Waking up, all Buffy could think about was how good the dream was that she had last night. It was exactly the kind of reunion she wanted if Angel ever were to come back. Somehow, when she fell asleep, she knew that he would be entering her dreams that night. She had thought about him all day long, it was only inevitable to think of him at night too. Her engagement to Riley had upset her for some reason. Maybe it was the fact that she finally had to admit that Angel was gone that upset her so much.
A small smile played on her face. She felt so relaxed, so comfortable after last night's dream. Sighing loudly, she snuggled deeper into a pair of arms.
Her eyes snapped opened. Turning her head slightly she saw Angel. He was still asleep, his arms wrapped around her body tightly.
The memories came back then. Last night, after they kissed, they went over and lay down on her bed. Neither one of them releasing the contact they had between the two of them. Looking into each other's eyes, they held hands and talked until they fell asleep. Buffy remember right before they did fall into a blissful slumber, she had curled up against his chest and he had put his arms around her to pull her closer to him.
'Oh, God! What am I doing? I can't do this. I'm engaged!' Angel then sighed in his sleep and his head snuggled deeper into the crook of her neck. Buffy couldn't help but smile. This was how life was supposed to be. Waking up Sunday mornings lying in the arms of the man you love.
Angel started to stir. Buffy hoped that he would stay asleep, that this moment could keep on happening. She didn't want to face the day just yet. But, to her disappointment, Angel's eyes slid open.
"Morning." He said
"Morning." Buffy said back. Her lips instinctively went to his for a kiss.
"Mmmmm, I missed this." He murmured.
Buffy laughed, "We never had this."
"I still missed it." He smiled
"You're making no sense."
He just buried himself under the covers more, taking her with him. "That's ok."
Buffy couldn't help the giggle that rose in her thought. "I'll never get you."
Angel looked into her eyes and brushed a small strand of hair from her face. "Can we stay like this forever?"
"Forever huh? Don't you think we'll get bored?"
"No."
The two of them sat there for a long time, just staring into each other's eyes and trading small kisses with one another. But they were brought out of their dream by the phone ringing.
Buffy groaned. "I'm going to kill whoever is calling me right now." She mumbled. "Hello."
"Buffy? Hey, sorry to wake you so early but... did I interrupt something?" her friend said at the sound of the irritated voice.
"No Willow, what's going on?" She said with a bit of a sigh.
"I'm at Giles' house right now. We need you over here, there's some sort of new demon in town that we think you should know about."
"K. When do I need to be there?"
"Now would be good."
Buffy rubbed her temple. "Right now?"
"Yeah... oh, is Riley there? O my God! Did he propose? Are you two in the middle of...?"
"Willow no!"
"Oh good. Is it good? I mean, I know you were looking forward to him proposing and that you thought last nigh was going to be the night that..."
"No, Willow, he did."
"He proposed?"
"Yeah."
"Oh, Buffy I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks Will."
"But you don't sound too happy." She stated
"I'm just a little tired."
"Oh, well, if you need to talk..."
"I know. Look, I'll be over at Giles in like an hour."
"Ok, did you need me to call Riley or did you want to?"
"No, umm, I think that we shouldn't call."
"Why?"
"I'll explain later." And before Willow could say anything else, Buffy hung up the phone.
"Is something wrong?" Angel asked. He had been looking at her all through out the conversation and she hadn't seemed too happy. She looked like she was trying to hide something from him.
"No, well... maybe. I don't know. That was Willow. It looks like there's a new demon in town that could be causing some trouble. I need to go over there and see what's going on." She said moving over to her closet.
"I'll go with you."
"If you want to turn into a crispy critter, be my guest." She sighed "I'm sorry." She said moving back over to his arms. "Believe me, I don't want to leave you anymore than you do but this could be important and it's full sun outside." She got up and went to her closet again. Picking out her clothes she discreetly dressed behind her closet door.
When she emerged, Angel was still sitting on the bed. "Sleep," she told him with a kiss to his brow. "I'll be back as soon as I can." And with that, she left the room heading towards Giles' house.