Fade to Black Fade to Black Chapter 5, a buffy: the vampire slayer fanfic

Fade to Black Chapter 5

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Author's Note: Lyrics at the end are Amazed by Lone Star

Fade to Black

Chapter 5

I walked into Chez Marie and right up to the Maitre'd and smiled.

"Yes I have a reservation for eight."

"You're name Miss?"

"Summers, Buffy Summers."

"This way Miss."

I followed him through the quaint restaurant until he stopped in front of a small elegant table for two. It was private and quiet and it was beautifully decorated. It reminded me of a picture I'd seen in a Victorian catalogue. It had a long flowing tablecloth with matching napkins, fine china and crystal. The flatware glinted in the candlelight and there was a bottle of champagne on ice. It was perfect. I smoothed my dress over my legs as I sat and waited for what I knew would feel like an eternity.

Willow had been gracious in helping me get ready for tonight. She helped to style my hair into a cascade of golden curls that seemed to pour down my back like a silken waterfall. She helped to do makeup to make it look I hadn't a stitch of it on but somehow I now had a flawless complexion of creamy smooth skin. Peaches and cream is the term I think. My eyelashes seemed impossibly long and feathery soft. My eyes emphasized with the barest hint of eye shadow and eyeliner but obtaining the maximum effect. A hint of blush, very realistically mimicking a natural blush, gently stained my cheeks and my lips well I opted for a shade of a sun ripened peach.

As for the outfit…well I look outstanding if I do say so myself. I am wearing a blue dress that sits off my shoulders and gives the illusion that you are seeing more cleavage than you really are and it fits nice thru the bodice only to loosely flare out at the waist. I have sheer stockings on and a garter, which show my legs nicely in my high-heeled sandals.

Although if you ask my opinion I'd say the jewelry is what makes the strongest statement here. Around my neck is my thick silver cross and the only ring I wear is my claddaugh, heart pointed in.

I glanced at my watch and sipped my ice water. I told my waiter that I would wait to order until my companion arrived which would be any moment now. I look up and have to smile to myself as I see him approach. He doesn't know that I'm here and he doesn't know he is heading directly for my table.

I had a long talk with Willow when I found her still sitting in my living room and I had found out a lot of things about Angel. Some things I fully intended to use to my advantage. Other things though just helped me to understand what he had been doing for the past six years.

Willow told me about Angel's delve into the dark abyss that was his resurrected bitch of a Sire. Well actually Wills got Cordy on speakerphone and she spilled the dirt on my beloved. Like I said I found out about Darla and the law firm that tortured him and haunted him into abandoning his friends and his purpose and almost unleashing the most vile, sadistic bastard who was sure to heave one hell of a stick up his ass about being locked away for so long…again, and for those of you who weren't around to enjoy the massacre, and I do mean massacre as in bloody torturous deaths, that was my seventeenth birthday then let me share. The vile bastard in question is Darla's wayward Childe; Angelus now known as, yep you got it, Angel.

It took all the self-control I could muster not to find some means of transportation, even if I had to steal it, and make my way to Los Angeles and hunt both Darla and Drucilla down and show them a thing or two about torture. I wanted to make them hurt in ways only a vampire could hurt before showed them their dead hearts that I ripped from their chests. Second to that I wanted to go and obliterate and trace of this law firm and the self-righteous bastards that dared go after her Angel.

Nobody messes with my boyfriend.

Cordelia explained all about the prophecy that led to his shanshu, or redemption. I sat and listened while she filled me in on all the little things that I had missed out on because he was there living his life with his friends and she was in Sunnydale trying desperately not to self destruct.

By the time I heard all Cordelia and Willow had to say I already had a plan.

I sat in my chair and watched with bated breath as he came closer and closer, my body responding to his as if I had been struck with lightening. He walked with his head down and was dressed in a suit similar to that of the Maitre'd. Closer, closer, I was near ready to jump out of my skin as I waited for him to notice me and he was almost completely past me before he stopped walking and finally lifted his head.

I watched with something akin to awe as I watched his body react to my proximity. It was quite incredible. He stood still and I would swear he sniffed the air before he slowly turned towards the direction of the scent. He was now facing me but his eyes were closed. I heard his breath catch in his throat.

It seemed like an eternity that he stood like that, just smelling the air with his eyes closed. Just when I thought I was going to have to stand he opened his eyes and then those absolutely perfect chocolate brown orbs connected with my hazel and tears slipped down both our cheeks. Before the first tear from my eyes could slip off my cheek he was there and I was swept up into his arms. One hand rested on the small of my back the other caressing my face as he kissed my tears away.

It was only a moment before his lips went from my cheeks to the tip of my nose and then finally I felt their warmth on mine. I couldn't help the anguished cry that slipped past my lips as my body cried out in remembrance at his touch. Soft feather light kisses soon became laden with passion when I felt his tongue caress my lips, his way of asking for an invitation. Without hesitation I let my lips part and I felt his tongue sweep my mouth and caress my tongue and it was like heaven.

I tightened my embrace, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck and fisting my hands into his hair. I pressed myself as tightly to him as I could, wanting to be a part of him as my sense delighted in him. My senses felt like they were going into sensory overload and I felt a little dizzy. He wrapped his arms securely around my waist and then lifted me up so that he was standing straight which meant I was dangling at least a foot off the ground.

Suddenly the sound of applause filled my ears and I groaned audibly in protest when Angel lowered me back to the ground and pulled away. We both turned to see the patrons of the restaurant in its entirety on their feet and applauding our little reunion. I couldn't stop the flush of crimson in my cheeks or the giggle that passed my lips as Angel's gaze once more found mine.

"Hello Buffy," He breathed.

For the second time in as many days I had a genuine smile on my face as I whispered,

"Hello."

Every time our eyes meet

This feeling inside me

Is almost more than I can take

Baby when you touch me

I can feel how much you love me

And it just blows me away

I've never been this close to anyone or anything

I can hear your thoughts

I can see your dreams

I don't know how you do what you do

I'm so in love with you

It just keeps getting better

I want to spend the rest of my life

With you by my side

Forever and ever

Every little thing that you do

Baby I'm amazed by you

The smell of your skin

The taste of your kiss

The way you whisper in the dark

You're hair all around me

Baby you surround me

You touch every place in my heart

Oh it feels like the first time every time

I want to spend the whole night in your eyes