It was just after one in the morning when a knock came at Willow's door.
" What the..." she said as she got out of bed.
She looked out the eyehole and was shocked to see who it was.
"Angel?" she whispered as opened the door "What are you doing here?"
"Buffy told me to come over because you guys had an emergency."
Willow was really confused. " What are you talking about? You called and told her to meet you in LA."
"No I didn't." Angel said.
"Yeah you did. Here I'll play you the message."
Angel's face went blank as he listened to the message. The room was silent long after the message stopped playing.
" I never called Buffy. She called me and Cordelia answered the phone."
He stopped when he saw the look on Willow's face.
" We work together at my agency in LA."
"I never said anything." Willow sighed. " But Buffy is on here way to LA right now, expecting to see you."
Angel started to walk out the door.
" Wait where are you going?"
" Back to LA to find her. Someone set us up and I need to find out who an why before Buffy gets hurt."
As he walked away Willow whispered, " She already is."
" I know and it kills me that I'm the cause of all her pain. But I thought it was the best. For all of us."
He closed the door behind him and walked swiftly down the quiet hallway.
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Buffy walked down the sidewalk, ignoring the looks she was getting from the people she saw. They were either smoking or asking for money and Buffy knew that if she looked at them she would throw up.
In the back of her mind she kept having that nagging thought, "Why would Angel want you to meet him here?" but it was always replaced with "Because he needs you."
Just then Buffy felt a shadow looming over her and her body tensed. She spun around just in time to feel a fist connect with her lower abdomen.
"Welcome to LA." A vampire snarled as more emerged from the dark ally.
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Angel ran through the sewers leading that connected Sunnydale and LA. He knew that it was his safest and fastest bet. Fastest because their was no traffic and safest because the sun couldn't reach him there. The entire time he was running he thought about Buffy and the danger she could be facing.
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" Is this how you welcome everyone who comes to LA?" Buffy asked.
" No. Only the ones who try to take over our territory."
" I'm not trying to do anything. I'm just here to help a friend out."
" Sure you are."
With that the vampire lunged at Buffy and punched her in the face. She then followed it up with several kicks to the stomach and a punch to the face. She then continued to fight the other vampires who came after her, sending them all into the wind as a cloud of ash. Before she realized it she was engulfed in a pile of demons that were trying to bite her neck. Just as she thought all hope was gone, the vampires got off of her in ear piercing screams and she fell over. She looked up just in time to see the final vampire being turned to dust by a dark figure.
" Angel?" she whispered before she passed out on the ground, slamming her head against the hard concrete.
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Angel turned around just in time to see Buffy's head hit the pavement.
" Buffy!" he screamed.
He ran over to her and knelt beside her.
"Buffy? Are you ok?" he asked.
He rolled her over and saw that her head was bleeding. He picked up her limp body and brought her to his apartment and was angry with himself the entire way there.
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When he reached his apartment, Angel put the injured Buffy on his bed and took off her jacket. He went into the kitchen and returned a couple of minutes later with a bowl of warm water and a washcloth. He sat beside her on the bed and wiped her wounds, at least the ones he could see. A few minutes later he pulled the covers over her and left the room.
He went into his living room and sat in front of his fireplace. He pulled out a book by try as he might he just couldn't read it. Not with Buffy in his bed in the next room. She was so close yet so far away. And that's the way it had to remain. No matter how many times he told that to himself he just didn't believe it.
Willow's comment "She already is", echoed in his mind.
Oh God what have I done. I leave to protect her while I knew very well that this isn't what she needed..or wanted.
The only way Angel could keep from tearing his flesh from his skin and possibly taking his own death was to check up on Buffy periodically. She looked like a true angel lying on the pillow. But there was something missing. It took him a while to figure out that it was the shine in his face. The happiness. The energy.
Did I do that? He asked himself. Am I the cause of all of this?
Angel walked over to the bed and sat on the floor. And that's where he stayed, sleeping beside the woman who he loves.
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The next morning Buffy woke up in someone else's bed, in someone else's room.
Where am I? she asked herself before realizing where she was. Angel.
She looked down to find him sleeping on the floor beside her. Like an Angel. Her Angel.
She tried to get out of bed and was quickly reminded of the previous night's events. She fell back on to the bed with a gasp. Her back felt as if it were broken in ten different places and her head was throbbing so hard, it seemed as if it were being smacked repeatedly with a hammer.
" Owww." she cried out.
Angel woke up to find Buffy halfway off the bed.
" Steady." He said easing her into a correct position. " Why are you trying to get up?"
" Because I'm trying to get out of here." Buffy replied briskly.
She immediately felt guilty after seeing the hurt look on his face.
" Well you can't go anywhere yet.no matter how much you want to. I'm surprised you don't have a concussion after the contact your head made with the concrete last night." he said quietly. " I'll get you something to eat."
Buffy watched as he walked out the room, shoulders slouched and head down.
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Pretty nice huh.just wait until you see what happens next.
" What the..." she said as she got out of bed.
She looked out the eyehole and was shocked to see who it was.
"Angel?" she whispered as opened the door "What are you doing here?"
"Buffy told me to come over because you guys had an emergency."
Willow was really confused. " What are you talking about? You called and told her to meet you in LA."
"No I didn't." Angel said.
"Yeah you did. Here I'll play you the message."
Angel's face went blank as he listened to the message. The room was silent long after the message stopped playing.
" I never called Buffy. She called me and Cordelia answered the phone."
He stopped when he saw the look on Willow's face.
" We work together at my agency in LA."
"I never said anything." Willow sighed. " But Buffy is on here way to LA right now, expecting to see you."
Angel started to walk out the door.
" Wait where are you going?"
" Back to LA to find her. Someone set us up and I need to find out who an why before Buffy gets hurt."
As he walked away Willow whispered, " She already is."
" I know and it kills me that I'm the cause of all her pain. But I thought it was the best. For all of us."
He closed the door behind him and walked swiftly down the quiet hallway.
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Buffy walked down the sidewalk, ignoring the looks she was getting from the people she saw. They were either smoking or asking for money and Buffy knew that if she looked at them she would throw up.
In the back of her mind she kept having that nagging thought, "Why would Angel want you to meet him here?" but it was always replaced with "Because he needs you."
Just then Buffy felt a shadow looming over her and her body tensed. She spun around just in time to feel a fist connect with her lower abdomen.
"Welcome to LA." A vampire snarled as more emerged from the dark ally.
*****************************************************
Angel ran through the sewers leading that connected Sunnydale and LA. He knew that it was his safest and fastest bet. Fastest because their was no traffic and safest because the sun couldn't reach him there. The entire time he was running he thought about Buffy and the danger she could be facing.
****************************************************
" Is this how you welcome everyone who comes to LA?" Buffy asked.
" No. Only the ones who try to take over our territory."
" I'm not trying to do anything. I'm just here to help a friend out."
" Sure you are."
With that the vampire lunged at Buffy and punched her in the face. She then followed it up with several kicks to the stomach and a punch to the face. She then continued to fight the other vampires who came after her, sending them all into the wind as a cloud of ash. Before she realized it she was engulfed in a pile of demons that were trying to bite her neck. Just as she thought all hope was gone, the vampires got off of her in ear piercing screams and she fell over. She looked up just in time to see the final vampire being turned to dust by a dark figure.
" Angel?" she whispered before she passed out on the ground, slamming her head against the hard concrete.
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Angel turned around just in time to see Buffy's head hit the pavement.
" Buffy!" he screamed.
He ran over to her and knelt beside her.
"Buffy? Are you ok?" he asked.
He rolled her over and saw that her head was bleeding. He picked up her limp body and brought her to his apartment and was angry with himself the entire way there.
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When he reached his apartment, Angel put the injured Buffy on his bed and took off her jacket. He went into the kitchen and returned a couple of minutes later with a bowl of warm water and a washcloth. He sat beside her on the bed and wiped her wounds, at least the ones he could see. A few minutes later he pulled the covers over her and left the room.
He went into his living room and sat in front of his fireplace. He pulled out a book by try as he might he just couldn't read it. Not with Buffy in his bed in the next room. She was so close yet so far away. And that's the way it had to remain. No matter how many times he told that to himself he just didn't believe it.
Willow's comment "She already is", echoed in his mind.
Oh God what have I done. I leave to protect her while I knew very well that this isn't what she needed..or wanted.
The only way Angel could keep from tearing his flesh from his skin and possibly taking his own death was to check up on Buffy periodically. She looked like a true angel lying on the pillow. But there was something missing. It took him a while to figure out that it was the shine in his face. The happiness. The energy.
Did I do that? He asked himself. Am I the cause of all of this?
Angel walked over to the bed and sat on the floor. And that's where he stayed, sleeping beside the woman who he loves.
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The next morning Buffy woke up in someone else's bed, in someone else's room.
Where am I? she asked herself before realizing where she was. Angel.
She looked down to find him sleeping on the floor beside her. Like an Angel. Her Angel.
She tried to get out of bed and was quickly reminded of the previous night's events. She fell back on to the bed with a gasp. Her back felt as if it were broken in ten different places and her head was throbbing so hard, it seemed as if it were being smacked repeatedly with a hammer.
" Owww." she cried out.
Angel woke up to find Buffy halfway off the bed.
" Steady." He said easing her into a correct position. " Why are you trying to get up?"
" Because I'm trying to get out of here." Buffy replied briskly.
She immediately felt guilty after seeing the hurt look on his face.
" Well you can't go anywhere yet.no matter how much you want to. I'm surprised you don't have a concussion after the contact your head made with the concrete last night." he said quietly. " I'll get you something to eat."
Buffy watched as he walked out the room, shoulders slouched and head down.
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Pretty nice huh.just wait until you see what happens next.