A/N: I've started school again, so unfortunately I have less time to spend on fic-writing and updates will probably take longer. But updates there will be!
Part 6 – Out
Angel and Buffy clung to each other in silence, subdued in the aftermath of their tense 'discussion'. Buffy's face was buried in Angel's shirt and her arms were locked around his waist, as his were around her.
"I love you." Angel whispered into her vanilla-scented blonde hair.
"Ai uff oo too." came Buffy's muffled reply, and after a pause, "oo wan a'gat?"
"Pardon?" Angel asked. Reluctantly, Buffy pulled back a little from his chest and, looking up at him, she repeated,
"Do you want to go out?"
"Sure." Angel smiled down at her adorable face, "I have never seen Rome in the sun before."
"It's beautiful." Buffy informed him sincerely.
"It can't be more beautiful than you." Angel declared, causing Buffy to blush and hide her smile in his shirt. For the first time in years she was feeling her age.
"We should change." Buffy said, suddenly noticing their rumpled clothing. "You have other clothes, right?"
"At a hotel a couple of blocks away."
Buffy slipped out of his arms, "Give me a sec and I'll come with you." she said, dashing off through a doorway to the right of the balcony door.
Miraculously she reappeared in under a minute wearing a pair of jeans and sandals and hurriedly pulling on a light blue T-shirt. Angel observed this in speechless adoration and undisguised appreciation. Buffy slipped past him to retrieve a brush from the coffee table and, after quickly running it through her long blonde hair, she dropped the brush and hooked her arm around Angel's.
"Let's go." She ordered looking up at him happily.
Angel stared at Buffy for a second, then without warning, pulled her to him and kissed her deeply. When he finally drew back, Buffy gasped.
"Woah! What was that for?" Buffy asked, not at all unpleased, "Tell me and I'll do it again."
Angel shrugged, grinning, and kissed her again.
"Uh-huh, I could definitely get used to this." Buffy breathed, and giggled when Angel lifted her off her feet to kiss her again, "but," she managed to continue between kisses, "I was serious a-…" she wrapped her legs around Angel's hips, "about going-… out. So we gotta… Hey! Where're we going?" Buffy asked, realising Angel had carried her out of the apartment.
"Out." said Angel, poker-faced and making for the elevator.
"What? What if there're people in the elevator?" Buffy squirmed in his arms, trying to get down, "There's this little old lady who lives on this floor and she could be in there and if-" Angel silenced her babbling with another kiss as he pressed the down button.
"On second thoughts, who cares?" Buffy changed her mind and kissed him back.
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