Playing the Idiot - March 2009
Chapter Thirteen
"Angel.what the hell are you doing here?" Buffy asked, drying her eyes.
Angel just calmly sat next to Buffy on the couch and gently held her hand. Buffy just stared at him.stunned.
"Buffy, I'm going to tell you something that you are really not going to want to hear. But you need to hear it." Angel started.
"What?" Buffy simply asked.
"Buffy you are so wrong, about everything. Spike loves you and you love him. There was a time when that would have troubled me, but I see how truly perfect you are together and it makes the pain easier. I'm not going to lie and say I don't care about you anymore, because I do. But I also know that we have both moved on. What I'm telling you is for your own good."
Buffy just stared at Angel. It had been so long that she had thought of anyone other than Spike, that she was having trouble remembering what it was like to be in love with the tall, brooding vampire anymore.
"You don't have to be the one in control all the time. You need someone that is there for you, but someone that won't let you lean on them too far. I know that Spike made some mistakes in the past, but you didn't even talk to him about it. You simply shunned him for loving you too much. You need someone that will put you in your place, who will love you unconditionally. Someone to help you fight the good fight. Why can't you simply swallow your pride and go to him. He's miserable without you, and you are just as miserable without him. Please, just go to him. So much time as been wasted already and you two aren't going to live forever."
"I'm an idiot, aren't I? All this time I've been so quick to blame Spike for everything, when it was just as much my fault as his. God help us, we were truly made for one another. Both of us have been too stubborn to admit our faults and move on from there." Buffy replied.
"You may be an idiot, but we all still love you."
Buffy and Angel held each other in a friendly embrace for a few moments before Buffy dashed out the door in order to find Spike.
"Angel.what the hell are you doing here?" Buffy asked, drying her eyes.
Angel just calmly sat next to Buffy on the couch and gently held her hand. Buffy just stared at him.stunned.
"Buffy, I'm going to tell you something that you are really not going to want to hear. But you need to hear it." Angel started.
"What?" Buffy simply asked.
"Buffy you are so wrong, about everything. Spike loves you and you love him. There was a time when that would have troubled me, but I see how truly perfect you are together and it makes the pain easier. I'm not going to lie and say I don't care about you anymore, because I do. But I also know that we have both moved on. What I'm telling you is for your own good."
Buffy just stared at Angel. It had been so long that she had thought of anyone other than Spike, that she was having trouble remembering what it was like to be in love with the tall, brooding vampire anymore.
"You don't have to be the one in control all the time. You need someone that is there for you, but someone that won't let you lean on them too far. I know that Spike made some mistakes in the past, but you didn't even talk to him about it. You simply shunned him for loving you too much. You need someone that will put you in your place, who will love you unconditionally. Someone to help you fight the good fight. Why can't you simply swallow your pride and go to him. He's miserable without you, and you are just as miserable without him. Please, just go to him. So much time as been wasted already and you two aren't going to live forever."
"I'm an idiot, aren't I? All this time I've been so quick to blame Spike for everything, when it was just as much my fault as his. God help us, we were truly made for one another. Both of us have been too stubborn to admit our faults and move on from there." Buffy replied.
"You may be an idiot, but we all still love you."
Buffy and Angel held each other in a friendly embrace for a few moments before Buffy dashed out the door in order to find Spike.