Part 6

She took a deep breath and put on a real smile. They probably hadn't seen a true smile from her in almost a year! Maybe not quite that long, but that's still pretty bad. She raised her hand to the door and opened it, peeking inside.

"Hey guys!" Buffy greeted them as she entered.

"Hey 'a Buff!" Xander said hopping off of his perch on the table.

"Hey Xander, Will, Anya, Giles. It's really good to see you all," Buffy said grinning and taking a seat on the couch across from Spike.

"Aye Slayer! Aren't you goin' to even say 'Hi!' to me!" Spike commented, hurt.

Buffy chuckled, "Hi, Spike. Good to see you're good as ever."

Willow was getting suspicious, "Hey, who are you and what did you do with our, slightly mopey Slayer?"

Buffy smiled and stood up, "What I can't be happy?"

The witch looked slightly puzzled, "Not without Angel or Riley around, no, not normally. So where's one of um?"

Buffy looked around, "Where is Riley at?"

"Why'd you have to call him?" Spike whined, rolling his eyes.

"Because he was my boyfriend... OOPS," Buffy bit her lip and tried to pretend she hadn't said it.

"What do you mean was, Slayer?" Spike pried.

"Did I say was? I meant is, cause technically I guess he still is..."

"What do you mean technically?"

Buffy growled at him, "All right, shut up! YOU don't have to be here you know! We could throw you outside, let the sun burn you! We'll pick up your ashes and send them to Dru off in England, or where EVER she is, with her fungus demon. Maybe SHE'LL give them to her new boyfriend to EAT or something!" She growled again, and everyone just stared open mouthed at her.

Just then Riley came in, "Did I miss anything?"

Xander was the first to get shook out of his shock, "Nope, just a little ranting is all, no biggy. I don't think you'll miss anything if you leave, why don't you do that?"

"That wouldn't be very polite! Geeze, Xander! They'd feel bad that I hadn't blessed them with my presence!" Spike yelled out in the girliest fashion he could, then changed to his normal mocking voice, "Cause I'm Mr. GI Joe-Wanna-Be-That- Couldn't-Fight-To-Save-His-Life," Everyone in the room laughed, even Buffy and Giles, except for Riley.

"Hey!" Riley yelled above the commotion, then started to run out the door.

"Riley, wait! I need to tell you something!" Buffy shouted.

"What is it Buffy? Cause I'm really tired of your friends and would like to leave!"

Buffy sighed, "I just don't think us is working out." By now everyone had stopped laughing and had their attention on them.

"I know what you mean! Gosh you get on my nerves sometimes-"

"I get on YOUR nerves? My God, how many times have I been in public and wanted to kill you because of how stupid you make me look? TOO MANY TIMES! Then there's the 'I've killed 17 demons and vampires!' NO ONE GIVES A FLYING FUCK! You want to know how many I'VE killed! I couldn't even begin to count them all! Why don't you go back to Iowa! Go back to your Grant Wood painting! No one here will miss you!"

Then Buffy watched as Riley ran from the house in tears. There was a split second where she felt bad, but then she was laughing along with the rest of them, gasping for air.

When they had all calmed down Buffy announced, "I have something very important to tell you all, well actually I'm going to show you first. Just stand over here by the door and wait a second, I'll be back. No peeking!" She jogged out the front door and shut it behind her. As she walked out to the car she grinned as she thought of all their reactions.

"Bloody Hell, man! You're in the sun!"

"What? How? When? Why? Huh?"

"Wow! That's so great for you two!"

"My good Lord. How did this happen?"

"He looks pretty good in the sunlight, too."

(If you couldn't figure out who was who... YOU SHOULDN'T BE READING THIS! No, just kidding here's the order of who I thought of saying it, see if you matched up... Spike, Xander, Willow, Giles, Anya :)

She walked up to the convertible and leaned in on the driver and gave him a kiss.

"Hey there," Angel greeted smiling up at her.

"I think they're ready for you."

"That's good. Was that Riley I saw run out of there bawling? What did you do to him?"

"Oh nothing, let's go!" she grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the car and down the path to Giles's front door. "Ready?"

"Yup."

Buffy pulled open the door just a crack and poked her head in. "All right, don't freak out on me. Here's the surprise."

She pulled the door open, and all but Spike(whom ran from the sunbeams screaming, "You could've warned me!")stood staring at the sight. An Angel in the sunlight.