Part 2
They all stood there for the longest time. Buffy and Angel just staring at each other.
She looks terrible. Was all Angel could thing. He was right. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying so hard and she had dark circles under her eyes. Her radiant smile was there no more and clothes were stained with blood and dirt. Angel, who was used to seeing this beautiful happy girl, was shocked to see that fear and hatred replaced the love in her eyes.
"Um, I'm going to leave." Buffy said standing, not meeting anyone's eyes. "Angel I'm sorry, I didn't know this was your place. You know that I wouldn't have came here if I knew, especially after our last encounter, so I'm just going to go."
"Like hell you are."
With that Buffy turned around and finally met Angel gaze. "Buffy," he said slowly going up to her. "You're hurt and tired and if what Gunn says is true, you shouldn't be out on the streets." He had managed to get pretty close to her and thought he had won until.
"I'll go to a hotel." She said backing off from him. "I'll call Willow from there and then she can come and get me."
"Why not just call from here?" Cordelia piped in. Buffy just glared at her. "Sorry." She muttered walking out of the room.
"Buffy, I'm not letting you out of my sight. If anything happened to you I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I can't let you get hurt."
"Like you care if I live or die." Buffy called while heading to the door.
Angel quickly ran in front of her and grabbed her by the arm. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing." She whispered. "Just please let me go."
"No."
"Angel," she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "Please."
Then it registered. "You can't fight can you?" She looked down at the ground and nodded slowly. So that's why she hasn't tried to fight to get out of here. That's also why she looks so scared.
"Angel, I don't know what to do. All the demons seem to know that my power is gone and every time I come close to contacting someone back home another demon jumps me or the phone line gets disconnected." She cried
"Buffy, why didn't you come to me. You know I would have helped."
"I tried to get in contact with you at your old office. No one was there though, and I didn't know where to even begin searching." She looked up at him. Her heart felt like melting. There she was standing in front of the man she once loved crying her eyes out. All she wanted was for him to take her into his arms but she knew that would be impossible. "I was scared to see you again too. When we last saw each other we were horrible and I just didn't know what you would say or what I would say and I didn't want..."
Angel cut her off by putting a finger to her lip. "Shhh." He brushed the tears away from her cheek gently. "It's going to be ok. I'll take care of it."
"Promise." She sobbed
"Promise."
They stood there like that for a few minutes. Each looking into each other's eyes and wanting so badly just to kiss the other one but they didn't. They couldn't.
"You look tired." Angel said brushing a loose strand of hair from her face. "Come on, why don't I take you down to my room and you can sleep there. Then in the morning we'll figure out what to do."
Buffy nodded and slowly together they walked to Angels bedroom where she laid down and fell asleep with Angel stroking her hair.
They all stood there for the longest time. Buffy and Angel just staring at each other.
She looks terrible. Was all Angel could thing. He was right. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying so hard and she had dark circles under her eyes. Her radiant smile was there no more and clothes were stained with blood and dirt. Angel, who was used to seeing this beautiful happy girl, was shocked to see that fear and hatred replaced the love in her eyes.
"Um, I'm going to leave." Buffy said standing, not meeting anyone's eyes. "Angel I'm sorry, I didn't know this was your place. You know that I wouldn't have came here if I knew, especially after our last encounter, so I'm just going to go."
"Like hell you are."
With that Buffy turned around and finally met Angel gaze. "Buffy," he said slowly going up to her. "You're hurt and tired and if what Gunn says is true, you shouldn't be out on the streets." He had managed to get pretty close to her and thought he had won until.
"I'll go to a hotel." She said backing off from him. "I'll call Willow from there and then she can come and get me."
"Why not just call from here?" Cordelia piped in. Buffy just glared at her. "Sorry." She muttered walking out of the room.
"Buffy, I'm not letting you out of my sight. If anything happened to you I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I can't let you get hurt."
"Like you care if I live or die." Buffy called while heading to the door.
Angel quickly ran in front of her and grabbed her by the arm. "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing." She whispered. "Just please let me go."
"No."
"Angel," she looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "Please."
Then it registered. "You can't fight can you?" She looked down at the ground and nodded slowly. So that's why she hasn't tried to fight to get out of here. That's also why she looks so scared.
"Angel, I don't know what to do. All the demons seem to know that my power is gone and every time I come close to contacting someone back home another demon jumps me or the phone line gets disconnected." She cried
"Buffy, why didn't you come to me. You know I would have helped."
"I tried to get in contact with you at your old office. No one was there though, and I didn't know where to even begin searching." She looked up at him. Her heart felt like melting. There she was standing in front of the man she once loved crying her eyes out. All she wanted was for him to take her into his arms but she knew that would be impossible. "I was scared to see you again too. When we last saw each other we were horrible and I just didn't know what you would say or what I would say and I didn't want..."
Angel cut her off by putting a finger to her lip. "Shhh." He brushed the tears away from her cheek gently. "It's going to be ok. I'll take care of it."
"Promise." She sobbed
"Promise."
They stood there like that for a few minutes. Each looking into each other's eyes and wanting so badly just to kiss the other one but they didn't. They couldn't.
"You look tired." Angel said brushing a loose strand of hair from her face. "Come on, why don't I take you down to my room and you can sleep there. Then in the morning we'll figure out what to do."
Buffy nodded and slowly together they walked to Angels bedroom where she laid down and fell asleep with Angel stroking her hair.