Buffy plopped her slaying bag at the bottom of her closet and sighed. It had been a long night slaying. Not may vamps out. According to Willow vamps haven't been making much noise since she'd killed the Master last May. Guess I'll ask Giles what he thinks. She said as she got ready for bed.
Buffy pulled the covers over herself and rolled around in her bed. Flashes of the Master's face kept popping into her head. She opened up her eyes and sat up. God why can't I stop dreaming of him?
"You still dreaming of him?" Angel's voice came from the window.
"Yeah." She whispered.
Angel moved into her room and sat next to her on the bed, pulling her into his arms. "It'll be okay. I mean…it's understandable, you… well something like that would have an effect on anyone, even someone as strong as you." He said comfortingly.
"I know it's just…it's been months. Why can't I forget it?" She whimpered into his chest.
"Sh…it'll just take some time Buffy." He said running his hand through her hair.
Buffy yawned loudly against his chest. "Sorry. I just haven't been able to sleep all that well since I came back her." She told him.
"Come on, let's get some sleep." He said pulling her down onto the bed.
They'd spent the entire summer this way. When Buffy'd first came to LA, she'd have her nightmares and once Angel held her, she was fine for the rest of the night. When they moved out of the Callahan house Angel and Buffy would fall asleep holding each other and for the rest of the summer, Buffy was fine. Now that they were apart again, the dreams came back. I wish there was something I could do for her.
That was Angel's last thought before they both feel into a comfortable sleep.
The Next Morning
Sunnydale High School
"Hello Buffy?" Giles said as Buffy and Angel entered the library.
"Hey Giles, Giles I want you to meet someone." She said turning to her watcher. "Giles this is my best friend, my boyfriend…" she said smiling at Angel. "Angel Callahan. He and his family just moved into town, they live next door." She told her watcher.
"Oh well hello Angel, it is nice to meet you. You're Oz's cousin right?"
"Yeah I am." He said shaking the older mans hand.
"Hey Buffster how was your summer?" Xander said as he entered the library.
"Xander, hey, I've missed you this summer." She said giving her friend a hug.
"I missed you too Buff." He said hugging her back. When he noticed Angel he looked over at the blonde. "Who's he?"
"OH, Xander…" She started walking over to Angel and grabbing his hand. "This is Angel Callahan, my best friend from LA and my boyfriend." She told him with a smile. She hoped Xander would be okay with it. He had asked her to the Spring Fling last May and seemed pretty upset when she declined, but she really hoped he'd be okay with this.
"Hey man, nice to finally meet you." He said shaking Angel's hand.
"Umm…Buff…well I have some news for you too." Xander started as Cordelia entered the library.
When she grabbed Xander's hand Buffy only quirked an eyebrow at the two.
"Buffy… this summer…Cordelia and I…"
"We're a couple now." Cordelia finished for him with a smile.
"Oh…I…well I didn't know you two liked each other." She said confused.
"We'll…we didn't either." He said with a smile as he threw his arm around Cordelia's shoulders.
"Oh…Giles…I need to talk to you. What's going on? Angel and I went patrolling last night and like nothing. Only one lonely vamp and it was a newbie." She told her watcher as she took a seat next to Angel at the table.
"Well it could be that their leader is dead and they've gone to less slayer heavy places." He told her.
"I don't know. Ever since I killed him I've been having dreams about him. After a while they faded and now…well ever since I came back they've gotten stronger, like something is coming." She told him.
"Well I'll look into it." He said as the bell rang. "Why don't you come in her after classes and we'll see what I've come up with." He told her.
"Okay. See you later." She said as she, Angel, Xander and Cordelia headed out of the library and onto their first day of junior year.