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Date Posted: 12:29:38 09/19/03 Fri
Author: The Buffy Lost Episode Authors
Subject: Buffy: The Lost Episodes, Episode 1.5 "Opportunities" By Gemma and Toothy

Written by Gemma
In collaboration with toothy

Disclaimer: * reads from pieces of paper: These characters are not ours they are the property of Joss and Mutant Enemy. *toothy grabs the paper and screws it up * �What are you doing toothy?� Gemma puts her hands on her hips. �Well that�s not entirely true some of them are ours Gemma!� �Alright then toothy, you do the disclaimer� � OK then I will.. Gemma, this is your fic, you wrote it and I'm not taking credit...well not until everyone says how much they like it. :)�

PREVIOUSLY

Cordy: * Breathless *
Angel, Willow�s on the phone�She�s alive! Buffy�s alive!

Cordy turns and runs back inside. Angel jumps up and runs into the hotel after Cordy

Buffy strides towards her front door

Giles:
Buffy what is it?

Buffy turns back towards Dawn and Giles

Buffy:
Angel

Giles:
Is he in trouble?

Buffy:
He knows that I�m�

Dawn gives Buffy a concerned look but Buffy ignores it.

Buffy:
He, he needs to see me. I have to see him

Giles:
Yes, yes of course. You�ll leave for LA tomorrow

Buffy: * shakes head*
Not LA. And not here. Somewhere in the middle. There�s a, a place.

Giles is a bit put out at Buffy�s abruptness.

Giles:
I see. Well, we should get all these � bills and things out of the way before�

Buffy cuts him off

Buffy:
I gotta go now.

Buffy leaves Giles and Dawn sitting in a mess of bills

Somewhere near Mt. Whitney

Buffy walks into what appears to be the main street of an old deserted town. This town is classic cowboy films deserted. Tumbleweeds roll around; buildings are boarded up, well you get the picture. A giant oak stands to the side of the street. It's branches spread wide casting scary shadows in the full moonlight. Buffy takes a seat underneath the oak and looks over the magnificent view of where she has just come from. A valley, which unfolds to the rolling hills of lush green. Un able to connect to the beauty of the moment, she shivers in the crisp night air as a light breeze rustles the branches. The only light is coming from the full moon above them. She sees something move on her left.

Buffy: *in a questioning voice*
Angel?

Angel comes rushing forward; grabs Buffy; holds her out; scans her face with an unbelieving look and then pulls her close to him again.

Angel:
It�s almost too unreal to be true. I thought I�d lost you forever Buffy

Buffy pulls back slightly and looks up at Angel.

Buffy: *saddened*
Yeah I�m back

Buffy pulls out of Angel's hold, taking a few steps back. This was the moment she had expected would make everything right, but even Angel's touch felt harsh. After her time in heaven, the world and everyone in it had become like sand paper. As she turns back towards him, she plasters on the same smile she's been using on her friends to make them believe all is well.

Buffy:
Hey with friends like mine how could I ever stay dead? I�m starting to believe that I�m gonna be 100 years old, really ready to die. I do it only to awake again with wrinkled Xander there saying:
(Adapts an old Xander type voice)
�It�s my job to be involved with bringing you back time and time again�. Ooh bright side- I could end up in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest living person around.

Angel walks over to Buffy and tilts her chin up to meet his gaze.

Angel:
I could handle you being the oldest living person. But you know that false attitude won�t work on me. I know you better than that. What�s really wrong?

Buffy sighs and leans her head against Angel�s chest.

Buffy:
Why are you always able to see through me so easily?
(Beat)
You sure I can�t fool you if I show you distracting pretty things?

Angel:
Seeing you.... being with you again.... it�s breathtaking. Now I�m sure that qualifies as being suitably distracted. What�s wrong?

Buffy:
It�s me. I feel like I�m wrong. I should feel happy that I�m back but�

Buffy pulls away from Angel a shocked look on her face.

Angel:
What is it? What?

Angel looks down to where something has just hit him in the arm. He pulls it out, looks to see a dart and then looks towards Buffy. Buffy is holding the same type of dart in her hand. She starts to sway drops the dart and goes down.

Buffy:
So much for slayer and vampire senses

Angel:
Buffy!!!

Angel goes to move towards an unconscious Buffy but only manages to fall to his knees. He sees a figure in blue and gold robes walking towards him. The figure stops paces from Angel. Angel tries to make out the figures face through his daze but is unable to because of a hood obscuring its head.

Angel: * venomously *
You�ll die for this.

The figure, removes its hood to reveal a one-eyed purple being with black symbols on it�s cheek. As Angel loses consciousness, the demon's eye glows red as he starts chanting in ancient Sumerian.

Purple Demon:
Inana an mu-un-cub
(Anna abandoned heaven)

Inane Ki mu-un-cub
(Anna abandoned earth)

BTVS credits

2050 �somewhere in California

An 18-year-old girl with long red hair drops a bag on the ground and looks around

Girl:
So this is my new home eh? Could be promising

From behind someone creeps up behind her and knocks her out. She awakens to a scene of intense battle between figures with deformed faces and a young blonde-haired man. She rises, feels a pain shoot through her head, reaches up and feels wetness. She looks at her hand to find it�s covered in blood. Suddenly hands grab her from behind and lift her up. She turns only to receive a close-up of a deformed face.

Deformed thing: *gruffly*
Get back in the action! I have 10 kittens ridin� on you bein� the first to die.

It smiles to reveal sharp teeth and throws her towards the fighting. She gets hit in the face with a right hook and is spun around and held from behind.

Vampire #2:
You are mine girl

The young man * throws her a sharp piece of broken wooden crate *
Here catch! Aim for the heart!

He ducks as a fist comes towards him and then rams a piece of crate into the vampire, dusting it. The girl�s survival instincts kick in. She rams her head backwards, off-balancing the vampire who has hold of her just as it goes to sink it�s teeth into her. She kicks up, sending it to the ground, jumps on it and rams the wood in.

Vampire #1:
Ha ha you missed

Red-haired girl:
I won�t again

She slams the makeshift stake home.

Red-haired girl:
Told you

Somewhere near Mt. Whitney-present day

An unconscious Angel is being dragged into a small dark and damp room. The purple being (still chanting) heaves him up onto a low table. It rips open angel shirt and reaches for a bowl. It starts to paint small curvy symbols on Angel�s chest and cheeks. The cheek symbols are the same as the purple demons. He walks to a padded stool, sits on it cross-legged and continues to chant.

Purple Demon:
Me 7-bi zag mu-ni-in KEC
(She took the seven divine powers)

Inana Kur-re ba-e-a-ed
(Anna descended to the underworld)

Oo-kush-ta
(From the raging storm)

The scene expands to show an also unconscious Buffy on a table lying similar to Angel, topless, with the exact same symbols covering her face and chest.

2050

The red-haired girl gets up, after her slay, with the new found knowledge she can beat these things, runs to help the young man. Soon a balding middle-aged man comes from nowhere, joins in the fight and quickly the last vampire is like the stuff that collects on mantle pieces.

Old Man:
Sorry it took so long to get here but the trip through Las Angeles nearly killed me. It�s changed so much over the years. Well not too much since it�s still the best place for evil to go since Sunnydale.

The girl and young man look at the man as if he�s the strangest thing since Hush. They look at each other and raise their eyebrows.

Girl:
And you would be?

Old Man:
Mataka of course.
*Points to her bleeding head *
Ah brain scrambled. Don�t worry that will sort itself out in time. Any more questions? I do have some good books to catch up on

Girl: * yelling*
Yeah how about� What the hell is going on? For starters

The young man stands there with his arms crossed looking from Mataka to the girl and back again.

Mataka:
You my dear are supposed to be a Vampire Slayer. Well one of them anyway. You know � In every generation a slayer is born�etcetera etcetera

He waves his hand around as if bored, not completing the verse.

Girl:
A Vampire slayer? What are you on? How come I�ve never seen them before?

Mataka:
What have you been living in Dodge for the last 48 years?

Girl: *offended *
No Omaha

Mataka: * patiently *
Those things you just fought are vampires. Oh and your friend/lover/ whatever he is there* points at young man *

The young man throws his hands up

Man:
Hey hold up I�m not one of them. All I remember is lots of drinking, passing out and waking in a cage being told I�m tonight�s entertainment. I know I�m not a vampire. They�re beasts. I�m not a beast!
(Panicky)
Oh god Have I been bitten?

He runs his hand frantically over his neck and not feeling any bite marks sighs with relief

Man:
Surely I�d remember that! I�m not a complete imbecile.
(Smiles widely and offers his hand to the girl)
I�m Brett

The Girl shakes his hand

Girl:
I�m Anita
(Beat)
The vampire slayer apparently

Mataka: * impatiently to Brett*
I�m not sure about you not being an imbecile. This starting to get old real quick.

Mataka looks from Anita to Brett again

Mataka:
You are a souled vampire. Used to be only one but now it�s all the rage. If your loved one get�s turned get �em a soul for Christmas. Those you fought are vampires that have no one who loves them so they stay barbaric.

Brett:
So where do you figure in this?

Mataka:
I�m watching you both. Oh I long for the times when it was just one to watch. Anyway it�s nearly sunrise I suggest you get some sleep Anita and you Brett get indoors before you end up like those

Mataka points towards the mounds of dust left from their battle.

Mataka:
I�m off to find the nearest inn. I need a drink. Ah there you are

Mataka walks off towards a building he just spotted with the words Travelers Inn written on the window.

Anita:
Sarcastic* Well that�s peachy isn�t it.
Look we�ll stick together. Neither of us has any idea so maybe we can help each other out and thanks for the tip back there on how to kill them.
(Brett nods)
Let�s find somewhere to shack up for a while. Just keep your friendly teeth to yourself

They start walking off

Brett: * teasingly reaching to touch her arm*
What about my �lover� hands?

Anita slaps his hand away

Anita:
Touch me like that again and there�ll be fire in your near future.

Brett sniffs the air

Brett:
What�s that smell?

Anita: * offended *
Wasn�t me!

Brett:
I wasn�t talking about you. Smells like cooking. Let�s check it out. I�ll race you.

Brett takes off towards the smell with Anita hot on his heels.

Somewhere near Mt. Whitney- present day

Purple Demon:
Me-ool-lee-a
(I bring the power)

Ba-ab-ab tum-mu-de-en
(Of the primeval one)

Me mu-un-ur-ur
(To collect the divine powers)

The purple demon opens his eye, rises and walks over to Buffy and Angel. He looks them over, paying special attention to the markings he had drawn on them. It stops chanting momentarily.

Purple demon: * in Sumerian *
Why isn�t it done yet? The marks should�ve disappeared by now. I should have their power.

It returns to its previous position and begins the chant over again. Louder this time.

Purple demon:
Inana an mu-un-cub
(Anna abandoned heaven)

Inana Ki mu-un-cub
(Anna abandoned earth)

Me 7-bi zag mu-ni-in KEC
(She took the seven divine powers)

2050

Anita:
They�re nearly done

She shuts the oven door and jumps up on a counter next to the oven.

Brett:
I can�t believe our luck. How many places do you know of that were recently abandoned while cookies were baking? Check this out

Brett brings an open book over to Anita.

Brett:
How come it takes 15 minutes at the blue dot temperature to cook cookies, yet a roast at red dot temperature takes 20 seconds. Why not just do the cookies at red dot temperature? Quicker.

He goes to turn the oven knob around to the red dot

Anita:
Don�t you dare! Maybe some things are better after they are baked longer. How come you don�t understand these ovens anyway?

Brett:
No-where near this rich. The place I live is smaller and darker

Anita leans back and places a hand on either side of herself. She yelps in pain as her right hand comes into contact with something hot. Brett grabs the hand Anita is now cradling and inspects it.

Brett:
Just a little burn. It�ll heal

He looks up into Anita�s blue eyes. Without thinking he leans forward and kisses her. A bit taken back Anita jumps making Brett spring back.

Brett:
I�m sorry. I�m so sorry I didn�t mean to it just that it seemed�.

Anita: * interrupted in a small voice*
Right. And you know what�s said about things that feel right don�t you. You do it again.

She smiles as she pulls him towards her and presses her lips against his again. He pulls back, bringing her further towards him. Anita lets out a gasp as she starts to fall off the counter. She feels Brett�s grasp tighten.

Brett: * whispered*
Don�t worry I�ve saved you. I�ve got your back on this one.

He winks as she notices his hand is on the bare skin of her back. He leans forward again but is startled by a noise behind him.

Mataka:
Ahem. See you�ve been enjoying yourselves while I�ve been reading up on history.

Brett and Anita jumped apart.

Anita: * embarrassed *
We were just um

Brett: * in a cooler tone *
We were baking cookies. Want one?

Mataka: * flustered*
No we don�t have time for that.

Mataka walks over to the stove and throws some books down, knocking the oven knob to red. Suddenly the room fills with smoke. Brett grins at Anita

Brett:
Well you did say there�d be fire. Would�ve thought it would�ve been flameier though.

He starts to laugh.

Anita: *starts laughing too *
Looks like over baked cookies. Over baked is up there with quick baked. Except over baked cookies never get eaten.

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Mataka:
THAT�S ENOUGH! I haven�t traveled over this dimension trying to find the exact time history was changed for nothing!

Brett and Anita look confused.

Brett:
I thought you said you came from Los Angeles

Mataka:
Not Los Angeles- Las Angeles. Two different places entirely. I�m not who you think I am. And you both are certainly not who you are supposed to be!

Anita:
About you, got that right. I�m exactly who I want to be right now.

Mataka: * now getting really annoyed *
Would you please shut up! I am from another dimension known as Amoerica

Brett and Anita start to giggle. Mataka silences them with a glare

Mataka:
One of our criminals escaped to this dimension and changed history. He stole the powers of a slayer and her boyfriend. A souled vampire. He plummeted the world into what you know it as now. Haven�t you noticed not many people about?
(Beat)
Oh I forgot Omaha and imbecile. It�s because humans are becoming extinct and Vampires and demons rule now. I�ve brought the two of you here to help me because you�re the only two who can help change it as it was your destiny that was changed.

Anita:
You mean all that you�ve spun us is lies. I don�t remember my destiny being changed except for earlier.

Mataka:
You really don�t get it. Ever wonder why if this guy is a souled vampire why he�s room temperature and has a heartbeat? As if people would buy vampires souls as a Christmas present. I knew at once when I said that you didn�t recall life like you were supposed to. It was just dumb luck you both weren�t killed when you fought those vampires.

Mataka reaches into his pockets. As quick as a flash he raises both hands up. He holds up one vial in each. He presses a small button on the side of them and the top springs open..

Mataka (to himself)
And the moral of the story is never send a minion to do your job

Mataka shakes the vials up and down, sending a pink powder over Brett and Anita�s faces.

Brett awakens to someone slapping his face. He springs up and quickly assesses the situation. A young red-haired girl is sipping water and an old man, who was obviously the one slapping him.

Brett:
Where�s Buffy?

Anita/Buffy:
I�m Buffy. Who are you? Are you the reason I�m here?

Brett/Angel
I�m Angel and you�re not Buffy! Where is she?

Anita/Buffy * in a panicked voice *
Oh no I�m Faith again aren�t I?

Brett/Angel
Buffy? No you�re definitely not Faith.

Anita/Buffy pulls a strand of hair forward and sees it�s red

Anita/Buffy:
Oh God it�s worse
(Beat)
I�m Anya!

Mataka passes them both mirrors. Brett/Angel goes to pass it back but Mataka refuses to take it and shakes his head.

Mataka:
No I insist, look.

Brett/Angel:
This isn�t going to be much help. No reflection and all (The last is said sarcastically).

Anita/Buffy and Brett/Angel look into the mirrors.

Brett/Angel:
Can�t remember looking like this. Hair needs something Hey I have a reflection

Anita/Buffy:
I wanted a change but not this drastically.

Brett/Angel: * excitedly *
Yes. But look I have a reflection

Mataka: (looking at Brett/Angel)
Well small thing will amuse
To cut a long story short. I�ve transferred your spirits into your reincarnates of the future. Criminal changed the future, took both your powers thus killing you both, started changing your world into a demon �spa� and is working his way towards ensuring human life no longer exists.

Anita/Buffy:
The darts?

Mataka:
Yes the darts. They were necessary to put you in the state he needed for transference of your power to him.

Brett/Angel:
And that one-eyed purple guy�s the one doing it. He�s not a people eater? Is he?

Mataka: * ignoring the last comment*
Good you�ve seen him. You know who to aim for. We must hurry. I�ve sped time up here compared to where your bodies lie. I cannot hold it up much longer.

Mataka picks up a book and a jar that we had not previously seen.

Mataka:
Here is the plan

Brett/Angel:
Whoa wait up how do we know we can trust you?

Mataka:
It�s simple. You want to live don�t you? If you both don�t help me you die along with all you knew.

Anita/Buffy:
At the moment that seems like the best option

Mataka:
All I can offer for your help is a reward.

Anita/Buffy: * brightly*
A reward?

Buffy imagines herself dancing around, lots of money everywhere. She starts throwing money towards all the bill owners.
Ok I�m in.

Somewhere near Mt. Whitney- Present day

Mataka: (os)
The transport will leave you a bit disoriented.

Brett/Angel and Anita/Buffy arrive in a room swaying a bit until they get their feet.

Mataka: (os)
The door on the right is to the room where your bodies are laying.

Brett/Angel and Anita/Buffy walk towards the door.

Mataka: (os)
A spell I need to do will transfer him into this jar so no more harm can be done.

Mataka arrives in the room with Brett/Angel and Anita/Buffy

Mataka: (os)
I need you to keep him away from your bodies and busy until my spell is done. If he gets to your bodies he will destroy them rather than fail and all will be lost.

They all nod to each other. Anita/Buffy kicks the door in and Brett/Angel runs towards the purple demon, which leaps up at the crashing sound. Mataka begins a chant, which is heard as humming.

Purple Demon: * in Sumerian*
No I will not go back.

The purple demon spin-kicks Brett/Angel and sends him crashing face down on top of Angel�s body.

Brett/Angel:
Hmm could do with more gel.

The demon lunges towards Buffy�s body a knife drawn. Buffy runs, flips over Angel�s table and punches the demon away from her body. As she readies herself for the next attack, the purple demon starts to turn into a purple mist.

Purple Demon:
Nooooooo!!

Mataka now stands at the door.

Mataka:
Enter and receive your final punishment

The purple mist is sucked into the jar and Mataka closes the lid.

Anita/Buffy to Brett/Angel
Thought we�d be in for a longer fight

Brett/Angel:
Seems demons just don�t have the staying power they used to.

They turn to Mataka. Anita/Buffy holds out her hand

Anita/Buffy:
Well Anya did say to start charging. We did our part so hand over the reward.

Mataka:
The reward I offer is not of monetary value.

Anita/Buffy:
WHAT! I need that money I have bills to pay, people expecting me to look after them, to clean up the money mess we�re in.

Brett/Buffy places his hand on Anita/Buffy�s arm to stop her from attacking Mataka.

Brett/Angel:
You have bill problems. I didn�t know

Anita/Buffy:
That�s the least of my problems at the moment

Mataka hold his hands up and steps towards them. As he does so he trips on a board and sends the jar flying across the room. As if in slow-mo, Brett/Angel and Anita/Buffy dive for it. The jar lands just out of their reach and breaks. Mist rises and reforms the purple demon.

Mataka * yelling*
Kill it before it escapes. I don�t have another jar.

Anita/Buffy jumps up but before she can punch the demon it backhands her sending her flying across the room into a wall. The demon roars as Brett/Angel elbows it on the side of the face. It attacks back and Brett/Angel fight each other trading blow for blow until it grabs Brett/Angel by the throat and raises him off the ground. Buffy quickly scans around looking for a weapon. She sees a thin, round piece of metal about 20cm in diameter on the floor behind Mataka.

Anita/Buffy:
Well it�s better than nothing.

Anita/Buffy takes off running

Anita/Buffy: * to Mataka*
Bend down

Mataka sees Anita/Buffy barreling towards him; a look of shock crosses his face. He bends down just in time for Anita/Buffy to jump, roll over his back and land on the floor next to the thin metal.

Brett/Angel: * as the demon prepares to squeeze Brett/Angel�s head off *
Some help would be good NOW

Anita/Buffy: * tensely *
I�m on it. Low blow him and duck!

Brett/Angel kicks out and strikes the purple beast squarely between the legs. The beast drops Brett/Angel and grabs the area in pain. Brett/Angel ducks down to the ground as Anita/Buffy throws the thin metal like a Frisbee towards the demon�s neck. Brett/Angel watches as the body crumples to the ground headless. He stands as Anita/Buffy reaches his side.

Brett/Angel:
So how�d you know it was male?

Anita/Buffy:
I didn�t. But hey no matter what sex a blow in that area so hard has gotta make you lose you head and is gonna hurt. And speaking of hurting�

She turns towards Mataka

Anita/Buffy:
What the hell do you mean reward is not money!

Mataka:
A moment if I may. I think what I offer is worth much more to you both than money ever could. The reward I offer is the use of those bodies forever. You will no longer be weighed down by the paths you have been on. You will have each other and all the trimmings that go with your dreams.

Anita/Buffy and Brett/Angel look at each other and then their bodies lying on the table.

Mataka
I have only two stipulations. You will not have the strengths you have as a slayer and a vampire and those who know you in these forms
(He points to their bodies)
Are to not know you anymore. It will cause an alteration to the slayer line..Disrupting it. But look on the plus side, fat grandchildren to look forward to. I give you ten minutes to give me your decision

2 hours later

Buffy is leaning against Angel, who is leaning against a wooden fence.

Buffy:
Are you sure we made the right decision?

Angel:
Trust me when I say I know we did

Buffy:
A little part of me wishes we could�ve done it. Get rid of all those responsibilities, be together until the end.
(And guiltily)
I almost blame Dawn for being here and me not being able to make that decision.

Angel:
It�s hard having heaven and then having it taken away again.

Buffy flashes back to sitting on a crate talking to Spike

Buffy:
Wherever I..was..I was happy. At peace.

Spike stares shocked.

Buffy:
I knew that everyone I cared about was all right. I knew it. Time ... didn't mean anything ... nothing had form ... but I was still me, you know?

Buffy glances at Spike and then away again

Buffy:
And I was warm ... and I was loved ... and I was finished. Complete. I don't understand about theology or dimensions, or ... any of it, really ... but I think I was in heaven.

Spike continues to stare at her.

Buffy:
And now I'm not.
* Almost crying*
I was torn out of there. Pulled out ... by my friends. Everything here is ... hard, and bright, and violent. Everything I feel, everything I touch ... this is Hell. Just getting through the next moment, and the one after that
* Softer*
Knowing what I�ve lost�

Buffy: * Softly to Angel*
Don�t I know it. But how do I go on knowing what heaven�s like, when everyone around me is so happy and I don�t feel that way.

Angel:
You grab onto one thing you can use. One thing that makes you forget what�s happened and you run with it
* Beat *
Or you could find someone to talk to who may understand.

Angel looks expectantly at Buffy, hoping she got his hint.

Flashback to Buffy sitting on the couch after being brought back, Spike looking at her hands

Spike: (vo)
Clawed her way out of a coffin. Isn't that right?

Buffy:( vo)
(Quietly) Yeah. That's ... what I had to do.

Spike:
Done it myself.

Buffy turns to Angel

Buffy:
There is someone who I�ve talked too who I think understands a little.

Angel: * disappointed*
Well that�s a start. I�m sure Willow? Can be a great comfort.

Buffy notices Angel�s disappointment but chooses not to correct him.

Buffy: * quietly *
Yeah Willow
* Then seriously*
The next time it looks like I�m going to die again will you be there for me?

Angel: * reassuring*
I�ll always be there for you even when you don�t think you need me I�ll be there. If you think you get to die again without a proper goodbye from me.. Well think again.

Buffy leaned back to her previous position

Buffy:
Do you ever think we can have our dream?

Angel:
I know we can. One day we WILL have each other with no curses attached. Until then things must stay in the past. At the moment we're caught in the middle, we have to continue the struggle. Until it�s over we can�t rest. We have to take each day as it comes and under no circumstances tell anyone else about what happened or we�ll look like we belong in a loony bin.

Buffy:
We�re agreed then everything that�s happened remains in the past and one day the future will be filled with the workable. Exactly how are we going to get out of telling everyone what happened?

Angel:
Tell them nothing. If it gets too bad
(Angel thinks for a second)
Give them food. People can�t ask questions if their mouths are full

Buffy laughs then kisses Angel

Buffy:
Until the future

Angel:
Until then

She stands up holding onto Angel�s hand for as long as possible. Angel watches as she walks away and then heads home to LA.

Los Angeles

Gunn:
How�d it go?

Angel: * points towards Cordy and Wes who have been imitating Buffy and Angel*
I think those two pretty much summed it up. I REALLY don�t want to talk about it

Cordy:
But Angel we�re your friends
(Gives Angel a huge smile)
And it�s not healthy to repress stuff like this. You- you need to share your�pain, express those feelings of grief or longing or�.The curiosity is gonna kill me!

Angel: * quietly *
Oh no. Wouldn�t want that.

Fred:
Personally I don�t care at all what happened

Cordy walks past Fred

Cordy:
Shut up Fred

Angel: * quietly *
Actually do you know what I need right now�ice-cream
(Angel looks towards Fred)
You wanna get some ice cream?

Fred: * grinning*
I like ice cream
She walks towards Angel and they leave the hotel

Cordy:
Now we�ll never, ever know

Angel: (os)
That�s right!

Meanwhile in Sunnydale

Dawn: * awkwardly *
So?

Buffy grabs a piece of chicken that she has brought home with her and starts to play with it.

Buffy:
What so?

Dawn: * nervously*
So how was it? Seeing Angel�him seeing you. Was it weird?

Buffy looks uncomfortable as Dawn, Willow and Tara look expectantly at her

Buffy: * thinking*
Nothing has changed. They still want everything to be rosy.
* Then aloud*
Um..it was�Intense

Willow:
Well, I-if you wanna talk about it�.

Buffy: * thinking again*
What talk about how I�ve lost heaven again? How I have to pretend all is right when it�s not.
* Aloud to Willow*
I don�t. I-it�s not important. Past. I�d just rather keep this one to myself, if that�s okay.

Buffy passes more chicken to Dawn, Willow and Tara.

Buffy: * brightly*
Eat up an empty mouth is not a full one.

The End

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