TITLE: Discussions

AUTHOR: Kelly Rowe

RATING: PG

DISCLAIMER: Buffy, Angel and all other characters (except those I make up) are the absolute property of Joss Whedon, Fox, Mutant Enemy and Warner Bros (If I owned them, the events of Buffy season 4 or most of season 3 wouldn't have occurred).

SPOILERS: General (if any)

TIMELINE: Over 17 years after IWRY

DISTRIBUTION: You want you can have it, just tell me where you put it.

"You mean that they're..." Giles said, blushing and stammering.

"Yeah" Hope replied, somewhat disgustedly.

"Oh, I so do not believe them" Cordy said, pacing the room. "They're alone for more than a few minutes and they're hormones, even after 17 years, go into overdrive".

"What did yer expect, princess? True love never really dies" Doyle commented.

"But a few hours ago, they were trying to kill each other" Joyce stated.

"Ahhh, passion. It's a glorious thing" Doyle replied.

"Oh My God. I just realised that fighting is just some sick type of fore play with those two" Cordy told everyone.

As this conversation wore on, Hope grew paler and paler.

Noticing this Joyce asked, "What's wrong, sweetie?"

"Well, I had the typical teenage illusion that my mom had sex only once in her entire life and they kinda shattered that" Hope replied, still somewhat in shock that her mom was still able to do that at her age.

When more banging was heard, Giles said "Maybe we should go out for breakfast?"

"Good idea, man" Doyle agreed and began to shove everyone outside.

Two hours later they arrived back from breakfast to find Buffy and Angel sitting in the living room, acting as though nothing had happened.

"Where have you been?" Buffy asked, the second she saw them.

"Out to breakfast" Joyce replied, giving Buffy a funny look.

"Why didn't you say something?" Buffy badgered them.

Hope simply told her, "We didn't want interrupt you and good old dad over there, having sex".

Buffy and Angel looked at each other quickly, then Angel asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Oh, please. Like we couldn't hear you two" Cordy replied, sarcastically.

Buffy blushed bright red and Angel paled at Cordy's comment.

"We...I mean..." Angel stammered.

"Save it" Xander replied. "You know your behaviour is worse than it used to be. At least back then you had an excuse, but now you're old enough to know better".

"Shut up man. You don't know what's up with them, it's their business not ours" Doyle said.

"Hey, I think I have better perspective than you, I've had to live through this many times" Xander told Doyle, angrily.

"Xander, Doyle. Shut up" Giles told them.

"So what happens now?" Willow asked, after standing there suspiciously quiet.

Angel looked at Buffy and Hope and whispered, "I don't know".

The End