Author: C l a d d a u g h K i t t e n
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This one's too short for a summary..enjoy :)
Buffy yanked the sword back, just about to make the killing blow. On Him.
Suddenly, he fell to the floor,whimpering.
"Buffy?" he asked, his eyes filled with tears. Buffy stared on in shock, sword still raised. She had been prepared for anything. Anything but this. She let him hug her, kissed him, letting it all sink in.
Angel was back. Willow had restored his soul. Kissing him again, she heard a low rumbling. Looking up, she saw Acathla's mouth open, as Angel gently nuzzled her neck.
No..not now. She had just gotten him back. And now she would have to kill him.
Anger filled her heart. This wasn't fair. After everything she had done, everything she had lost, been through, they were asking her for the one thing she had left. It wasn't fair.
Looking back to Angel, she silently made her decision. Just this once, just this moment, she wished time would stop. Was that too much to ask?
As the portal grew wider, she hugged him tighter, tears falling gently from her eyes. Just this once, Buffy didn't care. The world could go to hell.
Maybe they would think her selfish. So what? She had saved the world countless times, saved endless numbers of lives, and what did she get in return? Nothing.
As she felt herself being pulled further into the vortex, she felt Angel's arms tighten around her. He knew. But just this once, it didn't matter.
The world could go to hell, and this time, Buffy Summers wouldn't be there to save it.