Buffy still hadn't woken but was now in a nice warm bed.
"This is so confusing" Willow complained. "Why does everything have to happen to Buffy? And why all at the same time?"
"Well it was in the job description." commented Spike.
Angel who was sitting on the bed with Buffy, holding her hand glared at him. Giles and Joyce walked into the room.
Joyce: "How is she?"
"She hasn't moved. I'm getting really worried." said Xander.
"Well, I've been searching through my books and I think that I might know what's happening to Buffy" responded Giles.
"What!" everyone exclaimed.
"Is it bad?" asked Angel, afraid for his immortal slayer girlfriend.
"Not necessarily. I think that Buffy is being tested" explained Giles.
"How? By torturing her?" said Angel getting frustrated.
"Angel. Chill! Stress less!" said Cordy annoyed. "Just listen."
Everybody laughed as the bug dark vampire started backing away from the petite fashion queen.
"Anyway, back to Buffy. I think that the Gods are testing her."
"Really?" exclaimed Willow getting interested. "I was going to mention it before but I thought that you would say it was too far-fetched!"
"They wouldn't want to test her." Joyce stated firmly. "That's ridiculous!"
"Is it? as Oz said before, Buffy is the greatest slayer to have ever lived. She's now immortal, and she has been such a blessing to the world that this is the only thing they can think to thankas her with."
Angel still not understanding asked. "But how is being tested by the God's a gift?"
"Willow? I think that you'd better explain."
"Okay. I could take a long time to explain this, but I think I'll take the easy way out. Buffy is being tested to become a God!"
Angel fainted and Buffy who had been unconscious awoke with a start and screamed. "AANNGGELL!"
"Oh my god!" she jumped out of bed and ran to where Angel was lying on the ground and began to shake him. Everyone was too shocked to move. Angel didn't wake.
She started crying "What did you do to him?"
He stirred. Buffy helped him to sit up and then hugged him tightly, both crying in each others arms.
The others started heading out, but neither noticed to wrapped up in each other.
"I'm so scared Angel." cried Buffy "I don't want to be tested"
"How do you know about that ? You were unconscious!" exclaimed Angel
"I heard everything though. When you fainted I woke."
"Maybe we have a special connection" suggested Angel.
"I'd like that" Buffy smiled through her tears.
Angel kissed her softly on the lips and Buffy replied hungrily. Angel broke the kiss and asked her "Can you still hear people's thoughts?"
"Yes. But now I can control it. Look, ummm…okay I'm gonna see what Cordy's thinking. Oh ewww! Umm, ok then Willow. Okay, well Willow's just trying to figure out this whole God thing."
"That's kinda cool I mean being able to hear people's thoughts and all!"
"yeah, I guess. Though it can get really annoying. Let's go back to the others - I think that we kind of freaked them out."
Buffy and Angel walk hand and hand back into the other room.
Cheerfully. "Hey guys! What's up?" said the Buffster.
"Are you okay?" Michael asked cautiously.
"Fine. Okay, now how about this God thing? How can I stop them?"
"We!" Shouted everybody.
Buffy looks sheepish while Giles says.
"There is NO way we are going to let you do this alone."
"Ok fine." Grumbled Buffy, secretly pleased.
"Well, are you positive that you want to stop them? I mean wouldn't becoming a God be kind of cool?" Willow enquired.
Buffy mockingly: "No way! I might get a big head!"
"Like you don't already have one" mumbled Cordelia.
"Hey!" Angel advanced on her.
"Chill, Angel. Kidding! No hard feelings." Cordelia smiled sweetly.
"Hey, it's ok. She's just joking. I don't mind" Buffy told him soothingly.
"Back to the subject, not to break this endearing moment or anything, but how can we possibly stop Gods from doing whatever they want?" Michael enquired.
"We attack!" said Buffy and Xander in unison.
"Jinx!" Buffy screamed, which was then followed a millisecond later by a "jinx!" from Xander.
Xander: "I said it first!"
"No, I did!"
"Shut up children!" order Willow. "Oops sorry" she looked sheepish.
"We can't attack" Cordy said looking horrified at the thought.
"It's probably the only way" Angel said slowly
Buffy smiled up at him. "Okay then. It's settled. "