Thanks for all the reviews, I'm glad you guys like it when I started writing this story I was going to make it more like Phoebe helping Buffy deal with having to kill the man she loves but, I haven't really seen the whole Buffy/Chris thing done and thought it might be interesting. Also I wanted to let you guys know that although Chris is about 22 on the show in my fic he's around 19 and Buffy is the same age as she would be at this time, about 16 and ½ maybe a little older. On to the story.

Manor

Chris orbed into the Manor early the next morning to let the girls know what was going on. He was surprised to see the whole family gathered around the table.

"Mom what's wrong, why are you here?" He asked concerned.

"Calm down, I'm fine. When Leo told me what was going on I made him bring me home so I could meet this girl, where is she?" Piper asked.

"Still sleeping. I brought he back to P3 last night and..." He began.

"Chris, You didn't!" Paige exclaimed.

"Chris." Phoebe yelled smacking him on the back of the head. "The girl is like what, fifteen?"

"She's sixteen, and no I didn't do anything but talk to her. Not that it's any of your business." He defended.

"So is she going to help?" Leo asked slightly uncomfortable with the current topic.

"She said she was willing to talk to you guys." Chris replied suddenly orbing out.

P3

Buffy woke the next morning, it took her a minute to remember where she was. She glanced at the floor surprised to find Chris gone. She got out of bed and walked over to the door opening it up and looking into the Club. It didn't look like anyone was there.

"Chris." She called.

"Your up." He replied from behind her.

"What the hell" She spun around. "Don't do that."

"Sorry." He laughed. "You ready to head over there?"

"I guess." She began nervously. "Are we doing the weird blue light form of travel again."

"Yeah, It's called orbing. Just give me your hand." He said taking her hand and orbing them to the Manor.

Manor.

"I think he likes her." Phoebe declared none of them noticing the two they were discussing orb in.

"Phoebe!" Piper yelled. "She's only sixteen."

"Still I think something's going on, he wasn't all serious boy this morning." Paige replied

"Yeah he was actually smiling." Phoebe added.

"He said nothing happened." Leo began.

"Oh and he's never lied before." Paige cut in.

"Yeah, I mean come on like he's gona admit it in front of his parents and he did bring her back to his room last night and last time I checked there was only one bed there.." Phoebe began.

"And he slept on the floor." Buffy cut her off causing them all to turn and notice there presence. "He was a perfect gentleman."

"I'm so glad to see you all have so much faith in me." Chris added sarcastically.

"It was all those two." Piper began gesturing to Paige and Phoebe. "Hi I'm Piper." She took in the small girl. She was dressed in a black baggy sweat suit with her blonde hair pulled back in a pony tail. She looked tired and too thin. Her mother instincts took over. "Sit down I'll make you some breakfast."

"You don't have too.." Buffy began.

"Don't argue, you'll never win. Plus she's a great cook." Chris cut in.

"I'm Paige, and this is Phoebe." Paige began gesturing for Buffy to take a seat.

"I'm Buffy." She replied taking a seat.

"So what's it like to be the slayer?" Phoebe asked.

"It sucks." Buffy replied glaring at Leo. "Chris told me what's going on and I guess I can stick around a while and see if I can help."

"That's great." Piper said walking in with a huge plate of pancakes. "Dig in."

"I should warn you guys most of my experiences with magic are of the not good kind." Buffy informed them.

"What do you mean." Piper asked.

"Well, First there was the girl who's mom used magic to switch bodies with her to relive her high school glory, then there was the group of kids at school who were possessed by hyenas and ate our principal, next there was a demon killer magically trapped in a ventriloquist dummy who thought I was demon and tried to kill me, then there was the girl who turned invisible from being ignored and tried to kill me, And the time a friend of mine tried to cast a love spell on this girl and it backfired and made all the women crazy and I mean insanely crazy about him again almost getting me killed, then there was the group of frat boys who tried to ritually sacrifice me to this snake demon, and the time I was turned into my Halloween costume and almost killed." Buffy listed.

"How can a person turn invisible from being ignored?" Piper asked.

"It's the hell mouth, it sends off these wacky magical vibes that basically draw in evil and screw around with everything else." Buffy replied.

"I was reading about that it sounds very interesting." Paige began.

"More like very dangerous." Buffy cut in. "It basically attracts all sorts of evil most of which try to open it and end the world or whatever which is why the slayer has to protect it."

"Is it ok for you to leave it unprotected?" Phoebe asked.

"Well I guess it's up to the new Slayer to do that, though with Kendra gone I'm not sure who she is or if there is even one." Buffy began. "I should probably call Giles if I'm gona be staying here for a while."

"New slayer? But, I thought there was only one." Piper replied.

"Long story short, I died for like a minute, I drowned and my friend brought me back with CPR. But, I was gone long enough for the next slayer to be called. She died right before I left." She finished sadly.

"Well, you can use the phone in the foyer so you have some privacy, and then you can let us know if you can stay." Paige replied.

"Ok thanks.' Buffy got up and walked into the foyer picking up the phone nervously dialing the number. It had been two weeks, she wasn't sure how they would react to hearing from her.

"Hello." Someone answered.

"Hi Giles." she answered nervously.

"Buffy? Thank god. Are you all right? Where are you?" He asked concerned.

"Yeah it's me, I'm ok. How are things there?"

"We've all been worried about you."

"I know, I'm sorry I had to get away."

"Are you coming back."

"I will, just not yet. I can't Giles it just..."

"I understand. Kendra's successor, Faith, showed up a week ago."

"How is she?"

"A bit odd but, she seems to have the hell mouth under control."

"That's good, How's everyone else. Do they hate me?'

"They're ok and No they don't hate you, I guess they just don't understand why you left."

"I'm sorry, I just couldn't face them it was...." She began crying.

"They understand how difficult it was but, you seemed to have come to terms with it then ..."

"No." She cut him off. "You don't understand it was, Willow's spell worked." She confessed.

"What?" He asked shocked.

"At the last minute, I was about to kill him, and it worked. He was Angel again, he didn't remember anything. But he'd already opened Athica and...." She trailed off sobbing.

"You had to kill him." He finished for her. "Buffy I'm so sorry, I wish...."

"No, It's not your fault. I just need some more time and I found some people who need my help. So I'm gona stick around here for a while."

"Can I know where 'here' is?"

"San Francisco, But please don't tell them or come here yourself. I'll come home when I'm ready."

"I understand. Will you keep in touch?" He asked hopefully.

"Yeah, thank you. Please try and let them know it's not that I don't want to see them it's just..."

"I know I will. Oh you should know your no longer being charged with Kendra's murder."

"That's good. I should probably go."

"Take care of yourself."

"You too." She replied hanging up.