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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, only the plot. If I did own them the would be happy in my own little world.
Author's Notes: This story is the next part in an unnamed series if you have any name suggestions please email me. To understand this story it would help to read An Angel's love. I realize that some of the reactions are not really how they would react, I know that Buffy's mom would not say what she says right away and Xander would never react like this, but it fits the story and this is my world.
I woke up in my Angel's arms. I sat there watching him sleep. His face was void of all his walls of protection. I could see what he is feeling. He looks happy for the first time ever. He was human; nothing could keep us apart now. I could watch him sleep forever. He looks at peace. I hope that he will be able to put the past events behind him and concentrate on the future. I wasn't looking forward to telling my mom that Angel and I were going to be together and that he wasn't leaving. She might be angry for a while but I know that she will learn to love Angel, not that that is hard to do. Giles had told me that he was going to call my mom and all my friends and that we were all going to meet at the mansion. I watched Angel a little while longer and then I woke him up with a kiss. Without opening his eyes he returned my kiss and wrapped his arms around me. It was great to have him with me and know that he would never leave. Slowly he opened his beautiful brown eyes. His eyes weren't filled with as much pain, they looked happy. I smiled at him and laid my head on his shoulder. It felt so good to hear his heart beating. I closed my eyes to enjoy being in his arms.
"Why did you wake me up if you were just going to go back to sleep?" Angel asked me in a teasing voice.
I looked up at him and saw him smiling and I fell in love with him even more. "We have to get ready for everyone to come over here. And I wasn't going back to sleep, I was just resting in your arms."
"You can rest there when ever you want." The idea of that was very nice. "Giles called everyone and they'll be here at one." The happiness left his eyes. "Buffy, I don't think that everyone is going to be very happy about me staying and being involved in their lives, especially after everything I've done." The pain in his voice and in his eyes was too much for me. I knew that he was going to say that he didn't deserve a second chance but I thought that it would be later. It was as if he couldn't stay happy, that he thought he should always be punished for his past.
I held his face so that he was looking right in my eyes. "Angel, they might be a little confused by it at first but they'll be happy about it. They'll be able to know you the way that I do. I bet you that Willow and Oz will love the fact that you are human." I gave him another kiss so that he knew that is what I thought.
"They might but what about your mom, or Xander?"
"I don't care what they say. They'll get used to it after a while. Angel, I love you so much and I don't care what anyone says about it." ,P>"I love you too, Buffy. I just don't want to ruin your relationships with your friends or your mom."
"You will not ruin anything. Now that is the end of the conversation, no more brooding allowed." I knew that he still didn't like the idea but he kissed me and got up and got dressed. He looked so handsome; I couldn't help staring at him. He must have noticed that my eyes didn't leave him because he turned around.
"What?"
"I was just wondering if you have looked in a mirror yet because you look so beautiful." He looked like he doesn't know what to say. He walked over to me and looked me in the eyes.
"Before I was a vampire, looks were everything to me. Now they are nothing to me because I have you. I haven't looked in a mirror for over 200 years, I think that I can live without it." I leaned forward into his arms and we started to kiss, gently at first, then more passionately. It gets to the point that we are making out on the couch, losing all track of time. We are both unaware that it was one o'clock and that the gang plus my mom had walked into the mansion. All that we noticed was each other. Being in his arms made me feel safer then I had ever felt before. Suddenly, a door slammed shut and Mom, Giles and the rest of the Scooby gang walked in. I jump out of Angel's arms and he hurries to button his shirt again. My mom looks very angry, Willow looks shocked and Xander looks like he could kill someone, who would most likely be Angel. We were busted. I had hoped to tell then before they saw any of this but you don't always get things your way. My mom is the first to yell.
"What do you think you are doing? I told you that you should leave Sunnydale and my daughter!" I can't believe that my mother was behind Angel breaking up with me. I can't control my anger towards her.
"You told him to leave. What gave you the right to take him away from me? I love him more then you could ever understand and he makes me feel safer then I have ever felt before, and you just want to make him leave?" My mom looks like all her energy has left her.
"I only wanted what was best for you and that is not a 242 year old vampire."
"Well, for your information Mom, Giles made him human again. Also how do you know what is best for me? I think that is my decision." I yelled. "You don't even know Angel and you judge him just because he was a vampire! I'm sorry if you don't approve Mom, but I love him and you can't make me leave him or make him leave me." I stop yelling, my energy gone. I feel Angel walk behind me and wrap his arms around me. Silently, I cry on his shoulder as he holds me. Willow is the next one to speak.
"Congratulations you two, no one deserves it more." She gave me a big hug and I was so grateful for her support. She then went over to Angel and to his surprise gave him a hug too.
"Thanks," I hear him whisper to Willow who just smiles and walks away. Xander looks like he wants to say something, I just hope that it is not one of his normal comments to Angel. He walks over to me and gives me a hug and then he walks over to Angel and shakes his hand. My heart is bursting with joy. I knew that Xander would get over his hate for Angel.
"I guess now I can't call you Dead Boy, huh?" I should have known that he would say something like that to him but Angel just smiles. His eyes are filled with less pain then I have ever seen on his face before. The only problem with this picture is that my mom is still fuming in the corner.
"Buffy, I want you to come home with me right now." I knew what she was trying to do, get me away from Angel so that she could try and poison my mind against him. Not that that would ever happen.
"No mom. I am staying here with Angel and you can't make me leave." She must have seen something in my eyes because she just turned around and left the mansion. Everyone else said his or her good-byes and also left. Now it is just Angel and I in his mansion. I feel like I have been run over by a truck. My mom hates that Angel is human and everyone else is happy for us. I look over at Angel and I realize that maybe he was not ready for me to move in with him. He has his back to me and I can't help but wonder what he is thinking. I walk over to him and wrap my arms around him and lay my head on his back.
"I'm sorry that I told my mom that I was going to live with you. It just kind of slipped out. I can go stay with Willow or someone." Angel takes my hands into his and pulls me around so that I am facing him. The look in his eyes is one of confusion.
"Of course I want you to stay with me. I was going to ask you later when everyone had left but I think that you beat me to it. I just have to warn you that it has been a long time since I have lived with anyone."
"Well, that's nice to know. I mean at least you never had any secret girlfriends that you lived with." He laughs at that. He has a beautiful laugh and I realize that he is probably happy for the first time in over a hundred years. He stops laughing and looks me in the eyes.
"I am so sorry about your mother. I never meant for any of this to happen between the two of you. All I want is for you to be happy and not be hurting because of me." I look into his brown eyes and I see the pain in them because he thinks that I am hurting because of him.
"Angel, this isn't your fault. It's my mom's fault because she can't accept the fact that I love you and want to be with you. I can't believe that you were going to leave me because of her." I can see that he knew that this conversation was coming but he still was not prepared for it. He walks me over to the couch and we sit down.
"Buffy, me leaving was not just your mother's doing or the mayor's for that matter. I had thought about this a lot. When I would see you dancing with your friends and talking with them, I realized that I was being selfish in wanting so badly to be with you. You deserved a life outside of demons and darkness. I love you Buffy, more than I ever thought that I could love someone. I was going to leave to give you a chance to live your life normally without a freak for a boyfriend." I finally understand the reason why my Angel was going to leave me, like always he was thinking of me first.
"Angel, first of all you are not a freak. I love you too; more than I ever thought was possible. You showed me how to love and how to let you love me. I wanted you so badly too. When I sent you to Hell I felt like a part of me died and when you came back that part was alive again. I can never have a normal life with or without you. I would not be able to in danger some one else just because I should try to me normal. I love you and know that I don't have to worry about your fighting vampires, well I guess that I do now since you are human. Even if you were still a vampire and you let me choose a normal life or you, I would pick you always. If Giles told me for some reason that all the evil vampires left and I could have that normal life that you wanted for me, I would still pick you. Angel, you're my heart and my soul, I couldn't stop wanting or needing you even if I tried." Angel wrapped his arms around me and just held me. Right then we understood each other so well that there was no need for words. We just enjoyed being with each other. I know that one day my mom will understand our love for each other but right now all that matters is that we have each other. I just kind of hope that she gets over her anger soon because I know how much that it hurts my Angel, I saw it in his eyes when she told me to leave. I can live without my mother but I know in my heart that Angel would hate himself if that happened, so tomorrow I will go to her and try to make her understand. I will do it, tomorrow, so that tonight I can be with Angel in peace.