All The Time In The World
By Jessica

SPOILER WARNING: Do I need to say it? Ok, spoilers for "I Will Remember You" *sob*......
RATING: TV-14, um if you watch the show this shouldn't be anything you can't handle.
CONTENT WARNING: Um, some sexual innuendo.....nothing graphic ;) basically it's denial fluffy fic.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters mentioned. Joss Whedon (evil incarnate) and his affiliates do....Do you really think I could be so cruel!?
AUTHOR'S NOTES: I have one word for all of you: THERAPY. (Also, it's in first person, Buffy's POV)

I'm in heaven. This couldn't be real. I must have died......did that Mohra demon kill me or something? Ok, I know I really shouldn't be joking about things like that, but this is just too perfect. It must be a dream.

It's a dream that I'm lying here in the man I love's arms eating strawberries and ice cream. Don't get me wrong----I'm enjoying every minute of this particular dream! I'm suddenly whisked away from my reverie by a gentle kiss on my temple, I look up and stare in the my lover's eyes and I know I'm not dreaming. This is as real as it gets.

"That's a good sound," I whisper softly. I smile up at him and begin lazily drawing circles on his chest with my finger.

"Yeah, it is," he replies as he strokes my hair. Oh what did I do to deserve this reward?......

"Thump, thump. Thump, thump, thump," I mumble softly out of bliss. He laughs softly. I stretch a little and close my eyes, I know I'm drifting off to sleep..."I'm so glad we didn't logic ourselves out of this. We'll make it work, right?" I ask him, even though I know the answer in my heart, I need to hear him say it.

"We will," he answers with a kiss to my temple. I let out a contented sigh.

"I'm so sleepy..But I still want--" What do I want? Then I realize I'm still in denial, and maybe, just a part of me is scared that if I go to sleep, when I wake up it'll all be a dream. I will *not* allow that to happen......

"What? You couldn't possibly.....Hey, not that I wouldn't..." Angel interrupts me (not that I mind!).

"No! I'm spent, pleasantly numb even. You?" I reply to his earlier question with a giggle. I'm spent for the time being, all I want to do for now is lay here in his arms. Forever, preferably.

"For now," he softly answers.

"No, I want to stay awake so this day can keep happening," I admit talking both to him and myself.

"Sleep," he says, "we'll make another one like it tomorrow." With that one statement all my doubts are tossed away, I smile thinking of our future together. I close my eyes, but then another though strikes me.

"Angel?" I ask, knowing full well he's not asleep.

"Hmmm?"

"This is the first time I've ever really felt this way," I say, knowing he probably doesn't get that statement.

"What way?"

"Just like I've always wanted to. Like a normal girl, falling asleep in the arms of her normal boyfriend. It's perfect," I clarify for him. And it's true. I've waited for too damned long for happiness and contentment from being the Slayer. My wish has finally come true. I feel Angel kiss my temple again as he settles his head and drifts off to sleep. I do the same, while I dream of our future together. It's gonna be fabulous.

The End.