A month passed and Buffy and Angel had moved into their apartment. Buffy,
with the help of Willow and Cordelia decorated the house just the way Buffy
wanted it.
Buffy and Angel's bedroom was painted dark red, blood red as Xander called it, with a mahogany, king sized sleigh bed. On each side of the bed, there was a matching mahogany night stand. Both Buffy and Angel had a matching dresser.
Buffy was six months pregnant now and therefore big. Angel thought she looked beautiful, Angelus wanted to ravage her but Buffy thought she looked like a hippo.
Buffy stood in front of the long mirror in her bathroom. "Urgh." She grunted taking her shirt off. No matter what she wore she looked horrible in it.
"What are you Urghing at?" Angel asked as he leaned against the door of her bathroom.
"I'm fat. I look horrible." She told him. She said as she turned and went back into her closet to find something else.
"You are not fat, Buffy. You look beautiful. You glow." He said following her out of the bathroom and into their room.
"It's sweat from spending the morning throwing up, Angel." She said opening up her closet and looking for something less 'I'm pregnant ask me how' outfit.
Angel walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "No. You are as beautiful now as you've ever been and I mean that."
Buffy looked up and stared into his eyes. She searched his eyes and found he honestly believed that. He thought she was beautiful. "Sure I look good, anything with plasma looks good to you." She blurted out bitterly.
"What?" He asked a mixture of pain and confusion showing in his eyes.
"Oh god, Angel. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I'm so sorry." She said pleadingly.
Angel pulled his arms from around her waist and turned away. "You need to get ready for your lunch with Willow." He said as he went down stairs and into his library.
"Angel!" Buffy yelled when he turned away from her.
Angel just stopped but didn't turn back around to face her. He couldn't. Not when it was plan as day, the way she actually thought of him.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. It's hormones." She said tears forming in her eyes.
"No. It's you. And what you think of me." He said leaving the room.
"No." She yelled running out of the room as fast as she could. "Angel please, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I love you!" She yelled.
Angel just walked down the stairs. "Have fun. Tell Willow I said 'hi' and be careful." He said continuing down the stairs.
Buffy just stopped at the top of the stairs and watched him go. "Damnit." She said under her breath as she went back to the room.
Stop cursing lover. She heard Angelus say.
Espresso Pump
"So how is everything going with you and Angel?" Willow asked.
"Okay. Except I hurt him today?" Buffy admitted.
"Physically or emotionally?" The red head asked taking a sip of her espresso.
"Emotionally." Buffy said sadly.
"What'd you say?"
"Well I was trying to find something to wear that didn't make me look like the Goodyear blimp, and Angel told me I looked beautiful. I didn't buy it and told him anything with plasma looks good to him." She confessed to her friend.
"Oh. Buffy you know that's not true."
"I know! I don't even know why I said that. Why it even popped into my head. Angel's not like that and I know how much he hates the fact that he's a vamp and different. I apologized but he wouldn't listen. Not that he should. But now he thinks that's what I really think of him, and it's not. I love him, Wills. I love him so much." She said, tears forming behind her eyes.
Willow laid a hand on Buffy's. "I know. He knows that too. Give him some time. He'll come around. Everything will be okay." She told her best friend, praying to anyone who would listen that she was right. Angel and Buffy deserved to be happy.
Buffy just nodded. Wiping tears from her eyes, she lifted up her head and looked at her friend. "Okay no more sad talk. I vote for a change of subject." She said slapping on a smile.
"I second that." Willow said.
"So how's everything with you and Oz?" the blonde asked.
"Everything is good. He and the band are going on a mini tour next week, doing gigs all over California." Willow said sadly.
"Awe. You're gonna miss him aren't you?" Buffy asked.
"Yup." Willow said with a frown. "It's just, we've been spending all of our time together and now he's going away for a whole week. I don't know what I'll do."
"Well I suggest you, Xander and I have a week of fun. Xander said Cordy's going away for the summer with her parents and won't be back until the end of August, so we can just chill. We could go the movies and the mall and just hang out like we used to." Buffy suggested.
"Thank sounds great, but what about Angel?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well we don't want to cause any trouble between you and Angel."
"Angel has actually been trying to get me out of the house more often. He says just because we're living together and I'm pregnant, it doesn't mean I have to give up my life. He actually suggested that I invite you guess over while he goes patrolling one night and even said he'd go find somewhere to be so we could have the house to ourselves." She admitted with a smile.
"Awe. He's so sweet."
"Isn't he?" Buffy said with a large goofy grin.
Buffy and Angel's bedroom was painted dark red, blood red as Xander called it, with a mahogany, king sized sleigh bed. On each side of the bed, there was a matching mahogany night stand. Both Buffy and Angel had a matching dresser.
Buffy was six months pregnant now and therefore big. Angel thought she looked beautiful, Angelus wanted to ravage her but Buffy thought she looked like a hippo.
Buffy stood in front of the long mirror in her bathroom. "Urgh." She grunted taking her shirt off. No matter what she wore she looked horrible in it.
"What are you Urghing at?" Angel asked as he leaned against the door of her bathroom.
"I'm fat. I look horrible." She told him. She said as she turned and went back into her closet to find something else.
"You are not fat, Buffy. You look beautiful. You glow." He said following her out of the bathroom and into their room.
"It's sweat from spending the morning throwing up, Angel." She said opening up her closet and looking for something less 'I'm pregnant ask me how' outfit.
Angel walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "No. You are as beautiful now as you've ever been and I mean that."
Buffy looked up and stared into his eyes. She searched his eyes and found he honestly believed that. He thought she was beautiful. "Sure I look good, anything with plasma looks good to you." She blurted out bitterly.
"What?" He asked a mixture of pain and confusion showing in his eyes.
"Oh god, Angel. I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I'm so sorry." She said pleadingly.
Angel pulled his arms from around her waist and turned away. "You need to get ready for your lunch with Willow." He said as he went down stairs and into his library.
"Angel!" Buffy yelled when he turned away from her.
Angel just stopped but didn't turn back around to face her. He couldn't. Not when it was plan as day, the way she actually thought of him.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. It's hormones." She said tears forming in her eyes.
"No. It's you. And what you think of me." He said leaving the room.
"No." She yelled running out of the room as fast as she could. "Angel please, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I love you!" She yelled.
Angel just walked down the stairs. "Have fun. Tell Willow I said 'hi' and be careful." He said continuing down the stairs.
Buffy just stopped at the top of the stairs and watched him go. "Damnit." She said under her breath as she went back to the room.
Stop cursing lover. She heard Angelus say.
Espresso Pump
"So how is everything going with you and Angel?" Willow asked.
"Okay. Except I hurt him today?" Buffy admitted.
"Physically or emotionally?" The red head asked taking a sip of her espresso.
"Emotionally." Buffy said sadly.
"What'd you say?"
"Well I was trying to find something to wear that didn't make me look like the Goodyear blimp, and Angel told me I looked beautiful. I didn't buy it and told him anything with plasma looks good to him." She confessed to her friend.
"Oh. Buffy you know that's not true."
"I know! I don't even know why I said that. Why it even popped into my head. Angel's not like that and I know how much he hates the fact that he's a vamp and different. I apologized but he wouldn't listen. Not that he should. But now he thinks that's what I really think of him, and it's not. I love him, Wills. I love him so much." She said, tears forming behind her eyes.
Willow laid a hand on Buffy's. "I know. He knows that too. Give him some time. He'll come around. Everything will be okay." She told her best friend, praying to anyone who would listen that she was right. Angel and Buffy deserved to be happy.
Buffy just nodded. Wiping tears from her eyes, she lifted up her head and looked at her friend. "Okay no more sad talk. I vote for a change of subject." She said slapping on a smile.
"I second that." Willow said.
"So how's everything with you and Oz?" the blonde asked.
"Everything is good. He and the band are going on a mini tour next week, doing gigs all over California." Willow said sadly.
"Awe. You're gonna miss him aren't you?" Buffy asked.
"Yup." Willow said with a frown. "It's just, we've been spending all of our time together and now he's going away for a whole week. I don't know what I'll do."
"Well I suggest you, Xander and I have a week of fun. Xander said Cordy's going away for the summer with her parents and won't be back until the end of August, so we can just chill. We could go the movies and the mall and just hang out like we used to." Buffy suggested.
"Thank sounds great, but what about Angel?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well we don't want to cause any trouble between you and Angel."
"Angel has actually been trying to get me out of the house more often. He says just because we're living together and I'm pregnant, it doesn't mean I have to give up my life. He actually suggested that I invite you guess over while he goes patrolling one night and even said he'd go find somewhere to be so we could have the house to ourselves." She admitted with a smile.
"Awe. He's so sweet."
"Isn't he?" Buffy said with a large goofy grin.