Disclaimer: I don't own Angel or Buffy, blah, blah, blah.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed, they are much appreciated. Oh, and to Imzadi, who inquired about whether Lindsey will be making an appearance, I'm really not sure. I wasn't expecting Eve to show up, but once I started writing, it just came to me, so who knows?

"Eve?" Angel looked up suddenly. "Where did you see Eve?"

Buffy braced herself for the argument she knew was coming. "I went to Wolfram and Hart."

Angel felt a stab of fear. He didn't want her anywhere near that place. Until he knew exactly what happened, and if the Senior Partners were planning any more surprises, he needed everyone to keep their distance. "I don't want you anywhere near there!" The words came out harsher than he had intended.

She glared at him. "I can take care of myself, Angel! I've been doing it for 6 years now without you, and I'm doing just fine..."

"Buffy, you died! I don't exactly call that fine!"

"That was...that was different!" She started pacing the office. "And besides, that was a while ago. I'm perfectly capable of looking after myself now!"

"Buffy!" He grabbed her arm to stop her, and turned her to face him. "I know you can, but I also know what the Senior Partners can do! They almost destroyed me, and the would've won that last battle if the Powers That Be hadn't stepped in!" He looked into her eyes, and his voice lowered to a whisper. "I can't lose you again, Buffy."

Her anger melted away at his words. "I'm not going anywhere, Angel."

Angel sighed and kept hold of her arm for a moment, then let it drop. "I'm sorry. Maybe I overreacted, but..."

"It's okay. I didn't plan on going there, I just kinda ended up there, and something seemed to draw me in."

Angel sat down behind his desk, and pulled her into his lap. "So, what did Eve say?"

Buffy curled up on his lap. "She said that it's not over. That she can tell us what we want to know, if you tell her where someone named Lindsey is."

Angel just shook his head. "She doesn't want to know. Besides, I don't trust her."

"But Angel, if she can tell us what the Senior Partners are planning..."

"She can't. She's not a part of them anymore."

"But..."

"Don't worry. We'll figure it out without her help."

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"Spike?" Faith's voice echoed down the basement steps. "Are you down here?"

Spike moved out of the shadows. "What do you want?"

"Gee, is that any way to greet a girl? I thought you English were supposed to be very suave."

He didn't answer, just shook his head and went back to brooding in the shadows.

"Still moping over B?"

Still no answer.

"If you're not careful, people are going to start mistaking you for Angel. You're really starting to hone your brooding skills!"

"I am NOT like Angel! And I'm not moping over Buffy, either!"

She laughed. She loved giving him a hard time about Angel. They really were as different as night and day in most respects, but they did have a little more in common than they thought. Namely, Buffy. "C'mon, Spike! I've got 30 slayers waiting upstairs for you!"

Spike shook his head. "Get Angel to do it. I'm done. This 'saving the world' crap isn't for me."

Faith walked over to him. "Look, Spike, we need you. You were helping Angel before, what's the problem now?"

Spike looked at her carefully. She almost sounded...sincere. "You really have gotten soft, haven't you, luv? I thought you were this badass slayer, and now look at you. Angel really did beat the bad right out of you, didn't he?"

"Are you tryin' to piss me off, Spike? 'Cuz I gotta tell ya, it's working!" She leaned up right in his face. "Listen, Spike, I've had just about enough of your 'poor me, Buffy loves Angel and not me' shit! You already knew that, now you just need to grow up and get over it! Deal with it! We need you! If that battle was any indication of the things to come, we need everyone, and that means you're gonna have to help train these slayers! They're our only hope of winning this thing!"

"Faith..."

"And another thing! This stuff about some prophecy where the vampire with a soul becomes human? Just because the damn thing probably applies to Angel, and not you, doesn't give you the right to just give up! Is that the only reason you were fighting in the first place?!"

"No, Faith, I..."

"You're so afraid of becoming Angel, that you don't want anyone to know that you actually care! That, even though it's not beating, you actually have a heart! I mean..."

Her words abruptly stopped as Spike's lips met hers.

Okay, sorry about the language, but you know Faith! Anywho, please review!