Authors note: Wow this was a hard one to write! I think its now finally
starting to decline..argh. Yell if it's appalling and I'll see what I can
do.. Thanks for the reviews!!!
Here goes
Chap 11
Days passed and finally Buffy was back up on her feet. She still suffered from some pain, but she was healing fast. She hadn't seen Angel since that night and she certainly hadn't planned on seeing him. He was a vampire, a creature of the night and she had fallen for him. Fallen for him so hard that the mention of his name would make her cringe.
Neither Giles nor the others knew his true identity and it was going to stay like that. Buffy couldn't risk them finding out. Deep down she knew they would in the end, but for now, it was safer this way.
She left the house and made her way out on patrol. Her head swarmed with thoughts about the vampire, as it had done since she found out. It made her feel sick as she relived the moment his game face slipped out, his vampire features instantly kicking into her instincts, to hunt and kill.
Yet she hadn't killed him and she couldn't work out why. It was clear to her that he could be dangerous to the population of Sunnydale and at the end of the day he was just another vampire to add to her death count.
Just another vampire.
But he wasn't just another vampire. He was special, he had a soul and she knew she loved him for it.
"I love you." His words invaded her conscience again.
"I love you too." She sighed as she walked onwards; the cemetery loomed ahead of her. As she walked she felt eyes watching her, following her every move.
She stopped as she located the eyes, deep and piecing, hidden away from view.
"OK, stop the creepy stalking" Buffy turned in the direction of the "eyes" and stared back.
He stepped out of the bushes, instantly turning his eyes away from hers.
"Oh." Buffy was unsure about what to do.
Angel kept walking towards her, his body sent submissive signals to hers, trying to reassure her. "Hi." His voice was low and peaceful.
"Its you." Buffy didn't no whether to hit him or cry.
"It's me." He smiled. "How you feeling?" Angel's concern flowed through his eyes.
"Fine." Buffy was on the defensive. "What do you want?" Buffy shot him a look.
"To talk." Angel shrugged his shoulders.
"You got 5 minutes." Buffy folded her arms across her chest.
"I can't help it Buffy, I've tried so hard to stop but I-I." A twig snapped behind Angel. He spun quickly catching a vampire with the heel of his foot. The vamp went down but soon leaped back up onto its feet.
"You vamps, always pick the right time to interrupt don't you!" Angel sarcastically smiled, allowing his fist to connect with the vamps face. Buffy tossed her stake in Angel's direction, where he brought it down, impaling the young vamp on the end of the wooden weapon. Dust fell around Angel.
"As you were saying." Buffy urged him to continue.
"I can't stop loving you." Angel had his back turned to the slayer, he sighed, his head hung low in rejection.
"Me too." She said it so quiet even Angel had to struggle to hear her. "I hate you for what you are but yet I love you so much Angel." New tears began to flow.
Angel could have jumped for joy but instead he spun, choosing now to look deep into her eyes. "We can't act on it Buffy, its not right." Everything inside Angel began to scream. *What are you doing you idiot! She says she loves you so you say you can't be together!
"I know." Buffy looked down, her heart fell.
"Just friends then?" Angel smiled, hiding the pure hatred he held for himself at that moment.
"Yep." She answered, smiling. How could they just be friends when, whenever she saw him she could hardly stand not being close to him.
Angel turned in the darkness and took up pace with Buffy, the two of them talking and walking onwards through the cemetery. "So how'd you get your soul?" Buffy began, neither of them noticed that their hands where now intertwined, Buffy's small hand in his..
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Here goes
Chap 11
Days passed and finally Buffy was back up on her feet. She still suffered from some pain, but she was healing fast. She hadn't seen Angel since that night and she certainly hadn't planned on seeing him. He was a vampire, a creature of the night and she had fallen for him. Fallen for him so hard that the mention of his name would make her cringe.
Neither Giles nor the others knew his true identity and it was going to stay like that. Buffy couldn't risk them finding out. Deep down she knew they would in the end, but for now, it was safer this way.
She left the house and made her way out on patrol. Her head swarmed with thoughts about the vampire, as it had done since she found out. It made her feel sick as she relived the moment his game face slipped out, his vampire features instantly kicking into her instincts, to hunt and kill.
Yet she hadn't killed him and she couldn't work out why. It was clear to her that he could be dangerous to the population of Sunnydale and at the end of the day he was just another vampire to add to her death count.
Just another vampire.
But he wasn't just another vampire. He was special, he had a soul and she knew she loved him for it.
"I love you." His words invaded her conscience again.
"I love you too." She sighed as she walked onwards; the cemetery loomed ahead of her. As she walked she felt eyes watching her, following her every move.
She stopped as she located the eyes, deep and piecing, hidden away from view.
"OK, stop the creepy stalking" Buffy turned in the direction of the "eyes" and stared back.
He stepped out of the bushes, instantly turning his eyes away from hers.
"Oh." Buffy was unsure about what to do.
Angel kept walking towards her, his body sent submissive signals to hers, trying to reassure her. "Hi." His voice was low and peaceful.
"Its you." Buffy didn't no whether to hit him or cry.
"It's me." He smiled. "How you feeling?" Angel's concern flowed through his eyes.
"Fine." Buffy was on the defensive. "What do you want?" Buffy shot him a look.
"To talk." Angel shrugged his shoulders.
"You got 5 minutes." Buffy folded her arms across her chest.
"I can't help it Buffy, I've tried so hard to stop but I-I." A twig snapped behind Angel. He spun quickly catching a vampire with the heel of his foot. The vamp went down but soon leaped back up onto its feet.
"You vamps, always pick the right time to interrupt don't you!" Angel sarcastically smiled, allowing his fist to connect with the vamps face. Buffy tossed her stake in Angel's direction, where he brought it down, impaling the young vamp on the end of the wooden weapon. Dust fell around Angel.
"As you were saying." Buffy urged him to continue.
"I can't stop loving you." Angel had his back turned to the slayer, he sighed, his head hung low in rejection.
"Me too." She said it so quiet even Angel had to struggle to hear her. "I hate you for what you are but yet I love you so much Angel." New tears began to flow.
Angel could have jumped for joy but instead he spun, choosing now to look deep into her eyes. "We can't act on it Buffy, its not right." Everything inside Angel began to scream. *What are you doing you idiot! She says she loves you so you say you can't be together!
"I know." Buffy looked down, her heart fell.
"Just friends then?" Angel smiled, hiding the pure hatred he held for himself at that moment.
"Yep." She answered, smiling. How could they just be friends when, whenever she saw him she could hardly stand not being close to him.
Angel turned in the darkness and took up pace with Buffy, the two of them talking and walking onwards through the cemetery. "So how'd you get your soul?" Buffy began, neither of them noticed that their hands where now intertwined, Buffy's small hand in his..
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