A/N: Well lets see I'm grounded and when I'm grounded I type up a storm so
I'm probably going to write like six chapters at once but I wont update
unless you review so there you go. Review and be rewarded or I'll just drop
the story all together. :S
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Angel didn't even remember how he got there but here he was in Buffy's tree watching as she beat the hell out of her punching bag while tears streamed down her face. He remembered Faiths warning, something about if he broke Buffy's heart then she wouldn't even need to break his neck because "b" would do it before she could. He came anyway he wrote down her address, went to as many classes he could before he needed to see her again, two to be exact. He had knocked and knocked and almost went home when no one answered but then he heard commotion in the room with the widow by the tree. He didn't know what compelled him to climb the tree but he did and that's where he was know, just watching her and cursing ever having let anyone hurt her and he made a silent vow to never have that happen again. A sudden loud bang brought him out of his thoughts.
"Holy shit" He whispered seeing Buffy collapse and the punching bag on the floor, a visible tear in the bag and the chain broken. Buffy was glistening with sweat as she rose, only to fall again in defeat. Angel saw this and nearly jumped into the room and if Buffy hadn't made direct eye contact and showed him her 'dear caught in the head lights' look he would have. He froze and she came to the window. All he could get out was "Buffy"
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She knew he had been there, she knew he was just beyond the window, she knew he was watching and she didn't care, she was tired of hiding her "gift" or truly her curse. So she beat the crap out of her punching bag, she hadn't been so hard on it in a long while and it proved too much for the brand new bag, it fell and so did she. And as she looked up, him crouched as if to come and save her, save HER, she was surprised and the least to say shocked. She went to the window and opened it, he said her name softly and then before she could even respond he came into her room and just wrapped her in his arms, just to hold her. It was heaven compared to this hell, he was the only person in her history to make her tremble, and he was her only weakness. And that strangely made her smile a real smile not one of her Oscar winning fake smiles that she had perfected over the years but just a real smile from her.
Still wrapped in his arms he spoke softly. "I'm so sorry Buffy I should have never.. I should have protected.. I should have done a lot of things I'm sorry"
And here he was apologizing for not being her knight and shinning armor at school, when this is exactly how she wanted him, just her armor and protector for her against herself. So in response she just snuggled closer in his jacket, taking in every sweet scent trying to take in the moment for everything it has before it went away like every other thing good and normal in her life. And then her knees gave out, yeah every bit of her super energy had gave out, a girl can't cry for two hours and kill a punching bag without getting at least a little tired. Angel just held her tight so she wouldn't fall and swept her up in his arms, in response she just laid her head on his strong shoulder. He brought her to her bed and tucked her in then took off his jacket and climb in next to her, wrapping his arms around her middle and holding her close to his body. Hers fitting perfectly against his. There was only one word to describe the amount of happiness Buffy was feeling before she drifted off to sleep. Nirvana.
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He croaked his arm so he was propped up, just so he could study her sleeping form. To him she was gorgeous and so tiny, almost as if he could break her at any moment. She groaned in her sleep and burrowed her brows like she was trying to fight off some enemy in her dreams, he just smiled at her cute-ness and before he could even stop himself he was kissing her lips. She moaned in response.
"Morning" He grumbled between short kisses. She looked at him with a look and crawled half way over him and looked at the clock.
"Midnight" she grumbled and got up. He looked at her puzzled, she just looked back and smiled.
"Angel, umm... there are a lot of things that very few people know about me." She stated as she started to pace the floor. "And god, all I want to do is explain everything to you, but this is so hard for me and I really would like you in my life...so.." She looked up and he took her hands.
"Buffy breathe. Lets just start from the beginning, for one how were you able to do the things you did today? Darla and the punching bag, I have o say not many girls can do that." He said with his half grin.
"Well not many girls grew up like I did. I have been trained since, forever. The fist memory I have was of my father, Giles, teaching me tai chi." She looked up and looked at Angel, who was now thoroughly confused.
"My father doesn't take 'business' trips or 'vacations'. He work for central intelligence, a, uh spy." She finally spit out. "He's trained me since I could first walk to look after myself because in the line of work he is in family is always the primary target." She finished and collapsed into a chair.
She couldn't believe what she just did. No one knew about her family, not even Willow or Xander, she never wanted to put them in more danger than they already were just by befriending her. And now she just spilled her life story to a guy. A guy! Faith was never going to let her live this down. Ugh, maybe she would just wake up from this disaster.
She finally looked up to see him still sitting on her bed, much to her surprise. "Wow, you haven't run yet calling me a loony?"
"Even if I wanted to run, which I don't, I wouldn't be able to. You see I have kind of become quite attached to you Buffy Summers." He said kneeling down to her, and hugging her tightly. Besides you're not the only one with secrets. He thought
"I better be going Buffy, it's really late and we both have classes tomorrow. So your going to go to bed and sleep away this, interesting day and we'll start fresh tomorrow." He said picking her up and laying her into her bed.
He started out her door when he heard her call for him.
"Angel, would you like to get coffee or something tomorrow?" She asked quietly with a small grin on her face.
"No." He said and her smile vanished. "I'd love to go and take you to the Bronze tomorrow. Say around nine I'll pick you up?" He said then leaned down to kiss her lightly. "Now go back to bed, I'll see you in a few hours." He said and closed the door.
Buffy padded back to her room and snuggled into her sheets inhaling the sweet scents of Angel and finally drifting off to sleep.
A/N: Alright I thought I would give you guys the option if you like this version or the other version better on this story. If I go with this one there will be NO VAMPIRES AND NO SLAYERS. So you pick and review back to me to let me know. Thanks angelsgal
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Angel didn't even remember how he got there but here he was in Buffy's tree watching as she beat the hell out of her punching bag while tears streamed down her face. He remembered Faiths warning, something about if he broke Buffy's heart then she wouldn't even need to break his neck because "b" would do it before she could. He came anyway he wrote down her address, went to as many classes he could before he needed to see her again, two to be exact. He had knocked and knocked and almost went home when no one answered but then he heard commotion in the room with the widow by the tree. He didn't know what compelled him to climb the tree but he did and that's where he was know, just watching her and cursing ever having let anyone hurt her and he made a silent vow to never have that happen again. A sudden loud bang brought him out of his thoughts.
"Holy shit" He whispered seeing Buffy collapse and the punching bag on the floor, a visible tear in the bag and the chain broken. Buffy was glistening with sweat as she rose, only to fall again in defeat. Angel saw this and nearly jumped into the room and if Buffy hadn't made direct eye contact and showed him her 'dear caught in the head lights' look he would have. He froze and she came to the window. All he could get out was "Buffy"
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She knew he had been there, she knew he was just beyond the window, she knew he was watching and she didn't care, she was tired of hiding her "gift" or truly her curse. So she beat the crap out of her punching bag, she hadn't been so hard on it in a long while and it proved too much for the brand new bag, it fell and so did she. And as she looked up, him crouched as if to come and save her, save HER, she was surprised and the least to say shocked. She went to the window and opened it, he said her name softly and then before she could even respond he came into her room and just wrapped her in his arms, just to hold her. It was heaven compared to this hell, he was the only person in her history to make her tremble, and he was her only weakness. And that strangely made her smile a real smile not one of her Oscar winning fake smiles that she had perfected over the years but just a real smile from her.
Still wrapped in his arms he spoke softly. "I'm so sorry Buffy I should have never.. I should have protected.. I should have done a lot of things I'm sorry"
And here he was apologizing for not being her knight and shinning armor at school, when this is exactly how she wanted him, just her armor and protector for her against herself. So in response she just snuggled closer in his jacket, taking in every sweet scent trying to take in the moment for everything it has before it went away like every other thing good and normal in her life. And then her knees gave out, yeah every bit of her super energy had gave out, a girl can't cry for two hours and kill a punching bag without getting at least a little tired. Angel just held her tight so she wouldn't fall and swept her up in his arms, in response she just laid her head on his strong shoulder. He brought her to her bed and tucked her in then took off his jacket and climb in next to her, wrapping his arms around her middle and holding her close to his body. Hers fitting perfectly against his. There was only one word to describe the amount of happiness Buffy was feeling before she drifted off to sleep. Nirvana.
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He croaked his arm so he was propped up, just so he could study her sleeping form. To him she was gorgeous and so tiny, almost as if he could break her at any moment. She groaned in her sleep and burrowed her brows like she was trying to fight off some enemy in her dreams, he just smiled at her cute-ness and before he could even stop himself he was kissing her lips. She moaned in response.
"Morning" He grumbled between short kisses. She looked at him with a look and crawled half way over him and looked at the clock.
"Midnight" she grumbled and got up. He looked at her puzzled, she just looked back and smiled.
"Angel, umm... there are a lot of things that very few people know about me." She stated as she started to pace the floor. "And god, all I want to do is explain everything to you, but this is so hard for me and I really would like you in my life...so.." She looked up and he took her hands.
"Buffy breathe. Lets just start from the beginning, for one how were you able to do the things you did today? Darla and the punching bag, I have o say not many girls can do that." He said with his half grin.
"Well not many girls grew up like I did. I have been trained since, forever. The fist memory I have was of my father, Giles, teaching me tai chi." She looked up and looked at Angel, who was now thoroughly confused.
"My father doesn't take 'business' trips or 'vacations'. He work for central intelligence, a, uh spy." She finally spit out. "He's trained me since I could first walk to look after myself because in the line of work he is in family is always the primary target." She finished and collapsed into a chair.
She couldn't believe what she just did. No one knew about her family, not even Willow or Xander, she never wanted to put them in more danger than they already were just by befriending her. And now she just spilled her life story to a guy. A guy! Faith was never going to let her live this down. Ugh, maybe she would just wake up from this disaster.
She finally looked up to see him still sitting on her bed, much to her surprise. "Wow, you haven't run yet calling me a loony?"
"Even if I wanted to run, which I don't, I wouldn't be able to. You see I have kind of become quite attached to you Buffy Summers." He said kneeling down to her, and hugging her tightly. Besides you're not the only one with secrets. He thought
"I better be going Buffy, it's really late and we both have classes tomorrow. So your going to go to bed and sleep away this, interesting day and we'll start fresh tomorrow." He said picking her up and laying her into her bed.
He started out her door when he heard her call for him.
"Angel, would you like to get coffee or something tomorrow?" She asked quietly with a small grin on her face.
"No." He said and her smile vanished. "I'd love to go and take you to the Bronze tomorrow. Say around nine I'll pick you up?" He said then leaned down to kiss her lightly. "Now go back to bed, I'll see you in a few hours." He said and closed the door.
Buffy padded back to her room and snuggled into her sheets inhaling the sweet scents of Angel and finally drifting off to sleep.
A/N: Alright I thought I would give you guys the option if you like this version or the other version better on this story. If I go with this one there will be NO VAMPIRES AND NO SLAYERS. So you pick and review back to me to let me know. Thanks angelsgal