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2. An Otherwise Ordinary Day.
On Saturday Carol and I and the children headed out for a day at the mall. She was grateful for the extra hand with her three and I was grateful for the company. I'd never liked shopping alone too much and since Carol was my closest friend, shopping with her was all the better.
"Hey Carol, what do you think of this, isn't it gorgeous?" I asked her, holding up a pretty embroidered overall outfit for her to see. She was looking through some sale items I'd wanted to check out but this was irresistible.
"That is so pretty!" She breathed, "Aya will look so lovely in it."
"I'm going to get it," I told her walking and pushing Aya, over to the sale rack and looking over what was on it. "I'm so bad when it comes to buying her clothes, I just can't stop myself. Not like you." She smiled.
"Well, you are a little nuts about clothes already, more than I am, plus I have to be restrained with buying for three of them." I saw her point.
Both she and I bought several little things for our daughters in that store. "You want something to eat Beth?" She asked as we pushed our strollers through the precinct and tried to keep her boys to walk with us, not 20 metres in front. We wouldn't normally take the strollers since the girls are both a bit big for being pushed about but we know that mall shopping is one of those things where they would not be able to walk around with us all day. They'd just get too tired so out came the strollers.
"Sure, I'm starving." I told her and we went to sit down at a café diner which wasn't far. When we'd ordered our meals and were attempting to get our daughters to eat theirs - the boys weren't anything near as bad, they munched hungrily on their hamburgers - Carol started going on about Richard again. She didn't do it very often but since I told her we were going out next week she was unstoppable.
"So what are you going to wear?" She asked excitedly, that was until Ellie refused to eat anything but crisps.
"I don't know what to do with her, Aya is so good." She said as she reluctantly opened some low fat crisps for her three year old.
"Well, she isn't always good." I smiled at my baby who was happily chomping away on a sandwich. Carol got back to her point.
"Well, what are you going to wear?"
"Carol, it isn't a date date it's just two friends going out."
"Yeah, right after he's been in love with you forever." I tried to ignore the word forever. Nothing would be forever without him but I continued telling her about my cute black dress I'd gotten a bit ago and where we were going. I swear she was more excited than me. Any way, we had a good talk and were about to get up when she whispered across to me, "Hmmmmmmmm, yum, if you weren't going out with Richard I'd say I'd found the most perfect gorgeous guy for you." She said looking behind me.
"Really, and what does this perfect man look like?"
"Tall, dark, handsome, gorgeous and has this weird mysterious look about him. He's definitely a hunny. Take a look yourself."
"Yeah right, like he won't know we're staring at him, poor guy."
"Oh he's not looking this way, he's ordering at the counter see?" I turned round ready with a smart remark to tell Carol about how he looked like a 'Class A' weirdo but I was suddenly unable to move. I watched him talk to the waitress; I could hear his voice and then cursed myself for not feeling it earlier, for feeling him here, because boy was I feeling it now. The feeling only Angel's presence gave me. I shivered involuntarily and shut my eyes for a brief second, hoping to find that when I opened them again that this would be a bad dream. It wasn't. He was really here, and I needed to go. This horrible panic had swept through me and my chest felt constricted. I turned quickly around when he came our direction and I saw he sat a table away from us, thankfully it was behind me.
"Honey, what's the matter, you've gone really pale."
"I'm fine."
"Maybe you should have eaten more, you know I don't think you eat enough." She said accusatorily, looking at my slender figure.
"I'm fine, just needed a drink." I drank the rest of my soda and felt the feeling come back to my face.
"Okay, but isn't that guy hot?" I looked at her, my eyebrow raised. "What? Just because I'm married doesn't mean I can't admire on my friends behalf." She giggled. And I felt better. For some reason I felt the need to sneak a peak at him one last time and glancing past him I realised with horror just who he was with; Willow. I couldn't mistake that fiery red hair. This was getting even worse and just as I turned back around and Carol asked again if I thought he was hot. I was going to reply when she told me he was looking at us.
"What?" I asked her, hoping she was completely mistaken.
"He's looking at us, well at you." I sat very still and wished I was very far away, I needed a bit of Willow magic and maybe I'd appear in Australia or something. It didn't happen and was the most relieved in my life when she told me he'd stopped looking. Getting out of the café wasn't too hard as it appeared that Willow and Angel were so engrossed in their conversation that they thankfully didn't give the two women pushing strollers and the two boys a second glance as we left.
Unfortunately, the day was officially ruined for me. I tried to forget seeing them and get on with shopping and I did try, Carol and I went to several more shops, buying mostly for the kids but a couple of things for us but I was too distracted. She pointed this out when she told me I'd picked up and starting fiddling with some men's underpants, which were quickly discarded but I couldn't stop obsessing about where they might be. They could be anywhere in this shop, though that was unlikely as we were now in another young children's clothes shop. But anything was possible and I realised with a horrible lurch in my stomach that I didn't know them. I knew what they'd done after college but no more. I'd had an Internet P.I check for me. I wanted to know they were okay. But I didn't know, they could have families. And now I couldn't even walk with Carol and the children through the mall without looking behind me every second step. "Oomph!" It was no wonder I'd practically run over some guy with Aya's stroller.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking." I giggled as I realised I'd nearly run him off his feet and he was recovering his balance. His head jerked up unnaturally fast when he heard me giggle. And it was only then that my breath caught in my chest and I was glad I had the stroller in front of me, in case I lost my balance. His face was a mirror of my shock and after a second he managed to say something.
"Buffy." He breathed; in the way only he said my name. And I looked into his beautiful face, his angelic face.
"Angel."
Duh, duh duh! : )
More Soon. In fact, if I get just one bit of feedback for this chapter I'll put the next chapter up as quick as I can. (I cannot be blamed if this takes longer than you might think, I might be asleep, I am several hours in front of most of you guys! But I'll try : )
2. An Otherwise Ordinary Day.
On Saturday Carol and I and the children headed out for a day at the mall. She was grateful for the extra hand with her three and I was grateful for the company. I'd never liked shopping alone too much and since Carol was my closest friend, shopping with her was all the better.
"Hey Carol, what do you think of this, isn't it gorgeous?" I asked her, holding up a pretty embroidered overall outfit for her to see. She was looking through some sale items I'd wanted to check out but this was irresistible.
"That is so pretty!" She breathed, "Aya will look so lovely in it."
"I'm going to get it," I told her walking and pushing Aya, over to the sale rack and looking over what was on it. "I'm so bad when it comes to buying her clothes, I just can't stop myself. Not like you." She smiled.
"Well, you are a little nuts about clothes already, more than I am, plus I have to be restrained with buying for three of them." I saw her point.
Both she and I bought several little things for our daughters in that store. "You want something to eat Beth?" She asked as we pushed our strollers through the precinct and tried to keep her boys to walk with us, not 20 metres in front. We wouldn't normally take the strollers since the girls are both a bit big for being pushed about but we know that mall shopping is one of those things where they would not be able to walk around with us all day. They'd just get too tired so out came the strollers.
"Sure, I'm starving." I told her and we went to sit down at a café diner which wasn't far. When we'd ordered our meals and were attempting to get our daughters to eat theirs - the boys weren't anything near as bad, they munched hungrily on their hamburgers - Carol started going on about Richard again. She didn't do it very often but since I told her we were going out next week she was unstoppable.
"So what are you going to wear?" She asked excitedly, that was until Ellie refused to eat anything but crisps.
"I don't know what to do with her, Aya is so good." She said as she reluctantly opened some low fat crisps for her three year old.
"Well, she isn't always good." I smiled at my baby who was happily chomping away on a sandwich. Carol got back to her point.
"Well, what are you going to wear?"
"Carol, it isn't a date date it's just two friends going out."
"Yeah, right after he's been in love with you forever." I tried to ignore the word forever. Nothing would be forever without him but I continued telling her about my cute black dress I'd gotten a bit ago and where we were going. I swear she was more excited than me. Any way, we had a good talk and were about to get up when she whispered across to me, "Hmmmmmmmm, yum, if you weren't going out with Richard I'd say I'd found the most perfect gorgeous guy for you." She said looking behind me.
"Really, and what does this perfect man look like?"
"Tall, dark, handsome, gorgeous and has this weird mysterious look about him. He's definitely a hunny. Take a look yourself."
"Yeah right, like he won't know we're staring at him, poor guy."
"Oh he's not looking this way, he's ordering at the counter see?" I turned round ready with a smart remark to tell Carol about how he looked like a 'Class A' weirdo but I was suddenly unable to move. I watched him talk to the waitress; I could hear his voice and then cursed myself for not feeling it earlier, for feeling him here, because boy was I feeling it now. The feeling only Angel's presence gave me. I shivered involuntarily and shut my eyes for a brief second, hoping to find that when I opened them again that this would be a bad dream. It wasn't. He was really here, and I needed to go. This horrible panic had swept through me and my chest felt constricted. I turned quickly around when he came our direction and I saw he sat a table away from us, thankfully it was behind me.
"Honey, what's the matter, you've gone really pale."
"I'm fine."
"Maybe you should have eaten more, you know I don't think you eat enough." She said accusatorily, looking at my slender figure.
"I'm fine, just needed a drink." I drank the rest of my soda and felt the feeling come back to my face.
"Okay, but isn't that guy hot?" I looked at her, my eyebrow raised. "What? Just because I'm married doesn't mean I can't admire on my friends behalf." She giggled. And I felt better. For some reason I felt the need to sneak a peak at him one last time and glancing past him I realised with horror just who he was with; Willow. I couldn't mistake that fiery red hair. This was getting even worse and just as I turned back around and Carol asked again if I thought he was hot. I was going to reply when she told me he was looking at us.
"What?" I asked her, hoping she was completely mistaken.
"He's looking at us, well at you." I sat very still and wished I was very far away, I needed a bit of Willow magic and maybe I'd appear in Australia or something. It didn't happen and was the most relieved in my life when she told me he'd stopped looking. Getting out of the café wasn't too hard as it appeared that Willow and Angel were so engrossed in their conversation that they thankfully didn't give the two women pushing strollers and the two boys a second glance as we left.
Unfortunately, the day was officially ruined for me. I tried to forget seeing them and get on with shopping and I did try, Carol and I went to several more shops, buying mostly for the kids but a couple of things for us but I was too distracted. She pointed this out when she told me I'd picked up and starting fiddling with some men's underpants, which were quickly discarded but I couldn't stop obsessing about where they might be. They could be anywhere in this shop, though that was unlikely as we were now in another young children's clothes shop. But anything was possible and I realised with a horrible lurch in my stomach that I didn't know them. I knew what they'd done after college but no more. I'd had an Internet P.I check for me. I wanted to know they were okay. But I didn't know, they could have families. And now I couldn't even walk with Carol and the children through the mall without looking behind me every second step. "Oomph!" It was no wonder I'd practically run over some guy with Aya's stroller.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking." I giggled as I realised I'd nearly run him off his feet and he was recovering his balance. His head jerked up unnaturally fast when he heard me giggle. And it was only then that my breath caught in my chest and I was glad I had the stroller in front of me, in case I lost my balance. His face was a mirror of my shock and after a second he managed to say something.
"Buffy." He breathed; in the way only he said my name. And I looked into his beautiful face, his angelic face.
"Angel."
Duh, duh duh! : )
More Soon. In fact, if I get just one bit of feedback for this chapter I'll put the next chapter up as quick as I can. (I cannot be blamed if this takes longer than you might think, I might be asleep, I am several hours in front of most of you guys! But I'll try : )