A/N: Well once again, there's been a bit of a wait inbetween chapters, one day I'll actually get it sorted and start updating reguarly, but anyway this is my next chapter.

Just a word of warning I had a bit of trouble writing this chapter, not sure why, just didn't really have any ideas for it, hopefully the next chapter will be better!

As usual please review, I love it, makes me feel loved : D

"Alex." Came the replying voice. William had warned him that he may be called Angel, but it was still a shock to see Alex so confused with the two worlds, he had barley seen the younger man in the past 6 years, and never awake.

William glanced cautiously back and forth between the pair, they were the people that he was closest to in his life and at one point Liam and Alex had got on really well, but everything had changed since then and he didn't know how they were going to react to each other.

Liam stepped forward and sat down in the seat on the otherside of the bed, while Xander propped himself up on the recently plumped pillows, that seemed to be a thing of Will's when he was trying to play nursemaid, plumping pillows.

"It's been a while."

Xander couldn't actually think of a response to that, seeing as he couldn't remember ever seeing Liam before, only past images of Angel haunted his mind.

"I suppose it has." was the only reply he could think of to give, but he silently congratulated himself on not flinching when Liam moved closer, he did however cast a quick sideways glance to make sure Will was still close to him and he felt reassured when he saw those now familiar cool blue eyes looking back at him.

"So... What do you do?" It was a lame conversation topic and he knew it, but Xander couldn't just sit there in awkward silence, besides he was still kind of curious about everything, and he still hadn't gotten around to asking Will quite a lot of things.

"I work in a club, The Rose, well actually it's your old job."

"My job? Let me guess, I was sacked? Nice to know some things are the same as I left them in Sunnyhell."

"Not exactly, you quit. Moved on to bigger and better things."

"Oh right sorry, I'm still kind of lost when it comes to all that kind of stuff, I don't remember any of it."

"You don't need to apologise pet" William spoke up for the first time, things weren't going as bad as they had in some of the million different scenes he had played in his head as what could happen, but they weren't exactly in full flow conversation, not that he could really expect that from two people who both knew a different version of the person sat in front of them.

"I know it's just..." everyone expects me to in Sunnydale, I'm the zeppo, I make mistakes, I apologise for them and then I make them again "habbit"

William didn't look further for an explanation over that comment and didn't bring up the pause, but it was definitley something they were going to have to look into if he wanted his boy back, the bright-eyed bushy-tailed version.

"Will tells me you've been making good progress"

"Yeah, according to that doctor" Xander pulled a face when he mentioned dr. Roborts, he hated being reminded of that idiot.

Liam gave William a questioning look when he saw Alex's change in expression.

"He isn't too keen on our Dr. Roberts, something about him being a patronising git, if I remember correctly" Will gave Xander a cheeky grin, which appeared to be catching as it appeared on Xander's face and then a smaller version graced Liam's features at seeing some of the old Alex again.

"Anyway, I brought you a little something, I know I'm not exactly meant to, but I thought you'd prefer this more than grapes, and I don't know how much medication you're having and how this affects it so I better leave it with Will, and he can check. But still, betetr than grapes"

Liam pulled out a bottle of Jack Daniels and handed it over to William, Xander gave a small smile, definitley liking the idea of alcohol, but Liam was right they needed to check with the medication but he wasn't having it all the time now so fingers crossed.

"And on the plus side, even if I can't drink it, Will could always have it and I could use the empty bottle and put Dr. Roberts in his own hospital" Xander hesitated a bit after that, that was the kind of joke he'd sometimes come out with in Sunnydale, and then get looked on with a room full of glares after the 'inappropriate comment' but this time he got smiles, real smiles from two people who actually enjoyed spending time with him, and not just because it was compulsary to do so either and it felt good.

"I wouldn't say stuff like that too loud though pet, you know what he's like, bat ears, he'll probably hear you from the other side of the ward. And speaking of life outside of this little room, you aren't well enough to leave permantly yet, but you are well enough to go out for a day and nosy around a bit with me if you want"

Xander's face lit up at this suggestion, as much as he liked spending time with Will, he was getting a bit tired of seeing these same four white walls again and again.

"Really? And like go out and see other people and do things and actually be outside and see the weather and what nmonth is it and what's the weather going to be like because I don't really remember England and....." Xander cut himself off with an embarrased smile when he realised he was getting as bad as Willow when it came to babbling.

"January luv, so it'll be a bit chilly but I'm sure we can wrap you up nice and warm. So anyway by the response I got I'm thinking going out, is a yes?" Xander began to nod enthusiasticly "Well I'm not sure when exactly we can do it, but it'll be soon"

"Anyway I better be on my way" Xander jumped, he'd completely forgotten that Liam was sat there and he felt kind of bad for ignoring him a bit towards the end.

"Hey, um Liam?" Xander began nervously "Thanks for, you know, visiting and I would like it if you came again, if you wanted to and get to know you and.... stuff"

Liam gave Xander a warm smile before nodding and walking out the door, leaving Xander staring at nothing but his coat. The coat. Do some things never change? Both of them had to have The Coat, was it like necissary for hot guys to have a long, dark, mysterious coat?

There was no way he just thought of Angel/Liam as hot. No way at all.

"You want to try and get a bit of sleep now ducks? Been a long day" Will's voice broke him out of his thoughts and Xander suddenly realised just how tired he was. Sleepily he closed his eyes and snuggled down further into his bed and moved slightly towards the edge where William was sat.

Time to go back to Sunnydale he thought to himself. The only problem was, everytime he did this it became harder and harder to do.