Hey all! This is a song-fic chapter. The song is ( you guessed it )
"Standing Still" off Jewels' album THIS WAY.
FEED ME! Please!!!
Summary: Buffy & Angel dance, as the school looks on.
Chapter 5
Entranced by the blonde goddess clasping his hand, he swiftly led her to the center of the Bronzes' dance floor. As he stared into her clear, green eyes with his chocolate brown ones, they both melted.
*Cutting through the darkest night are my two headlights
Trying to keep it clear but I'm losing it here to the twilight*
Buffy had tried to stay together. She really had. But this man that was encircling his arms around her waist...he really did fit his name, didn't he? Angel. But he was an Angel of darkness, not light.
He'll be my Angel if I have any say in the matter, she thought. She snuggled closer to him.
*There's a dead end to my left, there's a burning bush to my right.
You aren't in sight, you aren't in sight.*
Angel tore away his gaze from the golden head beneath him, looking over at Spike who was making the signal with his hands that SHE was here. Darla. His bitchy, older ex. He looked to his right, towards the bar. She was there, wiping the bar table, fire burning in her eyes as she jealously watched his Buffy. His Buffy -- where had that come from, he thought? But it sounded... right. Meant to be. He tightened his arms around her and smiled into her glowing face.
*Do you want me
Like I want you*
Yes. I want you, thought both simultaneously. They couldn't stop the grins that spread across their faces.
Wanting to get to know the girl in his arms, and intent on getting away from Darlas' and others' prying eyes, he whispered into her ear, " Do you want to go somewhere else, and talk?" She whispered back,
" I'd like that."
*Or am I standing still
Beneath a darkened sky*
After getting their things, they stood under the pitch-black sky outside the Bronze, looking up at the breathtaking yet lonely sight of the crescent moon without its fellow stars tonight. Buffys' breath was visible as she spoke. " It's so beautiful."
Angel, who was looking at the moon as well, replied: " You're beautiful." She turned to him.
*Or am I standing still
With the scenery flying by*
They could have drowned in each other forever if it had not been for the musics' sudden volume increase from inside the Bronze. Buffy tore her eyes away. " Where do you want to go? I'm new here, so I don't really have the inside scoop on the best hangout spots. Yet."
Angel laughed gently. For the first time in months, years, the only real laughter, the only real happiness he had ever felt was with someone he had only truly known for ten minutes. Ever since... ever since THAT had happened, he had never been the same. But somehow, he felt himself returning. He had put up a facade long enough for everyone at school. He wasn't going to lie to Buffy. When he was with her, he wasn't sure if his feet were still touching the ground, or if everyone, everything else was rushing past him, or -- he interrupted his own thoughts. " Why don't we... could we go to your house? I could meet your family..."
Buffy was amazed. A guy who wanted to meet her family? She could see that Willow's words must have been true. He was perfect. And he wants you. May as well. Get the Mom and Sister Stamps of Approval, then they could... well, whatever they were doing. This, she supposed.
*Or am I standing still
Out of the corner of my eye
Was that you
Passing me by? *
"Sure. I mean, they'll really want to meet the reason why I've been so happy lately," she said offhandedly. Then she heard the words again in her head. Oh. My. God. " Um.." she blushed. He took her smaller hand in his larger one and squeezed it warmly. "Don't worry. I feel the same way."
Both hearts surged as they walked the way to his car.
*Mother's on the stoop, boys' in in souped-up coupes
On this hot summer night*
Joyce Summers' opened the door of 1630 Revello Drive when she heard a car in the driveway. Peering out into the darkness, she saw a black, 67' Plymouth roll up. Her elder daughter start to get out, her face shining, then she stopped. Dawn ran to the door to see who it was, sloshing her mug of hot chocolate on the ground. "Who is it, Mom?"
A darkly handsome young man got out of the car and went around to the passenger side of the car. Then Buffy stepped out, carefully holding his hand. "Back inside, Dawn," ushered her mother.
*Between fight and flight
Is the blind mans' sight and the choice that's right*
I'm not blind, thought Dawn. I know that boys' the reason Buffy's been so happy! It's like, totally all over her face!
"Mom, I think that guys' the reason why Buffy was whistling Aladdin today."
Joyce smiled at her youngest daughter, then turned back to the window. "I know it is, sweetheart."
*I roll the window down
Feel like I'm gonna drown
In this strange town*
Buffy and Angel walked slowly up the drive. The birds chirped their night song all around them. Angel broke the silence.
"Buffy..?"
She turned to face him. "Yes?"
He looks kind of nervous. "Do you think... that we could go for coffee? Sometime?" Please, he prayed silently.
*Feel broken down
Feel broken down*
Buffy flushed with excitement. He was doing it! Asking her THE question. Coffee! But, she played it cool.
*Do you want me?
Like I want you?*
"Sure. Sometime."
They walked inside.
Angels' heart sung.
Buffy closed the door behind them.
*Or am I standing still
Beneath a darkened sky?
Or am I standing still
With the scenery flying by?
Or am I standing still
Out of the corner of my eye
Was that you passing me by? *
"Standing Still" off Jewels' album THIS WAY.
FEED ME! Please!!!
Summary: Buffy & Angel dance, as the school looks on.
Chapter 5
Entranced by the blonde goddess clasping his hand, he swiftly led her to the center of the Bronzes' dance floor. As he stared into her clear, green eyes with his chocolate brown ones, they both melted.
*Cutting through the darkest night are my two headlights
Trying to keep it clear but I'm losing it here to the twilight*
Buffy had tried to stay together. She really had. But this man that was encircling his arms around her waist...he really did fit his name, didn't he? Angel. But he was an Angel of darkness, not light.
He'll be my Angel if I have any say in the matter, she thought. She snuggled closer to him.
*There's a dead end to my left, there's a burning bush to my right.
You aren't in sight, you aren't in sight.*
Angel tore away his gaze from the golden head beneath him, looking over at Spike who was making the signal with his hands that SHE was here. Darla. His bitchy, older ex. He looked to his right, towards the bar. She was there, wiping the bar table, fire burning in her eyes as she jealously watched his Buffy. His Buffy -- where had that come from, he thought? But it sounded... right. Meant to be. He tightened his arms around her and smiled into her glowing face.
*Do you want me
Like I want you*
Yes. I want you, thought both simultaneously. They couldn't stop the grins that spread across their faces.
Wanting to get to know the girl in his arms, and intent on getting away from Darlas' and others' prying eyes, he whispered into her ear, " Do you want to go somewhere else, and talk?" She whispered back,
" I'd like that."
*Or am I standing still
Beneath a darkened sky*
After getting their things, they stood under the pitch-black sky outside the Bronze, looking up at the breathtaking yet lonely sight of the crescent moon without its fellow stars tonight. Buffys' breath was visible as she spoke. " It's so beautiful."
Angel, who was looking at the moon as well, replied: " You're beautiful." She turned to him.
*Or am I standing still
With the scenery flying by*
They could have drowned in each other forever if it had not been for the musics' sudden volume increase from inside the Bronze. Buffy tore her eyes away. " Where do you want to go? I'm new here, so I don't really have the inside scoop on the best hangout spots. Yet."
Angel laughed gently. For the first time in months, years, the only real laughter, the only real happiness he had ever felt was with someone he had only truly known for ten minutes. Ever since... ever since THAT had happened, he had never been the same. But somehow, he felt himself returning. He had put up a facade long enough for everyone at school. He wasn't going to lie to Buffy. When he was with her, he wasn't sure if his feet were still touching the ground, or if everyone, everything else was rushing past him, or -- he interrupted his own thoughts. " Why don't we... could we go to your house? I could meet your family..."
Buffy was amazed. A guy who wanted to meet her family? She could see that Willow's words must have been true. He was perfect. And he wants you. May as well. Get the Mom and Sister Stamps of Approval, then they could... well, whatever they were doing. This, she supposed.
*Or am I standing still
Out of the corner of my eye
Was that you
Passing me by? *
"Sure. I mean, they'll really want to meet the reason why I've been so happy lately," she said offhandedly. Then she heard the words again in her head. Oh. My. God. " Um.." she blushed. He took her smaller hand in his larger one and squeezed it warmly. "Don't worry. I feel the same way."
Both hearts surged as they walked the way to his car.
*Mother's on the stoop, boys' in in souped-up coupes
On this hot summer night*
Joyce Summers' opened the door of 1630 Revello Drive when she heard a car in the driveway. Peering out into the darkness, she saw a black, 67' Plymouth roll up. Her elder daughter start to get out, her face shining, then she stopped. Dawn ran to the door to see who it was, sloshing her mug of hot chocolate on the ground. "Who is it, Mom?"
A darkly handsome young man got out of the car and went around to the passenger side of the car. Then Buffy stepped out, carefully holding his hand. "Back inside, Dawn," ushered her mother.
*Between fight and flight
Is the blind mans' sight and the choice that's right*
I'm not blind, thought Dawn. I know that boys' the reason Buffy's been so happy! It's like, totally all over her face!
"Mom, I think that guys' the reason why Buffy was whistling Aladdin today."
Joyce smiled at her youngest daughter, then turned back to the window. "I know it is, sweetheart."
*I roll the window down
Feel like I'm gonna drown
In this strange town*
Buffy and Angel walked slowly up the drive. The birds chirped their night song all around them. Angel broke the silence.
"Buffy..?"
She turned to face him. "Yes?"
He looks kind of nervous. "Do you think... that we could go for coffee? Sometime?" Please, he prayed silently.
*Feel broken down
Feel broken down*
Buffy flushed with excitement. He was doing it! Asking her THE question. Coffee! But, she played it cool.
*Do you want me?
Like I want you?*
"Sure. Sometime."
They walked inside.
Angels' heart sung.
Buffy closed the door behind them.
*Or am I standing still
Beneath a darkened sky?
Or am I standing still
With the scenery flying by?
Or am I standing still
Out of the corner of my eye
Was that you passing me by? *