Hey new fic up, so if u like my stories then check it out! It's called 'Redemption.' I'm trying to go in a different direction this time, but we'll see how it goes. Anyway read and review!

Chapter 21

Buffy finished her dinner and pushed back from the table, full up, and still apparently oblivious to the murmurs about her. All day people had been asking her whether the rumours were true, but Buffy had always merely smiled and carried on with what she was doing. Wild stories had been circulating, that Buffy was dating a werewolf, a troll and a hippogriff, but none so far about vampires.

Later that evening, Buffy told Angel about this, as they lay spooned on his bed.
 "You're famous in the Hogwarts halls," she teased him, playing with his fingers and fiddling with his claddagh ring. "They haven't figured out what you are yet though."
 "I suppose its better that people know I exist," Nagel said distractedly. "Better than them running into me randomly." Buffy snuggled into him, and laid her head on his chest. Angel tipped her chin up with his finger and kissed her. With a groan, Buffy rolled until she was lying on top of him, and they kissed passionately, months apart making it all the more important. Angel placed his hands in the small of Buffy's back and she entwined hers in his hair, all the while kissing him and being kissed by him. They rolled over, and Buffy lay underneath Angel, trapped by his arms. She slid her hands under his shirt and ran her warm hands over his cold torso. She reached where his heartbeat would've been, then stopped, and pulled her head away, while he kept kissing her neck.

 "Angel," she said softly. "Angel, we have to stop, we have to be in control." Reluctantly he pulled back, and his brown eyes met hers.
 "You're right," he murmured, "But it's so difficult." He rolled of off Buffy, and she got up, smoothing her clothes and messy hair.
 "How are we going to do this?" she said suddenly. "How can we be together and still be in control? The moment I see you, I want to be with you, I feel like I have to touch you and then I'll be complete." Nagel crossed the room to her, and took her hand.
 "I know," he assured her. "I know. Maybe we shouldn't, maybe we should stop, before we get in too deep…."

 "No," Buffy said, barely controlling her emotions. "You can't not be there. I lost you once, and I had no choice. But we do this time. How can anyone in the world be like us, how can anyone love someone more than I love you?" She kissed him and her tears fell onto his face.