Spoiler 1: A year after season 6 for Buffy, A year after season 3 for Angel.
Spoiler 2: Giles has returned home for good. Angel coming back?
AN: This is the sequel to Forever, My Love! If you haven't read that story yet, go back and read it before you start to read this...this way you won't get confused and wonder what happened to Angel.
Chapter One
Buffy stood outside of the Hyperion hotel. Tears rolled down her red puffy face, as the last half hour ran through her tired mine.
She looked down at her blood stained clothes. They were soaked with her lover's blood. Her heart ached as she remembered the state he was in when she had found him.
She walked up to the window. She watched as Cordy, Wesley and Gunn sat around talking about laughing. Going on about their business, not knowing that their friend was gone.
Buffy could feel her world crumble before her as she thought of living without Angel. The one man that completed her made life a little easier. She brought a shaky hand up to her face, letting out a cry of pain.
She wanted to go in. Tell them the bad news but couldn't find the right words. How could she go in, knowing that it was her fault? That none of it would have happened if only she listened to her head instead of her heart.
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Buffy stood in front of the double doors that lead inside. She whipped the tears off her face, as a fresh set rolled down her face.
She let out a sigh and was ready to go in and face them but stopped. She couldn't do it. All the pain she left stabbed her, in her now breaking heart.
So, she turned away, walking down the dark street of Los Angeles.
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After walking around for the last hour, she decided to call home.
She walked to the nearest pay phone and called Giles. Trying hard no to cry, she asked him to come and get her. He could sense something was wrong. He said he'll be there soon.
She gave him her where abouts and hung up the phone. She walked to the bench and sat down to wait.