::ATTENTION:: This part is PG-13, and is listed before the NC-17 version of it. If you can read the NC-17 version, please go, but, otherwise, read this one. Then, you can skip over Part 7B.

Urgh, I'm a slave to you people!! Hehe, I just keep cranking out the parts, but I'm glad it's not just sitting on a shelf gathering dust, hehe, metaphorically (however you spell that) speaking, of course. Anyways, this is the PG-13 version, so yeah, it's way shorter than the NC-17 version, but, that's life. If you're old enough, I suggest reading the NC-17 version, but, if not, this is the gist of it, except, without all the sex. Hehe.

Part 7/?

Buffy unwrapped herself from Angel's embrace and got up. She stretched, and her back popped. She padded to the counter, where a phone sat. Sleep was evident in her eyes. She could hardly believe what had happened in the course of just less than a day. Angel was human, and they finally had a chance to make things work. Though, they had some tough things to work through. First being, finding Angel's son. She knew he had almost given up, and she couldn't blame him, he'd had no luck for three weeks. But, he hadn't had the Slayer either.
She dialed the familiar number of her house. Willow was probably worried sick.

"Hello?" Willow asked frantically.

"Hey Wil, it's me. I just wanted to check in." Buffy said.

"Where have you been?" Willow demanded.

"I'm in LA, with Angel." Buffy replied calmly, it was tough; she could barely say it without jumping for joy.

"With Angel?" Willow asked, confused. "Is something up?"

"Well, kinda. Angel's human." Buffy confessed.

"What?!" Willow asked.

"We were rewarded for our sacrifices." Buffy explained. "And we're back together. I guess I'll see you guys in a few days. You will take care of Dawn, won't you?" Buffy asked.

"Of course!" Willow said happily. "I'm so happy for you guys, because, maybe, if things worked out for you, they'll work out for Tara and me." Willow confided.

"I hope so." Buffy replied.

"I've got to go. Dawn has a project to work on. And, of course, she needs help." Willow said.

"Okay, see you soon. Give Dawn my love." Buffy said before she hung up.

"Who was that?" Angel asked, startling her.

"Willow," she answered. "Boy, for a human, you're still really sneaky."

He laughed. "I guess you just get used to sneaking up on people," he replied.

Their lips met in a tender embrace, as she wrapped her hand around the back of his neck. "Oh, god, Angel," she moaned into his mouth.

"Buffy," came his husky reply. "I need you."

He steered her to his bedroom. Buffy, with butterflies int her stomach, followed him. She wanted this, she needed this, to get away from Spike. The curse no longer held, they were free to make love. She wanted everything to be perfect, because she loved Angle so much. There love was once again consummated.

*

Her first thought as she awoke was that it had all been a bad dream, and that she really hadn't just slept with the love of her life. She loved him so much, and they had been through so much. If he wasn't with her, she felt as if her world would fall to pieces. She opened her eyes, to see his peering deeply into hers.

"Angel," she whispered.

"Yes," he replied.

"That was so amazing. I've never felt so complete in my life." She said in awe.

"I know," Angel said, placing a kiss on her cheek.

"I love you," Buffy said, before drifting off to sleep.

"I love you, too," Angel said, to her sleeping form.

TBC…

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