Angel woke up and looked at the clock, it was 7:00AM. He knew Buffy was up
because he could hear her in the kitchen making breakfast. He stretched
and went down stairs. As he walked down the stairs, he noticed Buffy had
turned all the blinds on the windows to make sure the sunny didn't get in
but that the rooms weren't dark.
"Morning," Angel whispered to Buffy in the kitchen, making sure not to talk to loud to wake Willow up.
"Hey, you don't have to whisper. Willow went out to explore Rome and do some shopping. Umm, I don't keep any blood in the house, cause I wasn't expecting you..." She looked at Angel apologetically.
He laughed and said, "Naw, don't worry about it. I am not hungry, and I drink coffee for the caffeine." He said smiling thankfully as she offered him a cup of coffee.
For the next few hours, Buffy and Angel did something that neither of them could recall ever doing together. They sat on the couch together under a blanket, drank coffee, and watched some TV in content silence.
Buffy looked at him, as if she was going to start a deep conversation about them and what this all meant but Angel put him finger tenderly to her lips.
"Don't. Just sit here with me and lets kept in simple, you and me together watching TV. Ok"
She smiled and snuggled closer to him and replied, "Yea that sounds good. I know we have ton to work through, but for now, lets just enjoy it before we have to make some complicating decisions."
Angel reached over and gave her a short but o-so-sweet kiss and wrapped her in his arms. He wondered how he could have gone on so long without Buffy by his side. She was right, things were going to get complicating real fast and they would have to make some rough choices. But one thing was for sure, after seeing her, holding her, and kissing her again, he wasn't willing to live his life without her.
The phone rang and interrupted and precious moment between Buffy and Angel.
Buffy groaned in annoyance and then answered the phone. "Hello?" Buffy said agitated.
"Buffy, its Xander. I am on my way to Rome as we speak."
"WHAT!" Angel looked at her worriedly and got up to stand by her side.
"Sorry Buf. Willow told me Angel came, and the last thing I want to do is ruin your time together.... But it is urgent. It is not something I can tell you over the phone, because you would freak. I will be there by 11 tonight."
"Well, at least tell me what to expect." Buffy said in a worried tone.
"Sunnydale...where it is...was...umm" Xander was stuttering with fear.
"Spit it out Xander!!!"
"It's back Buffy. Sunnydale is back. I don't know how, but it is there. Everything is the same, I was just there and saw it with my own eyes. Just the way it was before it fell into the Hell Mouth. People are there, and when I asked people about it they said that they thought there was an epidemic, like a disease. And now that the "disease" is gone, it is safe! I don't know what is going on."
After about a 3 minute pause Xander said, "Buffy, you there?" Then after another long pause said, "Shit!" And hung up.
Buffy dropped the receiver in horror and looked at Angel with tears in her eyes and said, "Its never over, Is it?"
"What is it? Tell me what Xander said."
"Sunnydale is back... and so is the Hell Mouth I guess." With that she ran to her room and Angel followed. Buffy pulled out a suitcase and started putting her close in it.
"What in the hell are you doing?"
"She looked up at him with grief and sadness in her eyes and said, "It looks like I am going home."
"Morning," Angel whispered to Buffy in the kitchen, making sure not to talk to loud to wake Willow up.
"Hey, you don't have to whisper. Willow went out to explore Rome and do some shopping. Umm, I don't keep any blood in the house, cause I wasn't expecting you..." She looked at Angel apologetically.
He laughed and said, "Naw, don't worry about it. I am not hungry, and I drink coffee for the caffeine." He said smiling thankfully as she offered him a cup of coffee.
For the next few hours, Buffy and Angel did something that neither of them could recall ever doing together. They sat on the couch together under a blanket, drank coffee, and watched some TV in content silence.
Buffy looked at him, as if she was going to start a deep conversation about them and what this all meant but Angel put him finger tenderly to her lips.
"Don't. Just sit here with me and lets kept in simple, you and me together watching TV. Ok"
She smiled and snuggled closer to him and replied, "Yea that sounds good. I know we have ton to work through, but for now, lets just enjoy it before we have to make some complicating decisions."
Angel reached over and gave her a short but o-so-sweet kiss and wrapped her in his arms. He wondered how he could have gone on so long without Buffy by his side. She was right, things were going to get complicating real fast and they would have to make some rough choices. But one thing was for sure, after seeing her, holding her, and kissing her again, he wasn't willing to live his life without her.
The phone rang and interrupted and precious moment between Buffy and Angel.
Buffy groaned in annoyance and then answered the phone. "Hello?" Buffy said agitated.
"Buffy, its Xander. I am on my way to Rome as we speak."
"WHAT!" Angel looked at her worriedly and got up to stand by her side.
"Sorry Buf. Willow told me Angel came, and the last thing I want to do is ruin your time together.... But it is urgent. It is not something I can tell you over the phone, because you would freak. I will be there by 11 tonight."
"Well, at least tell me what to expect." Buffy said in a worried tone.
"Sunnydale...where it is...was...umm" Xander was stuttering with fear.
"Spit it out Xander!!!"
"It's back Buffy. Sunnydale is back. I don't know how, but it is there. Everything is the same, I was just there and saw it with my own eyes. Just the way it was before it fell into the Hell Mouth. People are there, and when I asked people about it they said that they thought there was an epidemic, like a disease. And now that the "disease" is gone, it is safe! I don't know what is going on."
After about a 3 minute pause Xander said, "Buffy, you there?" Then after another long pause said, "Shit!" And hung up.
Buffy dropped the receiver in horror and looked at Angel with tears in her eyes and said, "Its never over, Is it?"
"What is it? Tell me what Xander said."
"Sunnydale is back... and so is the Hell Mouth I guess." With that she ran to her room and Angel followed. Buffy pulled out a suitcase and started putting her close in it.
"What in the hell are you doing?"
"She looked up at him with grief and sadness in her eyes and said, "It looks like I am going home."