When Buffy caught up to Angel she was nearly jumping for joy. She wnated to see him for so long now that she couldn't face the fact that he was a vampire. She hated to think of what would happen tomorrow at dawn
when Angel had to be shut up in a house with no windows. if the house did have windows they had to be covered with heavy drapes. She hated to think of Angel that way. he seemed like the colofulest person in her life since her
mom died. She hated thinking about those times, but she just hated thinking about Angel not being able to look at the sunrise, or sunset with her.
Angel was standing still when he saw her coming towards him. He had a smile on his face. It was very rare to see a smile on his face. It usually meant that he just got done torturing some helpless human. Buffy knew
that the reson he was smiling tonight was because of seeing her. She could sense it.
Angel: "Hey I told you to wait right where you were standing, what if that vampire was out looking for you knowing that you come out ever night patroling. You could have been severely hurt. I don't wnat that to happen to you."
Buffy; "Yes you did tell me to stay right there but you should know that no one can boss me around anymore. My mother passed away. She was the only one that could tell me what to do and i would listen. I don't even think that she could do it anymore. i am of age and i don't think she would. I mean she knew before I died that I was the slayer, and that this is my duty until the day I die.'
Angel; "I guess you are right. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to treat you like a little kid. I know that you take slaying very seriously."
Buffy: "At lwast someone apo;ogizes for their attitude towards me. i guess that's because I asked you for help. Angle I am scared. What do I do. I can't just sit here and let matthew try to harm my life."
Angel: (Takes Buffy in his arms and kisses her gently on the lips to reassure her taht everything was going to be okay.) I will be there to protect you."
Buffy: "But you can't come out every single night. i would feel safer if you could."
Angel: "Who said I couldn't? I never once told you that I couldn't come out all the time. There are a lot of tiems that I have to come out every night. This is one of those times. I gurantee you that I will be out here helping you fight this battle with Matthew. Whoever he is."
Buffy: "He used to hang out with Spike until Spike started to chase me around like a little puppy dog. I guess Matthew stopped hanging out with him becasue spike was gettingtoo involved with me to notice that I was the slayer."
Angel: "Oh now i know who he is. He used to always want me and Spike to try and catch all the pretty girls and try to turn them. You know, vampires." He was very mad he wanted to find Matthew and tear out his uesless heart out.
Buffy: "Could he really do any damage to me? I hope that this is all over soon. I hate having Willow mad at me and as long as he's out here chasing after me, it's just going to make her madder at me.?"
Angel: " I don't know if he could really harm you. i mean, you're really strong and i think that you could even dust me if you tried hard enoguh."
Buffy: "You should know that i wouldn't do that to you. I would probably do that to Spike right now but I will never do that to you. i care about you. I thought you knew that." she wrapped her amrs around hima nd then she glanced up and saw the smile in his eyes. She stood up on her tiptoes and gave him on his cld lips. Man did she love him so much.
All of a sudden they ehard a noise coming for the bushes. They thought it was a animal creature of hte night but then they heard the noise again. The knew now that it was someone spying on them. Angle walked towards the bushes and pulled the branches apart.
At first, he didn't see anyone, then when eh took acloser look, he saw a vampire glaring back out ht him. The vamire grunted. He hated the fact that he got caught spying on the slayer and her beau.
Angel: 'What do we have here? Why the hell are you spying on us?"
Vampire: "I heard voices, and i wanted to see who it was. I was hiding behind the bushes so I wouldn't get staked right away."
Angel: (turns to Buffy) "I don't think that we can forgive you. You have spied on a very personal conversation. Who are you working for?
Buffy: ' Do you work for Matthew? She looks toward Angel after she aksed him that. She didn't want to believe that he would try and spy on her. She thought taht he would confront her wit what eh thought was happening/ Then again she never thoguht Angle was coming back into ehr life ever again, either.
Vampire: "I will tell you the truth only because i know that it will infuriate you more if you find out that I lied to you. Matthew. He had me spy on you because he thought that you were with Spike. Even though i don't think it matters who you are with so much as htat you are out here at night patroling and he tld me to spy on you no matter who you are with."
Buffy: "Look, I respect your honesty. i have to slay you though, you are a vampire and I am the vampire slayer." She runs at him with the stake. He doesn't move away. He takes it like she wished so many other vampires would.
Buffy and Angel waked out down teh street they were headed towards Buffy's house. Angel wanted to get ehr home safely. He wanted to tell Buffy to stop worrying about Matthew, but he didn't have the courage to. He didn't know if he had the stregth to believe his own words. They walekd along in utter silence. They heard a noise, like soemone was rubbing wood together. Buffy started running towards the sound. She was hoping that it wasn't a vampire. She was very disappointed to find a vamp sitting on the grass, rubbing two sticks together.
Ange: "At least it's not one of Matthew's minions spying on us." He said laughing at the sight of the vampire on the ground.
Buffy; "It very might well be one fo Matthew's men. You never know. She walks right up to him, bends down so she can reach his heart and pushes the stake through. he disappears into cinder and ashes.
Angel: "Two down and a whole lot more to go." He laughed when eh saw Buffy give a strange look. They continue walking towards ehr house.
Buffy: "Are you going to come out er with me tomorrow night?"
Angel: "Only if you wnat me to."
Buffy: "Of course, i do. I wouldn't want anyone else but you."
Angel: "Unless, of course, Spike offers, right?"
Buffy: "Where the hell did that come from?" She was very annoyed with fact that Angel would say something like that to her. She ahted having pople mad at her but how could she stop it if Angel and Willow keep jumping to conclusions. She turned to face him.
Buffy: I'm sorry Angel. It's jsut that me and Willwo got into an arguement earlier tonight and I am really in a bad mood because she wanted to come on patrol with em and i had to tell her no because she wanted to bring kayla with ehr and i didn't wnat to many people involved. i guess that was the wrong thing to do, but I feel bad that I got her and Xander involved in this in the first place. I should have just listened to Giles. I would have never been in this situation if i would have."
Angel: "Don't go repriamending yourself now. It won't do you any good. It's all done and over with. you can't change the past. But since you did involve your two best friends maybe you should try to apologize to ehr. I am sure that she would understand what you are goign through.:
Buffy; " You're right. I should try to apologize, but I don't think that it would do much good she says that we need a beak from each other. I am going ot try to talk to her before she leaves tomorrow. That's if I get up before she leaves for Kay;a's apartment." They reached her house acouple of minutes afterword.
Angel: "I'll come by the Pizza Palace about eleven and wait for you, okay?"
Buffy: "Sure. Night Angel."
Angel: "Night." He starts to walk away. Buffy wals in the house without looking back at him. She wasn't ready to face teh next day, but she knew that there was no stopping it from coming.