"Bye Mom, love you." Buffy kissed her mother Joyce Summers goodbye as she
prepared to go night patrolling.
"Be careful!" Joyce shouted after her as she was about to leave the house.
"I will Mom don't worry." Buffy assured her mother.
"And don't talk to strangers, or take candy from them... especially band candy!" Joyce added. Buffy laughed. "I won't Mom. Later." And she left the house.
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The moonlight was dim as it shone down over Shady Hill cemetery. The light was half masked by the cloudy night sky as Angel and Buffy were battling two vampires. Two particularly strong vampires tonight!
Angel ducked from a left hook delivered to the right of his face giving him the chance to spin the vampire around so that its back was facing him. Angel gave the vamp a strong kick to the waist sending his opponent into the wall of the Monte Dello crypt and then slumping to the ground. Angel quickly dusted the vampire; the lengthy fight finally over and turned to see Buffy slightly struggling. The vampire holding her down on the ground while she tried to reach for her stake only inches away from her fingertips. Angel promptly grabbed the stake and plunged it deep into the back of the vampire, piercing its unbeating heart and turning it to dust. Buffy got up; helped up by Angel and coughing from the vamp dust she just inhaled. "Eugh, remind me next time to wear clothes that don't show the dust up so much!" She said patting her clothes as clouds of dust emitted from them. Angel stretched his arm out and Buffy took his hand as he pulled her up. They both walked off in search of more vampires.
"Thanks for saving me back there." Buffy said a little quieter and slightly embarrassed. "You always save me." She whispered.
Angel turned to face her, his handsome features shadowed in the moonlight and his dark penetrating eyes staring deep into hers the way they always did. She felt like Angel could see her soul. The very essence of who she was. The entire world just melted away and there was just herself and Angel. They leaned into each other and Angels arm slid around Buffys waist and the other cupped her head and the side of her face as both her arms slid gently around his neck as they passionately kissed in the stillness of the night. Angel quickly pulled away. "No, I promised myself I wouldn't do this. Not again." He said.
"Just kiss me." Buffy softly whispered.
"I can't Buffy. We'll only want more and we can't. Not again." Angel slid one of his hands up Buffys arm so it held hers. "It can never be. Not really."
"Yes it can. I love you Angel and that's the most important thing. It's all that matters." Buffy replied, desperation in her voice and tears welling up in her eyes. " It has to be."
"Has to be?" Angel asked.
Buffy's eyes widened as a tear rolled down her delicate cheek. "If I lost you, if I had to live without you in my life, not seeing you for a day is hard and it tears me up inside. But forever?" Buffy spoke; her voice quivering "Forever would be like..." she paused, her eyes wide with tears and she pouted a feeling upset.
"... The end of the world" Angel finished.
Buffy nodded, eyes welled up with tears and another tear rolled down her cheek. Angel wiped it away, his thumb gently sweeping across her face but she quickly looked away and started walking off in the opposite direction from Angel. He looked on and felt guilty for causing her so much pain and heartache but he knew it was for the best and he knew deep down, some part of him knew that Buffy knew too.
"Be careful!" Joyce shouted after her as she was about to leave the house.
"I will Mom don't worry." Buffy assured her mother.
"And don't talk to strangers, or take candy from them... especially band candy!" Joyce added. Buffy laughed. "I won't Mom. Later." And she left the house.
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The moonlight was dim as it shone down over Shady Hill cemetery. The light was half masked by the cloudy night sky as Angel and Buffy were battling two vampires. Two particularly strong vampires tonight!
Angel ducked from a left hook delivered to the right of his face giving him the chance to spin the vampire around so that its back was facing him. Angel gave the vamp a strong kick to the waist sending his opponent into the wall of the Monte Dello crypt and then slumping to the ground. Angel quickly dusted the vampire; the lengthy fight finally over and turned to see Buffy slightly struggling. The vampire holding her down on the ground while she tried to reach for her stake only inches away from her fingertips. Angel promptly grabbed the stake and plunged it deep into the back of the vampire, piercing its unbeating heart and turning it to dust. Buffy got up; helped up by Angel and coughing from the vamp dust she just inhaled. "Eugh, remind me next time to wear clothes that don't show the dust up so much!" She said patting her clothes as clouds of dust emitted from them. Angel stretched his arm out and Buffy took his hand as he pulled her up. They both walked off in search of more vampires.
"Thanks for saving me back there." Buffy said a little quieter and slightly embarrassed. "You always save me." She whispered.
Angel turned to face her, his handsome features shadowed in the moonlight and his dark penetrating eyes staring deep into hers the way they always did. She felt like Angel could see her soul. The very essence of who she was. The entire world just melted away and there was just herself and Angel. They leaned into each other and Angels arm slid around Buffys waist and the other cupped her head and the side of her face as both her arms slid gently around his neck as they passionately kissed in the stillness of the night. Angel quickly pulled away. "No, I promised myself I wouldn't do this. Not again." He said.
"Just kiss me." Buffy softly whispered.
"I can't Buffy. We'll only want more and we can't. Not again." Angel slid one of his hands up Buffys arm so it held hers. "It can never be. Not really."
"Yes it can. I love you Angel and that's the most important thing. It's all that matters." Buffy replied, desperation in her voice and tears welling up in her eyes. " It has to be."
"Has to be?" Angel asked.
Buffy's eyes widened as a tear rolled down her delicate cheek. "If I lost you, if I had to live without you in my life, not seeing you for a day is hard and it tears me up inside. But forever?" Buffy spoke; her voice quivering "Forever would be like..." she paused, her eyes wide with tears and she pouted a feeling upset.
"... The end of the world" Angel finished.
Buffy nodded, eyes welled up with tears and another tear rolled down her cheek. Angel wiped it away, his thumb gently sweeping across her face but she quickly looked away and started walking off in the opposite direction from Angel. He looked on and felt guilty for causing her so much pain and heartache but he knew it was for the best and he knew deep down, some part of him knew that Buffy knew too.