Well I'm back...this time with a Buffy fic! Please review!
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy (gutted hey?) or any of the characters. The flash back has the last moments of Becoming part 2 in it, but i did not copy it, i sat and wrote it!
A petite form walked into the Sunnydale bus station carrying a large bag. Her blonde hair sticking to her tear stained face. She looked around for a second and abruptly stood still. She saw a man looking at her. The man looked so familiar to her.
"Angel…" She whispered. No, it couldn't have been him. She stopped at the information desk. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Can I do this? She asked herself. Her thoughts travelled back in time, to the moment a part of her soul left her.
"Angel?" Buffy asked softly, lowering her sword. Did Willow finish the spell? Is this a trick? She asked herself.
"You're hurt." Angel says quietly looking at her wound, his confusion evident in his voice. She looked down at her wound and felt his familiar, gentle touch on her arm. She was so happy to be near him again that she ignored her cut. She looked back up at him and stepped closer to him. As soon as she had, Angel wrapped her up in a tight embrace.
"Oh, Buffy... God." He mutters, sounding lost. Buffy wasn't completely sure it was her Angel, or another trick of Angelus', but she was so lost in the moment that she accepted his hug.
"I... I feel like I haven't seen you in months." That's cos' you haven't Buffy thought, but she stayed silent. She didn't want to have to think about what was going to happen. She finally accepted that this was Angel; this was the love of her life. She closed her eyes and let out the breath she hadn't known she had been holding.
"Oh, my God, everything's so muddled. I..." He said, pain clear in his voice, as he held her closer.
"Oh..." He sighed, kissing her on the shoulder. "Oh, Buffy..." The tears that had been building up in her eyes finally fell. She cried silently into his shoulder and held him close as she heard the low rumble of Acathla awakening. She opened her eyes and stared in shock as Acathla's face contorted, its mouth opened, it formed into the gateway to hell, a swirling vortex. It grew in size quickly. Buffy let go of Angel and looked into his handsome face.
"What's happening?" He asked, confused.
"Shh." She whispered as reassuringly as she could. "Don't worry about it." She brushed her fingers over his lips and across his cheek. She kissed him softly and her heart starts to break as he kissed her back, it became more passionate. She broke the kiss and glanced at the vortex before she looked deeply into his eyes.
"I love you." She whispered.
"I love you." Angel whispered back. She touched his lips again.
"Close your eyes." She whispered again and nodded reassuringly. She watched as he closed his eyes. Don't cry she told herself before kissing her Love again. She paused as she stepped backwards and plunged her sword into his chest. His eyes shot open in surprise. She stepped back again as he reached out to her. Angel looked at her, completely bewildered at what happened, but she could only stare at what she had done.
"Buffy..."
The vortex started to pull him into Acathla. Angel still held his hand out to Buffy. She felt frozen as he was pulled completely into the stone demon. Buffy stared at the demon as she realised what she had lost, what she had done. She started to sob, tears falling freely from her eyes as her heart broke.
"Miss? Are you alright?" A voice said, breaking through Buffy's thoughts. She blinked a few times and wasn't completely surprised she had tears flowing down her cheeks again. She wiped them away quickly and put on a fake smile.
"Yeah I am thanks; I just had something in my eyes." The receptionist just nodded, not believing a word of it. Buffy's heart ached.
"What can I do for you then Miss?" The receptionist asked politely. She had seen a lot of girls come into the Sunnydale Bus Station with the same look in their eyes.
"I need a ticket out of Sunnydale please" Buffy replied. The lady nodded and typed something into her computer.
"Destination?" The receptionist asked, but when an answer didn't come she looked up at the young girl in front of her, whose eyes were glued to the floor. She sighed. "Look, I won't pretend I know what's going on but I have to say that whatever happened it isn't as bad as it first seems and your friends and family would miss you too much if you left." Buffy looked up sharply. "And I know that's probably the last thing on your mind right now? But you'd cause them more pain than I think you'd want to."
"I…I guess you're right…" Buffy stuttered. She hadn't thought of the affects of her skipping town might have on her loved ones…or the entire Sunnydale population. She had been so wrapped up in her pain that she hadn't given them a second thought. She smiled weakly at the receptionist. "Thank you." She said briefly and walked slowly out of the bus station.
