Disclaimer: I do not own any of the BtVS or Dawson’s Creek characters, or anything related to these shows. Don’t sue! I’m just an 18 y/o girl...all you’d get out of me is my collection of BtVS stuff....no harm intended...
Author’s Note: I would like to express a very special Thank You to Melinda S. Dawney. She is the writer of the greatest fanfic I’ve ever read, called: Friendship. She’s the reason that I decided to give the fic a try. Thank you Melinda for all the help with the story. Without it, there’s no telling how the story would have turned out sounding. You’re the best!!
2nd Author’s Note: Okay, in my opinion, the “happiness” curse thing doesn’t make sense. The way I look at it, I don’t think it’s still there, because when the spell was cast, it wasn’t like they counted on Angel getting his soul back once it was lost because of the one true moment of happiness. So I decided that it wasn’t going to work that way in my world and that the curse wouldn’t be there! Happy Reading!!
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Part Four
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Along the way, they talked about random things. Not about anything important really, just general conversation to pass the time. They walked hand in hand down the sidewalk and the school was coming into view. Buffy was starting to get a little nervous which wasn’t what she expected really. She was more afraid that her friends would be mad at her. She knew that Giles wouldn’t be happy. He still blamed Angel for Jenny’s death even though he knew that he was Angelus at the time. To be honest she was starting to realize that there was more truth to what she had said about Faith earlier, than she had realized before.
They hadn’t said much in the past ten minutes and Buffy needed to break the silence before her nervousness got any worse. “Angel...?” She said. “What if they’re still mad at you about...things? I mean, I’ll expect it from Xander, but what if everyone gets mad at me for keeping this all secret. I guess if it was me, then I’d probably be mad at me too. But I don’t know if I can handle this anymore. I’ve taken so much crap. Mostly Xander’s...telling me to give it up and get over you, that I was never gonna see you again.”
They were at the school and Angel stepped ahead of the Slayer and held the door open for her. She slowed her walking. Decidedly, she was no longer in such a big hurry to get this over with. Normally, it would have only taken a couple minutes to get to the library from the main lobby, but this time, it took well over five. When they got to the library doors she saw them all sitting around the table with their noses buried in the books they were using to look up the usual demonology stuff.
More than likely, Cordy was scanning the books for the pictures like she usually did and driving everyone nuts with her questions. She was never quiet. Buffy and Angel stood at the door for what seemed like forever, when she felt Angel step behind her and slip his arms around her waist. Then he spoke...”Are you okay? You’re sure you want to do this?” She didn’t even answer his question. Before he knew it, she was charging through the doors dragging him by his hand.
Everyone in the room practically jumped out of their chairs when they heard the loud interruption. At first no one said anything and it was Xander (of course) who was the first to speak. “What the hell?” Was all he could say. By then he was out of his chair, followed by Willow, Giles, Cordelia, Faith and Oz.
“Angel, omigod, you’re back...okay...I’m sitting now. This is weird,” said Willow. And with that she sat down with an odd and very confused look on her face. The poor girl never knew what to think about anything.
“Buffy, where have you been? We’ve all been worried sick about you,” Giles said.
All Buffy could do was look at them and finally she asked, “Are you guys even here? Do you see the person I dragged in here with me or are you just purposely ignoring him?” Surprisingly, all of the sudden Giles threw his book across the room and started coming toward Angel like a man on a mission. When Buffy realized what he was doing, she ran over and cut him off. “Giles.....It’s okay, I swear. He’s Angel...not Angelus. I promise, he’s better,” the Slayer said.
“Buffy where have you been...? We’d all like to know. You ran out of here yesterday night and no one knew where you were. Where’d you go?” Xander had spoken up again. Buffy just stood there for a moment looking at all of her friends.
“I stayed with Angel last night.” She answered. She had said it quietly and hoped that no one heard her. Then she asked, “And why did I just answer that? It’s no one’s business where I sleep. I thought. Anyway..........” She finished. Looking around the room again, she stopped when she saw the grin on her best friends face. Willow had smiled at what her friend had said.
Oz, Cordy and Faith, none of them had said a word since Buffy and Angel had walked in. But Faith, she had heard all of the horror stories about Angel after he had become Angelus, and she wasn’t happy about this anymore than Giles or Xander. The other point being that she wasn’t as understanding or forgiving as Buffy. She was thinking about attacking Angel too. Not only was being the Slayer her destiny, but she had a vengeance against vampires, all of them. She didn’t care who they were or even who they thought they were. Which alot of times, Buffy had gathered that her literal hate for their species sometimes clouded her judgment and had often almost cost both of them their lives. Faith had also heard the stories about Buffy and Angel’s relationship, which although it wasn’t her place, she didn’t approve of. She knew that a Slayer and her duties did not, well should not, include being in love with a 240 year old vampire. She wanted to help get revenge for her new friends...doing what she thought she had to do.
“Giles, Xander...would you please listen to me. I know you’re both angry with me...but please, do not take this out on him. It was my fault from the beginning. I’m the one who chose to do what I did. And I’ve paid...Angel has paid, for everything. It wasn’t even him. It was the demon.” Buffy was getting a little upset.
Angel noticed, so he spoke. “Buffy, it’s okay....I’ll go...” and just as he turned to leave it wasn’t Buffy who came after him. Faith had jumped over the table, stake in hand and was running after him. Just as she had the stake in the air Buffy jumped at her and kicked her feet out from underneath her.
“Are you crazy? You could have killed him!!” Buffy yelled. Hearing her yell, Angel turned and ran to his girlfriend. They were standing there hugging when Willow spoke...
”You guys...maybe we should listen to what they have to say. I mean, sure he did try to kill me, but I’m smart enough to know that, well, it wasn’t really him.” Willow looked at Angel then. “Angel, I believe Buffy. I’m glad you’re back. She needs you. She may not say it out loud, but when she talks to me or even glances at me, I can see it in her eyes. All she does, all day, is mope...and at school, well, she never talks anymore...same goes for outside of school. Completely comatose. She’s shut all of us out. But now, in the past ten minutes that you two have been standing here...I’ve never seen her eyes light up so much.”
Buffy was standing there with her head hanging down. She was too afraid to look at any of them. Of course, she had realized that she had shut out everyone, but she never thought it had affected them this much. She apologized...her head still hanging, she spoke quietly and everyone was listening. “I’m sorry. I didn’t really realize what I was doing to everyone around me. I knew that I was close to losing it...but didn’t know just how far I had pushed my friends. I don’t know what else to say except, I’m sorry.”
She looked directly at Giles then....”Giles, I know that I was wrong to keep this from everyone, but I didn’t know what was going to happen. I didn’t really think of anyone but myself. And last night...me running to Angel for comfort. I didn’t know what else to do. Whenever I’m with him, everything around me just goes away and last night, I wanted it to go away and while I was there with him...it did.....I had no worries.” She looked at Angel then and then back to Giles. “He would never hurt any of you. Not intentionally. And well, we know that since he’s back from hell, the happiness curse didn’t stay...I mean...well, nevermind. Anyway, you just don’t have to worry about him losing his soul anytime soon.” She hadn’t intended for all of that to come out, but somehow she knew she had to say it because she thought that if they knew the curse wouldn’t be broken, then maybe, just maybe they would give him a second chance.
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