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It was a very big car; Buffy had only been it once before to help him get some books from the back she remembered feeling especially tiny. She liked that feeling, it was funny how Angel always seemed so big and yet he always made her feel so safe.

He saw her sitting on the steps of her school; she was so beautiful and was so unbelievably nervous. They hadn't had much time to talk after her mother had walked in she had walked to him to his car and told him should would see him the next day. It was a tense good-bye especially considering they both had a feeling that Mrs. Summers knew and she was definitely looking out the window. Angel smiled at the thought; kissing Buffy had been better than he had ever dreamed it could be. Pulling up in front of the school Angel stopped the car and got out to greet Buffy.

"Hey," Buffy said standing up, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear while looking at her feet. Angel walked up to her deciding that he needed to be the strong one he tilted her chin back up.

"Hi, don't look at your cute little feet," Angel smiled out, "Look at me." When Buffy lifted her head she was greeted by his sexy little half smile that almost made her knees go weak. She just couldn't help but smile back. It was then that he leaned in to kiss her softly.

"We're gonna be late." She said smiling ear to ear after they pulled apart.

"Well then," Angel moved to the passenger side door. "Your chariot waits."

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"Angel?" Buffy called from where she was sitting at the kitchen table looking over the library records. She had everything she could check out and everything she could copy in order to do her research. So far though the Los Angeles public library had very little on the Mayor of Sunnydale, after all he was just a small town civil servant. Her research into the man who had shown up on the doorstep in Boston was also pulling up nothing. But it was the noise on the stairs that made her jump. Angel wasn't supposed to be home from work for another 3 hours. When there was no response as to who had made the noise Buffy began to panic.

Getting up Buffy ran for the door she had been told led to the sewers she could escape through that route. Then she would surface and find Angel then they would try to figure out a way out of LA. She had known in the beginning this was not an option; it had taken them much longer to find them on the east coast than it had taken them here. If Angel wanted nicer weather they could move to Miami.

Before she could get to the door Buffy remembered the emergency pack in the kitchen, it contained money, identification, even a change of clothes for them. Knowing it was vital she had it she ran back for it, deciding she should probably grab her papers too. On her way to the kitchen she hit a large body. Acting out of instinct Buffy did what she felt was right, she screamed.

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Angel smoothly turned the steering wheel around like the car was apart of him. Buffy watched intensely, she herself though loathe to admit was a horrible driver. Car plus Buffy usually was met with great amounts of badness. The roads of the town she had called home all her days seemed different from her view inside Angel's car. The black leather seats were cool on the backs of her exposed legs.

"Angel, what is going on with us?" Buffy asked. Despite his attentions when he picked her up Buffy still wasn't a hundred percent on their new situation, did this mean when she got correct answers she got kisses and good grades? Were they going to tell her Mom, she would murder them. She noticed he had pulled into a parking space in front of City Hall; he cut the engine and turned to look at her.

He had been thrown slightly by her question. He figured they were together now, he liked her, he was pretty damn sure she liked him what was telling her mind to doubt that? Checking the clock to make sure he had time before here interview, he opened his mouth to speak.

"I like you Buffy, I like you a lot." He looked into her eyes making sure she saw the truth in his dark chocolate eyes. "I also think you like me too, as for us; I think we have to see where that road takes us. Whether it be more of these," he leaned in and left a soft kiss on her lips that only told of pleasures to come, "or something else entirely." He looked at his watch, "But for now we have to get in there to do your interview and get you an A on your final paper."

He stepped out of the car and then went over to her side and opened the door for her. Taking her hand they walked up the steps to the Mayors office.

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The whistle was blowing and Angel was tired, the last load with Gunn had been a killer. There was definitely a reason they called Ted the machine. Walking off the docks and beginning the long walk to the bus stop Angel heard the sound of screeching tires behind him.

"Hey Liam, you want a ride?" Gunn called from his truck. "You'll get back home sooner."

"Wipe that grin off your face!" Angel took the moment to deliberate Gunn's offer. It would get him home sooner and Buffy had said she had all the information she could find form the library. He had wanted to comb through it that night, plus seeing Buffy sooner would definitely make his day better. He had been leaving early in the mornings and getting home tired it didn't leave much room for trying to win Buffy back. "Thanks Gunn," He said climbing into the truck. "This is nice, if you can afford this on our salary I was severely misled." Gunn laughed at the comment.

"No, I worked a lot of jobs, in the end though I still had to practically sell my soul for it." Gunn's eyes turned a slight shade darker as he pulled down the road.

"Oh, one question though," Gunn quirked his eyebrows at his new found friend, "What did you do the hood?" Angel asked making reference to the metal hoops bolted to the hood.

"Long weird story." Was all Gunn would reveal Angel had a feeling it was an interesting tale but didn't pry. The spent the rest of the drive back to Angels place in a companionable silence.