I Will Remember You

Alternate Ending

"A minute!" Buffy exclaimed, hearing how much time she would have until she lost not only the man that she loved, but the memory of the happiest day of her life. "It's not enough time. Not enough time."

"I know." Angel said, engulfing Buffy in a hug. He looked at the clock over his mantle, they had thirty seconds.

"No!" Buffy shouted, throwing the ticking clock against the wall. The glass, the metal, and the wood splintered at the same time. Angel waited for time to be turned back, but it didn't happen. They stood their for five minutes holding their breath. "Thank God!" Buffy exclaimed, "The spell must have used your clock to know when to turn back time. Now we have forever."

"But Buffy, how can we just take when the cost is your life and the lives of others."

"It doesn't have to be Angel. I'll search through all the books that Giles has, the Watchers, everything, we'll find a way. We'll train together, cast a spell to give you a slayers strength. As long as I have you, I know that my life is as it should be."

"Buffy..." Angel said, kissing the small woman with the huge heart that had caused his to really beat for the first time.

"When you walked away before it almost killed me. I am done with you making decisions that you think are best for me. From now on, we make them together. You got me!" Buffy emphasized.

Angel nodded, and then in a quiet whisper he said, "Will you marry me?" Buffy just stood there shocked, Angel stepped back, after Buffy didn't answer, he continued, "I'm sorry, I don't know why I said that, you don't have to if you don't want to, we can just do the dating thing for a while, you know, go to an outdoor cafe and stuff, especially now that I won't burst into flames or anything..." Buffy put a finger over his lips, stopping his ramblings.

"I will marry you Angel, on one condition. Well, actually two. One, you come with me back to Sunnydale to tell my mother, god knows I'll need back up, and two, never make a decision for my own good anymore."

"Deal." Both couple smiled, as they faced a future together, albeit a hard road, but the rode it together.

Quinton Travers stood in his office in London overlooking the river when an aid came running in the room, "Mr. Travers, we have news on the Maure Demon that the Council sent after Angelus."

"And?"

"Angelus is alive."

"It failed to kill the vampire, how is this possible?"

"That's just it sir, He's no longer a Vampire, he's alive, they say that the Slayer is with him now."

"This has worked out better than expected. Instead of cleaning up one loose end, I've succeeded in severing both. The slayer loves Angelus, and with him human, he is vulnerable, so it's only a matter of time until they both die, him from a demon, and her from trying to protecting him. Then we will have a new Slayer once again."

TBC?

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