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Chapter 8: Old Friends Nikki knocked on Buffy’s door but there was no answer. Finally she got tired of trying and opened the door with her spare key. She didn’t have time to step in side when she heard something that truly sounded like moaning and not from pain. She started grinning like a fool, sounded like Anne was making her dreams reality. Some of those sounds were making her blush and she was from Brooklyn, she didn’t blush that easily. She stepped back and closed the door behind her. So much for that morning coffee, she thought stepping into her own apartment.
“Now I know it’s just a dream”, she whispered to herself, wiping to sweat from her face. And that was when she remembered that Angel was in her apartment. She jumped up from the bed and ran to the living room fearing that Nikki would come and open the blinds. She stopped at the door when she saw Angel sitting on the couch. He breathing hard and nervously running his hands through his unruly dark hair. What she didn’t know was that Angel had been seeing the same dream and had been wakened the same moment that she was. Suddenly he turned and they stared right into each others eyes. “Buffy”, he whispered and was replied with a breathy ‘Angel’. The dream and memories were making him forget everything but her. In a flash he was off the couch and in front of her. Soon her breathing became quick and shallow. He lifted his hand and touched her cheek. Her eyes closed automaticly and she leaned into his touch. “Angel. We shouldn’t...”, she said quietly but she couldn’t pull away. “Yes, we shouldn’t”, Angel repeated and leaned closer to her. For a moment they looked at each other with heavy lidded eyes but then they surrendered into a passionate kiss. Hands were everywhere, roaming each others bodies, trying to feel every inch of flesh that had been forbidden for so long. Angel grabbed her and lifted her in the air. Without a hesitation she wrapped her legs around his waist and soon she felt her back hit the wall. Angel let go of her lips, letting her breathe and consentrating his attention to her neck. She was feeling hot all over, she could thinks nothing but his lips on his bite mark. “Angel”, she moaned and tightened her grib on his hair. But the heated moment was interrupted by the loud banging on the door. Buffy turned to look at the door but Angel turned her face back to him and said: “Ignore it.” The door was out of her mind as soon as his lips captured hers. But the noise didn’t stop. “Buffy!” came the loud voice of Xander from the door. Buffy gasped seeing the scooby gang standing in the doorway gaping at them. “I knew it!” Xander yelled and pulled out a wooden cross but Giles took hold of his arm, keeping him back. Buffy unwound her legs from around Angel and he let her down gently but didn’t let go of her hand giving her his silent support. She was clearly embarassed. “I can’t believe you did that again. What were you thinking!? Giving him a big happy!” yelled Xander . “Xander”, Willow chastised him but turned to Buffy with a frown on her face. “Buffy, I don’t know what you were thinking, sleeping with Angel, you should know better from the last time.” “We haven’t done anything!” Buffy defended but all she got were looks of desbelief. “We haven’t done anything! We didn’t sleep together!” she repeated feeling like they had just slapped her. Suddenly there was a sarcastic chuckle on the door and everyone turned to look, seeing Spike leaning to the door frame smoking a cigarette. Faith was standing behind him. “You are bunch of bleeding idiots. If Angel here had had the ride of his life, you wouldn’t be talking like that. You would be already dead if you were lucky. Well, you wouldn’t be so lucky, he would just love to torture the shit out of you people. Ripper can tell you all about that”, he said grinning evily, he had so few pleasures these days. Everyone looked at him shooting daggers. “What? Isn’t anybody going to invite me in? I’m not going to miss this, this is too much fun”, Spike said and looked at them expectantly. “I am so not going to invite you in”, Buffy shot back at him. “Come on, slayer. Have a heart.” Faith rolled her eyes and stepped past him into the apartment. “Hey B, I see you’ve got some company already”, she said and settled leaning against the wall. “You’re not going to leave the door until I do, are you?” she asked Spike and he just nodded smirking happy with himself. She sighed deeply. “Fine. Come in, Spike. And close the door.” Spike stepped inside and leaned against the now closed door. “Please continue”, he gave his permission with a wave of his hand. But the drama was over, the scoobies had started to see the light, if Angel truly had been turned into Angelus, he wouldn’t have stood silently so long. “I... I’m sorry Buffy. But you must know what it looked like”, Willow said with an uncertain voice. Buffy just nodded, she still felt the sting from their words but she felt like she had earned them, she had let her passion rule her. Everybody started to relax when there was a quick knock on the door and Nikki opened the door looking straight into Buffy without noticing anybody else. “Hey Buffy. I see you are up. I was by earlier but you two sounded so busy, I didn’t want to interrupt. Boy, you two were making me blush with those sounds”, she said all in one breathe. “I knew it! You lied to us!” Xander practically screamed. Nikki spun around confused. “Nikki, please come later”, Buffy pleaded and after a small battle she left. “You did fuck him!” yelled Xander accusingly. “No! I didn’t sleep with Angel!” Buffy yelled back feeling no guilt anymore. “Don’t bother Buffy, she heard you”, shot Xander and pulled out the cross once again. “I was having a dream! We weren’t doing anything! I can’t believe you! You think I would do that again, knowing what would happen!” Buffy yelled back, she was running out of patience. “You left us with a psycho killer in Sunnydale while you were getting a new life!” “And how many times did Faith try to kill you?” Buffy asked vehemently and looked at him pointedly. She was getting tired of this. “That’s not the point.” “No, it is. She didn’t try to hurt you. And she never even did, she only wanted to hurt me. And I took percausions”, she added the last with a quiet voice. “I must agree with Xander, what you did was very irresponsible”, Giles piped up, his voice was strained but still like the voice of reason. Buffy gave a exhausted sigh. “She wasn’t going to hurt you, I made sure of that. And she was never after you in the first place”, she said but she wasn’t going to tell about her deal with the demon or what ever he was. “Yeah, B is right. I never was after you guys. And I haven’t done anything naughty lately, I’ve been a good little slayer, haven’t I”, Faith came to the conversation. Xander was shooting daggers at her and Willow was trying to blend into the background gribbing Tara’s hand in hers. “This is getting us no where”, Giles said, took off his glasses and started to clean them in his usual manner. “Maybe you all should stop screaming at her. It’s not her fault. And you didn’t even know it wasn’t her in her own body. And if it wasn’t for the creature of the night ex-boyfriend, you still wouldn’t know”, Faith said and looked at the scooby gang accusingly. They were quiet for once. Faith stepped closer to Buffy and touched her arm. “Come on, B. You know we have to change our bodies back. I want to start my life over, change my destiny. And you can’t keep on running because your face belongs to a wanted murderer”, Faith said with pleading eyes and after the feelings were running little too heavily for her liking, she smirked and added: “Besides, I miss those babies.” She nodded towards her breast that Buffy was now wearing. Buffy smiled and teased back: “Maybe I like them too.” “Don’t tease me, this is serious”, Faith responded but still kept the grin on her face. “Okay, so I miss my own body. But how am I going to explain to everyone that I’m suddenly a blonde and shorter?” Buffy answered. “Plastic surgery?” Buffy lifted her brow and Faith just shrugged. “Fine, let’s do it”, Faith said.
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