Summary: Right after Angel went to Sunnydale to apologize to Buffy
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters... it's all Joss's
Distribution: Sure... just ask me first =D
Rated: PG-13 (there may be some foul language)

Dear Angel,

I don't really know why I'm writing you this letter. I don't even know if I'm going to mail it out. But I dunno... something just made me rip a few pages out of my journal and start writing. Not to my journal, but to you. I guess I figured it's time for me to share my private thoughts to you.

Seeing you again has brought back so many memories. Seeing you with Faith... it... it really broke my heart. Faith had done a lot of shit to me... and... and to see you in her arms... I didn't know who I wanted to kill first... you or her. I'm sorry that I flipped out like that. I was just so angry. Did you know that she switched our bodies Angel? That she tried to ruin my life... what was left of it anyway? Then she knew my biggest weakness... you. She knew that going to you would be the icing of the cake. It's amazing how you can be so good to everyone. Sure ya beat the crap out of them to make them see what they're doing to themselves... but... well you know what I mean.

I felt so bad arguing with you and just leaving it at that. I wanted to just turn around and walk back and apologize but... I guess it was my pride that got to me. Then you came here. You came back to Sunnydale to apologize. That meant so much to me Angel...

... sorry about that spot there... I started crying. I'm sucha wuss sometimes. I've been crying softly in my sleep since you left... again. I don't think Riley's picked up on it but I'm sure eventually he will. I can't help it. I miss you. I'm so confused. I mean here's Riley... a human... sure he had issues and all but who doesn't. He loves me but yet... I can't love him. Why? Cuz I'm still in love with you. Angel... I don't know if I can go on like this.

Sometimes when I'm at the cemetery patrolling I look at my stake and wonder if I should just end it all. I'm just so confused with everything. I miss you... I don't know if I love Riley... my friends are starting to grow apart from me... I feel like I'm losing my mind. Oh God now you probably think I'm being psychotic. Oh hey if I do send this out to you please keep it to yourself. Don't go to Giles or the rest of the gang. They have their own problems to worry about. I don't want to burden any of them with mine. I think I've caused enough problems anyway. I just needed to get this out. You're still the only one I can really trust... and probably the only one who could understand how I'm feeling.

I don't know what else to write... just that I miss you. Please ... if you can... write me soon? Take care...

Love you,
Buffy

**

"Angel? Couldja get the mail for me? I forgot to pick it up this morning. I've been swamped with calls all day... then that demon we had to kill earlier... ugggh..."

I smiled. What would I do without Cordy? I laughed and walked out to get our mail. When I grabbed the pile of mail I looked through it to see if there was... or maybe... oh wow... she did... she wrote me. I can smell her scent on the envelope. I closed the lid of the mailbox and walked back inside.

"Anything interesting in there?" I almost jumped at Cordy's voice because I was still staring at the envelope when I walked inside.

"Um... uhhh... yeah... you got this sweepstakes thingie..."

"OOOH!" Cordy jumped out of her chair, ran to Angel and swiped the letter from his hand. "Mine... yes... mine... puhhhhhleeze tell me we won..." She ripped the envelope open and saw that it was only telling her that if she subscribed to a few magazines she'd be entered into a blah blah blah blah.

"Uggggh!" She then threw it in the garbage next to her desk.

I had to laugh. "Cordy I don't understand why you're trying to win the sweepstakes when we have enough money as it is."

"No YOU have enough money ... I on the other hand am working my ass off ..."

"Cordy if you need money you know you can..."

"Really? Okay I need..."

"Ask me later though...after I..."

She then looked at the envelope I had in my hand. "So... who's the letter from?"

"It's... it's from Buffy."

"Buffy? Ugggh give me that..." she yelled as she reached out to grab the envelope.

"No... stop."

"No you stop. I don't want to brooding tonight. I'm not in the mood."

"Well I'm sorry that my brooding has been affecting you so much."

"Angel, you're one of my good friends. Actually you're the only real fan I have... well you and Wesley. I just don't want to see you hurt."

"Thanks Cordelia. I'll be fine. So I'm going back to my room now. Good night. Will talk to you tomorrow."

Cordelia sighed and fell back into her seat. "Sure... fine... go brood... good night."

I smiled and took the elevator down to my room.

I took my jacket and shoes off, put the light on by my bed and laid back on the pillow. I took a deep breath and opened the envelope.

I started to have tears in my eyes as I read her letter.. yet at the same time I couldn't help but smile. She still loves me. I had to write her back. What am I going to say though?

Dear Buffy,

I was shocked to get a letter from you today. Cordelia almost ripped it out of my hands though. She's just worried that I'll get broody again. I don't think I was that bad. Was I? Anyways... back to your letter. It kinda brought tears to my eyes. Wow what man would admit that... especially to a woman. A man in love I guess. I really am sorry that Faith put you through a lot of shit. She really didn't mean to mess up your life... she was jealous of you. Jealous of your life... of what you had. She's sorry now... of all the things she's sorry for... she's mostly sorry for everything she's done to you. She wishes she could make it up to you. Maybe one day you could just sit down and listen to her? Let me know and I'll take you to her.

I'm sorry that things aren't going to well there in Sunnydale. From what you told me I thought you were really in love with Riley. I thought you loved him more than you ever loved me. I think that's what hurt me the most. That you could rub him in my face like that. But now that I read your letter I see you just said those things because you were hurting... so you wanted to hurt me. Well it worked. My heart broke in sooo many pieces when you told me that you were in love with Riley. I know, I know... I left Sunnydale so you could move on to have a normal life. I just didn't think you really would. Stupid me huh?

So you're confused? About me or about Riley? Or both? Just follow your heart Buffy. Do what makes you happy not what will make other people happy. I know I'm being a hypocrite in saying that because I thought of your happiness before mine. Each time I did it it broke my heart because I really wanted to be with you. I just don't want you to regret it ya know? You're young... I wanted you to experience normal things that a teenager/young adult would go through. I didn't want to be the reason for you to miss all that.

A tear huh? Wow that's some big tear there! Haha. Okay I'm being silly now. I hope you're smiling now though. I miss that smile. Those lips. Those pearly whites. Those eyes too... the eyes that smile each time I see them. I hope to see you again... to see that smile again. Maybe we could set a date where we could meet? I would really like to see you again Buffy. That is if it's okay with you.

Let me know okay? I love you... I always have... and I always will...

Love,
Angel

**

"He wants to see me Will!!!" I screamed as I finished reading Angel's letter. I jumped off my bed and hugged Willow who was sitting on her bed on the other side of the room.

"Ugh! O-okay Buffy.. oxygen an issue right now!"

"I'm sorry Will... I'm just ... just so happy!"

"I can tell! And I'm happy to see you happy. It's been a long time since I've seen your face glow like that."

"I-I'm glowing?"

"Like one of those glow wormy thingies that used to be out back in the day?"

"Wow. I can't believe he still loves me."

"Well duh of course he does. Now... ahem... what are you gonna do with Riley?"

My smile just went upside down. "Yeah what am I going to do with him? I mean don't get me wrong Willow I really liked him and cared for him but... "

"He's not Angel?"

I smiled again and agreed. "Right. I don't know what it is. Seems like all the guys I went out with just doesn't compare to what I had with Angel. He loved me no matter what I said or did to him. Isn't that what true love is supposed to be like?"

"I ... I guess so." Willow said as she looked down to her hands.

"Will? What's wrong? Things okay with you and Tara?"

"Oh yeah sure. Me and Tara are getting along real great! But..."

"But..."

"But there's Oz."

"You still love him huh?"

"Yeah... I never got over him. Then seeing him... seeing him really..." Willow couldn't go on anymore. She broke out into tears.

"Wil, Oz came here a while ago. Why didn't you ever tell me about this?"

"Be-because you were having your own problems, I didn't want to burden you with... with mine."

"Wil, you're my best friend. You can come to me at anytime. Now talk."

"There's really nothing much to say. Just that I miss Oz."

"Don't worry Wil, maybe you'll see him again."

"I hope so. Anyways enough about me..."

"Wil..."

"No I"ll be fine. We were talking about your situation... what are gonna tell Riley?"

"I don't know..."

"Tell me what??" Oh my God. Standing at our door was Riley. How much of our conversation did he hear???

"Um... I just remembered I have to meet Tara... we're supposed to try out this spell..."

"What spell, Willow???" I shot her a 'no you aren't leaving me now' look. Please... please don't leave me. I'm not ready for this.

"We're gonna try to conjure the goddess Thespia."

"I thought you did that already..."

"Umm... we think there was some loophole or we forgot something... okay... going now." And with that she walked out slamming the door behind her. From the door I turned my head and came face to face with Riley. I gulped and forced out a smile.

"H-hi, Riley, what's up?"

Riley crossed his arms across his chest and said "Why don't you tell me?"

"I... I asked you first."

"Well I came to see if we could go out to a movie or something but it sounds like you had other plans."

"Hm? What do you mean?"

"Oh cut the shit Buffy. Don't lie to me, I know you better than that. You stutter when you're nervous... or... or lying."

"I..I... do... do not stutter."

"See? There you go!"

"Fine! I'll tell you!"

Riley, still with his arms across his chest, sat down on my bed and waited for an explanation. Shit what do I do? What do I say??? Phone ring, please? Giles! Of all the wrong times you have called me ... please call me now!!!!! I stared at the phone and "will"ed for it to ring (oh I need Willow to do that will spell right now!).

"Buffy... expecting a phone call?"

"Hm? Um, no... just that I was thinking that maybe I should get a new phone.... I've had this since I was..."

"Buffy! Would you stop it??? Just tell me! What's going on??? It's Angel isn't it? Since you saw him you haven't been the same."

"You're kinda right there. Yes... it has to do with Angel... but you're wrong. Since I saw him I became the person I used to be before you met me."

"What do you mean?"

"When Angel left me, after we killed the Mayor, I fell apart. I didn't know what to do... didn't know who to go to. Yeah I had my friends and all but ... they've given me the I told you so lectures many times... I didn't want to hear it anymore. So... I guess after a month or two of grieving to myself I continued to keep it inside... but this time I built a wall around it. I didn't want anyone to know that I was still really hurt by Angel leaving. Sure I cried ... but only when I knew I was by myself. Everyone thought I was doing fine and dandy. Willow even told me that she was surprised at how well I was taking Angel's departure. I smiled and told her that I understood why he left, that it's probably the best thing to do... and I kept on smiling... but deep inside I was sufferring. Anyways to get to the point... when college started I promised myself that I wouldn't shy away from boys just cuz I was hurt... so ... so I flirted... I slept with the first guy who found interest in me... and I was hurt again... but didn't show it. Just woke up the next day and said it was a new day and time to meet new people. I kept my problems to myself... didn't go to my friends. Then when you and I met ... I was so into you... I... I started to drift away from my friends... and even Giles. I started to have this attitude where it's time to just think of only myself and no one else. I was a totally different person..."

"So you're saying that I changed you? I made you that way? Is that what you're telling me Buffy?"

"No Riley... it's not that."

"Oh it's the whole Faith thing too huh?'

"Yeah..." I looked down to the floor and tried to hold back the tears. "I've changed so much that I still took you back even though you slept with Faith. The person I was before would have dropped you in a heart beat."

"I didn't mean to sleep with Faith... I thought I was sleeping with you."

"But you should have known Riley!!!" I screamed. I couldn't hold back the tears any longer. They started to roll down my cheeks... slowly at first... but then in just a few seconds they started to fall rapidly. I whispered, "You should have known. All you had to do is look into my eyes and know that it wasn't me."

Riley too was crying. "I''m sorry Buffy... I really am. I... I don't know what I was thinking. I ... I..."

"So seeing Angel again... telling him off there in LA without letting him explain... shoving our relationship in his face... it made me realize what kind of person I became. I was mean! When I came back into the dorm I looked in the mirror and asked myself who I was. I didn't even know the person I was looking at anymore."

"So... so you can become your old self again. It won't change how I feel about you."

"But... Riley..."

"But it changes how you feel about me..."

"Riley I still care about you... and I like you very much but..."

"But you don't love me... you never have have you? You just wanted a substitute boyfriend..."

"No... Riley it's not like that..."

"Bitch!" he spat at me and opened the door, slamming the door behind him.

I took one of Willow's pillows and buried my face in it. "Oh what have I done? Did I do the right thing???"

**

Dear Angel,

Hey. It's me again. You're going to see more big spots on this page cuz I can't seem to stop crying right now. I think me and Riley are completely over right now. I don't even know if we could even be friends. He overheard me and Willow talking... he heard Willow ask me what I was going to do with Riley and I said that I didn't know... that's when he walked in. Willow, the great friend I thought she was, made some excuse to leave us alone. I was so scared... I didn't really know what to say to him.

He figured you were part of it... he said I wasn't the same person since I went to see you. I told him that yes you were part of it but that I finally found the real me.... the me that you knew Angel. I noticed how much I've changed since you left me. I became a cold, selfish, not to mention easy, slut. I'll admit it. I let the pain build up sooo much inside of me that it built a wall ... a wall so thick so no one, not even my true self, can get inside of me to see all that pain. Then I see you... after I fought with you... and you told me to leave... I knew right then that things weren't right. When I came back to Sunnydale I saw myself in the mirror and didn't like what I saw. That's when I broke down those walls ... and all the pain and frustration came pouring out. I finally saw the real me again. I missed her.

So anyways... yeah... Riley basically said he'd accept me for who I am no matter what... but I told him we couldn't be together. Faith was brought up. He tried to apologize for it. I told him that the Buffy he knew took him back because she didn't want to show the pain... that she was scared to be alone. But now... the real Buffy is back... I should have broken up with him completely after the Faith incident happened. He should have seen that it wasn't me as soon as he looked into her eyes. Yes physically they were my eyes... but if he really new me... if he really really looked ... he would have seen that the soul in that body was NOT mine.

I'm sorry... I'm rambling aren't I? A bad habit of mine. Well he went on saying that he was just a substitute boyfriend to me. I told him it wasn't like that but he wouldn't hear it. He called me a bitch and everything. I'll admit that yes I was a bitch. I'm sorry that I hurt him... but it would have hurt him even more had I stayed with him any longer.

So... here I am... alone... again. But ya know what? It feels nice. It feels nice to be ME again. I miss everyone. I miss Willow... and Xander's stupid jokes... and Giles' tea... and Anya's outbursts. I think I'm gonna go hang with them tonight.

Oh yeah you mentioned about setting a date to meet up. I really do miss you. Oh and... I would like to see Faith too. I feel bad for not giving her a chance to explain. Give me a call okay? Cordelia has the number. I can't wait to hear from you.

Take care!

Love ya,
Buffy

**

"NO" Cordelia yelled back. "I'm not giving you her phone number. This number is only to be used for emergencies."

"Oh c'mon Cordy" I pleaded, "Give me her phone number... please?"

"Why? So... so you can go on getting all broody again?"

"Would you stop with the brood talk? Besides I just want to talk to her."

"Why can't you just get over her?"

I gulped and whispered, "I don't know. I ... I just can't. I don't even know if we're going to get back together. For now I just wanna talk to her." Cordelia sighed and wrote the phone number down for me. I knew I'd get it from her eventually. She handed me the piece of paper and I kindly thanked her and went back to my room to call Buffy.

I'm nervous. Man am I really really nervous. What am I going to say? It was so much easier just writing letters back and forth to each other. It was so much easier for me to tell her how I felt. Now... now it's ... the phone. Hearing each other speak. Okay... I could do this... it's not too hard... here we go...

It's ringing. It rang about four times and I was just about to hang up when she picked up on the fifth ring.

"Hello?" She sounds so sweet.

"H-hi Buffy?"

"Angel... hi... how are you?"

"I'm good. I got your letter today. Are you alright? Ya know with the whole Riley thing?"

"Yeah... it hurt that night but... I think I'm slowly getting over it."

"Well you know I'm here for you."

"Thanks Angel, it means a lot to me. Um, sorry the letter is a bit messy. The pen smeared..."

"You were crying. I wish I was there... to... to " C'mon you can say it. Just tell her what you would write in a letter. "I wish I was there to comfort you."

"Awww Angel... that was so sweet. It's okay, just to know that you care is comforting me right now."

"You know I'll always care about you Buffy."

Silence. Okay here goes the silent break. What to say now?

"Um... so you wanna meet up?" Yeah, good cover up!

"Sure, when and where?"

"How about my mansion? I guess after patrol tomorrow night?"

"Yeah, sounds good!"

"Okay then it's..."

"... a date?"

A date? A date. Wow...it's been so long since we've been on one. "Well if just talking, catching up with what's been going on, and just basically hangin' out at the mansion is an okay date for you..."

"Hey, that's cool with me. Just... just spending time with you Angel is good for me."

Ahem. She's killing me here. "Okay... so I'll see you tomorrow night then."

"Okay! Thanks for calling me Angel. Thanks for being here for me. I really needed this."

"Anytime Buffy, I'm always here for you."

"Thanks. Okay I'm gonna let you go. Willow needs the phone. I finally convinced her to call Oz's parents... see if she could get in touch with Oz somehow."

"She still loves him huh?"

"Yeah, I think she always have. Hopefully those two can work things out and start all over again."

"Yeah... I hope so too." I hope we can too Buffy. I want ...

"So... the mansion... after patrol tomorrow night..."

"Yeah..."

"Okay... well see you then... I love you Angel." She hung up before I could say anything. She told me she loved me....

**

Oh ... my... God. I just told Angel I loved him. I... what the hell was I thinking? I mean... yeah... I do love him... but to actually admit it to him?

I wonder what his reaction was. I didn't even give him a chance to say anything. I was so nervous I hung up as soon as I realized what I had said.

Okay just take a deep breath and relax. I told him in the letter that I still loved him... so... it shouldn't really be a shock to him... right? Yeah.

The following night...

"So you're going to meet up with Angel tonight huh? You're nervous I bet." asked Willow as we just dusted which seems like the last vamp for tonight.

"Yeah, I am... especially after I told him..."

"... that you loved him?"

"Yeah.."

"I think it's good that you did. So... when you guys talk, he'll know how you feel... so it's all up to him to pour out his feelings."

I can really depend on Willow to find a way to calm me down. "Thanks Wil... how about you? You finally got in touch with Oz right?"

"Yeah..." she smiled and turned a bit red. "We talked.. and... he wants to see me. You should have heard how happy he was Buffy. It-it's amazing. I didn't think he'd want to be with me anymore after... after I kinda told him that it wasn't right for us to be together at the time he came the last time..."

"Oz will always love you. You have the kind of love that..."

"... that you and Angel have. I think you two are soulmates... no matter what... you two somehow find a way back to each other... which by the way I better let you go so you can head up to the mansion..."

"Okay...thanks Willow. I'm sorry... ya know... about this whole year... I've been so... so different. I know now that I had changed. I'm back to the Buffy you knew."

"It's okay... we've all gone through our changes..."

"I love ya Will... don't ever forget that."

"Awww" We both hugged and then we went our separate ways. Here I go. Heading to the mansion... at least trying to with my shaky legs.

I knocked on the door. A few seconds later I heard the door unlock and the door swing open. There stood Angel. Oh God he looks good. When doesn't he? Even when he had bad hair days he still looked good.

He smiled at me and whispered my name. "Buffy" I love how he says it.

"Hey..." was all I could say.

He invited me in and we walked over to the fireplace. He handed me a cup of coffee and we sat together on the floor by the fireplace.

"You haven't changed a bit Buffy... if anything you look even more beautiful."

I sipped my coffee and blushed at the same time "Thanks Angel. You look handsome as usual."

"How was patrol?"

Good move Angel. Change the subject. Let's get comfortable first before we get any deeper into our feelings.

"It was ... patrol. Nothing different. Willow helped."

"You two getting along okay now?"

"Yeah I missed my friends. I can't believe what kind of person I became... I almost lost all of them."

"Sometimes there's a need of change in order to learn about life... about yourself. Don't blame yourself for what happened. Things happen for a reason."

"I know. I just ... I wished I wasn't so ... so self-centered."

"Well it's changed now right? You were smart enough to see it for yourself what was going on. That's a good thing. Forget about what happened in the past. Concentrate on what's going on now."

"How about you Angel... why can't you..."

"I'm a different story Buffy, you know that..."

"I know but... Angel I wish you could stop tormenting yourself for what happened in your past. That was *not* you killing all those people. That was the demon. You had no control over that."

"I know... maybe someday I'l get over it."

"Good... at least I hear some hope in there!"

We both laughed. I love it when he laughs... his eyes get all small and look like they're laughing too.

"I've missed you Angel..." There, it came out. I said it. Go me, being the bold one.

He moved closer and his right hand reached out for my left. "I've missed you too Buffy. I was really shocked when you showed up in LA when I was helping Faith. I wanted to run to you and hold you... but then..."

"But then I started to bitch..." I said as I took my hand back. I stood up and faced the wall. "I'm sorry... I was such a bitch that night. You must have hated me. You had the right to hit me."

He grabbed my shoulders and turned me to face him, "NO! No matter how angry I was I should have never laid a hand on you. I never intended to do that. It was ... I don't know why I did it."

"You did it to snap me back into reality. You were right... we lived in two different worlds now.... I didn't have a right to interfere with your duty. It's just that after what she did to me I thought she was gonna kill you. The last thing I needed was to hear from Cordelia or Wesley that you were killed."

"Buffy you need to trust me that I could handle things. I've handled worse than Faith you know that."

"I know... I ... I guess I just didn't think."

He then took my hand again and we sat by the fireplace once again. "Listen.. I don't want you to ever call yourself a bitch again okay? You're not and never were a bitch."

"Yes I..."

"Uh-uh..." he then placed his finger on my lips, "no more of that okay?"

I smiled and nodded my head.

"So let's try this again. I missed you too Buffy. I've thought of you every single night... actually every single free time I have. I even have this..." He reached over to the coffee table and grabbed a book that was laying on top of it. He flipped the pages until he reached the middle and there used like a bookmark was a picture of me. He had a picture of me the whole time he was in LA....

"You...you had a picture with me the whole time?"

"Yeah. Even though I left... and thought I'd never see you again... I needed to keep this with me. I left everything else behind, I couldn't leave this. I always kept it in my books. I'd read a book and put your picture right beside it. I felt like you were still with me. You know whenever things were going rough in LA... you were the one who kept me on my feet? Just looking at your picture I would get my will power and strength back ...continue fighting... fighting evil." Tears were glistening in her eyes. I didn't mean to make her cry... I just wanted her to hear the truth.

"I didn't know. I thought you just wanted to forget about me... to forget all that we had."

"Never. I could never forget what we had Buffy. You were, and still are, a big part of my life. I didn't want to leave you but I felt that I had to... I wanted you to have a..."

"... a normal life? Well thanks but no thanks Angel. I tried it... it didn't work out. I will never be normal Angel, why can't you understand that?"

"I just didn't want you to regret... I didn't want you to end up many years from now saying ' what if ' . I didn't want to be selfish and take that from you."

Then she hugged me. Out of the blue she just hugged me. I couldn't help but smile and laugh, "Hey... what's this for?"

She looked at me and cupped my face in her hands, "Angel, what did I do to deserve you? You care *so* much about me. I understand now why you did what you did. But do *you* understand that I tried it and found out what I knew before? That I can't have a normal life?"

I smiled and said "Yes... I understand it now. I'm sorry for pushing you away... I'm sorry for leaving you... leaving us."

"It's cool. I dealt with it. It was good though... I did a lot of growing up. I've finally found out who I really am... and what I want in life. I learned that I don't have to be a self-centered b..."

"Uh-uh... remember what I said?"

She covered her mouth and giggled. She's so cute. "Oops my bad. I'm sorry but I can't help it. But I learned a lot of things ... that although things in my life might change... to not forget the ones that didn't change... like my friends... Giles... you. Also I won't hold my feelings inside anymore... it made me a cold person. So from now on I'm going to be venting my anger all out to you. Could you handle it?"

I laughed as she poked my left side. "Yes... I can. You can talk to me about anything Buffy. I'll always be here for you."

"Always?"

I moved closer to her, placed my right hand on her chin, looked into her eyes and said "Always Buffy... always". I then leaned close and brushed my lips onto hers. I never thought I'd be able to touch her lips, to taste her, ever again. I then looked into her eyes once again and said "Dance with me?" She smiled and nodded her head.

I took her hand and helped her stand up. I went to my stereo and put on the CD I had ready for us. I then walked back to her, wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her close into an embrace.

The first part of the song was spoken... I looked into her eyes and whispered the words...

When I first saw you, I saw love.
And the first time you touched me, I felt love.
And after all this time, you're still the one I love.

Her eyes twinkled as she smiled. I could see in her eyes that she felt the same way. She then sang to the first verse...

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We might have took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

"Angel? I know that this is our first date... since... since you um... left... but... I needed to ask... does this mean we're going to give our relationship another chance?"

I smiled, kissed her forehead, "Yes... that...that is if you want to..."

She smiled ear to ear and kissed my cheek, "Yes... very much Angel..."

We then pulled each other close and continued to dance to the song that seemed to be written for us.

(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'

The song was almost over. We were still holding each other like there's no tomorrow. I didn't want to let her go. No. I will never ... won't ever... let her go again.

I looked into her eyes again and whispered, "Buffy, I love you."

She smiled and whispered back, "I love you too Angel... I always have."

We then shared a kiss that promised us forever... yes... finally... together... forever.

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