The gang entered the Bronze, couple by couple.

"Wow this place looks amazing." Willow said happily.

"I guess Xander's not the only one who can clean up well." Gunn said with a laugh.

"Yes you guys are right, my boyfriend does clean up well." Cordelia said giving Xander a kiss on the cheek.

"Let's find a table." Oz said to the gang as they searched for a table that would fit all eight of them.

"Hey guys did I tell you that Cibo Matto will be here next week?" Xander told them as he pulled out Cordelia's chair.

"Really, we've so gotta come." Buffy said excitedly.

"Will do." Angel said with a smile to her.

A slow version of Hoobastant's The Reason came through the speakers. "Would you like to dance with me?" Angel asked extending his hand to Buffy.

"I would love to." She said, placing her hand in his hand and stood up.

Angel held Buffy as close as possible. God she fits so perfectly in my arms. "Buffy…I'm…I'm really glad you decided to come with me." He whispered.

Buffy laid her head on his chest and sighed happily. "I'm glad you asked me." She told him.

Angel smiled and kissed the top of her head.

They continued to dance, unaware of anyone around them. It was as though the world had faded away, leaving them alone.

The song ended and the slowly pulled away. "Thank you." Angel said softly.

"Thank you." Buffy replied with a smile, slipping her hand back into his.

Angel smiled as they walked back to their table.

Oz eyed Angel, giving him the patent 'hurt-my-sister-you-die' look.

The group enjoyed the rest of the night, dancing and laughing. When the night was over they all separated. Each guy walking their girl home. Angel and Buffy stopped in front of the Giles home and looked at each other, under the light of a full moon.

"I had a really great time tonight." Buffy said softly.

"So did I." Angel took a deep breath. "Do you want to do it again sometime?" He asked her.

Buffy smiled and placed a hand on his arm. "I'd love to."

A huge smile broke out on Angel's face. "Good. Um…how about we go to the movies tomorrow night?" He asked.

"That'd be great, call me." She told him.

Angel nodded his head. "I will. Well…good night. I'll…um…I'll see you tomorrow." He said before turning to leave. Buffy's hand on his shoulder stopped him. Angel turned his head around to face her.

"How about my goodnight kiss?" She asked innocently.

Angel smiled before swooping his lips down to catch hers in the most passionate kiss either had ever engaged in.

When they pulled away both were gasping for air.

"Wow." Buffy breathed as she tried to catch her breath.

"Yeah." Angel replied. "Well good night. I'll call you tomorrow afternoon." He said before giving her a peck on the lips and leaving.

Buffy turned and entered her house. Once the door was closed she leaned against it and sighed happily.

"Well that was a hell of a kiss." Giles said from his seat on the couch.

Buffy blushed.

Giles patted the seat next to him.

"Buffy, I don't usually say things like this because I don't wish to make you uncomfortable, or myself for that matter but I just wanted to tell you how beautiful you looked tonight. You've grown to be a beautiful, intelligent young women and I'm so proud of you. I know it doesn't mean much because I'm not your real father, but Buffy. I do love you. You are my daughter and I am so proud of the young women you've become." He said.

Tears sprung up into Buffy's eyes. "You may not be my birth father, but you are my dad and I love you too. You'll never know how much that means to me." She said standing to hug him and a kiss.

"Good night Buffy." Giles called as she headed up the stairs.

"Good night dad."

Buffy was taking her hair down and removing her makeup when she heard a knock on her door. "Come in." She called.

"Hey I just wanted to see if you were home yet." Oz said as he entered her room still in his tux.

"You just get home?" She asked with a smile.

"Yeah Willow and I took the long way to her house." He said with a smile.

"Is Daniel Oz Summers Giles actually smiling?" Buffy said as she stood and took a seat next to him on her bed.

"Yeah, Willow makes me smile." He said nodding his head.

"I'm glad you guys are doing good, you guys are so cute together."

"Thanks. I really like her Buffy. She's so cute and funny and smart." He said, his smile widening further.

"I'm glad you're happy." She said patting his hand.

"How about you? You and Angel looked pretty couple-y tonight too."

Buffy's face broke out into a huge smile at the thought of Angel. "Yeah, he's so nice to me Oz and he's so handsome." She said dreamily.

Oz laughed. "You've got it bad sis." He said shaking his head.

"Oh like you don't?" She laughed hitting him lightly on the ar,.

"Okay we've both got it bad." He agreed.

Buffy sobered. "When are you going to tell Willow about this summer?" She asked.

"I don't know. I don't even want to think about it." He said shaking his head.

"I don't want to go, Oz." Buffy said sadly.

"I know, neither do I, but you know we have too. If not, dad will get his lawyers involved and you don't want mom to have to deal with all that bull again." He said laying a hand on her shoulder.

"I know, but…it's not like he'll even see us. You know he's always on business trips." She told him.

"Well at least he can't hit us, if he's out of the country. Besides maybe the gang can come to visit us at his beach house."

"At least this is the last time we have to stay with him. Next year we'll be eighteen and we'll be able to decide if we want to go or not." She told him.

"Very true." He said rubbing his chin as though in contemplation.

Buffy giggled. "Well we should tell the group all at once." She told him. "And soon, I mean there's only about two weeks left of school and we leave that weekend." She told him.

"Yeah. We might as well do it tomorrow." He told her as he stood. "Well good night Buffy."

"Night Oz." She said standing to finish getting ready for bed.

Oz stopped just before he reached her door. "Buffy, by the way, you looked beautiful tonight. Too grown for your own good, but you still looked nice." He told her.

"You clean up pretty well yourself." Buffy said with a smile.

Oz smiled before leaving and closing the door behind himself.