Summary/ timeline/anti-confusion helper: This is what's going on Buffy is
the slayer; she has been in Sunnydale for the past three years she has been
called. She has died twice (the master & Glory) Angel has been watching her
and following her the entire time and Giles knows this but has kept Buffy
from meeting him and him from meeting Buffy. After Willow brought Buffy
back to life Buffy decided enough was enough and is now leaving with Angel
secretly in tow. Oh and no Dawn lets just say Willow was the key, its not
really important who it is though I just hate the whole dawn thing.
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Buffy gave a long sigh and
stuck out her thumb again, she wanted to get the hell out of Sunnydale and
fast. Three years was enough for her, Giles was like a father, and sure her
friends were great the best even, but it was bad enough to be ripped out
of.. Heaven..there she said it. But to be brought back because her friends
wanted the slayer back and thought she was in hell, well that brought her
over the edge. About six months later she decided she couldn't stand
Sunnydale anymore and pulled what little money she had out of the bank and
packed a duffle bag full of clothes, toiletries, weapons, a few major demon
books she stole from Giles and Mr. Gordo and started walking down the road.
That's where she was right now, sticking out her thumb waiting for a car to
stop. Maybe she would have stayed if she had someone, anyone to love.
Ha-ha, love that was funny, Buffy had come to realize that love didn't exist, at least not for her. A slayer has too many duties and secrets to hold a decent relationship; she found that one out the hard way, poor parker. Maybe Cordelia was right maybe she would die alone.
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He had been following her for hours now, like he always had, in the shadows where only he could see her. He was so stupid to have listened to her Watcher, he should have let her see him years ago then at least she would have known the way she pulls at his soul to follow. He had nearly staked himself when he saw her die for her best friend and he nearly killed the red headed witch when she brought her back from hell, pfft, Buffy was in heaven and he knew it he had heard her cry at night and had felt her happiness while she was buried. It was funny that even though she was dead he still had a connection to her. And now he was finally going to meet her, in his car in which he had bought years ago, his beautiful black convertible, he was going to pick her up and finally be able to talk to her.
He started to slow when he saw her on the side of the road and stopped. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Finally." She said as she saw a black convertible stop at her feet. *The guy in the car is cute*- she thought-*this might actually be fun*. "Are you going to L.A.?" She asked praying he was.
"Yeah..." He said with those deep chocolate brown eyes. Buffy felt a pang in her stomach but wrote it off as hunger, no vampires had been seen for miles. *God he is so cute hope he doesn't have a girlfriend he's going back to* Buffy quickly climbed in and shoved her duffle bag in the back seat.
"So what's a girl like you hitch hiking for?" He asked starting up on the road again.
"Just looking for better circumstances and a fresh start." She said *speak more oh talented beautiful one. Brad Pitt has nothing on this guy*
"Me too, I decided I had enough of Sunnydale and decided to chase my dreams" Angel said *literally*
"Sunnydale, I'm from there too! Wow you would have thought I would have known you, wait what's you name?" She said then backed down feeling like she might be to forward with this guy.
"I'm Angel nice to meet you." He said looking at her and giving a half smile then putting his eyes back on the road where they belonged.
Buffy contemplated wither to give her name or not but then decided *hey I'm the slayer if he pulls anything I'll beat the crap out of him and take his car* "My name is Buffy and Angel it is nice to meet you too." She finally blurted out
Angel smiled again, weird he had never really smiled in two hundred years. They drove for another four hours making small talk and becoming friends until finally Angel could smell the sun rise and started to panic. He quickly started acting like he was about to fall asleep and swerved a little until Buffy finally spoke up.
"Maybe we should see if the next rest stop that has a hotel so we could get some shut eye before making our début in Los Angeles." She said giving a small smile. "Besides I'm sure my hair is everywhere and I need a shower so let's just pull over here." She said pointing out the little hotel on the side of the road.
"Ok, yeah I am really tired I haven't slept in like two days." He said parking the car and grabbing Buffy's stuff and his bag. They both walked into the lobby and when to the check-in desk. Behind the counter was a grubbing looking half demon that seemed to be allergic to showers. Buffy was surprised when Angel didn't even care that this thing was very noticeably half demon.
"We need some rooms." Angel said with a yawn and tapped on the desk.
"Ah I see what you need, but isn't that girl a little young I mean she looks like she's still a virgin." The guy said pointing to Buffy and giving her a disgusting grin. In an instant Angel had grabbed the guy by his hair and smashed his forehead into the desk.
"That's no way to talk to my friend here now apologize before I get really angry." Angel said letting him go. He looked back at Buffy scared that he might have frightened her but instead she was smiling and gave him a silent thank you.
"Well, wow did that hurt; I was only pointing out the obvious." He said but then regretted when this time Buffy gave him a good fist in the face and backed away to her original spot waiting for her apology. "OK, dear lord I'm sorry and I'm going to be even sorrier when I tell you this." He said looking through his records
"What is it?" Buffy asked impatiently
"We only have one room with on king bed." He said and flinched while waiting for the hit but it didn't come instead he saw the girl move p to the desk.
"We will take it." She said with a devils grin on her face. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buffy entered the room and instantly got the biggest pain in her stomach, there were demons and vampires crawling all over the place and she could feel them. She tried to stuff the feeling back where it came from and after a second of struggle she did. She set down her bag and went into the bathroom and yelled to Angel.
"I'm going to take a shower"
"Ok and I'll try to find us some food" Angel said still in disbelief that he and Buffy were going to spend the same time in a one bedded room. He was literally on air as he walked into the hall and down to the fast food joint around the corner. He quickly grabbed the food and left to be by her side again. ...
Buffy turned the water to full heat and let it literally melt her muscles to a calm goop. She was surprised at herself for being so trusting of someone in such a little amount of time. But the truth was she felt like she had known Angel for forever. And she was more than attracted to him, dare she say the very thing she no longer believed in, was she in love? No she couldn't have been in love, she had only known this guy for a half a day, and love took time didn't it? She stepped out of the shower and into her pajamas, the cute one not the rags she usually went to bed with. She smiled at herself as she heard the door open.
"Uh, Buffy are you done in there? I brought you some food." Angel said from the bed and started to take the food out of the bags.
"Yeah." she said opening the door and joining him on the bed.
*Ok wow, yeah I know I have watched Buffy ever night on her window sill and yeah I have seen her up close before but...not like this. She smells of vanilla and looks like an angel and when did her eyes get so beautiful? Ok slap yourself Angel you are staring at her and you need to focus on how you are going to tell her that you are her mortal enemy by nature but her long time fan/ lover from afar. Geez his was going to be harder than he planned.* ...
*Ok so the guy has like god like hotness to him, you can get over that because Buffy Summers does not fall in love. Why isn't he eating? And what's with the sudden pain in my stomach coming back? And the whole widows shut up like a prison, and the whole sudden awareness? And the pain again, did I already mention that? Oh and the strength and non-freaking over and obvious demon? OH MY GOD I'M IN LOVE WITH A POSSIBLE VAMPIRE!!!* She nearly screamed it but she didn't feel in danger. Wait did she just think love? Oh never mind she needed to test her theory. She put one of her small crucifixes in the palm of her hand and grazed the top of his hand and sure enough it gave off a small amount of smoke.
"Holy crap Buffy what did you do that for what do you have acid?" He screamed and shot back to the corner of the bed cradling his left hand.
"Funny you should say 'holy' because I just found out you are a vampire. Did you think you could just whisk me off to some deserted location and kill me the slayer?" She said while showing him the crucifix and getting in a defensive fight stance.
"Ok so I forgot to mention that but hey I wasn't going to kill you" Angel said jumping off the bed and stood up.
"Right and the demon population don't want to kill me." Buffy spat but then she nearly laughed at what he did next; he sat down in the chair and held his head like he had a headache.
"I thought that this was going to be easier." He mumbled to himself and put his hands over his face. "Ok let me explain I'm what you call a defective vampire, I have a soul; meaning all the times I have killed or the people I kill now I feel their pain and suffering and extreme guilt. I have relived every killing I have every done every day I sleep they haunt my dreams. These gypsies cursed me with this soul when I killed one of their beloved ever since I have been in extreme torment. That is until I was sent to watch and protect you." He said looking down again.
"You have been watching me and..protecting me? Some job you did I died twice." She said giving a small laugh. But for some reason she wasn't mad or angry at him she didn't want to even kill him she wanted to kiss his mouth until his smile came back. But she held back the urge as he went on.
"Yeah well I was supposed to meet you the first year you were called but Giles, your Watcher, stopped me and threatened to tell you I was evil and kill me if I ever made an effort to interfere with you and your life. So I waited in the shadows and watched you and killed the occasional vamp that came after you. Remember when you took on those seven vamps at once and you were knocked out and when you woke up you were on your front lawn and he vamps were dust? You just assumed you killed them then passed on your lawn, it was me. Then when you died at the hands of the master I'm the one who drug Xander to you so he could save you. I would have but you know lack of breath, isn't optimal for C.P.R. And I almost staked myself when you died on the tower. I thought about and dreamed about that day all the time, but every time I found a way to save you." He paused and took an unnecessary breath then went on. "I figure all that time I watched you I finally fell in love with you and then when you came back." He was interrupted when she jumped into his lap and started kissing him, at first he was so surprised he didn't know what to do but then finally started kissing her back.
So, ok she might have been surprised at her actions if it was a heat of the moment thing but she had wanted to do this ever since he said 'I have a soul'. And then when he said love well look out Buffy is going to react. And GOD he was a great kisser. Ok so this might be like yin and yang but hey don't opposites make perfect couples? Mmmm she didn't care he felt perfect. She finally pulled away when she needed air.
"Wow." He said panting even though he didn't need to
"So.I don't.think..you need to say any more..there did that make it easier?" She said equally as winded, ok so I'm in love and a hypocrite so sue me he is so hot.
"Hell yeah." He said and started kissing her again
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A/N: should I go on or just leave it. I could make them go to L.A. and be the big happy way powerful couple. you decide
Ha-ha, love that was funny, Buffy had come to realize that love didn't exist, at least not for her. A slayer has too many duties and secrets to hold a decent relationship; she found that one out the hard way, poor parker. Maybe Cordelia was right maybe she would die alone.
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He had been following her for hours now, like he always had, in the shadows where only he could see her. He was so stupid to have listened to her Watcher, he should have let her see him years ago then at least she would have known the way she pulls at his soul to follow. He had nearly staked himself when he saw her die for her best friend and he nearly killed the red headed witch when she brought her back from hell, pfft, Buffy was in heaven and he knew it he had heard her cry at night and had felt her happiness while she was buried. It was funny that even though she was dead he still had a connection to her. And now he was finally going to meet her, in his car in which he had bought years ago, his beautiful black convertible, he was going to pick her up and finally be able to talk to her.
He started to slow when he saw her on the side of the road and stopped. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
"Finally." She said as she saw a black convertible stop at her feet. *The guy in the car is cute*- she thought-*this might actually be fun*. "Are you going to L.A.?" She asked praying he was.
"Yeah..." He said with those deep chocolate brown eyes. Buffy felt a pang in her stomach but wrote it off as hunger, no vampires had been seen for miles. *God he is so cute hope he doesn't have a girlfriend he's going back to* Buffy quickly climbed in and shoved her duffle bag in the back seat.
"So what's a girl like you hitch hiking for?" He asked starting up on the road again.
"Just looking for better circumstances and a fresh start." She said *speak more oh talented beautiful one. Brad Pitt has nothing on this guy*
"Me too, I decided I had enough of Sunnydale and decided to chase my dreams" Angel said *literally*
"Sunnydale, I'm from there too! Wow you would have thought I would have known you, wait what's you name?" She said then backed down feeling like she might be to forward with this guy.
"I'm Angel nice to meet you." He said looking at her and giving a half smile then putting his eyes back on the road where they belonged.
Buffy contemplated wither to give her name or not but then decided *hey I'm the slayer if he pulls anything I'll beat the crap out of him and take his car* "My name is Buffy and Angel it is nice to meet you too." She finally blurted out
Angel smiled again, weird he had never really smiled in two hundred years. They drove for another four hours making small talk and becoming friends until finally Angel could smell the sun rise and started to panic. He quickly started acting like he was about to fall asleep and swerved a little until Buffy finally spoke up.
"Maybe we should see if the next rest stop that has a hotel so we could get some shut eye before making our début in Los Angeles." She said giving a small smile. "Besides I'm sure my hair is everywhere and I need a shower so let's just pull over here." She said pointing out the little hotel on the side of the road.
"Ok, yeah I am really tired I haven't slept in like two days." He said parking the car and grabbing Buffy's stuff and his bag. They both walked into the lobby and when to the check-in desk. Behind the counter was a grubbing looking half demon that seemed to be allergic to showers. Buffy was surprised when Angel didn't even care that this thing was very noticeably half demon.
"We need some rooms." Angel said with a yawn and tapped on the desk.
"Ah I see what you need, but isn't that girl a little young I mean she looks like she's still a virgin." The guy said pointing to Buffy and giving her a disgusting grin. In an instant Angel had grabbed the guy by his hair and smashed his forehead into the desk.
"That's no way to talk to my friend here now apologize before I get really angry." Angel said letting him go. He looked back at Buffy scared that he might have frightened her but instead she was smiling and gave him a silent thank you.
"Well, wow did that hurt; I was only pointing out the obvious." He said but then regretted when this time Buffy gave him a good fist in the face and backed away to her original spot waiting for her apology. "OK, dear lord I'm sorry and I'm going to be even sorrier when I tell you this." He said looking through his records
"What is it?" Buffy asked impatiently
"We only have one room with on king bed." He said and flinched while waiting for the hit but it didn't come instead he saw the girl move p to the desk.
"We will take it." She said with a devils grin on her face. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Buffy entered the room and instantly got the biggest pain in her stomach, there were demons and vampires crawling all over the place and she could feel them. She tried to stuff the feeling back where it came from and after a second of struggle she did. She set down her bag and went into the bathroom and yelled to Angel.
"I'm going to take a shower"
"Ok and I'll try to find us some food" Angel said still in disbelief that he and Buffy were going to spend the same time in a one bedded room. He was literally on air as he walked into the hall and down to the fast food joint around the corner. He quickly grabbed the food and left to be by her side again. ...
Buffy turned the water to full heat and let it literally melt her muscles to a calm goop. She was surprised at herself for being so trusting of someone in such a little amount of time. But the truth was she felt like she had known Angel for forever. And she was more than attracted to him, dare she say the very thing she no longer believed in, was she in love? No she couldn't have been in love, she had only known this guy for a half a day, and love took time didn't it? She stepped out of the shower and into her pajamas, the cute one not the rags she usually went to bed with. She smiled at herself as she heard the door open.
"Uh, Buffy are you done in there? I brought you some food." Angel said from the bed and started to take the food out of the bags.
"Yeah." she said opening the door and joining him on the bed.
*Ok wow, yeah I know I have watched Buffy ever night on her window sill and yeah I have seen her up close before but...not like this. She smells of vanilla and looks like an angel and when did her eyes get so beautiful? Ok slap yourself Angel you are staring at her and you need to focus on how you are going to tell her that you are her mortal enemy by nature but her long time fan/ lover from afar. Geez his was going to be harder than he planned.* ...
*Ok so the guy has like god like hotness to him, you can get over that because Buffy Summers does not fall in love. Why isn't he eating? And what's with the sudden pain in my stomach coming back? And the whole widows shut up like a prison, and the whole sudden awareness? And the pain again, did I already mention that? Oh and the strength and non-freaking over and obvious demon? OH MY GOD I'M IN LOVE WITH A POSSIBLE VAMPIRE!!!* She nearly screamed it but she didn't feel in danger. Wait did she just think love? Oh never mind she needed to test her theory. She put one of her small crucifixes in the palm of her hand and grazed the top of his hand and sure enough it gave off a small amount of smoke.
"Holy crap Buffy what did you do that for what do you have acid?" He screamed and shot back to the corner of the bed cradling his left hand.
"Funny you should say 'holy' because I just found out you are a vampire. Did you think you could just whisk me off to some deserted location and kill me the slayer?" She said while showing him the crucifix and getting in a defensive fight stance.
"Ok so I forgot to mention that but hey I wasn't going to kill you" Angel said jumping off the bed and stood up.
"Right and the demon population don't want to kill me." Buffy spat but then she nearly laughed at what he did next; he sat down in the chair and held his head like he had a headache.
"I thought that this was going to be easier." He mumbled to himself and put his hands over his face. "Ok let me explain I'm what you call a defective vampire, I have a soul; meaning all the times I have killed or the people I kill now I feel their pain and suffering and extreme guilt. I have relived every killing I have every done every day I sleep they haunt my dreams. These gypsies cursed me with this soul when I killed one of their beloved ever since I have been in extreme torment. That is until I was sent to watch and protect you." He said looking down again.
"You have been watching me and..protecting me? Some job you did I died twice." She said giving a small laugh. But for some reason she wasn't mad or angry at him she didn't want to even kill him she wanted to kiss his mouth until his smile came back. But she held back the urge as he went on.
"Yeah well I was supposed to meet you the first year you were called but Giles, your Watcher, stopped me and threatened to tell you I was evil and kill me if I ever made an effort to interfere with you and your life. So I waited in the shadows and watched you and killed the occasional vamp that came after you. Remember when you took on those seven vamps at once and you were knocked out and when you woke up you were on your front lawn and he vamps were dust? You just assumed you killed them then passed on your lawn, it was me. Then when you died at the hands of the master I'm the one who drug Xander to you so he could save you. I would have but you know lack of breath, isn't optimal for C.P.R. And I almost staked myself when you died on the tower. I thought about and dreamed about that day all the time, but every time I found a way to save you." He paused and took an unnecessary breath then went on. "I figure all that time I watched you I finally fell in love with you and then when you came back." He was interrupted when she jumped into his lap and started kissing him, at first he was so surprised he didn't know what to do but then finally started kissing her back.
So, ok she might have been surprised at her actions if it was a heat of the moment thing but she had wanted to do this ever since he said 'I have a soul'. And then when he said love well look out Buffy is going to react. And GOD he was a great kisser. Ok so this might be like yin and yang but hey don't opposites make perfect couples? Mmmm she didn't care he felt perfect. She finally pulled away when she needed air.
"Wow." He said panting even though he didn't need to
"So.I don't.think..you need to say any more..there did that make it easier?" She said equally as winded, ok so I'm in love and a hypocrite so sue me he is so hot.
"Hell yeah." He said and started kissing her again
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A/N: should I go on or just leave it. I could make them go to L.A. and be the big happy way powerful couple. you decide