"It's been a while" I say to him. I try not to look shocked about how much he has grown and how much of a man he has become.

"Yea….h" He stutters, his eyes are full of confusion. I decide that I'm going to act like I don't know what has happened since he left that cursed place, like I just showed up at the right place at the right time.

"I was in town and I saw you guys needed some help." I let him know. I feel like I can see the hundreds of things going through his head right at this moment. I spot Angel walking quickly over towards me. I turn and get ready to have him yell at me. Last time we saw each other was before he met Buffy and we had gotten in a fight.

"It's nice to see you again" I say awkwardly. I stand putting all my weight on one leg, there just hoping he wouldn't notice how scared I was.

"What are you doing here?" he says gently, but the look of anger is all over his face.

"I missed you" I tell him truthfully. That was the truth, after spending over a hundred years with him; I could not stand being away from him. The look on his face told me that he didn't believe me, and I don't blame him knowing what went down last time.

"I…. think we should…um….catch up….somewhere else" I stammer. He nods slowly and I start walking away from the piles of dead bodies and Angel's team. I walk into a diner up the road and hold the glass door open for Angel. I sit in the booth farther from the windows and the most away from the other people, so that we would not be overheard. I tell him what I have done in the past years while we have been separated. I tell him about the men I had fell in love with. I tell him about my daughter and I tell him about how I had moved around. In return he tells me about Buffy and Darla. He tells me about the times he lost his soul and how both times a witch named Willow gave it back. He tells me about Connor (I skipped over that part in my life) and about Cordelia. I sit and listen, hoping my face doesn't drop as I hear him talking about falling in love. By the time we finish going over our lives the sun is about to rise. We run to my apartment, that I had made differently knowing my vampire friends would most likely be sharing it with me. The apartment wasn't much but it was big and roomy. I help Angel get settled and I go to look for his friends. I find them in a bar and I bring them back to the apartment. They all look comfortable. After they are all settled in I pull Connor out onto the balcony.

"Hey" I say, making conversation had never been my strong suit.

"Hey" he says, as awkwardly as I said it, "I have to go back to school, I'm supposed to do exams next week."

"Oh, okay, that's good" I say, knowing what he means.

"But…. I don't have a way back" he says, and I finally get that he wants to borrow my car.

"Oh" I say and grab my keys out of my back pocket, "here, my car is the black 1967 one." He takes them and he goes. I take that as a sign that he doesn't want to talk to me, and I just let him go on. I go to my bedroom and go on the bed, fully clothed. I lay awake for the morning and the afternoon. At about p.m., after I hear Angel or Spike getting up, I decide to get out of bed.

"Where did Connor go?" Angels asks as he sees me turn the corner into the kitchen. I see him looking in the fridge, I go in front of him and take out the pint of animal blood I have in my fridge.

"Back to school, he had exams." I answer.

"That's good that he wants to keep up with school work, even with everything going on." He replies. I make myself some soup after he heats up his blood and we sit down and eat/ drink. I turn on the TV and we sit quietly. Neither of us were paying attention much, we were too busy in our only little world. At about 10 o'clock Angel announced that he had to go do his rounds. Not wanting to leave him for even a second I told him I would come with him. I show him to the weapon closet and got satisfaction from hearing him gasp in excitement and he gives a little smile. He picks out one of my larger swords and I get my usual sword and knife. We go out. We pass a small dark alley and I hear a bang. I quietly signal to Angel to follow and we see a vampire. The vampire comes after me and gets to my neck before Angel finally cuts its head off. I put my hand up to my neck and feel the blood gushing out. Angel rushes me back to the apartment and by the time we got there, everyone was up. They look in shock as Angels hands me some of my human blood that I had stored and I drank it up. I feel my wound heal up.