Part 10

Approximately an hour later

Doyle being the not-so-sound sleeper heard the pizza delivery guy knock on the door. He very smoothly got off the couch without disturbing Cordy too much. He went to the door, paid for the pizzas, and brought them into the kitchen. Doyle put them on the table and went back into the living room just in time to see Buffy and Angel, both in silk robes, come down the hall.

They were about to start talking when Doyle shushed them. They mouthed, 'Sorry' and tiptoed into the kitchen where he motioned them.

"What's all this?" Angel asked nodding towards the pizzas on the table.

"Oh, the gang said they wanted some pizza, so I ordered," Doyle stated matter-of-factly.

"Oh... then why are they all asleep?" Buffy questioned.

"They were kinda tired, so I had it delivered an hour later, so we could get some sleep. What about you two, ever get to sleep?" Doyle remarked, laughing.

"Oh yeah, we slept. Nice peaceful sleep," Buffy sighed.

"I bet," Doyle joked, "Think we should wake them?"

Angel shook his head, and looked at the clock, "Naw... let them sleep a while. We'll just eat all the food."

They laughed, then they all yawned at the same time. "Maybe we should get some sleep, too," Buffy commented.

The guys nodded, and Angel pulled Buffy to him, "Let's go back to bed. Hey, Doyle there's a spare bedroom, if you, or Cordy, or both want it, go ahead. Any of them for a matter of fact. There's probably 3 or 4 more bedrooms upstairs." Angel and Buffy walked down the hall back to the Master Bedroom.

Doyle bent down in front of his princess, and stroked her face.

She moaned a little, "Doyle?"

"Yeah, baby. You want to go upstairs?" he asked her. She yawned, and nodded her head. "All right, I'm gonna tell the others about the bedrooms, then we'll be on our way up there, kay?"

Doyle stood and went over to Spike. He nudged him awake, "Hey Spike, there's some bedrooms upstairs that we can all use if you want one. We decided sleep would be a good idea, it's almost 3." Spike had recently gotten into a more human sleeping pattern, so he too was tired. "All right, thanks." He rubbed his eyes, then scooped Willow up in his arms like she weighed nothing, and carried her upstairs.

He went to Xander next, whom he woke not as easily as he'd thought. Once he was awake Doyle told him the plan, and he nodded his head in agreement. He, not as easily as Spike, picked Anya up and walked upstairs.

Then Doyle went back to 'Delia. He shook his head and went into demon form. It wasn't that Cordy was heavy, he was just small, so he couldn't pick her up easily, or possibly at all, so that was his option. She had her eyes closed so she couldn't see him, to freak out.

Spike had successfully gotten Willow into the first room without waking her. But when he laid her down on the bed, thus letting go of her, she stirred.

"Spike," she whined and tensed up, sounding like a 3 year old who'd had her favorite toy taken away.

"I'm here baby," he told her laying down next to her, getting under the sheets with her. He wrapped his arms around her, and she relaxed into him and fell back asleep. Spike lay there just watching her sleep for a while, before he too fell prisoner to sleep.

Anya had woken up as he started up the stairs and told him the carrying thing was sweet, but to put her down, and she had walked the rest of the way. They saw the first door shut so they entered the next one. They both yawned, and got under the covers, snuggling up to each other, and drifting asleep. Doyle and Cordy took the last bedroom. He put her down on the bed, got out of his demon face, and crawled in next to her. They quickly fell asleep in each other's arms.