Sliding into You: Sliding into You
by Patty
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Author's notes: This is the companion story to "Slide." It's the co-sequel to "Sweet Surrender." "Slide" is the other sequel. I reccomend that you read "Sweet Surrender" first, then "Slide," then this one. But hey, that's just me. Enjoy, and send feedback to Ftehan@compuserve.com!
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Buffy walked slowly down the road. She was listening to a CD. It was the same as the one she’d given Angel. She’d listened to a couple songs on her trip already. She should have been there by now, but she was taking the long way. She needed to think about what she was about to do. She wasn’t sure if it was a good idea. The last time she’d done something on impulse it ended in disaster. But this had to be right. Nothing could make her feel worse than she did right now.
Could you whisper in my ear
The things you wanna feel
I give you anything
To feel it comin’
She wanted so badly to be able to talk to him again, to be able to tell him about her hopes, fears, needs. She’d give anything to get the feeling he gave her again.
Do you wake up on your own
And wonder where you are
You live with all your faults
She felt so bad. Everything that had happened up to this point was pretty much her fault. She had to make it up to him. She started walking a little faster.
I wanna wake up where you are
I won’t say anything at all
So why don’t you slide
Yeah we’re gonna let it slide
She wanted to be with him again, and though she knew that she couldn’t get that out of any relationship with him ever again, that wasn’t the most important thing to her. Maybe, just maybe, she could let herself slide back into her old habits again with him. Only this time, she knew what she couldn’t let herself do.
Don’t you love the life you killed
The priest is on the phone
Your father hit the wall
Your ma disowned you
She remembered how much it had hurt to kill the one she loved, and to send him to hell. But wasn’t that just what she was doing now? Wasn’t hell not being able to be happy? And wasn’t unhappiness just what both of them were feeling right now?
Don’t suppose I’ll ever know
What it means to be a man
Something I can’t change
I’ll live around it
Angel wasn’t a man. He couldn’t change it, she couldn’t change it. She knew that. But she loved him anyway. And what matters more than love?
I wanna wake up where you are
I won’t say anything at all
So why don’t you slide
And I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall, oh
She loved him. But it seemed like he was always doing things for her. What did she ever do for him? If she could think of something to do for him, she’d do it in a heartbeat.
May you put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful, oh
She felt so safe when he put his arms around her. He always held her so tightly, and she knew that he’d never let anything happen to her while she was in his arms. He was the most beautiful man she’d ever seen. {Maybe that’s where he got his name,} she thought. And he acted like one, too. Well, as long as he had his soul, he acted like one.
May do you wanna get married
Or run away
She wished so much that she could get married.
And I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall, oh
May put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful, oh
May do you wanna get married
Or run away
I wanna wake up where you are
She was right in front of the mansion. She had to make her decision now.
Yeah and I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall
And I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall
She knew what she wanted and needed to do. She’d known the whole time.
Yeah slide
As the song was ending, she walked up the stairs
Why don’t you slide into my room
I’ll let you slide into my room
And we can run away run away run away.
She put the headphones around her neck and walked into the doorway. Angel turned quickly and stared at her. As she walked in to the room, he said, “Buffy?”
“Hi. Angel, can we talk? Please?”
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