Title: Arms of a Stranger

Author: Sara6255

Rating: PG-13 - R

Pairing: A/B

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything. (So sad)

Summary: Buffy moves to Sunnydale with her mom during the middle of season 2 time period, then she meets Angel.

Spoilers: Season 2, if any

Author's Notes: Vampires and demons don't exist; Buffy is just a regular girl. Spike and Angel are alive and they go to Sunnydale High. Angel is good, but sometimes he exhibits Angelus-like qualities.

** appears when a person is thinking.

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Buffy and Cordelia were in Buffy's room studying for a history test. "What if he's just using me?" Buffy couldn't concentrate.

Cordelia smiled, "Huh?"

"What if he's just using me for...you know."

"Sex?"

"Yea."

"Find out."

"How?"

"Make him jealous."

"Huh?"

"Find some other hot guy...not possible...and flirt with him like mad. The guy will intimidate Angel and you flirting will make will make him totally jealous, hopefully. If this happens, then he is all yours; totally head- over-heals. But, if he does nothing, then he is just using you."

"Where do you come up with this stuff?"

"Years of practice my dear." Cordelia grinned.

Buffy smiled, "Do you do that to Xander?"

"If his eyes start to wander, I do. It works every time."

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Later that night at the Bronze, Angel couldn't keep his hands off her; he was groping her and kissing her neck and ears, so Buffy did what Cordelia suggested. Buffy looked around the room, "Hmm...Scott!"

Buffy fixed her hair and walked over to Scott and started talking to him. She would smile and giggle, smooth his hair and play with his shirt, all the while watching Angel's reaction. He was watching her like a hawk and she could see the fire burning in his eyes. *It's working!* She thought to herself.

She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw him, "Andy." She whispered. The guy had been stalking her all night, and when he finally got her attention, he grinned and winked at her.

Angel saw the horror on Buffy's face and went to her rescue. "Buffy, what's wrong?" He focused his attention on what she was staring at. Angel clenched his teeth, "Andy." Andy saw him and smiled. Angel took Buffy's hand and pulled her through the crowd and out of the Bronze.

"He followed me; he was watching me." Buffy was shaking.

Angel hugged her, "I'll kill him before I let him near you." He put her in his car and too her home. When they got to Buffy's house, Angel noticed her mom was gone.

"Where's your mom?"

"Business trip."

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No, please stay with me."

Angel took Buffy to her room, "You'll be ok. Lay down and sleep." Buffy layed down and looked at Angel, "Why is he doing this?" Angel sat on the floor next to her bed, "Because of me. He is kinda pissed at me and now that I have "stolen" what he thinks belongs to him, he'll do whatever he can to bring me down, and he's taking great pleasure in it." Buffy looked confused, "What did you steal?"

"You."

"Me?! What are you talking about? I never belonged to him!"

"That's not what he thinks. The second he saw you, he "claimed" you. When I stopped him, it got personal."

"K, this kid is seriously deranged. But, why does he hate you so much?"

"I dropped him."

"Huh?"

"He did something and I took the fall for it, because we were best friends. Anyway, I got out of it - - don't ask how, then I dropped him. He was too intense; He took everything I did to the next level and I wasn't about to go down with him, so I dropped him."

"So because you helped me, he is even more ticked off. But why would he be so pissed if you just dropped him?"

"I made him the way he is, then just left him."

"That's not it. He really has it in for you. What happened?"

Angel stood up, "Buffy, get some sleep."

"Angel, what happened?!"

"Buffy," Angel turned around and glared at her with his teeth clenched, "forget it! You'll be fine here. I'm gonna go downstairs."

"Angel, I'm..."

"Buffy, go to sleep."

Angel closed the door behind him and went downstairs. He sat on the couch until the sun came up.

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End of part 6.