TRUST ME
Written
by Twinstar
Disclaimer: As usual the characters belong to Joss not
me.
This
takes place after "To Everything…There Is a Season"
Angel
and Buffy had their heart to heart talk. They still have a lot of baggage to get over but they are willing to
make things work again. Now they just
have to convince their friends.
This
story is in Angel and Buffy's POV. Angel's thoughts are in *italics.
Dedicated
to all those who gave me wonderful feed back. Thanks Alyssa, Sara, Erinne and Ryan for the idea.
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The
sun is just peaking through some clouds and casting a weak sunbeam through the
cracks of the heavy velvet curtains. The two lovers are sleeping peacefully on the couch where they drifted
off to sleep in the wee hours of the morning…
I
slowly open my eyes and rub them with my free hand. My other had is pinned by a heavy object. My vision gets clearer and I look into the
face of an angel, my Angel. So I wasn't
dreaming last night. It really
happened, he came back into my life to stay and I welcomed him. I just wanted to stare at his face for the
rest of my life but my hand that was pinned between Angel and the couch was
numb. I guess we fell asleep in each
other's arms while we were talking the night before. I slowly caress his face and he slowly smiles and playfully bites
my finger.
"Good
morning sleepy head" I whisper into his ear.
"Morning
Buffy. I wish I could always wake up
like this. I would be in heaven," Angel
sleepily answers.
"I
gotta go. I badly want to stay but I
already stayed too long."
"Why
don't you tidy yourself up first so that people don't think the worst."
"Good
idea…Angel can you stay out of sight until I figure a way to break the news of
your return. I need to speak to Riley
as well. I don't know how to tell him without hurting him. It might take some time."
"I
have to admit I don't like the idea of you being with him but I do understand."
"I'll
try to come back tonight."
"Till
then"
I'm
actually humming. I never hum. I'm walking home and I'm on cloud nine. I can't help it but I have the goofiest grin
on my face. I better calm down before I
spill the beans to the gang before I tell Riley. I hate that I have to tell him about Angel but I think he has
always known that he's not my love of my life. I do love him, that's why I was with him, but I am not in love with
him. I never said the word 'I love you'
no matter how much he said them to me. I feel so guilty but I think at the time I needed him. I was alone and after the Parker fiasco, I
needed an anchor. I'm not a needy
person but I just wanted something normal for a while, something to keep
grounded. I don't want Riley to think I
used him but in reality I did. Man, I
don't want to feel so happy but I still can't believe it, Angel's back in my
life.
"Mom,
I'm home"
"You
were out pretty late. Riley has been
phoning here non-stop, he seems worried about you? Is there anything you should be telling me?"
"No…mom
everything is fine. What did he say?"
"Nothing,
just something in his voice."
"I'll
call him but first I need to take a shower and change my clothes."
Knock
Knock
"Angel
I know you are in there!" Riley yelling and pounding on the door and there was
no answer.
Riley
placed his hand on the doorknob and found that it was open.
"Go
figure, vamps don't use locks"
He
slowly walks inside and it's dim, he takes a stake from under his jacket, ready
to strike.
"Hey
Finn, hasn't anyone taught you any manners. You are supposed to be invited before you go into someone's house."
Angel
walks out of the shadows and moves right behind Riley without making a noise.
Riley
jumped out of fright "Man…you you scared me. Are all vamps so ssneaky."
"You better train some more. If this is how you military men do reconnaissance you are fresh bait."
*What
was Buffy thinking when she replaced me with him? Yes I wanted her to have a chance with a normal life, but with
this bumbling idiot? He was in her bed
and he was apart of her life. Did he
make her smile, laugh, and cry out with ecstasy? I can't blame her, she did what I told her to do, go on with her
life. *
"I don't need your advice
Angel. Is Buffy here?"
"No"
"Don't
lie to me she didn't come home last night."
"She
is not here. You can take a look if you
want to but she just left…to freshen up."
"Why
are you back here? Buffy doesn't need
you. WE do not need you here."
"I
had to come and boy I'm here to stay."
"Like
hell you are. I bet Buf was the first
person to tell you to leave."
"Actually
she agreed that I should stay."
"What! She is leaving me…isn't she? I can give her everything. I can hold her in my warm arms and together
we can express the true meaning of love."
"Think about it. Has she actually said the words to you?"
"No,
no okay are you happy."
*Oh yes I am. She never said the words 'I love you' to him. She saved those words for me. Only me and I'll never let her go again. She is my sunlight who will show me the way out of the dark and to true happiness*
"She
has said the words to me…"
"Angel
what do you have to offer her? You guys
can't even be together because of the clause. You can't do that to her. Hell
you are not even human."
"She
knows all this but she still wants to be with me. Our love has surpassed that existence, we are two of a whole, and
we are soul mates."
"No!
I can't let you. I won't let you!" Riley maddened with rage, strikes Angel with
the stake that he has clenched in his hand.
Angel
surprised by the attack would have gotten seriously hurt if it wasn't for his
vampire reflexes. The stake just glazed
his arm and a small gash is slowly weeping out blood. No matter how badly Angel wants to fight, he doesn't make a
move. Riley is fuelled by anger and
hurt by the news that Buffy's going to leave him. He is taking that rage out on
Angel and is relentless. Angel is not
counter attacking but just trying to stay clear of Riley's wrath. It happened so fast that even to Angel it
wasn't clear what had happen. For some
reason Riley got impaled by the very stake he was using against Angel…
"Riley,
don't move, you are making the wound worse. Just stay still I'll call for help."
"In
a way…this is poetic justice. I won't
be able to be with her but neither will you… Do you think that she will believe that you didn't mean to kill me? She will blame you…and in the end I win…"
With his dying breath Riley curses Angel to hell.
"Nooo!"
* Buffy will not believe me. Our bond's still fragile. We still have a long road to forgiveness. She will not understand. She will blame me. How can this happen? I didn't even lay a finger on him I just tried to avoid his attacks so he wouldn't kill me. I just found you again beloved I just can't lose you. Buffy has to trust me and believe the events that I tell her about. That I never meant to hurt him, that he came after me. How could he die? Buffy has to believe me or it might as well be me on that floor…dead *
-Ring-Ring
"Buffy it's for you. It's Angel?"
I run to the phone, in my
robe, because I just came out of the shower.
"Angel if this is what you
call staying low…"
I didn't even get to
finish that thought. I just hear the
panic on the other end.
"What's wrong Angel you
sound strange?"
Silence follows…Dead
silence…
"Buffy…do you trust me?"
To be continued