For now it's fine just say goodnight
Angel met Buffy for lunch the next day. And they had dinner with Giles and Hannah. And then met her again for lunch the next day. And dinner that night. During the second dinner, Angel announced his intentions to leave for Los Angeles the next day.
"You're going home?" Buffy asked, trying to hide her disappointment.
"Yeah. I think that would be best. I've taken up too much of your time already."
"I really don't mind," she assured him without showing him how much she didn't mind. Without showing him that he was all she could think about these days and that she never wanted him to leave. Before they could continue their conversation, the waiter came with the check and they both reached for it.
"Let me," Angel said.
"But you paid for lunch," Buffy protested.
"Really, let me. I want to," he said sliding the bill out of Buffy's grasp. He paid the check and they left the restaurant. As they walked down the street towards Angel's hotel, Angel realized that he desperately didn't want the night to end. "So, do you want to go get some ice cream?"
"Sure," Buffy replied not wanting the night to end, either. They walked a few blocks then stepped into a Ben & Jerry's. As Angel scanned the list of flavors, Buffy ordered right away. "I'll have a large cookie dough fudge mint chip in a wafer cone." Angel ordered the same. Buffy took out her wallet but Angel stopped her.
"Buffy, I'll pay." She turned and grinned at him.
"Angel, I appreciate that chivalry's not dead, but you covered dinner. I've got it. It's fine." She paid the girl behind the counter and they left.
Pack up some scant possessions
For this trip you'll take
To find what's right in front of you
"So we're all trapped in the frat house," Buffy was telling Angel as they neared her apartment. "Then Giles and Anya broke in and I kind of accidentally called forth the demon."
"How did you accidentally call forth the demon?" Angel asked as Buffy took the last bite of her ice cream.
"Well, Giles mentioned the mark, so I figure destroy the mark, destroy the demon. But it was actually destroy the mark and bring forth the demon. So, it came forth and all and it turns out that the demon is only this big," she demonstrated the size with her hands. Angel laughed. "Well this is it," she said stopping in front her apartment building.
"Yeah," he turned to her.
"You have some ice cream on your face," she giggled. Angel wiped his face with one of his large hands. "You didn't get it." Angel repeated the action. "You're missing it," she giggled again. "Here, let me." She stepped closer to him, reached up and suddenly Angel couldn't take it anymore. He grasped her wrist and pulled her into him, bending his head to press his lips against hers.
Buffy was surprised at first, but she couldn't fight it, and she didn't want to fight it. She relented to his demanding kiss with a soft moan as she wrapped her arms around his neck. His mouth was warm against hers and so familiar even after all those years. Suddenly, the longing, the intense craving for him that she had suppressed for so many years was back with a vengeance. She couldn't get enough of him. Angel's hands roamed her back, pressing her closer, needing to feel her against him. Finally, they both broke away gasping for air. They stood in silence for a moments, digesting what happened. Then, Buffy grinned.
"You still have ice cream on your face." Angel just grinned and pulled her in for another kiss. Buffy managed to lick the ice cream from the corner of his mouth before sinking into his kiss. Their first few kisses were soft, testing but soon they grew more passionate, filled with years of pent up desire. Shortly, Buffy found herself pressed against the wall of her building with Angel's full length pressed against her. Her hands ran through his hair, over his shoulders, anywhere she could reach. Angel's strong hands roved over her body as well.
"Angel, oh God, Angel, we need to get inside."
"Right," Angel groaned. "Inside." Pulling back from each other, they ran into the building.
The thousand wishes I have had in my life come true.
Buffy pulled the sheets up around her as Angel gathered her naked body into his arms. She was exhausted, but ecstatic. She was so happy to be with him again. She hadn't realize just how much she missed him.
"I missed you," she told him.
"I missed you so much. Everyday." He brought her hand up to his mouth and kissed it. She propped herself up on her elbow and looked down at him.
"Ya know, that stuff about being friends?"
"Mmhmmm," Angel answered, absentmindedly, his attention being planting kissed all over her hand and arm.
"Well, ya know, I think we should do that." Angel stopped what he was doing and turned his head in surprise.
"Huh?"
"These past days, just talking to you, being your friend have been so great. Before we never got to really be friends. It was always drama and disasters. We were always breaking up and making up. We were never friends."
"I mean if that's what you want...but I thought..." Angel stammered. She was rejecting him? But they had just made love. In response, Buffy just giggled and threw her leg over him so she was straddling him.
"Ya know, being friends doesn't mean we can't have sex though." Angel looked relieved and Buffy giggled again. "I really had you going there for a second, didn't I? You should have seen your face." In reply, Angel snaked his hand into her blonde silky strands and pulled her down for a kiss. When the kiss broke, Buffy looked down at her ex-ex-boyfriend. His usually perfectly gelled hair was mussed and his deep chocolate eyes were shining with happiness. He gazed back at her. She was straddling him with the sheet around her waist, her blonde hair creating a curtain around their faces, and her perfect pink lips quirked in a smile and they were both overwhelmed with emotion.
"I love you," Angel said softly.
"I love you too. I never stopped."