With You My Love: 1
by Neamh1
It was late on a Friday afternoon; Buffy was getting ready from her shower after work when the phone rang. Liam was still out buying groceries for their meal that he was going to cook that night. Buffy dashed to the phone trying to keep her towel wrapped securely around her body at the same time.
“Hello?...No I’m sorry he’s not here, can I take a message?...this is his girlfriend…o-okay…I er…I’ll tell him, t-thank you.” Buffy slowly replaced the receiver and sat on the bed.
She didn’t know how long she’d been sitting there, still in her towel which was no soaked through, she hadn’t even noticed Liam come into the room until he gentle shook her arms.
“Buffy, sweetheart what’s wrong?” he asked, it scared him to come home and find her like that. After touching her arms and feeling how cold she was he realised that she must have been sitting there for some time. He grabbed the comforter off the bed and wrapped it around her shoulders. “Buffy please tell me what’s wrong.” He said again and she looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
“He’s awake Liam.” She said, and a single tear slipped down her cheek.

Liam sat on the bed next to her and pulled her into his arms trying to comfort her as grief shook her small frame. Things had been going so well for them lately, why did this have to go and happen now? Liam had thought that his brother was never going to wake from his coma and he had finally come to terms with that; he had planned on speaking with his father at Christmas about the hospital bills for Angelus, he didn’t want to have to be the one to say it but it had been months now and Angelus had shown no signs of ever waking. He knew that his parents had been struggling to pay the bills the last few months and so Liam had taken over for them. To know now that Angelus was awake…Liam didn’t know how he felt about it. On one hand, Angelus would always be his brother and he would always care for him but on the other hand he didn’t think he would ever be able to forgive or forget what he had done to Buffy. Liam was so lost in thought that he hadn’t noticed Buffy had cried herself to sleep against his shoulder; he slowly lifted her up, disposing of the wet towel and tucking her under the warm sheets of their bed. She looked extremely pale and Liam could understand why, he knew how she must have been feeling because he felt it too. He quietly made his way down stairs to the living room to make a call to his father.
“Hello O’Connor residence.” Liam heard his sister answer the phone.
“Mel, its Liam, is mom or dad there?” Liam asked, not knowing whether his sister had already heard the news but not wanting to alert her until he had spoken to his parents.
“Yeah, just hold on a second Liam.” Liam heard his sister shout their dad, there was a slight rustling noise and then he heard his dad answer.
“Liam son, how are doing, I hope your not ringing to tell us your not coming for Christmas, your mother already has everything arranged.” George O’Connor said to his younger son.
“Not at all dad, I’m calling because whilst I was out tonight Buffy had a phone call from the hospital…its Angelus, he’s awake.” Liam told his father.
There was a long pause on the other end of the line and Liam wasn’t sure whether or not his father was still there until he finally spoke. “I didn’t know, they never called here, or if they did we haven’t been at home all day. We should come straight over there tomorrow, have you got room for us or shall I book us a hotel son?” Liam’s father asked, “We have Melanie and her boyfriend staying with us for a while.” He explained further.
“No, that’s fine dad, just get everyone here safely, I’ll get the rooms ready for you, Buffy and I aren’t working tomorrow so we’ll wait until you get here to go and see Angelus, I’ll just give the hospital a call and let them know that we’ll be there tomorrow afternoon. Are you driving here or shall I pick you up from the train station?” Liam asked to make sure before he hung up.
“We’ll catch a train; it will be quicker. I’d better go and tell your mother and sister the news. I’ll call your brother later and tell him too. I’ll see you soon Liam.” His father said and hung up the phone.
Liam replaced the receiver and then picked it up again to call the hospital, after holding for about five minutes he finally got through to the receptionist; she took some details from him and managed to track down a doctor who could speak to him. The doctor explained that Angelus had woken about an hour ago, after making various health checks on him the doctors found that Angelus had a severe case of amnesia from the extended time he was in the coma. Angelus didn’t know who he was and he couldn’t answer any of the other questions that the doctor had asked him. Angelus’ physical state wasn’t much better either, his lack of movement had caused his muscles to seize up, the doctors said that it would have been even worse if Liam’s family hadn’t been able to afford the physical therapy for him whilst he was in the coma. The doctors were going to keep Angelus in for a couple of weeks and have him on a fitness programme to get his muscles back in working order. Then they would release him into Liam’s care but he would need to go back for regular checkups until the point at which they could discharge him. Liam took in all the information that the doctor gave him and told the doctor that he would be by tomorrow afternoon with the family to visit Angelus. Hanging up the phone Liam noticed Buffy standing in the doorway.
“How are you?” she asked him and came to sit next to him on the sofa.
“Holding up, how about you love?” Liam asked, gently tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear.
“Not so good. What did the hospital say, they couldn’t tell me anything because I wasn’t a relative?” Buffy asked him, wondering about Angelus’ condition since he awoke.
“Well…he can’t walk so their giving him physical therapy for the next few weeks but other than that his physical condition isn’t bad.” Liam said, he didn’t know how to break the news to her that Angelus had amnesia, it made matters so complicated.
“And what about his mental condition” she prompted, knowing that there was something Liam wasn’t telling her.
“He has amnesia; he can’t remember anything, even his name. The doctors said they’re not sure if he will ever regain his memories because he was in the coma for so long.” Liam finished, taking Buffy’s hand in his. She didn’t say anything for a long time and Liam kept quiet letting her process the information.
“Have the hospital called your mom and dad?” Buffy finally asked.
“No, I called them a while ago; they’re coming here tomorrow by train with Melanie and her boyfriend. I said they could stay here, you don’t mind do you?” Liam asked her, his house was now their house, Buffy had been living with him for just over three months now and he consulted her about everything they did with the place.
“Of course I don’t, you don’t ever have to ask me about your family staying here Liam, they are family, and it’s as simple as that.” She said smiling at how he asked the silliest questions sometimes. She could never deny him anything, and his family were so lovely that there was no way Buffy would have them shacked up in a hotel when they could be staying at their home.
Liam gave her a huge smile and kissed her softly, “I have to pick them up from the station tomorrow, and dad’s going to call when they board the train so I know what time to collect them. Do you want to come with me?” he asked.
“I could, or I could make everyone something to eat whilst you collect them, I’m sure they’ll be hungry after their trip, I could put out some sandwiches and stuff on the dinning table, that way they can help themselves to something to eat before you all go to the hospital.” Buffy replied.
“Before we all go to the hospital…you’re not coming then?” asked Liam, he could understand if Buffy didn’t feel like coming with them and he wouldn’t pressure her about it even though deep down he really needed her support through this.
“I can’t…I don’t think I could hold myself together. You don’t mind do you, I will go and see him…” She felt really guilty about not going and knew that at some time she would have to face Angelus, she just didn’t think she was ready.
“Hey, don’t worry about it; you go when you’re ready Buffy.” Liam said cupping her cheek gently and making her look him straight in the eyes. “I know what he put you through and I know that it was hard for you, I’d never push you on this Buffy, I love you.” He said and kissed her softly, the kiss grew out of control, both were overflowing with emotions and the need took them over as Liam lowered Buffy down onto the deep, plush sheepskin rug in front of the fire. He continued to ravish her mouth, his hands roaming over her body in strong caresses as Buffy’s hands idly played with the hairs at the back of his neck. As he untied the bathrobe that she had on to keep her warm he was greeted with her completely nude form, he took long moments to taste her skin, kissing and sucking making Buffy moan in pleasure. The heat from the fire keeping them both warm as Liam knelt and divested of his clothes then joined her on the rug rolling over so that she was on top. She straddled his hips and lifted herself up slightly positioning him at her entrance and then slowly sliding down on him. The friction was exquisite and they both moaned in pleasure as she lowered herself bringing him to sit fully inside her, the head of his manhood pressing firmly against her core. If anyone had been watching from outside they would have seen the two lovers moving against each other, the only light coming from the fire making shadows throughout the room as their breathy cries filled the silence. A fine sheen of sweat covered their bodies as they moved as one, Liam felt Buffy’s inner walls quivering and he used all of his self control to wait until her climax washed over her before finding his own release. As they both came down from their climax Buffy lowered her body to Liam’s resting her head against his chest. His arms softly stroked her back and before long she had fallen asleep. He reached over to the sofa and pulled the blanket off, covering them both with it and then snuggling with her nearly in sleeps grasp himself.
Buffy was having the most pleasurable dream ever; she was lying in Liam’s arms in a huge field of flowers somewhere in Ireland whilst he made love to her under the midday sun. Birds were chirping all around and the smell from the flowers were tempting her with their alluring scent as Liam moved underneath her coaxing her with his body to respond.
“Buffy?” she could hear him whispering to her, her eyes fluttered open to the sound of his voice but she was no longer in the field of her dreams. They were lying in their living room at home on the rug. Liam was slowly moving beneath her, his now hardened flesh that had been inside her from last nights activities was again rock hard and throbbing with need.
“Are you awake baby?” he asked, still not stopping his motions as he reached for one of her pebbled nipples between their bodies and began rolling it between his thumb and finger.
“How could I not be when you wake me so deliciously?” she asked with a mischievous grin as she pushed back against him earning her a deep groan.
“Good morning to you too.” he said laughing, soon all thoughts of any kind were washed from his mind as he rolled her underneath him and he brought them both to a quick sharp climax.
“I’m going to miss this.” said Liam, they were both lying together side by on the rug tenderly stroking each others bare skin after their most recent bout together.
“Miss what?” Buffy replied, stroking his hand that lay resting on her stomach, she was spooned with her back against his chest and his fingers drawing lazy circles against the taut flesh of her stomach.
“Making love to you where ever I want, I have a feeling my families going to be here for a while.” Liam replied.
“Well then, we’ll have to make up for it in other ways.”
“And what do suggest my love?”
“Well we could always take a trip to the library.” She suggested, Liam’s brow furrowed and at her grin he understood what she was implying.
“Public sexual displays Miss Summers? Whatever will be next?” He asked playfully whilst tickling her stomach. Buffy giggled trying to push his hands away, it was lucky for her they were interrupted by the phone. Liam got up to answer it and after a short conversation he replaced the receiver and turned back to look her. “They’ll be at the station in thirty minutes; Mel just called from her mobile.” Liam said pulling Buffy up from the floor.
“I thought they we’re going to call you when they boarded the train, not when they were nearly here?” Buffy said, her hand running over the smooth planes of his back as he wrapped her naked form in his arms.
“They got an early train and didn’t want to wake us.” Liam replied, capturing her lips in a searing kiss.
“You’d better go and get ready to pick them up then.” She said pulling away from his lips before he got carried away.
“That can wait until after, I won’t be late.” Liam said picking her up as he practically ran up the stairs to their bedroom.

“Where is he, you did tell him to come straight away didn’t you Mel?” Liam’s mother asked already worrying about her son.
“Yes mom, you know what them two are like when they’re together, they most likely just got caught up…look there he is now.” Mel replied pointing to her brother who came running around the corner nearly knocking over a bench on his way.
“Sorry I’m late, I…uh…got held up.” Liam stuttered, unable to think of a reasonable excuse.
“Yeah, we’re sure you did, speaking of, where is Buffy?” Mel asked after giving her brother a hug.
“She’s at home making us something to eat before we go to the hospital. She thought you might all be hungry.” He said smiling and taking one of the bags from his father, leading them to where he had parked his car.
“That girl is so thoughtful, don’t you let her go Liam.” His mother said.
“I don’t intend to mom.” Liam replied. When they reached the car they put all their belongings into the trunk and everyone got in, Liam’s father sat up front with him and as they drove back to the house Liam filled them in on what the doctors had told him yesterday on the phone.
Riley, Mel’s boyfriend, kept very quiet, he had only met Liam once at her fathers birthday but hadn’t had chance to get to know him with the amount of family that was at the gathering, the only reason he had tagged along was because Mel had asked him to come for some support. Liam seemed extremely terrifying to him and he hoped that they could get a chance to talk and he could start out on the right side of his girlfriend’s brother.

Buffy heard them coming through the door and she hurried to take off the apron she had been wearing and ran to greet them.
“Hey baby.” Liam greeted her as he gave her a kiss.
“Buffy my dear, how are you?” Liam’s father asked whilst giving her a hug.
“I’m good thank you, you look great Mrs O’Connor.” Buffy said whilst moving over to give Liam’s mom a hug too.
“Thank you dear, and how many times must I tell you to call me Janet and not Mrs O’Connor.” She said in a teasing tone, Buffy smiled back and gave Mel a hug then shook hands with Mel’s boyfriend. Buffy had to give Mel credit for her choice, Riley was very attractive, he was tall and muscular built like Liam but with light sandy hair and blue eyes.
“Nice to meet you Ma’am.” He said as Mel introduced Riley to Buffy.
“Nice to meet you too and you can call me Buffy, Ma’am sounds so old.” Buffy laughed at the nervous response the young man had given. “Well, Liam and I will take your things up for you; you just go on into the kitchen and grab something to eat.” Buffy said but before she could take any of the bags Liam’s father interrupted.
“Nonsense my dear, you girls go on into the kitchen and we’ll take the bags up, they’re quite heavy you know.” Liam’s father said and Liam smiled to her giving her a quick kiss before leading his father and Riley upstairs to show them to their rooms. Liam’s father was always the true gentleman and Buffy knew it was where Liam had gotten his good manners from. His father had taught him well and she was extremely grateful.
Buffy, Mel and Mr’s O’Connor went into the kitchen where Buffy had laid out all the food.
“Buffy, this looks great, you didn’t have to go to so much trouble, a simple sandwich would have done us.” Mel said after looking at the table and seeing all the various foods Buffy had put out for them.
“It was no trouble really; besides, it kept me busy.” She replied gaining understanding sympathetic looks from Mel and Liam’s mother.
They helped themselves to plates and then went into the living room sitting down together on the sofa.
“Buffy, I don’t mean to pry but Liam mentioned that you weren’t coming to the hospital with us.” Mrs O’Connor asked her, Buffy looked up from her food to look her straight in the eyes.
“No, I’m not. I don’t think I could face seeing him at the moment.” She replied.
“Well, I know how hard this must be for you, and I’m not asking you to go in and see Angelus, but…I think that Liam needs you there, he really needs you and I think that even if you were to come with us and wait outside it would help him more than the presence of any of us can.”
“Why, has he said something to you, when I spoke to him this morning he never said that he wanted me there.” Buffy said thinking back to her conversation with Liam
“He hasn’t said anything Buffy, and he won’t say anything. Liam is very protective when it comes to you and if you said that you didn’t want to go then he wouldn’t push, but I know my son and I know how much he depends on your support to get him through things. I don’t want you to feel obliged to come but I wanted you to know that it would mean a lot to Liam and all of us if you were there.” Mrs O’Connor said nothing more as the men came into the living room with their pates of food and sat down to eat.
When they had all finished their food Liam took out the plates whilst everyone got their coats on ready to head for the hospital. Buffy sent Riley and Mel to get in her car and Mrs O’Connor and Mr O’Connor to get in Liam’s, there wouldn’t have been enough room for all of them in one car and Buffy knew that Riley seemed uneasy around Liam. She took pity on him and decided she could do with the company anyway. Buffy waited at the door for Liam, he came out of the kitchen and she handed him his coat.
“Where are you going?” he asked wondering why she was waiting for him at the door with her coat on.
“I’m coming with you.” She said as she straightened his shirt under the collar of his black leather coat.
“But I thought you weren’t ready to see him yet?”
“I’m not, but this is big and I can’t let you face this on your own, and deep down I know that if it was the other way around you’d be there just to support me so…I’m here for you. I’m support-o girl!” she said nervously laughing, she wasn’t looking forward to this and she hadn’t decided yet whether or not she was going to go in the hospital room but she knew that at least she would be outside if he needed her.
“Do you know how much I love you, I didn’t want to ask but I’m so glad your coming. What made you change your mind?” he asked wondering why all of a sudden she was willing to do this for him.
“I few words from a very wise woman who I believe knows you better than I do.” Liam frowned wondering who she was talking about.
“My mother!” he said after a few seconds, Buffy nodded and he wrapped his arm around her waist as they exited the house.
In the car Mrs O’Connor turned to her husband “So, how long before you think he proposes?” she asked with a smile on her face looking at how happy her son was as he kissed Buffy and shut her car door before heading for his own.
“Oh, I would say not later than New Year.” Mr O’Connor replied and smiled back to his wife.
“What’s happening in New Year?” Liam asked as he got in behind the wheel catching the last part of his parent’s conversation. Both his parents simply smiled and Liam gave them a suspicious look as he followed Buffy down the driveway and onto the road that lead to the hospital.

TBC

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