Part 2
"Buffy, how do you think you're going to pull this off?" Giles demanded.
"Giles, I have to do this. I won't let anyone else do this. I won't let Angel be gone for that long." Buffy replied.
"Buffy, don't you understand? Demons will be after you the whole time They'll want that box." Giles said, gesturing to the box at her feet.
"Giles, I'm the Slayer, the Chosen One, I can take care of myself. It won't take me long and I'll be back in Sunnydale by the end of the week, if not sooner.
"I'm not saying I condone this behavior, because you know I don't, but if you must, go." Giles sighed.
"I was going to anyways." Buffy said lightly.
She turned to Angel, a pulled him over to the corner of the Bronze. She kissed his forehead. "I'm sorry I hit you." She said, honestly.
"I know you didn't mean it." Angel replied.
"I have to do this. I have to get that box out of town." Buffy said.
"I know. I felt like I had to, but it does make more sense for you, since you can walk in the daylight." He replied.
There is an awkward pause, before Angel continues. "Buffy, give me one last date." Angel said.
"No." Buffy replied quickly. "No one last date. It won't be the last. I'll be back, I promise."
"I know you will, but, there's something I want to give you, just in case you lose your way." Angel said, sadly.
"Okay, but I won't." Buffy held his big hands in her small ones, and gently kissed it.
Angel pulled a small, black box out of his pocket and opened it to reveal a small, silver ring. He gently placed it on her finger, and kissed it. Buffy was in silent tears now.
"My people -- before I was changed -- they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship, the crown represents loyalty... and the heart... Well, you know... Wear it with the heart pointing towards you. It means you belong to somebody. Like this." He held up his hand, showing her his identical one.
"Oh, Angel, it's beautiful." She sobbed.
"Buffy, there's something I've been wanting to tell you." Angel started.
"What." Buffy asked quietly.
"Buffy, I-I love you." Angel stated.
Buffty took this in, "Oh, Angel, I love you, too. You're my soul mate." She was crying and sobbing loudly. He held her tightly in his strong arms.
"I love you." He whispered silently into her hair.
She looks at him, and he captures her lips in a passionate kiss. The kiss continues, and their hands entwine in each other's hair. She slowly broke away.
"When do I leave?" Buffy asked quietly.
"I wish never." Angel replied. "You should probably leave tomorrow."
"I know. I don't want to." Buffy said.
"I know, I don't want you to either." Angel replied, kissing away a few of her salty tears.
"What am I going to tell my mom?" She asked him.
"I don't know." He replied.
"Should I tell her the truth, se deserves it." Buffy questioned.
"I don't know, that's for you, and only you to decide." Angel replied.
"I know." Buffy said.
They kissed again, and again. Buffy continued to cry, and Angel wept silently.
"Buffy, how do you think you're going to pull this off?" Giles demanded.
"Giles, I have to do this. I won't let anyone else do this. I won't let Angel be gone for that long." Buffy replied.
"Buffy, don't you understand? Demons will be after you the whole time They'll want that box." Giles said, gesturing to the box at her feet.
"Giles, I'm the Slayer, the Chosen One, I can take care of myself. It won't take me long and I'll be back in Sunnydale by the end of the week, if not sooner.
"I'm not saying I condone this behavior, because you know I don't, but if you must, go." Giles sighed.
"I was going to anyways." Buffy said lightly.
She turned to Angel, a pulled him over to the corner of the Bronze. She kissed his forehead. "I'm sorry I hit you." She said, honestly.
"I know you didn't mean it." Angel replied.
"I have to do this. I have to get that box out of town." Buffy said.
"I know. I felt like I had to, but it does make more sense for you, since you can walk in the daylight." He replied.
There is an awkward pause, before Angel continues. "Buffy, give me one last date." Angel said.
"No." Buffy replied quickly. "No one last date. It won't be the last. I'll be back, I promise."
"I know you will, but, there's something I want to give you, just in case you lose your way." Angel said, sadly.
"Okay, but I won't." Buffy held his big hands in her small ones, and gently kissed it.
Angel pulled a small, black box out of his pocket and opened it to reveal a small, silver ring. He gently placed it on her finger, and kissed it. Buffy was in silent tears now.
"My people -- before I was changed -- they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a claddagh ring. The hands represent friendship, the crown represents loyalty... and the heart... Well, you know... Wear it with the heart pointing towards you. It means you belong to somebody. Like this." He held up his hand, showing her his identical one.
"Oh, Angel, it's beautiful." She sobbed.
"Buffy, there's something I've been wanting to tell you." Angel started.
"What." Buffy asked quietly.
"Buffy, I-I love you." Angel stated.
Buffty took this in, "Oh, Angel, I love you, too. You're my soul mate." She was crying and sobbing loudly. He held her tightly in his strong arms.
"I love you." He whispered silently into her hair.
She looks at him, and he captures her lips in a passionate kiss. The kiss continues, and their hands entwine in each other's hair. She slowly broke away.
"When do I leave?" Buffy asked quietly.
"I wish never." Angel replied. "You should probably leave tomorrow."
"I know. I don't want to." Buffy said.
"I know, I don't want you to either." Angel replied, kissing away a few of her salty tears.
"What am I going to tell my mom?" She asked him.
"I don't know." He replied.
"Should I tell her the truth, se deserves it." Buffy questioned.
"I don't know, that's for you, and only you to decide." Angel replied.
"I know." Buffy said.
They kissed again, and again. Buffy continued to cry, and Angel wept silently.