You Know The Drill
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Part Sixteen
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“Mom...did you call Angel?” Buffy asked thoughtfully.
“Yes, I did,” Joyce told her. Then she remembered what she had told him much earlier that morning. “and just so you know, although, I’m happy that you’re going to be okay, you’re not off the hook. I told Angel and now I’m going to tell you...that when we get to the house, we’re all going to sit down and talk about.....well, what caused all of this to happen in the first place.”
“Mom...oh my God. You told him that. I can’t believe.....I just.....mom. I promise, it was an accident. We never meant for anything like this to happen and.....I...we didn’t even know that something like this could happen. I mean, Giles told us that vampires couldn’t......that vampires couldn’t have kids.” Buffy choked out. Her mother realized just how much this had affected her daughter.
“Buffy...I..don’t talk about it right now. I didn’t mean to upset you. That wasn’t what I was trying to do. I promise. We’ll talk about this later.” She finished just as Willow was coming out of the shop. When she got in the car, she gently sat the bag down in the seat between herself and the Slayer.
“Thanks Will. I really appreciate it.” Buffy whispered.
When they pulled up in front of Willow’s house, she told Willow that she’d call her later and hugged her before she got out of the car. Joyce didn’t even notice that Willow hadn’t taken the brown bag with her and when they got back to their own house, she hadn’t even noticed when her daughter took it into the house with her.
“Do you think you can get upstairs okay. I can help you if you...”
“It’s okay mom. I’ll make it. I think I’m just going to go lay down....”
It usually only took the Slayer two seconds to get up the flight stairs. This time it had almost taken her five minutes. Not quite that long, but it felt like an eternity to her. When she got to her room, and opened the door, she noticed that Angel had thrown a blanket over the window, making it rather dark. But instinctively, she knew her way around her room. She could see Angel’s still form laying on her bed. He hadn’t even bothered to get under the covers, but for some reason, he had taken the time to take off his shoes, jacket and shirt.....
Not wanting to wake him, she laid down on the bed as gently as possible and turned on her side to face the man that was laying next to her on her bed. Thinking that he was sleeping, she was startled when she heard him speak.
“Feeling a little better?” Angel asked.
“I didn’t know you were awake....yea, I’m feeling alot better actually.” She answered quietly. “Oh, I almost forgot. We were on our way home and I had mom stop at the Butcher shop. Brought you something to eat. I didn’t know when you last ate, so ya know...”
“Thank you....I’m okay for now. But it’s still early...what time is it anyway?” He asked....she was always thinking of others first. He really appreciated it.
“It was 7:00 when we got to the house.” She told him.
“You should get some sleep you know....come here...” Angel said. Buffy scooted and turned over to lay on her other side. She lay with her back pressed against his chest and his arm around her waist. She thought she’d never felt so safe...
As they lay there, as close as they could possibly get, Angel thought about a lot of things. He thought that no one else would/could ever feel so good in his arms. He still felt awful that all this had happened. Neither of them had been thinking that night when she had run to the mansion, crying and upset. They had let themselves get carried away and hadn’t been careful. But when he thought about it, it was in the prophecies. Whether or not they had been careful, it wouldn’t have mattered. It was supposed to happen, all up until last night.
Some young and foolish vampire hadn’t known what was to come and he had attacked her, and although Angel hated to admit it, they wouldn’t have been able to stop the prophecy from coming true. This way, it was better. She hadn’t known, therefor, she hadn’t had the chance to eventually find out, get attached, then lose the child to a demon as sacrifice two days after it would have been born. He thought. For sure, this would be something she would never forget, but it was something he hoped wouldn’t haunt her for the rest of her life. She wouldn’t soon forget, but he’d be there for her every possible moment.
It was nearly 1:00 in the afternoon when Buffy woke up. When she rolled over, she realized she was laying on the bed by herself. It was the middle of the day, so she knew that he was still there. But where? When she looked around the room a couple times, she noticed that the bag she’d brought him, was gone. As she started to stand up, her bedroom door opened and Angel came in.
“I...went to throw the bag away.” Angel told her quietly. “Thank you...” The girl only smiled up at him. “You really shouldn’t be standing up you know. Not if you want to get better.”
“I’m going to be stuck in this room all week and this whole weekend and I’m not supposed to be up moving around. What about when mom goes to work at the Gallery during the day? I can’t just sit here and not get up. What if I need something? What if I have to go to the bathroom? I can’t just sit here!” Buffy said. Standing there looking up at him, telling him all of this stuff, she had begun to work herself up. “I can’t go to school, and that means I can’t go on patrol...what am I supposed to do?”
“Let me take care of you...” Angel whispered. She only looked at him with a confused expression on her face. “Tonight...you can come with me, to the mansion. Just until you’re able to go back to school...that way, you won’t be by yourself and you won’t have to get up.”
“Angel, I don’t know about thi....”
“Your mom said I could take you with me.” Angel stated. “While I was downstairs, she was in the kitchen and it came to me that, well, while she was at work, you would be here alone and I hate the thought of leaving your side, especially with all that has happened. Your mom, she can’t take off work....it took a few minutes, but I finally convinced her. That is.....if you want to go?”
She looked at him for a moment then smiled. Standing up on her toes, she put her hands behind his neck and pulled his mouth down on hers. “I love you....” they both said at the same time. They stood there for a minute, holding onto each other, before either of them spoke again.
“So you’ll go with me?” Angel asked.
“Anywhere....” was all she said, and before she knew it, Angel had scooped her up in his arms and carried her over to the bed to lay her down on it, then just sat next to her.
“You shouldn’t be standing.” He said with a smile. “Get some sleep. The more rest you get, the better you’ll feel. Did the doctor give you any painkillers or medication?”
“No. I told him that I was fine, that I didn’t need them.” Buffy told him. She noticed that he was looking at her as though she was the most stubborn person in the world, and she was. Giles reminded her of that more than she cared to hear. “I don’t. I’m fine. There’s only a little pain every now and then.”
She was starting to feel a little awkward laying on the bed with Angel sitting on the edge of it with his back to her. Neither of them were talking, so she sat up again, this time she slid over next to Angel and rested her chin on the back of his shoulder. When she did this, he turned around to let her lay her head on his leg. He sat there running his fingers through her hair until he realized that she was asleep again. Being a little tired himself, he did some situating then laid down, still holding onto the girl with her head resting on his chest.
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