Chapter 3

AN: Thanks for the reviews this chapter takes place directly after chapter 1
and starts just before the end of the last chapter

AN2: please keep reviewing

AN3: A special thanks to SkyBlueSW for the advise about the story

Half an hour after Buffy had left P3, Piper had called a family
meeting. So sat around the front room of their Victorian style house there
was Piper, Phoebe, their younger half-sister Paige, Leo who was a
whitelighter, a guardian angel for witches and also he was Piper's husband
and Cole Phoebe's boyfriend and a half demon.

"Wow that's gotta be hard," Paige commented after Piper had finished
repeating Buffy's story.

"No wonder she reacted like she did after what I said," Phoebe said
and continued when she saw every ones questioning gaze. "I said he sounded
cute if he had an angelic face."

Their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door which Paige
answered and soon she led a man into the room.

"Angelus?" Cole exclaimed at the man as he entered.

"Balthazar?" Angel exclaimed after a pause. "I had heard that you
were one of the good guys now but I didn't expect to see you here!

"Yeah well here i am, we were just talking about you," to this Angel
raised an eyebrow "Yeah Phoebs here," he walked over to Phoebe and put
his hands on her shoulders." is doing a project on you for collage, but why
are you here?" Cole finished.

Angel explained how Doyle a half demon friend of his, had a vision
of trouble in San Francisco and he and a friend had come down to help.

Then a thought came to Cole and he asked Angel "Hey how come you're
in the sun but you're not in flames?"

Angel laughed and replied that the friend that had come down with him
was a witch called Willow and she had found a spell to make him human and he
explained the rest of the spell to Cole. They continued taking for a while
during this time Phoebe had excused herself and went to use the phone.

First she called Tom and Jason to cancel the study evening. Then she
called Alex.

"Hello?" Buffy answered her phone, she only had a mobile as she found
it was cheaper then an ordinary phone.

"Hey Alex it's me," came the voice on the other end.

"Hey Phoebs, what's up?" Buffy asked

"Well there's some trouble so we need your help" Phoebe said hoping
that Alex wouldn't be able to tell she was lying

"OK I'll be there in five minuets, I'll have to bring Liam with me
though" Buffy said thinking this was just another of Phoebe's visions that
she needed help with.

"That's fine," Phoebe said but thought it was more than fine. "Leo
can probably look after him, see you soon by." Phoebe hung up before she
couldn't keep the secret any longer.

She returned to the main room where Cole and Angel were just
finishing a conversation about their past.

"So Angel have you got a girlfriend?" phoebe asked hopping her
efforts weren't in vain.

"Why? Are you trying to set me up with someone?" He joked. To this
Phoebe went bright red "well don't bother," Angel continued after seeing her
reaction and turned serious. "The girl I loved more than any thing died four
years ago. So who was this person you were going to set me up with?" he said
in an attempt to lighten the mood.

"A friend called Alex she should be round any moment now. She knows
about vampires and stuff and is a witch herself" Phoebe answered.

They heard the door go and a cry of:

"Hey guys what's the trouble cuz I've got..." Buffy's voice trailed
off as she entered the room and saw Angel. For a few moments they just
stood there staring at each other in wonder before Angel finally managed
to break the silence.

"You lied you look beautiful in natural light"

TBC...

thought I'd leave you on a cliff hanger