I'll Take You Home with Me
4/?
Note: So sorry about the
hiatus...real life + plus fun & games kinda caught up with me..
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"Is Hank at work right now?"
Angel asked.
"Yeah, he should be." Buffy
answered. "Why?"
"Come on. We're going to your house
and packing your stuff and Dawn's." He touched her hand and then let go.
Her eyes widened a little, "What,
now? We have school..."
"You can miss a day. This is
more important. Let's go."
She sighed, "All right."
Angel put his hand on her back. They
walked side by side to the car. Buffy was silent the whole ride to her
house. She just rested her head against the window just looking at the
trees shooting past them. He parked the car and took the keys out of the
ignition. For a few seconds he looked at her. She was still staring
out the window... now just looking at the house. He wondered if she even
noticed. She must be so racked up in her thoughts right now after
everything that's happened to her. The one thing he feared most was Buffy
caving in on herself... trapped inside her own brain. Angel carefully
whispered, "You all right?"
Suddenly Buffy raised her head and looked
at him, "Hmm?"
He smiled. 'Good she's still with me.'
"You ok?"
"Oh.." She smiled, "Yeah.
I'm fine... bright as rain. As bright as I can be. Or... yeah, heh I'm all
good."
He held her hand, "Are you
sure? You had a rough night..."
"I'll live. Can we just hurry
please? The sooner I pack the sooner we go back to school and then the
sooner I get to go home and sleep." Buffy said.
"If you're tired I'll just take you
back to my place..."
"No, shouldn't miss a whole
day..." She started.
"Buffy, after what you've been
through you need to rest. If you go to school chances are you are just
going to be thinking instead of paying attention."
Buffy smiled, "Ok ok."
Angel smiled, "Great." He got
out of the car and opened her door. "I'll keep you company all day
and then pick up Dawn from school." Buffy unbuckled her seat
belt. Angel lifted her off the seat and carried her into the house and up
the stairs.
"You know... I coulda walked."
She chuckled.
"Nuh-uh... No walking for you Ms.
Buffy. I am your loyal servant for today."
Buffy smiled, "You're a
sweetheart."
Angel set her down at the edge of the
bed. "Where's your---"
"Duffel bag is in the
closet."
He placed the bag on her bed and walked
over to the dresser. "Angel, how long am I going to stay with
you?" Buffy asked staring at her comforter.
"I would like you to stay with me...
for awhile. If that's what you want and the same for Dawn."
"Then just take everything from the
first three drawers."
Angel grabbed everything from the last two
drawers and placed them nicely in the bag. He opened the topped
drawer. He stared at the contents unsure of if he should really touch
what was in there. He turned to look at Buffy with a funny expression on
his face. He looked puzzled. Buffy grinned, 'He's so cute.' She
thought. "Angel O'Conner, don't tell me you're getting bashful when
it comes to touching my bras and underwear..."
Angel looked back at the underwear,
"So you're ok with me touchi---"
"Yes." Buffy said firmly.
"I mean come on Angel if I didn't want you to I wouldn't have said all three
drawers. Same thing for Dawn, but don't tell her you touched her
underwear." She chuckled.
Angel smiled and handled her undergarments
with care, placing them in the bag. He grabbed some socks... Then he
noticed a tiny pink thing poking out from under the remaining socks.
Angel tilted his head. Buffy looked stared at his back with wide eyes as
she realized what he was looking at. She thought, 'Oh
godohgodohgod.. how could i leave it there!! Mmm he's gonna think I'm a
kink freak!'
He slowly moved the socks out of the
way. His eyes widened and he coughed. Then he picked up by the top
and looked at Buffy questioningly. Buffy turned a shade of crimson.
She gulped, "Uh... It's... I didn't. . " she gulped, "I
haven't even used the thing. Just thought it..."
"Really?" Angel asked
grinning.
Buffy's cheeks slowly started turning back
to a normal shade. "Really really. Actually... every time I
even thought of using it... I just couldn't get myself to. I felt
weird about it... I - I'm not a kink freak!" "Not a
kink freak... Just needed some release." She thought about the time she
used it after one of her Buffy/Angel dreams. 'How could I not use it
after a dream like that.' She blushed again.
Angel laughed, "I know... I believe
you. I'm just extremely surprised to find this in your underwear drawer.
Should I add this to the bag?" He teased.
"NO. That's not funny."
"I'm sorry..." still chuckling
quietly he put it back in the drawer and shut it. "Any thing
else?"
She sighed, "Uh, that picture of Dawn
and me." She pointed at the shelf across from her and Angel took it.
"That pillow on the chair." He went over to a wicker chair and
picked up a fluffy pink pillow. "It's my favorite... really
cushiony. Buffy leaned back and grabbed Mr. Gordo.
Angel smiled, "Is that it?"
"Yeah, I just need my jean jacket and
we can pack Dawn's stuff."
He stuffed the jacket in the bag and
zipped it up. "We? You mean I." He chuckled.
She smirked, "Well you did say you're
my servant today. So live with it mister."
After packing Dawn's things they drove to
Angel's house and Buffy settled in. He put Buffy's now empty bag in the
closet and leaned her crutches against the wall next to the bed. Buffy
laid down and let out a loud yawn. "I'm going to take a nap."
Lying down beside her, he put his arm over
her stomach. "Want me to keep you company?" He asked.
She closed her eyes and mumbled,
"Mm-Hmmm."
He put his lips on her forehead letting
them hang there for a few seconds with his eyes closed and then kissed
her. "Sweet dreams..." He whispered, making Buffy's grin wider.
Around 12:35 Buffy was asleep. Angel
watched her most of the time. He didn't want to get up and have her wake
up alone. Glancing at the clock, he decided to make Buffy lunch in case
she's hungry when she wakes up. He kissed her cheek and carefully
got off the bed, walking into the kitchen. He made both of them a pizza
bagel. Some time ago Buffy had told him that that was her favorite thing
to eat at lunch. Buffy woke up just in time to hear the alarm go
off. Slowly getting out of bed she walked over to her bed and
grabbed a pair of shorts. After putting those on she went into Angel's
drawer and put on one of his button down velvety shirts.
Angel smiled at her. That nap was
exactly what she needed to. She was just glowing and he loved how cute
she looked in his shirt. Buffy grinned at him, "I'm borrowing your
shirt... hope you don't mind?"
"Not at all." He said quickly.
"I think it looks better on you then it does me."
Buffy blushed although she didn't know
why. He's said so many other nicer things that made her heart jump up and
down. "I heard the alarm go off... What'd ya make?"
"Pizza bagels." He put them on
two plates. "Sit and enjoy."
Buffy smiled, "Thanks... I'm
starving."
"Thought you would be."
After watching the movie Twister for a
while Buffy eventually drifted off to sleep as Angel told her a classic story
of Princess kissing the frog for it to become a prince. Except of
course he used their names and changed some things. Buffy thought Angel
shouldn't a frog, but a hamster. Her exact words were, "I'd rather
kiss a hamster. It's softer like your skin."
Angel picked her up and put her under the
covers of what is for now their bed. Once her head hit the pillow and the
covers were above her shoulders she snuggled deeper inside. Angel then
wrote a little note for her and left it on the night stand. He grabbed
his keys and drove to Dawn's school waiting for her to come out.
Dawn walked out the school with a few
friends. She was surprised to see Angel there. "You guys it
turns out that I got a ride. I'll see you guys later."
"See ya." They said one after
the other.
"I'll call later." She said and
walked up to Angel who was leaning on his car. "Hey what are you
going here? Is Buffy ok?"
Angel nodded, "Buffy's ok. I just
came to pick you up. You're staying at my place for a while along with
Buffy. And please don't argue. I thought it best that Buffy stay
away from Hank... and we both think you shouldn't stay there by yourself."
"I'm not arguing, but I just want to
point out that he's never hurt me. It's always Buffy."
Angel opened the door for her.
"But... that does not mean that he won't. If you are all alone for
who knows how long and he decides to get drunk.. who knows what he'll do to
you."
Dawn sat down and he closed it.
Angel got in. "I get it. Is my stuff packed?"
"Yep, at my house right now."
"Great."
Buffy was sitting at the kitchen table
eating ice cream when Angel returned with Dawn. "Hi..." Angel
kissed her head.
"Hey... sis." Dawn smiled,
"Ice cream... is there any left?"
Buffy grinned, "Sorry... I finished
it." She took another spoon of ice cream and grimaced.
"Are you ok?" Angel asked.
She chuckled, "Yeah, just brain
freeze."
Dawn grabbed a spoon and stole a bite of
ice cream, making Buffy let out a little squeal. "Mmm...
yummy. Cookie dough fudge mint chip, now that's the stuff. Angel
what room am I in?"
"The kitchen." He said with a
serious face.
The younger sister replied, "No, I
mean the room I'm staying in while I'm here."
He chuckled, "I'm kidding. The room
is across from mine, the second door on the right."
"K. Thanks." She said
while exiting the room.
Angel sat down next to Buffy.
"How's your leg?"
"It's... as good as it can be."
She sighed, "It just aches a little."
"Want me to get you anything for the
pain?"
Buffy shook her head, "Nah, I'll
live. If it gets any worse, then you can pump me up with pain medicine...
Do you think maybe when you get injured that these little tiny creatures mysteriously
come out from no where to bang hammers against your bones?"
"Heh, I don't think so
Buffy." He got up to wash her empty bowl. Raising his voice
above the running water he asked, "What'd you do while I was gone?
Besides pigging out on ice cream?"
"Um.... hmm... Ya know that's a
toughie. Oooh... I know.. slept." She grinned. "It was very
eventful."
He turned to her, "Really... How
so?"
Buffy grinned, "I -- had a
dream. We opened an office supply warehouse in Vegas. That was
actually pretty cool until some group of punks burned it down."
Angel frowned, "Oh well that doesn't
sound nice."
"Nope. But enough of the bad
stuff... Do you wanna kiss?" She licked her lips.
He grinned and traced her lips with his
fingers. "Definitely."
Angel started moving his hands up and down
her back as he kissed her. While groping each other and kissing they let
out little moans. Occasionally they took a few seconds to take in little
puffs of air. Angel kissed her once more on the lips and her neck.
Panting he whispered, "I can't get enough of you."
"Mmm..." Buffy kissed sucked on
his earlobe, making him shiver. "Niether can I." She kissed his
lips again. "Let's move this somewhere more comfortable, hmm?"
Angel grinned, "Yes, my
love." He kissed her cheek while carefully scooping her into his
arms and carried her towards the living room.
As they were about to go through the
doorway Buffy said, "Be careful, don't bang my leg."
He would have very carefully gotten her
through the doorway without hitting her leg against the wall, but Buffy sucked
on his earlobe again, biting down very lightly; suprising him. That's
when he heard her sudden cry which was mixed in with a little laughter.
"Ooh, ow,ow,ow."
"Sorry! Damnit I should of been more
careful.." He said.
"It's ok really, I'm fine... I'll be
fine as soon as we get to the couch." She gave him a seductive smile.
Angel smiled and moved them over to the
couch. Making sure he didn't hit her leg he carefully lay down next to
her. As they kissed Buffy moved her good leg between Angel's right
beneath his groin. He grunted, "You're killing me."
Buffy moaned into his chest, "Hehe,
now that wouldn't be a good thing." She kissed him passionately on the
lips. "I think *kiss* maybe we should *kiss on the neck* relieve of
that tension down below." She grinned and sucked on his earlobe.
Angel let out shallow breaths,
"Whoa... Hold on." He got off her and sat on the edge of the couch,
stroking her hair. "I don't think we're ready to do that. And
especially not here with your sister upstairs."
She sat up. "Angel, I'm
ready. Really..."
"Not now, Buffy. I want it to
be right."
"It is right. Now is
right."
"Buffy, I hope you don't take this
personally 'cause it's not. I want so bad to make love to you, but I
don't want it to happen and mean nothing. If we had sex right now it
would just be sex. We'd just be doing it because right now we want
to. The time we make love I want it to be on some romantic evening with a
candlelit dinner."
Buffy made a small smile. "I
understand."
He let out a sigh, "Are you
hungry?"
"No, not yet. I could
definitely use some pain medicine though."
"I'll be right back."
A few minutes later Angel returned with a two
codeine pills in his hands and a glass of water. He sat next to her and
gave them to her. Buffy gladly tossed them on her tongue; swallowing them
down with water. "Thanks... Can we watch a movie?"
Angel looked through the cabinet full of
movies. "What kind of movie are you in the mood for?"
"Uh, action... maybe a bit of romance
or comedy." She replied.
Holding a video Angel looked at her and
asked, "Lethal Weapon?" She shook her head. "Hmm... True
Lies?"
"Maybe."
"Twister?"
Buffy grinned, "Ooh, I love that
movie. I've seen it like a million times."
"K, Twister it is." He put
the tape in the vcr. "Dawn!" He yelled upstairs, "You
wanna watch Twister with us?"
Dawn came jogging down the stairs,
"Yep." She sat at the end of the couch.
Angel put a pillow on the coffee table,
which made Buffy look at him strangely. "It's to elevate your
leg." Smiling, he gently lifted her leg and rested it on the pillow.
Sitting down beside Buffy he put his arm
around her and kissed her crown. She snuggled (leaned) into him, sighing
happily as the movie started. Dawn looked at them from the corner of her
eye. She grinned, thinking, "Hmph... They really are cute
together... they look happy. She looks like she actually feels safe --
for once."
By the time the movie was over Buffy's
head was resting on his chest. Angel looked down and rubbed her
arm. He turned off the vcr and tv. Dawn started saying, "You
know, I'll nev---"
He cut her off whispering, "Shh!
She's sleeping."
She whispered, "Oh, sorry... guess
everything that's been happening has really taken a lot out of her."
"Yeah..." He frowned, "For
two years she's had to deal with Hank abusing her, keeping it to herself and
now it's finally out in the open that something has to be done about it.
Now that she's away from Hank it gives her the oppurtunity to feel relaxed and
not worry about whether or not she's going to do something that will make him
mad."
"You know you are the best thing that
ever happened to Buffy right?" Dawn said, thoughtfully.
Angel gave her a warm smile and looked at
Buffy. "What can I say... I love her. . . Dawn, if you were given a
choice to live with someone else instead of living with your dad. Would
you choose to live with that person?"
She scrunched her face in thought,
"Uh, yeah I would. Why?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "No
reason.. just wondering." He sighed, "I'm going to put Buffy in
bed."
Angel carried her up the stairs and laid
her down under the covers. He couldn't help, but stare at her for a long
time. He just couldn't get himself to tear his eyes away. He
thought, 'She looks so cute and peaceful when she's asleep.' Angel
resisted the urge to get in bed and hold her to him tight, never letting
go. Buffy shivered a little, so Angel grabbed a thicker blanket and put
it over her. He kissed her forehead. Then his palm rested on the
side of her head and let his thumb caress her. He smiled at her loving
how sweet she looked. He was just about to give in to lying down next to
her.
Dawn cleared her throat,
"Angel?"
Angel looked like he just woke up when he
looked at her, "Hmm?"
She motion with her hand to come out to
the hall. Angel walked up to Dawn and shut Buffy's door. He quietly said,
"Do you need something?"
Dawn chuckled, "Um yeah it's 6:30...
I'm hungry."
He smiled, "I could use something to
eat too." They went into the kitchen. "How about
something pretty simple. Mac n cheese all right?"
She nodded, "That's fine."
When it was done they sat at the island
eating. Dawn smiled, "You make excellent macaroni and cheese.
What's the secret ingredient?"
Angel frowned and lowered his voice,
"If I told you I would have to kill you."
She smiled, "Ah, the classic
response..." Dawn took their dishes and put them in the sink.
She picked up the sponge.
He got up, "Hey, you don't have to do
the dishes."
"No, it's ok. I want to do
them. You go up and take care of my sister."
"You should be doing your homework
instead." Angel argued.
Dawn put on a resolve face, "It is
only one tiny puny little thing. Go. Now."
He raised his hands out in front of him,
"Ok, ok..." He smiled and walked up the stairs.
Angel grinned when Buffy turned in her
sleep to face him. He put an arm around her waist and kissed her nose.
Buffy let out a peaceful sigh. She opened her eyes. After blinking
a few times, she whispered, "Hey, you.. what are you doing in my
bed?"
He let out a small laugh, "You mean
my bed, but. . . I'd definitely say that soon this bed can be our
bed."
"What do you mean? Like I now
part own the bed... whenever I come here?" She mumbled quietly, "I
doubt what I said made any sense. I'm still very drowsy from the
medicine."
Angel caressed her cheek. "I mean
that... one day this bed is ours as in living together. Sleeping in the
same bed, all the time."
Buffy scrunched her face. She whispered,
"Are you hinting that you want me to move in with you?"
"Would you?" He grinned, looking
deep into her eyes.
She smiled and softly said, "In a
heartbeat."
"OK... Move in with me
then."
Angel slowly and passionately kissed
her. When Buffy pulled away she asked, "What about your
parents?"
"They won't mind I'm sure. They love
having you around. You're like a daughter to them."
"And Dawn?"
"She can stay too."
"Ok, but I think that before I
actually bring more of my stuff over we should talk to--"
He put his pointer finger on her
lips. "Trust me." He whispered.
"Mm-hmm." She thought for
a second and then asked with a huge smirk on her face, "Do you have a
really good hiding place for my dildo?"
Angel laughed, "Do you really need it
with me around?"
Buffy looked down shyly, "You never know...
you could be out and I might be dying of lust for you or something."
"I think maybe you should hide it
somewhere in my room, because if I see it in my room I might be tempted to
throw it out."
"How come?" She asked
innocently.
"I can't stand the thought of
anything other then me inside of you and I haven't even been--" He paused,
then quietly he continued, "inside of you... ... yet."
Buffy burst out laughing. "You're
jealous of the dildo?"
"Hey, it's not funny."
She grinned and put her hand on the back
of his head. "I'm sorry, it's just funny to me that you are jealous
of rubber in the shape of a penis, which by the way I bet yours would feel so
much better inside me." She kissed him on the lips. "You have nothing
to be jealous of I promise."
"You're right." He chuckled,
"Plus, I've got something that it doesn't have."
"What's that?"
"Charming looks and a sweet
angel."
Buffy put her leg over his, "Mmm...
You are quite charming indeed."
He kissed her again on the lips and then a
few times on her neck.
She sighed, "I love it when you kiss
me, but I'm still really really sleepy and I won't be able to enjoy this
kissfest you've got going unless I'm fully awake." Angel kissed her collar
bone and shoulder.
"Mmm..." He mumbled and
continued kissing all over her face.
Buffy smiled and kissed lips.
"Seriously.... I'm way too sleepy."
He kissed her once more and sighed,
"All right... Get some sleep, beloved."
She closed her eyes, "Love
you..."
"I love you too." Angel kissed
her eyelids, "Sweet dreams."
TBC!!
