SUMMARY: Set a week or so after the finales, Angel comes back to claim what's rightfully his heehee
SPOILER: minor S4 & ANGEL - NO RILEY SEX EVER!!!! RILEY IS NOT REAL!
DISTRIBUTION: Sandee, of course - My site - - Crystal and Butterfly if they want it - A Soul's Redemption - Buffy & Angel Star Crossed Lovers - Anyone else - sure, just email me & lmk where it's going - I like seeing my name in print =)
RATING: TV-PG
DISCLAIMER: Stupidhead Joss owns da characters. I own da insanity. Ooh, and a new NSYNC tee shirt. =) Me loves NSYNC. NSYNC be hotties. NSYNC own da song. Duh.

"You know the problem with NSYNC?" Buffy asked. They were sitting in the coffee house and the whole NSYNC CD was playing on a loop in celebration of the new release. "They suck." she said flatly.

"Make hers a decaf!" Xander yelled to the waitress, who nodded.

"Buffy, you love NSYNC," Willow reminded her.

"No, I don't. I can't stand them." she made a face.

"I think they're pretty great," Angel said as he walked over and smiled at Buffy. "You wanna dance?"

"This is a coffee house."

"So?"

She sighed. "You don't even deserve my talking to you."

"Is that a yes?" he almost smirked.

"Yes." she put her purse on the table and took Angel's hand, following him to a corner near the jukebox.

"You can't dance in here," someone told them.

Angel slipped her a twenty. "What did you say?" he asked.

"Have a nice day," she smiled at him. "Come back often."

*****

"Hey," Cordy came over to the table and took Buffy's vacated seat.

"Cordelia, what are you doing here?" Willow asked.

"I came with Angel. Figured I could show off some of my designer clothes from LA and make all the people in knockoffs jealous of me." she smiled. "Did he ask her to dance?"

"Yeah, why?" Xander asked.

"They're gonna be making out in less that five minutes," she decided. "Ten bucks says three minutes exactly."

"Cordelia, that's terrible." Willow said. "Fifteen on eight minutes."

"It's true," she insisted. "They may as well rename that the Kissing Corner because if Angel really does move back here, that's *all* they're gonna do."

"Angel's gonna move back?" Willow asked.

*****

"I'm still mad at you," Buffy announced as she looped her arms around Angel's neck and began to dance. She couldn't help but look into his eyes. Words couldn't express how much she'd missed them.

"You have every right to be," he admitted.

"I do--what?" she looked at him strangely.

"You're right. I realize now that you're right."

"What brought on this grand revelation?"

*****

"So then they blew up the building. It's pretty bad. Angel's gonna get a hefty insurance settlement to get a new place, but in the meantime, all the salvaged books and everything are at my place. It's not a big fun. The books are old, and some of them smell!"

"Giles would be so envious," Xander said and Willow nodded.

"So last night, after stubbing my toe for like the hundredth time on one of the stacks of books, I said, 'We should move back to Sunnydale. There's plenty of Hellmouth shit there' and I expected Angel to bite my head off, but he just turned off the classical music--which was soooooooo boring by the way--concert he was watching off and agreed with me. And here we are."

"How'd you know where to find us?" Willow asked.

"Your purple and yellow car outside was kind of a clue."

The Witch nodded. "Where would you guys live?"

"The mansion, I guess."

"You sure?" Willow asked. "'Cause Buffy and I are looking for a third roommate. We've got this great place off campus, it's three-bedroom, large kitchen--"

"Right by the pre-med building." Xander added.

"I'll take it." Cordy agreed.

*****

"Are you ever going to forgive me?" Angel asked.

Buffy paused. "No."

Angel sighed and out of habit (and being around Cordelia, who never played anything but NSYNC) he started singing along with the song playing, instantly impressing Buffy.

Baby you're not the only one

I see the things he does to you
All the pain that he put you through
And I see what's really going on
Staying out at night while you're by the phone

Take it from me
It's a lesson to be learned
Even the good guys get burned
Take it from me
See I would give you love
The kind of love that you've only dreamed of

Baby you're not the only one
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love
And I know that you've hurt in the past
But if you want it, here's my heart
No strings attached

He doesn't give you the kind of attention
That a girl like you needs
(that a girl like you needs)
Cause he always looks around
His eyes wander 'round
He doesn't see you like I see

Take it from me
It's a lesson to be learned
Even the good guys get burned
Take it from me
Baby I would give you love
The kind of love that you've only dreamed of yeah

Baby you're not the only one
(baby you're not the only one)
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love
(to fall in love)
And I know that you've hurt in the past
(hurt in the past)
But if you want it
Here's my heart
(here's my heart)
No strings attached

Take it from me
It's a lesson to be learned
Even the good guys get burned
Take it from me
See I would give you love
The kind of love that you've only dreamed of
So if you want to take a chance with me

If you take a chance with me
I'll be everything you need
(everything you need)
Because it's our destiny

Baby you're not the only one
You don't have to be afraid to fall in love
(you don't have to be afraid)
And I know that you've hurt in the past
But if you want it
Here's my heart
(if you want here's my heart)
No strings attached\\

By the end of the song, they were kissing and Willow was collecting her winnings from Cordelia.

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