After Buffy missed the subway, she angrily walked back up the steps to hail a taxi, but was so preoccupied she didn't notice the thief until he was trying to steal her purse. She bravely fought him off, but was knocked badly against a tree as the thief escaped. A taxi driver pulled up and helped Buffy to the hospital.
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On the subway was looking at a magazine that had been in her bag when a blonde man walked up to her.
"Mind if I sit 'ere pet?" He asked in a friendly English ascent.
"Knock yourself out," Buffy barely looked up from her magazine. All she wanted to do was go home and talk to Angel about her bad day.
"Wouldn't that hurt," the blonde man joked trying to get Buffy's attention. "Sorry for not introducing myself properly I'm Spike Pratt." He smiled as he offered his hand for a few seconds until it became obvious that she wasn't paying attention to him, "And you are?"
"So not interested," Buffy responded but then sighed and looked at Spike. "I'm sorry, I'm really not this rude usually, but this has been a really bad day and all I want is to get home and relax."
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Buffy was frustrated that Angel had chosen the day she went to the hospital with a concussion the day to take the phone off the hook while he painted. After a few minutes she decided to just take another taxi home.
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As Buffy walked through the door she could here voices coming from the bedroom. Does Angel have the TV on? I will so punish him for watching daytime television when he's supposed to be painted. She smiled wickedly, but the smile was soon erased when she walked through the bedroom door and found Angel having sex with a beautiful blonde woman.
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As Buffy walked through the door she heard the shower running and upon entering the bedroom was disappointed to see everything as mess and disorganized as she'd left it this morning when she'd run out the door. She was going to have to talk to Angel about his lack of housekeeping abilities.
"Hey, when did you get home?" Angel asked smiled as he came out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his stomach and water seductively dripping off his bare chest.
"Two seconds ago," Buffy went over to him and gave him a passionate kiss, all of the horrible day forgotten as she escaped into the arms of her lover.
Angel was preoccupied with his own thoughts. I've got to tell Darla that we are over. I love Buffy too much to keep betraying her like this.