NO ONE'S POV
Angel and Faith were sitting at Faith's kitchen table across from each other in a very awkward silence.
"Sooooo…where did you go". Angel was curious, Faith had ran off somewhere after their fight.
"I broke in to a motel room and crashed. I was really tired to say the least, plus I needed to cool off".
Angel could understand that, after all she was probably exhausted after the last 36 hours, but that made Angel realize that he hadn't had any sleep either and all of the sudden his adrenaline had worn off and he felt really tired, but he had to make things ok with Faith.
"I'm sorry".
"You don't need to say sorry, it was my fault, I opened my big mouth".
"No you were right, about everything and I don't think I can ever say sorry enough but, I just want things to be ok between us".
"Angel look, if there is anything you ever taught me, it's forgiveness, and I forgive you, I really do, so everything is ok, so lets just go to bed, you can crash on the couch".
Faith meant it that she forgave him, She saw no reason not to, because when she weighed all the things he had done for her on a scale next to….well everything else, she had no right to point the finger at him when her hands were not clean, so she thought it was time for a fresh start. Faith got up to go to bed, but Angel still had something to say and if he didn't say it now he wasn't sure he would ever say it.
"Faith". She turned around and looked at him and he stood and got closer to her.
"Yeah". It was now or never.
"I love you to".
Faith froze, 'oh my god, he didn't just say that did he' Faith thought.
"Angel don't say that".
"Why not".
"Because it's just going to make things complicated, and you don't even mean it your just saying it to spare my feelings, plus the fact that nobody loves me, no one ever has or ever will".
"I DO, Faith, your beautiful, and the woman you've become just makes me so proud to have ever even met you, on top of the fact that whenever I look at you, even now after ten years, my heart warms, even when It wasn't beating, but now it is beating, and now I know that I love you with all my heart". That last line almost made Faith melt.
"But what about Buffy and Cordelia". Angel was afraid Faith would bring that up.
"I love them both and I always will" Faith looked hurt by that, but Angel quickly explained.
"Faith, I don't need to go into a history lesson, you already know all the history, so all I can say is that there both gone now, but that's the reason I never told you, because there so many times that I thought about finding you and telling you how I felt, but when Buffy died I'll admit, it broke me for a while, and I knew that if I told you then that you would feel like the rebound girl, and I never wanted you to feel that way, but you are not that to me Faith your so much more".
"Ok well that's all well and good but Angel, you're the only person in my life that I have ever been In love with, so I can hardly understand falling in love once, let alone twice but a third time, come on".
"Faith you think that I actually understand it, I don't, plus you can tell by my track record that I'm not good at this Romeo and Juliet thing, But I do know this, I have another chance here, we have both changed for the better Faith, I,m human now so that means no more Angelus, and that by itself makes things a whole lot less more complicated, I think we have a real chance here, this might finally be our happy ending. Faith I do love you and as you can tell from before there only a handful of people I can say that to, so when I say it you know I damn well mean it, so please, give me a chance".
Faith had tears falling from her eyes now,. 'how does he do that' she thought. 'When did I become such a girl' she thought, But her most important thought was this one. 'Oh god why do I even care, he does love me, I can't believe it'.
"You love me".
"I do".
Faith still had tears rolling down her face but now they were more happy tears than anything.
"If you love me, then prove it".
Angel knew what she meant by that, but before he could even respond, Faith walked up to him and embraced him in a passionate kiss.
TBC
