AN: This is my sister's story. She's an amatuer, but she's trying.
"Angel, are you here?" Buffy was greeted by Angel at the door with a handful of
flowers in his hand.
"Hey. I found these, they reminded me of you." Buffy took them graciously
and smiled up at her husband.
"They're beautiful." Angel smiled at Buffy, and kissed her lightly on the cheek.
"Thank you." Buffy plopped onto the couch with a sigh, and called out to Angel.
"Angel, baby, could you get me a glass of water?"
"Sure. You patrolling tonight?"
"Will's got it tonight. I thought we could... Do something."
"Always." He'd left L.A. after Fred died, and Gunn went on back to his hometown.
He'd found Buffy down and broken in Sunnydale, after Spike got a letter from Dru. He'd gone
through the trials in Africa as Spike had, and he returned human. There was, after all, not much
more he could have done. "Why are you home so early anyways?"
"Quit." Angel stared at Buffy, but did not inquire.
"What're you gonna do?"
"I'm a slayer, Angel. I'm gonna conduct a karate class."
"You're kidding."
"Yep." Buffy grinned at Angel, and stood to kiss him. He recieved the kiss well
, and hugged the woman tightly.
Buffy could not completely clear her mind of her former lover, and whenever she
was with Angel, she thought of him. He'd return, she knew it. He'll come back, he'll say he's
sorry, and he'd be drowning in her again. He'd be drowning in Buffy Summers.
"It's so stupid, Buffy. You won't."
"I'll find him, Willow, and he'll love me. I'll make him."
"Angel loves you. Why aren't you satisfied. The whole vampire populus will love you
if you keep this up. You'll be out of a job."
Buffy looked at her friend. "Which reminds me, Giles sent me a letter." She dug in
her pocket for the letter and slapped it on the table for proof. "The council contacted him.
I get paid $100 for every time I patrol. I have to sign a contract sheet every time I get home
from patrolling, and have someone who lives with me initial it."
"Me, or Dawn?"
"You. Dawns underage."
Willow looked intently at Buffy. "She's 18."
"No, she isn't. She's 16."
"You do know she is really 18?"
"Yes, Willow, I know. She'll sign off on it, too."
"Okay."
Buffy stood, and crossed the room. The Magic Box had changed a lot in the past two
years. When something falls off the shelf, the painstaking trip to pick it up sends Willow into
tears. She cannot forget the damage she'd done before. The pain everyone felt, is irrepressable.
She'll never forget.
"I'm going home. Angel's expecting me. He wants to go to the Bronze tonight."
"You goin'?"
"Probably not. I think Spike will be around, soon."
"Buffy, you know he's not coming back. He's with Dru, he's moved on, Buffy, I hate
to say it, but, get over it."
"Willow, he's coming back, and that's it!"
Buffy hurriedly gathered her stuff, jamming it into her gym bag, and left.
The home she returned to seemed empty. She clicked on the answering machine, and
threw a microwave dinner into the oven. "Shit!" She stopped the answering machine, and
opened the oven. She took the cold tray from the oven and put it in the microwave. She started
the answering machine. "Buffy- this is Angel. I'm out patrolling, don't go upstairs, I found this
bug thing I think you wouldn't like, I'll get it when I get home. Bye."
She smiled at the message. Ignoring it, she trailed upstairs, and opened the door to the
bathroom. She undressed and stepped into the shower.
"Angel, are you here?" Buffy was greeted by Angel at the door with a handful of
flowers in his hand.
"Hey. I found these, they reminded me of you." Buffy took them graciously
and smiled up at her husband.
"They're beautiful." Angel smiled at Buffy, and kissed her lightly on the cheek.
"Thank you." Buffy plopped onto the couch with a sigh, and called out to Angel.
"Angel, baby, could you get me a glass of water?"
"Sure. You patrolling tonight?"
"Will's got it tonight. I thought we could... Do something."
"Always." He'd left L.A. after Fred died, and Gunn went on back to his hometown.
He'd found Buffy down and broken in Sunnydale, after Spike got a letter from Dru. He'd gone
through the trials in Africa as Spike had, and he returned human. There was, after all, not much
more he could have done. "Why are you home so early anyways?"
"Quit." Angel stared at Buffy, but did not inquire.
"What're you gonna do?"
"I'm a slayer, Angel. I'm gonna conduct a karate class."
"You're kidding."
"Yep." Buffy grinned at Angel, and stood to kiss him. He recieved the kiss well
, and hugged the woman tightly.
Buffy could not completely clear her mind of her former lover, and whenever she
was with Angel, she thought of him. He'd return, she knew it. He'll come back, he'll say he's
sorry, and he'd be drowning in her again. He'd be drowning in Buffy Summers.
"It's so stupid, Buffy. You won't."
"I'll find him, Willow, and he'll love me. I'll make him."
"Angel loves you. Why aren't you satisfied. The whole vampire populus will love you
if you keep this up. You'll be out of a job."
Buffy looked at her friend. "Which reminds me, Giles sent me a letter." She dug in
her pocket for the letter and slapped it on the table for proof. "The council contacted him.
I get paid $100 for every time I patrol. I have to sign a contract sheet every time I get home
from patrolling, and have someone who lives with me initial it."
"Me, or Dawn?"
"You. Dawns underage."
Willow looked intently at Buffy. "She's 18."
"No, she isn't. She's 16."
"You do know she is really 18?"
"Yes, Willow, I know. She'll sign off on it, too."
"Okay."
Buffy stood, and crossed the room. The Magic Box had changed a lot in the past two
years. When something falls off the shelf, the painstaking trip to pick it up sends Willow into
tears. She cannot forget the damage she'd done before. The pain everyone felt, is irrepressable.
She'll never forget.
"I'm going home. Angel's expecting me. He wants to go to the Bronze tonight."
"You goin'?"
"Probably not. I think Spike will be around, soon."
"Buffy, you know he's not coming back. He's with Dru, he's moved on, Buffy, I hate
to say it, but, get over it."
"Willow, he's coming back, and that's it!"
Buffy hurriedly gathered her stuff, jamming it into her gym bag, and left.
The home she returned to seemed empty. She clicked on the answering machine, and
threw a microwave dinner into the oven. "Shit!" She stopped the answering machine, and
opened the oven. She took the cold tray from the oven and put it in the microwave. She started
the answering machine. "Buffy- this is Angel. I'm out patrolling, don't go upstairs, I found this
bug thing I think you wouldn't like, I'll get it when I get home. Bye."
She smiled at the message. Ignoring it, she trailed upstairs, and opened the door to the
bathroom. She undressed and stepped into the shower.