AN: Please let me know if I've made any mistakes, This may seem confusing right now, but it is part of the same story.

Part 2

Buffy Summers sighed at the sight of the mountain of paperwork in front of her. She'd only been working in the tall office building for a couple of weeks but she was already swamped with paperwork.

She shared her office with a shy British man with the name of William Sullivan He had curly brown hair and glasses. He had barely said two words to her so far, but Buffy had already developed at little crush on her timid co-worker.

"Hey William!" She called over to where he sat working at his desk in their cramped office.

"M-Miss Summers?" He stammered nervously. To Buffy it was adorable.

She smiled sweetly. "Please. Call me Buffy. What are you doing tonight?"

"I-I um...Nothing I think. Why?"

"I've just moved to Sunnydale and I know you've lived here a while, and I was wondering if you would mind showing me around a little bit? I've been so busy with moving into my new place and work that I haven't had a chance to explore."

"I would love to." He blushed and graced her with a small smile.

She wrote down her address on a piece of paper and gave it to him. "Here's my address. Stop by at around seven?"

"O-ok great." He stared back at the file in front of him and pretended to be deep in concentration.

He couldn't believe that she'd actually asked him to go out on a date with her, but was it a date? She had only said that she wanted someone to show her around. That didn't constitute as a date. He was probably just getting his hopes up. Why would a beautiful girl like Buffy be interested in someone like him?

Still. Spending the evening with her was definitely something to look forward to. He had been taken by her the minute she had stepped into the office, awash with confidence, and introduced herself to him. He sighed happily to himself and got back to his work.

Buffy stood in front of the mirror deep in thought. She wanted to wear an outfit that let him know that she was interested in him, but she didn't want to scare the shy man off by wearing something too revealing.

After much deliberation, she settled on a pair of simple black pants and a purple flowered shirt with ties at the side and a fairly low neckline. On her feet she wore a pair of comfortable stylish black boots as she assumed there would be quite a bit of walking involved in being 'shown around' the city.

She then turned her attention to applying her makeup.

William walked nervously up to her front door clutching a bunch of vanilla orchids tightly in his hand. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

The door opened and he was greeted by a smiling Buffy. "William Hi!"

"H-hi. I um...brought these for you." He offered her the flowers "Sort of a house warming present."

Her face lit up."Vanilla Orchids! My favourite. Would you like to come in for a minute while I put these in water?" she took them from him.

He swallowed and nodded silently.

She turned and he followed her into her kitchen. "So where have you planned on taking me tonight?" She asked amiably as she searched through the kitchen cabinets looking for a vase.

"Well, I thought we could walk to this club on the outskirts of town. It's not incredibly brilliant, but the only club in Sunnydale. That way, we can pass by all of the sights worth seeing on the way." As he spoke, he thought about how beautiful she looked. Her hair was loosely curled and her outfit complimented her figure perfectly. Had she worked hard to look good just for him?

"Sounds great." She put the flowers in a pretty china vase and arranged them loosely. Then she placed the vase in the middle of her kitchen table. She surveyed them for a moment and then turned back to him. "Ok, I'm about ready to go. Let me just grab my coat."

They strolled along at a companionable pace, with William pointing out different Sunnydale landmarks every so often. They soon realised that they had a lot of shared interests and conversation was easy.

"Are you hungry? Would you like to go find something to eat?" He asked her as they neared the entertainment district and the club.

"You know, I am a little hungry, Where did you have in mind?"

"Well I hadn't really planned anything, but that place over there looks quite nice." He gestured to a cosy looking restaurant across the street.

Once they'd been seated at their table and their drinks brought to them. They settled back into their conversation.

"So tell me more about you?" Buffy prodded. "Where did you grow up? What's your family like? When did you move to America?"

He told her all about his life before moving to America "Please stop me if I'm boring you."

Buffy rushed to reassure him. "No, not at all! Please carry on."

He cleared his throat. "Well that's just about it. How about you?" He asked.

"Um, not much to tell really. I lived with my Mom and my little sister Dawn in San Diego. I went to College, got this job and moved here. I'm dull really." She laughed.

"You couldn't be dull even if you tried!" He blurted out then promptly blushed.

Buffy smiled at his compliment and thought to herself about how completely cute he was when he embarrassed himself.

They left the restaurant and headed for the loud music and the flashing neon lights that introduced the club as 'The Bronze'.

They found a reasonably quiet table nearer the back of the club, away from the throngs of people.The whole night had been completely magical to Buffy. The restaurant had been great and the company was even better.

William had seemed looser away from the office and slightly less nervous.

A particularly loud female voice cut through Buffy's thoughts. "Look at that pretty girl sitting with that dweeb over there. She must be his sister or something."

Buffy glanced over to the table to the right of them and saw that the obnoxious girls comments were directed at William. She looked at him, hoping that the loud music had blocked the hurtful words from his ears, but she had no such luck.

He was staring down at his drink with an expression that made her heart break. He was screwing up his napkin nervously.

"William? Would you like to dance with me?" She held out a hand to him.

He didn't look up but he contemplated her hand for a moment before placing his own in hers.

She led him to the dance floor. There was an awkward moment when William made no move towards her, but she smiled up at him and then wrapped his arms around her waist. She then wrapped her arms around him. They swayed slowly to the beat.

He couldn't believe that he was holding the girl of his dreams in his arms. He looked down at the blonde in his arms with awe. Never had he felt this way about anyone before.

Buffy looked up into his brilliant blue eyes and was lost. The whole world melted away and there was just him and her, holding each other as if they never wanted to let go.

He stared straight back, clear blue meeting entrancing hazel.

They moved together slowly, her wrapped in his arms, playing with a few curls at the nape of his neck. he moved his hands slightly under her shirt and drew patterns on her back with his fingertips.

Neither of them noticed when the song changed and the beat quickened.

"William?" she breathed.

he inhaled sharply, still gazing into her eyes. "Yes."

"Do me a favour?"

"Anything." he promised.

"Kiss me."

He eyes widened and he looked startled, but never the less acquiesced to her request. He dipped his head down and brushed his lips softly over hers.

She moaned at the feel of his soft lips gently pressing against hers. He pulled her tighter against him.

"Buffy... I've never felt about anyone this way." He told her when he pulled away for air.

"I know what you mean" she agreed breathlessly "When I'm with you I feel... Complete." He again claimed her lips with his own.

"Are we crazy? Before today we were strangers." He pulled away, fear and insecurity in his eyes. "But when I look at you, feel you in my arms... I never want to let you go."

She looked at the beautiful man who had so quickly captured her heart. The shy but wonderfully intelligent man who made her laugh and with whom she had so much in common

A tear slipped down her cheek "I don't want you to... Never let me go." She told him with all the emotion in her heart.

For once in his life he didn't feel awkward. He felt whole.

"I think I'm in love."

"I think I am too."