LA, California
Callahan Home
Angel and Buffy walked into Angel's home and were bombarded by Angel's parents.
"Hello Buffy." Mrs. Callahan said, pulling her into a hug. "We've missed you and your mother so much." She said. "How is you're dear mother? Doing okay I hope?" She asked.
"Yeah. She's happy with her gallery." She said.
"And you? How's school?"
"Okay."
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No. No boyfriend." She said smiling.
"Come on Buff, lets get you settled in." Angel said pulling Buffy with him up the stairs.
Angel's Room
"Not much has changed." She said as she looked around.
"Nope. I don't like change. You know that." He said smiling.
"God I've miss this." She said looking around at the room that held so many memories.
"I've missed you." He said moving closer to her. "LA just hasn't been the same since you left." He finished wrapping his arms around her.
"I've missed you too." She said laying her head on his chest. "Thank you." She said softly.
"For what?" He asked looking down at her.
"For being there for me. Through everything, you've always been the one constant in my life that hasn't changed. You helped me even when you weren't there."
"Now you've lost me."
"Oz. You told Oz and sent him to help me since you couldn't be there to do it yourself. Thanks. Because of you, I have friends who help me, who know what I deal with, friends who refuse to let me do my job by myself. So thank you." She said looking him in the eye. "I love you." She whispered and kissed him on the cheek.
"You never have to thank me. I did is cuz I wanted to and because I love you." He said kissing her on her head.
Connor barging into Angel's room broke the peaceful silence. "Hey sis." The younger Callahan said.
Buffy turned and looked at Connor. "Hey kid." She said smiling.
"What I don't get a hug too? I missed you too, yah know." He said opening his arms.
"Aww." She said as she left Angel's embrace and hugged Connor. Connor, Angel's little brother, had always been a little brother to her and she missed him, no matter how annoying he was.
"Jeez Buff, we've missed you around here. I've been forced to annoy my brother. It's no fun. Now he beats me up if I so much as look at him." Connor said. "Please don't go back to Sunnydale, I may not live to see my freshmen yr of High School." Connor pleaded.
"I wish I could stay. I want to. But I have to go back." She told him.
"Come on. You could live with us." He said pleadingly.
"I wish I could but I have a lot of responsibilities in Sunnydale, plus, where would I go to school? I got kicked out remember?"
"Home schooling! Please, don't go."
"Sorry kid. I have to."
"Then take me with you. Don't leave me here with HIM." Connor said pointing at his big brother. "He'll kill me."
"Angel's not gonna do anything to you. Right Angel?" She said glaring at Angel.
Angel just glared at Connor. "Right." He said sweetly to Buffy.
"See." She said turning back to Connor.
"He says that now but once you leave I'll be dead."
"No you wont. Angel so much as threatens you, you call me and I'll be on the first bus back to LA." She told him. "Now go, before I kill you."
"Kay. Bye." He said running out the room.
Buffy turned to Angel. "I never thought I would say this, but I actually missed him."
"You can have him."
"If I take any Callahan back with me to Sunnydale, it'll be.."
"ME." He finished for her.
"I was gonna say Ginger, but you'd be my next pick."
"Ginger? You'd take my dog before me." He said in mock hurt. "I feel so unloved."
"I was just joking." She said giving him a kiss on his chest right over his heart. "All better?" She asked.
"All better." He whispered. "God Buff. I've missed you so much. I don't know how long I can go on with out having my best friend close by."
"I know what you mean." She said snuggling closer to him.
"Oz says you've made friends though."
"Yeah. I mean Will is great and she is the only female best friend I have had in a long time. Xander's cool. He makes things better with his jokes and such and Oz is great. He is always looking out for me. All of them do, even Giles. He is more like a father to me. Better to me then my own." She told him.
"I'm still the bestest best friend, right?" He asked with a smile.
"Always. Except no substitutes." She told him yawning.
"Sleep." He suggested.
"Hmmm .I like the sound of that."
"Well go and shower and when you get back the bed will be ready for you."
"Okay." She said getting up and grabbing her bag as she headed for his bathroom.
Callahan Home
Angel and Buffy walked into Angel's home and were bombarded by Angel's parents.
"Hello Buffy." Mrs. Callahan said, pulling her into a hug. "We've missed you and your mother so much." She said. "How is you're dear mother? Doing okay I hope?" She asked.
"Yeah. She's happy with her gallery." She said.
"And you? How's school?"
"Okay."
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No. No boyfriend." She said smiling.
"Come on Buff, lets get you settled in." Angel said pulling Buffy with him up the stairs.
Angel's Room
"Not much has changed." She said as she looked around.
"Nope. I don't like change. You know that." He said smiling.
"God I've miss this." She said looking around at the room that held so many memories.
"I've missed you." He said moving closer to her. "LA just hasn't been the same since you left." He finished wrapping his arms around her.
"I've missed you too." She said laying her head on his chest. "Thank you." She said softly.
"For what?" He asked looking down at her.
"For being there for me. Through everything, you've always been the one constant in my life that hasn't changed. You helped me even when you weren't there."
"Now you've lost me."
"Oz. You told Oz and sent him to help me since you couldn't be there to do it yourself. Thanks. Because of you, I have friends who help me, who know what I deal with, friends who refuse to let me do my job by myself. So thank you." She said looking him in the eye. "I love you." She whispered and kissed him on the cheek.
"You never have to thank me. I did is cuz I wanted to and because I love you." He said kissing her on her head.
Connor barging into Angel's room broke the peaceful silence. "Hey sis." The younger Callahan said.
Buffy turned and looked at Connor. "Hey kid." She said smiling.
"What I don't get a hug too? I missed you too, yah know." He said opening his arms.
"Aww." She said as she left Angel's embrace and hugged Connor. Connor, Angel's little brother, had always been a little brother to her and she missed him, no matter how annoying he was.
"Jeez Buff, we've missed you around here. I've been forced to annoy my brother. It's no fun. Now he beats me up if I so much as look at him." Connor said. "Please don't go back to Sunnydale, I may not live to see my freshmen yr of High School." Connor pleaded.
"I wish I could stay. I want to. But I have to go back." She told him.
"Come on. You could live with us." He said pleadingly.
"I wish I could but I have a lot of responsibilities in Sunnydale, plus, where would I go to school? I got kicked out remember?"
"Home schooling! Please, don't go."
"Sorry kid. I have to."
"Then take me with you. Don't leave me here with HIM." Connor said pointing at his big brother. "He'll kill me."
"Angel's not gonna do anything to you. Right Angel?" She said glaring at Angel.
Angel just glared at Connor. "Right." He said sweetly to Buffy.
"See." She said turning back to Connor.
"He says that now but once you leave I'll be dead."
"No you wont. Angel so much as threatens you, you call me and I'll be on the first bus back to LA." She told him. "Now go, before I kill you."
"Kay. Bye." He said running out the room.
Buffy turned to Angel. "I never thought I would say this, but I actually missed him."
"You can have him."
"If I take any Callahan back with me to Sunnydale, it'll be.."
"ME." He finished for her.
"I was gonna say Ginger, but you'd be my next pick."
"Ginger? You'd take my dog before me." He said in mock hurt. "I feel so unloved."
"I was just joking." She said giving him a kiss on his chest right over his heart. "All better?" She asked.
"All better." He whispered. "God Buff. I've missed you so much. I don't know how long I can go on with out having my best friend close by."
"I know what you mean." She said snuggling closer to him.
"Oz says you've made friends though."
"Yeah. I mean Will is great and she is the only female best friend I have had in a long time. Xander's cool. He makes things better with his jokes and such and Oz is great. He is always looking out for me. All of them do, even Giles. He is more like a father to me. Better to me then my own." She told him.
"I'm still the bestest best friend, right?" He asked with a smile.
"Always. Except no substitutes." She told him yawning.
"Sleep." He suggested.
"Hmmm .I like the sound of that."
"Well go and shower and when you get back the bed will be ready for you."
"Okay." She said getting up and grabbing her bag as she headed for his bathroom.