Title: Miles to Go
Author: talldarkandsexy
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters I use in this story. They belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, WB etc. (Believe me, if I owned these characters, it would be unlikely that I was posting them on )
Spoilers: End of Season 5, beginning of Season 6. And a little of the end of Season 2.
Pairings: Buffy/Angel
Rating: PG
Set: After the end of Season 6 episode "Flooded". Buffy receives a phone call from Angel at the end of that episode, and rushes off immediately.
Summary: After receiving a short phone call from Angel, Buffy gets on a bus to a small 24-hour café somewhere in between Sunnydale and L.A. She meets Angel to talk, but can she tell him about where she was? Or does everything that has happened between them make it too hard?
Authors Note: Although Buffy and Angel said they had to see each other in both the shows (BtVS & AtS), they never actually showed what happened, so I decided to write my version of it.
Buffy looked dejectedly around the bus, at the other passengers. A mother with her baby playing and laughing, a young couple so clearly in love, two teenage girls chatting and giggling every so often. Was it just her? She felt so alone and cut off from everyone else in the world. It was just too much.
As the tears formed in her eyes, Buffy turned back to look out of the window, at the empty fields rushing by. That, Buffy felt, was her life. Just outsized empty fields, with nothing growing in them; no new life.
The bus came to a stop, and Buffy came back to reality. Wearily, she picked up her jacket and bag, and got off the bus, thanking the unconcerned driver.
She stood in front of the small café taking it all in, and with a sigh, she walked inside through the revolving door.
Soft 50s style music was playing in the background from a 50s style music box. A few people were scattered throughout the café, some alone, some not. Buffy made her way over to the counter and sat down on one of the high stools.
"Can I get you anythin?" asked the waitress behind the counter. "Uh ..." said Buffy, who was lost in her own thought and hadn't really heard the question properly. "Um, I'll just have a cup of tea, thank you."
The waitress smiled and busied herself with making the tea. The door of the café opened and Buffy looked round hopefully in case it was Angel. She could see it wasn't, as a young couple entered the café and Buffy watched them sadly as they sat down, full of happiness and oblivious to the rest of the world. The waitress handed Buffy the tea and went off to serve the young couple.
She supposed that Angel wouldn't make an appearance until dark, and now the sun was still setting. Sighing Buffy turned back to her tea, staring at it, losing herself in her thoughts again.