AN: Sorry it took so long... I finally sat down and
the whole weekend I was
workin on it! :) So it's FINALLY here lol For those
reading All You
Need is Love... now that i'm done with this part I'll get cracking on that,
but it'll be a while before it's done. Enjoy
Angel woke up at six o'clock and looked at
Buffy who was sleeping like a baby. His hand slowly played with her hair
as he thought about all the years he's known her. The first time he saw
her was the day before sixth grade started. He was really excited about
it because he would be starting the day off at a completely knew building and
meeting other kids. Then he saw her. Buffy was sitting on the
swings in the park all by herself. She was staring at her feet... it
looked like she was drawing things with her toes. Angel quickly
knew that he had to speak to the sweet looking girl. He walked up to her
and flashed her his classic smile. "Hey..."
Buffy looked up and put on a huge
smile. She shyly said, "Hi..."
"Mind if I sit next to you?"
"Go ahead." She gestured to the
swing next to her.
He looked at her and said, "So what's
a cute girl like you sitting all by herself?"
She blushed and briefly looking at her
hands. "I-I don't have any friends here... I just moved here from
LA."
Angel smiled, "Well... now you
do." He paused for a second. "That is... if you want me to be your
friend."
Buffy grinned, "That'd be great! It
would be even better though if I knew your name."
He chuckled, "Sorry... I'm Angel
O'Conner."
"I'm Buffy Summers."
"Buffy... that's a weird name."
"Angel... that's kinda girlie, but it
suits you." She chuckled.
"Ok. We're even. Wanna get some
ice cream? My treat."
"Oooh... I love ice cream." She
got up.
Angel laughed and stood, "Who
doesn't?"
He started walking and unconsciously took
Buffy's hand in his.
Angel smiled, kissed Buffy's cheek and
slowly got out of bed. He put on a pair of pants. When he went into the
kitchen where he was greeted by his parents who were openly kissing. He
shielded his eyes with his hand. "Ugh I'm blinded! Do ya think you
could like put a warning sign outside the room
saying, 'Old Parents Making Out'?"
Jenny walked up to Angel slapping the back
of his head playfully, "Hey we aren't old..." She looked at Giles.
"Well I guess he is, but I'm not really that old."
Giles mumbled, "Hey... that's a tad
bit unfair. I'm in my late 40's with I must say dashing good looks."
Jenny went back to her husband and rubbed
his chest, "Yes, you are very handsome."
Angel sighed grabbing a box of Aunt Jemima
pancake mix. Giles asked, "Why are you up so early?"
"Someone in my bed kept kicking the
covers away from me. Hence exposing some cool air... waking me up. I'm
going to make some pancakes for Buffy. I'm gonna add some chocolate
chips." He grinned, "She loves chocolate chip pancakes."
Jenny grinned, "My sweet Angel's in
love."
He grinned, "Yeah, I am."
Angel mixed the water with the mix and
then added the chocolate chips. He poured the first batch onto the
skillet. "Dad?"
"Yeah?" Giles looked at him.
"What would you think about Buffy
living here... permanently?" Angel asked slowly.
"I think that would be wonderful...
except there is a legal matter."
"What would we have to do?" He
flipped the pancakes.
Jenny gave him a mug of Irish Breakfest
Tea. Giles smiled at her.
"Well... Your mother and I could file for custody of Buffy... we'd go to
court... we'd have to prove that Buffy is better off living with us..." He
smiled, "Which really isn't that hard to prove. Or Buffy could just
move in
and we could just see if Hank takes us to court."
Angel put the first batch on a plate and
added the rest of the batter to the skillet. "Let's move her in...
completely. As soon as possible."
Jenny grinned, "We happen to be off
today, so we could move her stuff."
"Great. I'm helping." Angel flipped
the pancakes.
Giles shook his head, "No way... you
have school. I know you missed a day of school bringing Buffy here yesterday.
You aren't missing another day."
Angel put the pancakes on the plate with
the others. "I'm coming... I can miss another day. . . no one will
miss me I promise."
Giles was about to say something, but
Jenny interrupted him, "Sweetheart, you might as well not argue... you
know he's just going to come along anyway."
"Thanks mom." Jenny smiled.
When Buffy woke up her first instinct was
to extend her arm over Angel's side of the bed. Feeling that he
wasn't there she opened his eyes and called out quietly,
"Angel?" As she got out of bed she felt a small chill, so she put
on a robe. Getting support from her crutches she slowly made her
way to the steps. She took a moment to debate just calling out louder for
Angel to help her down since the stairs looked tricky. She was a bit
scared of falling. She took a deep breathe and slowly walked down the
stairs.
Angel put a three pancakes on a plate for
Buffy and three on a plate for him. He set them on the table and said,
"I think Buffy's up." He smiled.
Jenny said, "I'm surprised she's up
this early.... it's what.... 7 o'clock? She used to always wake up late
when she stayed here."
Angel sighed, "She's restless
probably... plus she slept a lot yesterday."
"Uuuh..." Buffy started losing
her balance at the 5th step, nearest the bottom.
"Poor girl's been through a lot."
Giles said thoughtfully.
Angel nodded and that's when he heard the
scream, "ANGEL?!"
Giles, Jenny and Angel ran towards the
stairs. Just as Buffy started to fall Angel grabbed onto her, steadying
her. Letting out a tiny whimper, she wrapped her arms around him
tightly, holding on for dear life. Angel whispered, "Shh...
It's ok." He kissed her the back of her head. "I got you."
Giles picked up the fallen crutches and
held onto them. "You scared us half to death."
"Sorry." Buffy whispered as
Angel rubbed her back.
Jenny smiled, "Want chocolate chip
pancakes? Angel made 'em."
Buffy smiled, "Definitely."
Angel lifted her up into his arms like you
would with a two year old and carried her to the kitchen.
Buffy started eating the pancakes.
She savored each bite. "Mmm... Oh Angel these are so good." She
said with her mouth full.
Jenny smiled, "That's 'cause he
learned how to make pancakes from the expert."
Buffy swallowed, "Who's that."
Jenny held up the box of aunt jemima. Buffy chuckled, "Ah that
expert."
Angel took a big chunk of pancakes and
stuffed them in his mouth.
He raised his eyebrows, "I'm just
using Aunt Jemima till I finish creating my secret recipe."
She smiled, "Yeah sure and I'm having
your baby."
Giles and Jenny spit out their tea and
Angel nearly choked. When he was finished coughing he asked,
"W-what?"
Buffy shrunk a little, "I'm just
kidding."
Giles cleared his throat and asked
seriously, "Have you two been having sex?"
She blushed and swallowed, "No."
Buffy looked at Angel seriously. He looked
back at her. "Not even close to being ready for that." He said
even though in his heart he knew he was and she knew it too.
Giles sighed in relief, "Oh, good...
Uh, not that I don't want you're relationship to grow, but I just feel...
Jenny and I feel that at your age and you still being in school... It's a bit
too soon."
Jenny added, "We know we can't force
you not to have sex, but we hope you don't right now. But if you do. Make
sure you use the right protection..."
Buffy blushed some more.
He smiled, "Thanks... Don't worry
about us. We'll be responsible."
Buffy put down her fork, "All done.
Thanks so much for the pancakes Angel."
Angel smiled, "Only the best for my
love."
"You're too sweet."
He smiled, "Well then I hope I don't
give you cavities."
She giggled, "Carry me to our
room?"
Angel grinned and carried her in his arms
up to the bedroom. It was their bedroom. Buffy smiled.
* * * * * *
Xander smiled, "This is really great
what you're doing for Buffy."
"What can I say... I love her."
Angel said with a huge grin on his face.
"I wish I had with Cordy what you and
Buffy have."
Angel patted him on the shoulder.
"You trust me. You just don't realize it yet."
Giles and Jenny started carrying Dawn's
heavy dressers into Angel's house, but it was too heavy for Jenny, so Giles
called out, "Angel...or Xander... a little help?"
Xander smiled, "I got it." He
walked over to Giles and grabbed hold of the dresser.
"Ready?" Giles asked.
"Yeah."
By the time they finished school was over.
Buffy walked out with Cordy, Willow and Oz who were holding hands.
She looked around for Angel and saw his car pulling into the parking lot.
Cordy asked, "Where's Xander? I haven't seen him all day."
"I don't know." Buffy said as
she watched Angel get out of his car. Then she noticed Xander and Dawn who they
had picked up first. "Actually I do know." She nodded towards
Angel's direction.
Cordy had a surprised look, "Were
they both together the whole time?"
Willow looked at Cordy and Buffy, "I
would think they'd drive each other insane being together for even two hours
alone."
Buffy smiled, "Well the only thing I
can think of is they were up to something."
Oz nodded, "Hmph."
"A man of a million words."
Buffy teased.
"He may not say a little, but he
thinks a lot." Willow said.
Oz smiled, "I'm a man often deep in
thoughts." He squeezed Willow's hand, "Most of the time it's about
Willow." She grinned like a baby.
"Aw...that's so sweet." Willow
leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Hey guys..." Xander said
smiling. "Cordy." He kissed her cheek. "Missed me?"
Cordelia huffed, "Didn't even realize
you were gone."
Xander frowned for a second, but smiled
knowing she really was thinking about him today.
Buffy freed an arm and wrapped it around
Angel and he wrapped his arms around her, kissing her forehead.
"Hey, how are you feeling?"
She groaned, "Uh.. Ok, but
exhausted."
"Then we should get going."
"Yeah." She smiled. "I
can't wait to hit the bed." As they headed towards the car she
called out, "By guys!"
They all called back, "Bye" and
"See ya later."
Cordelia asked, "So what were you and
Angel doing hanging together? And am I right to think you guys were out
since lunch time?"
"That would be a yes. Wait a
minute... you said you weren't thinking about me today... yet you seem to have
noticed I was gone." He smiled.
"Well.. I just happened to notice
that's all." She grinned. "Now, answer my
question..."
"We were indeed out since
lunch. We were working on a little surprise for Buffy moving more of her
stuff over to Angel's house. Oh and Dawn's stuff of course."
Willow let out a little wimper,
"Buffy's no longer going to be my neighbor." She frowned.
"Although it's good that she'll be getting away from that creep of a
father. Bastard always ruins everything."
"It's good that she's getting away
from him. Hopefully he'll actually stay away from her." Oz said.
"He'll probably be too drunk to
notice she's gone." Xander said.
Inside the house when Buffy and Angel
reached the stairs Angel said, "Since you and stairs don't seem to be
getting along right now I'll carry you up."
She smiled, "I have no problem with
that."
Dawn rolled her eyes and followed them up.
Angel opened the door to their room and
Dawn opened the door to her room. Buffy and Dawn gasped at seeing all of
their things. Dawn squealed with joy, "Oh my god, Angel!" She
ran into Buffy and Angel's room and shouted, "This is so great! Thanks so
much!"
Buffy hugged Angel, "This is
wonderful! Thank you."
"You're both welcome. You should
really thank my parents... they did most of the work... Also
Xander."
"Xander helped? So that's why
you two were out together." She smiled.
Dawn smiled, "Remind me to give
Xander a hug next time I see him. Is this... permanent?"
"As long as you want." Angel
said.
"This is so great.... no more living
with a drunking mess. I love you and your parents so much."
Dawn gave Angel a peck on the cheek and ran back to her new room.
Buffy smiled up at him devishly,
"So... this is officially our room?"
He grinned, "It is."
"We're a couple sharing a room and we sleep in
the same bed. How many parents do you know that would allow that..."
Buffy laughed.
Angel laughed, "I never expected my dad to
allow me to share a room with the opposite sex... and not have seperate beds.
He must really trust me."
She smiled, "That's good that he trusts
you."
"Yeah..."
"Angel," she smiled "Two
questions... Do you have a lock on your door and are your parents home?"
His face turned mock serious, "Why do
you ask?"
She grinned, "Because I think we need
to celebrate with a heavy make out session."
"I'm down with that."
Angel smiled and kissed her on the lips passionately, but short.
"Oh come on we can do so much better
than that." Buffy looked into his eyes before her lips touched his
and their tongues began to caress each other. It went on till they needed
air, but as soon as they inhaled their lips were back to the kissing.
Soon they were sitting on the bed. Buffy moaned as Angel's hands roamed
her body freely. His hands took over as they went under her shirt and
squeezed a breast. She whimpered wanting more. Her hands started
inching up his chest as she tilted her face to the side and Angel gave a moist
kiss to her tender neck. When there lips met again, Buffy was beginning
to unbutton his pants and Angel's hands had slipped inside her underwear
tingling her sensitive skin. Angel's warm eyes watched her eyes for any
signs to stop. She felt her body heat rising and her cheeks flushing pink
as his hands moved lower.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and
seconds later it opened a crack. Angel's shot out from Buffy's pants to
rest on the bed. She shot her flustard face towards Giles, holding her
breath for what seemed a lifetime. She looked like a deer caught in front
of headlights. "Buffy, Angel... I
just wanted to let you know we're home... I let you know when it's time to
eat." He paused, "Buffy... Are you all right?"
When Buffy finally found her voice she
stumbled out, "Huh? Oh Um yeah I'm fine. Heh I feel fine really."
"Are you sure? You look a little
flushed." Giles asked again concerned.
"Positive."
"Ok. As long as you're sure." A
beat. "Well, I'll leave you two alone."
He shut the door, but stood behind it
scrunching his face in thought and then walked downstairs.
Angel released air he didn't realize he
was holding. "Oh that was close."
Buffy looked back at him.
"Yeah. You forgot to lock the door." Was her quiet reply.
"I'm glad he didn't noticed your fly is undone."
He looked down and zipped it back up,
fastening the button. "Well... Before we stopped... What we were
doing... That was something."
"Hot. I felt hot."
"That would be the passion and the
desire." Angel replied.
Buffy smiled, "Big desire.... Very
hot."
"I know.. I could feel how hot you
were... It burned me up inside. Can you imagine what it would have been
like if we weren't interrupted?"
She nodded, "Yeah... It would have
ten times greater. The passion..heat... the feelings... it would have
gotten so intense that it would just"
"...Explode." Angel gave her a
lustful grin, "I want that feeling really bad right now."
"Me too. I-I want it to."
She whispered.
Angel gently pushed her down on the
bed. He hovered above her, his body inches above her, kissing her lips
passionately. Buffy's breathe became shallow. She lifted one leg
up, so that it was bent. Angel slowly started lifting her shirt. She
raised her arms and raised herself a little to help him get it off. He
tossed it on the floor beside the bed. Buffy's hands worked at getting
his pants off. She let out a soft moan when he began to suck on her breast,
occasionally flicking the hard nipple with the tip of his tongue. It made
her work faster with the pants and finally managed to get them somewhat off
along with the boxers. Angel released a low groan as he growned against
her still covered abdomen. Buffy opened her mouth wide as if to moan, but
no sound came out. He kissed her other breast, then her mouth.
Then he hurriedly unbuttoned her pants, undid the zipper and pulled her pants
down. Buffy's eyes were wide with anticipation. Angel's erect
member lightly touched her moist opening. And then it dawned on her that
they were just about to have make love with his parents just downstairs and
Dawn right next door. Before Angel made his move to thrust inside Buffy
quickly put her hands on his chest and urged him to stop. When he
realized what she wanted he blinked a few times, almost disoriented. He
licked his dry lips and asked, "What is it? You're not ready for
this?"
Buffy shook her head, "It's not
that..." She licked her lips. "I want to. I want to so bad. It's just
you're dad is here. He could here us and he could come up. And Dawn! She's
right next to us!" She said quickly raising her voice.
"Shhhh..." He put a finger to
her lips. "I get it. You're right. This isn't the right
time..." He sighed. He was going to get off of her, but he just
didn't want to lose contact so fast, so he carefully lay on top of
her, resting his head next to hers. Buffy gasped and moved a little
readjusting herself; worried he'd accidentally enter her.
"Sorry. Did I hurt you?! Am I too heavy?"
She whispered, "No. It's ok... I was
just... readjusting."
He sighed, "Good... Can we just lie
like this for a few minutes? I just need you close."
"I understand... me too. I want you
close to me."
They lay peacefully like that for a
while. They had intended on getting dressed right away, but they fell
asleep instead. It was just so comfortable to be so close
physically. A few hours later they woke up when Dawn opened the door and
screamed, "Oh!"
Buffy yelled, "Aaah!" She
pushed Angel off of her, him falling off the bed in the process.
"Dawwwwwwn!!"
She yelled, "Get out!"
Buffy grabbed the closest thing to cover
her body. The pillow. She clutched it to her tightly, her knuckles
turning white, her face red. Angel peeked over the bed to see Buffy's
bare back and looked to the side and saw Dawn. He hurriedly pulled up his
pants, zipped and buttoned them. "Dawn I'm sorry you had to see
that..." He mumbled quickly.
Dawn had covered her eyes while he pulled
his pants on, "I didn't see anything... Not a peep!"
"Dawn. Go!" Buffy shouted.
She quietly said once more, "I'm so
sorry..." Before turning and shutting the door quickly as she heard Giles
and Jenny coming up the stairs.
"What's going on?" Giles asked.
Angel sat on the bed behind Buffy and
pulled the pillow away. "It's ok. The door is closed."
Buffy was on the verge of tears. She
choked out, "Lock it this time."
"Sorry..." He whispered and got
up, locking the door. He picked up her shirt from the floor and put it
over her head. Buffy put her arms in the sleeves and pulled it
down. Angel brushed her cheek with the back of his hand. "I'm
sorry... we were so worked up I just forgot."
She inhaled deeply and released the air,
"It's ok." She turned her legs to the side of the bed.
"Can you hand my underwear and pants?"
Angel handed them to her.
"Thanks." She whispered and slowly put them on.
Giles looked behind Dawn at the door when
he heard it lock.
Dawn screeched, "Nothing! I just
walked in on them while Buffy was getting undressed... to... change!"
"Buffy's undressing in front of
Angel?" Giles asked, his eyes wide.
"What?" Her eyes were wide and
her cheeks still blushed. "Oh... not like that! No... He had his
back turned like a perfect gentleman. You should just leave them alone for a
while... I kinda got Buffy a little worked up."
Giles sighed, "As long as you say
so." He sighed again, cleaning his glasses. "Did you tell
them dinner's ready in thirty minutes?"
"I will in a few minutes." Dawn
smiled.
Giles smiled and walked back down.
"Are you ok?" Angel asked
quietly. Buffy nodded. "I think we've probably had enough
excitement for one day huh?"
Buffy smiled at him, "Yeah you could
say that. Angel?"
"Yeah?"
"Before... we almost had sex... You
were serious about wanting to go through with making love to me right?"
She asked quietly, looking at him.
"Of course I was." He cupped her
cheeks.
"So the moment we were caught up
in... it felt right? The kind of right you were talking about the other
day when we watched Twister?"
"That kind of right." He smiled.
"I don't know what I was thinking, I just knew I wanted to be inside
you. I wanted to be as close as possible... wanted to warm you with my
heart."
Buffy smiled, "That's how I
felt. I love you so much."
"I love you too." Angel smiled.
She whispered, "Kiss me."
Angel grinned. "As you
wish." He whispered, and then he gave her a sweet and slow kiss on
the lips. When they broke apart they stared into each other's eyes
lovingly caressing each other's faces.
Then there was a soft knock on the
door. Buffy frowned, "Who is it?"
"It's me. Can I come in?" Dawn
asked.
Angel got up and opened the door.
She walked in and glanced at Buffy. "I'm really sorry, Buffy."
"It's oook..." She replied.
Dawn smiled, "Good. Um... Giles
said dinner's going to be ready in a few minutes."
"Thanks." Angel smiled.
"We'll be right down."
"K. I'll tell Giles..."
Dawn said and walked out of the room.
"Angel do you think you could carry
me around the house.... I don't feel like walking on the crutches... they're
starting to bug my armpits."
He chuckled, "Sure. I'd love
to. Shall we go down now?"
"Yeah." She smiled and
extended her arms for him to carry her like a baby.
She leaped up a little and Angel put his
arms around her. One arm supporting her under her butt and the other
around her back. Buffy smiled and fastened her arms around his
neck. "Oooh.... You're a heavy one."
"Are you suggesting I eat too
much?" She asked.
"No, you just seem lighter when I
carry you the other way." He said as he slowly made his way down the
stairs.
Jenny and Dawn laughed upon seeing them
come into the kitchen. Angel sat Buffy down in the chair just as Giles
turned around. "What's so funny?" He asked.
"Nothing Giles. You missed it."
Jenny replied grinning.
For the rest of the hour they were eating
peacefully and happily. They were like a family. To Buffy it felt
great to be sitting at a table eating with two sweet parents, her sister and
Angel like a normal family.
She remembered the last normal meal she had. It was the day before her
mother found out she was sick. Her parents started going to the hospital
frequently for more tests to determine exactly what was wrong. Then once
they found out, Joyce had to have treatments once a month. She stayed in
bed
for a majority of the time they had dinner. So Hank would eat in the
kitchen by himself while Dawn and Buffy sat with Joyce in bed eating together
silently. They weren't happy meals because each of them were thinking
that one day they won't be eating together at all. And one day even the
semi normal dinners ended. But tonight Buffy was smiling and laughing
along with everyone else. Every so often Buffy would catch a glance at
Angel and they'd grin at each other. Love sick puppies.
"How was school today Dawn?"
Jenny asked.
"Pretty good... That guy Peter I told
you about... He asked me if anyone asked me to the Spring Dance yet... I
said no and then he laughed and said, 'Oh..well I was just doing a poll. Thanks
Dawn.' That guy's such an ass."
"Dawn.. you shouldn't say that."
Giles said.
"What..it's true." Dawn replied
grinning.
Buffy added, "It is. He's a real
pain. Makes stupid comments." She muttered quietly, "A real
dumbass."
Angel laughed and then smiled at
Buffy. "What?" She asked softly.
"Nothing, you just look beautiful
tonight." He said seriously.
Buffy blushed and Dawn rolled her
eyes.
Jenny and Giles looked at each other
smirking. Buffy and Angel reminded them so of how they were like as a
couple. Jenny looked at Buffy's eyes and the way they were staring at
Angel. Then she looked at the way Angel was looking at Buffy. They
looked really intimate. "Hmph."
"What?" Giles asked her.
"Oh nothing." She smiled.
She knew they had to have had sex or at least come close to it. It made
her happy knowing that these days young people could really have a true love.
"Is there any desert?" Buffy
asked.
Jenny replied, "We could have ice
cream if you want."
"Sounds good to me!" She
grinned. "Except I want Angel to feed it to me. Angel will you feed
me ice cream?"
He chuckled, "I'll do whatever you
want, sweetheart."
Jenny smiled, "How about we leave the
lovebirds alone for a while?"
Dawn sighed, "I don't think that's a
good idea." Buffy kicked Dawn with her good leg.
"Ow!" She screeched rubbing her leg.
After the table was cleared Dawn was in
the living room eating ice cream while watching television. Giles was
washing the dishes, Jenny sat at the kitchen table eating ice cream and Angel
was happily feeding Buffy her favorite Cookie Dough Fudge Mint Chip.
"Mmm... Don't you want some?" Buffy
asked.
"Yeah..." Angel grinned, digging
the spoon into the ice cream and put it in Buffy's mouth. Then he put his lips
to hers, kissing her passionately as the ice cream went on both their
tongues. Buffy let out a low humming sound. "You can have the
rest."
Buffy shook her head, "No. I want
more ice cream your way."
He laughed, "You like that?" She
nodded yes. Angel put more ice cream in her mouth and kissed her
slowly. Buffy let out a soft moan.
Giles and Jenny looked at them over at the
dining table. He asked her, "Should I stop them?"
"Rupert, come on... they're in
love. Leave them alone. Kissing isn't the end of the world."
Jenny laughed.
"It is when they take it to far and Buffy
ends up pregnant." He replied seriously.
"Buffy and Angel are both very mature
and responsible. You know that. We have nothing to worry
about. You trust Angel don't you?"
Giles sighed, "I do trust
him... I just can't help, but be worried.
Once they take that step they can't go back." Changing the subject
he said, "I'm tired.. I think I'm going to go to bed. You
coming?"
Jenny yawned, "Yeah..." She
grinned, "Hey why don't you carry me up the stairs like Angel does with
Buffy?!"
"I'm not as fit as I used to be... My
back isn't very--"
"Oh come on Giles, can't you be
romantic right now and just carry me up."
"Yes, my dear." He smiled and
scooped her into his arms and walked out into the hallway.
Angel and a very giddy Buffy headed for
the stairs.
* * * * * *
Hank came home from a bar, stumbling up
the stairs, tripping a few times on the way to his daughters' rooms. He
pushed Buffy's door open and stared into the room with a baffled look on his
face. It didn't register that his daughters were really gone until he
looked in Dawns room. Furious he ran out of the house, leaving the
door wide open, cursing loudly to himself.
He banged on the door, screaming,
"Buffy! Dawn! Get your ass out here right now!" He continued to bang.
Angel put Buffy down and started heading
towards the door. Buffy grabbed onto the back of his shirt and whimpered,
"Angel! Don't..." She hid behind him still clutching the back of his
shirt.
Dawn ran up to her room, not wanting to
see Hank.
Giles opens the door slightly.
"Hank quiet down. I suggest when you are sober you return, so just
leave."
Hank ignored him and pushed the door open and saw a pair of legs behind
Angel. He yelled, "Buffy get over here!" He makes a move to go
after her but Giles holds him back.
Buffy let out a cry and ran, hopping up
the stairs. "Dad get him out of here!" Angel yelled and went after
Buffy, who locked herself inside their bedroom.
Jenny said, "Get out Hank or we'll
call the cops."
Hank shouted, "I want my daughters
back!"
Giles yelled back, "You aren't fit to
be a parent now leave!" He pushed him.
Hank backed down. "Thissss isn't
over. I'llll get them back. You ca-an't keep thhhem from meee." He
stumbled away from the house.
Giles shut the door and locked it.
He looked at Jenny with a serious look. "I have a feeling he's going
to give us lots of trouble."
"What do you think he'll do?"
Jenny asked.
"File suit to have Buffy and Dawn
back I suppose."
"He doesn't have a chance."
Jenny mumbled.
"You're probably right." Giles
smiled. "Should we go up and check on Buffy?"
"I think Angel's got that
covered. I'll go check on Dawn though." Jenny said.
Angel softly asked, "Buffy? Can
you please open the door? Hank's gone it's ok."
Buffy unlocked the door and laid back down
on the bed. Angel lay down next her, wrapping his arms around her.
He whispered, "He's not going to hurt you here."
She whispered back, "He came
inside." She sniffed.
"Yeah, but he's gone. Buffy I won't
let him get you."
"Promise?" She asked quietly.
"I promise. Baby, you're safe
with me." He kissed the back of her hair.
Buffy turned over to face him. She looked
into his eyes. "Thank you."
"For what?"
"Keeping me safe." She replied.
Angel smiled and brushed his hands through
her hair. Softly he replied, "You don't need to thank me for that.
I love you. Of course I'm going to keep you safe." Buffy
yawned. "It's been a long day for both of us. Let's go to
sleep."
She smiled, "Sleep is good."
Angel pulled her closer to him and put his
arm around her. "Especially with you." He kissed her lips
goodnight and slowly they both fell asleep.
One week of pure happiness went by when a
large enveloped appeared at the O'Conners' door. Giles slowly opened it
and took out the contents inside. He just stared at it, not saying anything.
"Dad what is it?" Angel asked.
Giles sighed heavily, "Hank filed
suit for custody of Buffy and Dawn. Trial begins this Sunday afternoon.
Angel frowned, "Bastard... what makes
him think he has the right to keep Buffy and Dawn? He's a drunken abusive
son of a bitch!"
"I know, Angel... Jenny and I will
contact our lawyer. Don't worry... everything's going to be fine. I
won't let Hank take them away from us. They're family... they've become
part of our family since long before Buffy and Dawn actually moved in. I
won't him tear us apart." He put a hand on Angel's shoulder.
"Now why don't you take Buffy out and do something nice for her,
hmm?"
"I will." He smiled, "I've
gotten the perfect place."
TBC J Thanks to everyone
who's given me such great reviews… and feedback through the mail… It's made me
happy seeing that a lot of people are reading and enjoying it. Love your
comments hehe More hopefully some time
in April… I need to work on All You Need is Love and that may take a while lol
I seem to take a while lately…. Thanks for being patient! J
