Title: Surprise!

Author: Danielle A. Parker

Rating: G

Genre: Humour, Parody.

Summary: Takes place during Season Two, "Surprise" of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...Buffy and Angel saying their good-byes at the docks I added a little twist to it, I think you'll find MOST entertaining ). I love to butcher these things. It's great.This is only chapter one, there will be another chapter to this hot piece of work.

Author's Note: I don't own these characters, although I wish I did. Reow. Joss does.

He can't leave me, not on my birthday!

The slayer leaned against Angel, which was followed the comfortable feeling of a kiss to her forehead. Nevertheless, her emotions were all muddled, and she could hardly keep focused on the mission. She shifted her glance onto the box that he had carried, and she cursed it under her breath. Everything would have gone just perfectly tonight if it hadn't been for that stupid thing. She could've had a normal night, but no, that wasn't in the books for her. She was Miss Save the World, after all. There wasn't any normality in Sunnydale, California. How could there be when they were right smack on the Hellmouth?

This is so unfair.

Buffy's body tensed as her glance trailed over to the ship, hell, why not curse that too? It would take her boyfriend away for who knows how long. With that, she let out a long sigh. She didn't want to be here. It wouldn't be a 'see you later' to Angel; it would be strictly a good-bye. Good-byes she was never good with, especially with the love of her life. She wanted to be back at the Bronze, celebrating her seventeenth birthday with her friends, and boyfriend. She wanted to laugh, and smile, and not cry. But all the want, want, wants wouldn't make things right.

"I should go the rest of the way alone."

Angel could feel how she felt, and it choked him up inside. He didn't want to do this either, but it was the right thing to do, and he had to do it. He had heard a muffled okay from her, and he could hear his dead heart breaking in two pieces. He wanted to kiss her, hold her so close and just try to make her pain go away. That was impossible now. He would just have to reassure her that he would be back.

"But I'll be back. I will."

"When? Six months, a year? You don't know how long it's gonna take or if we'll even..." Buffy glanced down; she couldn't look into his eyes. She couldn't do this, and with all the strength she had, she couldn't stop herself from feeling so much heartache.

"Hey..." Angel forced a soft smile onto his lips, as he slowly brought raised her chin. He stared into her glistening green orbs, swelling with tears. "We'll even what?"

"Well, if you haven't noticed, someone pretty much always wants us dead." Buffy let out a sniffle, as she no longer could hold back the tears.

"Don't say that. We'll be fine." He had to give her hope; he just had to.

"We don't know that." The tone in her voice suggested that she was angry at his assumption.

"We can't know, Buffy. Nobody can. That's just the deal," Angel quickly retorted, cradling her face in his hands. His thumbs erased the tears on her cheeks. "I have something for you," His hands ran down Buffy's arms, and one hand took hers. His other hand, however, found its way to his pocket. "For your birthday. I... I was gonna give it to you earlier, but..."

With that he took out her gift: a jelly donut.

"It's beautiful," Buffy whispered, staring at it with admiration.

Angel continued, placing the round pastry into her hand. "My people -- before I was changed -- they exchanged this as a sign of devotion. It's a jelly donut. The outer circle represents life, the middle one's heart, and the jelly, well, you know... Eat it with the jelly opening pointing towards you. It means you belong to somebody. Like this... "

With that Angel took his donut from his pocket, and took a bite. The jelly smeared around his lips, and on his hands. Clearly, this was a messy treat to eat.

"Eat it," he persuaded.

Buffy smiled, taking a bite of hers after him, savouring the sweet taste of sugar. She wished this moment would never end, and he wouldn't have to leave. This moment, where all she could hear was the sound of the water, and the munching on the jelly donuts.

"Mmm," Buffy had never tasted a donut that was this good.

But all good things come to an end.

"I don't wanna do this!" Buffy cried out, wrapping her arms around Angel, burring her tear streaked face into his chest.

"Me either," Angel responded, his mouth full of donut, and crumbs fell into Buffy's beautiful, blond hair. If only there was a way, any way.

They kissed. The gooey jelly surrounding their lips, as their mouths pressed together in a fiery connection. They clung to each other, hoping, wishing that the moment would last for an eternity where they would just stay in each other's arms, and never have to worry about the Hellmouth, and apocalypses.

"Buffy ... I ... " Angel whispered, gazing into her eyes.

But then the jelly began to drip from Buffy's chin slowly. It paused right at the tip, taunting them both. Would it fall, or...

"Angel, the box!" He had heard her scream, and everything was in slow motion. The jelly began to fall as he looked at the box, and then her ... white shirt! God, no!

Angel heard Buffy let out a cry, and he watched her as she ran towards the end of the docks.

"Wait!" He shouted as he ran after her.

Buffy didn't wait, she couldn't. She jumped into the cold waters, desperately trying to scrub off the jelly. Angel quickly jumping in after her, knowing it had been too late for the white t-shirt.