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SPOILERS: There's some lines from the episode Sanctuary, but that's all. You have to read the prequel Never Alone to understand the story though.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Here's the sequel to Never Alone.
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PART 1

"Faith, don't do this." Buffy said to Faith. Buffy realized they were on the same roof where she tried to kill Faith.

Faith brought the knife closer to Angel's neck. "Why shouldn't I, B? I mean *you* stabbed me, so now I'm going to kill Angel. Just like you were about to kill me or maybe I should just kill you too."

"Buffy, get away!" Angel struggled, trying to break away from Faith's arms.

"NO! Faith just let Angel go. It's me you want." Buffy pleaded, walking towards to Faith. She knew that if she tried to attack Faith, then Angel might get hurt.

"No, I think I want him." Then Faith stabbed Angel in the heart.

Angel looked up at Faith shocked and whispered "Buffy" before he collapsed, bleeding to death.

"NOOO!"

"Angel!" Buffy suddenly woke up, sweating. She quickly turned to her side and saw Angel sleeping peacefully…..and breathing. "It was a dream. Angel's alive."

"Are you okay, Buffy?" Angel asked concerned. Waking up from Buffy's sudden movement.

"Angel.." Buffy hugged him hard and started to tell him about her dream. "Faith was there, and-and she killed you."

"Shhhh….it's okay. It's only a dream." Angel said, as he tried to calm her. "See, I'm alive not dead."

Buffy relaxed and laid down on Angel's chest. "Sorry that I woke you up." She snuggled closer to him.

"It's okay. I like waking up with you." He put his arms around her and kissed her head. "I love you."

"I love you too." She grinned, as she lifted her head to give him a kiss. "So, are we going to Sunnydale to tell everyone."

"Yes. We have to tell them. Now come on we have to get up."

"But I don't want to, it's too early." Buffy pouted.

Angel grinned and suddenly he picked up Buffy in his arms.

"Angel! Put me down." She giggled, kissing him again

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"I wonder if they are awake right now." Cordelia wondered as she went downstairs to meet the couple. When she came down, Cordelia saw the Angel carrying Buffy in his arms. "Ummm…don't tell me."

"Hi Cordelia, Angel was just trying to get me out of the bed."

"Really?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows.

"What do you want Cordelia?" Angel asked, as he put Buffy down.

"Well, I just came down to see how you guys were doing."

"I'm going to go take a shower." Angel went to the bathroom, while Buffy told Cordelia what happened in her dream.

"Wow, so do you think it's one of your prophetic dreams?" Cordelia asked.

"I don't know. It can't be. Cause Angel didn't have any strength to fight her back."

"I'm sure it's just a dream." Cordelia reassured her.

*

"Hurry up, you guys!" Cordelia yelled from the car.

"Do you think we should call Giles first?" Angel asked, putting his arms around Buffy's waist.

"I want to surprise the gang." Buffy said. She turned her head to give him a long passionate kiss.

"Stop making out and come here!" Buffy and Angel stopped and laughed. They looked outside in the window to see Cordelia waiting in the car with Wesley looking very impatient. They finally came out fifteen minutes later and got in the vehicle.

"Took you long enough." Cordelia grumbled.

"Are we ready to go?" Wesley asked, as Angel started the car.

PART 2

"Are you ready?" Angel asked Buffy, as they arrived at Giles' front door.

"Yeah. Let's go." Buffy knocked on the door.

"Buffy?" Willow stared at Angel, surprised. "Angel? But-how? Isn't Angel dead? I mean, Cordelia called saying…or did she lied to us?"

"Will, calmed down. Angel came back, it's sorta a long story." Buffy, Angel, Cordelia, and Wesley went in.

"Willow, who is it at the door?" Giles asked from the kitchen. "Buffy? Are you all right? Wait, is that Angel?"

"Hello everybody, and yes Angel is here. Angel will tell you what happened and then you can questions later. Okay?" As everyone sat down, Spike came down the stairs.

"What is with all the bloody noise?"

"Hi Spike."

"Hello Slayer, and why is that bloody poof here? Isn't he dead?" Spike yelled out.

"Nice to see you too, Spike." Angel said.

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"…..And then the PBT decided to bring me back after Buffy killed Angelus." Angel finished telling the gang and Spike about what happened.

"Wow." Willow said, afterwards. "I'm glad you're back though, Angel."

"Yeah, it was kind of sad that you died, Dead boy." Xander replied.

"Xander, don't call me that. I'm not even dead now." Angel groaned.

"Fine, Angel." Xander said.

"So, this is Angel?" Anya asked, while looking at Angel. "He's sexy."

"Hey!" Xander yelled out, looking hurt.

"Don't worry Xander, I think you're sexy too." Anya reassured him.

"So Angel is back for good now." Giles said.

"Yep, and human too." Buffy grinned in delight.

"I still can't believe that Riley followed you to LA." Willow said, frowning. "He looked so nice. Oh, I'm sorry Buffy that I forced you to go out with him."

"Who's Riley?" Angel asked, giving Buffy a long, passionate kiss.

Then Xander cleared his throat. "Ummm…guys?"

Angel and Buffy pulled away, both blushing. "Sorry, got a little carried away."

"So Who's Riley?" Angel asked again.

"Oh, that fishboy was the slayer's boyfriend, actually ex now." Spike answered.

"Well, welcome back to the living, Angel." Oz said.

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"Giles, do you know where Faith is?" Buffy asked, while they were in the kitchen to get snacks for the rest of the hungry gang.

"No. Why?"

"Oh, I was just wondering. You know if she ever comes back to Sunnydale, we should be ready." Buffy answered, finishing up the snacks and bringing it to the table where everybody was. "Okay the snacks are here." Maybe I am just over reacting. The dream couldn't be real and if it was Angel can fight her off. But during whole night, Buffy couldn't shake off the feeling that's something bad was going to happen.

"Did you have a nice time?" Buffy asked, Angel when they arrived home at the Mansion.

"Yeah, and Xander was actually nice to me too." Angel said, then frowning. "What's wrong with him?"

"Oh, he just likes you better than Riley and so do I." Buffy giggled, as they got ready for bed.

"Boy, I'm tired." As Buffy tried to suppress a yawn.

"Go to sleep, love." Angel kissed her softly, as she laid her head on his chest.

"Okay." She whispered, wrapping her arms around his stomach before falling asleep. "Good night."

"Good night." Angel echoed softly.

PART 3

"So any demons today, Giles?" Buffy asked as she and Angel came through the door.

"I think-" Giles started to say, but Xander interrupted him. "Nope, it's a demon free day, Buff!"

"Good." Buffy grinned as she sat down on the couch with Angel.

When Angel left to go to the bathroom, Buffy and Willow talked. "So, how's it like with Angel being human now, Buffy?"

"It's so great and he's really sweet too. Today, he served me breakfast in bed." Buffy smiled.

"Well, I'm happy for you. You guys deserve this."

"Oh, so you and the poof are still here?" Spike asked, coming down from the stairs.

"What do you want Spike?" Buffy asked, nonchalantly.

"What happened? Don't you like me anymore since we got engaged?" Spike smirked.

"Spike." Buffy growled.

"What!?! You married him!" Angel yelled out, coming out from the bathroom.

"No, Angel. it wasn't my fault. Willow did a I will it spell but something went wrong, and Spike and I ended up getting married."

"Angel, now I know why you like this slayer...great kisser." Spike chuckled at the look from Angel's face.

"You kissed him too!"

"Spike!"

"Spike, you shouldn't have said that!" Willow scolded him. Everyone started to glare at him.

"What?" Spike said. "I'm not going to bloody apologize to the slayer and poof. I bet you they start screwing each other every minute they can get."

"Shut up Spike."

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"I'm going to bed, Angel!" Buffy yelled out from the bed.

"I'll be up in a minute." Angel answered from the living room.

As Buffy slowly drifted off to sleep, she started to dream..

"Guys!" Buffy yelled out, as she opened Giles' door. "Where are you? I haven't seen you all day." She walked and saw Willow, Xander, Giles, Oz and Anya's head on the couch.

"Hey you guys! Where were you? I thought we were supposed to meet at the café." Buffy walked towards the couch and then went around to face them. "What are you guys sleeping in the middle of the day? Wake up." She started to shook Willow's shoulders, but when Buffy looked at her hands, she saw that it was covered in blood.

"Oh my Gosh! No, No!" She started to back away but bumped into Cordelia's and Wesley's body on the floor. She turned around realizing they were dead too.and covered in blood. It looked like someone stabbed them to death..

"Hey B, like the little gift I got ya?" Faith asked, as she walked down the stairs.

"No.Faith, you didn't?"

"Yes I did. I killed them all, just like I killed Angel." She laughed, walking towards Buffy.

"Why?" Buffy whispered.

"Why not?" Faith screamed out. "Because I can! Because for once little miss Buffy is alone in the world without anyone to care about her.like me."

"People care about you too!"

"Yeah right, B. So now the question is.what are you going to do about it?" Faith chuckled. "I killed your friends, family, and your boyfriend. Are you going to kill me?"

When Buffy didn't say anything, Faith yelled out. "That's right. Nothing! You can't do it. You can't kill a human being!"

Faith walked closer to Buffy, coming face to face with her. "Well, guess what?... I can." Faith then, pulled her knife out and stabbed her in the stomach. "Bye B."

Angel woke up when he felt Buffy tossing and turning in bed. "Faith.no.please." Angel heard her say softly. He shook her gently at first, but when she wouldn't wake up, he tried to shake her a little bit harder. "Angel." Buffy opened her eyes slowly, realizing that she finally woke up from the awful dream.

"Angel!" Buffy turned to hug him hard. "She-she was there. Faith killed them. I couldn't stop her.she kill-killed me too."

"What happened?" Angel asked, his eyes filling up with concern.

"Well, I walked in..." Buffy explained what happened to her and what Faith did in her dreams.

"It's okay, Buffy. It's not real, just like the one you had with Faith killing me." Angel told her after Buffy finished telling Angel about her dream.

"But what if it is real. I don't want to lose you again, Angel or my friends." Buffy said softly. "I'm scared."

"Shhh..don't worry, everything will be fine."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

PART 4

"Wow, that's some freaky dream." Willow said after Buffy told her about her dream last night.

"Yeah, and I keep getting this feeling that it's all true." Buffy replied, as they walked out class.

"Hey Buffy!"

Buffy and Willow turned their heads around to see who it was. When they realized it was Riley, it was too late to turn around.

"Riley, what do you want?" Buffy demanded, still angry about the LA incident. "I thought I made it clear, that I don't want to see you anymore."

"Buffy, look you were confuse and angry at that time. I understand that. I want to get back together." Riley said.

"Well, I don't!" Buffy yelled out.

"Buffy.wait is it still about that vampire I killed?"

"A good one with a soul, Riley. You don't understand."

"He's a vampire!" Riley said, getting frustrated. "Buff-"

"Riley, I don't care what you say.I never ever want to date you again." Buffy hissed. "Goodbye!"

"Fine! If that's how you feel like it then!" Riley yelled out after her. He turned around to Willow, thinking he could convince her to talk to Buffy. "Will-"

"No, I'm not going to talk to Buffy. I think what you did to Angel was wrong and you followed Buffy to LA too." Willow interrupted. She turned and ran towards Buffy, leaving Riley alone.

"So, do you think that Riley will follow us?" Buffy asked, as Willow caught up with Buffy.

"I don't know."

"Will, do you think I should Giles about the dream?" Buffy asked. "I mean, what if it's one of my prophetic dreams?"

"I don't know about the prophetic one, but I do think you should tell him."

"Giles!" Buffy yelled out, as she and Willow opened the door to Giles' home. "Are you there?"

"Bloody hell! You don't have to shout so loud, slayer. Some of us are trying to sleep!" Spike grumbled.

"Like who, Spike? You? Well, I don't care." Buffy said. "Is Giles here?"

"Ummm.over here, Buffy." Giles yelled out from the kitchen.

"Oh, I have to tell you something. You see, I had this dream about."

"Oh, Faith comes back." Giles said softly, after Buffy finished telling him her dream. "Well, it's very unlikely to be prophetic. Maybe it's just one of your regular dreams."

"Giles, listen to me, I keep getting this weird feeling that something is wrong and I think it has to do something with the dreams."

"Buffy, maybe you're just overreacting. People dream like this everyday. Don't worry."

"Yeah, maybe I am."

"Oh and Buffy? You and Angel patrol tonight. Okay?"

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".and so Giles is saying not to worry and people have this kind of dreams all the time." Buffy told Angel, as they patrol through the park. "I think he's wrong though."

"Buffy, maybe Giles is right." Angel said, holding her hand. "But maybe he's wrong too. So, if you think there's something wrong, I believe you."

"Thanks and I am right." Buffy smiled, craning head to kiss him.

While they were kissing, Buffy heard something in the bushes. "Come out! Whoever you are!"

The bushes rustled and then Riley came out stumbling. "Buffy."

"Riley, what did I tell you before?"

"Buffy, I just-wait who is that?" Riley asked, pointing to Angel.

"It's none of your business." Buffy snapped.

"It's that vampire, isn't it? How did he come back?"

"I said it wasn't your business."

"Look Buffy" Riley said calmly. "I don't want to argue again. I just came by to apol-"

Buffy looked and saw that Riley was bleeding in the stomach. As Riley fell to the ground, Buffy realized who it was.

"Hey B.."

PART 5

"Faith, what are you doing here?" Buffy asked.

"Well, I was in a coma, but I woke and here I am." She laughed. "And I'm glad to see you too."

Buffy looked down at Riley, who was dead. "Why did you kill him?"

"Why not? He seemed annoying, so I killed him. Easy as that, B." Faith replied. "But enough talk." Faith then took out a small pouch and opened it. She grabbed the dustlike material from the pouch and threw towards Angel.

"Wh-" Buffy thought it was some kind of magic. "Angel, are you okay?" Kneeling next to him. Completely forgetting about Faith, she kicked Buffy out of the way and grabbed Angel. Pulling a knife from her pocket, she drew it near Angel's neck.

"Oh my gosh." Buffy said softly, realizing her dream is about to come true. "Angel, fight her."

"I can't. It seems that the dust thing she threw at me, made me lose my strength." Angel told Buffy, as he struggled.

"Don't come any closer, if you don't want to see your boyfriend dead." Faith threatened.

"Faith, don't do this."

"Why should I listen to you?" Faith grinned. "I don't need you or your friends."

"Faith, what do you mean? I'm your friend. I care about you."

"Yeah right." She laughed. "Do friends tried to kill them on a roof for their blood?"

Buffy stared at her, then at her helpless boyfriend. She knew that if she doesn't do anything he'll wind up dead.

"Faith, I know you've been through a hard time and I understand."

"What do you know? Huh? Do you know what evil feels like? Do you?" When Buffy didn't say anything, Faith yelled out. "That's right you don't."

"But I do." Angel replied.

"What?" Faith looked down at Angel in surprise. "Shut up, Angel."

"No, Faith. I can help you. I know what evil feels like. How it sucks you in, and no way to get out. But I can get you out of there, if you want."

"No. Don't you pull this crap on me. It's not gonna work." Faith screamed out.

"Faith, just listen to Angel. He can help you." Buffy said to Faith.

"Don't you guys get it. I'm evil. Evil, you hear!" Faith yelled.

"I'm-I'm evil." She cried.

When Faith loosened her grip on Angel, he turn away quickly. But as Buffy tried to attack her, Angel stopped her. "Angel, what's wrong?" She demanded.

"Buffy, I really think Faith wants to change. Just give me a chance with her." He pleaded.

"Fine." She grumbled.

"Faith, I know you've been through a tough time, but if you're willing to change then you can. Only if you let me help you though." Angel calmly told her.

"You don't get it, do you? You think it's easy! Jus-" Faith broke off, with her hand trembling. Suddenly, Faith dropped the knife and Buffy sighed with relief. "It-it's too hard."

"It's okay. Everything will be fine." Angel reassured her.

Faith turned towards Buffy. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry B. I-I know th-"

"Hey it's okay. I forgive you, just don't do it again." Buffy interrupted, pulling Faith into a fierce hug. Faith was surprised at first but returned the hug.

"Do you think the others will forgive me?"

EPILOGUE
(3 weeks later)

"Hey Angel! Are you enjoying the life of being human, so far?" Xander asked. Buffy looked at Xander, who was teasing Angel. She was glad that Xander finally accepted Angel and knew that it wasn't Angel that killed everyone. She smiled and then turned towards Willow who was talking to Oz. Will, the one who started this whole picnic idea. She thought it was a great opportunity for the gang to hang out together. Maybe it was a good idea. "Hey Faith!" Xander yelled out. "Can you go and grab the icebox. I mean, you are the one with the supernatural powers."

"No, why don't you? You are the guy here and anyways I'm busy helping Anya. So sorry." Faith replied. Faith.. it took a while for everyone to accept her, but they all soon learned to let go of the past and forgive her. She's trying hard to do good and make up for the mistakes she has done.

"Come on Xander, I'll help you." Oz offered.

"Fine." Xander grumbled, as he and Oz went to the car.

Then she looked at Angel, her love, her soulmate. She couldn't imagine a life without him and never would want to.

"Hey Buffy, Buffy." Willow called out. "Hello."

"What?" Buffy replied, as she snapped back into reality. "Did you say something, Will?"

"What were you thinking about?" Willow laughed.

"Oh, just how much our life has changed."

Willow frowned. "But in a good way, right?"

"Oh yeah.definitely better."

"Hey Will, a little help here?" Xander said, as he and Oz struggled with the huge icebox. Willow laughed at the sight and ran towards them to help.

Buffy suddenly felt Angel's arms wrapping around her waist, pulling her towards him. "Hey, are you having fun?" He whispered into her ear.

"Lots." She sighed in happiness.

Buffy leaned into Angel's chest, as he tightened his grip on her. She stared at her friends, who were all grabbing for food, laughing, and talking. "Hey Buff, aren't you going to eat?" Xander yelled out, as he grabbed a sandwich. "Or are you and Angel going to sit there all day?" Everyone is happy and so was she..

"Life is good." She thought. "It truly is."

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