"Well if it isn't Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Xander remarked, a Twinkie in his mouth, chewing on it. Buffy looked to Xander and then Willow and Oz, Willow promptly on her boyfriend's lap as Willow gave her a smile, obviously happy that Oz had taken her back after her illicit affair with Xander.

"What are you guys doing here? Is there an evil or something I don't know about?" She asked, biting her lip to avoid mentioning Angel and Cordelia. They were evil, Cordelia for her weird acts and now Angel for breaking her heart.

"No, we'd figure we'd wait for you. Where did you go?" Xander asked curiously as Buffy collapsed down on a chair, her pout face on as she fiddled with her nails, giving a nonchalant shrug.

"No where important. But I'm stumped on this Cordelia Chase case."

"Maybe she's taught herself to defend herself because she's tired of being the one who needs to be saved?" Oz asked, it making logical sense. But of course Buffy didn't agree to that as she just rolled her eyes.

"Let's just forget about it. Cordelia's definitely Cordelia. Tonight I'm going patrolling, there's no big demon, so let's just go about or lives." Buffy said, a little ticked off as Xander and Willow exchanged glances. Something was up with Buffy, and they wanted to know what.

"Angel! I'm hungry, tonight we should go out and eat something. Of course, I'm back to being under twenty one which way sucks." Cordelia said, walking into the mansion as she stepped inside. She set her purse down on the couch, looking around. "Angel?" She asked curiously when she saw a figure into the doorway. Cordelia let out a scream. "FRED!"

They ran to each other, throwing their arms around each other. They both were screaming and shrieking, obviously excited about seeing each other. Angel stepped into the doorway, watching them for a moment. Cordelia finally broke away from Fred as she ran to Angel and jumped right into his arms. He caught her, his hands holding her up against him as she wrapped her arms around his neck. He stumbled back, losing his balance for a few moments. "I missed you."

"I can tell."

Fred watched with a smile on her face. She knew they were always meant to be together. And first Angel didn't believe her. But she was right. She knew these things. She put her hands together, tilting her head as she watched the sight. Cordelia looked younger, her hair was longer, but Angel looked the same. With a smile on her face, as she loved him.

"And Fred's here to." Cordelia said in a matter of fact tone as she kissed his nose. He slid her to the ground as she turned back to Fred. "Because I made a wish. Anya granted me a wish. And I wished that the Power That Be's gift extended to you, Gunn and Wesley and Lorne." She said as she looked to Fred. Fred smiled brightly in reply as Cordelia turned back to Angel, her hands behind her back as she swayed and gave him an innocent smile.

Angel was a little worried with how much magic they were messing with but didn't say anything. He couldn't, because his worry washed away seeing her smile, as if she did nothing wrong. A smile slowly crept across his face as he reached over to her, taking her side as he pulled her back to her side. "You did good." He said, giving her a loving kiss that she happily received.

Now, Fred, tell me everything Angel did after I left." Cordelia said, turning around quickly as Angel's smile disappeared.

"He turned into a puppet!" Fred exclaimed as Cordelia's mouth dropped open. Angel sighed, putting a hand on his face. Cordelia walked over to Fred, obviously eager to hear the story. "He was all made of felt and was so itty bitty… and he got all angry was it was so cute!"

"Hmm. Well, I think I'm going to… step out of the room for the puppet story." Angel said, turning back around as Fred and Cordelia both sat down on the couch. They hadn't seen each other in so long; they had a lot to catch up on. With the whole, both of them being dead. Angel, meanwhile, didn't want to hear about his time as a puppet. It was bad enough Spike would never let him live it down.

Buffy walked through the graveyard near the mansion, stake in hand. She needed serious release. She paused, hearing two figures as she hid behind the bushes, ready to scope out whatever it was. And hopefully, kill it.

"Sweet cakes, I know Sunnydale. I've read it from Angelkins enough times to recognize where we are."

Buffy frowned. "Angelkins? Sweetcakes?" She whispered quietly to herself, even more curious as to who the two figures were. They were coming closer when her mouth dropped open. One looked like a normal man, she guessed vampire because the person next to him was a bright green demon! Complete with red horns!

"Really? Because that lady I had to go ask back there claimed Sunnydale had a number of graveyards. Man, I prefer going through alleys back in L.A. This whole graveyard thing if creeping me out. Are you sure you read correctly? Because you know, as much as it's nice to be back here, I kind of liked it being, well, up there." Gunn said, his arms crossed. He wasn't too happy. Suddenly appearing in the old warehouse with his old crew. He got to see his sister though, which was a heartwarming reunion. Next minute he goes to the Hyperion, where, oddly, he runs into Lorne. Gunn sang and Lorne saw Cordelia and the wish. And here they were, searching for the two champion lovers.

"Well. Big green demon, I'm going to assume he's bad. There's no such thing as a good demon." Buffy said to herself, having never really met a good one in her life. She jumped out of the bushes, slamming her fist into the demon's face, swinging her leg around to catch the vampire. Gunn, being a demon hunter easily ducked from her kick. He stumbled back, his hands in his hair. "Whoa, whoa, girlie, what are you doing!" He demanded as he looked down to Lorne, now on the ground, a hand on his nose.

"Snow cone has one hell of a kick. You pack a bunch Twinkee," Lorne remarked, having long seen Buffy through all the visions of all the demons, Harmony, Cordelia, Angel and Wesley included. Demons always came from Sunnydale, having just escaped the slayer. And he got to see her in action, of course, that never included him getting punched in the face.

"See demon, kill demon. That's my job." Buffy said, lifting her stake as she looked to Gunn.

"Girl, I'm not a demon, he may be but I sure as hell am not." Gunn replied back, holding his hand out to Lorne to help him up. Lorne brushed off his blue suit, looking back up to Buffy as he gave a sigh of relief, his nose still aching. "Oh. You mean…" Gunn said, finally figuring out who she was. "You're Buffy! I knew you looked familiar!"

"You're not a demon? Then what are you doing with that?" Buffy asked, pointing to Lorne, who looked insulted by her words as he opened his mouth to argue. He was cut off as Buffy crossed her arms, angry and irritated. "And how do you know me?" She snapped. "No, you know what, I promised not to get involved with the demons, just kill them."

"I want to see you with a felt nose. That's detachable." Cordelia said lightly, her arm wrapped around Angel's as they walked. Angel sighed, a frown on his face. The puppet talk had gone on for a long time. "And I want to know how you kicked Spike's ass as a puppet. I'm proud of you." She continued to tease him. Fred giggled, walking next to them.

Angel paused, hearing a noise when he walked ahead of Cordelia and Fred. He looked, seeing, crazy enough, Lorne, Gunn and Buffy. He realized what was going on. Buffy was attacking them. Gunn had been knocked to the ground and Buffy was about to swing the stake into Lorne when Angel jumped out and grabbed her hand.

"Charles!" Fred cried out, seeing him on the ground as she raced ahead, sliding on the ground as she wrapped her arms around him. "Charles! I can't believe it's you!" She exclaimed as Gunn stared at her in shock before he wrapped his arms around her and held her back.

"Buffy. Stop." Angel said, holding onto her hand until she jerked it back, looking to glare at Lorne as it turned back t Angel. Angel took a half step back, Lorne taking the hint and backing farther away.

"Angel! What's wrong with you! Hello! Demon!" Buffy asked in shock that he showed up. She looked back to Gunn and Fred, entering a new level of confusion as she looked back to Angel. "Tell me what's going on or everyone will be dust." Buffy threatened, feeling like she was going to cry.

"Buffy. There are half demons, and even full demons who aren't out for world destruction." Angel growled almost angrily at her. He couldn't believe she was being so bitter as to try and kill Lorne. Despite how much Lorne bothered him sometimes Lorne was still a close friend.

"Well, Jeez Fred, all he did was get knocked down. I was punched in the face and almost killed." Lorne remarked. Fred broke away from Gunn, looking to Lorne as an even brighter smile crossed her face as she stood up, running over to him as she threw her arms around him. She seemed almost oblivious to what was going on between Angel and Buffy. Cordelia, having every idea what was going on stayed back in the shadows. She didn't wish to set Buffy off. "That's better cupcake! Let me get a good look at you! As much as I enjoyed Blue, well, let me tell you the truth, I hated Blue and my heart broke seeing you go…" Lorne said lightly, having long loved Fred. And her death might've been the one that made him quit, give up. A death of such a young innocent girl whom everyone loved.

Buffy looked around. "What is this Angel? When did you suddenly gain a group of friends? Including demons? I don't find this funny Angel. You better explain to me who these people are and what's going on. Angel opened his mouth to explain but Buffy held up her hand, shaking her head. "You know what? Don't even. I'm leaving so you and your friends can have a reunion. Since I don't seem to matter at all in your life." Buffy stormed off.

Angel moved to go after her when a hand stopped him. Angel turned back to look at Lorne, a concerned and worried look on his face. "Don't try it Angelkins, she's angry, she didn't need to sing to tell me that much. Advice from me to you? Give her time, you know her future as well as the future of your relationship with her. Just avoid her for the time being." Lorne said in a soft voice.

A smile slowly crept across Angel's face as he and Lorne gave a short, oddly comfortable hug. "Thanks. I didn't think all this would happen. She seems to be around every moment." Angel explained, taking one look to where Buffy had been before he looked back to Lorne. "You guys look… great." He admitted truthfully as Gunn smiled his hands in his pockets.

"Angel Investigations together once more. When this week is over, no crying, got it?" Cordelia asked, finally coming out of the shadows as Buffy left. She walked to Angel's side, giving a bright smile to Lorne as she hugged him tightly, moving to Gunn to hug him as well. "Well, Gunn, don't you look like quite the juvenile delinquent. I like this better than the lawyer look, not going to lie." She said as Angel wrapped his arm around his waist.

"Cordelia! Don't you look, well, gorgeous. You have since the moment I saw you. Even you can pull off a coma and make it look beautiful." Lorne complimented as Cordelia only smiled brighter, loving the compliments.

"We should probably disappear for the night. I'm thinking we go to my mansion before Buffy comes back with more questions." Angel explained quickly, still cautious about what was going on with Buffy. He was worried, but then he felt Cordelia's hand on his own as he gave it a small squeeze.

"Can we order take-out? I'm hungry." Fred piped up as Gunn chuckled.

"Once Fred, always Fred." He remarked as they turned to go back to the mansion.

"Welcome to Sunnydale sir." The attendant said as she handed Wesley back his passport. He smiled and nodded, in a bit of a rush as he quickly grabbed his papers and stuffed them into his pocket. First… first he had to go to the mansion. Find Angel, and if not, he would find Cordelia.

"Back to Hellmouth." He remarked, walking outside as he held his hand up to signal a taxi cab.

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