Another short chapter and I'm so sorry that I haven't updated recently but I've been on holiday!
Not much in this chapter but I think it will be enough, it's not as easy as you think!
Enjoy!!
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Buffy woke to find herself in the arms of Spike.
She had a banging headache and she wasn't in the mood to go to work.
She took a glance at her alarm clock and realised that is was 8:30.
"Shit," she said to herself jumping out of bed.
"What's wrong baby?" Spike asked, rubbing his eyes. He was obviously tired.
"I'm late for work," Buffy said, rushing to put on a pair of trousers.
"Don't you want to stay for breakfast?" Spike asked watching her while she slipped on a pink striped shirt. She then rushed into the bathroom to brush her teeth and to grab the headache tablets from the cabinet above the sink. He waited for an answer.
When she was finished she rushed back into the bedroom, "Love to but haven't got the time, see you later," Buffy said. She leaned in and kissed him on the lips. "Love you!" Buffy said, blowing him a kiss before she left the bedroom.
"Love you too!" Spike shouted, as she shut the front door behind her.
As Buffy drove to work she tried her best to remember what had happened the night before.
Suddenly it all came to her; she had, had a serious argument with Angel. She would try her best to avoid him today.
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Angel sat at his desk. He was really tired and he had a banging headache.
As he looked through the notes Rupert had given him he thought about the argument he had, had with Buffy.
He felt really bad, but he had been honest with her. She was stupid.
As he started typing his article he heard the thump of Buffy closing her office door. He felt forced to go and say sorry to her.
So he got up and went to knock on Buffy's door.
"Come in," Buffy shouted.
Angel entered her office and noticed she looked very tired. He shut the door behind him and took the seat in front of her desk.
"Angel I..." Buffy started pointing at her computer, but was interrupted by Angel. Suddenly her plan to avoid him had collapsed.
"Buffy I don't care if you've got work to do, there's no point trying to avoid me. I'm really sorry about last night, I just..."
He could see the tears welling in her eyes.
"Angel I know I'm stupid, but you just don't understand." Buffy said, looking into his eyes.
"Well talk to me and tell me everything I need to know to understand," Angel said. "Buffy, I really like you and I want to be more than friends with you, and I know you feel the same. Please Buffy, tell me what's wrong," Angel said, desperate to get an answer.
Buffy felt forced to answer, kind of trapped "It's Spike..."
"What about him?" Angel said, not letting her finish. He could feel anger rushing around inside him. He was starting to really hate Spike even though he hadn't met him yet.
"He would... find me and... hit me," Buffy said, trying to hide the truth
"Buffy you would be safe with me, I promise," Angel said, feeling an urge to wrap his arms around her beautiful body and tell her over and over again that she was safe.
"You don't know what he's capable of," Buffy said feeling tears stream down her face.
"What is he capable of then?" Angel asked, he felt he was getting nowhere with her.
"I don't really want to talk about it," Buffy said, trying to avoid the conversation.
"Buffy I am getting really angry with you now. Tell me, what will he do?" Angel shouted. He shouldn't have really shouted, but he was trying to get his point to Buffy... that he really wanted her, longed for her love.
"He would rape me," Buffy said looking at anything apart from Angel. "I know it doesn't seem much to you but... he's done it before..."
"How many times?" Angel asked, calming down.
Buffy tried to think, she felt embarrassed but she blurted the number out any way. "Six, all of them were when he was drunk."
Angel was speechless. How could a man do this to such a beautiful girl?
"Look Angel... I've got work to do, could we do this another day?" Buffy asked, the tears now falling quicker than before.
Angel noticed this and walked over to her and knelt in front of her. He grabbed one of her hands and wiped the tears away from her soft cheeks.
"I don't want you going home tonight ok?" Angel said feeling concerned.
"I've got to..." Buffy trailed off as she realized she was being hypnotised again by his dreamy eyes.
Angel noticed this and felt the urge to kiss her again. But the urge wasn't strong enough; he knew he couldn't do it. He didn't have the courage.
"I don't care what you say, you're coming home with me and you're leaving your car here. OK?" Angel said. Pulling his hand away from her cheek and placed it on her other hand.
"Why do I have to leave my car here?" Buffy asked, confused.
"You ring him and tell him you're working real late and then if he comes here, he'll notice your cars still here," Angel explained.
He left her no choice but to say yes. "OK, but Angel?"
"Yeah?" he said, getting up and walking towards the door.
"One night only and then I'll sort it out with Spike," Buffy said continuing with the article she had been writing. She wasn't sure how, but she would do it some how or another.
"Sure," Angel said giving her that half smile he knew she loved. He wasn't sure how she would sort it out, but deep down he hoped she wouldn't.
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