Love that prevail over death
Giles' voice Last time in 'Buffy, the Vampire slayer': Willow finds a prophecy about Angel. Buffy meets her soulmate. Riley stalks the hotel.
Part Three: Arrangements
Buffy woke up, her dream fresh in her memory, a silly grin on her face. She went upstairs only to find Giles, Willow and Wesley researching; Xander and Anya watching TV and eating popcorn; Cordy and Doyle kissing; and Dawn talking enthusiastically with some boy.
"Buffy. What happened?" Giles asked, aknowledging her presence to everyone.
Buffy smiled contentedly, sitting down beside Anya on the coach and grabbing a hand full of popcorn.
"I dreamed" She answered clearly.
"With who?" Cordu asked suspiciously.
"Angel. He is okay, the spell is going to work" She smiled sweetly "He's gonna be alive".
The gang stared at her in shock. Cordelia first spoke:
"Alive? You mean... Vampiricly alive?".
Buffy shook negatively her head. Giles murmured his "oh dear", and flipped the pages of the book he was reading. Willow piped:
"You mean humanly alive?".
Smiling brightly, Buffy nodded.
~~**~~
Angel and Christal watched the scenes on a pool, a frown on Angel's face. Riley was around. That was so not good. Christal felt his worry and smiled:
"She'll be okay, Liam. Don't worry".
"She's my mate. It's my duty to worry" Abgel replied "If he messes a hair of hers, I'll kill him".
"Relax. The spell will be performed soon. If he attacks, you're going to be around".
They turned the attention back to the crystal clear pool.
~~**~~
Now that they knew the spell was going to work, better than they expected, the Scoobies worked hard all day long. It was 9:30 p.m. and Buffy was exhausted to the core.
Right then, she was reading one of Angel's favorite books, Utopia, when Willow showed up. Buffy was sleeping at Angel's apartment and the rest of the gang installed on the other hotel's room.
"It's late. Go sleep. Everything is already fixed".
Buffy smiled, Willow was acting like a mother. Probably she had sent everyone to take a shower and go to bed before checking on her. And she was tired. Sleeping, she could dream with Angel – once more.
"Okay".
"Dream with Angel" Willow smirked.
"I will, Willow. I will"
~~**~~
Angel glanced briefly at Christal as they watched Buffy to go into bed and pray Angel to come into her dreams. He looked up and Christal answered his unspoken question.
"Go sleep, Liam. Reach her with your thoughts".
Angel smiled brightly at the 'goddess' and hurried to sleep. Christal envied Buffy a little. No woman on all the Earth was more loved by a man than her by Angel. Before sleeping, Angel said:
"Christal?".
"Yes?".
"Don't peep at my intimacy with Buffy, but warn us when we go close to wake up, please".
Christal smiled.
"Okay. Liam?".
"Hum" He said nearly asleep.
"Have fun".
Angel smiled and slept. Christal looked back at the pool and touched its contents briefly. The scene changed from Angel and Buffy kissing to Riley.
~~**~~
There she was. More beautiful than ever, with a long light pink dress, her hair free down her back. She faced him, a bright smile on her face, her eyes glimmering with love. He handed her the flower she had given him earlier.
"Beloved" He said before they kissed. She softly ran her fingers under his shirt and down his sculpted chest, her touch sending shivers through Angel's body. She grasped his shaft – and remembered the day they kissed in front of the cinema, and only kissing her he hardened.
She smiled against his lips. She adored the power she had over him.
"Buffy..." Angel moaned as she softly stroked his cock.
"What?" She batted her eyelashes sweetly "Is that girl watching us?".
"Nope" Angel said as leaned and licked the soft skin of her neck. She growled.
"You sure?".
"Yeah".
"Good" Then they forgot everything, but the sensations their touch brought to each other's bodies and the love they felt.
~~**~~
They were talking about their future when Christal piped:
"Are you dressed?".
"Don't tell me I will wake up" Buffy groaned as she tightened her grip on Angel's waist.
"We will, I'm asleep too" Angel kissed his mark at her neck. She giggled.
"See you later?" Buffy asked hopefully as they got dressed. Angel kissed her gently.
"The spell will work, you don't have to worry. Probably, you won't have any sexual dreams with me tonight".
"Will they turn reality?".
"Be sure of that! I love you".
"I love you".
~~**~~
Buffy smiled at her sweaty body, as she woke up that morning. She took a quick shower, not enough to wash Angel's scent away of her skin; dressed a college skirt and one of Angel's shirts. Willow and Giles were finishing the arrangements on Angel's work-out room – they had chosen that one to perform the spell.
Anya, however, was on the kitchen, making breakfast. She smiled as Buffy walked into.
"You had sex with Angel last night" The former demon spat. Buffy blushed "I know you did. You were screaming pleasantly. Girl are you loud" She insisted.
"Anya?".
"Yes?".
"Shut up".
"Okay" Anya paused "Jesus, I don't want to imagine how it will be when Angel arrives".
~~**~~
Willow drew a five-tips star on the floor. Inside of it she drew two circles: one smaller, inside the other. When time arrived, Buffy stood inside the smaller circle, with a little sharpened knife and the urn with Angel's ashes. Giles and Willow stood on the other one. Oz, Doyle, Cordy, Wesley and Xander stood, each one on a tip of the star.
Anya had the mission to replace who would faint.
"Let's start" A hopeful Buffy said. Willow smiled reassuringly and Giles and her started chanting the spell.
When they finished, Buffy grabbed the knife and carefully opened the urn. Looking adoringly at Angel's ashes, she put them on the floor. She made a little cut on her palm and let three drops of her blood fall on his ashes.
Everyone held their breaths. Anxiety grew thick on the air, as a little blue ball of energy formed.
~~**~~
Christal was looking at Angel. He was gleaming a soft baby-blue since the spell has started. She looked back at the gang. Angel opened his eyes and she knew: he was leaving. He smiled thankfully to Christal. She smiled back at him and mouthed:
"Be happy".
"I will" He mouthed back, and disappeared.