Chaper 16
"What?" Angel asked. "What is it?"
Willow stepped back to gather herself. What she had just seen still fresh in her memory. Angel stepped towards her and she backed away.
"Willow, what happened?" She looked up and saw the worry in Angel's eyes and couldn't contain the laugh. She pulled out a seat and sat down, Angel doing the same thing. "What just happened here?"
"As strange as this sounds, I saw something."
"Something?"
"Yeah, like a vision or something."
"Well, maybe your powers are progressing. What did you see?"
"You're gonna think it's so weird -- I think it's weird. I had a flash of you and Buffy having sex. Isn't that just beyond weird? 'Cause, you two could never actually do that stuff. You'd loose your soul and why are you looking at me like that?" Angel had a devastated look on his face.
"There's something I should tell you." He paused, unsure if he should continue. "First, though, I need to know what you saw."
"You and Buffy were, making love, against the refrigerator. Then on the table." Angel put his head in his hands to compose himself. "What?"
"Willow, what you saw is something you shouldn't have seen."
"Why? Did it really happen?" She jumped back, jumping out of the seat. "Are you really Angelus?"
"Willow, sit down. It's... complicated. But what you saw, it did happen."
Willow sat down, dumbfounded. "I can't believe this. Buffy comes up here, sleeps with you then comes back -- "
"You know, Willow -- "
"-- and doesn't even tell me?"
"What?"
"She tells me everything."
"Willow, she couldn't."
"What do you mean she couldn't?! I'm her best friend. She tells me everything."
"She couldn't tell you because she doesn't even know." Willow looked at him as if he'd grown another head. Which, would have been neat under these circumstances.
"Wait, she didn't know?"
"No."
"Okay. Let me get this strait. You two did with the nasty, but she doesn't remember? And you didn't loose your soul. Hate to say it Angel, but that doesn't rate well for your performance."
"No. It's a long story."
"I'm not going anywhere."
Angel sighed an unneeded breath. "When I came to town and she followed me back to LA, she confronted me in my office. A demon attacked us and got away. We tracked it and split up. I found it but when I killed him his blood mixed with mine and it turned me human.
"That's where what you saw comes in. We were together till we found out the demon didn't die. So I went as a human to kill it and almost ended up dead myself. We found out more soldiers were coming and Buffy would die, fighting alone because I couldn't help her. I asked the powers to turn me back. To do so, they had to turn back the day as if it never happened. Everything we did didn't happen. Only I carried the memory of the day.
"When time changed back I killed the demon when it first attacked, not giving it the chance of making me human again."
"So you were human, but had the powers conduct a, um, temporal fold if you will and take back the day?"
"Yes."
"I've got to hand it to you, Angel. Just when I thought the whole Buffy/Angel forbidden love thing couldn't get worse you go and tell me this." Angel kinda looked down. "Then why did I see the day?"
"I don't know."
"Could we see these powers for help?" Angel thought about that for a moment. "See if they know why I was given this power."
"The Oracles are meant for warriors, Willow. I don't know how to get you in there."
"We can try. Angel, it's the only shot we've got."
"I'll take you but I can't promise anything."
Willow stood, not giving Angel a chance to help her up.
"I'll get ready." Willow dashed away.
"What?" Angel asked. "What is it?"
Willow stepped back to gather herself. What she had just seen still fresh in her memory. Angel stepped towards her and she backed away.
"Willow, what happened?" She looked up and saw the worry in Angel's eyes and couldn't contain the laugh. She pulled out a seat and sat down, Angel doing the same thing. "What just happened here?"
"As strange as this sounds, I saw something."
"Something?"
"Yeah, like a vision or something."
"Well, maybe your powers are progressing. What did you see?"
"You're gonna think it's so weird -- I think it's weird. I had a flash of you and Buffy having sex. Isn't that just beyond weird? 'Cause, you two could never actually do that stuff. You'd loose your soul and why are you looking at me like that?" Angel had a devastated look on his face.
"There's something I should tell you." He paused, unsure if he should continue. "First, though, I need to know what you saw."
"You and Buffy were, making love, against the refrigerator. Then on the table." Angel put his head in his hands to compose himself. "What?"
"Willow, what you saw is something you shouldn't have seen."
"Why? Did it really happen?" She jumped back, jumping out of the seat. "Are you really Angelus?"
"Willow, sit down. It's... complicated. But what you saw, it did happen."
Willow sat down, dumbfounded. "I can't believe this. Buffy comes up here, sleeps with you then comes back -- "
"You know, Willow -- "
"-- and doesn't even tell me?"
"What?"
"She tells me everything."
"Willow, she couldn't."
"What do you mean she couldn't?! I'm her best friend. She tells me everything."
"She couldn't tell you because she doesn't even know." Willow looked at him as if he'd grown another head. Which, would have been neat under these circumstances.
"Wait, she didn't know?"
"No."
"Okay. Let me get this strait. You two did with the nasty, but she doesn't remember? And you didn't loose your soul. Hate to say it Angel, but that doesn't rate well for your performance."
"No. It's a long story."
"I'm not going anywhere."
Angel sighed an unneeded breath. "When I came to town and she followed me back to LA, she confronted me in my office. A demon attacked us and got away. We tracked it and split up. I found it but when I killed him his blood mixed with mine and it turned me human.
"That's where what you saw comes in. We were together till we found out the demon didn't die. So I went as a human to kill it and almost ended up dead myself. We found out more soldiers were coming and Buffy would die, fighting alone because I couldn't help her. I asked the powers to turn me back. To do so, they had to turn back the day as if it never happened. Everything we did didn't happen. Only I carried the memory of the day.
"When time changed back I killed the demon when it first attacked, not giving it the chance of making me human again."
"So you were human, but had the powers conduct a, um, temporal fold if you will and take back the day?"
"Yes."
"I've got to hand it to you, Angel. Just when I thought the whole Buffy/Angel forbidden love thing couldn't get worse you go and tell me this." Angel kinda looked down. "Then why did I see the day?"
"I don't know."
"Could we see these powers for help?" Angel thought about that for a moment. "See if they know why I was given this power."
"The Oracles are meant for warriors, Willow. I don't know how to get you in there."
"We can try. Angel, it's the only shot we've got."
"I'll take you but I can't promise anything."
Willow stood, not giving Angel a chance to help her up.
"I'll get ready." Willow dashed away.