Back In Your Eyes

Back In Your Eyes

Distribution: If you had permission to take any of my other stories, you can use this one as well. Just let me know where it's going. Others, just ask and I will most likely give permission.
Feedback: I love it almost as much as I love Angel in leather pants. So, pretty please?
Disclaimer: All characters belong to Joss, the WB, Mutant Enemy, (the evil)FOX, and whoever else came up with them. If they belonged to me the show would be drastically different. Please don't sue, I'm only a high-schooler without a job anyways. The song "Back in Your Eyes" was sung by Eddie Maine on GH, which means that technically someone involved with General Hospital probably wrote and owns it. "Tell Me It's Not Too Late" was written by me.Rating: Same as the TV show
Spoilers: Set after the third season episode "The Wish." Small spoilers for that episode, nothing else after that has happened.
Concept: It's a Karaoke contest at the Bronze and Buffy has a special dedication for her Angel.
Author's Notes: This is my fourteenth fic in the I'm-changing-a-third-season-episode-so-that-BuffyandAngel-end-up-together series. I know so far most of these are changes that could actually happen on Buffy. Well, I'm pretty sure this one would never, ever happen on any TV show, but I still like it. It's nice and fluffy. Oh, and thanks to my friends Randy and Jean for inspiring this. He just asked her out last night and he did it with a Karaoke to "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." Had all the girls at our table in tears by the time he was done. This is for you two!

Anyanka watched in confusion as Cordelia walked away from her, still babbling about what she would wish for if she could. She didn't understand what had happened to her locket or why she now had no wish powers.

Sighing, she decided she's have to go back to her own realm and figure it out. She almost died when she couldn't get back. Then she heard her own heartbeat and it all came together.

'Oh, crap!' She thought. 'Someone destroyed my necklace which means I'm human for good. Boy does this suck.'

Meanwhile, Buffy, Willow, and Xander sat on a bench not far away, discussing the Bronze's latest scheme to get more customers: A Karaoke Contest

."Are you two really gonna go?" Xander asked the girls.

"I am. Maybe I can find a song that'll make Oz take me back." Willow said.

"That's a great idea!" Buffy said.

"Get Oz to take me back?"

"Well, yeah, but I meant find a song for your guy. I think I'm gonna have to do that." Buffy was already thinking of songs to get Angel to come back to her. He kept insisting on the just friends thing, even though they both knew that Spike had been right and they'd never be friends.

That night after a quick patrol, Buffy and Willow headed for the Bronze.

"Have you decided what you want to sing yet?" Willow asked.

"No. I'm not even sure if I'm gonna sing. He probably won't even be there." Buffy answered.

"Yeah, actually he will." Willow said guiltily.

"Will!" Buffy turned on her friend. "Did you invite..."

"Well, I kinda told him that we were gonna be at the Bronze tonight and he should show because something important was going to happen."

"He still may not come. He's made things pretty clear."

"But Buffy, the way I said it I'm pretty sure he thinks it's a Hellmouthy thing. Which means he's gonna show."

Buffy only moaned in response and buried her head in her hands. "Then you better help me find a good song."

"But of course."

Twenty minutes later, Angel walked into the Bronze. He was alert and ready for anything.

Or so he thought.

He wasn't prepared to find Willow sitting alone at a table sipping a mocha.

"Willow? What's going on?" Angel asked as he sat down. "Where's the big danger?"

"You mean besides that guy trying to sing 'Livin la Vida Loca'?" Willow questioned with a grimace. "Actually, Angel, there's kinda no danger here."

"Willow....""Except for the kind the world is gonna be in if you and Buffy don't get back together. Cause as she once said, a cranky Slayer is a careless Slayer, and she...."

"Buffy doesn't want to be with me anymore, Willow. She's made that pretty clear. She just wants to be friends." Angel said sadly.

"Are you sure?"

"Well yes, she..."

"You're sure she's not just saying what she thinks you want to hear?" The witch questioned.

"Well, I'm pretty sure. I mean...."

"Then why is she up there?" Willow questioned with a grin.

"Huh?" Angel turned around in his seat just in time to see Buffy walk out onto the Bronze's stage beside the Karaoke announcer.

"And here is Buffy singing a very special dedication to her Angel." The announcer was saying just as the music for "Back in Your Eyes" started to play.

Buffy picked up the microphone and walked to the edge of the stage. She made eye contact with him as she began to sing.

~Raindrops on the windows~~
Must be the angel's crying~
~And everytime the wind blows~
~I feel the whole word sighing~

Angel looked at her with wonder. She wore black leather pants and a shiny silver halter top. She practically glowed, she was so happy as she saw him there. It was like she was singing for no one but him.

~I think I'm gonna wake up~
~From this bad dream~
~When the morning comes~
~There's just one thing I need~

~I wanna see the love back in your eyes~
~I wanna feel your touch again back in my life~
~Baby, I've been so lost and I won't see the light~
~Till I see the love back in your eyes~

Buffy walked back towards center stage as a brief musical part came up, and when she began to sing again it was with her back to the audience.

~Lonely conversations with just the moon to hear me~
~Everywhere I see reflections of life without you near me~
~I'm gonna do it, whatever it takes~
~Only one thing I need to give me the faith~

She turned around as she began to refrain again, and everyone in the audience could see that she had begun to cry. Her voice remained strong and beautiful, however.

~I wanna see the love back in your eyes~
~I wanna feel your touch again back in my life~
~Baby, I've been so lost and I won't see the light~
~Till I see the love back in your eyes~

As she finished the last line, she switched the way she was holding the microphone, shifting her hands so that her right hand was in plain sight. Angel noted that her claddagh ring was back on her hand and that the heart faced in toward her.

~Till the love is back in your eyes~As she replaced the microphone in the stand she said into it, "I love you Angel." The audience burst into a thunderous applause. She had an incredible voice and there had been such emotion behind the song.

Buffy barely heard the applause, however. She moved quickly off the stage and into the wings, staying there for several minutes to compose herself before heading back towards the table.

When she reached the table, she found Willow alone once again.

"Where'd he go?" Buffy asked her friend.

"He asked me how he could ever put how he felt into words, he said he's not that good with words and all. I just told him to do it the same way you had."

"Angel's gonna sing?" Buffy squealed, turning eagerly in her seat to see three girls just finishing up an interesting rendition of "WannaBe."

"Guess who we've got up here next everybody? It's Angel. Yes, Buffy's Angel. And he says that this song is for her. Lucky girl."

Angel took center stage to thunderous applause, obviously because everyone had seen just how much Buffy loved him. For him to do something like this made all the girls in the audience melt. Of course, they were still just a little bit green over it.

Angel locked eyes with Buffy and began to sing.

~Rain fell gently down last night~
~I heard it's soft and pretty sounds~
~It called unto my troubled heart~
~And soothed a soul too numb to weep~

Buffy already felt the tears welling in her eyes, and he hadn't even begun.

~I know I said this couldn't work~
~That ours was an impossible love~
~But as I pondered things I wondered~
~Is it more impossible than living without~

~Without your smile my life has no light~
~Without your touch my life has no warmth~
~I go deaf from missing your lilting voice~
~I go blind when I can't lose myself in your eyes~
~And I go crazy without you in my arms~

As he sang, Angel held his hand out to her. Buffy hesitated only a moment as she made her way towards the stage, still lost in his eyes. The crowd parted like the red sea for her.

~I know I said this couldn't work~
~That the stars were against our fate~
~But life without you here with me~
~Is just too unbearable to take~

She made it up to the stage and he reached down to help her up. Buffy stood next to him, still holding his hand. The rest of the world vanished.

~I want to try again, my love~
~There's nothing I want more~
~There's just one thing I need to hear~
~Tell me it's not too late~

His eyes locked with her, pleading with her. After her song, he pretty much knew the answer, but he wanted to be sure.

Tears were streaming down Buffy's face as she continued to look into his eyes, eyes which held a few tears themselves.

~Tell me it's not too late~

As the song ended they were greeted by silence. The audience could feel the vibes coming off of them and no one would do anything to interrupt this moment.

"It's not too late." Buffy whispered, her voice catching in the microphone.Angel leaned down and crushed her to him in a passionate kiss.

The audience burst into applause and Buffy blushed sweetly as her and Angel moved off the stage.

No one else even bothered to sing after that. Everyone knew there would be no comparison.

Buffy and Angel were tied for first place in the Karaoke Contest.

And when they went home that night, they were both happier than they'd been in a long time. They were finally back together, where they belonged.

The End

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