Chapter 19 the Wedding
The dream was different from all the others, there was no pain, no hurt, no one waiting in the darkness to make her suffer.
Waiting to hurt her.
Waiting for her the fail.
In this dream there was light, peace, and love. She was no longer afraid of him, the darkness, and herself. In the end that had been her greatest fear had been that she wasn't strong enough to survive, and that his darkness would become her own, that perhaps the sins of the father, were past down in blood.
But now she knew that wasn't the truth, she had over come the darkness, and the past couldn't change what was the present. She was safe, wanted and loved.
That's when she knew the dream was changing, that someone was whispering of love in her ear. Slowly the sleep drifted from her and the haze that had been deep within her soul was gone.
Opening her eyes, she found an angel staring back at her, her angel. Smiling back at him, she whispered, "I love you too." The smile that came from those words was blinding, and part of her would always remember the joy in that. They merely stared at each other for a while, and then sleep came to take her again.
Angel frowned watching Buffy drift back into sleep, he knew she was still recovering for the accident, but part of him feared that she might not wake back up. Kissing her forehead, he pulled out his history book, and began to study.
It was funny, that those three words had given him the peace that he had been lacking for months. She was awake, and she was still his girl.
Buffy leaned back against Angel, letting his warmth surround her. Smiling she threw her bag of rice in the air, sprinkling it around the couple in front of her. It was June, school was done, and her family stood watching Spike and Faith run to the car after saying their vows. The ceremony had been small and beautiful, the bride, despite her rounded belly had looked amazing and Buffy couldn't help but grin wider at how happy they looked.
"Angel?" she said, turning in is arms, "I love you."
His smile was blinding, as if he had waited forever for her to say it. A silly thought since she had said it everyday since coming out of her coma. "I love you too." Kissing her forehead, he looked down in her eyes. He was content, he wanted for nothing. After all is family was safe and the woman he loved more than life itself love him.