Hey sorry it took me a while to update but just want you all to know I'm definitely not giving up on the story or anything...just been busy. Hope you like this chapter, everything finally starting to pick up. I might have changed a few things since I haven't really watched Angel season 5...I heard some stuff and read some stuff but I thought it would be a lot better if I either waited til I did watch it which could be forever or just make it up, but I don';t refer to it too much anyway so bear with me and please review. Any comments welcome.

L.A. - Angel Investigations(night after Buffy phoned Xander)

The moment it had happened, Angel knew he should have phoned Buffy straight away and couldn't understand how he kept cool and actually thought it through. Maybe it was because he wasn't human but either way he wished he hadn't thought about it. People say that sometimes its better to react on instinct and in this one situation Angel wished he had.

How could he tell Buffy? Should he tell Buffy? Of course he should but back to question 1: how could he? It wasn't really the thing you could do over the phone then again it wasn't really something there was an instruction manual to. He could just about imagine the conversation...phone your ex, the love of your life to tell her that after one of your worst enemies, who she ended shacking up with after you left, who then died and left her with a kid which in all ways possible is impossible, is now back? Yeah, maybe a great topic starter for a new show or new book along the title lines of Everyway possible to mess up your life and confuse you beyond actual confusion, then sure it would be great but in reality? No fricking way.

Spike, having no idea how on earth he got back, just that it had something to do with that freaky amulet he had been wearing that Angel had got, didn't know how he could keep cool either, it definitely had to be a vamp thing.

"If you pace anymore you'll break the floorboards," he said calmly, he too was freaking. Angel and him? Never got on well, not even hundreds of years ago when they were family and then the things with Buffy? That helped a lot, yeah right. How was he back? Why was he back?

Angel jumped and stop pacing, he hadn't even realized he had been doing it. He thought Buffy was his main problem which he still held to but until now he hadn't even thought of what to do about Spike. Great, Angel Investigations. We help the helpless. So case study/review? Let's see:

Dead dad (not as in deadbeat as in actual dead, vampire) manages to somehow have a child, with a chosen one, someone who would usually kill his kind but he has a soul and is 'reformed.' Considering the circumstances things are going pretty well until this big huge evil arises and the dead dad dies, meanwhil;e the unexplainable and the impossible happens when the Slayer becomes pregnant with his child. The Slayer runs away from friends and only family memeber she has left because they can't cope and can't understand. She goes to her ex who will always be there for her but she only classes as a friend since she's moved on to his enemy. She goes back to friends and poof! Somehow the amulet is 'returned to owner' and the dead boyfriend is dead no longer... or at least he is but he's walking dead.

Angel threw his head back, how great would it be if there was some sort of thing in the supernatural suckish life which made you stp thinking? Because this was 'killing him.'

"You're doing it again," Spike said raising an eyebrow at Angel who had began pacing again, he leaned one arm against the wall, tilting his head side4ways to watch Angel. Angel was taking this harder than Spike which considering Spike had been the actual dead one seemed pretty weird, he couldn't hate him THAT much.

Angel ignored him, feeling an urge to bite his knuckles like he did when he was a kid, when he was human. A long, long, long time ago.

Spike rolled his eyes, sighing, forcing all thoughts of Buffy and everything else that had happened out of his head. Only one nervouse breakdown at a time and Angel has that covered, Spike said to himself then out loud, "You know if I'm that bad I can always jump back into the sodding amulet." He ha been trying to 'lighten' the mood yet somehow he guessed it wouldn't have but he hadn't counted on Angel's freakout.

"Is everything a joke to you? Because I'm telling you I am not laughing! I don't know why you're here, I don't know HOW you're here, I don't know how you could have a bloody kid and more importantly I don't know - " Angel froze, oh god he'd just said it, he hadn't meant it, he just well, freaked and now he was gonig to have to explain something he knew basically nothign about to Spike.

Spike glared at him, taken aback, "You know, Angel," Spike said uneasily, "That's not even funny," Angel didn't seem like he was making with the funny, then again he hardly ever was, brooding was his type, yet there was no way Spike could or would let himself believe he had a child.

CANADA - Same time, Different place

Buffy stepped off the train, looking around. She had got here later than planned but it wasn't really her fault. She'd been way down on the sleep count and fell asleep at the train station, then again in a 3 hour wait what else is there to do? Buffy was just glad that after she missed the train she planned on, there was only one other train left on that platform which was thankfully, also to Canada. Even more fortunate for Buffy that some guy had woken her up, then again every guy seemed to remind her of Spike and every memory of Spike led her to her impossible child which led to Giles and Willow which led to a lot of things which Buffy was trying not to think about.

She sighed, her eyes finally resting on a payphone. She pulled out the crumpled piece of paper in her pocket and dialed Xander. Dawn picked up, "Hi, who's calling?"

Buffy wasn't sure whether to be panicked or relieved. Dawn was OK which was a major relief but if she told her what would she do? She had to talk though, say something.

"Hello?" Dawn questioned, wondering whether it was a prank.

She was just about to hang up the phone, when Buffy spoke. Although very faint Dawn heard.

"Buffy!" She squealed excitedly and a little too loud, she looked around, thankful that everyone else minus Xander and Kennedy's aunt were away out trying to locate the potential.

"Hey Dawnie," Buffy said, "Look I need you to do me a favour, don't let anyone know its me on the phone, not yet. I don't know if Xander's told anyone or whatever but - is he there?"

"Umm...yeah he's upstairs. I can go get him, Xander said you'd be here earlier I was worried or more worried," Dawn said.

Buffy winced, "You knew? Who else?"

"No one. Xander told me because I overheard the call and knew something was up," Dawn said shrugging then realizing it was pointless since she was on the phone but it was more of a habit type thing, "I'll go get Xander," Dawn said resting the phone down and not hearing Buffy's small 'Thanks.'

TRAIN STATION - Half an hour later

He spotted her before she saw him which if any of them were thinking about it may have seemed strange since she was super slayer and he'd just had serious eye damage but this wasn't on any of there minds.

Xander was the first one to run up to Buffy and give her a huge hug, Buffy hugged him back, resisting the urge to cry.

Buffy gave a strange look when she saw Dawn running up just behind Xander but either way she was glad. After letting go of Xander, she hugged Dawn also, giving Xander a strange sort of look.

They'd agreed that it would just be them so they could talk or something, three weeks was pretty long considering and her best buddy had been seriously worried.

Xander siled, just glad that she was back and shrugged, "She refused to stay behind. Don't blame me, we all know how stubborn the Summers are and I'm not getting on the wrong side of either of you."

Buffy gave a wavery laugh, Xander would always come through, whether it was before an apocolypse or in a really awkward position, he'd lighten it somehow.

"I missed you guys," Buffy said then quietly said, "I'm sorry."

Xander shrugged, pretending to roll his eyes. He wasn't mad, in fact considering everything, including his hatred for Spike he was pretty understanding. "We'll deal with all that later," he said, giving a goofy smile, "We're just glad to have you back."