Buffy sat in the passenger seat in silence she could already feel her face swell. She lightly touched it and winced. Angel stole a glance and looked at her passionately. He was angry at her. Yes. But he knew in his heart that wouldn't last long. He wanted to know if she was okay, he wanted her to feel safe, but how can you feel safe when your father is the most ruthless man in the mob? Angel gritted his teeth. He hated this. More than anything he wanted to quit this case.
Buffy sighed she couldn't take a moment of silence anymore, she turned her head to Angel and smiled. "I'm sorry. Did you just kill a man?" Angel quickly made a turn to the side of the road and turned off the ignition, then turned to Buffy and smiled. "I'm sorry. Was that you that just had a gun to her head?" Buffy rolled her eyes. "You just can't sneak out like that…You could've died tonight." Buffy turned to him. "You think I don't know that?" Angel shrugged. "That was a good shot though wasn't it?" Buffy turned to him as he started his car and made his way back to the mansion. Angel tried to keep his cool in all of it. He has never been so scared. He would do it again, wouldn't change a thing how he handled the situation.
Buffy entered the house and took off her jacket. Angel slowly followed locking the door behind him. He saw how she went straight to the freezer and put some ice in a cloth and gently put it to her face and winced. His heart went out for her, he went over to her a grabbed it from her and held it gently to her face. Buffy closed her eyes. "How come guys always know how to hit? Wham. It feels like my face is going to explode… Do they teach you that in school or something?" Angel smiled and put a strand of hair out of her eyes. "Not all guys hit." Buffy laughed. "Tell me where I can find one of those." Angel nodded. Buffy removed his hand from her face. "I'm gonna go to bed." Angel nodded. "Okay. You sure you okay?" Buffy smiled. "Yeah. Thank-you, and I'm sorry I'm a pain for you already." Buffy started up the stairs. Angel smiled as he watched her go up and heard her close the bedroom door.
The next day Buffy was laying by the pool in the lounge chair, in her red, strapless bikini. Her sunglasses covered the bruise that formed around he eye and that she was thank-ful. What she wasn't thank-ful for was that Riley was sitting beside her getting onto her for not calling him and letting him know what happened. She saw that Angel was across the pool at the bar with Charles looking at papers . She had to admit he looked hot in his white long button up shirt and those jeans really did him justice. Buffy sighed and wondered what it would be like just to 'have his hands touch her and have his lips….' Buffy got out of the thought and turned her attention to Riley.
Angel turned around and stole a glance at Buffy. He couldn't help but notice that she was absolutely breathtaking. He didn't like this Riley guy he seemed controlling and not worth it. Angel turned and took a sip of his beer and turned to Charles. "What did the captain say last night?" Angel whispered to him. Charles laughed. "You're okay. I think you are getting too close though." Charles was undercover with Angel, he had been for a little bit longer than he has so Angel was glad he had someone he could trust. Angel turned to him. "To Buffy? Yeah." He was about to defend himself when Buffy walked up to the bar. "I swear he makes me crazy." Buffy took her sunglasses and rested them on her head. Angel smiled as he took a sip of his drink. "Trouble in paradise?" Buffy turned to him. "Yeah. I think the part you shooting someone in front of me, pisses him off." Angel laughed and looked and looked at Charles. "You had to be there.'' Buffy took a step closer to Angel and grabbed his beer and was about to take a drink when Angel grabbed it before it hit her mouth. "No. No. You did enough drinking last night for both of us." .Buffy turned to Charles pleading for help. "No. Don't look at me. Your father put him in charge." Buffy turned to Angel. "Lucky me." Angel smiled. "I would think so." Buffy turned to leave and gave Angel a tiny push and walked off. Angel smiled and watched her go into the house. "So. You're not getting too close?" Angel nodded. "No."