PART 4
The door bell rang and Buffy got it.
"Hey, I came by to check on you, how's it going?" asked Matthew
Buffy sized him up before she looked him in the eyes. Her face blank
of any emotion. She opened the door wider so that he could come in, which
he did. She shut the door behind him after making sure no one had followed
him. She lead him to the kitchen. Just as they both sat down there was a
knock at the door. She got up and walked to the door and opened it. When
she saw who it was she rolled her eyes and tried to shut the door.
"Buffy."
"Not in the mood Angel"
"Come on, I just want to talk to you." He waited a moment before he
pushed it any more. "Can we talk please? I'm worried about you."
"Why?" she asked
"Cause I care about you, and you know it. Can we talk."
Buffy rolled her eyes again and let out a sigh of annoyance and
opened the door and left him to shut it. Once he got in the kitchen,
before he could say anything to Matthew the doorbell rang again.
"God who the hell is that?!?!" She got the door to find Spike. "Piss
off Spike you have no business being here."
"I've finally realized that I love you Buffy. I know . . . ." before
he could finish she pushed him out of the door way, stepped out side and
shut the door so no one would here the rest of the conversation. While she
was telling Spike off, Angel began to talk to Matthew.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Matthew, who are you?"
"I'm Angel, Buffy's boyfriend, what are you doing here?" He asked in
a overprotective boyfriend tone.
"I was checking up on her."
"Why?"
"Angel! Shut up. I don't need you to act like my mother! She's
dead!" Buffy angrily yelled.
"Look Buffy I've obviously came at a bad time, I'll stop by later
tomorrow?' said Matthew
"Ya, okay." She said before he hugged her bye. And then he left.
"What the hell was that?" Angel asked in a some what loud voice.
"What do you want Angel?"
"I'm worried about you? Giles, Willow and Xander told me about your
mother, and how your punishing yourself."
"Oh and tell me Angel, just how am I punishing myself?"
"Not eating or sleeping"
"So what, I don't eat or sleep! What's your point?"
"I want you to stay with me."
"Why?"
"So I can take care of you."
"I already told you Angel, I don't need you to act like my mother."
"Buffy, please. I want to help you, and you're not making it easy.
Just come and stay with me for a while."
"No."
"Come on. Can't we work out some sort of arrangement?"
"What do you have in mind?"
"You stay with me for a month and if you seem to be getting better
than you can leave, if you're not than you stay."
"No way!"
"Fine, what do you think is fair?"
"I'll stay for a week, but the second I want to leave, I'm gone."
"Two weeks."
"Five days." Buffy argued
"Fine a week, but you have to stay at least three days before you
make up you're mind."
"One"
"Two"
"One!"
"Take it or leave it Buffy."
"Or what?"
"Or you won't get a choice in the matter."
"Oh and what the hell is that supposed to mean Angel!?!?
"I think you know what I mean Buffy. You really don't have a choice
in the matter, I've got the others on my side about this."
Buffy began to stare off into space. She could remember her and her
mother had an argument like this before.
[Buffy at age seven]
"Buffy you're going to your fathers for the summer and that is that!"
yelled her mother
"But mommy, I want to stay with you!"
"I'll make a deal with you, you stay with your father for three
weeks, and if you don't like it, you can come home."
"No way mommy!"
"Well what do you think is fair?"
"I'll stay for one week and the second I don't like it, I come home."
"okay but you have to stay at least four days, before you make up
your mind"
"Two"
"Three"
"Two"
"Take it or leave it Buffy, you can always stay for three weeks."
"Oh alright mommy." Buffy pouted
"Buffy?" Buffy jumped as Angel called her name. "Buffy are you gonna take it or not?" asked Angel. Buffy went up the stairs, Angel followed her until he realized that she was only getting her things. She called Matthew to tell him she'd meet him some other time because she had to stay with Angel. They were on the phone until ten. Once she was packed up and ready to go, Angel walked her to his house. When they got there, Buffy went to bed on the couch. About and hour and a half after she fell asleep she began to dream of her mother. Her mother was at home cooking herself lunch, someone came in the house and began to brutally beat her until she was unconscious, when they bit her. Buffy woke up screaming. Angel rushed to her side. "Buffy your okay, everything is okay." "I saw her Angel, she was cooking lunch and someone came in the house and beat her and then . . . . Before she could finish Angel began to kiss her, and before they knew it things began to get out of control. The next thing either of them knew, they were lying naked next to each other in Angel's bed.
"Buffy?" Buffy jumped as Angel called her name. "Buffy are you gonna take it or not?" asked Angel. Buffy went up the stairs, Angel followed her until he realized that she was only getting her things. She called Matthew to tell him she'd meet him some other time because she had to stay with Angel. They were on the phone until ten. Once she was packed up and ready to go, Angel walked her to his house. When they got there, Buffy went to bed on the couch. About and hour and a half after she fell asleep she began to dream of her mother. Her mother was at home cooking herself lunch, someone came in the house and began to brutally beat her until she was unconscious, when they bit her. Buffy woke up screaming. Angel rushed to her side. "Buffy your okay, everything is okay." "I saw her Angel, she was cooking lunch and someone came in the house and beat her and then . . . . Before she could finish Angel began to kiss her, and before they knew it things began to get out of control. The next thing either of them knew, they were lying naked next to each other in Angel's bed.
