Buffy tossed and turned in her sleep as she dreamed.

*/ It was dark, all around. Buffy looked around and then she heard something. "I love you. I try not to, but I can't stop..."

Angel.

Then she heard another voice. "You have a lot to learn about girls Riley." "You're gonna teach me."

Riley.

Suddenly, the two of them appeared in front of Buffy. "Angel, Riley," she said.

"You have to choose Buffy. Him or me," Riley said.

Buffy looked into Angel's eyes, knowing she could fall into them and never stop. She moved forward..../*

Buffy sat up, gasping. Why had she been dreaming about Angel? She hadn't thought about him in a while. She was finally getting over him.

She got up and got a drink of water. Now she couldn't get her mind *off* Angel. His smile, they way they kissed, the way he knew just what to say, the way she found comfort in his arms... She shook her head and got back into her bed, wondering how the dream ended.

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"Hey," Riley said, coming up to Buffy. He leaned in to kiss her, but she moved away.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"I had a dream that's bothering me."

"Well, you can tell me," Riley told her.

"No, I can't. It was kinda personal," she said. Well, Angel was personal to *her*.

Riley decided not to press too hard this time, she would tell him in time. He watched as Buffy walked away. He was convinced more and more that he was about to make the right choice.

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*/ "Buffy. I feel like I haven't seen you in months...." Buffy looked around. "You're hurt." Where was she? "Close your eyes." Buffy looked up at the sound of her voice.

She tried to yell, but no sound came out of her mouth. She looked over and saw Angel.

"Buffy, don't you love me anymore?" he asked. She tried to answer, but she couldn't.

Her heart broke at the look on his face, and the words that followed. "I thought so."

Angel turned around and walked away. She tried to call after him, chase him, but she couldn't.

"I knew you'd choose me," another voice called. It was Riley.

"You can talk now."

"Riley?" Buffy asked. "You chose me. You made the right choice. I love you Buffy."

No. No! Buffy turned around and ran, but there was no where to run. No where at all.../*

"NO!!" Buffy screamed, shooting up in her bed. Willow woke up and looked over at Buffy.

"You okay?" she asked. Buffy shook her head and got up, walking out the door.

She walked around the streets of Sunnydale in her pajamas, wondering what her dream meant.

"Aren't you supposed to be wearing clothes?" a voice asked. Buffy turned around and saw him. Angel.

"Angel? Why are you here?" she asked. "Honestly? Because I knew that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stay away. I love you. And I can't stop, I'll never be able to."

Buffy got all choked up. She ran to him and they kissed.

"Buffy!" Riley called, seeing them kissing. He dropped the engagement ring he was about to give to Buffy, his eyes welling up with tears.

"Riley. Look, we're friends, but I love Angel," she told him.

Angel was confused. Riley charged Angel. They fell to the ground. Angel got up and kicked Riley, throwing him into a tree. Angel pulled off a branch and started beating Riley with it, before throwing him across the sidewalk.

Riley tried to get up, but Angel grabbed him by his extremely long hair and kicked him in the stomach a few times.

Then Angel threw Riley into a park bench, and a trash can, and a mail box. Buffy smiled and watched.

When Riley was almost dead, Angel snapped his neck.

Buffy walked up to Angel and took his hand. "Love you," she said. "Love you too, he told her back as they walked off.

Buffy purposely stepped on the fake diamond ring, crushing it. She got what Riley had meant in her dreams. She had chosen Riley, to be the one she let die, in a matter of speaking. That's the way it should be.

Stupid, I know, but I wrote it for the Riley pain.

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