The following morning Buffy woke to the feel of someone's heart beating under her head. She opened her eyes and noticed that she had no clue where the hell she was.

Buffy lifted her head and looked at Angel. He was sleeping. God he's so handsome. She thought. Sliding out of from under the covers she placed her feet on the floor. Buffy looked down when she noticed that she had stepped on something. Smiling she picked Mr. Gordo up and placed him in Angel's arms. Smiling she picked up her bag and headed to the bathroom for a shower.

A few minutes later she came out in a towel.

"Hey I was wondering where you went." Angel said running his hands through her hair.

"I needed to shower." She told him towel drying her hair with one of the fluffy towels. She walked over to the vanity in one of the hotels white bath robes. "God that shower was so good."

"Glad you enjoyed it." He said putting his head back under the pillow and groaning.

Buffy looked over at him and her smile faded. She got up and climbed into bed next to him. Peeking under his pillow she whispered. "Come out, come out, where ever you are."

"Leave me alone." He said swatting her away from his pillow.

"Angel I didn't come with you to be ignored. Why the hell did you ask me to come if you were just going to lie in bed all day?" She asked.

Angel peered out from under his pillow at her. "I just…god Buffy my parents kicked me out." He said with a frown on his face.

Buffy leaned over and placed her hand on his, squeezing it gently. "Why?"

Angel looked down at the bed. "No reason that I want to discuss right now." He said standing. "How about we go into LA today?" He asked her.

Buffy looked up. "Um…sure. What do you want to do?" She asked.

"How about we go shopping, then to a movie and some dinner?" He asked her.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"Yeah baby, why not?" He asked sitting down next to her.

"Angel I need to ask you something and I want an honest answer." She told him.

Angel nodded.

"Did your parents kick you out cause you were dating me?" She asked.

Angel was silent for a moment before standing. "I'm going to shower. Get ready."

"Angel!" She yelled standing up.

Angel slowly turned to look back at him, his eyes said. He only nodded.

Buffy looked at him, nodded her head and started throwing her stuff back into her bag. "Angel go home. Go back to your parents and forget you ever met me." She said as she pulled her jeans back on.

"What, Buffy, why?" He asked.

"Angel do yourself a favor and just go home." She said as she pulled on a shirt and then tied up her boots.

"Buffy I don't understand."

"Angel you have so much going for you. Your parents are right to not want you to date me. I'm a loose, druggie with no type of prospects for the future. You should be with someone like Cordelia." She said as she zipped up her bag and headed for the door. "I'll see you in history class. Have a good weekend." She said before slamming the door.

Once out in the hall Buffy leaned against the wall and sighed, tears streaming down her cheeks.

A second later Angel came outside. He noticed her there and he pulled her into the room.

"Angel let go of me." She yelled as he yanked on her arm.

"Buffy I'm not going anywhere and neither are you." He said pushing her onto the loveseat.

"What the hell?" She yelled as she stumbled into the chair. "Angel what the hell is your problem?" She growled.

"My problem? My problem is that everyone seems to know exactly what's the best for me with out letting me make any decisions for myself. I'm eighteen years old. I can think for myself." He growled back as he paced in front of her.

"Angel you and I…we don't fit, you can do so much better than me." She told him gently.

"Buffy shut up. You don't know me well enough to say who I do and do not belong with." He yelled.

Buffy stood up and laid a hand on his arm to calm him. "Angel. Angel look at me." When he only averted his eyes she moved to stand in front of him. "Angel, you're rich, I'm the proverbial girl from the other side of the tracks. You have such a bright future ahead of you and I won't let you risk losing them because of me." She told him.

Angel finally met her gaze. He took her hands in his and looked her in the eyes. "Buffy I love you." He told her.

Buffy's face paled and she pulled back in shock. "What?" She asked in shock.

"I love you Buffy. I can't help myself. You're just…I don't know there's just something about you that makes my palms sweat, my heart beat faster." He said moving closer to her. "All I can think about most of the time is kissing you." He said before leaning down and bringing his lips to hers.

Buffy pulled away panting. "Angel…I…"

Angel brought a finger to her lips. "Shh baby you don't need to say anything. Just…please don't leave me." He said sadly.

Buffy only nodded and then let him wrap her in his embrace.

"So do you want to come with me to LA for the day?" He asked.

Buffy nodded her head against his chest. "I would love to." She said with a smile.

"Okay I'm going to take a shower." He said pulling away and grabbing his things.

She grabbed her bag and pulled out her brush.

Buffy and Angel walked through the streets of Los Angeles. Angel had a bunch a bags from various shops in his hands. Every time he noticed her look at a store, he's suggest she go in and he'd buy her something. They had been to about ten different shops. At first she was hesitant, but now she had no problem trying things on and showing Angel how sexy she looked in it, which she knew would make him want to buy it for her.

"How about lunch?" He asked her.

"Sure, what do you want?" She asked him.

"Nothing to heavy I want to save our appetites for dinner." He said as they continued to move through the throngs of people.

"How about Pizza?" She asked him.

Angel smiled. "Pizza it is." He said as he turned into the nearest pizza place. "Come on."

After lunch they headed back to the hotel.

"God Angel thank you so much for everything." She said smiling as she ruffled through the bags.

Angel smiled as he watched her take things out and press it against her body. "So where are we going to dinner?" She asked as she pulled a mid thigh length black cocktail dress.

"It's a surprise." He said coming up behind her and kissing her neck.

"If you continue that we're not going to make it out of this room." She giggled.

"Well maybe we can have dinner up here then?" He said as he continued to kiss her neck.

"No way. I want to wear this dress. Who knows when I'll have a chance to dress up like this again." She said with a smile.

"Fine." He mumbled as he pulled away.

Buffy smiled and turned to face him. "So when are we going out to dinner?" She asked him.

"Um how's five sound to you?" He asked.

Buffy looked behind her shoulder at the clock. "Well then I should start getting ready." She said as she grabbed her stuff and headed to the shower.

"Buffy it's only three." He said after her.

"Don't remind me." She yelled as she ran into the bathroom.

Angel shook his head in amusement and turned on the television.

Two Hours Later

Angel stood in front of the bathroom door, knocking. "Buffy it's five, we're going to be late for dinner."

"I'll be out in a minute."

"Buffy you've been in there since three o'clock this afternoon." He sighed.

Suddenly he heard the door unlock and out came Buffy. Holy shit. He thought as his pants suddenly became too tight. "Buffy…you look…amazing." He breathed out.

Buffy smiled as she stepped out of the bathroom. She had her hair straight down her back with only a few curls. The cocktail dress came up to her knees and dipped low showing some cleavage but not too much. Her back was bare. She had a little bit of make up, and her lips were painted with a pale brown. She twirled in front of the full length mirror in the room. "Do you really think so?"

Angel moved closer to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Laying his head on her shoulder he looked at them in the mirror. "You're a vision." He said kissing her shoulder.

"Angel stop that." She said swatting him on the arm.

"Well I suggest we head out now, or we're going to miss dinner." He told her as he turned towards his bag. "But first, put this on." He said as he handed her a large jewelry box.

"Angel what is this?" She asked taking the box from him.

"Open it."

Buffy opened the black velvet box and gasped. It was a gold heart necklace with heart earrings and a heart bracelet. "Oh my god Angel…it's beautiful." She said in awe. "When…when did you get this?" She asked him.

Angel took the box and removed the contents. Handing her the earrings, he undid the clasp of the necklace and moved behind her. "Today while you were looking at shoes."

"You said you had to use the bathroom." She said to him smiling as he clasped the bracelet onto her wrist.

"I lied." He replied with a blindingly bright smile of his own.

Buffy turned back to the mirror. "Angel it's beautiful." She said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"Only the best for my baby." He said kissing her softly. "Come on. I want to show you off to the world." He said wrapping her around in the shawl and leading and handing her, her small black purse.

"Thank you kind sr." She said with a smile as she took his offered arm.