As Spike woke up he could felt so sore from the battle in the alley. He turned over to his side and realized Angel was staring at him in the chair across the room. "Angel?"

"Mmm"

"What the bloody hell are you doing?"

"Thinking"

"Well can't you do that I dunno in your room?"

"I wanted to ask you something."

"….Well"

"Are you going to stay here?" spike looked at Angel and thought about what he said trying to think of any reason not to stay.

"I wasn't planning on leaving." Angel smiled and looked at spike for a few more seconds longer as if waiting for spike to change his mind. He got up gingerly and left. He got up out of bed deciding he was hungry and went to go downstairs when there was a knock on his door. "Spike?" he opened the door to a very pensive Buffy.

"Ello pet what can I do for you?"

"That's what you say to me? You haven't once looked at me since I have been here you're not even looking at me now."

"Buff Slayer looks here pet I don't want to look at you because... it hurts seeing you knowing that you don't love me the way I love you. Plus what in the world would make me want to look at you when I know your looking the magnificent s poof."Buffy looks at him and seemed to really think about what he was saying.

"Because I did love you." Spike stared at her expressionless."Angel took us up on the new councils offer he gave me his choice a minute ago and yours too." He looked at her with a sad expression but dismissed quickly."He didn't want to work with us without you." He looked so surprised Buffy had to laugh."I know weird right I thought he hated you."Buffy stood there a minute longer "you going stairs?"

"ya" The walk down there was so awkward he just wanted to get some blood and go back in his room.

Angel and Faith were talking and laughing when Spike and Buffy walked into the room the both of them went quiet but Faith was smirking uncrontrolably. Willow walked out from behind them with Oz in tow.

"So Red you're gay huh?" Spike said with a devils grin on his face. Willow looked at him and gave him the don't mess with me I'm a Wiccan and they just stared at each other.

"Not that I care but what's wrong with Angel. Spike looked up at Xander then to Angel and realized he was giving Willow the glare that could kill if he was still evil.

"Bloody hell peaches looks like you need a drink, so speaking of is there anything to drink." Angel snapped out of his glare when he realized everybody was looking at him.

"What?"

"Blood you know red liquid stuff very nutritious if you're a vampire."

"Oh Yak there's some in the kitchen come on I'll heat some up for us." When Angel and Spike walked away Faith was still grinning.

Spike leaned against the counter he started to think up reasons for why Angel was glaring at Red he couldn't think of any reason except that she has better hair than him so he decided not to think too much about it Angel was probably just thinking about how he doesn't have his nancy boy hair gel hair. By the time there bloody was done heating up they ate in silence Angel kept looking down at the ground.

"I really missed this place it is nice to have it filled with people even if they are screaming giggling teenage girls."

"Ya I remember back in sunny hell when Buffy's house was full of girls it was pretty fun especially when training came around." Spike said almost in a morning kind of way."So why did you wait for me to give my answer?"

"Because…..when I lost my soul do you know what I thought constantly about?"

"All the horrible things you have ever done"

"Well that too but I also thought about you and the ladies you guys were my family especially you and Drui were my favorites out of all my Childers." Spike cut Angel off

"Mate Drui turned me." Angel looked at him and he looked really sad for a moment.

"That's not true Drui bit you but you drank my blood Spike. I told Darla that Drui turned you because it was easier than telling her I did it." Angel was about to continue when Illyria came bursting into the kitchen she looked so tired that she was just about to fall over.

Gunn is bleeding from his wounds again he needs more fixing." Angel looked at her for a moment and he nodded his head and made his way upstairs Spike decided to follow. He wanted to hear the rest of his story.

They made their way into Gunns room. Illyria led them in until they came to their destination. Gunn was on a fairly large bed his whole body it seemed was covered by bandages on his side their blood spooling out Angel bent over Gunn and started to work as he did he decided to tell spike the rest of the truth because he seemed to want to know.