A Deathly Romance: Come What May ...2nd Verse (CH8)

By obi's girl

Disclaimer: Come What May...2nd Verse is a continuation of Come What May. The scene with Angel is a bit dark - be warned. Come What May is from Moulin Rouge.

Buffy nodded, "I can't talk to you right now, Jack. Just go away."

He frowned, sitting down next to her. "You know you did the right thing."

"How can it feel right? Angel was my love, my true love for the longest time...how can breaking his heart be the right thing?"

Jack smiled, toying with a stick in his hand. "Come what may, come what may, come what may - I will love you until my dying day."

Buffy smiled, blushing a bit. "Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place. Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace."

He kissed her cheek, holding her close. "Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste."

"It all revolves around you." They echoed, staring at each other, grand smiles on their faces. "And there's no mountain too high; No river too wide, sing out this song; And I'll be there by your side; Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide - But I love you until the end of time."

"Oh, Come what may, come what may, come what may - I will love you until my dying day." Buffy sang as she kissed Jack.

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Angel sighed, staring into the fire. He never thought Buffy would ever leave him, ever hurt him like this. He always thought she loved him. She was all he ever dreamed about. Night after night when he was cursed, her face was the only thing that kept him going. There had never been anyone else. Now, she was gone from him...stolen by Death. That was really bizarre. As far as he knew, Death was Death - stoic, dark, haunted - an enigma. So, why the Hell would she fall for a guy like that?

He nodded, "Never knew I could feel like that; It was like I've never seen the sky before; Wanted to vanish inside your kiss; Every day I'm loved you more and more."

The former vampire walked over to a chest and knelt down in front of it. "Listen to my heart can you hear it sing? Come back to me and forgive everything. Seasons may change, winter to spring - But I love you till the end of time."

He opened the cover, pushed aside some blankets before coming upon a secret compartment. He never dreamed about this, never thought anything this horrible would come to this. But she was his lifeline...and she didn't belong to him anymore. He picked up a knife, staring at its silver blade. "Come what may, come what may, come what may - I will love you until my dying day."

"Come what may." He whispered as the knife ran across his arm. Angel let the blood run down from his arm, until he wiped it with a towel. A tear fell onto his arm, mixing with his blood. "Suddenly the world seems such like a nightmare; Suddenly my life doesn't move with such a perfect grace; Suddenly my life seems like such a waste."

He turned around, hopeful Buffy might enter and stop him. Nothing. No one was there to hear him scream in pain. "It all revolved around you; And there was no mountain too high; No river too wide, sang out this song -" He paused again, choking back a cry. "And I'd have been there by your side."

"Storm clouds may gather and stars may collide.... But I love you until the end of time."

Angel slid the knife across his chest and winced when he felt the blood trickle down. "Come what may, come what may, come what may - I will love you until my dying day."

"Dying day." He echoed as he plunged the knife into his stomach, dropping onto the floor.

TBC