Chapter 7
- Angel! Angel! Houston calling!
Fred had to snap her fingers so that Angel would stop his staring into nothing.
- Fred, sorry, what were you saying?
- What is wrong with you?
- Nothing. I just…
- Angel. Quite with the nothing talk. I saw you and the bridesmaid. Interested?
- Fred, you know I…
- Angel! You are not gay.
- Yeah, but the brides and *mainly* grooms don't need to know that. You know I love to arrange marriages and be gay is a nice cover up. Well, sometimes even with this there are women who still want me. But, after the whole thing with Darla, I do prefer to avoid the damage.
- Yeah… I understand, but you can't keep this going forever. What if you find the right girl in one wedding?
- Well. I'll explain to her my reasons. Everyone can think that she helped to convert me back to the manhood.
- Are you interested or not?
- I am.
- This is the first time in five years that I see you interested in a girl attending a marriage. It is a nice sign. Maybe I'll be the next one planning a marriage. She seems a nice girl.
- Yeah. We talked early.
- So, what are going to do? Ask her out.
- As a matter of fact, yes.
Chapter 8
The wedding was beautiful. Everything worked as it should be for the bride, groom and their two hundred guests. During the reception, the groom got up on stage and gave his speech, thanking every one for coming, and mainly the bride's parents because they helped to make him a happy and better man.
Buffy sat in her table looking at husband and wife dancing around. After a while, more couples went to the dance floor including Willow and her boyfriend Daniel "Oz". She searched the cloud for Angel, but the man seemed to have evaporated.
He was absolutely fabulous during the wedding. Dressed in black he almost disappeared around while giving orders during the ceremony. They exchange looks all the time and Buffy thought he was interested in her… or was she hallucinating? She wanted him, but he was gay… or wasn't? There was something in this whole confusion.
Couples danced, the now wife threw the bouquet, the newlyweds bid farewell to the guests and left for the hotel where they would stay for their first married night and from where they would leave for the honeymoon in Caribbean. At one in the morning the last guests left.
Buffy was not sleepy. So, she decided to leave her sandals near some table and go to the beach. When she felt the comfort of the sand under her feet she gathered the skit of her dress and sat. The moon was shining in the sky and the sea was calm.
- Hi.
Chapter 9
*Angel*
- Oh, Hi.
- Can I sit with you? Well… if this is not a private moment, of course.
- It is not a private moment. You can sit if you want.
- Thanks. Do you really like the sea, huh?
- Yes. It is invigorating. When I was a child and I came here to be with my grand mom I used to go to my bedroom and wait for her to go to sleep so I'd sneak out here.
- You loved her, huh?
- Yes. Tell me about…
Angel kissed Buffy tentatively. When she responded the kiss became passionate. Buffy felt like flying. She was kissed before, but nothing could compare with Angel's lips in hers. When they broke the kiss, she stared at him surprised.
- Looking at my eyes again?
- No. Just kissing… you. I won't say I'm sorry. I've been wanting it all night.
- Me too. I mean… aren't you gay?
- No. I'm not.
- WHAT? Cordelia and Willow said it.
- Everyone thinks so.
- If you are not, then why do you…
- It is good for business. If the groom thinks I am gay he won't cause trouble, well… I am a male wedding planner, I spend more time with the bride and bridesmaids than the groom or boyfriends. So, I don't think the groom would like to have a man around his will-be-wife. I saw it firsthand.
- What happened?