Alex's Pov
The kiss was short, but I enjoyed every minute of it, Angel pulled back, a smirk as still present on his face
"I definitely need to send Giles a thank you gift." He chuckled
"That's a good idea, we'll send it from the both of us, any idea what to get him?"
"Some strong Alcoholic beverage he likes, he has to deal with both of us now." He chuckled
"Brat." I shrugged
"It's true." He chuckled
"Do you want to move off the floor now? I can carry you to the sofa in the living room." I thought about it for a moment, before nodded
"That sounds like a good idea." He smiled and gently pushed me forward so he could stand up, he then crouched down and wrapped one arm around my back and scooped my legs up with his other, he then lifted me into his arms and carried me through to the living room "I know I said I didn't mind being carried though to the living room, I didn't mean bridal style." He chuckled and set me down on the sofa
"How else would you have like me to carry you? This seemed like the kinder option, the other option I could have gone for, would be the firemen's lift, but I might save that one for when you're back to your hyperactive self." I looked at him in mock shock
"How dare you suggest something like that, I'll have you know, my normal self, is no way hyper at all, thank you very much." He chuckled and sat down next to me, wrapping an arm around my shoulders
"That's what you focus on, not that I'd carry you over my shoulder, that would give me direct view of your backside?" I blushed slightly "Not that I haven't already seen it before." I huffed and folded my arms over my chest
"That's not playing fair." He chuckled
"Alex, I'm a vampire, we don't like to play fair." I sighed and rolled my eyes
"You won't be able to use that excuse everytime." He shrugged
"I don't think I'll be needing many excuses, I'm going to do this right Alex, it shouldn't have taken Angelus getting free, for me to realize my feelings for you, and I should never have used Buffy as a way to distract me from you either." I nodded
"No you shouldn't have, and I appreciate you telling me that." He nodded
"Will you allow me to court you?" He asked, I frowned
"Court?" He nodded
"It's a little old fashioned, and we've already skipped a few steps, and Angelus started the process buy sending you gifts, but never officially asked."
"Old fashioned?" he chuckled, but nodded
"Yeah, but I'm old fashioned, will you allow me to court you?" I thought for a minute
"What does the courting process entail?" he sighed
"I'd get to see you on a regular basis, I'd present or send you gifts which you can either choose to accept of reject, either way it wont affect the courting process unless you choose to end it, we'd go out on dates, chosen by either myself or yourself and those can happen at any time." I nodded
"What happens at the end of the courtship?"
"Traditionally, it would end in marriage, between the the partners, but in our case, our courtship would end in us mating, even though you and Angelus have already slept together, you didn't mate, otherwise we would be in a completely different situation than we are now." I nodded
"So, I would become your mate? At the end of the courting?" he nodded
"But, that won't happen straight away, the courting has to take place for at least a year before it can end, or it can go on for years, it's really up to us, and what we are ready for." I nodded
"That sounds fair." He nodded "I do have a question first." He nodded
"I'll answer any questions you have, the best I can." I nodded
"I know the mating will take place at the end of the courtship, but what if I want to sleep with you before then?" he coughed
"What?" I grinned
"What if I want to sleep with you, but not mate just yet, is that allowed?" he chuckled
"You little Imp, yes, that is allowed, if you really want to, but you need to remember you're only seventeen, and I don't think you're uncle would approve of me sleeping with you again, especially while you're underage." I nodded
"I think I'd like to wait anyway, this whole magic business and forgetting the first time, I'd rather like to wait." He nodded
"That makes sense, besides, I'm pretty sure, you're uncle owns a gun as does his partner, bullets may not kill me, but they hurt like hell."
"And you know what Hell feels like." He nodded
"I do, that was a stupid idea."
"What? Trying to end the world? Defiantly, defiantly stupid, I don't even know what Angelus was thinking, Why would he want to end the world?" Angel shook his head
"I don't know, all I do know, is that he thought he was doing the right thing." I rolled my eyes
"I don't thing he knew what the right thing is."
"He chose to tell you his feelings didn't he? Besides we will have been heavily influenced by Drusilla, and we both know she's crazy." I nodded
"Hey, I'm feeling a little hungry, do you want anything?" He shook his head, but stopped me from getting to my feet
"Nope, you're not ready to be on your feet yet, I'll make you something, do you want anything in particular?" I shook my head
"Surprise me." He chuckled and headed into the kitchen, I grinned as my phone began to buzz, I frowned and pulled it from my pocket, it was a number I didn't recognize. I answered and placed it to my ear "Hello?"
"Hello Xander, I do hope you've made it out of Sunnydale, you were a little slow settling off, but would hate to have to hunt you down, blood is so hard to get out of clothes you know."
"Buffy… look I did want you asked, I've gone, there's no reason to badger me."
"I need to check and make sure you're gone, I mean I am the slayer after all-" Suddenly my phone was ripped away from me. I looked up and saw Angel stood there growling lowly with the phone to his ear
"Just because youre the slayer, does not give you the right to interfere with human lives, it also does not allow you to physically hurt Humans, your skills are to be used against the the vampires, the demons and the forces of evil." I sighed 'What would he do, if he knew that Buffy had beat me' "If I find out that you've used your powers to hurt any human being, I'll ship you off to the Watcher's Council for termination myself." He then hung the phone up and handed it back to me "If she ever contacts you again, you tell me alright?" I nodded and took the phone back "How did you get those bruises Alex? You never told me." I shrugged 'I should tell him, but really don't want him to hurt anyone'
"My dad, this was my leaving present." He gave me a long look, before sighing
"Alex, tell me the truth."