Chap 12
Angel brought his stake down, and dust fell like snow around him. He wiped the smear of blood away from his mouth with the back of his hand and morphed back into his human form.
All Giles could do was stand in shock. All he had been doing was making his way home from training with Buffy when he spotted the vampire. Instantly he took cover, kicking himself for telling Buffy he would be ok on his own. He watched as the vampire wiped blood from his mouth and morphed back into his human form.
Giles recognised him immediately. It was Buffy's "Friend".
"Oh god" Giles whispered, fleeing from the scene as fast as he could.
"Willow!" Giles banged on her front door, trying to get some attention.
"What?" Willow opened the door, Xander stood close behind, a piece of pizza held up in his hand.
"Hey Giles." Xander welcomed, not realising the panic in Giles' face.
Willow saw it. "C-Come on in." She moved out of the way and ushered the two of them into the lounge. "W-w-what is it?" Willow could feel panic rising up inside her.
"It's Buffy." Giles removed his glasses and began to pace the floor.
"Isn't it always" Xander rolled his eyes. "What's up with the Buffster now then?"
"Her- her friend, tall, dark - "
"Handsome, mysterious." Xander rolled his eyes again, Cordelia had mentioned him several times.
"What about him?" Willow asked, a frown appeared across her forehead.
"He's a vampire." Giles said simply.
"Oh no! Buffy will be devastated and everything was going so well." Willow sighed heavily.
"Let's take him down then!" Xander was always eager to take down one of Buffy's love's.
"Now now Xander, we shouldn't rush into these things." Giles paced for a few more moments. "Get the stakes." He looked up at Willow.
"Shouldn't we get Buffy?" Xander asked, fear suddenly appeared in his face.
"NO! This could break her heart." Willow told Xander sternly.
"But they weren't that close were they?" Xander was eager for the slayer to join them.
"Where have you been the past few weeks?" Willow tossed him a stake and exited the house.
The three scoobs stayed close together as they walked through the cemetery, darkness seeped in around them.
"Looks like he's not here." Willow smiled weakly.
Something stirred up ahead. Xander froze; he spotted the dark figure before the others. "That's him!" He whispered, not knowing quite what to do next.
Giles spoke next "After 3.1,2,3!" The trio charged.
Angel stood with his back to them, listening into the darkness. Footsteps sounded behind him, growing louder and louder, faster and faster until-
Angel didn't have time to move out of the way as Xander came charging head first at the vampire. Angel was knocked flat off his feet. Xander stood quickly a large cross held in one hand and a stake in the other.
"Wow." Angel looked at the comical trio that stood surrounding him. "What's going on?" a bemused look crossed his face.
"S-Shush Vampire." Willow tried to stop shaking.
"O crap." Angel sighed. He lay still for a moment deciding his next move. As fast as lightening he was on his feet, Xander, Giles and Willow watched as their weapons fell to the ground.
"Now that was fast." Xander sighed. "RUN!" He screamed at the others. They didn't need telling twice.
"Wait!" Angel called after them, but it fell on deaf ears. "I'm not what you think.." He turned back into the darkness, making his way home.
Buffy walked into the library next morning with a smile on her face. "Hey guys." She spotted them, seated around the table in the centre of the room. Confusion crossed her face as she saw them, all of them looked down as they caught her gaze.
"What's going on?" Buffy seated herself next to Willow.
"Buffy, there's no easy way to tell you this. Angel he's a vampire." Willow placed her hand on her best friends and squeezed it reassuringly.
"Oh - " Shit. They knew. What should she do? Should she fess up? "I-I have to go." Buffy rose slowly from the table.
"Buffy please." Giles tried to stop his slayer from leaving.
"No Giles." Buffy gave him a stern look and left, she had to see Angel.
She approached his Mansion quietly. They knew he was a vampire and she knew that they would want her to take him down. But she couldn't, she loved him to much.
"Hey" She smiled, finding him reading a book on his leather couch.
"Hey." He smiled in return, putting the book down and rising to greet her.
"They know." She mumbled into his chest as he brought her in for a hug,
"I know." He replied. "They found out last night, they were going to stake me." He looked down at her in his arms.
"What do I do!" She sighed stepping away from him and pacing the room. "They'll want me to kill you Angel, they won't understand." She sighed, her voice thick with worry.
"It'll be alright." Angel stepped up to her, wrapping his arms loosely around her back. Suddenly he found he could not let go, the declaration of just being friends had disappeared from both their memories.
He bent down and placed a light kiss on her forehead and then her lips, unable to tear himself away from her. Buffy cuddled into the warmth that emitted from him although his actual temperature was so cold. She loved to be in his arms and feel safe. She closed her eyes as he kissed her, pure love passed through both their bodies.
"NO!" Giles grabbed hold of Angel and pulled him away from Buffy. "Don't you even think about it." He held a stake readily in his hand.
"Giles - " Buffy opened her eyes and shot him a pleading look.
"What were you doing. HE'S A VAMPIRE!" Giles chest heaved as his blood began to boil with anger.
"He's different - " Buffy began
"No he isn't Buffy, he is a blood sucking vampire who would take any opportunity to kill you." Giles flashed his eyes at Angel.
"I would never kill her." Angel growled.
"I am not stupid enough to believe a vampire unlike some people." Giles scoffed.
"He has a soul Giles, He's the demon hunter you were going on about the other day." Buffy stepped towards her watcher.
Giles stood amazed "Y-You kill your own kind?" Giles stared blankly at the vamp.
"Yes. And every single human that I have ever killed I have paid for." Angel hung his head low.
"And I suppose you think this sorts things out do you." Giles looked back at Buffy.
"Well no, but I love him Giles." Buffy quietly answered.
"You don't know what love is." Giles turned his back to the both of them.
"Love is pain, love is suffering and love is what burns brightly in my heart Giles. I can't think straight, I can't eat and I certainly can't sleep without thinking about him." Buffy's eyes filled with tears.
Giles turned back at Buffy, his voice lowered. "It's your decision Buffy." He looked down and threw the stake at his slayer and made his way out of the mansion. "You decide."
Buffy looked down at the wooden stake that lay peacefully on the stone floor. Angel brought his arm around her to hug her but she shrugged him off. "Not now Angel." She wiped a tear from her face and left him, stood alone in his mansion.
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Angel brought his stake down, and dust fell like snow around him. He wiped the smear of blood away from his mouth with the back of his hand and morphed back into his human form.
All Giles could do was stand in shock. All he had been doing was making his way home from training with Buffy when he spotted the vampire. Instantly he took cover, kicking himself for telling Buffy he would be ok on his own. He watched as the vampire wiped blood from his mouth and morphed back into his human form.
Giles recognised him immediately. It was Buffy's "Friend".
"Oh god" Giles whispered, fleeing from the scene as fast as he could.
"Willow!" Giles banged on her front door, trying to get some attention.
"What?" Willow opened the door, Xander stood close behind, a piece of pizza held up in his hand.
"Hey Giles." Xander welcomed, not realising the panic in Giles' face.
Willow saw it. "C-Come on in." She moved out of the way and ushered the two of them into the lounge. "W-w-what is it?" Willow could feel panic rising up inside her.
"It's Buffy." Giles removed his glasses and began to pace the floor.
"Isn't it always" Xander rolled his eyes. "What's up with the Buffster now then?"
"Her- her friend, tall, dark - "
"Handsome, mysterious." Xander rolled his eyes again, Cordelia had mentioned him several times.
"What about him?" Willow asked, a frown appeared across her forehead.
"He's a vampire." Giles said simply.
"Oh no! Buffy will be devastated and everything was going so well." Willow sighed heavily.
"Let's take him down then!" Xander was always eager to take down one of Buffy's love's.
"Now now Xander, we shouldn't rush into these things." Giles paced for a few more moments. "Get the stakes." He looked up at Willow.
"Shouldn't we get Buffy?" Xander asked, fear suddenly appeared in his face.
"NO! This could break her heart." Willow told Xander sternly.
"But they weren't that close were they?" Xander was eager for the slayer to join them.
"Where have you been the past few weeks?" Willow tossed him a stake and exited the house.
The three scoobs stayed close together as they walked through the cemetery, darkness seeped in around them.
"Looks like he's not here." Willow smiled weakly.
Something stirred up ahead. Xander froze; he spotted the dark figure before the others. "That's him!" He whispered, not knowing quite what to do next.
Giles spoke next "After 3.1,2,3!" The trio charged.
Angel stood with his back to them, listening into the darkness. Footsteps sounded behind him, growing louder and louder, faster and faster until-
Angel didn't have time to move out of the way as Xander came charging head first at the vampire. Angel was knocked flat off his feet. Xander stood quickly a large cross held in one hand and a stake in the other.
"Wow." Angel looked at the comical trio that stood surrounding him. "What's going on?" a bemused look crossed his face.
"S-Shush Vampire." Willow tried to stop shaking.
"O crap." Angel sighed. He lay still for a moment deciding his next move. As fast as lightening he was on his feet, Xander, Giles and Willow watched as their weapons fell to the ground.
"Now that was fast." Xander sighed. "RUN!" He screamed at the others. They didn't need telling twice.
"Wait!" Angel called after them, but it fell on deaf ears. "I'm not what you think.." He turned back into the darkness, making his way home.
Buffy walked into the library next morning with a smile on her face. "Hey guys." She spotted them, seated around the table in the centre of the room. Confusion crossed her face as she saw them, all of them looked down as they caught her gaze.
"What's going on?" Buffy seated herself next to Willow.
"Buffy, there's no easy way to tell you this. Angel he's a vampire." Willow placed her hand on her best friends and squeezed it reassuringly.
"Oh - " Shit. They knew. What should she do? Should she fess up? "I-I have to go." Buffy rose slowly from the table.
"Buffy please." Giles tried to stop his slayer from leaving.
"No Giles." Buffy gave him a stern look and left, she had to see Angel.
She approached his Mansion quietly. They knew he was a vampire and she knew that they would want her to take him down. But she couldn't, she loved him to much.
"Hey" She smiled, finding him reading a book on his leather couch.
"Hey." He smiled in return, putting the book down and rising to greet her.
"They know." She mumbled into his chest as he brought her in for a hug,
"I know." He replied. "They found out last night, they were going to stake me." He looked down at her in his arms.
"What do I do!" She sighed stepping away from him and pacing the room. "They'll want me to kill you Angel, they won't understand." She sighed, her voice thick with worry.
"It'll be alright." Angel stepped up to her, wrapping his arms loosely around her back. Suddenly he found he could not let go, the declaration of just being friends had disappeared from both their memories.
He bent down and placed a light kiss on her forehead and then her lips, unable to tear himself away from her. Buffy cuddled into the warmth that emitted from him although his actual temperature was so cold. She loved to be in his arms and feel safe. She closed her eyes as he kissed her, pure love passed through both their bodies.
"NO!" Giles grabbed hold of Angel and pulled him away from Buffy. "Don't you even think about it." He held a stake readily in his hand.
"Giles - " Buffy opened her eyes and shot him a pleading look.
"What were you doing. HE'S A VAMPIRE!" Giles chest heaved as his blood began to boil with anger.
"He's different - " Buffy began
"No he isn't Buffy, he is a blood sucking vampire who would take any opportunity to kill you." Giles flashed his eyes at Angel.
"I would never kill her." Angel growled.
"I am not stupid enough to believe a vampire unlike some people." Giles scoffed.
"He has a soul Giles, He's the demon hunter you were going on about the other day." Buffy stepped towards her watcher.
Giles stood amazed "Y-You kill your own kind?" Giles stared blankly at the vamp.
"Yes. And every single human that I have ever killed I have paid for." Angel hung his head low.
"And I suppose you think this sorts things out do you." Giles looked back at Buffy.
"Well no, but I love him Giles." Buffy quietly answered.
"You don't know what love is." Giles turned his back to the both of them.
"Love is pain, love is suffering and love is what burns brightly in my heart Giles. I can't think straight, I can't eat and I certainly can't sleep without thinking about him." Buffy's eyes filled with tears.
Giles turned back at Buffy, his voice lowered. "It's your decision Buffy." He looked down and threw the stake at his slayer and made his way out of the mansion. "You decide."
Buffy looked down at the wooden stake that lay peacefully on the stone floor. Angel brought his arm around her to hug her but she shrugged him off. "Not now Angel." She wiped a tear from her face and left him, stood alone in his mansion.
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