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Buffy and Angel walked inside the house a few minutes after the group that was on patrol. Faith looked at the couple and frowned. Instead of seeing happy faces, she saw a worried slayer and equally worried vampire. Spike picked up on it too and sent a look to Faith.

"How was the date?" Lauren chirped, oblivious to the looks her new mentors were exchanging. "Oh and guess what! I killed my first vamp!"

Buffy smiled at Lauren. "That's great!"

"She was bloody brilliant" Spike added. "But we can talk about it more in the morning. You two go on up and get some sleep."

Yuki and Lauren rolled their eyes at Spike, but followed his orders regardless. Once they were out of earshot, the four went into the living room. Spike leaned against the wall and Faith flopped down in her chair. "So what happened?" she asked.

Buffy told them of the strange vampire they encountered. "After he left, we found this paper" she said, handing the paper to Faith. Spike walked over and looked over her shoulder. The paper turned out to be a photograph that was printed on a computer.

"That's Yuki" Faith said, her mouth turning into a frown. "What is a vampire doing with her picture?"

"I don't know" Buffy admitted. "We should have went after him. He's probably looking for her."

"Well, we move tomorrow, so what could possibly happen between then and now?" Spike asked. Everyone nodded and Buffy and Angel said goodnight to Faith and Spike. After they left the room, Spike looked to Faith. He was suddenly uncomfortable in the same room as her.

"Well, goodnight pet!" he said quickly, running out of the room. What the hell was that about? He thought to himself.

The next morning, Willow was in the kitchen making a lot of pancakes. It was the day that they were moving so she wanted to get everyone started off on the right foot. She was surprised to look up to see Spike walking into the kitchen, avoiding the rays of bright sun that shone in the windows. Willow quickly shut the drapes and looked over to the vampire she had come to call her friend.

"Why aren't you asleep Spike?" Willow asked. The plan was that the girls were going to load up the moving vans today and once darkness fell, they would drive to the hotel together. Angel had called a cleaning crew in LA that made sure the place was ready to move into.

"Couldn't sleep Red" he admitted.

"Thinking about a certain dark haired slayer?" she smiled. Spike looked up at her in surprise and shook his head.

"No!" he said defensively. "Whey would you think that?"

"Spike, no matter what you think, you two are not invisible." she said, waving her spatula at him. "I've seen the looks you two have been throwing at each other lately."

"So what" he shrugged. Denial was his word of the day. Spike thought about it for a second and changed his mind. Willow might know something he didn't. "What have you seen?"

Willow smiled at him. "You guys like each other. It's cute"

Spike sneered at the word cute. "There is nothing cute about me pet"

"If you say so Spike. I think you two would be good for each other. You might finally be happy." she smiled.

"What are you going on about woman?" Spike asked, folding his arms across his chest and glaring at her. Willow sighed.

"Think about it Spike. The last two women you were involved with, what did they have in common?"

"Dru and Buffy?" Spike said. Comparing the two seemed wrong. "Well, they both seemed to have an annoying attraction to Peaches."

Willow rolled her eyes. Men were slow, even if they lived for hundreds of years. "No, well yes, but no. You worshiped both of them and they each ended it with you. For different reasons obviously, but they did. Now, what would it be like to start a relationship with a woman you considered your equal?"

Spike thought about it for a second. "Yeah I'm not following you Red."

"Spike you idolized Dru and Buffy. You practically stalked them both, and they both loved you in their own ways I guess." she continued. "But Faith is different. She doesn't take that flowery soul mate approach to relationships. I know you're a romantic deep down Spike, but grand gestures won't work with Faith."

"Go on" Spike said.

"I think you two would be happy together because you know that Faith would like you for you. Not because you were a part of her vampire family or helping take away her pain and making her forget. If Faith liked you , it would be because of you, not the worship you represented." Willow said.

"That actually makes a lot a sense" Spike said standing up.

"Of course it does. A lot of what I say makes sense if you take the time to listen. Hey! Where are you going?" Willow asked as Spike ran out of the kitchen. Willow sighed and went back to her pancakes.

"No thank you for that morning wisdom?" she grumbled.

Buffy woke up with a smile on her face for the first time in a long time. She touched her lips and remembered the man that was kissing her last night and she hopped up out of bed, intent on seeing him. She frowned, realizing it was morning and vampires tended to sleep in the day. Buffy shrugged and stepped in her shower. Once they were settled in the new hotel, she was going to set her friends on finding a cure for his curse. It had to be done, there had to be a way. She couldn't take staying hands-off with him forever. Even the hot water in the shower pounding against her neck made her envision that the warmth was Angel's lips. She sighed as the water turned cold and hoped that the new place hot a lot of water heaters.

Once dressed, she stopped by Angel's room and tapped softly on the door. Not hearing an answer, she peeked inside to see him asleep in the bed, covers tangled up around his body. Buffy grinned and walked in quietly, shutting the door and tip-toeing over to the bed. Angel was just wearing his boxers under the tangle of sheets. She smiled down at his sleeping face and reached out to brush a lock of his dark hair out of his face.

Angel's hand shot out, grabbing her arm and pulling her to the bed. She fell onto him in shock and he flipped her under him. Angel wrapped his legs and arms around her and nuzzled her neck. Buffy grinned in happiness at being completely wrapped up with Angel. She arched her neck for her vampire and preyed he never stopped what he was doing.

He did stop a moment later, but only to kiss her neck and then her jaw line and finally her lips. He kissed her deeply, trying to invade her fresh, showered person with his hazy, sleepy one. She kissed him back, and the two entered the place they went only when they were kissing each other. Their brains shut down beyond just the basic understanding of each other and what they were doing. Angel ran his hands over her back and butt, kissing her harder as she moaned into his mouth. Buffy molded herself to his strong body and her hand ran just under the waistband of his bowers, running over his hip bone teasingly.

A loud crash followed by an "oops" in the hallway, brought the two back to the real world. They both jumped a little at the sound and Angel sighed, dropping his head to Buffy's shoulder and loosening his grip on her body. Buffy stared to get up, but Angel pulled her back down and next to him. He pulled the blankets out from around him and covered them both up. Buffy found herself wrapped in his arms again.

"Good morning" he whispered. She grinned against his skin. Angel pulled back and looked down into her face. He had no idea why he thought he could live without her.

"Hi" she smiled up at him. "I was really just coming in to make sure you were ok. I really should help the girls pack."

"There are like three hundred girls out there" Angel said. "Let them do it."

"Angel there are twenty" Buffy said smiling.

"Three hundred, twenty, it's all the same to me" he grinned. Buffy gave him a weird expression. "What?"

"You've changed" she said. "I kinda like it."

Angel nodded. "I haven't changed exactly. This is who I am."

Buffy thought about it and he was right. Years ago in Sunnydale he had been a different person. On his own in LA he had changed into a more open person. Buffy frowned at not being there when it happened.

"It was because of you, you know" Angel said. "You were my reason to live. Once I went to LA I was alive again because of you. "

Buffy smiled sadly. "I know. It's like you grew up without me."

Angel kissed her softly. "Never without you. I'm glad to see happy Buffy back. A strong woman that's been through so much, but is still the same old Buffy."

"Well, it looks like we've both changed." she smiled. "Now we got to get to know each other again." Angel nodded and he held her close as sleep caught up with him.

A/N: So next up we have the big move...you get to find out who that mystery vamp was...spike and faith get a little frisky and more bangel fluff complete with sexual tension...woohoo