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Disclaimer: The movies and characters mentioned belong to whatever company produced them. All other characters belong to Joss, the WB, Mutant Enemy, (the evil)FOX, and whoever else came up with them. If they belonged to me the show would be drastically different. Please don't sue, I'm only a high-schooler without a job anyways.
Rating: Same as the TV show
Spoilers: Brief mention of Lover's Walk. No other previous episodes. No later episodes have happened.
Concept: Suppose when Cordy and Oz came in to save Xander & Willow during Lover's Walk, they didn't find them kissing. Instead, X&W had decided not to be together, and that they were each in love C&O, respectively. B&A still have Spike's words fresh in their heads. No one can sleep. So they all end up at Buffy's house watching movies and talking about life.
Author's notes: This is my first fluff piece. After a particularly angsty story I just read, combined with what I swear is my favorite radio station's Sarah McLachlan day: I really, really need some fluff.. (And yes, I know one of these movies wouldn't have been out on video during this time period, just work with me here, okay....)

Buffy and Willow were in her kitchen getting munchies ready when the doorbell rang.

"That must be Xander and Cordy, she was gonna stop to get the movies." Willow said.

"Angel!" Buffy called out, "Can you let them in?"

Angel got up from where he and Oz had been in the living room and let their friends in.

The four talked for a few minutes, Cordelia and Oz running interference between Angel and the one who called him Dead Boy, and then Buffy and Willow came out of the kitchen, arms pilled with food.

They set everything down on the table, then Willow asked, "So, what movies did you guys get?"

"We got three, cause we couldn't decide. One's a romantic comedy, one's a sex-centered comedy, and one's just plain sex-centered." Cordelia told her.

"Names, Cordy?" Buffy said sarcastically.

"Can't Hardly Wait*, American Pie*, and Cruel Intentions*." Xander supplied. "I wanted the last two-they've got some hot chicks in them man! And Cordy wanted the other."

"I vote for American Pie. That band camp girl's kinda hot."

Everyone looked at Oz in shock.

"Well, she is." The musician defended himself. "She looks kinda like Willow." He added.

Willow punched his arm lightly, "You better say that." She grinned. "But I wanna see Can't Hardly Wait. There's this one guy..."

"Sorry Will, but I'm with Oz. American Pie." Xander added, thinking of the band camp girl.

"Can't Hardly Wait!"

"Well, we'll get to watch all three. And we've all pretty much seen all of them, so does it really matter?" Buffy played peacemaker.

"I haven't." Angel informed her.

She tuned her still arguing friends out and turned to him, "Have you seen any of them?" she asked kindly.

"Just the one Willow wants to see. You dragged me to it, remember?"

"I guess I did...." Buffy then turned to her friends and said loudly, "That's enough!"

They all stopped and looked at the Slayer.

"Now, since Angel hasn't seen two of them, we're gonna let him pick. American Pie or Cruel Intentions?"

"Well," the vampire began, all eyes on him, "Since Xander wants to see American Pie..." He went over to the videos and picked up a box, "Cruel Intentions it is." He handed it to Buffy, who laughed as she went over to put it in the VCR.

"I saw that one coming." Cordy grinned at her pouting boyfriend. "Good choice though Angel. I think you'll like the girl in this one a lot."

"Only if she's exactly like Buffy."

Buffy felt her heart turn to mush.

"Well, she looks kinda like her. But attitude...no. Well, at least I don't think...." Xander said, looking skeptically at Buffy.

"NO!" Buffy said firmly. "I am not at all like her..."

"Well, a boy can dream....OWWW!" The last as Cordelia smacked him, hard, on the arm. "Sorry."

Everybody laughed.

Buffy went to the VCR and hit "play."She grabbed the remote, and began to ff through all the previews at the beginning. When the movie finally began, she turned and went to grab a seat. She had to grin at the sight that greeted her.

Oz sat on one end of her couch. Willow was sprawled out along the whole couch, her head resting in her boyfriends lap. Oz was whispering little things in her ear as he played with her hair.

Xander lay in the middle of her floor with Cordelia spooned in front of him. His arms were wrapped around her and her one arm held his closely to her. 'There's a shock,' Buffy thought, 'Cordelia not only allowing a PDA but actually agreeing to lay on the floor. Guess the girl really is mellowing out a little.'

Then she turned to the love seat, where Angel sat. He looked slightly uncomfortable, he hadn't just hung out with her and her friends in, well, ever. With her, yes, all the time. But never just relaxed and watched movies or played games with the gang. Buffy began to wonder why she hadn't invited him before, it would have made her feel less like a fifth wheel.

She headed over and sat down next to him, keeping her distance slightly. She remembered this time last year she would have simply plopped down in his lap, knowing his arms would immediately be around her. Now she wasn't sure exactly how things were between them.

As Buffy sat down, Angel was slightly disappointed. He'd seen teens many times when he was out at night, many would be cuddled up with people who were just their friends. Just to have the comfort of another person. Especially after going through rough times. Even as he thought this, Spike's words echoed in his head.

"You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both...."

Maybe his childe was right, he rationalized. A deep down part of him said, 'duh.'

But then again, why couldn't they be both? Lovers, but also friends. At least sharing the things friends did. It was worth a shot. It was better than the nothing they had had since the others had found out that he was alive again.

With these thoughts in mind, he reached over and put an arm around her. She stiffened slightly for a moment, as if fearing where the contact would lead. Then she looked at all her friends, curled up with their loves, and all her thoughts fled. She leaned comfortably into him, relishing the safe and protected feelings she always had when she was in his embrace. Everyone watched Cruel Intentions.

*****

Hours later, Cordelia got up from the floor long enough to put in the second movie. She noted that Oz and Willow were already asleep on the couch. Xander wasn't, but she could tell he would be soon. So would she for that matter. She looked at Buffy and Angel then. Buffy was leaning against his side, and his arms were wrapped around her. Her eyes were closed, but Cordelia could tell she was not asleep, just enjoying the moment. Angel looked down into her face, with eyes only for her. Cordy wondered, as American Pie started and she lay back down in Xander's arms, why they had bothered to rent movies at all. By the time the movie was half done, everyone was sleeping except Buffy and Angel. And they weren't exactly watching it, each was too busy thinking about the other.

By the time Buffy returned from getting a soda and putting in the third movie, she decided that a little shift in position might be in order. It was probably a little more risky than the way they had been, but she longed to be close to him again. And it was safer here, with her friends around and mother asleep upstairs, than it would ever be.

So instead of sitting down next to him again she put down her drink and used her hands to lift his legs up unto the other side of the couch. Then she split his legs apart and settled herself between them, leaning back into his broad chest. His arms slid around her waist and she grabbed his arms and pulled them even tighter. His head came down over her shoulder.

"More comfortable?" Angel whispered.

"Much." She answered him. "I almost forgot how nice this was. Not to be worried about the future and the fate of the world, just to be happy how you are at the moment."

"World? What world?" He questioned with a grin.

"Exactly." Buffy said, turning her head to look up at him.

He looked down at her upturned face, locking eyes with her. She was so beautiful. "Buffy..." He whispered.

"We shouldn't, I know." She answered, slightly breathless. But even as she said that, she leaned up closer to him. She breathed him in deeply.

He leaned down and kissed her mouth gently. After only a second he pulled back and again looked into her eyes. The love he saw there almost blew his mind away.

He leaned into her again, kissing her longer this time. She turned in his arms until she lay facing him, their bodies pressed together. They continued to kiss, his hands roving across her back.

*****

Willow woke up a little while later. She shifted her position, trying to remember where she was. Then she felt Oz's arm around her, saw the TV going, and remembered. She sat up slowly, leaving Oz to sleep. She glanced at the TV, noting the weirdly dressed, but very cute guy. And he was locked in a bathroom with a girl. Ah, she loved this part. She watched the rather long scene, then shifted position, trying to stretch her back. She turned a little then, continuing to stretch out cramped muscles. And froze.

Angel lay on the couch, and Buffy lay on top of him. His hands roamed her back, under her shirt, and her hands were tangled in his dark hair. They were totally making-out.

Willow grinned. She was so happy that they were back together. She couldn't believe that they hadn't fallen asleep like everyone else had, but then she thought about how she'd be in their situation. She'd be pretty sleepless too, especially considering the alternative.

Suddenly, she heard a noise coming from upstairs. Quickly checking her watch, she found that it was almost seven in the morning. She realized that Mrs. Summers must have an early day at the gallery.

Quickly getting up, she intercepted the woman at the bottom of the stairs. She had been heading for the living room.

"Willow? You're up already?"

At the sound of her mother's voice, Buffy froze. 'I'm so dead.' She thought.

"Yeah, everyone else is sound asleep." Thankfully, you couldn't see the living room from where they were. Finding her daughter making out with the older-vampire-guy-who-used-to-be-stalking-her probably wouldn't make the woman's morning. Or day. Or year for that matter. "Guess I just wasn't that tired."

'God bless you Willow.' Buffy said quietly into Angel's shoulder.

"I was gonna make some breakfast for you all before I left. Care to help?"

"Sure, Mrs. Summers. I'd love to." Willow said, maybe a little to quickly. Joyce looked at her strangely for a moment, then shrugged and headed for the kitchen.

Willow stuck her head back into the living room, whispered, "You owe me." And then followed Joyce into the kitchen.

Buffy grinned in reply. "And I'll find some huge, huge way to pay her back." She looked again at Angel. "Later." She started to kiss him again, pressing her body full length against him. They practically melted into each other, hands everywhere and mouths kissing deeply.

And they didn't stop for a long, long time.

***This is probably obvious, but just in case, for those of you who haven't seen the movies mentioned:
~Seth Green (the guy who plays Oz) is in "Can't Hardly Wait" as a very strangely dressed person
~Alyson Hannigan (the girl who plays Willow) is the 'band camp girl' in "American Pie"
~And Sarah Michelle Gellar (the girl who plays Buffy) stars in "Cruel Intentions" as a very, very naughty vixen.

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