"Kiss me each morning for a million years, Hold me each evening at your side... Tell me you love me for a million years, Then if it don't work out Then if it don't work out Then you can tell me goodbye...." -The Casinos

At the library

"Why didn't she come here to tell us herself?" Willow asked.

"Maybe they wanted to be alone," Cordelia offered.

"No," Spike said standing. "The poof left her." He walked out of the library and all the way to the mansion. He entered and went straight into the den where he knew Angel would be.

"Spike go away, I'm not in the mood," Angel said not turning around as his childe entered the room.

"Strangely I find myself not giving a damn," Spike said. "I watched you break her heart while you were an evil vampire. I won't let you do it while you have a soul. She loves you mate. Don't be an idiot."

Angel finally turned around regarding Spike. His eyes widened in shock. "You love her."

"I do," Spike admitted. "But she's in love with you. I just want her to be happy. Don't you?"

"She can't be happy with me."

"Your soul is permanent, you can make her happy."

"It's permanent?"

"Yes, Willow and Giles changed the spell a little. Angel, just go to her, talk to her, if you still want to leave then at least both of you can have closure."

"I never thought I'd say this but you're right. Thank you Spike."

"Whatever," Spike said. "Bloody hell, I've been hanging out with the Scooby Gang way too long." Angel glanced at him strangely and left. He walked to Buffy's house and climbed up the tree gently tapping on her window. She turned and walked to it opening it.

"The worst part," he said. "Was listening to all the horrible things he said to you and to not be able to do anything about it."

"Come in," she said. He climbed into her room.

"Hearing him say how bad you were in bed when neither of us had ever experienced anything like that night."

"You're just-"

"Its' the truth. What I felt when I was with you Buffy surpassed anything I had ever felt with another woman. Angelus felt it too, and it scared the hell out of him. That's why he told you what he did. But after a while his desire to kill and torture and kill you faded into a desire to have you, to own you." They sat down on her bed. "He knew he couldn't have your heart so he figured he'd settle for your body."

"Why did you come here?" she asked bluntly.

"Spike talked some sense into me," he said.

"Spike?" she asked surprised.

"I know things won't be easy," Angel said. "But I'm willing to try. I'll stay if you want me to." She smiled and leaned in to kiss him. "Is that a yes?"

"That's a: let's try out that new curse," Buffy said. Angel grinned kissing her again.