Disclaimer: If they were mine, do you really think the shows would have gone the way they did?
Summary: Buffy predicts the future while Angel walks away in the season 3 finale.
A/n: Ok, so this is extremely short and pretty much a sum up of B/A's relationship throughout the shows from ssn 3 on. It's not the best fic out there, but I really hope it's not the worst either…so review and give me some feedback. And please, no flames.
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Buffy's POV
I don't want you to go, but I won't ask you to stay because I know, if I asked you to, you'd stay with me forever. I don't want you to stay because I asked you to. I want you to stay because you want to.
I watch you walk away, and I don't cry. I have to be strong. When I get home, I know I'll break down. I'll lock myself in my room and I'll cry. My mom will worry. I'll calm down enough to tell her that I'm fine. It'll be a lie. She'll know, but she'll sigh, shake her head, and leave me alone anyway.
I'll suppress the pain after awhile. It'll be too much to take. My friends will smile because they think I'm getting over you. They don't know that I'll never get over you. I'll 'move on' and date other guys, but it'll never work. I can't give them my heart. How could I? You never gave it back.
I'll tell you I've moved on. Maybe you'll know it's a lie. Eventually, I hope, you'll realize that separation is not for us. You'll want me back. I'll tell you, no matter how much my hart protests, that I need some 'me time.' Of course, you'll respect that.
I'll spend the shortest amount of time necessary, while still keeping my pride, without you. I won't make the first move because –Hello?-pride. You'll show up on my doorstep asking if I'm ready yet- to begin a relationship. Of course, you can never come right out and say what you're feeling, so you'll use some sort of metaphor or analogy.
I'll say yes and all of our dreams will come true. And we will be happy, because I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some "higher beings" put me though hell and not give me a reward.
So I'll suffer the pain now, no matter how severe-and trust me, it's excruciating-because I know in the future, there won't be any.