Title; Forbidden Love; Ch 8

Author; DreamInfinity0

Author Note; Spoilers for Episode Prophecy Girl & season 1. ( has been rebeta)

Rating; R for violence and a lot of angst.

Characters; Buffy/Angel, Willow/Xander, Giles, Joyce, Darla

Disclaimer; All characters belongs to Joss Whedon

I fall to pieces, each time I see you again

I never knew what enough was

Until I'd had more than my share

I let the darkness in

And it was then I lost the dare

It felt like his heart was beating, which was impossible because he was a vampire. He could walk like a human but wasn't one. He had no heartbeat; it was dead just like his body.

He made his way through the cemetery as his only thought was he had to save Buffy. She was his life, his devotion, his everything. He promised from the moment whistler shown her to him that he would protect her with his life. He would not disappoint her not like he did so long ago when he failed to save a young girl from a group of vampires.

He could remember that day. It happened a month ago after whistler showed him Buffy. He had stayed in the next town away from Sunnydale to get his self back in shape. It was one evening of patrolling the cemetery when he noticed a girls cry for help. He rushed to her trying to save her when a group of vampires jumped from nowhere. He wasn't at his best for fighting then but he tried his best his hardest but it wasn't enough. He fought them and dusted two when one of them hit him with something hard knocking him out cold. Soon after he woke up, he found the young girl. She was laying there, her clothes covered in blood and her body was drained.

He was so mad, anger at himself. He let a small tear fall down his cheek when he swore to that day he would not let another innocence suffer. Furthermore, now looking back at what he promised himself he realized this young girl, this slayer he would give his life for.

He didn't know what it was about her. Maybe it was her green eyes that seem to sing to him. The way her blonde hair reminded him of the sun, or maybe it was her spunky attitude that seems to make him smile at times. That reminded him there was something good to smile in this world again.

It made him also wonder if this is what love what truly was. He never felt this way with Darla. She was just an infatuation he had when he was Angelus. However, with Buffy it was different. He felt like he was human, not a monster. He felt loved and cared for that he never felt with anybody else and for the first time in his undead life, he wondered if this was what love was.

Not paying attention to where he was going, he suddenly bumped into someone. Looking down he has seen a familiar vampire draining a helpless man. Angel quickly pulls the vampire away as the man ran for his life.

"Well look what the cats dragged in?" Darla smiled as she fixed the dress she wearied by tighten the belt that was holding it. She usually wearied a skirt and a top but tonight was special she wanted to look at her best for the finale show down.

"Darla"

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"Have you guys seen Buffy?" Giles asked making his way out of the office. He stared down seeing Xander on the floor and a very worried Willow.

"Willow wants happened?" He replied rushing over to Xander.

"Giles we need to find her. She overheard you talking about the prophecy that she was going to die. She was so upset and left. She can't die. Giles, she can't."

"Oh dear. Willow calm down." Giles stated and looked at Xander wondering what happened.

"She punched Xander." Willow exclaimed still surprised that Buffy actually hit him. But he had it coming with all the mocking he's been doing.

"Angel?" Where did he go, I didn't see him leave."

"Oh……..he left out the…..window." Giles remembered wondering why he didn't notice before. Other than that it was two stories down.

"Um I think he left through the window." Giles replied. "Well, not positive but the window was opened, and I didn't see him live through the door. However my mind was on other things." Giles said.

"Um, ok highly impossible unless he wasn't human. "

"Um, I think we have other things to worry about for now." Giles replied.

"Like Buffy? What are we going to do?" Willow said panicking. "We need to help her."

Xander stirred and looked up. "Xander are you ok?" Willow asked.

"Except for the headache and remind me to never get in Buffy's way again."

"Come on we need to find Buffy?" Giles stated making his way out of the library with Xander and Willow right behind him.

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Buffy walked out of her house giving her mom one last kiss on the cheek before she left. She didn't know if it would be her last time to see her mother, she just wanted to tell her how much she cared about her.

She walked out kind of happy that the spring fling was today. Which were the reasons she was wearing the white dress her mom gave her?

She just hoped to day wouldn't be her last day of life.

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"Angel……….Angel. You have been a very bad boy." Darla teased as she wiped the smear of blood off her face.

"What are you doing here Darla?" He fumed wandering just for a moment if he should just stake her because seeing her again was making his memories come back to all the horrible things that he and Darla did together.

"Well besides having a late snack before the world ends. I was deciding on what is the best way to lure helpless humans away." Darla smiled as she seen that irritating smile appeared on his face. It seemed to make her smile more of his brooding and the fact she found out his precious secret while he left the mansion.

"I don't have time to play your games Darla."

"Are you sure? Because I think you might like the game to see who dies or who suffers the most. Darla smiled. Because I know the only reason you love the slayer is because of your soul and the fact you would die for her wouldn't you?"

Angel stalked towards her as he grabbed her arm and pulled her forward. "Yes, I would, what is your point Darla?"

Darla pushed him off and smiled. "I have something of yours?" Darla smiled as she played with the ring in her pocket. Angel once again stalked towards her when she suddenly pulled something out of her pocket.

Angel's eyes went wide. How? Impossible? There was no way she would have known where he hid the ring.

Darla placed the ring on her finger." Come on Angel you should know by now I know where you hide your precious items at. Under the floor board of your bedroom, I could think of a better spot than that." She smiled. "I guess I didn't teach you much about keeping stuff stashed well."

Angel fumed as he jumped forward and to kill her right then when she did something unexpected.

Darla smiled as she placed the ring on and loosen the belt holding her dress. She pulled it open letting it hang off her shoulders. She smiled stalking towards him as he could only daze at her nude body. She smiled wanting to tell him he's a fool, but she had a part to play and she knew any minute the slayer would come barging in. It was time to put on her best act.

Darla smiled as she walked behind him and leaned her mouth against his ear. Angel shuddered as her tongue licked the edge of his ear sending a shiver down his back.

"Come on lover, I know you, miss this. I know darn well you love that power and the control to keep your precious Buffy safe." She whispered in his ear. "But she's not here and I know what you need." She snaked an arm around him as she pressed her body against his. "I know you want a good stake in the hay, so what do you say?" Darla smiled once again as she blew on his ear.

Unable to bear anymore of Darla's sexual tensions, he pulled her towards him as Darla had different intentions for him. "Give me the damn ring Darla? I'm done playing games with you"

Darla laughed and grabbed his arm. "Well I'm not done playing yet lover." She grabbed his shirt pushing him to the ground. She quickly straddled him, her shirt open exposing one of her breasts. Come on lover you always loved sucking on them when we had a good fight"

"Darla stop." Angel sneered knowing he had to stop himself from pulling her forward and kissing her. It wasn't the fact he lusted after her, it was the fact he hadn't been with a girl for awhile and seeing Darla laying on him brought back on the memories of when was Angelus. All the times they fucked and hurt each other, it was starting to get to him. He needed to get away from fast.

I startled he looked up as Darla quickly grabbed his face and kissed him hungrily.

Kissing her back he quickly pushed her away and rolled over. Angel quickly moved back to Darla as he was now lying above her.

She stared at him and laughed. "This reminds me of old time's lover."

"Stop it" Angel quickly pulled her dressed closed and then grabbed her hand for the ring but Darla gave him a quick punch, sending him backwards.

Time to act, she mused. "You're not getting what you came for." She yelled as she hid the smirk across her face.

Annoyed that she was doing this to him, Angel quickly moved over and caught her arm before she stumbled away. He pulled her near and shook her.

"Darla I'm losing my patience, now give me the goddamn ring." he replied grabbing her hand once again to get the ring.

"No' she replied trying to move away.

Angel tried to pull the ring off but her hand was wrapped around his wrist tightly. He wasn't really thinking what he was doing next because all he was thinking about was saving Buffy. Instead of staking her like, he wanted to he slapped her hard that would have broken any humans face.

Angel was waiting for her to punch him like, she always did, but instead she held her bruised cheek and cried. Angel stared down at her confused because he knew Darla never cried. What type of game was she playing?

Angel felt a familiar presence and looked up. "Buffy?"

"Angel?" she was staring daggers at him. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Angel was straddling Darla in the grave yard. Her shirt was open exposing her breast and by the looks of it, he was trying to rape her. Buffy couldn't even look at him barely. Her hand was holding the stake so hard that it would soon break. "How could you do this?" Buffy replied once again taking a glance at him.

"Oh god……Buffy this is not what it looks like." Angel replied as he quickly rolled off of Darla. Darla smirked when her back was turned and quickly pulled her dressed closed and scooted away from Angel like, she was violated.

Buffy stared at Darla and seen the bruise on Darla's cheek. "Are you ok?"

Darla stood up and quickly showed fake tears at Buffy, as she hid the ring in the pocket of Her dressed.

Angel stared at her and knew she was faking it. The stupid bitch played him right into her trap. "Buffy she's not human, please listen"…….

"No." Buffy screamed fighting the urge not to stake him, herself. "I don't want to hear another word from you. "Buffy quickly helped Darla up keeping her eyes on Angel to make sure, he didn't try anything.

Angel stared at Darla and wondered if there was any way of getting the ring back now. Buffy would never trust him, and if he did try to grab the ring from Darla now, Buffy would think he was trying to hurt Darla again.

Darla had her arms crossed over her chest and stood up with Buffy's help. "Thank you"

"Are you ok?" Buffy asked.

"I'm fine now thanks to the smooth talking bastard over there." Darla smirked.

Angel fumed taking a step forward to get a word in when Buffy stepped towards him. "Don't take another step"

"She's lying Buffy………,I didn't attack her"

"To hell you did." Darla said.

"Darla leave…… I'll deal with him." Buffy said as the stake she had in her hand had split apart.

Angel couldn't let her leave, so he tried to run forward to Darla but Buffy stopped him with a fist to his face. Angel went flying to the tree. He crashed into it and he could have sworn he felt a bone crack. He never felt humiliated in his life and new Darla would pay for what she did today.

He leaned up holding his demon down as he stood up and stared at Buffy. "I told you I wasn't lying. I wasn't trying to attack her. She took something of mine, and I need to get it back."

Buffy stared at him as she knew that would have broken a bone or two in any human. Either he had lied to her this whole time telling her he was human, or he was taking some high dose of drugs.

"Buffy please!" Angel begged

No, you're not going anywhere Angel? Maybe to the nearest jail cell that's if you're even human.

"Buffy I didn't do anything wrong she is not even human."

She was at my house, I would have known if she wasn't a vampire.

You didn't know because she was wearing the ring, she stole from me. It makes vampires invisible you can't let her get away.

When I helped her up, I didn't see a ring Angel. Buffy replied

Then…..she hid it.

Angel stop I don't want to hear it.

Angel stepped forward and tried to go near her, but she stepped back. "Don't come near me."

"Buffy please."

"Was everything a lie, everything you said to me? How you made me feel for you?"

Angel stared at her, her eyes starting to tear up, and it was breaking him to pieces to see her this way. " No .Buffy nothing was a lie. I care about you……I love".

"No don't say it. I know it's a lie because if it was true you wouldn't be lying to me now."

"I'm not lying to you?"

"YES YOU ARE." She screamed. "When I punched you that should have at least broken a bone or two for any normal human……. You're not human are you?"

Angel stared at her and wished he could tell her, but he couldn't, he wasn't ready to tell her he was a vampire. Maybe he could stretch it a little. "I'm not human, but I'm good…….I'm not evil"

"Well it didn't look like you was good when you attacked Darla"

"I wasn't attacking her; I was trying to get the ring back"

Oh and her dressed was ripped open by itself?

"I didn't do that, she did it, herself."

Buffy stared at him wondering just for a moment of how stupid did she think she was. She moved forward as the stake in her hand finally broke. "So you did lie to me. You lied to me about not even being human. How could you not tell me?"

"You would have never trusted me. I wasn't ready to tell you yet."

"THEN WHEN? WHEN I'M DEAD? She screamed throwing the broken stake at him.

Angel quickly dodged the stakes and moved towards her. "Buffy please calm down."

Buffy shook her head as something beside her lunged at her. Buffy quickly grabbed the stake in her hair and jammed it in the vampire's heart behind her. "I don't need interruptions." She sneered as the vampire turned to dust.

"I'll be calm when I want to be." Buffy replied as she stalked towards him with the stake.

Angel seen her coming and knew he had to do something before he became a pile of dust. He watched Buffy lunged forward, but he quickly jumped behind her and grabbed her waist pulling her back against his.

"Can we please talk about this rationally?" he replied.

Buffy sneered as she felt his hard back pressed against her, his hands on her shoulder. Buffy head butted him as he backed up holding his head.

I don't think there is any room for rationally. She replied as she lunged at him throwing a punch to his face. He fell flat on his back knowing he had better run for it before she did stake him. Other than that he could either fight her, but he wasn't the type of person to hurt her. He loved her too much to lay a hand on her.

Before Buffy could push him to the ground he quickly stood up and moved away from her.

"Why are you not fighting me?"

"Because I can't hurt you……I can't."

"Why? I bet Darla wasn't the only girl you hurt………why not me?"

"Buffy I would never"

"No, I want to see your true face to what you really are?"

"No….. Buffy."

"Come on, are you afraid I'll win?" She replied.

Angel stared at her and walked towards her. "I'm sorry."

"For what?" She replied as she threw a punch towards him. Angel dodged it and grabbed her hand. He pulled her near and smashed his lips against hers. He gave her a quickly bruising kiss and pushed her a few feet back making her land on the ground.

Buffy quickly jumped back on her feet pissed off. She couldn't believe he had the nerve of doing that to her, and she fell for it. She stood up noticing he was nowhere. He was gone. Damn it.

Infuriated she quickly slammed her stake into another vampire that was suddenly rising.

She walked back to the street as she heard someone coming towards her. She quickly raised her stake to plunged but stopped at the person staring at her.

"Ah huh. It's not every day that I get punched out by a girl. Xander said. However, I'm glad to see you didn't go to see the master."

"Well right now I think we might have a bigger problem?" Buffy said.

"It's not a new evil is it? Because that would something we really couldn't handle now." Willow said.

"Well I don't know"…..

"Buffy are you ok? You look?"……. Giles was about to finish but Buffy stopped him.

"Pissed off yes, it's a long story." Buffy stated as the only thing on her mind now was finding Angel. She had until midnight until the master tried anything. Therefore, that at least gives her a few hours to think about what she was going to do about Angel.

However, she knew she really couldn't kill him, she didn't know anything about him, and if he was good she couldn't really kill him. Furthermore she knew deep down, she cared for him, and it made wonder if she could really kill him if he was evil. It made her think about a lot of things that she knew she wasn't sure if she was capable of accomplishing.

"Giles we need to talk. I need answers and I need all your help."

"About what Buffy?"

"Angel."

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I hope everyone likes this. I was going to make this the part where she meets the master but that can wait. Hope everyone likes this.

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