Chapter Four
Three weeks later, Buffy and Angel had a free together after lunch when Willow had a class. They made their way to her dorm as usual. Just when they were pretty naked, Willow knocked on the door. Buffy swore and pushed Angel towards the closet while pulling her clothes on. She chucked his clothes in with him then let Willow in.
Willow took in Buffy's ruffled hair and raised an eyebrow. She let her eyes trail over Buffy and found that her top was inside out and her skirt was on back to front. Then something else caught her eye. Boxers.
Buffy: Will, what are you doing back?
Willow: Lecture was cancelled. Uh, Buffy, whose are those?
Buffy looked down and saw the boxers, her face colouring a deep red.
Buffy: Uh…they must be Oz's
Willow: They're not Oz's Buffy. What's going on?
Buffy looked down and sighed. They were busted.
Buffy: Angel, come out
Willow looked at her in confusion. Then a roughly dressed Angel walked out of the closet, a sheepish expression on his face. He stood by Buffy, blocking Willow's view of the boxers.
Willow: Huh? What's going on?
Buffy coughed and looked pointedly at Willow. Willow looked between the two of them, puzzled, then her eyes widened as she caught on.
Willow: Oh! Oh! You two…you're…you two!
Buffy: Uh…yeah…
Willow: How long?
Buffy looked at Angel guiltily.
Angel: Two years
Willow: Two years!
Buffy: Erm…yeah, ever since my 17th birthday
Willow: You two've been sleeping together since Buffy's 17th birthday! And you never thought you tell us!
Angel: Well we, you know…never found the right time
Willow: In two years!
Buffy: We're just not ready to tell everyone yet
Willow: Not ready? You've had two years to get ready!
Buffy: I know, I'm sorry Will
Willow: So that's why you two never let us meet your boyfriends and girlfriends. It was each other
Angel: Yeah…
Willow: I just can't believe you two have been together for two years and we never knew…are you just messing around or…
Buffy: We're not just messing around
Angel: We love each other
Willow's expression softened.
Willow: Aww! I always thought you two were perfect for each other! If you're in love then why didn't you just tell us?
Buffy: We just didn't want it to get ruined. And the longer we left it, the harder it got to tell everyone, so we just decided to not tell anyone. Anyway it was kinda sexy keeping it a secret
She and Angel shared a grin before turning back to Willow.
Willow: Were you ever planning on telling us?
Angel: Yeah, eventually…
Willow: When?
Buffy: We hadn't figured that out yet…look, you won't tell anyone will you?
Willow: Not even Oz?
Angel: You can tell Oz, he'll keep it a secret
Buffy: But not Xander and Anya, okay? Please
Willow: Why?
Buffy: Please Will
Willow: Okay, okay, I promise. Anyway, looked like I was interrupting something so shall I…
Buffy: If you don't mind
Willow: I can't believe it. I'm gonna leave now and you two are gonna…okay I'm going!
She left and Buffy locked the door, leaning her back on it.
Buffy: Why haven't we told anyone yet?
Angel: I guess we just never found the right time
He walked up to her and placed his hands on the door either side of her.
Angel: Do you want to tell the others?
Buffy: I don't know. I guess I'm so used to keeping it a secret…but I know what I want right now
She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked up at him. He grinned down at her.
Angel: Really?
Buffy: Mm