Slide: Slide
by Patty
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Angel was sitting, thinking. It was the middle of the night, and while he usually would have been watching Buffy on patrol to make sure that she was safe, he didn’t think she’d appreciate it. He didn’t have much else to do besides sit and think. He turned his gaze to the stereo in the corner of the room. He remembered that the CD Buffy had given him a while ago was still in there. He hadn’t taken it out since he’d gotten it, because she gave it to him. Besides, he didn’t have any other CD’s. He stood up and walked over to it. He pressed the “play” button, and put it on “shuffle” mode.

Could you whisper in my ear
The things you wanna feel
I give you anything
To feel it comin’

He would give anything to have her back. To have her whisper in his ear that she loved him as much as he loved her. It didn’t look like this would happen, ever. he thought.

Do you wake up on your own
And wonder where you are
You live with all your faults

When he was in hell, he could hear her thoughts. He knew that she blamed herself for everything, even though it wasn’t. She lived with that every day. He could also hear her dreams. He remembered how there were so many about him. It almost embarrassed him, there were so many. But he also remembered that she would wake up and start crying because he wasn’t there. That was the worst part of hell.

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

He wished with all of his heart that they could be together in every way again. He wished that she could let go of the past, even though he knew how impossible that was after everything that had happened.

Don’t you love the life you killed
The priest is on the phone
Your father hit the wall
Your ma disowned you

He remembered feeling her anguish every minute of every day. He knew she had loved him. She had said so right before she did what she had to do. He knew how her mother had kicked her out of the house so she could save the world. From him. That tore him apart even more.

Don’t suppose I’ll ever know
What it means to be a man
Something I can’t change
I’ll live around it

He wasn’t a man. He hadn’t been a man for nearly two and a half centuries. He couldn’t change it either. He was able to feel some humanity, however, whenever she was near. He wished he could feel that way again.

I wanna wake up where you are
I won’t say anything at all
So why don’t you slide
Yeah let it slide
And I’ll do anything you ever
Dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothing that fall, oh

He would do anything for her if she needed it. He wouldn’t hesitate. Ever.

May put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful, oh

She was the most beautiful woman he had ever met in two hundred forty-three years. And he had met a lot of women in his time. But it wasn’t just looks. Sure, her appearance was wonderful, heavenly even, but what really made her beautiful was her heart, her soul, her will and determination. Everything that made her the Slayer made her more beautiful.

May do you wanna get married
Or run away

If only that could happen. He wished that they could get married, or that he could at least take her away from all of her pain and suffering. He had been wishing a lot lately. Unfortunately, wishing doesn’t seem to go as far as it used to.

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

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

Yeah slide

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

He heard a noise outside. He quickly turned and saw a figure standing in the doorway. The figure moved into the light, and all he could manage to utter was one word. “Buffy?”



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