Angel looked at the house before him, stunned with what he saw. The
address was correct, the same one Buffy had sent him when she moved. He
had expected a small quaint little house, but this three story house is not
what he had imagined. He was surprised, because most houses in Europe were
smaller, but this house was white with light blue shutters. The house had
a wrap around porch and picket fence surrounding it. Seemed Buffy was
living a fairy tale life, did she really want to add a Vampire? There was
only one way to find out.
Angel rang the doorbell and although it was 8 o'clock, he knew she wouldn't be in bed yet. Like him, she was awake all through the night. The door swung open and Buffy's beautiful, flawless face stared back in shock. All she could do was step out of the doorway and motion to him to come in. He looked at her with frown and then she shook her head.
"Opps! Sorry, the shock is still wearing off and I forgot that you had to be invi... Come in, please, Angel."
He walked into the stylishly decorated house and was lead to the balcony out back. He noticed she had the phone sitting on the table and the phone number to his law office next to it. She quickly picked it up to hide her "incriminating evidence" but then realized that obviously he came here because he knew she called.
Angel started to talk as they sat down, but Buffy put her had up in protest.
"Angel wait. I am sorry you had to fly all the way here, I am sure you have more important things to then come here the second I called. And by the way, I didn't call to freak you out and come here as soon as you could." Then she mumbled under her breath, "I am sure you were in the middle of saving an evil client that killed little children or something."
Angel looked at her disappointedly, "It seems we have a lot of talking to do. And no, there was no evil client I was saving... umm at the moment."
She looked at him thinking he would continue, but realized that she was the one that needed to explain. "I just called to say, hi..." Buffy paused and started to giggle at the fact that poor Angel flew across the world so she could say "Hi."
"Well, Hi Buffy. Thank you for nearly killing! Do you have any idea how worried I was? I mean, you don't call me in months, even after what we went through the last time. You didn't even call to tell me everything went ok, I obviously assumed that it was because the world didn't end. And then I got that cheesy post card from Dawn that said "We lived, and we are celebrating in Rome( Here is our address."
Buffy looked up in embarrassment. "O god..." She rolled her eyes at her little sister's insensitiveness. "I didn't know she sent that. I was in the middle of getting settled, and I ask one thing of Dawn, to write a few people to tell them we are ok and to give them our address. If I would have known... But you are right, I should have called you, not let Dawn do it. But you didn't have to come here! I mean, you could have called, or Emailed."
Angel sat there, it did sound kind of rational just to have called her back, but it was almost that he needed an excuse to come. His mind was read by Buffy.
"O... I guess you need a reason. Well," She reached for his hand and added, "I am glad you came. I wanted to talk to you. Now that you're here I think we have a golden opportunity. But for now, can we get some rest? Willow showed up today too out of know where and I am a bit overwhelemed. You can take the guest room, it is the first room to your right up stairs. I walk you up."
With that, the two walked up stairs together, taking small glances at each other to observe how they looked. Both concluded that each other looked extremely well. Angel walked into his room and just as Buffy turned to walk to her room her gently grabbed her arm.
"Buffy..." He said softly, "I missed you."
She smiled back at him and replied, "Me too. I am glad you came. I am so sorr..."
Just then Angel stopped her apology with a sweet kiss on the lips. They smiled and Angel said, "Now get some rest. We plenty of time to talk later."
He watched her walk away and close her door. Yes, he would make sure that he didn't leave here until he had all his questions answered. But with that kiss, she had just answered one. She still loved him too.
Angel rang the doorbell and although it was 8 o'clock, he knew she wouldn't be in bed yet. Like him, she was awake all through the night. The door swung open and Buffy's beautiful, flawless face stared back in shock. All she could do was step out of the doorway and motion to him to come in. He looked at her with frown and then she shook her head.
"Opps! Sorry, the shock is still wearing off and I forgot that you had to be invi... Come in, please, Angel."
He walked into the stylishly decorated house and was lead to the balcony out back. He noticed she had the phone sitting on the table and the phone number to his law office next to it. She quickly picked it up to hide her "incriminating evidence" but then realized that obviously he came here because he knew she called.
Angel started to talk as they sat down, but Buffy put her had up in protest.
"Angel wait. I am sorry you had to fly all the way here, I am sure you have more important things to then come here the second I called. And by the way, I didn't call to freak you out and come here as soon as you could." Then she mumbled under her breath, "I am sure you were in the middle of saving an evil client that killed little children or something."
Angel looked at her disappointedly, "It seems we have a lot of talking to do. And no, there was no evil client I was saving... umm at the moment."
She looked at him thinking he would continue, but realized that she was the one that needed to explain. "I just called to say, hi..." Buffy paused and started to giggle at the fact that poor Angel flew across the world so she could say "Hi."
"Well, Hi Buffy. Thank you for nearly killing! Do you have any idea how worried I was? I mean, you don't call me in months, even after what we went through the last time. You didn't even call to tell me everything went ok, I obviously assumed that it was because the world didn't end. And then I got that cheesy post card from Dawn that said "We lived, and we are celebrating in Rome( Here is our address."
Buffy looked up in embarrassment. "O god..." She rolled her eyes at her little sister's insensitiveness. "I didn't know she sent that. I was in the middle of getting settled, and I ask one thing of Dawn, to write a few people to tell them we are ok and to give them our address. If I would have known... But you are right, I should have called you, not let Dawn do it. But you didn't have to come here! I mean, you could have called, or Emailed."
Angel sat there, it did sound kind of rational just to have called her back, but it was almost that he needed an excuse to come. His mind was read by Buffy.
"O... I guess you need a reason. Well," She reached for his hand and added, "I am glad you came. I wanted to talk to you. Now that you're here I think we have a golden opportunity. But for now, can we get some rest? Willow showed up today too out of know where and I am a bit overwhelemed. You can take the guest room, it is the first room to your right up stairs. I walk you up."
With that, the two walked up stairs together, taking small glances at each other to observe how they looked. Both concluded that each other looked extremely well. Angel walked into his room and just as Buffy turned to walk to her room her gently grabbed her arm.
"Buffy..." He said softly, "I missed you."
She smiled back at him and replied, "Me too. I am glad you came. I am so sorr..."
Just then Angel stopped her apology with a sweet kiss on the lips. They smiled and Angel said, "Now get some rest. We plenty of time to talk later."
He watched her walk away and close her door. Yes, he would make sure that he didn't leave here until he had all his questions answered. But with that kiss, she had just answered one. She still loved him too.