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Several hours later, they found themselves in front of Buffy's house.
"Oh no! I told Willow and the others to wait for us! Oh well,they probably walked home. No danger tonight." Buffy slapped her head, remembering her friends.
"Are all your Christmas' this fun?" Angel asked, following her to the door.
"No.Usually it's just bake and decorate cookies with mom, to bed early." They chuckled quietly and then were surrounded by an awkward silence.
"I guess... You should get to bed. Your mom's probably worried about you." Buffy nodded. Then as he turned and walked down the stairs, she ran up to him and kissed him hard. Angel was so taken by surprise that he lost his balance and fell backwards on to the ground.
"Oh God! I'm so sorry! Are you okay?" Buffy asked, starting down the stairs.
Angel got up and dusted himself off. "I'm alright. What was that about?" Buffy pointed up, and hanging by the over-hang was a string of mistletoe. He smiled at her and she smiled back, then went back to the door, unlocked it and went in.
After she'd closed the door behind her, Angel stared at the wreath hanging on it then turned around to head off. But stopped dead when the form of a young girl dressed in a long night gown and hugging a tattered teddy bear materialized on the lawn just in front of him.
"The First shall come when the bell tolls one Angelus." She whispered in a heavy irish accent, barely audible but loud enough for him to hear.
"A-Ali?" But before he could get a good look,she disappeared in a wisp of breeze. Angel shook his head slightly at first, then more vigorously, and took off fast down the street towards the mansion.
Buffy had reached her room just in time to see the girl disappear and Angel run off.
'Weird...' She thought to herself. Then she shook her head, slipped on her pajamas and climbed into bed. 'I've got to talk to Giles about him making me slay late at night. I need my beauty sleep.' As soon as her head hit the pillow, she was out.
Unlike Buffy, Angel had some difficulty getting to sleep. He'd ran all the
way home, narrowly missing getting hit by a semi, and had ran straight
into his room. There, he collapsed on the bed and tried to get the girl
out of his head...