The crescent moon showed through the thin cloud cover as Buffy Summers
cautiously made her way through one of Sunnydale's twelve graveyards. She
hadn't had a single dusting all night and she was beginning to get
restless. If she didn't get one soon, she would just go back to Riley's,
but something in her told her to stay.
"Here vampires!" she called longingly. "Here you evil pointy bitey fangy demons that are keeping me from spending precious time with Ril -"She was cut off by a noise coming from somewhere behind her. Then a familiar voice began to speak.
"You know, we're not all evil."
"Angel?"
She turned around to see her creature of the night ex-boyfriend sitting on the stone steps of a mausoleum.
"Angel!"
He stood up and stared at his feet.
"Hi Buff."
It had been two months since their last visit, so she decided to walk over and give him a hug. It was the polite thing to do.right? I mean it was just a friendly hug, like she would give to Xander, that is if Anya would allow it, right? Strictly friendly. She hoped.
She decided to back off a little, just incase she was wrong.
"So what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Oh, just business. I discovered I have a few loose ends still left to tie up. I'll be in and out of here in a couple of days. If that's alright with you?"
"Oh sure. Loose ends?" She wondered if this meant slayer business. More demon fighting. Oh well, she could use some good action. Sunnydale's demons seemed to have been keeping to themselves for the most part for the last month. Right around the time college let out things started to slow down. She wondered if demons took vacations and that's why there were none around, but then decided to hop back to reality and look to Angel to see what kind of "Loose ends" he was talking about.
"You know. Vampire stuff."
At that moment, Buffy caught a glimpse of something coming at them from the corner of her eye. One of the evil pointy bitey fangy demons decided to finally come out and play. She expected it to run right for her, but instead it ran towards Angel. She didn't think he saw it.
"Angel! Look out!"
But it was too late. The vamp had already knocked Angel over. Buffy pulled a stake from her sleeve and leapt on to the vamp. With one swift action, she staked him. He turned to dust and suddenly there was nothing separating her with the one she had once loved. She fell. She was now face to face with Angel. She lingered there for what seemed like an eternity and stared into his mysterious dark eyes. Then their lips touched.
The graveyard disappeared from around them. She was sixteen again and in love with Angel. Everything was as perfect as it could be, at least as perfect as possible, her being the slayer and all. Then she realized that it was all an illusion. She snapped back to reality. She was kissing Angel. Ex-boyfriend Angel! This was wrong, very wrong! She was with Riley. No matter how much she wanted the kiss to last forever, she couldn't let it go on. It had to stop.
Buffy leapt to her feet. Angel still lay on the ground, wondering what was going on. He obviously hadn't come back to the real world. He was still in their perfect little world where they were boyfriend and girlfriend and deeply in love. She however was not. She didn't know whether she regretted that fact yet or not, but it didn't matter.
"I have to go. I have somewhere to be." She said with a tremble in her voice. Then she ran off towards Riley's, leaving Angel in the graveyard, dazed and confused.
She walked into Riley's apartment, still trying to collect herself. Riley was on the floor doing more push-ups. She wondered why he always insisted on doing so many push-ups considering he was in such great shape. Didn't he ever take a day off? Anyways, she couldn't let him know that Angel was back, could she? They didn't exactly get along the last time they met and he always wondered if there was something still between them. Was there something between them? She didn't have time to think. She had to act normal. What would normal Buffy do?
"Hi honey." She said as confidently as possible.
He got up off the floor and kissed her forehead.
"Hey angel." He whispered.
Angel! How could he use the term 'angel.' Did he know? No, it wasn't possible. Or was it?
"Run into any vampires?" He asked.
"Oh, I ummm..I staked one over at the graveyard a couple of blocks away. Its really really been a very uneventful evening." She stared down at the floor. She couldn't lie to his face. It wouldn't be right. She loved him more than anything else. She loved him more than Angel, or at least she had until this evening.
"Is anything wrong? You seem troubled and unlike your normal self. Did something happen that I should know about."
"I'm just tired, that's all. No biggy. Listen, I'm gonna go get some coffee or something and then go to bed. Its been a long day." She then proceeded to walk out the door without giving Riley his normal goodnight kiss.
Something was up and Riley knew it. If she wouldn't talk to him, then she would talk to Willow. It was his job as her boyfriend to find out what was troubling her. He picked up the phone and dialed Willow's number.
"Hello?" It was Tara, not Willow.
"Hey Tara, is Willow there?"
"No, she just stepped out. Buffy needed her or something. Why? Is there something you need?"
"Yeah, in fact maybe you could help."
Buffy and Willow sat at the local coffee shop and Buffy recalled the night's events. Willow sat with her mouth ajar, trying to take in what had happened. As soon as Buffy finished there was an awkward moment of silence.
"Well?" Buffy asked inquisitively.
"Well what?"
"Am I an awful person?"
"No." Willow said hesitantly
"Will!"
"Okay, well maybe a little, but its not all your fault. I mean he kissed you back and it was probably just a natural reaction to have. It was the demon inside you, not the wonderful you you. You know, we all have a little demon inside us. The thing that makes us jealous and spiteful and makes us make with the smoochies with an old boyfriend that's been back in town for only a couple of hours. Anyways, you said that he was going to leave in a few days. Just try to avoid him and think lots of Riley thoughts. Angel thoughts Bad. Riley thoughts GOOD!"
"Thanks Will."
"Well I got to go. Tara is expecting me back soon and I have a big English exam to cram for tomorrow."
"Yeah, I'm gonna go soon. I just have to finish my cappuccino and then its off to bed for this slayer to put an ending to this weird evening."
Willow left and Buffy sat there for a couple of minutes until she was done and then walked out the front door. She was walking by the park and was tempted to stop at the swing set to sit and think more but she decided that it was best to just go home. Then she heard something behind her.
"Miss Edith told me I would find you here."
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my first story so I have no idea what-so-ever of what I'm doing. So please be honest with your reviews. Hopefully, if you like it I will have another chapter very soon but I need to know your true opinion. Can't wait to here from you. Oh and I know Drusilla isn't in this chapter very much, but I had to get things set up, so if you like the story I promise you will see more of her. Also, if you really like the story you will give me a review soon because if I don't get 5 reviews in the next 48 hours I'm just going to take the story offline.
"Here vampires!" she called longingly. "Here you evil pointy bitey fangy demons that are keeping me from spending precious time with Ril -"She was cut off by a noise coming from somewhere behind her. Then a familiar voice began to speak.
"You know, we're not all evil."
"Angel?"
She turned around to see her creature of the night ex-boyfriend sitting on the stone steps of a mausoleum.
"Angel!"
He stood up and stared at his feet.
"Hi Buff."
It had been two months since their last visit, so she decided to walk over and give him a hug. It was the polite thing to do.right? I mean it was just a friendly hug, like she would give to Xander, that is if Anya would allow it, right? Strictly friendly. She hoped.
She decided to back off a little, just incase she was wrong.
"So what are you doing here?" She asked.
"Oh, just business. I discovered I have a few loose ends still left to tie up. I'll be in and out of here in a couple of days. If that's alright with you?"
"Oh sure. Loose ends?" She wondered if this meant slayer business. More demon fighting. Oh well, she could use some good action. Sunnydale's demons seemed to have been keeping to themselves for the most part for the last month. Right around the time college let out things started to slow down. She wondered if demons took vacations and that's why there were none around, but then decided to hop back to reality and look to Angel to see what kind of "Loose ends" he was talking about.
"You know. Vampire stuff."
At that moment, Buffy caught a glimpse of something coming at them from the corner of her eye. One of the evil pointy bitey fangy demons decided to finally come out and play. She expected it to run right for her, but instead it ran towards Angel. She didn't think he saw it.
"Angel! Look out!"
But it was too late. The vamp had already knocked Angel over. Buffy pulled a stake from her sleeve and leapt on to the vamp. With one swift action, she staked him. He turned to dust and suddenly there was nothing separating her with the one she had once loved. She fell. She was now face to face with Angel. She lingered there for what seemed like an eternity and stared into his mysterious dark eyes. Then their lips touched.
The graveyard disappeared from around them. She was sixteen again and in love with Angel. Everything was as perfect as it could be, at least as perfect as possible, her being the slayer and all. Then she realized that it was all an illusion. She snapped back to reality. She was kissing Angel. Ex-boyfriend Angel! This was wrong, very wrong! She was with Riley. No matter how much she wanted the kiss to last forever, she couldn't let it go on. It had to stop.
Buffy leapt to her feet. Angel still lay on the ground, wondering what was going on. He obviously hadn't come back to the real world. He was still in their perfect little world where they were boyfriend and girlfriend and deeply in love. She however was not. She didn't know whether she regretted that fact yet or not, but it didn't matter.
"I have to go. I have somewhere to be." She said with a tremble in her voice. Then she ran off towards Riley's, leaving Angel in the graveyard, dazed and confused.
She walked into Riley's apartment, still trying to collect herself. Riley was on the floor doing more push-ups. She wondered why he always insisted on doing so many push-ups considering he was in such great shape. Didn't he ever take a day off? Anyways, she couldn't let him know that Angel was back, could she? They didn't exactly get along the last time they met and he always wondered if there was something still between them. Was there something between them? She didn't have time to think. She had to act normal. What would normal Buffy do?
"Hi honey." She said as confidently as possible.
He got up off the floor and kissed her forehead.
"Hey angel." He whispered.
Angel! How could he use the term 'angel.' Did he know? No, it wasn't possible. Or was it?
"Run into any vampires?" He asked.
"Oh, I ummm..I staked one over at the graveyard a couple of blocks away. Its really really been a very uneventful evening." She stared down at the floor. She couldn't lie to his face. It wouldn't be right. She loved him more than anything else. She loved him more than Angel, or at least she had until this evening.
"Is anything wrong? You seem troubled and unlike your normal self. Did something happen that I should know about."
"I'm just tired, that's all. No biggy. Listen, I'm gonna go get some coffee or something and then go to bed. Its been a long day." She then proceeded to walk out the door without giving Riley his normal goodnight kiss.
Something was up and Riley knew it. If she wouldn't talk to him, then she would talk to Willow. It was his job as her boyfriend to find out what was troubling her. He picked up the phone and dialed Willow's number.
"Hello?" It was Tara, not Willow.
"Hey Tara, is Willow there?"
"No, she just stepped out. Buffy needed her or something. Why? Is there something you need?"
"Yeah, in fact maybe you could help."
Buffy and Willow sat at the local coffee shop and Buffy recalled the night's events. Willow sat with her mouth ajar, trying to take in what had happened. As soon as Buffy finished there was an awkward moment of silence.
"Well?" Buffy asked inquisitively.
"Well what?"
"Am I an awful person?"
"No." Willow said hesitantly
"Will!"
"Okay, well maybe a little, but its not all your fault. I mean he kissed you back and it was probably just a natural reaction to have. It was the demon inside you, not the wonderful you you. You know, we all have a little demon inside us. The thing that makes us jealous and spiteful and makes us make with the smoochies with an old boyfriend that's been back in town for only a couple of hours. Anyways, you said that he was going to leave in a few days. Just try to avoid him and think lots of Riley thoughts. Angel thoughts Bad. Riley thoughts GOOD!"
"Thanks Will."
"Well I got to go. Tara is expecting me back soon and I have a big English exam to cram for tomorrow."
"Yeah, I'm gonna go soon. I just have to finish my cappuccino and then its off to bed for this slayer to put an ending to this weird evening."
Willow left and Buffy sat there for a couple of minutes until she was done and then walked out the front door. She was walking by the park and was tempted to stop at the swing set to sit and think more but she decided that it was best to just go home. Then she heard something behind her.
"Miss Edith told me I would find you here."
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is my first story so I have no idea what-so-ever of what I'm doing. So please be honest with your reviews. Hopefully, if you like it I will have another chapter very soon but I need to know your true opinion. Can't wait to here from you. Oh and I know Drusilla isn't in this chapter very much, but I had to get things set up, so if you like the story I promise you will see more of her. Also, if you really like the story you will give me a review soon because if I don't get 5 reviews in the next 48 hours I'm just going to take the story offline.