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Chapter 11: Visitors
Buffy stepped into her apartment and fell to the couch. It had been a long night, the drunks were a pain in the ass, everyone was trying to cup a feel and the night's patrol hadn’t been any better, not a single vamp around, she had been bored out of her mind. She sighed. “You can come out of hiding now”, she said without opening her eyes. “I wasn’t sure it would be you”, Faith said stepping into the room. “Yeah, well, there isn’t much choice since it’s my apartment. What are you doing here Faith?” Faith shrugged her shoulders and sat next to Buffy. “Do I need a reason to see my sister?” she asked and when Buffy looked at her pointedly, she continued: “Okay, I hear something is coming. I figured you could use some help and I need a place to crash.” “As far as I know, nothing is coming. There was some kind of accident in a Initiative lab and the thing they were making was destroyed before it could be finished. Walsh was killed in the crash. And you can crash on the couch”, she said and got up. “That bitch had it coming”, Faith crumbled and caught the pillow that was thrown at her. “She was trying to built some Frankenstein, make a perfect soldier from demon parts. Why are smart people so stupid?” “Yeah”, Faith said lazily and stretched into the couch, putting the pillow under her head. “I heard you and Angie have a little thing going on. I still have to admire your self control. If I were you, I would have jumped his bones already, none of that touchy feely stuff”, Faith continued and Buffy’s face darkened, she didn’t like Faith talking about Angel’s bones. “But you’re not me”, she said little defensively. Faith turned to look at her sister slayer and understood. “Hey B, don’t worry, I’m over that phase of my life, I’m doing good, being good little slayer, getting back on track. I know what I did to you, hurt you, a lot, and I’m not going to stray this time. What I did, hurt you more than I can imagine, and I have never said that I’m sorry because I know it doesn’t make it better. But I am sorry”, she said and looked at Buffy with sincerity. Buffy’s look softened and she looked at Faith trying to find if she was telling her the truth. “I have forgiven what you did to me. But poisoning Angel I can’t forget. But I can try”, Buffy said and Faith gave her a small grateful smile. “I can live with that. By the way, when are you seeing your hunk of a vampire?” Buffy rolled her eyes shaking her head but answered: “Next weekend. I have a free weekend from work.”
Buffy got off the bus and looked around her. She felt the familiar tingle in her gut and turned around to see a broad silk clad chest. She lifted her gaze up to see the smirking face of Angel “You came”, he said with a gruff voice. “I told you I would, didn’t I.” Angel just grabbed her free hand and pulled her with him to a side alley. Before she could say anything, he pressed her against the wall and attacked her lips. Feeling Angel’s hungry lips against hers, she moaned from the sensation and lifted her hand up his back to his soft spiky hair. After a long passionate kiss, Angel pulled away from her but didn’t let go of her arms. She was leaning to the wall, feeling boneless as well as breathless. “I’m sorry”, he started but she grabbed him by the neck and pulled him into another searing kiss. When she had to pull out to breathe again, she whispered to his ear: “God, I missed that.” “Me too”, Angel whispered and started placing small kisses to her neck. She let out a breathy moan and grabbed a handful of his hair. She could feel his erection and it only made her even more wet. “Let her go!” came a commanding male voice from behind him. Buffy opened her passion clouded eyes and Angel stood up to his full height. They both turned to look towards the voice and were surprised by who they saw. “Gunn!” Buffy yelled in surprise and Gunn’s face showed the same feeling. “Anne?!” Buffy stepped away from Angel and took a look at Gunn, a bright smile on her face. “Actually, it’s Buffy”, she corrected. “I didn’t know you two knew each other”, Angel said with a small voice that was clad with a small amount of jealousy. “Well, Ann... Buffy, saved me from a big ass vampire some while back”, Gunn answered and then realized what Angel had been doing, he lifted his stake. Buffy saw what Gunn was about to do and stopped him. “It wasn’t that kind of sucking Angel was doing, don’t worry”, she said smirking and Angel looked embarrassed. “Buffy”, he whispered pleadingly but it came too whiny for his taste. Even Gunn was feeling a little awkward. He cleared his voice and looked from Angel to Buffy. “You do know he is a vampire?” he asked her and she just smiled. “Yeah, I know. I’ve known that for years. But he’s got a soul, so he’s the only one that doesn’t deserve a stake.” “But he’s still a vampire”, Gunn said, he didn’t trust him even though they had been working together on few cases. He was feeling more awkward by the second, and so was Angel. “Okay, you two better move inside cause what you were doing, will get you two arrested. It was good to see you... Buffy”, he said and turned to leave. “You too”, Buffy said after him and turned to Angel with a wicked gleam in her eye. “So, maybe we should get back to your place”, she said.
Buffy and Angel arrived back to his office and soon got rid of Cordelia and Wesley to get to his apartment. They tried to be reasonable and just talk but soon they were on the couch making out like couple of teenagers. But when Angel’s hand crept inside her shirt and her hands started pulling his shirt off, they woke up from the passion filled haze. They realized that Buffy couldn’t stay the night at his apartment, it was too risky. But Cordelia surprised everyone by offering Buffy her couch which she while feeling a little suspicious, accepted.
Cordelia threw the bedlinen to the couch and Buffy started to make the bed. Cordelia was sitting on the edge of the coffee table watching Buffy with sharp eye. “You know, I’m not gonna jump on the Buffy/Angel bandwagon, but now that you are back in the picture, he doesn’t brood so much. It was really getting on my nerves and I’m a very patient person. I know now that you make him happy and less broody. So I’m gonna stand that you are going to be around”, Cordelia said and Buffy looked at her a little taken back. “Thanks, I guess”, she said uncertainly. “Okay. But don’t get him too happy. Because becoming a star is hard enough without murderous psycho following you around”, she said and hopped down from the table. “Don’t worry, we’re not going to... do... it. We both know the consequences, it may be hard but it’s harder to be apart”, Buffy assured her and she seemed happy of her answer. “I know. It was hard for you all those months and your friends really weren’t making it any easier”, she said with compassion that made Buffy stare at her in wonder. “What? I can be understanding and compassionate. But don’t expect it to become a habit. Good night, Buffy”, Cordelia said and went to her bedroom. “Good night, Cordelia. And thanks for letting me stay here tonight”, Buffy said before she closed the door. She looked around herself and sat down to the couch. She just hoped she wouldn’t be having one of those dreams tonight, they had been fewer after Angel told her the truth but she still had them, and she really didn’t want Cordelia to hear another one.
Buffy and Cordelia walked into the office talking about clothes at the same time. As usual, Cordelia wasn’t too happy on Buffy’s clothes and was pressuring her to go shopping with her. “I don’t know, Cordelia”, she said with a sigh, Cordelia truly could be persistent like a small terrier. “Come on, Buffy. You need new clothes, I need new clothes and I know a great place where you can get them. You can’t sit around here all day, watch Angel brood the day away”, Cordelia said. Buffy smiled, but she wasn’t going to tell Cordelia that she really could watch Angel brood all day, he was a very watchable guy. “Okay, I’ll think about it. But first I need to talk to Angel, we didn’t get too much of that yesterday”, she said and headed towards his apartment. “Yeah, your mouths were too busy doing something else”, Cordelia said after her and Buffy was just glad that her back was turned so she couldn’t see the blush rising. Quickly she went to his apartment but she couldn’t see him anywhere so she presumed that he was still sleeping. Quietly she stepped into his bedroom but the bed was empty. She didn’t have time for bigger search when Angel stepped out of the bathroom, still wet from the shower, only a towel hanging loosely around his waist. Her eyes widened and she just stared at him, she couldn’t turn away. Angel noticed her and their eyes met. “Buffy”, he whispered surprised. “Angel”, she said breathily, coming back to her senses and quickly she spun around, facing away from him. “Sorry. I... I thought you were still sleeping.” “I took a shower”, he just said and Buffy couldn’t help but see all those images in her head flashing before her eyes. Him all wet under the spray, water cascading down his muscular back. “I can see that”, she said without thinking and then blushed when she realized she had said it out loud. Angel grinned while pulling his pants on, she was just so cute. “You can turn around now, I’m decent”, he said with a hint of humor in his voice. Buffy turned around, still blushing. She didn’t know if she should be glad or disappointed that he was now clothed. “Did you have something to say to me since you came here?” Again Buffy blushed, she had completely forgot why she had come, maybe it was because a half naked Angel had stirred her thoughts which were dangerously going back to the wet Angel clad only in a towel. The one she wanted to rip off his body and lick him dry. She shook her head and cleared her voice. “Yeah. I was just going to ask you how you been here while I was back in Sunnydale. Since yesterday we were too busy to talk. Has Wolfram and Hart been giving you a hard time?” she managed to say. Angel smiled. “Yeah, I interrupted one of their very private parties a while back. There was some magic involved and they really weren’t all that happy when it went sour. But that’s all there is to it. I would much rather like to continue the discussion we had yesterday”, he said and stepped closer to her. She could see the mischief in his eyes and she smirked at him. “You would, would you?” “Yeah”, he whispered and ran his fingers along her cheek and jawline. “It was a very interesting conversation”, he added and leaned into a kiss. He pulled her against his body, he just couldn’t get enough of her. He backed her into the nearest wall and grabbed her ass. She moaned and tightened her hold on his neck. She wrapped her other leg around his leg and kept running it up and down. Just when the kisses were turning more passionate there was a voice. “Oh no you don’t, she’s coming shopping with me. You can continue that tongue dueling after I’ve had my new clothes”, Cordelia said hands on her waist and foot tapping at the floor.
Buffy and Cordelia had been going from store to store, looking for new clothes which they found many bags worth. Buffy was surprised that shopping with Cordy wasn’t that bad, or was it just that she had changed so much after she left Sunnydale and started having visions. But even though shopping was good, she would rather have been with Angel, tongue dueling like Cordy had said. Well, shopping spree was over and they were heading back to the office with bags full of new clothes. When they stepped through the door, they saw Angel talking to Kate whom Buffy didn’t know yet. “Who is that?” she asked trying to keep the jealousy out of her voice but it was no good. “That’s Kate. Our very own cop friend. Don’t worry, she isn’t a threat, just annoying as hell”, Cordelia explained and lead Buffy further into the room. Angel turned around and saw them approaching, his gaze immediately fixed on Buffy. A smile rose to his lips without him even noticing and Kate thought it was meant for her. “So, would you like to go to that place with me?” she continued her question getting new confidence from the small smile on his lips. But Angel didn’t even hear her, he just stepped away from her and pulled Buffy into his arms. He pressed a small kiss to her lips and asked: “How was shopping?” “It was just fine. I didn’t know you had company, I would have come by later”, she answered and gave a cold look to Kate who was fuming with jealousy herself. Angel smiled inwardly, he knew that even if she’d known, she would have come earlier, but she was just so sexy when she was jealous. Angel pulled away and lead her by the hand to where Kate was standing. "Buffy, this is Kate, Kate, this is Buffy. Kate’s been helping out on some cases”, Angel introduced them and both women gave a tight lipped hello to each other. “Hello Kate, it’s nice to know you’ve been helping out my boyfriend”, Buffy said while shaking hands with her and everyone noticed how she said boyfriend very clearly. “I didn’t know Angel had a girlfriend”, Kate said and looked at Buffy very closely. “You look very young. How old are you?” “20 in January. How old are you?” Buffy shot back but Kate didn’t answer her. She thought the girl was too insolent and too young to be in a steady relationship with a man like Angel, she would get her chance soon. “Okay, Angel. I’ll talk to you later about what we discussed”, she said and left after Angel gave her a absent okay, he was too busy with Buffy to notice. “So, that was Kate”, Buffy stated clearly not happy. “Yes, it was”, he answered and kept mindlessly caressing her bare arm. “She’s pretty”, she tried but Angel wasn’t paying attention to what she was saying. “Are you listening?” she finally asked before she was lost in the sensation he was creating. “It’s dark soon. We should go to a patrol”, he whispered and sucked her earlobe into his mouth. “Here we go again! Could you two please keep it under PG!?” yelled Cordelia.
Lilah barged into Lindsay’s office waving a folder in her hand. “Those damn idiots are telling me that she can’t be resurrected again. That the opportunity was screwed by Angel!” she yelled and threw the folder to his desk. But he was still calm and collected and that was pissing her off even more. “Why are you having that shit eating grin on your face, Lindsay?!” she snapped at him. “Because we don’t need Darla anymore. We have the only girl that brought Angelus back”, Lindsay answered, handing her the surveillance photos and a smile rose to Lilah’s lips.
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