A/N sorry this is so late. Thank you melluvben, Rachel, Kari, Tariq and Diana for reviewing the last chapter.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.... As of now....
Summary: Buffy's just a normal girl who's lost her way in the world, but what happens when another lost soul captures her heart, and refuses to give it back?
But It Feels So Right
Opening her eyes, Buffy looked around, smiling. She knew Angel was there, holding her, keeping he safe, and she also knew he was sound asleep by looking at him. She giggled and kissed his forehead.
He didn't stir, except for the smile that formed on his face. She grinned, and cuddled up against his chest, kissing him once more before closing her eyes again, just wanting to stay lying down with Angel for as long as she could. But the silence was soon interrupted by a loud knock on the door.
"Peaches, your parents want you up, it's six o'clock, and you're being lazy and you have school, if I may quote them, and Buffy, you're free to stay up here as long as you want, but don't expect breakfast if you don't come down stairs soon." Spike called through the door.
Angel groaned, and pulled a pillow down over his head, completely ignoring Spike, Buffy however, got up immediately, and went into Angel's bathroom to change.
Knowing that Angel wasn't going to get up on one interruption of his precious beauty sleep, Spike opened the door, and threw a small pillow at his cousin. Angel growled at his cousin, and sat up, "Ever heard of knocking?" he asked.
"I knocked, you grumbled something, Buffy, well, I'm not sure if she was in here or not, but she's not now, and you're still in bed, so I decided it would be appropriate to wake you up." Spike said, "And plus, your parents want to meet Buffy I guess. And my question is, why haven't they already, she's been staying here for like a week."
"Go away Spike." Angel said, throwing his pillow at him.
Spike easily avoided the flying pillow, "Hey now peaches, no need to kill the messenger, I'm just doing a favor for your parents. Now get up so I don't have to come back up here young man." He said, and then laughed leaving the room, closing the door with a satisfying (For Spike anyway) slam.
Angel grumbled again, but got up anyway. He went over to the bathroom door, and, not expecting anyone to be in there he opened the door. Luckily, Buffy was fully dressed, but she did look extremely surprised at Angel's sudden appearance.
"You should be one to be talking about knocking Angel," Buffy said, reminding him of what he had said to Spike, "This is a bathroom you know."
"Yeah, but it's my bathroom, wasn't expecting anyone to be in here." He replied, kissing her.
"Yeah, but the door was closed." She said, pulling her brush through her hair.
"You were dressed."
Buffy rolled her eyes, "That doesn't matter, you should have knocked."
"Fine, next time I'll knock, ok?"
"Good," she said, gabbing her stuff, and moving out of the bathroom, to put it away. Angel closed the door behind her, so Buffy sat on the bed and waited for him to come out, thumbing through a magazine she had found on the floor.
When he opened the door, Angel was visibly looking better. He smiled at her, "Sorry, I'm a bit annoying in the mornings, pretty much every morning, not a morning-kind-of-guy," he said, and she smiled.
"That means you an every-other-time kind of guy, right?" Buffy asked then blushed, finding that that had sounded different than it was supposed to.
"C'mon, let's go down stair, you can meet my father, and Nancy." Angel said, taking her hand and leading her out the door and down stairs.
Buffy followed him downstairs and into the kitchen. Angel's Stepmother, and his father greeted the two of them.
Nancy smiled at Buffy, and said a 'hello.' Buffy smiled back, and said, "hi." It came out a little more timid than she wanted it to, but Nancy just kept smiling. Angel's father on the other hand frowned at his son.
"Angel?" he asked, getting straight to the point he added, "How long has she been staying here?"
"A little while, maybe a week." Angel told his father, as he and Buffy sat down at the table across from Nancy.
"And why didn't you tell us?"
"I was afraid you would tell her she had to go home, and she really couldn't."
"Angel, you should really tell us these things. I'm sure you knew if you'd explained the situation, she could've stayed." He said.
Angel frowned, and looked at Buffy before answering her father, "Well, Buffy really didn't want anyone to know, and I had to respect that sir."
"Yeah, but you could have informed me about her staying here." He said sternly, shaking his head, "But I guess what's done is done." He looked at Buffy, "it's nice to finally actually meet you." He said.
"You too sir." Buffy said a little quieter than she would've liked. Why was she being shy? Why couldn't she just greet his parents like she greeted her friends?
Angel looked at his father, again, "She's going to be staying here for a bit longer too, dad. I mean, if it's ok, but she's really got nowhere else to go." He said, as if he thought his father was never going to say yes.
"It's alright Angel, just don't be making a racket, or doing anything stupid." His father said, without really thinking all that much. Buffy had been here for a while, and he barely noticed her, so he figured it would be ok if she stayed longer than she already had. It didn't really matter to him; he would probably never see her.
Buffy smiled in relief that she was aloud to stay, then looked to the door as Spike walked in.
"Good morning all." He said, smirking at everyone. "I trust we've got all our yelling out, so I figured now would be a good time to come down again."
"William, just because Angel has a guest, doesn't mean you're off the hook. We still got that call, and you're still in trouble young man." Nancy said, looking at Spike.
"Ah bugger this...." He looked at Buffy; "You should've gotten them to forget that, made them all happy or something, or gotten peaches in trouble...." He mumbled, sitting down at the table next to her.
"What you do this time Spike?" Buffy asked, looking at him curiously.
"William here had a little brush with the police last night. He apparently was caught drunk outside a club with a girl. And seeing as he was under aged, he got in a lot of trouble." Nancy said, frowning at Spike.
"Well at least I wasn't hiding a girl in my room for the last week." Spike said.
"Not going to work." Nancy told him, "Angel's not in trouble for what he did, because he had a good reason.... You on the other hand."
"Someone spiked my drink!" he cried, "It wasn't my bloody fault!"
"You should know better William." She told him, but Buffy and Angel didn't catch the rest of the conversation, they left quietly through the back door, escaping to the beautiful day outside.
Buffy looked at Angel when they stopped in the shade of the large tree Angel had in his backyard. She smiled, and Angel yawned. He was tired, staying up all night talking to Buffy had gotten to him, even though he hadn't been tired at the time, now he was regretting not going to sleep.
He and Buffy sat down, Angel leaning against the tree, Buffy leaning against him, both closing their eyes, glad to be away from the now busy room that was Angel's kitchen. It was normally quiet, especially in the morning, when everyone was gone or asleep. They had a few minutes before they had to leave for school, and Buffy really didn't fell like going. Neither did Angel for that matter.
She yawned, and opened her eyes, "You know, we do have to move eventually...."
"Key word, 'eventually'" he said, not opening his eyes.
She elbowed him in the stomach after fifteen minutes, "C'mon Angel, let's get going."
"Right." He said opening his eyes, and standing up, "I'll get my keys."
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Buffy looked up at the familiar school building, it seemed different some how, but that was just the effect of not going for a week or so, and expecting to come back and not have missed anything.
Angel wrapped an arm around her waist, and they went inside to homeroom, finding their normal seats, Buffy left Angel, and sat down next to Xander and Willow. The three of them instantly began to talk, about what Buffy had missed, about how things that were coming up, and how Faith had made an appearance at school once that week she had been gone.
Buffy sighed, "I have so much catching up to do." She said.
"Yeah, but you should've seen what happened with the science projects-" Willow started.
"Oh my god! The science project! Willow, I'm so sorry." She said.
"It's ok, our project wasn't to hard, plus, Xander helped me out a little with the getting of the information." Willow said, smiling, "But you should've seen what happened to Cordelia and Harmony."
"Yeah, they tried to do Willow's project, you know, before she was working with you, and they completely screwed it up. Nothing was right, and none of it made any logical sense what so ever." Xander said.
"Yeah, and then they tried to explain it, and all I learned was that fruit loops don't come in every color of the rainbow."
Buffy smiled, she missed this, the part of school that was fun. Talking to your friends about how the kids who 'never' make mistakes, screw up extremely bad. But there was just the fact that she wasn't alone anymore that made her feel better too. Willow and Xander had a way of making anyone smile, just because they always seemed to be really happy themselves.
The bell rang, and they all went to their classes, still talking about stupid things that had happened over the last few days or so. Buffy trying to take in everything she had missed so she wouldn't be behind in everything. Willow helped Buffy talk to the teachers, and because the teachers all really liked Willow, they gave Buffy a break on homework. One more reason it's great to have friends.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.... As of now....
Summary: Buffy's just a normal girl who's lost her way in the world, but what happens when another lost soul captures her heart, and refuses to give it back?
But It Feels So Right
Opening her eyes, Buffy looked around, smiling. She knew Angel was there, holding her, keeping he safe, and she also knew he was sound asleep by looking at him. She giggled and kissed his forehead.
He didn't stir, except for the smile that formed on his face. She grinned, and cuddled up against his chest, kissing him once more before closing her eyes again, just wanting to stay lying down with Angel for as long as she could. But the silence was soon interrupted by a loud knock on the door.
"Peaches, your parents want you up, it's six o'clock, and you're being lazy and you have school, if I may quote them, and Buffy, you're free to stay up here as long as you want, but don't expect breakfast if you don't come down stairs soon." Spike called through the door.
Angel groaned, and pulled a pillow down over his head, completely ignoring Spike, Buffy however, got up immediately, and went into Angel's bathroom to change.
Knowing that Angel wasn't going to get up on one interruption of his precious beauty sleep, Spike opened the door, and threw a small pillow at his cousin. Angel growled at his cousin, and sat up, "Ever heard of knocking?" he asked.
"I knocked, you grumbled something, Buffy, well, I'm not sure if she was in here or not, but she's not now, and you're still in bed, so I decided it would be appropriate to wake you up." Spike said, "And plus, your parents want to meet Buffy I guess. And my question is, why haven't they already, she's been staying here for like a week."
"Go away Spike." Angel said, throwing his pillow at him.
Spike easily avoided the flying pillow, "Hey now peaches, no need to kill the messenger, I'm just doing a favor for your parents. Now get up so I don't have to come back up here young man." He said, and then laughed leaving the room, closing the door with a satisfying (For Spike anyway) slam.
Angel grumbled again, but got up anyway. He went over to the bathroom door, and, not expecting anyone to be in there he opened the door. Luckily, Buffy was fully dressed, but she did look extremely surprised at Angel's sudden appearance.
"You should be one to be talking about knocking Angel," Buffy said, reminding him of what he had said to Spike, "This is a bathroom you know."
"Yeah, but it's my bathroom, wasn't expecting anyone to be in here." He replied, kissing her.
"Yeah, but the door was closed." She said, pulling her brush through her hair.
"You were dressed."
Buffy rolled her eyes, "That doesn't matter, you should have knocked."
"Fine, next time I'll knock, ok?"
"Good," she said, gabbing her stuff, and moving out of the bathroom, to put it away. Angel closed the door behind her, so Buffy sat on the bed and waited for him to come out, thumbing through a magazine she had found on the floor.
When he opened the door, Angel was visibly looking better. He smiled at her, "Sorry, I'm a bit annoying in the mornings, pretty much every morning, not a morning-kind-of-guy," he said, and she smiled.
"That means you an every-other-time kind of guy, right?" Buffy asked then blushed, finding that that had sounded different than it was supposed to.
"C'mon, let's go down stair, you can meet my father, and Nancy." Angel said, taking her hand and leading her out the door and down stairs.
Buffy followed him downstairs and into the kitchen. Angel's Stepmother, and his father greeted the two of them.
Nancy smiled at Buffy, and said a 'hello.' Buffy smiled back, and said, "hi." It came out a little more timid than she wanted it to, but Nancy just kept smiling. Angel's father on the other hand frowned at his son.
"Angel?" he asked, getting straight to the point he added, "How long has she been staying here?"
"A little while, maybe a week." Angel told his father, as he and Buffy sat down at the table across from Nancy.
"And why didn't you tell us?"
"I was afraid you would tell her she had to go home, and she really couldn't."
"Angel, you should really tell us these things. I'm sure you knew if you'd explained the situation, she could've stayed." He said.
Angel frowned, and looked at Buffy before answering her father, "Well, Buffy really didn't want anyone to know, and I had to respect that sir."
"Yeah, but you could have informed me about her staying here." He said sternly, shaking his head, "But I guess what's done is done." He looked at Buffy, "it's nice to finally actually meet you." He said.
"You too sir." Buffy said a little quieter than she would've liked. Why was she being shy? Why couldn't she just greet his parents like she greeted her friends?
Angel looked at his father, again, "She's going to be staying here for a bit longer too, dad. I mean, if it's ok, but she's really got nowhere else to go." He said, as if he thought his father was never going to say yes.
"It's alright Angel, just don't be making a racket, or doing anything stupid." His father said, without really thinking all that much. Buffy had been here for a while, and he barely noticed her, so he figured it would be ok if she stayed longer than she already had. It didn't really matter to him; he would probably never see her.
Buffy smiled in relief that she was aloud to stay, then looked to the door as Spike walked in.
"Good morning all." He said, smirking at everyone. "I trust we've got all our yelling out, so I figured now would be a good time to come down again."
"William, just because Angel has a guest, doesn't mean you're off the hook. We still got that call, and you're still in trouble young man." Nancy said, looking at Spike.
"Ah bugger this...." He looked at Buffy; "You should've gotten them to forget that, made them all happy or something, or gotten peaches in trouble...." He mumbled, sitting down at the table next to her.
"What you do this time Spike?" Buffy asked, looking at him curiously.
"William here had a little brush with the police last night. He apparently was caught drunk outside a club with a girl. And seeing as he was under aged, he got in a lot of trouble." Nancy said, frowning at Spike.
"Well at least I wasn't hiding a girl in my room for the last week." Spike said.
"Not going to work." Nancy told him, "Angel's not in trouble for what he did, because he had a good reason.... You on the other hand."
"Someone spiked my drink!" he cried, "It wasn't my bloody fault!"
"You should know better William." She told him, but Buffy and Angel didn't catch the rest of the conversation, they left quietly through the back door, escaping to the beautiful day outside.
Buffy looked at Angel when they stopped in the shade of the large tree Angel had in his backyard. She smiled, and Angel yawned. He was tired, staying up all night talking to Buffy had gotten to him, even though he hadn't been tired at the time, now he was regretting not going to sleep.
He and Buffy sat down, Angel leaning against the tree, Buffy leaning against him, both closing their eyes, glad to be away from the now busy room that was Angel's kitchen. It was normally quiet, especially in the morning, when everyone was gone or asleep. They had a few minutes before they had to leave for school, and Buffy really didn't fell like going. Neither did Angel for that matter.
She yawned, and opened her eyes, "You know, we do have to move eventually...."
"Key word, 'eventually'" he said, not opening his eyes.
She elbowed him in the stomach after fifteen minutes, "C'mon Angel, let's get going."
"Right." He said opening his eyes, and standing up, "I'll get my keys."
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Buffy looked up at the familiar school building, it seemed different some how, but that was just the effect of not going for a week or so, and expecting to come back and not have missed anything.
Angel wrapped an arm around her waist, and they went inside to homeroom, finding their normal seats, Buffy left Angel, and sat down next to Xander and Willow. The three of them instantly began to talk, about what Buffy had missed, about how things that were coming up, and how Faith had made an appearance at school once that week she had been gone.
Buffy sighed, "I have so much catching up to do." She said.
"Yeah, but you should've seen what happened with the science projects-" Willow started.
"Oh my god! The science project! Willow, I'm so sorry." She said.
"It's ok, our project wasn't to hard, plus, Xander helped me out a little with the getting of the information." Willow said, smiling, "But you should've seen what happened to Cordelia and Harmony."
"Yeah, they tried to do Willow's project, you know, before she was working with you, and they completely screwed it up. Nothing was right, and none of it made any logical sense what so ever." Xander said.
"Yeah, and then they tried to explain it, and all I learned was that fruit loops don't come in every color of the rainbow."
Buffy smiled, she missed this, the part of school that was fun. Talking to your friends about how the kids who 'never' make mistakes, screw up extremely bad. But there was just the fact that she wasn't alone anymore that made her feel better too. Willow and Xander had a way of making anyone smile, just because they always seemed to be really happy themselves.
The bell rang, and they all went to their classes, still talking about stupid things that had happened over the last few days or so. Buffy trying to take in everything she had missed so she wouldn't be behind in everything. Willow helped Buffy talk to the teachers, and because the teachers all really liked Willow, they gave Buffy a break on homework. One more reason it's great to have friends.