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Buffy instantly grabbed his sleeve and pulled him down.

"There is no way that a jerk like you is going to make me do this alone! You better do this project with me, or I'll make sure that you never play football again in your life!" Buffy shot at him.

Angel decided to sit down. He decided that maybe he could spare some time to work with her.

"Fine! Not that you can end football or anything, but I'll meet you in the library after-school," Angel finally with an annoyed face.

"Whoa! What makes you think that I'm free at that time? I mean I've got a life too you know!" Buffy snapped at him.

"Oh really! I didn't think that dorks had a life! I mean you proved that by becoming one!" Angel said laughing.

Buffy just looked at him. She wanted to slap him! Then finally her anger got the better of her. She swept her hand back and slapped it right into Angel's left cheek! Angel's face turned tomato red. The whole class stopped in their tracks. After all, the most popular boy in school had been slapped. No one had ever dared to criticize him, and now Buffy Summers had slapped him! Buffy's mouth dropped. What did I do? Did I really slap Him? Oh my god, I really slapped him!!!!!!! Buffy looked at Angel and then the class. She took some relief in the fact that Mr. Rudolf had stepped out for a moment. She looked back at Angel. A chill went down her spine when she saw his face. His face was tomato red, eyes wide, and teeth clenched.

"You'll pay for what you did bitch!" Angel squeezed out through clenched teeth.

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Buffy sat in the library looking at the picture of the heart. Of course, she there alone. Her anger had gotten the better of her, so she had to do the project alone. Why did I have to let all my anger out now? This is great! I'm stuck doing this project by myself! I'll never raise me average now! She sighed and went back to reading. The aorta pumps blood to......

"Buffy, Buffy," Someone quietly whispered behind her.

Buffy opened her eyes. Oh great I fell asleep. I fell asleep! Buffy leapt up from the table and nearly knocked down the person behind her. She looked to see who it was.

"Oh my God, Will are you ok?" Buffy asked with real concern in her voice.

"Oh, don't worry Buffy, I'm fine," Willow shyly said, smiling.

"Ok spill," Willow said excitedly.

"What?" Buffy said looking at Willow confused.

"Oh common Buffy don't play games with me! The whole school knows you slapped Angel!" Willow said nearly jumping from excitement.

"Oh great! This is just what I need!" Buffy said sarcastically.

"Hey what's wrong? You got what you wanted. You took a stand for yourself!" Willow said surprised by Buffy's reaction.

"I did, and now I'm stuck doing this stupid project all by myself. What am I going to do?" Buffy asked with the tired voice of an eighty year old lady.

"Yeah well taking stand comes with a price." Willow said with the wise guy routine. "Hey you know what? Oz and I only work on our project at night when he's done with his job shift. I'll help you with your project until his shift is over everyday in the librarian! I'll be damned if you don't get an A.

Buffy's head shot up. "You will? You really will? Thank you so much Wil!"

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Buffy and Willow spent the next week in the library. After-school Willow would help Buffy, and then at 8:00 O'clock, Willow would leave to work on her project with Oz. Buffy also avoided Angel. If she did ever mistakenly take a glance at him, she would get his glare that basically said your death is near! Although, the stares gave her chills, she knew that Angel couldn't possibly be a big enough jerk to hurt her.

"Oh my God Will, we finished!" Buffy yelled with excitement.

The librarian whispered a quick shhhhhhhhhhhh! to them.

"You're going to get an A Buffy!" Will said with excitement.

"Willow you're a true friend! Thank-you so much!" Buffy said thanking Willow for helping her. "Hey I gotta run, promised mom I'd be home before dinner today."

"Ok, see you tomorrow," Willow said.

"Yeah, bye Will," Buffy said gathering her things and ran out the door.

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Buffy was almost home, when someone pushed her hard from behind. She lost her balance but didn't fall. Her head quickly jerked back to see who was the idiot that had pushed her. As soon as she turned, her head started spinning. Standing right in front of her was Angel. She looked up at him and a wave of fear swept through her body. Angel had anger glued onto his face.

"You're going to pay for what you did,"Angel said looking her up and down.

"W-what do y-you want?" Buffy said a letting a little fear escape into her voice.

"Well what do you think I want? You slapped me and embarrassed me like hell! Now, you're here all alone, in this dark and deserted alley, what do you think I'm here to do?" Angel said with an evil grin starting to fill his face. Buffy looked at him in astonishment. Yeah, he was a jerk and an asshole, but was he low enough to.....to.....to..... to rape her? Buffy took a step back.

"Angel, don't you dare get near me!" Buffy said with incredible fear.

Angel leapt at her and grabbed her wrist and waist.

"Owwwww!" She screamed.

Angel turned her to face him. He turned her around and their eyes met. They stood with their shiny eyes burning into each other, trying to read each other's souls. Then finally Angel snapped out of the trance with his and Buffy's eyes, and jerked away. Buffy then also came back to reality where Angel had just threatened to rape her. Angel burst out laughing. He fell to the floor laughing so hard and loud, that Buffy was sure all of Sunnydale could hear.

"You fell for it! You fell for...." Was all Angel managed to squeal out between laughs.

Buffy stood there with eyes wide and mouth low.

"You, You......You were joking?" Buffy said shocked.

"Well duh! Why would you think that I want you!" Angel said, his laughter now slowing down. "I just wanted to get back at you for what you did, so I decided to scare the hell out of you. Glad to know that I succeeded!"

Buffy was drowning in the lava on anger. How could he do this? This was beyond revenge, this was just plain cruel! He always messed with her feelings, but now he had messed with something that every girl in this world feared. Buffy couldn't think of what to do. She just sat down on the ground and put her head in her arms. Angel stopped laughing and looked at her. Why is she sitting down? Why is she shaking so hard? Angel stopped laughing and walked over to her.

"Hey, I was just joking," He said, being careful to not show that he cared.

Buffy looked up at him. "Angel can you please just leave me alone for a while?" Buffy whispered with tears coming down her eyes.

Angel felt like he had just broke Buffy. This wasn't like her. The normal Buffy would cuss at him and tell him that he's a big jerk. Angel suddenly felt bad. This wasn't like him. He never regretted anything he had ever done. Why was he regretting what he had done now?