PERCHANCE to DREAM
Disclaimer: Don't own any of these characters.
Pairings: B/A all the way.
Rating: PG
Chapter I
Angel looks out over the cliff that three months ago, his son had thrown him over. The sun was bright and shining. The waves were crashing a few hundred feet below. Angel breathed in the salty air. It was almost perfect.
His body started to tingle with the familiar feeling and he knew. He knew she was here and that made it perfect.
"Its beautiful, isn't it?" Angel remarked casually.
"Yeah, if you're into that sort of thing." She responded.
Just the remark that Angel imagined she would say. He wanted this to last forever. But he knew he needed to say something, to get something off his chest that had been there for years. He may not get another chance again.
"I know you don't know what has been going on but a lot has happened that I need to tell you about."
"Well, something has changed, you are not normally out in the sun"
"Well, this is a dream and we can do whatever we want."
After a few moments of silence, "Since this is a dream, why here?"
"Well, it has to do with what I need to tell you. I know this is hard but I have to just come out and say it. I had a son."
"Well, you are dreaming. Vampires can't reproduce."
"I know, Buffy. It was a miracle. I wished it were our miracle. It wasn't to be. It didn't make me love him any less. I wanted to ask you here to tell you great things about him. To tell you that he has grown up to be a wonderful young man. That he has found love and has made a life for himself. That isn't the case. He was kidnapped from me and my life turned upside down."
"For minute, (hey it's a dream isn't it) I will accept that you had a son. I'm sorry for your loss."
"He came back to me."
At that, she perked up. But noticing his mood was not happy, she knew more was coming.
"He was raised by the man who kidnapped him. He poisoned my son against me. My son hates me. I can't hate the man who kidnapped him. I did something bad to him centuries ago."
"Can I say, 'Huh'?"
"I know it is confusing but the details are not necessary. Just say that the man was not necessarily an evil man. My second chance at happiness and I've blown that."
"Self pity doesn't look good on you."
"I don't want your pity," Angel growls. "What I want is to say sorry." Trying to calm down, Angel starts again. "I don't want to fight. I want to tell you something…. Buffy…. Buffy?"
Buffy starts to shimmer and dissolve into thin air.
"That's odd."
Angel wakes up and finds himself still in the iron casket at the bottom of the ocean. "I will have to finish with my next dream."
Meanwhile in Sunnydale.
"Buffy, wake up. Come on Buffy. Wake up."
Dawn starts to shake her older sister. She was woken up in the middle of the night by the phone ringing. Her sister was oblivious to everything. But the call was for her and it sounded important. So here she was shaking her sister from what seems to be a very heavy sleep.
"Buffy wake up. There is someone on the phone for you. Buf-"
"I'm awake. This had better be good because I was having a nice dream."
"There is someone on the phone from L.A."
Buffy quickly grabbed the phone, "Angel?"
"No. This isn't Angel. I'm sorry for waking you Buffy. My name is Gunn. Maybe Angel has mentioned me?" Getting no response, he continues, "Anyways, Angel is the reason that I'm calling."
End of Chapter I
Disclaimer: Don't own any of these characters.
Pairings: B/A all the way.
Rating: PG
Chapter I
Angel looks out over the cliff that three months ago, his son had thrown him over. The sun was bright and shining. The waves were crashing a few hundred feet below. Angel breathed in the salty air. It was almost perfect.
His body started to tingle with the familiar feeling and he knew. He knew she was here and that made it perfect.
"Its beautiful, isn't it?" Angel remarked casually.
"Yeah, if you're into that sort of thing." She responded.
Just the remark that Angel imagined she would say. He wanted this to last forever. But he knew he needed to say something, to get something off his chest that had been there for years. He may not get another chance again.
"I know you don't know what has been going on but a lot has happened that I need to tell you about."
"Well, something has changed, you are not normally out in the sun"
"Well, this is a dream and we can do whatever we want."
After a few moments of silence, "Since this is a dream, why here?"
"Well, it has to do with what I need to tell you. I know this is hard but I have to just come out and say it. I had a son."
"Well, you are dreaming. Vampires can't reproduce."
"I know, Buffy. It was a miracle. I wished it were our miracle. It wasn't to be. It didn't make me love him any less. I wanted to ask you here to tell you great things about him. To tell you that he has grown up to be a wonderful young man. That he has found love and has made a life for himself. That isn't the case. He was kidnapped from me and my life turned upside down."
"For minute, (hey it's a dream isn't it) I will accept that you had a son. I'm sorry for your loss."
"He came back to me."
At that, she perked up. But noticing his mood was not happy, she knew more was coming.
"He was raised by the man who kidnapped him. He poisoned my son against me. My son hates me. I can't hate the man who kidnapped him. I did something bad to him centuries ago."
"Can I say, 'Huh'?"
"I know it is confusing but the details are not necessary. Just say that the man was not necessarily an evil man. My second chance at happiness and I've blown that."
"Self pity doesn't look good on you."
"I don't want your pity," Angel growls. "What I want is to say sorry." Trying to calm down, Angel starts again. "I don't want to fight. I want to tell you something…. Buffy…. Buffy?"
Buffy starts to shimmer and dissolve into thin air.
"That's odd."
Angel wakes up and finds himself still in the iron casket at the bottom of the ocean. "I will have to finish with my next dream."
Meanwhile in Sunnydale.
"Buffy, wake up. Come on Buffy. Wake up."
Dawn starts to shake her older sister. She was woken up in the middle of the night by the phone ringing. Her sister was oblivious to everything. But the call was for her and it sounded important. So here she was shaking her sister from what seems to be a very heavy sleep.
"Buffy wake up. There is someone on the phone for you. Buf-"
"I'm awake. This had better be good because I was having a nice dream."
"There is someone on the phone from L.A."
Buffy quickly grabbed the phone, "Angel?"
"No. This isn't Angel. I'm sorry for waking you Buffy. My name is Gunn. Maybe Angel has mentioned me?" Getting no response, he continues, "Anyways, Angel is the reason that I'm calling."
End of Chapter I