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Chapter 4

Buffy and Angelus continued patrol, he'd kept the charade up on conversation with what he knew he could let slip to the slayer on The Beast, when they heard growling noise…

"Argh…." Three uvervamps began to approach them and Buffy recalled that she'd barely been able to kill one before… what was she suppose to do with three.

The first thought that crossed Buffy's mind was that Angelus was setting her up, but then he pulled her by the hand behind him growling a very deep snarl standing in front of her in a protective stance. His muscles were tense from what she could see and he had quickly put his game face on.

She kind of smiled to herself as he obviously got his imaginary act wrong, when Angel fought by her side he rarely used his Demon face.

*Uvervamps…? Since when… has the hell mouth opened…?* Angel questioned.

Kind of obvious mate… then a flash of memories flashed in their head, Angel was trying to recall Darla telling them, or him how to kill these creatures…

When it clicked to them both at the same time… "By ripping out their dead heart…" the moment it separates from its body, it disintegrates.

"What…" Buffy asked confused.

Angelus in between fangs said, "You can only kill them by ripping out their dead heart…"

*Send her home she could get hurt…* Angel suggested, not that she'd listen.

She made a move to begin to attack, when he pulled her back, "No… go… I'll take care of them…"

"Are you crazy… this is my fight…remember?" and went for the first vamp.

Angelus let out a snarl that was in between anger and frustration and went out to attack right behind her. They fought for a couple of minutes when they each took one out… the last one went after Angelus throwing a punch breaking skin then headed for Buffy tackling her to the ground, right before the vamp tried to bite her… Angelus ripped his heart out through the back.

Dust flew in front of her face and she spat… "Thanks…" she said as he offered his hand to help her up.

Her mind couldn't wrap itself around the concept that Angelus was in all honesty trying to be Angel… but why… what did he think that he could accomplish by that, what did he want to achieve by that?

She took his hand and got one her feet, she was standing right in front of him. Golden eyes giving her an intense gaze that called to some part of her body… she swallowed hard.

Angel didn't like what he was seeing in her eyes, Buffy knew he wasn't him and yet… there was want in her stare, her blood pumped almost like in a rhythm of music, he could tell because Angelus was following it closely.

She involuntarily pulled his head towards hers gently to kiss him…

"Buffy… no… I'm cut…" he let out of the scratch on his lower lip, though he didn't completely pull away from her.

"So am I…" she answered and began to pull him down to her once more. She first kissed his wound tasting his blood; as some got on her lip she didn't care. As the sight of blood on her lips only enticed him to take her, he pushed his lips hard on her and began kissing her eagerly. He could taste some of her blood making somewhat of a growl escape him, she gasped against him as the rumble sent waves of pleasure down her body. The feel of his canine suddenly went in her lip, but it didn't hurt and for some reason she welcomed it. A whimper left her lips and he stopped, she felt his face change and he kissed her cut once more before pulling away.

"S… sorry… did I hurt you…?"

Angel saddened, though it was him, he felt like he was being cheated on and had a front row seat to the show.

"No… no… you're fine…" and they began to walk home. They walked right next to each other in silence, it wasn't awkward but it wasn't normal to say the least.

They soon arrived home and Buffy stared at her home, remembering all the people in it, and though Angelus didn't seem threatening for the moment, she was still questioning the motive of his visit here.

They stopped… "Uh… Angel…?"

"Yeah…"

"I… uh… I have a full house in there, you can't stay here…" she informed him.

"Wasn't planning to… just making sure you got home safe…"

"Tomorrow… tomorrow I'll come by and bring you whatever books I find…"

"Okay…"

He kissed her lightly on the lips and went on his way…

Buffy stood outside for the moment in a daze, what the hell… was wrong with her… she had thought that being with Spike had been a low point in her life, but Angelus, how could she reason that in… love?

Spike was staring out the window and he just shook his head, it was like every time he felt like he was getting close to her, something would happen to make him think otherwise, like now… staring at them be together out there.

She finally decided to walk inside the house, everyone asleep, which she thanked god for. She crept upstairs into her room and went to bed.

/

With only a few hours of sleep, she heard girls fighting over who got to use the bathroom next, she groaned, "Uh… the downside of living with a bunch of girls…"

Then Will walked in starling her, "Buffy… good you're up…"

"Who wouldn't be with the fight going on outside…"

She giggled, "So… did you take care of whatever you needed to get done last night…?"

Ugh, she thought, here we go again, "Um… well…"

"Buffy, I'm your best friend am I not… what's going on?"

"Will of course you're my best friend, you and Xander, but… I can't… please, just trust me…"

She sighed, "You have one day… Buffy, one; if the tomorrow you don't share I will turn to magic to make you tell me…" she threatened.

Buffy smiled.

"Okay maybe no magic, but you have to talk to us…"

"Okay Will… I get it…"

"Good… now come down for breakfast before it's all gone…" she got up and headed for the door.

"Be right there…" she called after her.

She threw herself on her bed picking up the covers over her head, what was she going to do? Why did she feel like such a freaking teenager around him…? "Ah!" she kicked off the covers, "he's not even Angel…" she said exasperated.

"Who's not Angel?" Dawn walked in asking.

"No one… no one… what's up…?"

Her sister furrowed her eyebrows at her, "Fine… Giles wants to see you…" she said getting off the bed.

"Dawn?" she called her, "Have you told anyone about Angel's phone call?"

"No… why…?" she thought of the question unusual.

"Just… wondering… thanks and could you… maybe… not mention it… to anyone…?"

"Sure Buffy… whatever, and no offense but I hardly think that your love life is important to anyone considering the end of the world is coming…" she walked out of the room.

"Right…" she said to herself.

/

"Buffster… how we doing this fine morning…?" Xander asked as she walked into the kitchen.

"In need of some serious coffee, please tell me we have some…"

Giles handed her a cup, "Any occurrences last night on patrol…?"

"Um… a couple of vamps…" she lied, "nothing I couldn't handle…"

"Right… um… well, Willow and I have looked over some books and have really not found anything about the First that we don't all ready know…" he walked to the living room that was currently vacant at the moment.

"Okay…" she followed, sipping coffee.

"Though Anya mentioned that there might be a kind of Demon thing, portal that we can use to speak to someone as old as this for some information…"

Buffy looked up surprised, "Anya… really?"

"Yeah… my thought exactly, but yes and she'd got a point so we're gonna go see what we find…"

"Okay, great… well… Wesley called about this demon thing that they're having a problem with I told him, I'd look through some of your books and call if I found something…"

"Oh… well not necessary, I can certainly look up whatever…"

"No… you go with Anya, get a lead on this, and I'll handle the book reading and such…" she smiled.

"Well…" Giles said with a furrowed eyebrow, "I guess that would be alright, see you when I get back…?"

"Uh huh…" she nodded.