Just BA togetherness! Here it is! Enjoy!
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Buffy and Angel sat across each other in a table in the kitchen.
- This is the best sandwich I've ever… ever... eat. It's delicious.
- Would you like some more?
- No, thanks.
- I'm really sorry I kissed you like that.
- I'm not. As far as kisses go I thought it was well above average… well above excellent to be fair.
- It was incredible. I just didn't… I don't want to rush anything. Just because my soul is bound I can't just stick myself in you again…
Angel shut up when he realized the meaning of what he was saying. He was sure he would be deep red if he could. Buffy felt his discomfort and didn't say anything. At least not right away.
- Oh! R-r-right. You said your soul is bound. How… how did it happen? Couldn't this be a prank or something? I mean… if we… well, you know, he can be released again and… I don't want to… to have to fight Angelus. What if there is another loophole? Then, the two of us would be in even deeper and it's 'grr' all over again. I can't do it, Angel. I just can't.
Angel held Buffy's hand when he noticed she was shaking. She got up and started to pass around the room and stopped when he embraced her.
- Buffy, Jenny was the one to fix the curse so my soul could not be taken from me again. Not by happiness not by any sort of magic. And I do believe her. I almost killed her…
Angel didn't finish want he was saying because Buffy left the protection of his arm and looked at him with anger in her eyes.
- You didn't do anything, Angel! Angelus did!
- I have the memories. It was my hands… what if I have taken her from you, from… from Giles. And… and about us, I think It would be smart to wait a while. Not because of my soul, but because I… Angelus… I want to give you time. We will have to move soon. Your mother will come after us. We can't lose our focus right now. I want you safe.
- I guess I understand you.
Buffy walked to the counter and Angel was just behind her. Buffy put her hand on the counter.
- I'm not saying I don't want you. You know how much… I'm just saying it's worth the wait to be sure this is right. I need to be sure you won't get hurt again.
- You know it's a good thing I didn't fantasize about having you back without the fear of Angelus only about 10 zillion times, because today would have been a real let down. So, tell me how does the mature plan go? We stay away from each other? Sleep in separate bedrooms?
- That is a really good thing. Sleep in…
Angel put his hand over Buffy's and they stared at each other and then at their hands. He spoke so softly that Buffy felt her legs turn to mushy.
- … separate bedrooms.
- Yes. Right. Remove… remove the temptation.
- Remove…
Angel lost his will when he looked at Buffy licking her lips. He turned his hand to grab hers then reached out and pulled her into a kiss. They stumbled up against the fridge and Buffy could not resist wrapping her legs around Angel's waist. Still kissing, Angel carried her over to the kitchen table, swept the stuff on it on the floor and laid her down on it.
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- If you have ice cream it would be good! Peanut butter! Crunchy would be paradise!
A naked Angel heard Buffy's screams from the bedroom. He had her favorite Ice cream around.
- Ok! I got it.
Angel went back to their bed and dumped the stuff Buffy wanted on it before slipping under the sheet. Buffy was wearing a black robe and smiled at him.
- The perfect yum.
Angel tried to feed Buffy, but she closed her mouth.
- I'm not talking about the ice cream.
She gave Angel a mischievous look and he smiled knowingly.
- Buffy.
- Angel, I don't want to be mature. I just want to be a normal girl with her boyfriend. That time you just spent in the kitchen? That was enough time apart.
- Too much.
Angel picked up the spoon again and feed her.
- Mmm, this is my dream coming true.
They were kissing when Angel felt some ice cream dripped from the spoon on his chest.
- Okay. A have a little problem with my coordination.
Angel tried to clean the ice cream, but Buffy offered other way.
- Not a problem, my Angel, I have the right solution.
Buffy bent her head and licked the ice cream. Angel laughed and pulled her up so he'd kiss her. After a while, other sounds could be heard from the bedroom.
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Buffy was lying on Angel's chest smiling. He looked at her and realized he never saw her eyes so sparkling. It was like the girl he took from the horrid asylum had vanished in thin air and was replaced with the little vixen in his arms. He knew he would lose his soul in this moment if he still could.
- Angel?
- huh?
- Where is this place?
- Far from California. I bought it when we realized where you were taken. Buffy, you mother took you to the place and I think she won't give up. You are a minor and will be for some months. She is legally the person responsible for you. She can get you back there.
- And she knows you are a vampire. She could order your arrest and… and you… would die in a cell in a police station or whatever with no protection against the sun.
Angel's hold on Buffy tightened when he realized that.
- That too. Buffy, what do you think of leaving the country for a while?
- I don't know, Angel. Giles, my friends are in Sunnydale and pains me I can't see them. There is my slayer's duties.
- I know. I wish we could contact them. Before I took you from that place I warned Giles and the others so they'd be in plain view of everyone in Sunnydale in case your mother would go to them. It was the least time we talked.
At that precise moment, a sort of bright vortex opened in front of their bed. Angel and Buffy jumped from the bed to the door, but they turned around when they heard the voice.
- Hello, Angel.
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AN:
- Who do you think it is? Place your bets.
