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Buffy made her way down the stairs. She had woken to an empty bed, and she had panicked. He wouldn't leave her again, she knew he wouldn't. But still...

She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him in the lobby, talking to...Faith. Her heart twisted with jealousy. She remembered coming to LA after Faith had come out of her coma, and finding her in the arms of Angel. She had been hurt, he had said some things, things that were true, but they still hurt. So she had lied. Told him lies, that she was happy, she had Riley and she didn't trust Angel anymore. She had wanted to hurt him, like she had been hurt. And she had. She would never forget the look on his face. She would always regret that.

She and Faith had come a long way since then, but, seeing Faith with Angel, all the old feelings seemed to surface. She shrugged off the feelings. Angel loved her, she knew that. She trusted him, no matter what she had told him in the past. She headed toward them.

"I don't know. Buffy just called and said that we needed to get to LA asap, that you were in trouble. She didn't say how she knew."

"Wesley called me." Buffy walked up behind them.

Angel turned at her words. "Wesley? When?"

Buffy heard the sorrow in his voice when he said Wesley's name. "Two days ago. Well, I guess three days, now. He said you were in trouble, that you needed me."

Faith turned to Angel. "Wes wasn't in the alley last night. What..."

"He didn't make it there." Angel's voice was flat, without emotion. "I have to go check on Gunn." He turned and walked off.

Buffy followed him. "Angel...wait." He didn't stop, and she had to practically run to catch up to him. "Angel." She grabbed his arm to stop him.

"I'm fine, Buffy." He saw the concern for him in her eyes. "I'll be back later." He turned and walked away.

She watched him go, then turned and went to find Willow.

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"So, you and Angel...you're going to start back up again?"

"I don't have a choice, Willow. I love him, and I'm never going to be happy without him." Buffy and Willow were sitting on Willow's bed in the hotel. "We're going to make it work this time."

"Maybe I can find a way for you to be together. I looked before, after... well, after the last time, but maybe this time I'll get lucky."

Buffy sighed. "What we need is another Mohra demon." She shook her head. "There's never a demon around when you need one."

Willow smiled. "Maybe we can get Giles to research it for you."

"Maybe." Buffy got up from the bed. "I'm going to go check on the slayers."

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"Come on, Spike! No wonder I had to save your ass last night, if that's all you've got!"

Spike picked himself up off of the floor. Thinking of Buffy and Angel together made him crazy, and he needed to get rid of his frustrations. He and Faith had been sparring in the basement of the hotel for the last half hour. "Don't press your luck with me, pet." He stepped back into a fighter's stance.

Faith laughed. "It's a good thing you didn't get your friend Ilyria to fight with you. She doesn't care if she hurts you. I do."

"What, you have a bloody conscience now?" He threw a punch, but she ducked it easily.

"Taking it out on me won't help, you know." She ducked another punch, then threw one of her own, knocking him to the ground again.

"Don't know what you're talking about, luv."

"Sure you don't!" She held out a hand to help him up. "Are you done now?"

He sighed. "For now."

She laughed and started up the stairs. "That was fun! Give me a yell the next time you need to get B and Angel off your mind!"

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