Angel flew through the living room window of the Summers house, tumbled over the porch, through the bushes, and onto the lawn.

Buffy came over to the broken window and looked out at him as he got up. "You're not welcome here. You come near us and I'll kill you."

Angel just looked at her. Buffy turned away and walked further into the house, and Angel turned to leave.

Inside, Buffy grabbed the phone, dialed 911, and went over to kneel by her mother. "Mom! Mom, can you hear me?"

The operator answered.

"Yes, I need an ambulance, 1630 Revello Drive! My mother cut herself, she lost a lot of blood! Please, please hurry!" She dropped the phone. "Mom!"

"Hey, Buffy!"

Buffy looked up to see Xander and Willow come in through the kitchen door.

"Oh, my God!"

"What happened?" Willow asked.

"Angel!" Buffy answered.

Of course, with the new trouble, Ms. Calendar was needed again. She and Giles rushed down the hospital corridor, trying to find Joyce's room.

"Do you remember anything, Mom?" Buffy asked her mother, who lay in a hospital bed.

"Just, um, your friend came over... I was gonna make a snack..."

Buffy misunderstood. "My friend?"

Giles and Ms. Calendar quietly came in.

"I guess I slipped and cut my neck on... The doctor said it looked like a barbecue fork." She looked at Buffy. "We don't have a barbecue fork." She looked at Giles and Ms. Calendar. "Are you more doctors?"

Buffy looked to see. "Oh! Um... No, Mom, this is Mr. Giles, and Ms. Calendar."

"Oh, the librarian from your school! And the..."

"Computer Science teacher," Buffy filled in.

Joyce was confused. "What are they doing here?"

"Uh, we-we just came to pay my respects, wish you a speedy recovery," Giles stated.

"Boy, the teachers really do care in this town."

"Get some rest now." Buffy gave her mom a kiss, and they all went outside the room. "She's gonna be okay. They, they gave her some iron... Her, uh, blood count was a, a little..."

"...A little low. It presents itself like mild anemia. Uh, you, you were, uh, lucky you got to her as soon as you did," Giles told her.

"Lucky? Stupid."

"Buff, it's not your fault," Xander told her.

"No? I invited him into my home. Even after I knew who he was, what he was, and I didn't do anything about it... 'cause I had feelings for him, because I cared about him."

"If you care about somebody you care about them. You can't change that by..." Willow began.

"...Killing them?" Buffy finished. "But I think it's a start." She started to leave.

"Uh, we'll keep an eye on your mom," Xander offered.

Ms. Calendar chased after her. "Buffy!" She blocked her way.

"You can't stop me. The Three found me near the Bronze and so did he. He lives nearby."

"This is no ordinary vampire." Her voice dropped to a whisper. "If there is such a thing. Now, he knows you. He's faced the Three! I think this is gonna take more than a simple stake."

"So do I."

Later, Buffy was in the armory at the library, loading the crossbow with bolts.

"She's out hunting you right now." Darla was in Angel's apartment. "She wants to kill you."

"Leave me alone."

"What did you think? Did you think she would understand? That she would look at your face... your true face... and give you a kiss?"

Buffy took a practice shot at an anti-smoking poster and nailed the guy in the heart.

"For a hundred years you've not-"

Buffy lowered the bow.

"Had a moment's peace because you will not accept who you are. That's all you have to do. Accept it. Don't let her hunt you down. Don't whimper and mewl like a mangy human. Kill! Feed! Live!" Darla pushed Angel to the limit.

He jumped up and shoved her against the wall with her arms pinned up. "Alright!"

"What do you want?" Darla asked.

"I want it finished!"

"That's good. You're hurting me." Darla smiled. "That's good, too."

Outside the Bronze, Buffy had the crossbow ready. She came through a hole in the fence and went toward the entrance. She heard glass breaking above her and turned to the noise. She looked around as she went to the wall where there was a ladder. She started to climb.

In the hospital room, Joyce was talking to Giles and Ms. Calendar. "She talks about you all the time. It's important to have teachers who make an impression."

"She makes quite an impression herself," Giles stated.

" I-I know she's having trouble with history. I-is it too difficult for her or is she not applying herself?" Joyce asked.

"She lives very much in the 'now', like me, and history, of course, is 'then', like him," Ms. Calendar replied. She patted Giles on the shoulder.

Giles sent Ms. Calendar a look. "B-b-but there's no reason..."

"She's studying with Willow, she's studying with Darla, I-I mean, she is trying."

"Darla?" Giles and Ms. Calendar asked in unison.

"I-I-I don't believe I know, uh..."

"Her friend, the one who came over tonight."

"Darla came to your house tonight? She's the friend that you mentioned earlier?" Ms. Calendar asked.

"Poor thing, I must've frightened her half to death when I fainted. Someone should really check and make sure she's alright."

Giles got up. "Yes, someone should, right away."

Ms. Calendar stood up as well. "We'll do it."

Giles grabbed his coat and the two left.

"That school is amazing!" Joyce was in awe.

In the hall, Ms. Calendar and Giles walked with Willow and Xander.

"We have a problem," Ms. Calendar stated.

At the Bronze, Buffy came down a set of stairs. When she got to the bottom, she quickly turned to have a look around.

Angel backed into the shadows.

Buffy heard a noise and pivoted toward it. "I know you're there. And I know what you are."

"Do you?"

Buffy faced his voice.

"I'm just an animal, right?"

"You're not an animal. Animals I like." Buffy kept looking around her.

Angel growled and came out of the shadows to face her. She trained the crossbow on him.

"Let's get it done!" Angel growled and began to run. He jumped onto a pool table. Buffy followed him with her aim and shot, but missed. Angel jumped onto the catwalk above. Buffy couldn't see him in the shadows. He swung down and kicked her in the back, knocking her onto a pool table. She did a standing back kick at him behind her and sent him into the wall. She ran around the table and dived for the crossbow. She rolled onto her back and took aim at him. He slowly got up and growled.