It was a dark night; the kind of night when no moon shown in the sky and the stars didn't seem to shine quite as bright. Buffy Summers sat in her room and gazed up at the sky. "Great" she thought, "a nonexistant moon to represent my non existant relationship with Angel'
Angel staired up at the sky and his thoughts wandered to Buffy. "Maybe she's
staring up the sky right now. I can just picture her in the silver light of
the moon... beautiful and loving....' he thought, 'God help me, im a 242
yearold vamp in love with a 16 yearold highschool junior, a slayer of all
people! Im acting like an overly hormonal teenager! I've got to stop thinking
about her!' he scolded himself. 'She probably hates me now' he thought in
dismay. Suddenly his thoughts were interupted by an evil presence.
"Angelus" and evile voice sneered.
'God!' Buffy silently exclaimed, 'Why can't I be with him?? I've had my share
of crushes before, but none of them were ever so major that it physicaly hurt
to be away! This has got to be the real thing. What did I ever do to deserve
this?? I finaly find true love only to find it's forbidden??I'm in love with a
vampire for christ sake! No one has ever touched me the way he does, no one
has ever cared for me more. But now he hates me!! OK, im just going to forget
about him. If he can just go and forget about me and never show his face, so
can I. As of now I am so over Angel. I'll just move on to the living.' She
thought that last thought with confidence and proceeded to pull on a sports
bra and some way short boxers. She then went over to the phone and dialed
Owens phone #.
"Owen?" she asked.
"Speaking" he responded.
"Ummm... this is Buffy. I was just thinking, are you free for a second date?"
she asked in anticipation.
"Yeah! I'd love that! I'll pick you up around 8:00 tomorrow night and we can
go to the Bronze?" he responded.
"Oh, well I understand. Some other time then."
"Buff, I said yes."
"Really? Great! I'll see you tomorrow then!" Buffy hung up the phone and
smiled to herself. 'I really do like Owen. And I think he likes me too' With
that she climbed into bed and started to fall asleep but she was too excited
so she just laid there smiling in spite of herself.
"Angelus" the voice sneered, " long time no see. How have you been? Well turn
around and face me damnit! We where best pals a couple centuries back!"
Just then the oncoming storm broke and the streets were flooded with rain.
Angel kept his back turned "Don't call me Angelus, no one calls me that
anymore. If you call me anything, call me Angel, although I'd prefer you
remove yourself from my presence before I pound your face so far into this
street you'll never find a way out."
"Sorry, but no can do, gotta message to deliver. You are to present the dead
body of the slayer to the annointed one." the vamp hissed.
"And if I refuse?" Angel asked.
"Then I hunt you down and kill you." the vamp sneered.
"Alright. I refuse." Angel turned just in time to see a bolt of lightning
reflect of the metle of a claw slashing his neck and the faces of 5+ vamps.
Thoughts ran through his mind... mostly thoughts of losing Buffy. He knew he
couldn't fight them all, so he took his only other option... he ran like
hell. Though he racked his brain, he knew that the only safe place to run to
was Buffy's house. He made a sharp turn on her streat. 'Shit' he thought,
'Buff probably hates me by now, I just hope her window is open.'
Buffy was nearly asleep when she heard something climb through her window.
She sat up only to be staring at her Angel, her beautiful Angel. Her
heartbeet began to quicken and her breath got shorter... that is until she
noticed the deep gashes in Angel's neck. "Angel? What are you doing here,
what happened??"
"I, uh, ran into a few vamps. This was the only place I could go to get away
from them. I'm sorry; I didn't meen to intrude." he explained. His heart
sored with her nearness and concern. 'She's truly concerned, maybe she does
care' but he quickly dismissed this thought.
"Well, come on downstairs. We'll get you bandaged up." she said as she headed
towards the stairs.
After Buffy had bandaged his wounds, she invited him to watch a movie with
her. "You know, they're probably still out there. Why don't you stay awhile.
I rented "Scream" and my mom is on a buisness trip for the next month so we
wouldn't have to worry about explaining you to her." Reluctantly, Angel
agreed.
Buffy popped the movie into the VCR and sat down on the couch and ofered
Angel the seat next to her. He sat and the movie started. Everytime the
murderer murdered someone, Buffy unintentionaly mover closer and hid her face
in Angels shoulder. Angel rathered enjoyed this at first and enem put his arm
around he, but then a pain surged through him when he thought of how much he
loved Buffy and how he could never be with her. He abruptly got up and
started twords the door. He put his hand on the door knob, but Buffy stopped
him by putting her hand on the door to keep it shut.
"What's the matter? The movie too much for you?" she teased. Buffy's grin
faded when she saw the serious look on Angel's face.
"Buffy, do you have any idea how much it hurts to hold you close?" he
started, "To be so near to you and to know i can't have you? When I close my
eyes your face haunts me. I have pleasure only when I sleep b\c I dream only
of you, but when I awake, I feel a pain so much deeper and more intense than
a cross forced against my forhead. Buffy, I love you so much, I've always
loved you- even before I knew you. Buffy, I have never felt this way before;
don't you think we can make this work?" Angel's eyes silently pleaded with
hers and waited in anticipation.
"Angel, I had no idea you felt like this-" Buffy started. Angel moved closer,
but Buffy pushed him back slightly. "Angel, this is serious. Look, five
minutes before you came bounding through my window, I decided I was completly
over you. I even made a date with Owen...." a pained look shot through his
eyes.
"I understand" Angel said cutting her off as he ran out the door.
"Angel! Buffy called after him, "you didn't let me finish!" With that, Buffy
ran out the door and followed him.
The could air kissed her face and wipped about her body. Though she was
nearly frozen, she trudged after Angel calling his name. Angel did not
subside to the cries of the slayer nor did he look back. When the turned into
an alley, he put on his game face and pinned Buffy to the wall with ease.
Buffy let out a short gasp at the impact of the brick wall and a tinge of
fear entered her mind when she saw the familiar vampire visage. She staired
at Angel for a moment and finaly built up the courage to speak. "You didn't
let me finish back there."
"So talk now." Angel growled.
"Like I said, i decided I was completly over you. I even made a date with
Owen." another pained look shot through Angels eyes but it disapeared as
quicly as it had come. "But the moment I saw you again, the moment I felt
your nearness, every feeling, every fantasy i ever had for you came rushing
back to me. No matter how much I denied it, I'm still in love with you."
Buffy ignored the numbing cold and continued, "Angel, I love you. I never
ment to hurt you. All I ever wanted was to be with you. I love you." she
finished. Angel looked at the slayer he saw before him. But he did not see a
slayer, he saw a girl, and when he looked at himself he saw not a vampire,
but a human. He searched past the obvious difficulties and found hope. he
looked at the girl he had pinned to the wall and a great remorse came over
him. He took the slayer into his arms. A single tear fell down Buffy's cheek
and Angel wiped it away. He traced the line the tear had made and then
embraced her tightly, protectivly. He thought of the words she had said
earlier. 'love comes rushing back...' He kissed the top of her head and stood
in the rain holding her, loving her forever.
"And I swear
By the stars in the moon in the sky
I'll be loving you..."
- Boys 2 Men (I think)
Angel stood in the rain holding Buffy for what seemed like an eaternity.
He looked at the bruises he had forced upon her wrists and the scratches on
her back. He looked at the shaking form of the girl he saw in his arms and
silently cursed himself for his foolishness. Buffy's tears had broken into
uncontrolable sobs. Angel swept the slayer into his arms and carried her back
through the rain to her house.
When he arived at her house, he climbed through her window with
difficulty. He then layed buffy on her bed and dried her face with a towl he
had found on the floor. He push her down unto the bedand started towards the
window when he felt Buffy's hand on his. "Angel" she whispered, "please don't
go" she pleaded.
"I'm right here he said soothingly, "I'll never leave you"
Buffy then went over to the bed and brought Angel onto the bed with her.
With the thought of Angel so close, and the feel of his skin on toughing hers,
she fell asleep almost immediatly. With Angel by her side she felt incredibly
safe.
When Angel awoke in the morning, he found Buffy sprawled across his chest,
her head under his chin, and his arms wrapped tightly around her. He pondered
the events of the night before and smiled slightly at the thought of Buffy in
love with him. He ran his finger down the bridge of her nose and lighly kissed
the top of her head.It was then that Buffy stirred. She propped herself up on
Angel's chest and looked about her for a moment. Her eyes widdened when she
looked at her clock. "Damnit! I gotta get ready for school!"
Buffy quickly got
out of bed but when she did this, a sudden feeling of dizziness and nausia
came over her and she collapsed to the floor.
Angel was at her side in seconds. He took the slayer into his arms and
craddled her for a moment. He felt her head and realized she had a feaver. he
picked her up and put her in bed, went to the phone and called Giles. He
explained the events of the night before (exluding as much of the romantic
parts as he could) and Giles agreed that Buffy stay in bed for a few days.
Later that night Angel and Buffy were engaged in small talk. "So, tell
me, what was life like a long time ago?" Buffy asked.
"I thought you didn't like history." Angel quipped.
"I'll make an exception"
"I gotta ask you something first" Angel said with a serious look on his
face. "Buffy, did you mean what you said last night?" Buffy looked at Angel
for a moment, trying to find the right words to say. She soon relized that
there was nothing to say. So she leaned forward and pulled him into a
passionate kiss. Angel's arms encircled her and he returned the kiss with the
same passion. The conversation ended and they spent the rest of the night in
each other's arms.
When Buffy awoke the next day, she awoke Angel with a light kiss. Angel
looked at her for a moment, knowing what he had to do. "Buff," he started,
"I'm not sure it's safe to be together right now." Buffy stared at him
blankly; then her eyes filled with tears and she pulled away from him and sat
staring at the wall. Angel sat up and tried to comfort her. "You remember the
vamps I ran into?" Buffy nodded. "Well, they had a message to deliver. I have
to present your body to the annointed one. I refuse now they're hunting me
down." Buffy turned to look at him. She pulled him into an embrase, silently
assuring him that everything would be ok.
"You can stay here till this whole thing blows over?" she asked
hopefully.
"Buffy, you know you're endangering yourself, don't you."
"Yeah, I know. But I don't care. I love you. it would hurt more to see you
get killed than it would to die with you."
"Death isn't romantic."
"I know. But if you die I die. ok?" Angel just looked at her and kissed
her deeply. When the kiss ended he went right to holding her and stoking her
soft blond hair. they stayed this way until they both fell asleep.
It had been a week since Buffy had learned that the annointed one wanted
her dead body. She had managed to act like she was confident, but she was
scared as hell. She and Angel lay in bed side by side. "Angel?" Buffy asked.
"Hmm?"
"If I die, promise me it will be by your hands."
"I can't promise that." Angel said as he looked into Buffy's eyes and
pushed a lock of hair out of her face, "it'll be a cold day in hell before I
hurt you." Buffy snuggled close and Angel's wrapped hi arms around her.
"Then promise to stay with me?"
"I promise."
notes: this is a sequil to love comes rushing back so id suggest you read that first. Please give feedback. my e-mail adress is Kitkat@aol.co
"And I swear
By the stars in the moon in the sky
I'll be loving you"
-Boys2Men (i think)
Ever since thw day that Buffy and Angel had become an official couple, both
members of this star-crossed pair seemed to have an extra bounce in thier
step and a broader smile on thier face. Willow and Xander, who had become a
couple themselves, enjoyed watching the goofy grin that would spread across
Buff's face whenever Angel would walk into the Bronz. Both Angel and Buffy
were drowning in love, and neither seemed to care. When Angel kissed Buffy,
the entire world disapeered and the only reality was true love.
"Willow, I can't believe this is happening to me!" Buffy gushed, "I
meen, my greatest fantasy is that Angel would sweep me up into his arms and
tell me he loves me, and my dream came true!"
"I am so happy for you! I meen, a month ago, you were sulking and
downhearted because he was avoinsing you, and now you're so happy, I havn't
seen a frown on your face in weeks!" Willow replied.
"And you and Xander... things couldn't be better.! Well, I gotta run
home now. Call me tonight, okay?" The two giddy girls said thier good-byes
and went off in seperate directions.
"Angel?" Buffy called as she entered her house. She looked around but she didn't see him. She called his name, but only got dead air as a response. She was starting to panic when she finally found his sleeping form on her bed. She leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. He awakened at this and smiled when he saw her face looking down at him. He sat up and pulled her into his lap. As he did, she leaned forward and they were soon swept up in a ury of passion. When the kiss ended, he pushed a lock of hair out of her face.
"So, how was your day?" he asked, trying to bring some levity into the
conversation.
"So so. How was yours?" she replied.
"So so. But it's better now that you're here." He said as he wrapped his
arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him. They once again swept up in
a passionate kiss. Buffy accepted his kisses and returned them w\ equal
affection. Suddenly, in mid-kiss, Buffy felt something sharp pierce her inner
lip. She amediatly puller back.
"Angel, sweetie, honey, you know I love you, but next time you go vamp
on me, will you give me fair warning?" Buffy asked w\ a hint of laughter as
she gazed at the all too familiar vampire visage.
"Well, it's kinda hard to talk w\ my tounge entangled w\ another
tounge." he replied. Buffy ran her hand along the visage. "It's hard to kiss
a face like this, huh?" Buffy responded by deliberatly grabbing the back of
his neck and kissing him w\ twice the passin as she had before. The couple
fell back onto the bed and fell asleep in each other's arms. Just before he
fell asleep, Angel began to think about the danger he had put Buffy in. He
decided that thier relationship was much to dangerous and that it would never
work out anyhow. 'I'll break it off tomorrow' he thought w\ a pang of
remorse.
End part 3
Angel lay in bed holding onto Buffy tightly. He began to think of the danger
he was to her life. If he didn't bring her body to the 'Annoying' one, the
vampires would hunt him down and kill him, and then they would come for her.
Angel refused to put her in harm's way. He would have to break the
relationship. There was no there solution. "Buffy?" he wispered, "Wake up. We
need to talk."
"Hmm?" came Buffy's groggy reply. She slowly rose to a sitting position.
"What's up?"
"Okay, Buffy, you know I love, right?" He asked.
"Ya, what's that got to do with anything?" she asked reaching a state of
confusion.
"Do you love me?" he asked.
"You know I do. God knows how much I love you." came her loving reply.
"Buffy, this isn't easy for me to say, but whatever I say, you have to
promise not to go freak-o on me." Angel said with a pang of regret and
lonliness in his voice.
"I won't go freak-o. I mean, what are you gonna do? Break up with me?" Buffy
asked.
Angel's eyes lowered to the ground, providing an answer to her
question. "Angel, why?"
"Buffy, you have only a small idea of the amount of trouble you're in, that I
put you in. When the anointed is through with me, he's going to come after
you. Our relationship just isn't safe right now. Maybe when this is over, but
until then... I just can't let you die. Not when I could have prevented it.
You understand, don't you?"
"Ya, I do. Maybe some other time." she said with a nod. "This whole slayer
thing is screwing my life. It's gotten me killed, put a price on my forehead,
and taken away the one I love, and god only knows what else it will take from
me. Angel, take care of youself. You die, and I will never forgive you."
"I love you, Buffy."
"I love you too." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Well, I'm guessing that
if we don't want the annointed to accoiciate you with me, you better be
going. Bye."
Angel gave her one last kiss and climbed out her window. It was
then that Buffy let the tears run.
Buffy arrived at school the next day with a major frown on her face. "Buffy?"
Willow asked when Buffy entered the Library, "What's wrong?"
"The damn Annoying One. If it wern't for that brat, I'd still have Angel."
Buffy grumbled.
"He staked Angel??" Xander asked in disbelief. He was just begining to like
the local blood sucker reform.
"No. Remember when I told you that Angel came to my house and we became a
couple then?" Buffy asked. Her friends responded with a nod.
"Well, there was
a bit of info the I kinda left out. Angel was chased to my house by about
five vampires. The anoionted wants my dead body, and he wants Angel to bring
it."
"My god!" Giles exclaimed, this conversation having caught his attention, "He
wants you dead?"
"Ya. Angel and I broke up kinda hoping that it would take a bit of the danger
away. He doesn't want to see me get hurt by any of his undead asshole kin."
Buffy responded.
"Giles, care! I just broke up with the one guy I've ever
been in love with because of the elementry school twerp!"
"Terribly sorry, but uh, weather you and Angel indeed contrivened your
realationship or not, we must be prepared for the day you will have to face
the annointed and his minions." Giles answered.
"Well, I have a free period next, so I think I'm going to go do some major
moping in the park." Buffy said heading out of the library.
Somewhere in hell, the annointed and his minions were working on some sort of plan. "Does it look like I care about details?" the annointed shouted, "I want the bitch dead, and I want Angelus back in the fold! Do whatever it takes. Darla did a nice job of tricking the slayer, but Darla's dead now, is she not? Whoever brings me the slayer shall own the master's place among us. As soon as the sun sets, I want a message to be delivered and a plan formed..."