Title: Eternity
Author: Wereleopard
Posted: 15/05/05
Rating: PG
Email: Drama/Angst/Romance/Crossover
Genre: Romance Angel/Charmed/Buffy
Summary: Death is just the beginning

All of Angel and Buffy and up to season 6 of Charmed. Disclaimer: The characters in the Angelverse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made I am just poor.
Distribution: FSB, AO, ST if anywhere else please just let me know!

Feedback: Yes please!

Buffy ran outside her mind screaming at her telling her that this was not happening. It was her and Angel forever her heart was telling her, she ignored the voice deep inside that told her that she was holding onto a dream, she was fantasising about a man who was no longer hers. Spike was wrong her heart continued to tell her, Cordy had put some demony spell on Angel and it was just relief to see his friend alive again. He loved her, not Cordelia Chase. She would prove it to him, to all of them.

Angel didn't want to let Cordy out of his site; he was terrified that when he came back inside she would be gone again. He didn't think he would ever stop thinking like that, not now. Everyone second they spent together had to be treasured like it was their last, because one day it would be but he had to deal with this Buffy situation he had thought that she had moved on from him and he had announced that he loved Cordy, he also didn't want to hurt Buffy but he was going to have to make her understand.

As soon as Angel walked out the door he was grabbed and slammed up against a wall as his mouth was attacked.

"Buffy, stop." He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her away gently but Buffy just used more of her strength and smashed her mouth onto his her tongue ran across his lips and trying to force his lips pen so she could deepen the kiss.

Spike looked at the ground and not at the brunette he was afraid to look into her eyes and what he would see.

"Are you ok Spike?" Cordy asked him her voice soft.

His eyes shot up to hers, surprise written all over the vampires face. "Am I..."he stuttered a little, Spike was not sure what to make of the cheerleader, his eyes narrowed suspiciously and then relaxed as he couldn't read anything else but concern in her face. "I will be." He told her.

"She's in a lot of pain. Her whole life has been changed. No matter what she said about wanting a normal life she was used to the abnormal and now that she is not the only slayer the whole world is full of them. Buffy in no longer an original and she can have that normal life she wanted. But she's afraid of what to de next. So she has come to someone whom she loved and who loved her, Angel was her first love. They had so many problems and in a way I don't think Buffy really ever let go of Angel he was always her fall back someone she thought would always be there for her and this has thrown her for a loop but she thinks that now they are older things will be different and they can work things out."

Spike stood still and looked at her. "When did you get so smart?" He asked.

Cordy smirked at him. "I was a higher being you know and now I'm a whitelighter of course I am smart."

"But Angel loves you. He was totally lost without you." Spike told her getting back to the point.

Cordy smiled. "Yes he does and I love him and I was just as lost without him." Her face glowed and her eyes sparkled full of love and happiness.

"Well the two of you have more things in common now." Spike said with a grin trying to make sure the subject did not get onto him and Buffy.

"Oh yeah." Cordy said raising her eyebrow. "And what would that be?"

"You both have demon parts and you're both dead." Spike couldn't resist it.

Cordy looked at him a first not sure what to say and then the biggest and brightest smile he had ever seen appeared on her face and then she laughed loudly and easily. Everything seem to lighten with that laugh

Everyone in the lobby froze and the AI gang's faces lit up.

"She's really here." Fred whispered.

All of their hearts lightened. She was really and truly back. The heart of Angel Investigations was back and they could feel the love through freely it was as if a cork had been taken out of the champagne bottle and the drink was able to flow, to do what it was meant to.

Xander smiled a bittersweet smile at that laugh, he wished that he could have heard it or caused it when they were dating. He looked around so many things had changed and so many people weren't here. Since Willow was going to mover here and Anya was gone, tears formed in his eyes at the memory of his ex-fiancée and ex-vengeance demon she went out like a true hero, maybe he could come to visit and get to know this Cordelia and hopefully they could become friends but he wasn't planning on leaving Buffy and if he did visit it wouldn't be long visits unless they were with him. The sisters needed him.

Giles was glad to see smiles on their faces Cordelia was back with them. The young slayers who came here with them were looking lost and seemed out of place they didn't know any of these new people. But he did notice Kennedy her eyes were downcast and he could feel the sadness emanating from her.

Dawn's eyes darted from the room, which held Spike and Cordelia, and to the door where here sister and run followed by Angel. She just wanted Buffy to be happy. A strong hand touched her shoulder, she looked up and saw Xander she smiled softly and wrapped her arms around his waist he reached down and held onto her.

Willow smiled at her new teammates, she was so excited not only did she have her own whitelighter but also she was in the room with the charmed ones and she was going to be working side by side with them. Tara would have loved this. Her heart ached, there was still a hole in her chest where her lover used to be. Willow wondered if this pain, this emptiness would ever lessen but she had managed to move on and meet Kennedy but it wasn't the same but then all of the people she had loved each one was different.

Xander was her first love and as far as she could remember she had always loved him ever since they were young children. The there was the love for her best friend Buffy, she knew that the slayer felt disappointed that Willow was going to stay in LA but they all had to sort their lives out as there was no more hellmouth in Sunnydale and she wanted to be here and talk to Cordelia about the witch and white lighter relationship. The came Oz, sweet Oz how her and Xander had hurt both the cheerleader and the werewolf but he had managed to forgive her, he was the first person to ever fall in love with her.

Then there was Tara her first girlfriend, her soul mate, her world was destroyed when Tara was murdered but thanks to Xander she didn't destroy this world make everyone feel what she did and then Giles helped her back in England to take control of her life again. Now she had Kennedy it was still very new and had no idea if it would work out.

Willow glanced up smiling but it disappeared when she saw the young slayers face. The red headed witch wondered what was wrong, then it hit her no one had mentioned Kennedy staying in LA with her no one had asked her.

"Ummm Wesley." Willow stuttered she didn't know the others and Cordy and Angel weren't in the room.

Wesley turned to her. "What is it Willow?"

"Well Kennedy she's my girlfriend umm I was wondering if uhhh could she?" Willow stopped.

Kennedy's eyes rose and looked hopeful. Wes turned to Gunn and Fred they both smiled and nodded. Fred held out her hand and indicated for the young slayer to join them. Kennedy grinned and rushed to Willow's side.

Xander and Dawn looked at each other a little sadly and the other slayers moved closed to the two of them.

Gunn grinned. "Well having a slayer and a witch on the team will be a great help. Welcome to your home girls. When we get a chance as Angel said we'll get a room sorted out."

The two lovers looked at each other and grinned.

Phoebe, Paige, Piper and Leo all moved closer together at least the Elders and the PTB could do something right sometimes and if Cordy and Angel's first kiss was anything to go on they could see why removing the happiness clause was a good one, it would be to painful to keep them apart and that is what they would have had to do to make sure Angelus did not make a reappearance and from what they had heard that was one vampire that they did not want to meet and dispose of it would have killed everything good inside of Cordelia and everyone else here. But there were still problems to deal with, Buffy was next on the list and then fighting the big evil and then they could have a proper celebration.

Cordy knew that Spike didn't want to talk so she would let him off for now. They walked out of the office grinning and then they both smiled as they saw the happiness from the LA crew and the two girls holding hands. It was good to see. The seer looked around and couldn't see Angel and Buffy. She was scared she knew that Angel loved her but she wasn't and never would be the slayer, and she didn't want to be. Spike saw her face and reached over and touched her should. They smiled at each other and headed outside to see how the two ex-lovers were.

Buffy had used all her might and shoved Angel against the wall and she was rubbing herself up and down his body. The vampire was frozen in shock. What the hell is going on here? His mind screamed at him.

"What the hell is going on here?" Said a feminine voice.

TBC