Buffy was sitting in the living room after Dawn and Willow left the house. She had nothing to do but sit and watch television. She didn't like anything that was on. She clicks it off and decides to sit down and enjoy the quiet. She hates that Dawn and Willow left just because she was refusingt to have them help her on patrol. She had to admit now that she really did need help. The situation with Matthew was just getting ot her. She didn't wnat to have to ask for hlep but she knew that she would need it. She didn't know what to do. Angel already wnet on patrol with her last night. Waht else could she do but ask him to come out with her again. She decided to call Angel and see what he was doing that night. She was afraid that he would be busy. she picked up the phone and dialed his number.
Angel: "(he sounded like he first owke up) Hello."
Buffy: "Angel, Hey, I was wondering if you would mind going on patrol with me?" She wanted to hurry up and ask him before she forgot why she was calling.
Angel; "Sure, but don't you think this is getting out of control. I mean if Matthew was going to kill you don't you think he would have already done it?"
Buffy: "What now you're saying that you don't believe me?" At about this time she wanted to get off the phone and break down and cry. She felt like nobody believed in ehr. She hated that feeling. She felt it before, when she was in high school.
Angel; "I never said that I didn't believe you. All I said was don't you think this is getting out of control?" He wanted to be in Buffy's house hugging her fight now.
He didn't know what he could do for her right then.
Buffy; "I know that it is, but I have no other person to help me. If I trun to Willow, she'll say see I told you htat you needed help. It's bad enought I told ehr what was happening. I didn't want her to know but now i got Dawn in on the info now. I need help and i was thinking that you could help me."
Angel; "Okay, come by my house at dusk, I'll get some things that we could use."
Buffy: "Thanks. Angel. And I want you to know something. no matter what happens, I love you." she said it with the deepest kind of feeling that she cold muster.
Angel: "Me too, sweetie."
When it started to get dark, Buffy walked to where Angle was staying. She was afraid that he would still be asleep. She knocked gently on the door. She heard someone move around in the room. The door flew open and Matthew was in the room. Buffy looked in on shock.
Buffy; "What are you doing in here? You don't belong in here." She wanted to just start pummelling him.
Matthew; "Well let's see, I have a butcher's knife in my hand, oh yeah, I'm killing you lover. Sorry babe, I guess you'll learn a lesson tonight won't you. Don't go messing with people that could become you enemies because you might get hurt even worse."
Buffy: (glares at him, pushes herself through the door and looks around for Angel) "Where is he? I don't see him anywhere in here."
Matthew; "I already threw him out the window to burn in the early evening sunlight."
Buffy; "i hate you. if it is the last thing i do on this Earth, i am going to seek revenge on you. You will not get away with what you did to Angel.
i will make sure you pay a very dear price."
Matthew:"Oh dear me, what is that going to be/ I mean you can kill me but I have many minions who can kill you also. i will not make it easy for you to kill me."
Buffy runs at him at top speed. She grabs her stake and hides it behind her back. She wanted to get him at just the right momnet. She had only on chance
and she had to make it good. She got her chance soner than she thought. He turhned arounhd to face the4 window. Buffy hurried and jabbed the stake
in his back, hoping that the stake would get to his heart. It did. He was dust and ashes. She breathed a sigh of relief. She started to gather soem of Angel's things.
She wanted to keep soem of them so she had soemthing to remember him by. She hated that sh elost him. She knew what she had to do now. She had to takl to Willow
to make things right with her. She decided to do that as soon as she got out of this hellhole of an apartment. She didn't underwstand thow Angle could stand living
in a place like this. She hated dark places. She ran out of the room.
A half hour later she reached the apartment complex that Kayla lived in. She ran up the stairs to the apartment. She knocked on the door and waited. She thought she heard noises in there but she wasn't sure. She waited for another minute before she knocked again. The door opened and Willow peeked out. She looked shocked to see her.
Buffy: "Will, I need to talk to you. It's about Angel." She was crying by now.
Willow: "Come on in, What happened. I can tell that you are upset." Even she was mad at Buffy she still wanted to be there for her friend.
Buffy; "Angel told me to come over to his apartment be3cause he had something that could help us with Matthew. When I got there Matthew was there and Angel was already gone, dead. I slayed matthew and ran all the way here. Will, I'm so lonely. Please move back in. i know that i need help now. Angel is gone and Giles has his own life. I know you wnat your onw too, but you were the one saying that if I admitted to you that i needed help on partol that you would come back. Please."
Willow: Sure, I know now you are really going to be lonely. Why don't you stay here tonight and tomorrow Dawn and I will move back in."
Buffy: "Sounds like a plan.