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The Hart of L.A.	By : raycheld20 Category: AtS/BtVS Crossovers > Het - Male/Female > Angel(us)/Buffy > Angel(us)/Buffy Views: 4166 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Angel came out of Wesley�s office and noticed two things right off. First, that Dawn was really upset. He hadn�t really spent that much time around her, but he could tell. Secondly, was Connor�s interest in her. As much as he thought this was cute, he had to have his pow-wow with Connor before Cordelia got there. He walked over to him, but didn�t touch him.

" You ready to get this little chat over with?" Connor glared over at his father, and didn�t say anything. He looked back over at Dawn and grinned at her, and walked towards Angel. He didn�t keep the smile on his face once he turned back to Angel.

" Yeah, lets get it over with. I�ve got better stuff to do." Angel sighed, and nodded at Dawn. He turned and followed Connor into the Study everyone had just filed out of. Dawn walked over and sat down on Wesley�s couch. She hated being here with no one she knew. She knew everyone here, it just wasn�t her crowd. Fred and Wesley were giving each other moon eyes, and Lorne was standing in a corner watching everyone. She noticed that he was staring at her, so she stared back.

" Can I help you with something?" Lorne grinned at her.

" No, I�m just standing here, sweetie. If you�d like I could read you while everyone�s gone." Dawn�s eyes got real wide. She�d been wanting to sing for Lorne ever since she�d heard what he could do. She stood and walked over to him.

" Sure, but I want to go into the kitchen. I don�t want anyone to hear me sing, cause I�m not that good." Lorne didn�t say anything, just moved around her, and started walking into the kitchen. Dawn was left with no choice except to follow.

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Connor wasn�t saying anything to Angel, just leaning against the wall glaring at him. Angel really wished he could have a decent relationship with him, but it just didn�t seem possible. Connor would always hate him.

" Are we gonna talk, or are we gonna just glare at each other all day?" Connor pushed himself off his perch, and stood right in front of Angel.

" Why�d you do it? I mean, I never really thought you hated me, but you took my memory away! I didn�t have perfect memories, but they were mine!" Angel crossed his arms, and was trying to figure out to explain it to his son.

" Connor, you weren�t happy. You hate me, and I was just trying to give you some sense of normalcy. I know I shouldn�t have made the decision for you, but you wouldn�t have gone, even if I�d asked you to." Connor turned away from him.

" You�re right, I wouldn�t have. I was apart of something here, and you took it away from me!" This caused Angel to get angry.

" You never liked being with my group! You constantly tried to make Gunn hit you. You made Fred hate you, which I�m told is a bad thing to do. Hell, you even made Faith kick your ass. You shouldn�t have to be around people like us! I was trying to shelter you, since I didn�t get to when you were a baby. I wasn�t given the opportunity to." Connor was silent.

Connor didn�t know what to say. He�d never really thought about it from that perspective. He�d never considered the fact that Angel hadn�t had a chance to be a part of his life. He�d just grown up with Holtz, thinking he was his father. When the truth of the matter was, Angel was his father, and wasn�t given the opportunity to raise him. He looked up at Angel and saw a man, not a monster for once. Of course, he wasn�t going to tell him this just yet.

" Whatever, you�re in charge again, so let�s let it go. Just don�t do that again, or I will kill you." Angel just rolled his eyes, and walked out of the room. When they got to the living room, only Fred and Wesley were there. Lorne and Dawn were coming out of the kitchen when the front door opened, and Dawn had a strange look on her face.

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Gunn, Faith, Spike, Talia, and Buffy were all in the minivan on it�s way back to Las Angeles. Buffy hadn�t put up a fight or anything, had just gotten in the car without saying a word. She�d only responded to one person, Talia, and even that was minimal. Faith was driving the vehicle wanting to get away from Gunn. Talia was sitting next Gunn, not looking at him. He put his arm around her, and she didn�t push it away, which made Gunn and Faith assume she hadn�t seen anything. Buffy was sitting next Spike sort of staring off to space. No one in the group was saying anything, it was completely silent until Faith turned the radio on.

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Cordelia had raised hell with Angel about not coming to get her himself, but she�d quickly gotten over it. She was just glad to be back. When the retrieval group got back, Lindsey took Buffy�s hand and sat her in the circle that he�d made. It was time to break the spell that Wolfram and Hart had put on her. Willow had come back that day to join in the spell, while Oz was being tested to see when he could go home. After everything was in place, Lindsey looked up at everyone in the room

" Okay, this is going to be sort of an ego booster for Buffy, but it�s how the spell is broken. I need Dawn, Xander, Angel, Spike, Willow, and Giles. Everyone else can stay in the room, but I need you six to stand around her in a circle. It�s sort of like koombaya. You all have to look at Buffy, and tell her you love her." Willow looked over at Lindsey like he was insane.

" That�s all? We all just have to say we love her? I mean of course we�ll do it, because we do, I just thought it was supposed to be more complicated than that." Lindsey smiled at her.

" It is more complicated than that. You are six most pivotal people in her life, and the senior partners knew it. Buffy has to believe you when you tell her. You�ve got to tell her, and then tell her why....I�m going to turn the lights off, and step back. You each have to take a turn, then when you�re done talking you have to sit down in your spot, and take her hand. You can�t let go, all of you have to hold her hand at the same time. If she doesn�t feel like you love her, then the spell will be irreversible when it�s over. Okay, the big question is, who goes first?" With that said, Lindsey moved away from the group and joined the others to watch. Xander cleared his throat.

" I guess I�ll go first, if that�s okay with everyone." Everyone nodded their agreement, and he turned to face Buffy. She looked at him when he said her name.

" Buffy, I love you. I�ve always looked up to you, cause you were never scared of anything. You saved my life countless times, and I never really said thank you. I also said what I�m about to say before, but I think it needs repeating in front of everyone. You�re my hero, Buffy, and I love you." When he finished saying this, he sat down in his spot, and took her hand. Buffy didn�t show a reaction to this except for a single tear slipping down her cheek. Giles spoke up from his spot diagonal to Xander.

" I don�t really know where to begin. I guess I�ll start with the fact that Quinten Travers saw something, I was afraid to admit to you. I love you. I�m sorry I haven�t said it before, but the plain truth is you were the daughter I always wished I�d have." Doing as Xander had, Giles sat down, and took hold of Buffy�s other hand. Buffy opened her mouth as if trying to say something, but no words would come out, but she started crying unabashedly. Willow, who was standing next to Giles put her hand up.

" Okay, my turn. Buffy, you�re my best friend. You helped me when everyone else thought it was a bad idea. You saw through the dork that I was, and made me feel like a person. I�ve always wanted to be like you, not afraid of anything. I want you to come back, Buffy, cause I�ve missed talking to you, and I love you very much." Sitting in her spot, Willow covered Giles�s hand with hers. Spike sighed and ran his hands through his hair.

" Might as well get this done with. You know how I feel about you, pet. I love you more than anything I�ve ever loved before. You made me want to be a good man even before I got my soul. Hell, I got my soul for you! You always treated me like a man, even though I know I�m a monster. So, yea I love you, and I probably always will." Plopping down in his spot, he covered Xander�s hand, and gave him an evil look. Angel was about to speak up next, but Dawn stopped him.

" I�ll go now, if that�s okay. Buffy I know I didn�t always used to be here, but I�m still your sister. You sacrificed yourself so I could live. I treated you like crap on more than one occasion, but you always told me you loved me. I just want you to know, I believe you now. It is Summer�s blood that runs through my veins. I love you...I am you." With tears running down her face, she sat down, her hand covering spike�s and Xander�s. Angel sighed again, and looked around the room. Everyone was being very silent, and all eyes were on him, including Buffy�s.

" I�m last, huh? Okay, well here goes. Buffy, I�ve loved since the first moment I laid eyes on you. You were the reason I kept trying to be a good person. You are the thing that gets me through each day. When I came here, there wasn�t a moment that passed by that I didn�t think of you. You the one, Buffy...you�re my only one." Taking the final seat on the floor, he covered Willow�s hand. Buffy started sobbing openly, unable to hold it in. The room started to shake, and Buffy�s head was thrust back as a sort of explosion happened, sending all seven of them flying on opposite sides of the room. Buffy was the first one to get up. She stood in the middle of the room, and crossed her arms.

" Are we gonna start singing again?" When she said this Giles started laughing. Xander, Willow, Spike, and Dawn soon joined in. They small group walked up to Buffy embracing in a group hug. Buffy looked up noticing someone was missing. She saw Angel standing off the side.

" Oh come on, Angel, are you too manly for a group hug?" He smiled and joined them.

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A/N: okay okay, I know how corny that was, but it made me giggle, therefore, it stays!!! Please don�t flame, this chapter was strictly for giggles and reminiscing. Please Review, no flaming!!
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