Part 5

Buffy, with Angel by her side and the others marched into the mall. They headed toward the front of the mall, where most of the people were shopping, and where the judge would most likely go. "OK, take out the lesser vampires if you can and if you need to; otherwise stay out of sight. I'll handle the smurf." Buffy commanded

Vampires piled into the mall. Standing on the balcony above all the people, Drusilla stood on one side of the Judge, while Angelus stood on the other. "Lock the exits, boys," he commanded the other vampires. The Judge stepped forward, he moved his hand to some people. A bolt of energy shot out and everyone stopped, as if paralyzed. Drusilla jumped up and down. "Oh, goody!" she cried.

Suddenly a bolt fired into the Judge's chest, causing him to withdraw his energy. Ripping the bolt out. "Who dares?" Angelus and Dru looked at her pissed, especially Angelus, who was also gleaming at his other half.

Buffy focused from where she was standing. "That got his attention," she muttered. She glanced down quickly to make sure Angel and Xander were opening the box with the rocket launcher.

"You are a fool." The Judge said. "No weapon forged can stop me."

"That was then," Buffy said. She lowered the crossbow and Xander took it from her. Angel lifted the rocket launcher and gave it to her. "This is now."

She turned it on, letting the massive machine power up. Angelus and Drusilla looked at each other briefly and then they both started getting away from the Judge. All the lesser vampires were running to get away. Only the Judge stood now.

"What does that do?" the Judge asked curiously

A rocket fired from Buffy's hands and hit the judge directly in the chest. The force of the explosion blew Angelus and Dru over the railing.

Everyone in the mall ran in panic and for there lives.

Buffy gave the rocket launcher back to Xander. "Best present ever."

"Knew you'd like it." Xander smirked, taking it from her.

Buffy glanced up and saw Angelus running to a nearby exit. She jumped from where she was standing and followed through the crowded mall. Angel tried to follow her, but lost her through the crowd. Buffy went through a door and looked, she was soaking wet from the sprinklers, she turned around and was struck from behind.

Angelus stood above her, just as wet as she was. "You know what the worse part was?! Pretending that I loved you, if I know how easily you'd give it up, I wouldn't have even bothered." He said cruelly.

Buffy looked up at him. "It doesn't work anymore, you're not Angel."

"You'd like to think so, it doesn't matter. The important thing is you made me the man I am today."

Buffy lashed out with a kick to the chest, he blocked and punched her in the face. She punched back and it landed on his jaw, he retaliated by throwing her to the ground. "Come on Buffy, you know you want it huh." He smirked.

She jumped up and ducked from his attack, she grabbed him by the collar and slammed his head into a glass case, and pushed him away with a kick to the head. Buffy was about to reach for a stake, but felt a pair of hands go around her waist, she turned quickly, it was Angel.

"Don't let him hurt you anymore." Angel pleaded, now wasn't the time for her to fight the demon, she was still in anguish and it would weaken her in this fight. "Come on."

Buffy let Angel pull her away, while demon stood up laughing. "Hey little brother."

Angel glared at him angrily. "I am not your brother, you are nothing." He said, trying to get Buffy out of there, before the demon said anymore. "You will die."

"Come on Angel, lighten up. We're brothers. Twins!!" Angelus said excitingly. "That means we share everything, blood, looks, lovers." He smirked at Buffy.

Buffy broke free of Angel's hold and attacked Angelus, she kicked him in the chest and pulled out a stake, she could do it, she could end it right now; but she remembered Angel's words. Angelus got up slowly, smiling at her as she lowered her stake. "You can't do it, you can't kill me."

Buffy trembled, before lashing out at him, she kicked him in the groin. Making Angelus fall to his knees in pain. Buffy turned around, and walked out with Angel holding her hand. "Give me time."

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After everything was settled at the mall, the judge's pieces were thrown into the ocean, Giles gave Buffy and Angel a ride back to there own homes. She told him that she wanted to be alone tonight, and he understood. Angel got out of the car, knowing that she would be OK, and that they would talk later. Giles parked outside of Buffy's house and turned off the engine.

Buffy sat in the car silent, she had been silent the entire trip. Buffy had no idea what to say, so Giles started.

"It's not over, he'll come after you particularly."

"You must be so disappointed in me." She muttered

"No." Giles shook his head. "No, I'm not."

Sniffling. "But this is all my fault." Buffy whimpered

"I don't believe it is. Do you want me to wag my finger at you, and tell you, you acted rashly; I can and you did. But I know that you love him, and he has proven more than once that he loves you, you couldn't have known what would happen." Giles stated, he held her hand in his, giving his surrogate daughter comfort. "The coming months are gonna be hard, I suspect on all of us, but if it's guilt your looking for Buffy I'm not your man." He swallowed. "All you will get from me is my support, and my respect."

Buffy forced a smile through her tears. "Thank you."

Giles nodded, and squeezed her hand. She nodded back and got out of the car, and went inside to the comfort of her mother's arms.

Part 6

Buffy walked down the hall of Sunnydale High, she made her way to her locker, when Willow ran toward her; after having a long talk with Oz.

"Hey Buffy." Willow said, cheerfully.

Buffy glanced at her quickly. "Hey Will."

"Are you OK?" She asked, noticing Buffy's semi sad look.

"I'm getting there."

Willow put her hand on Buffy's shoulder, trying to comfort her friend. "Have you talked to Angel?"

Buffy shook her head. "Yeah. We talked everything out and cleared up some things."

"But?" Willow implied, knowing something was still bothering her.

Buffy sighed. "But it still hurts. Not just what his demon said, but I keep thinking this is my fault. Angel tells me all the time that 'it's not true, it's not my fault,' I can't shake the feeling."

"Buffy it's not your fault, you had no idea what would happen. I can't say it won't be hard, but don't let the demon get to you. You can't compare him to Angel, the demon is just an evil clone, Angel is a good guy; your loving boyfriend." Willow explained.

Slightly smiling. "Thanks Will." Buffy said. "Hey, speaking of boyfriends, what's going on with you and Oz?" She pushed aside her small problem, to put Willow on the spot.

Willow blushed a bright red. "I almost asked him out."

"Go Will!" Buffy exclaimed. "So you're over Xander huh?"

She frowned slightly. "Yeah, I think so. He's with.." Willow paused to make a face. "Cordelia, and they're together now; ewww."

Buffy started to laugh. "We never saw it coming. But Oz, you gonna ask him out?"

"I want too, I'm just...."

Buffy grabbed Willow by the shoulders. "Will, there is nothing standing in your way. You want Oz, take the challenge, and go for it; be persistent, no guy can resist the Willow charm. Besides Oz likes you, so that's a plus."

Willow nodded nervously and they made their way to class, where they continued their conversation through notes.

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Later on that night, it was a beautiful full moon, and teens from all over were enjoying it at Lover's Lane; especially Xander and Cordelia. They were sitting in her car seriously making out, just when it started to get more hot, Xander pulled away thinking about the conversation he had with Buffy and Willow earlier.

"What does she see in him?!" He questioned, referring to Oz, Willow had told him that she was going to date Oz, and he was confused.

Cordelia rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Not Willow again. We did not come here to talk."

Xander carried on, ignoring Cordelia. "I don't trust that guy, he's a senior, that makes him older. He's OK in the cute department, and he's in a band; which attracts groupies."

Sighing. "Xander I've dated guys in bands...." Cordelia stated.

"I rest my case."

Cordelia looked hurt, but brushed it off. "Do you even wanna be here?" she asked.

"I'm not running away."

"When you're not babbling about poor, defenseless Willow," Cordelia implied, "you're raving about the oh so wonderful Buffy!"

"I do not." Xander defended himself.

"Xander, we are on Lover's Lane, there's a big full moon out, that makes the setting romantic, so shut up." Cordelia demanded, and they began making out again. Until Xander broke it off again.

"Did you hear that?" He glanced around outside.

"What?"

"I thought I heard something." Still looking for something or someone.

Cordelia sighed and pulled him back into her embrace, and they started making out again. A moment later, Xander pulled away again.

"I heard something!" He exclaimed.

"That's it." Cordelia yelled. "You haven't been hear all night......" Cordelia rambled, until a hairy arm with claws broke through the roof of the car.

"Get us out of here!!!!" Xander yelled.

Cordelia started the car and took off in reverse, seeing the creature fall of the car. She had drove frantically back to the library, when they arrived the rest of the gang, except Giles came out to investigate.

Buffy and Angel inspected the hole in the roof. She turned to Cordelia and Xander. "Are you guys sure it's a werewolf?"

Cordelia with her hand on her hip. "Yes, big, hairy, ugly thing; yep it was a werewolf."

Just as they were about to walk back into the library, they turned around to see Giles walking toward them with a newspaper in his hand.

"So what'd you find?" Buffy said.

"Well," Giles started. "It seems that there were a-- a number of attacks by this creature. Several animal carcasses were found mutilated." He handed the paper to Buffy.

"Ewww, gross." Stated Cordelia.

"Well, at least there weren't any people hurt." Buffy spoke, trying to look on the bright side of the situation.

"For now, but it might be back for the next full moon" Angel said, adding his thoughts.

"Maybe tonight." Giles said. "There is a cycle, the night before the full moon, the full moon, and the night after."

"Great." Buffy muttered. "We're hunting werewolves."

"Then we must be careful, when we face this creature." Giles implied

"Why? We kill it, then we party." Xander stated.

"This werewolf is human the other twenty-eight days of the month, Xander," Angel said.

"Then we bring it back alive, no exceptions." Buffy explained.

While the gang made there plans about how to take care of the werewolf, across town, a girl walked swiftly, trying to get home. She rounded the corner and bumped into a large body. "Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's all right." The guy said. "Hey don't I know you, you're a friend of Buffy's."

"You know Buffy." She smiled.

"I know her very well, I'm Angel." Angelus smirked.

"I'm Theresa."

"I was on my way to see Buffy, but why don't I walk you home first, it's dangerous out tonight." Angelus offered.

"Sure." Theresa said happily, not seeing the evil in the man's eyes that she was trusting to keep her safe.

Part 7

Deep into the woods, a low growl could be heard turning into a slight moan. The creature lied curled up beneath a tree, shaking and moaning as it's features began to transform; the massive hair shrinks back, it's hands morphs into a human state. Oz awoke disoriented, he sat up slow, and looked at his naked form. "Whoa."

After a moment Oz gathered himself and swiftly ran home, very aware that he was roaming the streets naked. When he got home, Oz made a phone call that changed his life that moment.

After learning the information he needed, Oz quickly got to the library to tell everyone what had happened to him, but as soon as he arrived he noticed there was a cloud of tension over everyone's head. "What's going on?"

Buffy sat angrily at the table. "Theresa's dead, she was killed last night."

Shocked, Oz slowly asked. "Was it the werewolf?" He prayed that he had not killed one of his friends.

"No." Giles spoke up. "Angelus was responsible, at her memorial service Theresa arose and attacked. As a message for Buffy."

Oz breathed a sighed with relief. "Thank God."

"What!?!" Buffy snapped, she couldn't believe Oz would say such a cruel thing, it was so unlike him.

"I thought I had done it." Oz muttered, when he saw Buffy's shocked face, he knew she misunderstood.

Willow walked up to him. "You're the werewolf." She analyzed quickly.

Oz nodded. "My cousin bit me, he's a werewolf."

"Oh dear." Giles muttered, taking his glasses off and pinching the bridge of his nose, he found himself doing that a lot these past few days.

Buffy sat there still fuming, she was happy that they could help Oz and his situation, but it angered her that while she was out chasing a wild dog, she forgot about her duty and let Theresa get killed by the very thing she was to protect her from. Even if he did have the face of her lover.

She got up quickly and grabbed her bag, Buffy stormed out of the library, the school and head to Angel's, she needed someone to talk to.

The others just stared and watched her leave.

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Angel sat in the darkness of his apartment. He was having deep thoughts about everything that has happened in the past few days. His demon being released, the demon joining forces with Spike and Dru, the demon hurting Buffy; that thought stuck out more that the rest. No matter how many talks and acceptance he and Buffy had, this problem was still a big issue, and it was straining there relationship; just when they had gone beyond any levels there relationship could go.

Angel felt a tingle go through his spine, and heard the scraping of a key. He turned in his chair, staring at Buffy as she walked in. "Hey."

"Hi." She replied, shutting the door softly. Buffy went to Angel and sat down beside him in another chair. She stared at him for a second, before looking around the apartment curiously. "Why is it so dark in here?"

"I was thinking."

"You were brooding again." Buffy teased.

Angel cracked a small grin, and nodded. They sat there for a moment, until Angel got curious. "Not that I don't want to see you but, why are you here?"

"Um, we found the werewolf, it's Oz." She explained.

"Oz?"

"Yeah, his little cousin bit him, and he's a werewolf; and etc."

Angel nodded, he saw a look in her face, a mix of anger, and guilt. The look that said she wanted to say something but wasn't sure how to approach the subject; and it pissed her off that she couldn't. "There's something else."

Buffy looked at him angrily. "Angelus sent a little message for us."

That got Angel's full attention. "What happened?"

"He turned a friend of mine, and she came after me, he sends his love by the way." Buffy got up, and paced the room. "While we were running around looking for this werewolf, I was ignoring my duty."

"Buffy it's not your fault. You were doing your job to protect." Angel explained.

"And I still let Theresa die." She turned her back to him. "I should have killed him when I had the chance, but I was too weak."

Angel reached up to take her hand, but she pulled her hand away in anger. "Don't!! Everything I touch is taken away from me."

Shaking his head, Angel got up and grabbed her arm to stop her from pacing, he was angry; the demon still had an emotional hold on her. No matter what he said, Buffy was still going to have emotional scars from this, and Angel was beginning to think that they would never go away. "No, you are not weak, that wasn't a good time to fight him." He said, trying to soothe her, while hiding the anger he felt from his realization.

Buffy opened her mouth to interrupt, but Angel silenced her with a finger.

"I'm not gonna let you push me away, I can't live with that." Angel proclaimed. "Buffy, he is just doing this to strain us, so he can get us when were vulnerable, and were letting it happen. We have to stop dwelling and try to move on."

Buffy nodded her head in agreement. "When did you get so wise?" Buffy teased, feeling better now that she had gotten everything out of her system, communicating is good.

"It took years, literally." He teased back, and was pleased at the smirk she gave him, it still wasn't the happy smile he wanted, but he would wait, and try to bring it out of her again.

Angel tilted her chin up level with his, searching her face for anymore guilt or pain, happily he saw a small look of contentment on her face. Slowly he placed his lips on hers, gently kissing her with all his love and desire for her; Angel started off tender, not sure if he should, but couldn't help himself.

When she didn't pull away, he cautiously deepened the kiss, she kissed him back, enjoying the feel as his tongue brushed against her tingling lips. Buffy wrapped her arms around his neck and he buried his hands in her hair, relishing in the feel of her.

Of course she needed to breath and he pulled back, when he looked at her a feeling of joy ran through him, Buffy smiled the brightest smile she had ever given him in the past few days. The one he'd been waiting for. Angel smiled back and pulled her into another kiss when a bang at the door interrupted them, the door had been broken, it was hanging on by it's hinges.

Angel quickly stood in front of Buffy as if to protect her. He clutched his fists in rage, furious to see the demon that was causing Buffy and him so much emotional turmoil. "You shouldn't have come here." He said tightly.

Angelus smirked at his other half's anger. "But I live here too." He pouted, in a playful manner. He leaned his frame against the doorway, staring at the two lovebirds, it was sickening; but deep down he was furious at the way Angel was holding her.

"You're gonna die here if you don't leave." Angel shot daggers at him.

"What are you gonna do, talk me to death? You don't have the guts to do anything to me, I'm the one who showed you everything you know; without me you can't do anything." Angelus mocked, he smiled even brighter as he saw the way Angel was tightening his hands, it was such a pleasure to see, Angelus wanted more, and he put his attention on Buffy. "Hey baby."

Buffy glared daggers at him. "What do you want?"

"Oh, my favorite question. But it's not a question of what I want, it's what I can give you." He smiled. "I think you'll like it, just get on your back like usual and I'll give......." Angelus was cut off by Angel punching him in the face. He had enough, Angel let out every thought of killing and torturing his demon into his actions, he grabbed Angelus and threw him into a wall, and advanced on him with fierce kicks to the chest.

Buffy stood back and watched them fight, or rather Angel fighting Angelus. She cringed at the look on Angel's face, she'd never seen such hatred before and it scared her. But Buffy would not interfere, this fight was between Angel and his demon.

Angel kept on kicking him, he was in such a rage, his brain completely shut down. He suddenly stopped kicking Angelus, thinking the demon had enough. Angel stepped away, panting, his hands were shaking.

The demon shook the dizziness out of his head and started to laugh. He got up slowly. "That was good Angel, you didn't disappoint me." Angelus chuckled. "Nice performance, I'm sure Buffy liked it."

Angel growled in his chest, he was about to lunge for him, but felt Buffy grab his hand gently, he didn't look at her; Angel just needed to feel her, and he calmed down. "Get out."

Angelus noticed the sweet gesture and became even more furious than the last time, but didn't let either one of them know that she was effecting him when she touched his other half. "Well, kids it's been fun, I'll see ya around." Angelus backed up toward the door, before he turned to leave he stopped. "Oh yeah, I have a gift." He reached into his pocket and tossed something at Buffy.

On instinct, Buffy caught the object, not realizing what it was until she looked at it. Her eyes widened in revulsion and dropped it with a shriek. "On my God!" Buffy and Angel stared at the red sphere, still pulsing with blood. A human heart. Buffy's face paled, she shivered at the gruesome sight, it looked fresh. She held up her hands and saw them covered in the dark blood, even pieces of the heart was sticking to her palms. In disgust, Buffy ran to the bathroom, she grabbed a cloth and scrubbed her hands, she scrubbed desperately, using soap and water, but nothing helped, she still saw blood everywhere. Buffy's face was pure white, she felt a nauseating feeling go through her, and she dropped to the floor.

Angel came into the bathroom, to see her retching in the toilet. He went to her and rubbed her back as she finished. She wiped her mouth when she was finished, and kept her gaze on her hands, Buffy couldn't believe this. Angel took her hands in his, with the cloth he began to clean the blood from Buffy's hands. He whispered to her, telling her it would be all right.

Buffy shook her head 'no.' "It won't be until he's dead." Her voice shaking.

Angel closed his eyes with guilt, thinking he should have killed the demon right then and there. His heart went out to Buffy, Angel knew she had seen some really horrible things, but a live human heart being thrown into her face, and being covered by it's blood had unnerved her, and it was just the beginning.

Part 8

"Are you OK?" Willow asked worriedly. She and Buffy were walking across the quad, while Buffy told Willow what had happened yesterday.

"Yeah, it just unnerved me a little." Buffy answered.

Willow pulled Buffy into a small hug. "So what are you gonna do?"

"I don't know. My first instinct is to kill him, but I can't, and I don't know why." Buffy said, she was so confused, she was sure that she had gotten over the fact that Angelus may look like Angel, but he's not. And she could not understand what was stopping her. "Why can't I kill him?" Buffy asked.

"Maybe, you still see him as Angel, despite what he does." Willow implied.

"Angel's not like that, Will." Buffy defended.

"Well, Buffy just because the demon has no emotions, and is evil; it doesn't mean that there aren't some characteristics of Angel in the demon."

Buffy became silent. She had never thought of that, could it be possible that Angelus was just another side of Angel that was waiting to come out, aside from the sweet, quiet Angel, there was an angry, outspoken, rebel somewhere in the picture. "I don't know." Buffy whispered.

"Buffy don't worry about it right now, you're starting to brood." Willow teased.

Buffy forced a smile and nodded in agreement. To quickly change the subject, Buffy turn her attention to Oz, who was sitting alone on a stone bench. "OK, then help me UN-brood, and talk to the cutie sitting over there." Buffy pointed in his direction.

Willow blushed a bright pink. "Umm, I don't.."

"Will, go talk to him." Buffy turned her around and gave her a slight push in his direction.

Willow walked over toward him, she smoothed her hair down, and straightened her clothes. "Hey Oz."

Oz stood up quickly. "Hi."

"How are you?"

"I'm fine, still a little confused about this whole thing, but I'm managing, as long as I chain myself up."

Willow nodded, she took a deep breath. "So, what. What about us?"

"I didn't think you'd want to be around me. I mean I'm not exactly the best guy to have around especially 3 days out of every month." Oz explained, she was so sweet.

Willow smiled shyly. "Well, I'm not the best to be around 3 days every month either, but I want you around.

Oz smiled brightly. "OK."

Willow nodded, and started to walk off. But a thought hit her, Willow turned back, and kissed him. She let her lips linger until she pulled away eventually, and walked away quickly to join a surprised Buffy.

Oz stood there stunned, he let his fingers touch his lips, he could still feel her on them. "A werewolf in love."

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Two weeks later, Valentine's Day was in full bloom, everyone was running around with hearts, flowers, and candies. Other than that, it was surprisingly quiet all around, especially in vamp activity. Buffy and Angel sat in the cemetery, waiting for some sign of the undead, excluding present company of course.

"This sucks, no pun intended." Buffy exclaimed. "We could be at home, vegging, but no, we have to stay out here; where nothing is happening."

Angel chuckled.

"This is so not funny, you insisted to come. Why? Giles said around this time vamps are quiet." Buffy realized.

"Except one." Angel answered cryptically, but she got the hint.

"Oh. So is this like an anniversary for him?"

"You could say that, Valentine's Day was special for him. That's why I insisted on coming, we have to be prepared for him."

Breathing a sigh. "Will you tell me some of the things he did? So I'll be prepared." Buffy asked, cautiously. She knew that these stories would be as gruesome as ever, but she needed to know.

"Are you sure you wanna hear this?" Angel asked.

Buffy nodded.

Angel closed his eyes, bringing back the memories he had tried to bury in his head. "One time he went after a noble woman on Valentine's Day." He paused for a moment. "He nailed her puppy to her....."

"Skip it." Buffy interrupted. "I don't have a puppy. Skip it." She answered quickly, she was already having a scary visual. "Anything else?"

"Nothing really, just killed, sent love letters, and flowers; with body parts, and etc." Angel replied.

Breathing a sigh. "OK, I'm prepared.

Angel bowed his head, he knew she was uncomfortable about hearing this, and he felt guilt that he somehow made her feel that way. "I'm sor.." Angel started.

"No." Buffy stopped him. "We agreed no more apologies, no more guilt, remember."

Angel stayed silent, and nodded. He went for her hand. "Come on let's go, he would have shone up by now, I think it's safe to say he's not doing anything tonight. We can still enjoy Valentine's Day" Angel joked. "Unlike someone we know.

Buffy nodded. "That's bad, he's still upset about Cordy breaking up with him."

Angel nodded, and lead her home.

Across town in the factory, Angelus laid back on a table deep in thought. Spike was sitting in his wheelchair, watching Drusilla dance around with the present Angelus had given her for Valentine's Day, Spike was quite pissed off about it. He wheeled himself over to where Angelus was laying at. "You've been laying there for over an hour, what are you gonna do about the slayer?" Spike said annoyingly.

"Spike, Spike. Don't have a temper tantrum, every good plan has to be thought out thoroughly." Angelus replied, with smirk on his face, that was pissing Spike off.

"What are you planning to do? Send the bitch love letters."

"Actually yes. Dear Buffy." Angelus stopped for a second, and sat up quickly. "I'm still trying to decide the best was to send my regards."

"Why don't you rip her lungs out? That might make an impression." Spike said, sarcastically.

Angelus took a moment to think about it. "Lacks...poetry."

"It doesn't have to. What rhymes with 'lungs'?"

"I didn't know you were the poetic type Spike." Angelus chuckled, he got up from the table, and walked to the door.

"Where are you going?" Spike yelled.

"To see my valentine." He answered, leaving out the door, and heading to a little flower shop.

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At Buffy's house, she and Angel sat on the couch cuddled in each others arms, watching sappy romance movies. They were so engrossed in the movie and themselves that they let everything else outside there world leave their minds. They were Buffy and Angel, a happy, normal couple, holding each other as a sign of affection. Angel unconsciously played with her hand, stroking each finger gently, and the ring her gave her as a sign of his loyalty, fidelity, and love for her. When Buffy gripped his hand, he came out of his trance to focus on the ring he had been stroking.

Angel breathed a sigh before opening his mouth. "Buffy."

She turned away from the movie, to look at him.

"I know that this might not be a good time but, I sort of have a little Valentine's day gift for you." He stuttered.

Buffy smiled and gave him her full attention. "What is it?"

"Well, the ring I gave you. I meant to tell you the real meaning of it, but it never came up, so I figured now was a good time to tell you." Angel stated, he was a little worried about what her reaction would be. "In Ireland, these rings are considered wedding rings, when I put it on your hand, I married us."

Before Angel could continue, Buffy had thrown herself into his arms, knocking him down onto the couch, with her on top. She hugged him tightly as she kissed him deeply on the lips, Angel could do nothing but respond, he realized that her sudden actions meant that she was happy, and kissed her back. The kiss became even more passionate and soon they were seriously making out, Angel pushed his hands into her hair; letting the strands tangle around his fingers, and pulled her body more into his.

Buffy was about to start unbuttoning Angel's shirt, when a knocking at the door interrupted her. She was about to get up and answer it, but Angel held her around the waist. "Ignore it." He said, and placed his lips on her neck to nibble her flesh. Buffy considered it, but the knocking continued, reluctantly she got up, and answered the door. When no one was at the door, Buffy cautiously looked around for anyone or anything, she glanced down real quick, and noticed a bouquet of roses. She picked them up and walked back into the house, into the living room, and sat back down next to Angel.

Angel leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. "You have an admirer, should I be jealous?"

Buffy smiled until she opened the card that came with the roses. "I don't know if jealous is what you should be." She replied, showing him the card. Angel's smile dropped. Written on the card was only one word, that had thousands of meanings. "Soon."

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