Title: Family

Author: Wereleopard
Rating: PG

Pairing: C/A
Email: Romance

Crossover: Buffy/Angel
Summary: The Scoobies come to LA and find out things have changed a lot

Spoilers: Up to when you find out that the hotel as a pool and it is AU the time line with Buffy doesn't match.

Disclaimer: The characters in the Angel verse were created by Joss Whedon & David Greenwalt. No infringement is intended, no profit is made I am just poor and the song doesn't belong to me either.
Distribution: FSB, ST and AO!

Feedback: Yes please!

A/N Nieves this is for you and I hope you like it

A/N This is AU Angel had his 'dark time' with Darla, No Connor, No Groo and they found the swimming pool earlier, this is just a fun fic no angst between our heroes. Just fun no killer visions, zip, zilch, nada. Kind of boring really oh and Angel has a permanent soul it happened after the Darla 'incident' and the powers knowing his feelings for his seer and that he was a guy, that they had to they didn't want Angelus running around and causing mayhem.

Buffy eyes were wide with surprise at the sight in front of her. There was a large swimming pool, changing rooms, a hot tub and a bar that was full of drink and snacks, oh and blood you couldn't forget that.

Sitting on the edge and right in the middle was Wes, he seemed to be refereeing on one side of the net was Cordelia and Angel and on the other was a black man and a petite brunette that she didn't know and they were playing volleyball, all the laughing and the joking. She had never seen Angel like this he seemed so relaxed she didn't know what to make of it but they also hadn't seen her. Angel usually knew when she walked into a room.

"What the hell?" Buffy shouted so her voice was heard about the noise and the, she frowned, the music. This was too surreal for her.

The AI gang stopped and turned to look at who had shouted.

"Who are you?" Gunn asked looking the petite blonde up and down.

"Buffy and you are?" She asked sullenly.

"Gunn. 2 N's." He paused and eyed her again. "So you are Buffy hmm." Then he turned away from her.

Cordy groaned Angel had arranged this all and little Miss Likes to Slay had to turn and look with the Scoobies and Spike, the great fangless one. She swam away and climbed out of the pool and climbed into the hot tub, soon followed by Wes, Gunn and Fred.

Angel had known as soon as Cordy had swum away from him and his eyes moved easily away from Buffy and the others as he watched his beautiful seer climbed out of the pool in what she called a bikini, two pieces of scrap material is what he would call it. He managed to look up as soon as she faced him when she climbed into the hot tub; he saw the sadness in her eyes. The vampire knew where it came from how the Sunnydale crew felt about her, they had long talks about that and how she felt on the outside of the group, something he could relate to but also he knew that she would be worried that he would go back into his brooding mode and think of nothing but Buffy. He had to prove that he had changed.

Buffy saw Angel look and she smiled at him.

"Hello everyone." Angel said as he turned away swam to the edge and climbed out. He walked over to the bar and grabbed the drinks and headed to the tub to join the others. Handing them out he climbed in and sat in between Cordy and Fred he turned and grinned at his friends and they all smiled back he reached over and took Cordy's hands in his and gave it a little squeeze.

The Scoobies, Giles and Spike stood their open mouthed, they expected the dark, broody vampire not this… this… this. They couldn't describe what he was now. Things had definitely changed since High School.

Buffy walked into the room and towards the tub full of 5 laughing people that occupied it. The blonde eyes the group suspiciously, they had done something to her vampire he didn't act like this, he didn't join in jokes, he was a tai-chi, book reading, hiding away in the dark kind of vampire.

"Angel can we talk?" She asked as she reached the tub.

"Buffy it'll have to wait or you can just tell me know. I am spending time with my friends." Angel told her softly he didn't want to upset her but she also had to know that he was not going to be at her beck and call. "Anyway I'll probably tell them afterwards so it'll save time."

The slayer opened and closed her mouth a couple of times, looking a bit like a goldfish.

"I want you to move back to Sunnydale and be with me." She stated.

Cordelia had just taking a mouthful of drink when Buffy had said that and she spat it out choking, the droplets landed over Gunn and Wesley. They both glared at her. Once she finished coughing she looked up at them and gave them a sweet smile.

"Sorry." Cordy said and elbowed Angel who was laughing hysterically at the look on Gunn's and Wes' face, Fred was giggling beside him.

"Angel?" Buffy said a little louder.

Spike's face paled, he didn't realise that was why they had come here. She wanted the poof back? She was rubbing his face in it, telling him in no certain terms that she didn't want him and he would always be second best to the poof, first Drusilla and now Buffy.

Willow turned and looked at the others, she had no idea Buffy was doing this. She reached out and touched Spike on the arm. Didn't Buffy realise how much she was hurting the blonde vampire and he just stands there and takes it.

The brunette turned and looked at her best friend, this was the love of his life begging for him to go back with her. If that is what he wanted she would go with him, she was his seer and would be by his side for as long as she could or until he shanshu's depending on what came first his humanity or her dying of old age, that was the only thing that would take her away from him.

Angel froze he wasn't sure he heard Buffy correctly but by the look on everyone's faces he guessed he had. He turned and looked at his beautiful best friend, he could see the worry in her eyes. She reached out and touched his arms; his whole body seemed to suddenly be on fire it all starting from where her delicate hand touched his skin. This always happened when she did that. Everyone else in AI knew his reaction to her, how he felt about her. The only oblivious one was Cordy herself.

"If you want to go back you can." Cordy paused and took a deep breath. "I'll go with you of course."

Angel smiled at her as much as she hated Sunnydale she would go if it made him happy. He looked at the others in the hot tub and they smiled at him. Wes answered for the rest of AI.

"We'd all go with you Angel." Wes said with a grin.

"Why would Angel want or need you to go with him he has me, us." She waved at the Scoobies.

Cordy raised her eyebrows in disbelief and turned away from the slayer with a snort.

"What is your problem Cordelia still being the bitch I see?" Buffy muttered she didn't like how close everyone here was Angel was suppose to pine for her.

The AI gang's eyes narrowed as they glared at the blonde. The Scoobies could see that there was going to be a problem.

"Buffy never talk about my family that way, I mean it. I'm not going to Sunnydale this is my home, this is my family and I have my redemption." Angel told her, his voice clipped he didn't like the way she talked about Cordelia.

Buffy froze, it wasn't suppose to happen this way, he was supposed to fall into her arms declaring his undying love for her. Cordy did something to him that was all there was to it but she would show Angel that they were meant to be together.

"We'll talk about it Angel later. We'll just go and unpack our things, the girl at the reception can tell us what rooms we can use." With that the blonde walked off leaving the AI gang staring after her.

"She's staying?" Cordy said her voice full of horror. "Well I think Dennis needs me." She said with a grin as she stood trying to escape.

Angel looked at her his face full of fear. He grabbed hold of her wrist and slowly ran his thumb up and down it. He could feel her heart beat speed up.

"Please don't leave me alone with them, stay. All of you please. Fred and I can't do this alone." He whispered.

Cordy looked around Angel looked scared, Fred looked panicked and so did Wesley. Gunn didn't get nervous like Fred and had no history like the others.

"Ok I'll stay." She said and looked at the others Wes and Gunn nodded as well.

"Grab the snacks it's movie and game time." Angel ordered as he climbed out of the water and Cordy's eyes drank in the sight of him. The vampire could feel her eyes burning holes into his soul. He smiled this maybe the time that they could move forward in their relationship.

"Wait, Buffy you remember her right? Blonde, about yay big." Cordy said as she put her hand roughly at the blonde's height. "The love of your undead life is here, staying in this hotel and you wanna watch a movie and play games." The brunette said with disbelief.

"Buffy is not the love of my life and she is going to have to get use to my life here and we had a day planned and she is not going to spoil it." Angel said as he stood and headed off to the movie/games room followed slowly by the others.

Cordy shook her head and grabbed a towel following the muscular back of her vampire. She stopped suddenly when had Angel become hers. The others came to her side, Cordy turned to them and smiled.

"Well this is going to be SO much fun." She said dryly and watched as her friends laugh.

TBC