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The next day at school, Buffy didn't see Riley anywhere, and she was glad. Last night was definitely a trip. She didn't really understand what had happened last night. She knew that Riley was a bastard and had tried something with her and that Angel had saved her. But, the thing she didn't get was how Angel could make her feel the way she did when she'd only known him a day. That thought kept running through her mind all day. Other than that, the rest of the day, the week even, went off without a hitch.
On Friday night Buffy was just sitting around the house when the phone rang. It was Willow calling to see if she wanted to go to the Bronze. Of course Buffy said, "Yeah, of course. I'll meet you guys there. Okay great. Bye Wills." Buffy chose to wear her cute new black mini-skirt with her blood red tank top. After checking herself out in the mirror, Buffy ran out the door calling a quick goodbye to her aunt and sister.
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She got to the club in about 15 min. and found everyone minus Angel, Spike, Oz and Faith. "Hey guys. What's goin' on? Where's everyone else?" Buffy said to Willow as she sat down at the table.
"I don't know where Angel is, I bet he'll show though." Willow said to Buffy smiling.
"That's not what I asked. It may be what I meant, but not what I asked." Buffy replied with a faux stern look on her face.
"Oh, well then. Spike and Faith decided to skip out tonight, Fred and Gunn are dancing, and The Dingoes are playing tonight. So Oz is backstage with the guys." Willow said almost seriously. Buffy smiled at her newfound best friend.
"Now that's more like it." Buffy said mock seriously. Buffy looked around the club to see if there were any cute boys in the club tonight. That's when HE walked into the club. He was like a beacon to her; she just knew when he was in the room. Then he looked at her, and smiled, and that was it. She was his and she just melted. He walked over to her.
"Hey." Buffy smiled, knowing that tonight was gonna be a good night.
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Angel walked into the club late that night, because his sister Kathy asked a million questions about this mystery girl that had been plaguing his thoughts. Finally he got to the club and instantly knew she was in the room. Not really needing to, he searched the crowd for her, and found her sitting with Willow and smiled at the sight of her. Buffy, the blond goddess that haunted his dreams every night and that made him want to take her in his arms and never let her go. She was so beautiful and smart and graceful that he felt so inadequate when he was around her. He walked over to her, completely oblivious to the fact that Willow was sitting right next to her and trying not to giggle, along with Fred and Gunn. "Hey" Angel greeted her.
"Hey" Buffy said back. She was smiling and looking straight into his eyes when The Dingoes started to play.
"You wanna dance?" Angel asked hopefully, and was rewarded with a smile and a nod. They walked off to the dance floor and Angel wrapped his arms protectively around Buffy's waist and Buffy wrapped her arms around Angel's neck and laid her head gently on his chest. As they danced, the world just seemed to fall away. There was no one else and they were just lost in each other's presence. As the song came to an end, Buffy raised her head and looked into Angel's deep soulful eyes. That's when Angel leaned down and kissed her gently, and Buffy felt like she was in heaven. The kiss didn't last long, but it was long enough to show each person just how the other felt. It was soft and passionate and Angel knew how Buffy felt by the way she responded to the kiss. The pair walked off the dance floor and back to the table where Willow sat, watching and listening to Oz and the Dingoes play. Angel sat down, and Buffy sat on his lap, and Willow finally tore her eyes away from the stage to look at the new couple. Fred and Gunn were smiling at them.
"Hey you two. I see you finally got it in gear and hooked up. We've all known this was gonna happen, it was just a matter of when." She turned back to watching Oz. Buffy and Angel looked at each other and started cracking up, knowing that this was true.
"Hey give us a break. We haven't known each other that long." Buffy retorted.
Willow merely shrugged her shoulders. The rest of the night went great with all three couples dancing, laughing and having fun.
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At the end of the night Angel had walked Buffy home from the club after saying their goodbyes to their friends. The pair were standing on Buffy's porch, holding hands and gazing into each other's eyes.
"Tonight was great." Buffy said softly.
"Yeah. It was. Do you wanna go out with me tomorrow night?" Angel asked her. As an answer Buffy stood on her tiptoes and kissed him sweetly. Angel reciprocated the kiss and then some, but broke it off before it got too heated. There would be time for that later. "I'll take that as a yes." He said as he smiled down at her. Buffy smiled back and opened the door and went into her house, but before she closed the door she said, "See you tomorrow." With a smile, she disappeared into her house. Angel smiled and walked off the porch thinking how much he couldn't wait till tomorrow to see his blond goddess.