"Buffy, wait up," a voice Buffy had never thought she'd hear again screamed behind her before she froze. "I thought that was you with short hair," Angel smiled coming up to her.
"Angel, what," was all Buffy could say in her shock. "What do you want? We are over." Buffy seemed to get her voice and her legs back at the same time and started walking again.
"I'm sorry, I made a mistake with Darla. I never meant to hurt you." Angel grabbed her arm. "Please give me one more chance."
"No, and if you don't let me go," but the rest of Buffy's threat was silenced by Angel's kiss.
Spike standing with flowers at his car to surprise Buffy was so floored by the fact that she was kissing someone else that he dropped the flowers.
After the shock of the kiss Buffy looked up to see Spike get in his car and leave. "Damn" was the only thing she could say before she ran home to Willow's place.
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"Hey, Willow," Buffy smiled coming in from work at the Double Meat. "Long time no see."
"Buffy," Willow got up from the couch and hugged her best friend. "I thought you'd forgotten that I existed."
"Sorry Wills, but working two jobs is kind of keeping me busy. Anyway Angel is away for a week and I thought it was a perfect time to catch up on girl talk and..." Buffy dug in her purse for the earring she'd found on the bathroom counter weeks ago. "Return this."
Willow looked at the earring quizzically, "It's not mine or Tara's, but I'll ask Anya and Cordy if it's theirs."
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"Spike's on a 'business trip' until next week," Buffy slammed down the phone in the kitchen catching Willow's expression. "I'm sorry, but I can't believe that I actually let Angel kiss me and scare off Spike in the process. I am a horrible kissing slut."
Willow sighed and looked at her best friend, "No, you're not, but I think that you might want to work out your issues with Angel before Spike gets back if you want to salvage your relationship with Spike, which I know you do, because you haven't been as happy as you are with him since I've known you."
"Thanks Wills," is all Buffy says before she runs out the door.