"Look, I know we agreed to stay out of each other's way but this is important." Buffy said softly to Angel. She had decided to come see him after school, he seemed like the only other person who could help.
Angel was silent. She had told him the story, the vamps, the girl, and the wolf. "Are you sure there was no full moon?" He asked. "Didn't I tell you there wasn't." Buffy replied. Angel nodded. "You're sure though?"
"Positive." Buffy said. "It was too dark for there to have been a full moon" Buffy was starting to doubt Angel had believed one thing she said. "I need you to help me find out what it was." She said directly, before Angel could question anything else about her story.
"The wolf?" He questioned. "No, the dumpster." Buffy retorted. "Sorry." Angel said broodingly. "I'll pull some contacts ok, see what I can turn up, but odds are if Giles' books have nothing on it, no demon will know anything either."
The sun began to set in the distance as Buffy and Angel continued talking. "Have you been doing alright?" Buffy asked, feeling as though they had pressed the other matter far enough. "Fine." Angel replied. " It's getting dark Buffy, you should go." Buffy was taken aback, she had wanted to start a normal conversation, try to ease the odd feelings between them, and Angel was just going to toss her out? " Ok." She said shortly. "See you again soon." She turned to go. "Buffy," Angel started. She turned. "Thanks for stopping by." He said. Buffy smiled. "Anytime." She said and left.
After a quick patrol it seemed as if all had returned to normal, at least, as normal as anything was in Sunnydale. Her home looked especially inviting as Buffy neared. Nothing tonight, she thought to herself, no problems, I can finally sleep, the wolf can wait.
"Mom, I'm home!" Buffy called as she entered. Her mother came out of the kitchen, the look on her face drove the serenity straight from Buffy. "What's wrong?" She asked. "Oh Buffy, it's Willow." Her mom breathed. "What happened?" Buffy asked quietly. Her mother looked so worried. "She's gone." She whispered.
Chapter 4 coming soon, please R&R!