Chapter 12

Tuesday, something to be desired. Pike was still in the hospital…internal bruising, a couple of broken ribs, a fractured wrist, and a minor concussion. Buffy was still in a slight state of shock; she knew Angelus was strong and could handle his own…but he did a lot of damage – for her. Angelus was worried about Buffy. She had forgiven him at the hospital, but once they were given the news of Pike's injuries…all of them. She seemed a little…was it possible…scared. And Darla, how everyone had forgotten about her. She was steamed! Not only that but she was ready for some major bashing, there was going to be a fight today.

"Hey Buff, how come you two never showed at the coffee place last night?" Xander asked

Buffy looked up at Angelus, who had his arm protectively around her slim waist. "Sorry Xand-man. We decided to skip and keep dancin'." Buffy lied, she felt bad, but there was no reason to bring them into the events of the previous night unless absolutely necessary

"Yeah, I'm sure you two were dancing." Xander said rolling his eyes, then walked off to do God knows what

"Angelus we need to talk…wanna skip first?" Buffy asked as the first bell rang, signaling that everyone needed to head to class

"Yeah, come on." Angelus said turning into the stampede of classmates, no one dared to run into them. It was Angelus and his 'girl' that was the biggest mistake you could make, to run into them as they walked through the halls.

Once outside they sat under the biggest tree, in front of the school, the tardy bell rang. Angelus turned to Buffy and looked into her soulful green eyes. "Know tell me what's on your mind, babe."

"You never told me how you knew Pike." Buffy stated as if knowing he should automatically know the rest

"Yeah, what about it?" Angelus asked shrugging it off

"Don't try it, how did you know him?" Buffy said looking at him expectantly

"We have some, needless to say, dark history together." Angelus said as though that was enough

"And…" Buffy probed, she could tell he didn't want to talk about it, but tough shit!

"And…Buffy there are some things in my past that you don't really want to know." Angelus said truthfully, breaking eye-contact

"There's nothing you can tell me that would scare me away." Buffy said reading his thoughts

"I hope you're ready for this then…" Angelus said looking back up into her eyes, "I've lived in Sunnydale for my entire life…but when my parents split my dad moved to L.A. Every summer I'd go up and see him, then about three years ago I met Pike. We hung out and when I came back to S-Dale he came with me. We were like brothers – inseparable. After awhile I had accumulated a pretty decent sized record, my parents finally talked to each other, a first in two years. But they came to a decision, an ultimatum, you could say. Go to boot camp then boarding school or get my ass together. Which meant ditching Pike." Disappointed in himself Angelus looked down, only to have Buffy pull his head back up to look into her eyes again. "I never told him why, I just stopped going to our hangouts, stopped returning his calls, stopped everything. Looking back I know I should have handled things differently, but I don't know what to do anymore. If I try to make it up to him I'll just get pulled back into that life and I can't go back there."

"Angel it's okay." Buffy told him soothingly, "We've all done things we wish we hadn't. The only thing to do is try to correct it and get forgiveness."

"How did you meet him? You never told me." Angelus asked

"That's another story for another time." Buffy said looking towards the school

"No, Buffy, if we are going to do this then tell me now." Angelus said turning her back towards him

"I too met him in L.A. visiting my dad. I was out with Faith clubbin' and he came over and we started dancin' and talkin'. One thing led to another and…" Buffy gave a dramatic pause to let Angelus think of all the possible things she might say

"And I gave him my cell number." The obvious sign of relief that flooded Angelus' face was hilarious to say the least. "He called the next day and we talked nearly all day, I think my phone bill for that month was over." Buffy said smiling sheepishly. "Anyway, we found out that we both lived in Sunnydale and he asked me out. We went out for half of sophomore year, I broke it off with him because of his 'extracurricular activities'. I think you had a part in that too, we just didn't know it. Then he got booted out of school shortly after, I think I blamed myself for awhile." After a long silence Buffy spoke up, "Last night was the first time I've seen him since the day we split."

"Well you were right, he was so upset that his girlfriend dumped him that he set off a stink bomb in the boys' bathroom and the locker room." Angelus said looking up into the sky, then continuing. "He never told me her name just that she had the most honest, beautiful eyes he'd ever seen; and golden blonde hair. I can clearly see he was completely right."

"If you two were like brothers then how come I never met you, I mean I'd heard about you…but never met you." Buffy asked

"Who knows. Pike used to like to keep 'his things' away from others, even me sometimes, insecurity I guess." Angelus said shrugging his shoulders.

Just then the bell rang. "Wanna skip today all together? Not really in the math mood." Buffy asked looking towards the school

"Sure, babe, come on let's go get that coffee." Angelus said pulling Buffy up

Okay, avoid throwing heavy objects at me! Please! I didn't realize it had been so long since my last update which I'm soo sorry about. But since school is out I'm going to be writing a lot more and updating as much as I possibly can! Excitement! If I don't update on Monday, I'm not exactly sure when I can, however, because I'll be in St. Louis, MO for a baseball game! But I just got a terrific idea and my sister, Buffster44, thinks that it'll work just wonderfully!

Did ya hate it? Did ya love it? Got any ideas? Come on people tell me, tell me what you want! Don't be afraid! lol

Anna: Well, you Buffy has her virtues! So Angelus keep it I your pants! Lol

FivebyFive09: I like that word beautiful. : P Sorry it took so long!

IrishAngel248: I just reread that and I'm sorry that I worded it that way, however, she didn't mean it as that. I don't really know how to explain it, sorry!

Jess: I know what you're sayin'! I'd be tellin' my boyfriend, 'Get that asshole! You show him!' lol But it'll make better sense later, trust me.

Arica, Princess of Rivendell: Sorry it took me so long to update!

Michebabyblue: Yeah, he's an important character in the series, too. Did you like this chapter?

Dalmatiangrl2: This is the best way for me to explain this, she's not okay with it but she's not going to subject him to an ass kickin (even though he deserves it). And I don't think I wrote it, but I meant to make as to where Pike was drunk off his ass so…