The Plan
7:00 that night.
Anya, Tara, Willow, Connor, Fred, Wes, Oz, Jesse and Dawn are all in Tara's living room,
"So we have most of the gang back, the next person we need is Faith and Xander" Wesley says, Willow looks unsure,
"Uh yeh, well Xander might not be as co-operative as the others, you know what happened between him and Spike" Willow says, Anya looks at her and nods,
"She's right, his head will explode if he finds out about this…" her face turns worried, "I don't want him to lose his head, he has a nice head it's where his lips are, his tongues great…" she says happily, she looks around the group who each share a horrified/grossed out look, "Sorry" she says happily, then starts staring into space imagine his face and his tongue fighting with her own, Willow rolls her eyes,
"And Faith, she might help, but her and Buff are pretty tight" she finishes
"Ok so they might not be as easy to persuade but we have to have the whole gang agreeing on this or it wont work," Fred says,
"Well how can we get them to agree?" Tara asks,
"That's where we come in" Angel says walking through the front door holding Cordy's hand, everyone looks at him in wonder,
"How can you get him to agree Angel?" Dawn asks, Cordy smiles brightly.
Around an hour later and the gang still don't know what Angel and Cordy are hiding, suddenly outside they hear a car horn, they all go to the window and see a guy getting out of a taxi,
"Who's that?" Tara asks,
"DOYLE!" Anya squeals running to give him a hug.
Angel had called Doyle a few days ago once Cordy came up with her idea to bring the gang back together, all the Scooby's had always loved Doyle and if anyone could help make peace between everyone it was him, Doyle is Angel's older Brother who moved to Ireland 6 years ago to go to school there, when he graduated High school he then went to a top notch university and has lived there since.
"Hey Anya" he says pulling away from the hug, Cordy smiles,
"Hi Doyle" she says giving him a hug,
"Cordelia, you're as beautiful as ever" Cordy smiles,
"Aint I though" she says with a smile,
"Hey man long time no see," Angel says and they shake hand in their own code,
"Hey 'Scooby's'" he says to the rest of the gang, Hi's and Hello's are heard around the room, Doyle walks further into the living room and sits down,
"So what you been up to in Ireland?" Jesse asks,
"Oh the regular, school, girls" he answers, "So bro, what you do this time that you need me to clear up?" he asks jokingly, Angel hits his shoulder, Cordy sits down next to him,
"We need your help to get the gang back" she says, Doyle looks confused,
"Uh Cordy, the gang looks pretty much intact, well with the exception of Spike, Gunn, Xander, Faith and Buffy" he says looking around the group, Willow walks up to him and sits down,
"Doyle a lot has changed since you were last here 6 years ago, the group split, Buffy and Spike broke up and the group kinda fell apart, we need your help to get it back together" she explains, Doyle's face is expressionless,
"You mean the famous Scooby gang split, that's crazy," he says, Cordy sighs,
"Me and Angel did everything we could think of to get the gang back, but after 4 years we gave up…"
"It's been up until now, that we've actually got so fed up that we want to help" Dawn says, Doyle looks around the room,
"Ok, what do ya need?" he asks.
"Hey Faith, what's up with Willow lately I haven't seen her around as much" Buffy says sitting next to Faith in the lounge of Sunnydale High, they both had a free period and where waiting for Willow since they knew she had one too,
"I dunno B, but she seems to be hanging with Anya a lot lately" she explains, Buffy nods, when she sees Willow walking up to them she smiles then her face lights up when she sees, the guy walking beside her,
"Ohmygod Doyle!" she yells running to give him a hug,
"Hey Buff" he gives her a hug, Faith jumps up out of her seat,
"Yo D, how's it going" she says, Doyle smiles,
"Faith, it's great to see you" he says and gives her a hug, Faith smirks,
"That's what all the guys say" Buffy rolls her eyes,
"What are you doing here?" she asks, Willow sits down on a seat and they all do the same,
"Yeh D, last time I saw you was 6 years ago" she says, Doyle smiles,
"Yeh, I'm amazed you all remember me," he says jokingly, the girls laugh,
"Are you kidding no way would we forget you" Buffy says smiling friendly.
From around the corner of the hall Angel and Cordy are watching them Cordy looks at Angel and smiles, he wraps his arm around her and they walk of down the hall, leaving Doyle to work.
"So how's it going in Ireland?" Buffy asks, Willow watches happily as Buffy and Faith ask questions,
"Oh it's great, after I graduated high school I got accepted into a awesome university" he explains, Buffy smiles,
"That's great"
"Yeh yeh yeh, but more importantly you got a girl yet D?" Faith asks, the little group laugh,
"Yeh I have, her names Sarah, met her in my university psyche class" he says, Buffy smirks,
"So you've got over Faith's way of life, Get Guy well in your case Girl, Get Action, Get lost" she says teasingly, Faith hits her shoulder and smirks,
"Our way now B" Buffy smirks, Doyle laughs at them,
"So I guess things didn't work out with Gunn and Spike" he asks, Willow's eyes widen but Doyle looks at her reassuringly that he had things under control, Buffy and Faith frown,
"No they are of the past, now we just get a different guy every night" Faith explains, Buffy smirks bitterly remembering their last encounter with Spike at the Bronze,
"What happened?" Doyle asks, Buffy looks at him,
"He was a jerk, so I dumped him and he blamed me for everything that happened" she says angrily, Faith puts a hand on her shoulder and Buffy cools of,
"why'd you dump him?" he asks curiously that's the one thing the gang hadn't told him and he really wanted to find out,
"Why don't you ask him it's his bloody fault" she says getting angry again, she takes a breath then looks back at Doyle,
"But hey it's all good, like Faith said, a guy a night, what's better than that" she says cheering up a bit, Doyle frowns,
"How bout a guy that loves you and will always be there for you" he says calmly, Buffy looks at him,
"Been there done that, didn't work out" she says point-of-fact, Faith smirks,
"Yeh D, guys just aren't the type to settle down" she says, Doyle smiles sadly at how they seem to view things now,
"Well I did, and it sure beats having a different girl every night" he says, they both look at him,
"Well maybe the next guy I meet will be like you Doyle" Buffy says sadly, Doyle smiles and cups her chin,
"I think you already met a the right guy Buff, whether he's like me or not" he says, Buffy looks at him confused not knowing that he is talking about her ex boyfriend 5 years ago, Spike.
Willow smiles at how well things are going,
'Wow Doyle's good, the gang will be back together in no time'
She thinks to herself.
"So you seen my brother around I haven't seen him since this morning, where is he?" he asks, Faith and Buffy looks at each,
"Uh we don't really hang out with Angel anymore or many of the guys from the old gang" Buffy says,
"Oh, why, I thought you guys were tight, I mean you were the biggest and strongest group in junior high, what happened?" he asks,
"Well the group kinda split when me and Spike broke up" Buffy explains, Doyle nods,
"Oh right, how long ago was that?" he asks, Buffy looks down,
"5 years ago"
"Wow wow wow, you telling me the Scooby's have been split for 5 years now, what sorta wacky dimension have I fallen into," he says,
"Well everyone's happy, their living their own lives, anyway its not like we all split really, me, B, Wills, and Xander still hang, Anya sticks with us but she still talks to Spike and Gunn, and the rest of the gang stick together," Faith explains, Doyle nods,
"But don't you miss it, the late movie night sleepovers you guys used to have, I know I have since I've been gone" he asks, Buffy looks at him,
"Yeh but that was a long time ago Doyle a lot has changed" Buffy explains,
"Oh so you don't think the gang would want to go back to the way things were before?" he asks, Buffy and Faith look at each other and are about to answer when Doyle stands up,
"Well sorry girls but I gotta go, little Bro asked me to meet him, so I'll find out where he's been from him, seya" he says and walks off, Buffy and Faith frown, Willow walks round to the seat Doyle was sitting on in front of Faith and Buffy,
"Do you think he's right?" she asks, they both look at her, but don't answer.
"Well how'd it go?" Angel asks, Doyle smiles,
"They miss it, but they don't believe the rest of the gang want things the way they were, but I got them thinking about how they know, and yes I dropped hints about Spike don't worry she'll figure it out" he says, Cordy sighs,
"Don't count on it, she's got a little bit less smart when it comes to hint dropping about guys," she explains, Doyle laughs,
"Buffy's a smart girl, she'll get it soon enough, so what's next?" he asks,
"Spike" Wesley says walking up to them, they all look at him, "Gunn's with him now, I've filled him in on the whole deal, he knows what to do" he explains, Doyle nods his head,
"Well then, lets go see my favourite peroxide spiky haired friend" he says and follows Wesley to where Spike ad Gunn are, Angel and Cordy look at each other and smirk.