Buffy the Vampire Slayer--Inner Secrets
Inner Secrets
Chapter 1—His Name
The leaves rustled in the late spring breeze as Buffy made her way down the sidewalk. Not walking fast, but not stopping to smell the flowers either. She was on a mission. One she had been on for 3 nights now. Ever since she met Him. She cursed herself for not even asking him his name when she had met him a week ago. But that wasn't really what she was primarily thinking about right now. She was thinking how god awfully hott he was. With those deep soulful eyes, that looked like they had seen far too much in such a short life (Not that you could really tell how old he was, which was so unnerving). Those eyes that were the color of the richest chocolate you could ever dream of. The eyes she herself got lost in, if only for a few minutes. And god, what about that mouth. She wondered what miracles he could produce with that mouth. It could probably take you to places you have never been before, create sensations that are wickedly sinful, yet worth all your sins. He looked like the most dangerous being she had ever come upon; although when she had been around him she got the distinct feeling he would never hurt her. In fact would most likely do the opposite and do anything to protect her.
It was that thought that made Buffy stop dead in her tracks. She had heard something. Something that gave away her stalkers position. And the tingle that went down her spine gave away the fact that she knew who it was that was hidden amongst the shadows. It was Him. Without a doubt she knew it. Buffy took a deep breath, let it out and somehow got up enough courage to challenge him to come out of his hiding place.
"You know, Stalking is considered illegal in most states. You could get arrested for this." She said as she pivoted on her feet to face the shadows she knew concealed Him.
"It's a good thing, then, that it's not illegal in This state." The deeply masculine, slightly taunting, male voice said. There was movement as he stepped out from under a huge oak tree. "But then again, I do not believe it was me who was stalking you. Now normally girls tend to always try and catch my eye, any more than that and they lose their nerve. So why is it that you think to try and find me?" He sounded so serious that for a second Buffy saw the danger in him. The caged beast just below the surface. As he was speaking, he was gradually making his way closer to her.
"I…I wanted to know your name." Usually so strong, Buffy didn't know why she stuttered. She blamed it on his nearness, for now he was only a good 2 feet away. " Don't you want to know my name?" She asked hesitantly.
"I already know your name, Buffy Ann Summers. Such a pretty name, did I mention that before. Kind of rolls off the tongue."
With the word tongue, conjured up all the images she had been playing in her head every night as she had searched hopelessly for him.
"You still did not answer my question. Who are you?"
"Who I am is not of importance right now. But as for the name, since you took all this time stalking me, I suppose I owe you that much at least. My name is Angel." He was sliding back into the shadows once again.
"Angel…? You have a last name Angel?"
"No. Just Angel" She couldn't even see him anymore.
"How can I find you?" She almost shouted, she didn't know if he was even there anymore. She never even heard him leaving.
"Don't worry, you wont have to. I will find you, tomorrow night at the bronze, around 8:00." Then he disappeared. Leaving Buffy to wonder two things, how did he know her name, but more importantly, did he just ask her out on a date?
By the time she got home that night, she had come to the conclusion, that, no, he had not in fact asked her out on a date. He had simply stated that he would see her tomorrow night. Big deal, right? So why was she having the hardest time going to sleep?
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BE—! "I hate that stupid thing!" Buffy said as she got out of bed to go get ready for a day she was not going to like and a very far away night, she was really going to like. She was still groggy when she got out of the shower, and still not so psyched to be going to school. And by the time she got to school, she was actually almost awake, and eventually perked up even more when she saw her best friend Willow heading over to her, followed very closely by Xander.
"Hey you guys! How was your weekend?"
"It was okay, I guess, we just went and rented some movies, and stayed up all night watching them, kind of boring huh?" Willow still had a heard time believing that her and Buffy were friends. Buffy had started out the year being friends with Cordelia. But then she realized her mistake when Cordelia was a complete bitch to Xander and Willow. So she switched sides and now she considered them to be her best friends. But she knew that Willow didn't know if she was just being friends with them because she had no other choice, or because she really actually wanted to.
"Sounds better than my weekend. All I did was stay home or go patrolling." Buffy intentionally left out the part about her midnight stalking sessions with Angel, or rather, without Angel. Since she knew that Xander had a thing for her.
"Did you see… well you know? Him?" Willow asked
Great and now I have to explain everything. Buffy thought, but out loud she said, "Yeah and I got a name also."
"Who is this guy you two are talking about?" Xander asked. He had this look that said "I really don't wanna know but I still HAVE to know."
"Oh well… his name is Angel and I met him like a week ago at the Bronze, the first night I was here. But he hadn't told me his name until last night when we ran into each other while I was patrolling."
"Angel, huh? Sounds kinda stupid to me." Xander was trying his hardest to sound the better of the two, and it was so cute, I could tell Willow wanted to do something… better left unthought-of. See Willow likes Xander and has since the fourth grade, she told me that 2 days after I got here. And of course now I am trying to help get them together, but its kinda hard when you know that the person you are trying to hook them up with, likes you instead of that person. But I try non-the-less.
"Jeez Xander, take a chill-pill. Buffy just met the guy. And plus I think Angel is a great name. It sounds… I don't really know what it sounds like but its great."
"Yeah I know I was trying to figure out his name also. But anyway," Since I was on the topic anyways I might as well tell them what's going on tonight at the Bronze. "I am going to meet him at the Bronze tonight. You guys wanna go with me?"
"Of course!" they both said in unison, but Xander with a lot less enthusiasm. And then the bell rang for class. "I will see you guys at lunch! Bye!"
"Bye!" Said Willow.
"Bye!" Said Xander.
School seemed to drag by as slow as it could. I think the clocks knew I was in a rush to get out of here, so they purposely tried to ruin my day by going EXTREMELY slow! Finally the last bell rang for the class, and I rushed outside to meet Xander and Willow so that we could walk home together.
