Summery: Buffy is about to get married to Riley, when You-Know-Who [Angel! Yeah, baby, YEAH] shows up.
Rating: PG

Has it come to this? She asked herself as she starred into the full length mirror in her bride's room. Has my denial really come to this? She surveyed her wedding dress and her golden hair spun up into a cute twist thing, pearl necklace and earrings and her long, and very expensive, silky veil. She shook her head. "What have you gotten yourself into Elisabeth Anne Summers?" she asked herself.

Willow came into the room at that moment. "Um..." she started uneasily.

"What is it Willow? When do we start?" she asked her long time best friend, she was just eager to get this thing done so she could go to Hawaii, and so she would stop second guessing herself. This was what Angel wanted, Right?

"Um.. Well, you know how you told her not to let Angel know about this?" The red head asked. Buffy nodded hesitantly. "Well, he found out, not by me, and he wants to see you. Now."

Buffy was frozen in her place in front of the mirror. "Why?" she choked out.

"He wants to talk to you about something, that was all he would tell me." Willow answered obediently. "He's in the hall, should I send him in?" Buffy nodded slowly and turned to the mirrow again. Willow left and shut the door. A few seconds later the door opened again and HE stepped in.

"Hey." he greeted.

"Hi. What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I believe I was invited." he said holding up his invitation. She nodded and made a mental note to thank Willow and yell at her at the same time.

"I thought you were here to stop me, talk me out of doing this." she said quietly.

Angel hesitated before saying, "I am."

Buffy let out a little laugh. "Wait let me guess. 'Buffy, you cant do this. I love you, even though I left you so you could have this'? Well, I don't want to hear it, Angel." She brushed past him to leave the room, when he caught her arm. The feeling of his warm hand on her arm made her want to just forget about that money-man Riley Finn...wait... warm hand? She took his hand and felt his wrist for a pulse, she found one. "What's going on here?"

"Um... Surprise?" he offered weakly. Buffy arched an eyebrow. "It happened a few weeks ago, just after I heard about your wedding." he looked at the floor.

She dropped his hand and backed up to sit down in a chair. Did she really want to be Mrs. Finn? Did she really want to see that freak they call a man waiting for her at the altar? Did she really want to share her first trip to Hawaii with some wannabe romantic? She looked up at Angel, now that was the face she wanted to see every night before going to sleep and every morning she awoke. She stood up, took his arms and wrapped them around her waist. She smiled up at him. "Take me away from here Angel." she pulled off her ring and threw it on the floor. He nodded.

Willow walked into the room where she had left Buffy and Angel. "Buffy? We're... Buffy? Where are you?" she looked around the small room. That's when she noticed the ring on the floor. She stooped and picked it up. It was Buffy's engagement ring from Riley. When she realized what must have happen, a lazy smile appeared on her face, then she left to tell Joyce the good news.

By that time Buffy and Angel were already gone, on the highway, heading towards L.A., away from Sunnydale.

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