Title: Simply Me Author: Lynn Pairing: Angel/Buffy, Buffy/Riley, Willow/Xander, Xander/Cordelia, Angel/Kate, Cordelia/Doyle, Willow/Oz/Tara, Oz/Tara, Gunn/Fred, Fred/Wesley Feedback: ssweety_3@yahoo.com Dedication: To Leanne, AKay, Tiffany, Cristina, Bklyangel, Nicole. Distribution: Akays, Chains Of Velvet, DarkSecrets, A Little Angelus Disclaimers: Don't own em. Authors Notes: Simply Irrestible B/A style AU Simply Me, Part One. Buffy walks off across the street where she runs into Willow, Oz and Xander. "Hey Buffy" "Hey Xander" "How was your week?" asked Willow. "Pretty slow, yours?" "Same" The three friends walked off where they ran into a man who's selling crabs and asks Buffy if she wants to buy one,and she says "Thanks, But I wouldn't know what to do with one" As they continue walking they run into him again and Buffy decides to buy one and then she runs into Angel. "Buffy" "Angel, Nice seeing you in the daytime" Angel holds up the ring and says "You too" Both of them laugh, and went their seperate ways after exchanging phone numbers. The three of them walk into a restaurant and Buffy's aunt says "I made you all some coffee" "Thanks" replies the three and made their way into the kitchen. Buffy stops to talk to her aunt and her aunt tells her about the rent being raised and they can't get a loan because the bank doesn't trust that they could pay them back by the way business is going. Angel hosts a press conference about he's new restaurant coming into town totally unaware that Buffy runs one and might put her out of business. Cordelia and Faith both run to tell Angel that Kate's in he's office waiting for him "I told you all not to let her in my office!" Angel growled. Just then Kate runs out of the office and hugs Angel and kisses him on the cheek Cordelia snorts at the look before her and Faith lightly hits her arm. Kate says "I just got a break and thought I'd come over" Both Cordelia and Faith rolls their eyes and Angel gives them a look to behave. Kate tells Angel she'll see him at lunch and waves at them. Both girl make a sign of relief and so does Angel. Angel tells Cordelia and Faith he can't wait to break up with Kate and they say it's about time! Angel also tells them about seeing Buffy and the two girls smile at him. "WHAT?!" Buffy and Gunn are cooking in the kitchen "Shut up taste this" "Pretty good" "You can't lie you know" "Alright, It's aweful!" Fred walks in and says "Buffy, Gunn, you guys be good" "Aah!" Fred and Gunn looked at each other and said "It's gonna take a miracle" Simply Me Part Two "Riley what are you doing here?" "Wanted to see you" "Well you see me" Riley leans in to kiss her but she turns away "What did I do this time?" "Nothing, You didn't do anything, I'm just worried about this place" "I know sweetie" Riley pulls Buffy into he's arms and says "I'm sorry sweetie. We'll figure something out, We always do" "Think we should check out our competition?" "What do you mean Fred? Check out what competition?" "Gunn..The new restaurant coming in" "Oh lord, Does Buffy know?" "No, I wanted to check it out before I told her anything" "Yeah" "Remember when we used to go out?" "Yeah" ***Flashback**** "Gunn?" "Yes sweetie" "Wanna go out tonight?" "Of course" Gunn and Fred walked to the restaurant and ordered the finiest foods in the place and eat and drinked and laughed and shared a few kisses and precious moments ****End of Flasback**** "I'm sorry Fred" "Me too" "Maybe everything will get better once this place gets picked back up some more" "I know what you mean" Angel walked around with Kate and they found a great restaurant unaware of who owns it. "Angel, are you sure this place looks ugly?" "Yes I'm sure Kate" Said Angel sounding hateful and not regreting it. He wanted to push her away. He wanted her to leave him alone. When they stepped into the small restaurant Angel smelled a familar scent. Her. But how? Angel found out that answer when she walked through the door with a couple of plates and he could see her serving someone, when he was interrupted by would you like to take a seat and Kate's whinning. They found their seat in the back towards the kitchen. When Buffy walked over and said "Can I take your order?" Angel realized that she worked there and he smiled and then frowned because of he's own restaurant being brought to town. He looked at Buffy and smiled again when he saw her roll her eyes at Kate and then smiled at him. "I'll take the chicken with potatoes and a small salad on the side and a diet coke" Angel smiled and mouthed something with some blood in it Buffy smiled and said "I know just what to get for you" Angel grinned as Buffy walked off while Kate glared."WHAT?!" "Who's she?" "The love of my life" Now it was Kate's turn "WHAT?!" Simply Me Part Three "The love of my life" "WHAT?!" "You heard me, the love of my life" Replied Angel with a smile on his face. "You can't be serious!" scretched Kate. Angel put his finger to her lips and told her to shh "We're in a public place, Kate" "You started it!" "Kate, Guess what, We're over!" said Angel with no regret. Kate screamed as she walked out of the restaurant and Buffy came out to check and see what was wrong and she saw Angel sitting in he's chair very happy, She walks over to him and says "Angel, What happened?" "I told her the truth" "What's the truth?" "That your the love of my life" "Angel..." "Shhh. Don't say a thing" He puts a finger to her lips and then removes it and gives her a soft kiss. "Xander" says Willow smiling at the couple "Aww their in love, how nice!" said Xander. "Xander" "What?! I hate him" "I know you do, but he makes Buffy happy" "Whatever" Xander walks into the kitchen to talk to Gunn and Fred when Willow walks in to help, and she pulls flour on him and the three laugh at him and he walks over and gives Willow a big hug making most of the flour go on her and he laughs while Gunn and Fred just look at him and he turns and says "Oh you laugh when she does it but not when I do" "Maybe because you didn't do anything!" Said Gunn and Fred slapped him on the shoulder. Willow intends to kiss Xander on the cheek when he moves and they kiss. "Woah!" "Gunn, Lets go" "But I wanna..." "Gunn. Now" "Ok" Fred and Gunn walk out of the kitched to talk to Buffy and Angel while Willow and Xander's kiss deepens. Willow pulls away and says "We can't" "I know" Xander leans down to kiss her again but Willow pulls away, "I can't do it..Not again" Cordelia walks in and says, "Can't do what again? Like kiss each other? Break someones heart? I don't believe you guys!" Cordelia walks off and then turns around and says "Correction, I can't go through this again! Doyle and Angel and even Faith were right. You guys will never keep your hands off each other" "Oh and I hope you know, This time I will tell Oz, You've lost him Will. And Xander, you've lost me. Goodbye!" Cordelia walks out of the room and walks over to the gang and says "You were right." "Aww Delia" Says Doyle and he hugs her and Cordelia cries. "We shouldn't have done that" "Yeah, Now I lost Oz" "I lost Cordelia" "Think she'll tell Tara too?" "Knowing her? Yeah" "Just great!" Simply Me Part Four Cordelia saw Tara when she came into Angel's and she walked up to her and said, "Hi Tara? Can I talk to you? It's important" "Of course Cordy" They walked into a room together, and Tara waited for Cordelia to continue"What I'm going to tell you, May hurt you. But I just want you to know I wouldn't tell you if I didn't think you needed to know." "Ok, Cordy what is it?" "I saw Xander and Willow in a heated kiss at Buffy's restaurant" Tara was silent for awhile before the tears started pouring down. "I'm sorry Tara, I thought you deserved to know what was going on behind yours and Oz's back" Said Cordelia with tears in her eyes. "I'm sorry" "I'm sorry too Cordy" The two friends hug and Tara says she needs to talk to Oz and Cordelia told her to go to Oz's office He should be in there. "Good Luck" Tara knocked on Oz's door "Come in" Said Oz. He seems so chipper, I can't tell him, but I have to. "Hey Oz" "Hey babe, How are you?" "Not good, Can we talk?" "Of course" Tara took Oz's hand and says "Willow kissed Xander" "What?!" Said Oz and he jumped up, "You can't be serious" Then he saw the tears in her eyes and he knew she was serious "Oh my god, Tara, I'm sorry." Oz went over to Tara and hugged her as they cried together, Oz whispered in her ears and said "We'll be ok, Me and you" "Promise" "I do, Let's go find Will" "Ok" Tara and Oz walked out of Angel's to go down the street to Memories' They walked through the door and saw Angel talking with Buffy, Faith. Gunn and Fred were making faces at each other. Tara walked up to Buffy and said "Is Will here?" "Yeah Tara she's in the back" "Thanks" "This isn't going to be good is it, B?" "Nope, I think Will and Xander are in for it" "Rather them than me" Said Gunn and both Fred and Buffy hit him with a towel. "Ouch, What? It's true!" Tara and Oz walked into the kitchen, Xander saw them and excused himself leaving Willow alone with Tara and Oz, Tara spoke first "I don't want anything to do with you anymore, When I work, We don't talk, Got it?" Willow nodded in response. "Same goes for me, Except the work part of course, But if you see me or Tara out, Don't talk to us" said Oz and grabbed Tara's hand and they walked out of the kitchen and waved bye to their friends and went home. "Told ya" Xander came back and looked at Willow, She was leaning against the fridge crying, "Xander, I lost them both, I knew it!" "I'm sorry Will" "Are you really?" She asked him with anger. "Yes, Will, I am sorry" Willow continued to cry and Xander came up behind her and wrapped her in his arms and he softly kissed her forehead. "I'm sorry" "I almost believed it there" Simply Me Part Five "I almost believed you there" Repeated Cordelia. "Cordy? Can I talk to you?" "Let me think, No Xander! I don't want to hear your voice and I don't want to see your face, I'm here to talk to Willow" "Ok, I'll leave you two alone" Xander walked out of the kitchen to leave Willow alone with Cordelia. "Cordelia..I'm.." "No your not sorry because if you were, You wouldn't have taken Xander away from me AGAIN!" "I'm..." "What? Sorry? To late WILLOW! I trusted you AGAIN and you do this to me AGAIN!" Screamed Cordelia "No correction you did this to OZ AND TARA AFTER THEY TRUSTED YOU AGAIN!" "I didn't mean to" "Ohh You didn't mean to you!! Of course that was your excuse LAST TIME! You know Willow, You really need to learn excuses!" "I'm sorry Cordelia what do you want me to say?!" "How about I'm sorry for runing everyones lives yet again?!" "Fine I'M SORRY FOR RUNING EVERYONES LIVES YET AGAIN! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?" "Don't scream at me!" "Well don't scream at me!" "Will you two shut up?!" screamed Doyle "I'm getting tired of all this fighting!" "She kissed Xander, Doyle" "Get over it Cordelia, I'm sorry to say but we all warned you it would happen again and what did you say? Let me quote you, "I don't care what you all think, Xander loves me" Am I right? Yes I am, Listen I'm sorry he hurt you AGAIN and I'm sorry your going through this AGAIN, but you asked for it" "How did I ask for it?" "By giving him another chance, I told you, you would be fine with me but no! Xander comes over and asks you back and swears that he will never do anything to hurt you and you dump me like I never mattered!" "Of course you matter Doyle" "I really see that" Cordelia goes up to Doyle and kisses his cheek "I'm sorry, I love you, I should've listened" "Damn right" Doyle leans down to kiss her and she accepts his kiss. "I think Cordy's over the kiss Xander" "Whys that Will?" "She's in there kissing Doyle" "WHAT?!" Xander runs into the kitchen to catch Cordelia and Doyle in a heated kiss "Cordy how could you?!" "Simple as this mate, She loves me, Not you, You cheated on her, So hince she cheated back" "By the way Xander, It's over and I mean it this time and I mean this as well, Never talk to me again!" Cordelia and Doyle walked out of the kitchen to join their friends "I take it it went well" "Yes, Angel, I'm happy now" "That's good" Cordelia gives Angel a hug and goes over to talk to Fred and Buffy. "Thanks Buffy" "For what?" "For telling me that I shouldn't be with Xander" "Anytime" Cordelia walks over to Doyle and whispers in his ear, "Can we go now?" "Oh yes lets" They wave bye to their friends and walk out of the building. Buffy walks up to Angel and says "How about we leave to?" Angel winks in response and they wave bye to their friends and walk down the street where they run into Angel's. "Oh my god" "What Buffy?" "You! Your doing this to me!" "Doing what Luv, I'm confused" "Your the new restaurant thats going to be taken me out of business" "Buffy" Buffy runs off crying. She felt betrayed. Angel walks into Angel's and goes to his office and sits down in his chair and calls Doyle on his cell. Cordelia and Doyle were in a heated moment when Doyle's cell phone rang and Doyle groans. "Don't answer it" "It's Angel" "I wonder whats wrong" "Hello" "Doyle, I need a friend" "Yeah, I'll be right over mate" "Thanks" Doyle hangs up the phone and looks to Cordelia "What's wrong?" "He said he needs a friend" "I'll come with" "No you stay here ok?" "Ok. I'll call Buffy" "That might be good" Doyle got up to get dressed and then came out of the bathroom and kissed Cordelia goodbye and went out of the door to go to Angel's. Cordelia decided to dial a number that shes gotten to know so well and waited for her to pick up. "Hello?" Said a voice full of tears. "Buffy? What's wrong?" "Did you know?" "Know what Buffy, I'm confused, Hun whats wrong?" "Angel owns my rival restaurant" "Oh" "So you did know?" "Buffy, Come over please, I need to talk with you" "Ok, I'm on my way" "Why do I care so much?" "Because your an idiot" "Thanks Tara" "Your welcome hun" "I miss Willz" "I do too, But we have to deal with it right?" "Yeah. Can we call her?" "No Oz, We can't fall into her trap, You know how she is, She promised and she betrayed Again!" "I'm aware of that, It just doesn't feel the same" "I know, I know, But we have to deal with it!" knock knock "Wonder whos there, Who's there?" "Willow" Came from the other end of the door. "I don't want to see her Oz" "Sorry Willow, We don't want to see you!" "Ok" Willow walked off with sad in her eyes and realized she had lost them. for good this time. "She's lost us for good this time" "I know" Xander and Willow run into each other and both eyes are full of tears and they grab each others hands and go to Willow's apartment. "Want anything?" "Do you count?" Simply Me Part Six "Xander you can't be serious" "I am I want you" They begin to kiss and Xander ended up showing her that he was serious afterall. "Maybe we should call her to make sure she got home?" "Fine Oz, I'll be in the shower" Oz dialed Willow's phone number. "Hello?" said Xander's voice. Oz hung up the phone and went into the bathroom "You were right?" "She's with Xander?" "Yes" Oz took off his clothes and got into the shower with Tara. "Hey Buffy" "Hi Cordy" "Come on in" Buffy walked through Cordelia's doorway "I'm sorry" "It's ok Buffy, Are you ok?" "I can't believe he did this to me!" "I can't believe I did this to her!" "Angel, Come on..You didn't find out until it was to late" "But I still should've helped her!" "She knows man" "He knows Buffy" "I don't understand this Cordy" "He's torn up about it too" "Promise" "I promise" "I love her" "I know you do pal" "Maybe you should work together" "Do you think...." "....It would work?" "Of course, You and Angel have chemistry so maybe the work will do fine too" "That is true...Think Angel will go for it?" "I'm positive Buffy will go for it" "You guys do love each other right?" "Yes" "Then what's stoping you?" "Afraid he won't.." "Afraid she won't" "Call her" "Call him" They each dialed each others numbers and got a busy toned. Buffy told Cordelia that it was busy when her cell phone started to ring "Hello?" "Buffy?" "Angel?" "I was just trying to call you" They both said at the same time and smiled. "We need to meet" "That we do" "Where at?" "Your office" "See there" They both hung up their cell phones and told their friends thanks and went off to meet the other at Angel's. Doyle walked through the door and asked Cordelia, "Think it worked" "I know it worked, Come here you" They began to make love over and over again. Meanwhile at Angel's "I think we should work together" "I do too" "Cool, Let's work together and get back together" "Yes Lets" Buffy kissed Angel and things began to heat up and Angel made love to her right on the table in his office. Fred and Gunn were sitting alone in the apartment when there was a knock at the door "Wesley" "Hello Fred, Ready to go?" "Ready to go where?" "With me...Come on" "Let's go" Fred kissed Gunn on the cheek and went off with Wesley on their date. "Figures, everyones getting laid tonight but me!" "Might as well watch a movie" Fred and Wesley had an amazing dinner and went to Wesley's apartment things were heating up on the way up the elevator, Wesley unlocked the door and the two of them began to make love on the bed. Gunn was right, Everyone was getting laid but him... The End.