I wasn't planning to update so soon but, after reading all the reviews I got, I had to. As to the people demanding a sequel, let me finish this and we'll see.

Ok enough about me...

"Where's Buffy?" Paige asked as Kyle orbed in alone.

"She asked me to drop her off." Kyle replied. "She made her choice."

"Where is she?" Phoebe demanded.

"LA." Kyle admitted.

"So, she chose him." Chris said sadly stepping into the attic.

"Chris she..." Kyle began.

"No, it's not over." Chris declared orbing away.

"What was that?" Wyatt asked confused.

"He's decided to fight." Leo said with a grin.

"Um guys, we should probably tell you what we found out." Phoebe interrupted.

"What?" Piper demanded.

"You were right about the elders giving Angel his humanity back." Cole began.

"Yeah news flash we know." Paige sighed.

"Yeah but did you know he only gets to keep it if she picks him?" Phoebe asked.

"I'll take that as a no." Cole replied at their shocked expressions.

"Does Buffy know?" Piper asked.

"He didn't say." Phoebe shrugged. "But then again she usually does."

"She pick him just for that." Wyatt sighed. "She still probably feels guilty for having to kill him."

"It's not that easy to get over." Phoebe said knowingly with a glace at Cole.

"It's not easy to watch the man you love die either." Paige countered.

"Ok drama queens." Piper said stepping between them. "This isn't about us or our relationships. This is about Chris and Buffy and who she wants to be with. Yes there are similarities, but in the end it's up to them."

"You want to tell me what's going on?" Buffy asked. "What the hell was that? At the Chapel?"

"I told you, I love you and you still love me." Angel replied.

"Look, I know the Elders made you human, and for the life of me I can't figure out why you let them." Buffy said crossing her arms in front of her.

"It's what I always wanted." Angel began.

"No, you wanted to earn it, to deserve it. You forget I remember when the demon turned you human, our day together, you gave it up, gave me up, because you didn't earn it." Buffy countered. "You do it every time I try to move on, to be happy. You barge in demanded I chose you and I do, every time only to have the rug pulled out from under me."

"That wont happen this time." Angel declared firmly.

"No, it wont." Buffy replied. "You were right, I couldn't tell you I didn't love you anymore, I do, I always will. You were my first love, and we never really ended things, it's been six years of this open ended goodbye. I never really had to get over you, to let you go, you were one of the few constants in my life, people who could relate. I do love you, but."

"You love him more." Angel sighed bitterly.

"It's not about loving him more, even if he wasn't around, this wouldn't work. We both know it. and that's why I'm here." Buffy replied sadly. "We work in the shadows, in the night and at one point in my life that was enough. We were two people trying to come to grips with these enormous destinies. We didn't have the option of normalcy, and that's not a bad thing. I look back at our relationship and you know what I don't have any regrets. The good, the bad, we went through it all and I would do it all over again in a heart beat. We couldn't work though, not in the real world."

"And you and he would?" Angel asked.

"Maybe, I don't know. But when I look back at my relationship with him, I do have regrets. There so much left there things that I need to say, to do. I don't know if we'll have the happily ever after, but I know I owe it to myself to try." Buffy explained.

"I couldn't compete with his memory, I guess I should have expected to be able to compete with the reality." Angel sighed.

"Angel." Buffy began.

"No, it's ok, I just want you to be happy." Angel replied sadly. "I had to give it a shot though."

"It just wasn't meant to be forever for us. But, whatever it was, it was amazing." Buffy said gently kissing him. "Goodbye Angel." She said tearfully walking away from the one time love of her life.

"Good bye Buffy." Angel whispered a single tear rolling down his cheek as he watched her go.

She had to find him, to explain. She just hoped he didn't hate her after everything. But before she could find him she was pulled away in a shower of glowing blue orbs.