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Buffy wrapped the covers around her, she closed her eyes and began to breathe slowly. She heard Angel shut the door, she opened her eyes and sighed. She was confused, she didn't understand why she was back on earth. She took a shaky breath, a tear rolled down her cheek. She heard voices from the hallway, she become silent and listened.

"You had no right!" shouted Angel.

"Listen, Angel, we're her best friends and we didn't want her suffering in some hell dimension," replied Willow.

"Who said she was in a Hell Dimension ? We have no idea where she was," sighed Angel.

"We're s-s-sorry for not telling you, Angel, but we weren't even positive if it would work," stuttered Tara, gently.

"I just can't bare to see her in pain," whispered Angel.

"Can we see her ?" asked Xander.

"She's asleep," replied Angel, softly.

Everything became silent. Someone mumbled a goodbye and walked away, another set of footsteps followed. Although, Buffy guessed that it was Xander and Anya going home. Then, two pairs of footsteps shuffled a few steps before a door shut behind them, blocking out the continuing steps. Buffy bit her lip, she rolled over and stuffed her head into the pillow.

"How is she ?"

Buffy sat up slowly, she knew that voice but she couldn't quite place her finger on it.

"I don't know, I have no idea what's going on inside her head," replied Angel's voice.

"She'll be fine, B is strong," replied the female voice.

"Thanks, Faith," said Angel gently.

Faith?! Buffy's head began to spin, what was Faith doing here ? Had she been here before she - Buffy couldn't bring herself to think it. She tried to remember, although everything was blank and confusing. Buffy heard the door opening, she quickly shut her eyes and pretended to be asleep. She felt someone slide in besides her, she realised it must of been Angel as he slid his arms around her waist. Buffy winced, she desperatly wanted to pull away although she couldn't give away her position.

She waited until his grip slackened, although she continued to lie still even with his arm lazily around her. She couldn't understand why she felt this way, she loved Angel more than anything, yet she just wanted to be free again. Eventually, he rolled over and took his arm with him, Buffy let out a sigh of relief and stood up. She felt Angel groan, she quickly turned around as he rolled over, stuffing his face further into the pillow. Buffy let out a deep breath and moved towards the cot which held her daughter in. She wanted to stroke her cheek, pick her up, yet she was too scared. She didn't want to awaken her daughter, she just continued to stare at her.

Buffy backed away from the cot, she moved towards the drawers and carefully opened them. She sighed with relief, thankfully all her clothes were still there. She pulled out a plain black jumper and slipped it over head, breathing in the fresh scent of washing powder. She looked at the cot oncemore before turning towards the bed, she looked at her sleeping boyfriend. She finally turned around and walked out of the door, shutting it, gently, behind her.

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Phoebe began to cry, her cries echoed around the room. It was like she was warning her Dad that her Mom had just left, although a baby would never possibly know. Angel groaned and dropped his hand to the side of the bed; empty. He sat up and looked around, Buffy was nowhere to be seen. He began to question himself; had it all been a dream ? Had it been like the others night when he imagined Buffy alive ? Phoebe's cries brought him back to earth, he got up and stumbled towards her cot.

Angel picked up his daughter and rocked her gently. He checked her diaper and realised she didn't need to be changed, which meant that she must be hungry. Angel held Phoebe tightly in his arms as he made his way down the stairs, as he stepped off the bottom step, he realised that the front door was wide open. He looked at it curiously and turned to the sitting room, wondering if Faith had gone out.

"Faith ?" called Angel.

"Yeah ? Is something up with B ?" questioned Faith, sleepily.

Angel realised it wasn't a dream; Buffy was really back. Angel clutched Phoebe to his chest and ran back upstairs, although tried his best not to wake Dawn. He knocked on Willow and Tara's door, he heard a groan and knocked again. Thankfully, he heard someone mumble something then the floor boards creaked. The door opened and a sleepy Tara stood in the doorway, rubbing her eyes.

"Angel, is everything Ok ?" asked Tara, stiffling a yawn.

"It's Buffy. She's gone, I'm going to find her but I need someone to watch Phoebe," replied Angel, quickly.

Tara nodded and smiled, holding out her arms for the baby. Angel kissed Phoebe on the forehead and passed her to Tara.

"I think she needs to be fed, sorry Tara," apologised Angel, frowning.

"It's ok, you go find Buffy," smiled Tara, rocking Phoebe.

"Thanks Tara," said Angel.

He quickly ran into his room and grabbed a jacket, before running back downstairs.

"Angel, what's goin' on ?" questioned Faith.

"Buffy's gone, I'll be back soon," replied Angel, running out of the door.

Faith watched him run down the garden path, he stopped at the end and looked both ways. Finally, he turned right and began to run again. Faith wondered whether to follow him, although she decided that it was a 'couple' thing. She closed the door and returned to the sofa, deciding to get a few more hours sleep.