Chapter 3
The song My Arms Keep Missing You By Caught In The Act
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L.A,
W & H
"Yo, Angel man, are you even listening to me?"
Gun was waiting for a response, losing his patient, slowly.
They were sitting at Angel's office talking business when all of the sudden Angel wasn't in the conversation. He had this far away look, as if he was mile from there.
Angel didn't know what happened, Gun was talking to him and all the sudden he felt a tag at his heart, as if he should have known something, should have saved someone but nothing happened, it passed quickly.
"Sorry Gun, I…I guess I am just tired. Do you mind if we'll call it a night?"
"No man, fine by me. Fred is waiting for me anyway. Hey, you wanna come with us?"
"No, thanks. I think I will just go …" he was looking for the right word.
"Brooding?" Gun teased.
Angel gave him a threatening look.
Gun lifted his hands up, "Night man!"
He closed the door behind him. Angel set back on his leather chair. The leather was cold and smooths just the way he liked it.
He did something he hasn't done in over a year. He took a photo of her. His fingers tracing the delicate lines of her face, her soft golden hair, her smiling bright green eyes as if any minute now she will talk to him, laugh her melody laughter, his fingers trying to take her.
My arms keep missing you
who's been kissing you
since you went away
"Buffy…" he slowly whispered, as if he will call her she'll come out of the photo.
Suddenly he grabbed the phone and dialed London. Giles answered the phone.
"Giles…its Angel."
"Hi Angel…is everything all right?"
"I don't know, you tell me."
There was a brief silent.
"Giles!" Angel snapped, "Is something wrong with Buffy?"
"How did you…? " Giles sighed, of curse he'll know, he always do. "Actually we don't know where Buffy is, she's missing."
"Missing? How long is she missing? Why didn't you tell me about it?" The anger built up inside of him threatened to burst out, burning everything around him.
"I…well, I didn't think…" Then he gasped.
"Giles! Giles answer me, damn it!"
Than he heard her, she was calling Giles, asking him who is he talking to.
Giles picked the phone "Ahm, as you can see, everything is fine. I will have to talk to you later."
"I…" but Giles hanged the phone.
my arms keep missing you
I keep wishing you'd come back today
You know I've been so lonely every night
since you went away
Angel knew there wasn't much point talking to him now, and Buffy was probably fine.
So what the hell was it?
London
"Buffy, dear lord where have you been? Everyone were looking for you!"
"Ease up on the tense Giles. I was patrolling as always. I am sorry if you were looking for me but I had to meet a new informer, I had to…convince him that it will be the best for him to help us" she smiled to herself remembering it.
Giles rolled his eyes, "Well we were worried about you especially…" he stopped once he realized his flute concern caused a minor slip.
Buffy tensed, eyeing him suspiciously, "Who was on the phone Giles?"
He knew there wasn't much point in lying to her, "That was Angel"
"Angel" she gasped, "Is he o.k? He is, right?"
I keep telling myself it's all right
even though I cry
there's no question why
how could I be happy when
You said you wouldn't hurt me any way
and I believed in you
"Yes, yes, he's quit well. Actually he was worried about you."
"Ho, no. Don't tell me that you ran to him, I thought I told you this before, I can do it by myself I don't need his help and I'm sure as hell don't need you to ask for it either…"
"I didn't"
"And call Angel to tell him I was …you didn't?"
He looked irritated as he exasperate, "I told you Buffy, he called me!"
"But how…never mind, I'm heading for the shower, see you in about an hour."
She left the room quickly and headed for her room.
It was strange. An hour ago she was "persuading" the informer to join them when all the sudden she felt it, this hurtful tag in her hear, the same she used to feel when she sensed Angel, when he needed her but then as it came it was quickly gone so she just forgot about it.
we said we'd trust each other every day
we'd never be untrue
My arms keep missing you
who's been kissing you
since you went away
I keep wishing you'd come back today
You know I've been so lonely every night