Title: Missing

Author: Neamh1

Disclaimer: Not mine

Warnings: NC-17

AN: Thanks for all the great feedback, please keep it coming, it makes me write faster! Thanks!

"Buffy, are you up?" asked Liam as he knocked on her side of the bathroom door in the morning. She opened the door and Liam looked at her rumpled form. She was still wearing her shorts and vest top PJ's and her hair was everywhere, he could tell that he had woken her. "Sorry to wake you but it's getting late and we have visitors." She gave him a questioning look but he wasn't going to give anything away. "Take a shower and put on your bathing suit, I put it in your bag last night, and then come down to the back garden." He said and before she could ask any questions he ran out of the bathroom and went downstairs. Everyone was already there; he had let Buffy sleep in thinking that she would make her own way down but by half past ten Cordy had started to complain saying that she would never get up so Liam had agreed to see what was taking her so long. Angelus had joined them in the garden by the pool and was now talking to Doyle. After about twenty minutes Buffy finally came downstairs and was surprised to see everyone there. She recognised most of them from work, there were a few strange faces but she wasn't really bothered by it. She had taken a shower and then put on the white two piece bathing suit that Liam had packed for her. She couldn't even remember him packing half of the things that she had now in her drawers. She thought about how she had just considered them her drawers. She felt so at home in Liam's house, like she belonged there. She noticed Liam standing behind the bar and Cordy sitting on one of the stools next to it so she headed over to them.
"Hey, you look nice." Liam said to her when she reached them, and moved to her giving her a quick kiss. He wasn't expecting the electric shock he got from touching her bare skin, it was so silky beneath his fingers, and he wanted to run his hands over more of it but knew that if he didn't move away now he wouldn't be able to stop himself. He handed Buffy a long island ice tea and she took the seat next to Cordy.
"So, Mr., what's with the pool party?" asked Buffy playfully jabbing him in the chest over the counter and then taking a sip from her drink.
"Well, I thought you needed something to cheer you up and we all got the weekend off so I thought it would be a great opportunity for you to cut loose a bit." He replied smiling at her, she seemed to glow now and he was sure that the party had been a good idea. The pool area had been decorated in Hawaiian style; Buffy guessed Liam must throw parties here often and already had all of the decorations. To one side of the pool was the bar, the other side contained a table with fruits and other snack foods, there were sun loungers to the top end of the pool and the other end led to the tennis court where Buffy could faintly here tennis being played over the music that seemed to be coming from everywhere.
"Yeah, Liam's nice like that." Said Cordy, "I honestly don't know what took you two so long, even with Darla out of the way it took you long enough!" Cordelia exclaimed with an exaggerated sigh and walked away from the pair to grab her boyfriend.
Buffy and Liam laughed at Cordy's bluntness; Liam walked around and pulled Buffy up from her chair intending to go to the loungers when Angelus approached them.
"Hey. Nice bathing suit." Angelus said as he looked Buffy up and down and then went to the opening of the bar to get himself a drink.
"Uh, thanks." Said Buffy, slightly embarrassed, she knew that she looked good in this suit, that was why she had brought it but know she was wishing she had brought a towel or something to cover up with. She had been hoping that maybe Liam had put the hot tub on that she had seen the other day and they were going to take a quiet dip together – no such luck! Liam pulled her away from Angelus and the bar and over to the loungers to where Cordy and Doyle now were.
"Would you like something to eat?" Liam asked Buffy as he sat down on a lounger, she shook her head but smiled her thanks. She could now see what he was wearing, she hadn't noticed before up in the bedroom due to her half asleep state but she was glad for the small black shorts that he wore. His broad muscular chest was a light golden colour because of the great weather they had been having and it made him look so great that Buffy could barely control her hands. He moved up on the lounger and Buffy sat in the middle of his legs and leaned back against his chest. He placed his arms around her waist and Cordy gave them both a grin and all four sat talking.
Meanwhile at the bar Angelus was serving drinks for a while when his friend came to speak with him.
"Hey, what's up?" said Jarred, noticing that Angelus was a bit distracted.
"Nothing." Angelus bit out, watching how Buffy settled into Liam's arms and seemed to fit so perfectly, he couldn't help but be a little envious.
"Who's the babe?" Jarred asked following Angelus' gaze to his brother and the blonde in his arms.
"Liam's new squeeze, her name's Buffy." Angelus replied and poured himself another shot of whiskey knocking it back immediately.
"Very nice, but I thought Liam was dating that Darla bird?"
"They broke up, apparently Liam couldn't keep his hands to himself after he met Buffy and Darla caught them together, or so I've heard from people around here today. She's working as his co-star now, took Darla's role." Angelus replied, Liam was now coating Buffy's back with some sun cream as Doyle was doing for Cordy. Angelus couldn't believe how totally hot she looked today, when he saw her that first morning she looked really cute, like a virgin, pure and innocent. Now she looked totally fuckable and Angelus mouth was watering thinking of the way she had tasted when he had kissed her that morning. He would do anything to kiss her again but if Liam found out that he had tried something again with her there was every chance that he would throw Angelus out on the street to protect Buffy. That was something that at the moment Angelus really didn't want, he liked staying at the mansion and he could cope with looking but not touching, at least he hoped he could.

"Liam! I knew it, I knew you wouldn't keep you're hands off that little tramp!" Darla shouted as she strode across the poolside to where Buffy and Liam were sitting.
"Darla, we're finished. It's none of your business what I do now, so please leave." Liam said as he got up and stood in front of Buffy.
"And you! You got me fired! I hope the show flops, you could never stand up to me, Liam and I were together for three years, you don't honestly think you can walk in here and have that kind of chemistry after a week do you? You make me want to vomit!" shouted Darla at Buffy, Liam was trying to stand between them to stop any fight that might brake out.
Buffy had had enough, who the hell did she think she was…royalty? "Darla, do you see how much of a fool you're making out of yourself just by being here. You weren't invited, nobody asked you to be here because nobody wants you here. You throw these tantrums like you're still six years old, you expect people to do whatever you say and you speak to them like shit. Do you think it's any wonder that you keep coming in last?" Buffy said and Darla lunged for her but was stopped by both Liam and Angelus. Angelus had approached when he heard Buffy mouthing off to Darla; he couldn't believe what a woman she was. Darla was a spoilt brat, good in bed but no where near Buffy's standard in any way. He thoroughly enjoyed seeing her knocked down a peg but when she went to attack Buffy that was the last thing either brother would let happen. Both Liam and Angelus practically dragged Darla off the grounds kicking and screaming, Liam took her spare key from her, he had forgot she still had one. They watched as Darla stormed off in her car saying something about Liam being the one missing out and that she as too good for him.
When they returned to the pool Buffy and Cordy were sitting chatting as if nothing had happened and Doyle was bringing them more drinks. Liam went and sat back in his spot behind Buffy and took his drink from Doyle. Angelus pulled up a lounger and sat next to Cordy and Doyle until Cordy and Buffy decided to go and get some food. The girls got up and walked to the table grabbing two plates on the way.
"So, how's living with Liam and Angelus going?" asked Cordy watching as Buffy got a dreamy smile on her face. "Yeah, I can imagine. God what I wouldn't have done for a threesome with those two." Buffy looked at Cordy with surprise and Cordy laughed it off. "Oh come on Buffy, I may love Doyle but I do have eyes! Liam is so nice and sweet and he has the great body to finish off the cake, but Angelus is a bad boy and so exciting, I bet they could keep you going until you passed out." Cordy said taking a bite from a chicken leg.
"You might not say that if you were in my shoes." Buffy said and proceeded to tell Cordy what had happened the other morning in the kitchen.
"Oh my God! Okay, so maybe he's a little scary. One question though, do they kiss the same or is one better than the other?" Cordy asked quietly as they approached the guys again.
"You are intolerable!" Buffy exclaimed as she took her seat and shared her food with Liam.
"What did my lovely girlfriend do or say now?" asked Doyle trying to take a chicken leg from Cordy's plate but getting his hand slapped.
"Nothing." Both girls replied at the same time.

The rest of the day went by without anymore incidents and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, Cordy, Doyle, Gunn and Jessica were all going to stay over that night and go with Buffy and Liam the next day to Liam's beach house on his speed boat.
Everyone decided to go up to bed at around midnight, Liam hadn't realised that he was one room short and told Buffy that she could stay in his bed whilst he slept on the sofa.
"It's okay Liam, we're a couple and I trust you. You can stay with me if you want to, the beds big enough for two." Buffy said as they headed upstairs together and showed everyone to their rooms. Cordy and Doyle were staying in Buffy's bed and Liam gave them clean sheets before leaving them alone. Liam was truly touched that Buffy trusted him enough to let him sleep in the same bed as her and he promised himself that he would be a complete gentleman and not give her any reason to take away that trust.
When they finally got into Liam's room Buffy went into the bathroom to change, she had a clean nightdress to wear and wished that she had brought something a little less sexy as she was sleeping with Liam and didn't want to give him the wrong impression. She was nervous about sleeping with him but reminded herself how great it had felt the morning at the studio to wake up in his arms.
When she walked back into the bedroom she saw Liam sitting on the bed flicking through the TV channels. He was wearing only a pair of black cotton pyjama trousers, Buffy couldn't help but look at the well defined muscles of his chest and the marble smoothness of his back.
Liam wasn't faring much better, he had turned to look at Buffy when she walked back into the room and his breath had been taken away. She was wearing the sexiest night dress he had ever seen, it was black silk and reached down to her ankles, held up by thin straps with lacy cups covering her breasts. Buffy stood there for a while and when she noticed that he was staring at her she moved her hands to cover herself up.
"Buffy, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to stare." Liam began but she cut him off in mid sentence.
"No…Liam its okay, I just didn't have anything else to sleep in. Things like this don't seem embarrassing when no one else see's you in them." She said looking down to the neckline which barely covered her breasts. "I can go change into a t-shirt or something if it makes you un-comfy?" Buffy asked and started backing towards her back pack which had been placed in the corner of the room.
"Buffy no, please. You look great and it's not un-comfy at all. I saw you in less today in your bathing suit." Liam tried to rationalise and got up from the bed and walked over to her. He took Buffy's hand and led her back to the bed.
"I just didn't want to lead you on, I know what it must look like but-"
"It doesn't look like anything but you being completely beautiful as usual." Liam said and they sat down on the bed together. "Remember when you said you wanted things to go slow? Well I agreed to that and I would never pressure you into something you didn't want to do. If and when you're ready to go further, then I'll be here, but I won't ask any more of you than your ready to give." He said. Buffy was nearly in tears and she pulled him to her for a soft kiss.
They both got under the covers and Liam pulled Buffy into his arms to watch the film that was starting. Buffy rested her head on his chest and his arms circled her waist holding her close to him. It wasn't long before the pair had fallen asleep in each others arms both looking forward to spending the next day with each other.

The next morning everyone was up and ready early. Liam and Buffy went in his car, the others got in Cordy's car and they followed Buffy and Liam to the docks. When they arrived Buffy was stunned by the boat, it was painted navy and white with a small inside cabin where the girls could change into their bathing suits. There was a long cushioned navy seat behind the steering wheel where the guys sat whilst Liam drove the boat along the shore line to the beach house. The girls had all packed a bag with some clothes in as they were all going out for dinner that evening. They went down into the cabin and all changed out of their beach clothes and into their bathing suits. They grabbed their towels and made their way back up onto the deck and spread out their towels next to each other to do some sunbathing whilst they waited to reach their destination.
It took about half an hour to reach the beach house, it wasn't far from the docks but Liam didn't see the need to rush the journey. He tied the boat to the jetty and they all headed to the house to put their things down. The beach house was decorated in light wood and white paint, it looked beautiful and Buffy fell in love with it. There were three bedrooms and Liam had planned on staying in the attic which he had converted the year before into an extra bedroom. Liam showed everyone to their rooms for the night and let everyone get settled in whilst he ordered them sushi for lunch. They all did their own thing for a few hours until the food was delivered and then they sat at the wooden table on the porch together and ate their food.
Buffy was feeling more like herself, she was so grateful to Liam for doing this for her, the party yesterday had been great, except for the Darla incident, and today was turning out to be wonderful as well. The weather was perfect, nothing but blue sky and sunshine.
After lunch Buffy and Liam decided to go for a stroll along the beach whilst the others played volleyball with Liam's equipment. Buffy put her jean cut-off shorts on with her bikini top, it was really hot and she didn't want to get all hot a sweaty in front of everyone. As they set off for a walk Liam held hands with her and they headed along the beach together in comfortable silence. When they reached the lighthouse at the other end of the beach Liam helped Buffy along the rocks and they sat on one of the larger rocks together. Buffy leant her head against his chest and he wrapped his arms around her. The warm mid day sun was shinning down on them keeping them warm and both couldn't remember feeling so content in a long time.
"Have you enjoyed yourself this weekend?" Liam asked Buffy, hoping that he had managed to put some fun back into her life.
"Yeah, it's been wonderful…you've been wonderful." She said and turned her head so that they were face to face. Liam leaned down to kiss her, when he pulled her looked down at her.
"Don't hurt me Liam," she said to him and his heart broke at the fear that reflected in those few spoken words.
"Never." He replied and kissed her again, soft and sweet at first but then as the passion built and Buffy turned her body to face him straddling his waist, the kiss grew uncontrollably. Buffy could feel the object of Liam's desire pushing against her core as she pressed firmly against his body. She ached to be closer to him and as Liam's hands roamed her back and waist she felt herself loosing control. They both pulled away breathless and smiled at each other.
"That was…" Buffy started.
"Intense." Liam finished for her. When he touched her he could feel an electric pulse running through him spurring him on, his mind was telling him to slow down but his heart was telling him to keep touching her and to never let go. He thought back to the joy he felt last night when she had fallen asleep before the end of the film, she had looked so beautiful and peaceful lying in his arms. If he wanted to feel that again he had to slow down and get himself under control.
Buffy snuggled back into his arms and he tightened his hold around her as they turned back to watch the sunset.
"This is so perfect. There's no where else I'd rather be than here with you right now. I don't want this moment to ever end." Buffy softly whispered to him.
"This moment might end but it doesn't mean we can't make others like it. I intend on keeping you Buffy, you make me feel truly alive and I'm not going to let you slip through my fingers. I'm going to try and make things perfect for you always from now on so you'll never want to leave me ever." Liam replied from the depths of his heart, he meant every single word he said and he knew that no matter what, he would love her for the rest of his life.

When they arrived back at the beach house and entered the living room they had a surprise, sitting on the sofa in the watching the TV was Angelus.
"What are you doing here?" Liam asked, annoyed when he saw his brother.
"Well, I couldn't make it this morning which is why I came up here this afternoon." He replied
"There's no where for you to stay, all three rooms are taken and the sofa bed in the attic is too." Liam told his brother hoping that he would take the hint. Liam hadn't invited Angelus because he wanted to get away from him and his snide remarks. He had been driving Liam mad ever since he arrived and now he had to follow them here and spoil everything.
"I'm sure someone won't mind sharing with me." Angelus said with a suggestive smile towards Buffy.
Buffy could see that Liam was about to blow at his brother and she wanted to avoid all arguments today. "It's okay Liam, Angelus can stay in the attic and you can come and stay with me." Buffy said, "After all, I was a bit disappointed when you said I'd be sleeping on my own, last night was so nice, I could get used to it." Buffy said with a smile to Liam, trying to rub it in Angelus' face a bit more, he just didn't seem to be getting the message that she was with Liam, maybe now the message would get through to him and he'd stop making suggestive comments.
Liam was slightly shocked at what Buffy actually had suggested but he wasn't going to argue with her if it meant he got to hold her whilst they fell asleep again.
"I'll go move my things down to your room now and then we can go take a swim if you'd like. We still have a few hours before we need to get ready." he replied to her.
Angelus could have choked at the sickening display in front of him, so his brother and Buffy had taken a step up in their relationship so early. Liam doesn't deserve Buffy, he thought to himself.
"Are we going out for a meal tonight then?" asked Angelus, at least that would give him some time to spend with Buffy, even if it wasn't alone, he would like to get to know her a little better.
"No, Buffy and I are going out for a meal. I'm not sure what the others have planned but you might want to ask if you can join them for dinner. See you later." Liam said as he headed upstairs after Buffy who was already in her room. Getting a towel to take down to the beach, Liam brought in his things and quickly put them away before they headed out together.
The others were still on the beach playing volley ball but once they saw Buffy and Liam going into the water they quickly followed.
"I take it that you've seen you're brother in the house then?" Jessica asked as they joined Liam and Buffy. Buffy was standing with her knees deep in the water but Liam had dived straight in and was splashing her and trying to get her to go in further. Doyle ran into the water with Cordy in his arms and threw her in; she came up screeching and tripped him up so he went under too.
"Yeah, he's like a stray cat once you've fed them, they keep coming back and following you. I was hoping for one day of peace from him, I just hope he hurries up and gets his own place."
"Catch!" Liam heard Buffy shout just before the beach ball hit him in the head, her laughter filled the air like a sweet song and he couldn't help the grin that appeared on his face.
"You're going to pay for that." He said and ran to her, picking her up in his arms and running into the deeper water. The shock of the cold water made her gasp and he ducked them both under once he was deep enough.
They all played with the beach ball for a while, ducking each other under and playing girls against boys. Buffy forgot all her worries and simply enjoyed herself, she couldn't remember the last time she'd had so much fun in ages and she thanked the lord for the life she was now living.

At 4pm Buffy walked in to their bedroom and began to place her clothes in the drawer that weren't being used by Liam. She hadn't unpacked earlier and so she took all of her things out and then placed her holdall under the bed. Liam entered the room soon with a drink for both of them whilst they were getting ready.
"So, do you want to take a shower first?" asked Liam when she had finished putting away all her things.
"No, you go ahead and I'll take one after, I don't want you to see me when I'm not completely ready to go out. Spoil the surprise, you know." She said and smiled. Liam grabbed a towel and headed for the bathroom whilst Buffy slipped out of her bathing suit and into one of his shirts which he had discarded earlier onto a chair, and then she lay down on the bed and switched on the TV.
Ten minutes later Liam walked out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his lean hips. He looked stunning, rivulets of water were dripping down his chest from his wet hair and Buffy wanted so badly to lick them from his chest. She unconsciously licked her lips and Liam smirked in satisfaction as he saw the change in her body and the heat rise to her face.
"Sorry, I thought that you had gone back downstairs, there just aren't any robes and I thought I'd change in here, didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." She was still staring at his body.
Buffy got up from the bed and headed towards the bathroom slowing as she passed him on the way. "That's okay, I enjoyed the show and I'm not uncomfortable" she said and Liam grabbed her arm before she could walk off into the bathroom.
"Tell that to the rose colour of your sweet cheeks and maybe I'll believe you." He replied laughing and Buffy smacked his ass before running into the bathroom and locking the door behind her.
"I'll get you back you know, you can't hide in there forever." She could hear Liam shouting to her from the other side of the door. She was laughing so hard she got stitch and as she began running herself a bath she could hear Liam laughing in the bedroom too.

She took longer than usual in the bath; she wanted to make sure that she was squeaky clean for their date tonight. She was glad that they had the chance to spend some quality time together this weekend. It was great working with Liam but they rarely got time to be together as Buffy and Liam couple, they always seemed to be Angel and Beth couple and although it was great getting to kiss him and be with him all day long, she preferred to be able to have private moments instead of having an audience watching her every move. Between acting and rehearsing after hours they were lucky if they got to spend an hour a night just talking to each other about not work related things. They still had so much to learn about each other, but she was glad with the way things were going so far.
On Wednesday Buffy had called home and spent an hour on the phone to Willow and then another half an hour talking to her mom and Rupert. It was lucky that Liam had said that she could spend as long as she liked on the phone but she still felt guilty. Willow had been really pleased for Buffy and had made her promise that both her and Tara could come and visit soon. She had told Willow about getting Darla's job, her wage increase and benefits she had been offered such as a new car. Buffy hadn't wanted to worry her parents or her friends about what had been going on with Darla so she had decided not to mention it and when she spoke to them on Friday afternoon she didn't tell them about the flowers either. She didn't feel that it was worth bothering them, it was just a bunch of flowers and other than that Kate said nothing else had been touched. She promised herself that if it went any further she would call and tell them but for the moment it was best they didn't know. Buffy tried to clear her mind as she soaked in the bath, the hot steamy water seemed to do the trick and she was filled with a sense of excitement wondering where Liam was planning on taking her.

Liam got dressed quickly and then went about trying to get everything ready; he had already made them reservations at the restaurant they were going to and even arranged a limo to collect them and then bring them back when they had finished their evening. He wanted to make sure that the night was perfect and so he called the restaurant again and asked them to make sure that a large centre piece of red roses was on their table, after the reassurance that it would be done he hung up and turned back towards the living room to go and see if Buffy was ready. Everyone else had decided to order some takeout food and then go out to a club, that way they would be in later than Buffy and Liam giving the couple some time alone in the house if they wanted. Angelus had decided to go with them although it was not for the reason the others were going, it was to get himself completely drunk and take his mind off Buffy. They all sat in the living room watching TV and eating slices of pizza. Earlier on Cordy and Jess had helped Liam with his bow tie, he had decided that being a special night he should make all the effort he could and had packed a tuxedo to wear. He had his hair styled into his usual trademark spikes and put on his best aftershave.
When he reached the bottom of the stairs he stopped dead in his tracks. Buffy stood at the top of the stairs looking down at him, she looked like a vision and Liam couldn't bring himself to say anything as she slowly walked down the stairs towards him. The others were all sitting on the couch and when Liam had stopped dead in his tracks, his sentence cut off mid way, they all looked towards the stairs to see what he was doing and soon understood when Buffy appeared. She was wearing the white dress that she had brought on her shopping spree with Willow and Tara. Her hair was flowing down her back in large curls; she wore light makeup and a silver pair of earrings with small diamonds dangling from the end which sparkled in the light. She looked stunning and Cordy and Jess were so envious right then, none of them had ever seen Buffy dressed up like this and they were all speechless. She reached the bottom step and Liam took her hand in his and softly kissed it making all three girls sigh with appreciation.
"You look amazing." He said smiling at her. He started to lead Buffy outside and the others got up to wave them off. After a few hugs and 'have a great time's' Liam and Buffy walked down the pathway to the limo. Buffy couldn't believe that he had hired a limo to take them out, he was so romantic. They got in and waved to the others until they were out of view and then she turned back to Liam.
He couldn't stop looking at her, she had completely captivated him in the short time that they had known each other; he would give her his soul if she asked for it.
"Liam, I want to thank you for everything, since moving here I've had a hard time, but you seemed to make everything all right again. I want you to know how much I appreciate you being with me and I'll never take you for granted." She said softly.
"I know how you feel, Buffy. In the three years that I was with Darla I never once felt the way I do when I'm with you, and I don't ever want to loose that feeling. I have two gifts for you; I was going to give them to you later but..." Liam said pulling a small box and a larger one from his pocket. Buffy's eyes went wide when Liam opened the larger of the two boxes.
"Liam…it's beautiful." She said reaching out and touching the necklace delicately. It was a silver chain attached to which were a row of three diamonds on either side of a large ruby.
"There are seven stones altogether because that's how many days I've known you for and the ruby is the birthstone for July, the month we first met." Liam said unclasping the necklace and placing it around her neck.
"Liam that's so thoughtful, but you didn't need to go and do this, it must have been expensive." She said fingering the delicate piece of jewellery that lay around her neck.
"It doesn't matter to me how much it costs, what matters is how we both feel and I feel good about showing you my affections in this way. I want to spoil you Buffy, I want to shower you with gifts and see the way your eyes light up when you open them. I had this necklace specially made for you, and you look beautiful in it." He said and then picked up the second box and opening it for her.
"It's a claddagh ring; it was exchanged between two people in Ireland as a token of their loyalty and love. The hands represent friendship, the crown for loyalty and the heart…for love. When you wear it with the heart pointing towards you it means that you belong to someone. I want you to wear it with the heart pointing in so that everyone who sees it knows that you belong to someone…to me." Liam finished, Buffy was in tears as she nodded and Liam slipped the ring on to her finger, and then placed a soft kiss to where it rested so perfectly. He wiped the tears from her face with the pads of his thumb and she smiled to him fingering her new ring.
"I have nothing to give to you." Buffy said after a few minutes.
"You've already given me the most precious gift you could Buffy, you're friendship and hope of a future with you." Liam replied and he took her face between his hands and placed featherlike kisses along her cheeks and collarbone.
The limo pulled up outside the restaurant interrupting the sensual moment between the two lovers, the doors were opened for them and Liam helped Buffy out. He had taken her to the most expensive restaurant he could find and there were a few photographers from the media outside that took pictures of them entering; obviously someone had let it slip that they would be dining there. They were shown to a table and given menus whilst the waiter retrieved them a bottle of champagne and two glasses. Buffy and Liam went through course by course feeding each and sharing kisses and gentle caresses along the way. They took their time to get to know each other better and find out what their interests were. When they had finished their meal Buffy requested that the limo dropped them off at the beach a little way from the house, she told Liam that the perfect end for a perfect night would be to take a walk along the beach in the moonlight. Liam couldn't deny her anything and so he told the limo driver where to stop for them and he helped her out of the car. They both took off their shoes and walked along the beach hand in hand back to the beach house.
It was getting late and the night air chilled Buffy's skin making her shiver, Liam wrapped his arms around her offering her what little warmth he could. They stood like that for nearly and hour, just enjoying each others company quietly like they had done earlier that day at the lighthouse. Buffy turned in Liam's embrace and pulled his face down to gently touch her lips to his. The kiss grew and grew and Liam lowered Buffy's body down to the soft cool sand and followed her down. He lay above her, blanketing her body with his as he rained kisses over her face and neck.
Buffy was in heaven, she never wanted Liam to stop what he was doing and she made a slight moan of protest as his lips stopped their caresses and he looked down at her.
"We need to…stop; you're not ready yet and..." Liam was cut off by Buffy's finger pressing gently against his lips.
"I'm ready, I need you Liam, make love to me." She said, and pulled him back down to her.
He pulled back once more, "Buffy we should go inside, you deserve to be made love to in a bed, not on the beach." He said and made a move to get up but she held him down tightly to her body.
"Please Liam, I need you now." She said with so much passion in her eyes that Liam couldn't resist any longer.
He slowly lifted Buffy's dress up over her head and was graced with her almost naked form beneath him. She now wore only a scrap of silk covering her most intimate part which he soon disposed off. He took a moment to look down at her, she was even more beautiful than he had imagined, her skin practically glowed with radiance and he couldn't help but scoop down to taste her. Buffy made quick work of his shirt and pants and soon they were both lying naked on the cool sand. She wrapped her legs around his waist inviting him further when she felt the tip of his manhood pressing against her thigh, it was torture and she needed him inside her now, Liam entered her as slowly as possible to savour the moment. When he was fully seated he remained still to allow her to adjust, soon it was more than either of them could bare and they started a slow pace moving together. It had been a long time since Buffy had been intimate with someone and she was so tight that she thought she was going to split when he entered her. She hadn't exactly seen him naked but by the feel of him he was well endowed. She had been more than ready for him, her channel slick with the evidence of her desire. Liam slowly built them both up and as he felt her inner walls quiver signalling the approach of her climax he let himself go and they both exploded in ecstasy together. They were both panting as Liam rolled over on to his back pulling Buffy with him so that they had swapped positions and she was now on top of him.
"I love you." Buffy whispered as she drifted off, feeling safe and secure in Liam's arms.
"I love you too." He said his heart soaring with her announcement as he closed his eyes for just a second.

"Hey!" Shouted Cordy "Gross, gross, gross. Come on children, wake up!" she shouted with one hand over her eyes and the other was holding out two towels.
"Cordy?" mumbled Buffy sleepily; she couldn't understand why Cordelia was shouting at her to wake up. The events of last night slowly came back to her and she was suddenly aware that she and Liam were lying extremely naked on the beach for everyone to see. Liam stirred under Buffy and tightened his arms around her.
"Just ten more minutes Buffy." He mumbled, Buffy giggled and whispered in his ear.
"That would be nice if we were in bed honey but we're naked on the beach with an audience." Liam's eyes immediately snapped open and he saw Cordy standing above them holding out towels. Buffy grabbed the towels and they wrapped themselves up and picked up their clothes.
"We're decent now Cordy." Buffy told her as they started to head up to the others who were waiting on the porch of the beach house for them.
Cordy caught up with them, "You two are like school kids, I can't believe you did that! You do realise I'm scarred for life; I'll forever have nightmares of naked Buffy and Liam! I think I'm gonna be sick. Oh my god, where did you get that necklace from? It's gorgeous." She said and stopped Buffy to look at her necklace. "You are so lucky." Cordy stated.
"I know I am." Buffy replied and smiled at Liam who then took her hand.
When they reached the deck and looked at the others who had all gathered there and who all had huge smiles on their faces, Buffy couldn't help but smile back.
"Angelus caught you two this morning when he got up and we all drew straws to see who would go down and wake you." Jess said.
"Yeah, no need to say I got the short straw! I tell you, it's a good job this is a private beach!" Cordy exclaimed and went and buried her head in Doyle's chest.
"Where is Angelus?" asked Liam, he was the only one that wasn't present.
"He said something about having to get back early; he left just after he found you." Said Gunn as they all went back inside the house.
"Right, we'll go shower and then we'll head back. We won't be long." Liam said as he and Buffy headed upstairs to get ready.
The others all sat down on the couch and waited for them to go into their bedroom.
"Their gonna end up having sex again aren't they?" said Gunn
"Oh yeah." Said Cordy
"They'll be a while." Doyle said.
"Let's go for a walk." Suggested Jess.
They all jumped up from the couch and practically ran from the house.

When Buffy and Liam emerged from their room nearly an hour later the gang were waiting for them on the porch, everyone's bags were packed and they were ready to go. Buffy had suggested it would be quicker if they took a shower together, which didn't work out though as passions rose and they spent longer together than they would have if they had both taken bath's separately.
Everyone got onto the boat and Liam sped them back to the docks to collect their cars and head for work. When they got to the docks it was 10:30 and they had plenty of time before having to be at work. Buffy asked Liam to drop her off at home so that she could take her dirty clothes and put them in the washer and get some clean ones. She also needed to call her parents, when she had last spoken to them her parents had suggested Buffy take Liam to meet with them the next weekend. She hadn't managed to get up the nerve to ask Liam yet but she decided that she would do it tonight after work.
Liam didn't want to leave Buffy alone at the house but she assured him that she would be fine; Kate had installed a camera in the hallway after they last spoke, Buffy had given her the spare key and since they hadn't heard anything it was obvious that no one had been seen at her house. Buffy had been a little disappointed that she had only spent one night there, it was such a waste. She made a mental note to ask Kate if it was alright to move back home, maybe Liam could stay for a few nights just to make sure it was safe.
Liam dropped her off at her house and they noticed the breakdown company had finally returned her car. She told Liam that she would meet him at work to save him driving all the way back to pick her up. They kissed goodbye and Buffy waved him off and then went in.
She walked inside and took off her shoes; placing her bag of dirty clothing on the floor by the washer and walking back through to the kitchen to grab a piece of fruit for breakfast. Before going in the living room she stopped by the mirror in the hall to admire the necklace that Liam had given her. It was truly beautiful and as Cordy had said on the boat trip home 'it must have cost Liam a fortune'. Cordy kept trying to get Liam to tell her how much it cost but he wasn't budging. He just kept telling her that it didn't matter how much it cost as long as Buffy liked it. She went into the living room with a smile on her face, taking her first bite from the peach she saw someone from the corner of her eye sitting on her sofa. She stopped dead in her tracks and her whole body tensed, she still didn't relax any when she realised who it was.

TBC