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Summary: Two months have passed since "Not Fade Away". Angel has found Buffy after months of searching. He had told her about his restored humanity. Starting their relationship again, Buffy is estatic to finally have what she has always wanted with the one person she has ever loved. In this chapter, Angel tells the tale of a day that never happened...B/A with slight fluff.
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Chapter Six: I Remember You
"Angel?" Buffy's frightened voice pulled Angel back to reality. He had once again slipped into the memory of Buffy's visit when Angel had become human after contact with a regenerative demon's blood. I was told she would never remember. Angel stood up and started pacing the length of Buffy's room. Buffy got up with a bewildered look on her soft features. This brought Angel to a stop. I have to tell her. The dreams have haunted me for years and now they have begun to haunt Buffy. She thinks the dreams as prophetic…
Angel stood in front of Buffy. "You trust me, right?"
"Of course I do. What's going on? What do the dreams mean?" Buffy said, confusion creeping into her silky voice.
Angel sighed. He sat down again on Buffy's bed, pulling her down next to him. Here goes everything. He took a deep breath, filling his lungs. "Your dreams are actually a memory. A memory that occurred and then was taken away." Buffy started to speak. Angel cut her off by placing a finger on her lips. "It is a memory that I have had for five years. Remember when you came to my office in LA and a demon crashed through my window and I killed it in a matter of seconds?" Buffy nodded. "Originally the demon crashed through and you intercepted it, but it escaped. Both of us pursued it into the sewers.
"We ended up splitting up, you taking the surface and me taking the sewers. I encountered the demon – a regenerative demon – and our blood mixed together when we fought. It caused me to become human. I found you down by the docks and surprised you. We ended up going back to my apartment. We had decided not to rush things, but the passion was so intense that we ended up making love. We spent twenty-four hours together as two normal lovers would." Angel finally turned his downcast eyes on his beloved. Tears tumbled down her cheeks, tearing up Angel's insides. He forged on.
"Doyle came while you were sleeping to tell me the demon I thought I killed regenerated himself and was attacking again. I didn't want to wake you, so I left with Doyle to find the demon. We fought, but I no longer had my vampire strength. The demon easily overpowered me. It told me that the end of days was near and that the evil army that arises would destroy you. You came and defeated the demon beforeit could kill me. I was badly hurt, but I insisted on seeing the Powers That Be. You returned to my apartment while I learned I was no longer a Champion in my human form, and that you would perish during the attack the demon told me about. I was distraught and couldn't let that happen to you. I begged the Powers to take away my humanity and turn back the clock. The past twenty-fours were to be erased and started over. I returned to my apartment and I told you what the Powers were going to do. We cried together and you chanted over and over that you would never forget."
Angel's voice came out in chocked sobs as tears welled up in his eyes as the memory replayed in his mind as he described it to Buffy. "The day was repeated as you remember it. I am the only one that bore the true memory of that day." He paused. "I have wanted to tell you so many times, but I couldn't think of a way to tell the only woman that I have ever loved that we could have been together, but then couldn't bear the thought of losing her." He couldn't say anymore. It hurt too much.
Buffy had sat in complete silence as Angel told his tale. While she was angry that Angel had never shared this with her, she understood why he had done what he did. As Angel had talked, the dream – no, memory – had replayed in her mind with more clarity and more of the events that Angel spoke of. She now clearly remembered the day that never happened and crying in Angel's arms as they waited for the clock to tick down to the exact time of Buffy's arrival the previous morning. She remembered exclaiming that she would never forget.
Reaching out to Angel, Buffy brushed her fingers along his strong jaw line. "Angel…" she breathed. "I remember now." When Angel pulled her into a hug, Buffy climbed into his lap to stroke his back. "I don't blame you for what had to happen. It only makes me love you more than I already do." She raised his chin so she could look into his wonderful eyes. She kissed him tenderly and with all the love in her heart.
Angel returned her kiss with everything he had. He was amazed that she had easily accepted what had actually happened on that fateful day five years ago. He had been terrified that Buffy would not want to be someone who held a burning secret in him for so long that concerned her.
Their kiss deepened as the restraint Buffy had felt inside of herself finally burst. She kissed Angel hungrily, the same way she had devoured his lips those fourteen months prior. She no longer had to hide the passion and love that burned in her heart since she was sixteen years old. The passion and love for the one man – she still couldn't believe he was finally a heart-pumping, blood-flowing, breathing-oxygen-into-his-lungs MAN – who knew her inside and out better than anyone living or partially dead.
Angel could sense the love boiling in Buffy's heart – the sudden collapsing of her inner restraint. He had always been able to feel what she was feeling. Another reason he had always believed that they were meant for each other. He gave in as well to the bubbling emotions within his heart. "Oh, Buffy," he whispered. "I have wanted this since that day I walked away from you. I had always been scared of what would become of us. But I know now we'll be together forever."
Buffy sighed. Her crazy life suddenly made complete sense and she loved the feeling of the peace that settled around her like a warm and fuzzy blanket. "I love you, Angel. I always have and always will." The words were out of her mouth before the thought even entered her brain. For a second Buffy worried the thought would bother her, the way it had always in the past. But all she felt was excitement; excitement to start her life with the man she was meant to love with all of her heart.
She looked into Angel's mahogany eyes and smiled. A real, true smile. A smile that had not sincerely played across her lips since before she died the second time. The smile lit up her entire face and she felt herself get lighter. She was finally right where she belonged.
Buffy made the decision that had wrestled in her head the past two months. She was ready. "Angel? Remember what you said yesterday about not wanting to push me back into a relationship with you?" Angel nodded. "Well, I'm done baking and I'm ready for you to enjoy my chocolately goodness."
All Angel could do was laugh as he wrapped her up in his arms. "That's fantastic! I love you so much, Buffy. I could never spend my new life with anybody else."
Buffy pulled him back with her as she lay down on her bed. She couldn't hold it in anymore. "Angel…" she breathed. "Take me as yours. I want you."
Angel kissed Buffy with all the passion in every fiber of his being. He loved not having to worry about the consequences that came from making love with Buffy. He was now allowed to feel perfectly happy. Running his hands down her side, Angel felt Buffy shiver in anticipation. He leaned over her, kissing her lips, her cheeks, her neck. His lips lingered over the two small round scars on her neck. Scars I gave her when I took her blood.
Buffy sighed. She had never shared with any of her other lovers the story behind the dual scars on her perfect neck. Although she thought that Riley had suspected once he found out about her past relationship with Angel. The scars were a reminder of Angel that she wanted to keep between the two of them. She felt no remorse for them, or sadness, just memory.
Time seemed to stand still as Buffy and Angel became one, their souls intermingling with one another. They made love over and over, making up for the past five years. Lunch was forgotten as the two lovers only were hungry for each other. They then finally fell asleep late in the afternoon, exhausted in one another's arms.
A/N: So that's the update! I am in the middle of the next chapter but I am hitting some writer's block. I will try andupdate as soon as I can. Please review so I know to keep working on it! Thanks!