I'll Never Forget
Writer: Me... Libbie!
Disclaimer: None of the characters are mine they all belong to the all powerful Joss Whedon! Thought the idea does belong to me ...hihi! Also the quotes from "IWRY" belong to whoever made this gorgeous The deal was that Angel would be the only one able to remember what happened in "I Will Remember You", nowhere was it written in the prophecies that Buffy would too...
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Note: When it's POV it will say so... if not it's just 2nd person and when the writing is in bold and italics its Buffy's remembering on "IWRY"
Oh and I almost forgot... Angel season 5! (We are currently in season 5 right?)
Now on with the fic...
Buffy was so infuriated that she didn't even notice everyone else was standing in the room; she just walked up to where Angel was now standing and started yelling at him.
"Why is it that you are always keeping secrets from me? I'm tired of you trying to protect me Angel! I'm old enough to make decisions for myself! You were human, Angel! You walked up to me and kissed me...outside! The sun was shining and we could hear the sound of the waves crashing themselves on the rocks in the background. We made love on the table, in your bed, ate food off each other, and you even said you loved peanut-butter and Cookie-dough-fudge-mint-chip ice cream! Angel...this might just be a dream but if it was just a dream why is it that it felt so real and why the hell is it that you're giving me that look right now?" Angel looked at Buffy whose hands were now shaking and the tears in her eyes were now reflecting the beautiful hazel-green of her eyes.
"You weren't supposed to remember..." That was all that Angel could muster out of his system. He was shocked, why would Buffy remember something that the Oracles erased from her memory?
Everyone that was in the room silently made their way out hoping that Buffy wouldn't turn around and notice them.
"Angel?" Buffy silently sobbed as she sat down across from him. The tears were now flowing freely and her bottom lip was softly quivering. Her lip only did that when Angel was concerned and most of the time, he would be the one causing that quiver.
"It happened when you found out that I had come to Sunnydale to see you and you came down to L.A. You helped me fight the Samurai and some of its blood mixed with mine, which rendered me human. And well I guess you know what happened after that..." Angel looked at Buffy who was now muttering 'Oh God...' under her breath. His hand reached out and touched her cheek. Buffy slid her hand on top of his and cried into it. "You weren't supposed to remember..." Was all Angel could mutter before putting his arms around her and feeling her embrace.
"She will always go back to the big poof." Spike said sadly as he watched the lovers' embrace through the window of Angel's office.
"She didn't even notice that we were in the room...and I don't think Angel did too." Lorne said as he looked into the window with Spike. Wesley and Fred joined the two and took them away from the window.
"It's always been like that with those two. There's nothing anyone or anything can do about it. When they're together it's as if the world just stops. As Giles once said, 'a vampire in love with a slayer...it's rather poetic'" Wesley said as he silently shook his head.
"But what no one realizes is that I was in love with her too, you know." Spike said silently before taking off.
Fred wanted to go after him but Wesley held her arm. "Let him go..."
Buffy and Angel regained themselves and were both still sitting across from each other. Angel suddenly stood up and started pacing the room, his fingers over his chin as if he were thinking about something.
"Hello earth to the undead..." Buffy said as she saw Angel pace. "Haha...earth to the undead get it...pretty ironic, huh?" Buffy frowned as she noticed Angel still wasn't listening to her.
"I don't understand...why would you remember? And now, out of the blue, it just really doesn't make any sense." Angel said as if to himself.
"Well why don't you ask some of the personnel in your über law firm, maybe they can figure something out." Angel turned to look at Buffy and he stared at her a good minute before sighing.
"What?" Buffy asked a little annoyed by Angel's look.
"You really don't trust me anymore do you, Buffy?" Angel asked silently as if hoping that she would reject the insinuation.
"What, why would you ever say that?" Buffy asked a little unsure of his reaction.
"You could at least tell me Buffy. I had to find out that you lost all trust in me by that little wannabe Giles of yours, Andrew! It's a real personality booster, let me tell you that." Angel was upset, and the loud tone of his voice could be heard outside of the office where a pair of four ears were listening.
Buffy stood up and walked to where Angel was standing. Her hand gripped his arm so he would look straight at her. "Angel, I have always trusted you. And I will always trust you. I'm just not sure that I trust what you're doing right now."
Angel sighed and looked down at her. Her hazel-green eyes were shinning again. It seemed that he always had that affect on her. Her eyes would light up every time he was with her, or near, or even just his name would be mentioned.
Angel's P.O.V.
I've always loved her. It's like the air you breathe or your morning rituals, they're there but they've become son constant that you don't realize how much they mean to you. Not that my morning rituals really mean anything to me, I'm a vamp...I have evening rituals. It's amazing how beautiful she looks. She has always been the most beautiful woman I ever laid eyes on and nothing has changed. It seems to me her beauty just seems to increase. I remember telling her once that there was exactly one person that I have loved in my life. The way she trembled at the thought that it wasn't her, is forever engraved in my mind. When I told her that about 5-6 years ago, I knew from that day on, that it would be true. I have loved exactly one person in my life, and I still love her, Buffy.
"I'm not so sure that I trust what I'm doing right now either, Buffy." Angel said sighing once again before taking a seat at his desk. "I'm trying to rid the world of evil, that's our job; you should know that better than anyone else. And if owning an evil law firm and reinstating it as a good law firm is what it takes to do some damn good in this world...than so be it."
Angel's P.O.V.
Buffy genuinely smiled at me and settled herself in my lap. The way it felt holding her in my arms again, cradling her softly, feeling the soft sensation of her hair against my chin was all I ever needed. And as I think about it, I think that's all I'll ever need.
"So what now?" She asks me softly as she intertwines her fingers with mine. She tilts her head up and looks directly at me.
I look down at her and offer her a smile, "sleep." She nods to me and looks up again into my eyes, and then down at my lips. Her lips softly brush mine before she lays her head back down on my chest.
"You owe me a 20..." Gunn says as he looks at Lorne.
"Excuse me?" Lorne says as innocently as possible trying not to get caught.
"You heard me, hand over the mullah. You bet me $20, telling me they wouldn't kiss. Meaning I bet you $20 they would kiss."
Wesley sighed and walked away as the two were fighting about the gambling issue. Fred followed suit, sighing 'boys will be boys...' under her breath.
"Why would you want a 20 anyways? To buy yourself some bling-bling?" Lorne asked trying to sound as smooth as possible.
Gunn retorted with a snort, "you did not just say that man...Oh well too bad, I guess I'll just have to tell Angel that you replaced the radio of the firm with some 80s Duran Duran mix."
"To let you know Gunn it wasn't Duran Duran, it was Flock of Seagulls!"
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