She was so young and she was so scared. The voice she told them she didn't want to die was back in her tone when she pleaded to Angel for some way out. He didn't know what to do...The words 'I'm 16 years old, I don't wanna die' kept repeating in his head. He had to try something though, she was too close ot the edge now.
"You have to try buffy, for me. Please."
Spike started laughing, "Okay good idea to come. More live television."
Buffy walked over with amazing speed and hit Spike so hard he was dazed for a few minutes, "I've wanted to do that since I saw you."
Angel looked at Spike on the ground but spoke to buffy, "That's not slayer instinct. He makes everyone want to do that."
Buffy nodded and looked at Angel, "So how come we're all nice to each other if we hate each other?"
Spike spoke, "I am not nice to either of you!"
Buffy sighed, "So why are you both still alive?"
Spike smiled, "I'm not alive either."
Buffy looked down at him and glared, "So how come you're not both piles of dust?"
SPike mocked her but Angel answered her obviously prepared. He must of been practicing this conversation. "Well A while back I was cursed with a soul by gypsies. Spike here has a chip in his head that won't let him harm anyone good."
Buffy just nodded, "There's a whole world out there but I got stuck being the one who has to protect it instead of live in it. Every girls dream."
Spike stood and looked a little mad, "It's not all bad living in our worlds."
"That's because you want to destroy it. Everything must be so simple being evil but out here in the soul part of the world everything is hard and painful. It's sad that I already know and feel that and I've only known about it for the past hour or so."
Angel looked pained and the look in his eyes showed it. Anytime buffy hurt he did. All he ever wanted to do was hold her until this world didn't exist for her anymore. It was expecially painful for Angel because this is the second time he had to watch her find out about this. "Look Buffy, I know how you must feeling but..."
"No you don't!"
"Actually I do. I saw you called here in L.A the first time and throughout all this Buffy I've been there."
"Didn't you leave me?"
That hit Angel hard and Spike started laughing, "She got you!"
Spike growled at his grandchilde and looked back at buffy, "That doesn't mean i don't know how you feel. I'm exactly the same way with me buffy. It's the reason we fit so well together, because we both understood the other."
Buffy looked dazed but replied, "I guess you stopped understanding then huh?"
Angel walked to her so he was standing directly in front of her and their eyes were matched, "I'll always understand you Buffy. Just because I'm not there doesn't mean I don't want to be."
"I don't know what we had Angel but I want to. I know it was real because I can still feel it and if you felt what I do for you then you wouldn't have the heart to leave what was you and me so don't stand there and lie to me. Spike may be evil but he knows I need to hear the truth."
Angel and Spike were pretty surprised at the emotion in her voice but Spike spoke, "I only talk truth because it hurts people."
Buffy looked down, "It hurts more when you lie to them Spike. Leaving and Lieing are just a few of the things you never get over. You can forget the world but you never forget who was in it."
Before Angel could speak Spike did again, "You know slayer you almost talk like you have your memory back."
Buffy stared up at him in shock, "Don't you think I'd be a little more composed and you know not arguing about something I would understand?"
Spike smiled and started to circle her, "You know what, you actually would be. This is going to get real interesting."
Before Angel could even react buffy was kicked into him. Both of them went flying and a very feminine blonde stood in front of them. It was obvious she had a lot of power and she defeneitely knew how to use it. Everyone was completely confused at the figure standing in front of them. Angel looked from the Buffy on his lap to the woman in fornt of him.
Spike spoke of course, "There's two of them. Why is there two of them?"
Angel looked at buffy in his arms, "Buffy?" Then he stared at the mirror image of Buffy smiling and standing in fornt of him, "Buffy?"
The standing buffy somewhat smiled, "Very interesting."