Chapter Thirteen- Fall To Pieces

A/N: Chapter written by Willowzlilsecret. Also, we would like to thank our faithful reviewer Vanillagigglez for, well...faithfully reviewing. Thanks soo much! D This chapter is for her.

Everyone woke up achy from sleeping on random places on the floor downstairs. Oz and Willow were the first ones up and went up to the kitchen to have some breakfast.

"I'll make pancakes." Oz offered.

"Sounds good to me." Willow agreed and sat down at the table as Oz began pulling things out of cabinets and getting ready to cook. Moments later they were joined by Angel and Xander and Cordelia. Everyone stayed in the kitchen at the table. Angel sat next to Willow and Xander sat across from him, with Cordelia on his lap. They were almost constantly kissing, as if they couldn't keep their hands off each other. Angel and Willow exchanged glances and tried not laugh.

"So, Angel, Darla's coming in only two days." Oz said from the stove. He was flipping a pancake and Willow noticed he had flour on his nose. She giggled and got up and went over to him, wiping it off. He rubbed her arm in thanks and returned his attention to Angel.

"Yeah, I really am not sure if that's a good thing." he said sounding anxious.

"Buffy." Willow and Oz commented in unison.

"That obvious?" he asked. Willow nodded solemnly.

"I'll be right back, I'm getting a sweatshirt." Willow said. Angel looked out the window, it was raining. Thankfully no lightning.

"What are we doing today?" Cordelia asked, looking away from Xander for two seconds.

"I don't know. Maybe hanging out with our girlfriends." Xander said, annoyed that she had stopped kissing him.

"Ok, well that leaves Angel, Dawn, and Connor all alone." Cordelia said shooting a look at Oz. He understood.

"Well, I'm sure that Buffy would be more then willing to hang out with Angel tonight." Willow added in as she returned.

"Stop acting like I'm not in the room!" Angel exclaimed.

"Sorry." Everyone said.

"Ok, well what are we doing until we hang out with our girlfriends…boyfriends." Cordelia asked.

"Well the girls could go shopping." Willow suggested.

"And the guys could practice a little. Music. We haven't done much over the past week." Oz suggested. Everyone in the room agreed and would tell people as they appeared. Buffy was the next awake, bringing Beans and Snoopy with her. She still looked half asleep and went over and kissed Willow on the cheek before sitting down on Xander and Cordelia's laps.

"Buffy? You awake?" Willow asked, a little amused.

"The Corona…is Angel there? Where did that boy go?" Buffy asked.

"Did you check the refrigerator?" Willow asked, using what she had said weeks ago in the car.

"Why would I be in the refrigerator?" Angel asked.

"I can smell him…That boy needs to take a shower!" Buffy exclaimed.

"I think that might be the dog." Cordelia pointed out.

"Dogs…I don't want a hot dog…I want Angel." Buffy groaned.

"Right here, Buff." Angel said, sounding amused. She slowly got off of Cordelia and Xander who both let out sighs of relief. Cordelia took her own seat and watched fascinated, as Buffy made her way over to Angel. And she began petting him. Suddenly her eyes snapped open in mid-pet. Her face turned bright red.

"Oops." she said and took her hand off of Angel's head. She sat down, refusing to speak.

"Buff, You awake now?" Xander asked.

"Yes." she muttered, rubbing her face away as if that would make it less red. Willow was still standing with Oz and she pulled her hair into a ponytail.

"So Bottle up old love, throw it out to sea

Watch it out to sea as you cry

A year has passed, the seasons go" Angel sang quietly. Amazingly enough, he didn't sound as terrible as normal.

"Wow, nice song." Cordelia nodded. Angel stole a glance at Buffy who was looking at him. She was just full-on staring. He tried not to notice.

"Buffy." Willow said taking a step forward, ready to clap in front of Buffy's face, if she needed to. Buffy looked at her.

"What?" she asked.

"Nothing." Willow said and felt Oz touching the top of her sweatshirt. She looked at him curiously.

"Tag." he explained. She smiled at Buffy who was smiling back. The two were so cute together.

"So what's today's plan?" Dawn asked as she came up the stairs rubbing her eyes. Connor was right behind her. He ran a hand through his messy hair.

"Well, girls are shopping then hanging with their people. Cordelia and Xander, Me and Angel, you and Connor, Willow and Oz." Buffy explained. Apparently she had heard what was going on. Angel smiled at being picked over Spike. Unfortunately, Buffy was planning to spend the day with Spike. She hadn't seen him in a while. Willow knew exactly what she was thinking. Oz handed her a plate of pancakes and she put it on the table as well as a stack of plates. Everyone took a plate and a pancake or two. Soon they were all gone with a high demand for more. Oz was already on it. Jenny and Giles appeared at the bottom of the stairs, obviously waiting for their pancakes.

"Hey Mom, Dad, what are you guys doing today?" Xander asked.

"We are having a special day and night together, so you kids are on your own tonight." Jenny said hugging Giles and kissing him on the cheek.

"Enough said!" Xander joked.

"Well, we're just going to eat a little and leave." Giles said, grabbing a plate and waiting for the pancakes to be served. Jenny did the same. Soon they were ready and Willow was putting them on the table. Oz knew there wouldn't be any left for him or Willow so he made a few extras. Soon Jenny and Giles were done and they left. The six teens that were done eating went in to watch TV and began discussing the Exorcist. Willow and Oz sat in the kitchen eating their pancakes.

"What do you want to do tonight?" Willow asked for lack of anything else to say.

"Whatever works, I mean we could see a movie or something." Oz suggested.

"Oh yeah, that'd be cool." Willow nodded smiling. They both finished and put the dishes in the sink and went into the living room with everyone else.

"So…shopping?" Cordelia asked. All the girls agreed and went up to their rooms to get ready.

"What are we doing all of today?" Xander asked. "Other then practicing."

"We can…play video games." Connor suggested with an evil glint in his eye.

"Oh and I suppose you think you're going to win." Oz commented.

"Oh, I don't think. I know." Connor grinned.

"I'd like to test that theory." Angel joked.

"Oh, it's on." Connor laughed. They guys began down the stairs to go play their video games.

000At the Mall000

"Ok, I'm meeting Spike over in the music store in half an hour." Buffy said pointing to a little music shop in the corner of the mall.

"Well, why don't we call the guys and have them help us pick out video games until then." Cordelia suggested, already dialing home. They walked into the video game store and the guys were on speaker phone by then.

"How about…monkeyball." Buffy suggested looking at one of them.

"Aww! The monkeys are sooo cute!" Dawn exclaimed giggling.

"Come on! That is such a girly game!" Xander objected.

"Is not!" came Angel's voice.

"Let's just give it a try." Oz said quietly.

"Yeah, Xander, majority rules. But it." Connor concluded. And it went on like that for half an hour and Buffy waved goodbye quietly and went over to the music store.

000On the Stairs000

"She's alone…perfect…she'll be the first. I have to get her." The man muttered as he took off his hat and started down the stairs.

000In the Music Shop000

Spike approached Buffy and tapped her shoulder. She jumped a little then turned around.

"Hey." she said and kissed him.

"Buffy. I want you to meet some of my buddies." he said grasping her hand. She was a little nervous at first and then even more nervous when she saw who his buddies were. They were all wearing very baggy clothes (and not the attractive kind either) had long greasy hair that had weird colors streaked in, and smelled of smoke. She decided that she didn't like them. She clung tightly to Spike as he pointed to each of them saying their names.

"I don't like them." she whispered into his ear while standing on her tip-toes. He nodded and waved goodbye as he walked away from them.

"Just like that? You didn't even try to make me stay near them." Buffy said relieved.

"Yeah, well, if my Buffy doesn't like them, then I'm not going to make her stay near them." he pointed out.

"Thank God." she murmured. "So where are we going?"

"Maybe we could go over to my apartment and just hang out." Spike suggested. Buffy had wanted to see where he was living. She agreed.

000At the House000

Xander was moping in a corner because the girls had bought a bunch of, well, girly games. He knew deep down he would probably enjoy them more then anyone else, but he still wanted to mope to prove his point.

"Come on, Xander, that's Angel's job, stop being a baby and get over here." Connor joked

"HEY!" came from both Xander and Angel. Connor and Oz laughed and decided that they would battle.

000Five hours later000

Buffy met back with the girls at the mall and they went home with video games, snacks, more disposable cameras, and food. They put monkeyball in, ready to prove to Xander that it wasn't a girly game. They could start their couples night when they were done.

000Fifteen minutes later000

"Jump!" Xander yelled as he jumped from his seat.

"How do you jump?" Connor asked frantically, looking at the controller.

"You can't jump!" Angel exclaimed. The girls were just watching the guys be entertained by the girly game…Xander most of all.

"Ok, time to shut this off and start our couples night." Cordelia said as she planted a kiss on Xander's lips.

"Agreed." he replied and grasped her hand.

"Ok, where is everyone going?" Willow asked.

"Down to the beach." Cordelia replied.

"We're staying here." Angel said and pulled Buffy onto his lap. She began laughing.

"We're going to the party." Connor said grasping Dawn's hand. He immediately let go, remembering that no one knew.

"Ok, and we're going to the movies." Oz said. Everyone nodded and went their separate ways. Angel and Buffy went up to the living room and just sat on the couch eating junk food.

"Darla is coming in two days." Angel said softly.

"I know." Buffy nodded.

"But you were asleep." Angel wondered.

"I have very good hearing in my sleep. I can multitask." she joked. He gave a small smile. He very rarely smiled widely. Buffy looked in his chocolatey brown eyes and wondered if she made the right decision. Did she really love Spike? Suddenly she felt herself leaning in and Angel was doing the same. Their lips met and Buffy had never felt anything like it. She felt happy and guilty and sad all at the same time. She put a hand on Angel's cheek and deepened the kiss. He put a hand on her back, pulling her closer.

"We shouldn't." Buffy said, finally pulling away. Not being with him. Not kissing him…it felt like her heart was being ripped out. He agreed and offered to make something to eat.

"Sure." Buffy said and switched on the TV. The girl that went missing was found in the dump. The same place that Joe had been leaving his bodies. "It looks like maybe someone is getting revenge for Joseph Sanchez, or maybe thought it would just be a good idea…" Buffy hugged herself nervously, thinking that she probably had a good idea of who it was. Suddenly the phone rang. She answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi its Mike, I wanted to know if Cordelia was there." he asked.

"Uh, no, I don't remember where she went, but can I take a message?" Buffy asked.

"Just tell her that the missing girl turned up dead and that…she might be next." Mike told her. Suddenly there was static on the line and then it went dead. Buffy decided to keep it to herself. Angel came back in with some food and the two began eating in silence.

000Down On the Beach000

The man snapped shut his phone and saw her. The second one. She was walking with some man. He watched her and ran past, unnoticed. Xander kissed Cordelia softly on the neck.

"We can stop walking now." she said and sat back on the sand. Xander sat down next to her and held her close to him, kissing her.

"Let's go in the water." Xander said smirking.

"With our clothes on?" Cordelia asked.

"Yeah…it'll be fun." Xander said.

"Ok." Cordelia agreed, a smile forming on her face. The two ran into the water, splashing around, getting soaked. They grabbed onto each other and began kissing. Suddenly rain began falling around them. The two looked up into the sky and began laughing and kissed again. Cordelia had never had this much fun in her entire life, even though her hair was tangled, her clothes were soaked, and she was going out with someone who would be considered a little bit of a dork.

"I love you. So much." Xander said before kissing her again.

"I love you…more!" Cordelia joked.

"I love you most." he said holding her tightly.

"I love you morer then most."

000At the Movies000

"I can't believe it was sold out." Willow sighed. Oz agreed and then sat on the hood of his van, then pulled himself on the top. Willow followed, almost afraid the car would collapse under them. They lay on the hood of his van and looked up at the stars. The same as Angel and Buffy had done a few days before.

"I never want to leave you." Oz said suddenly.

"It's still June, Oz, we have time." Willow comforted him. He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

"Oh, I know, but I mean never. Not now, not ever." he explained. Willow kissed him, unsure of what to say. He kissed her back, holding her tightly. He felt himself begin to cry. When Willow saw his tears, she too started crying.

"We will. Be together. Forever." Willow assured him and they laid together in silence under the sparkling stars.

000At The Party000

Connor and Dawn danced together through the loud music, kissing every now and then.

"It's so un-romantic here." Dawn complained, only an hour in.

"Well, where do you want to go?" Connor asked holding her.

"I don't know…I guess this works." Dawn said finally. The went over to a couch and began kissing.

"Nothing…too much…here…people can see." Dawn warned.

000Three Hours Later000

Everyone returned home, tired and ready to sleep. They all ate something small and then went off to their beds.

I don't wanna fall to pieces

I just wanna sit and stare at you

I don't wanna talk about it

I don't want a conversation,

I just wanna cry in front of you

And I don't wanna talk about it

Cause I'm in love with you