Author: Jo

Disclaimer: I don’t own them. They belong to Joss Whedon.

Rating: PG-13 to NC-17

Distribution: To anyone that wants this.

Summary: Angel’s a doctor. Buffy’s his patient.

Dedication: David Boreanaz and Sarah Michelle Gellar for bringing my imagination of Buffy and Angel into anything that I want. To anyone that has read my previous story.

Author’s note: I have no idea what I was thinking when I wrote this.

Feedback: Love it. Hate it. I need to know. It’s the only way I’ll know who’s reading it.

Italics denote flashback or song lyrics

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1

Angel McCallister, a young OB/GYN doctor at Sunnydale General was going through a usual day. He had patients to see right and left. No matter how many women he dated in his line of work or outside of work it; it just didn’t workout. The thing that he struggled with the most was finding the perfect woman. You know the one that will make your heart stop, that smile that won’t come off your face whenever she’s in the room. He needed that spark, that electricity that would ignite in his body to feel him that she’s the one for him. Forever.

“Doctor McCallister, you have a patient waiting for you in room three.”

“Thank you, Darla,” he said flashing her a smile. Darla and Angel had dated a few times, but he wanted a serious relationship and all she wanted was to sleep with him. Even though the broke up was amicably, Darla was always jealous whenever a woman would make a pass at Angel.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy Summers-Finn, a young prominent lawyer was busy with her latest case. She was working undercover at Wolfram & Hart. Her law firm Summers & Rosenberg was getting suspicious at how their clientele just somehow disappeared and started relying on Wolfram & Hart. The thing that boggled her mind the most was when they went over to Wolfram & Hart, about six months to a year later they mysteriously disappeared. Buffy befriended a detective, Kate Lockley that worked in the LAPD. She and Kate were trying to figure out the whereabouts of the missing clients.

Today Buffy was supposed to meet up with Kate and probably try to go home and see her husband Riley. Her and Riley were newlyweds and things between them couldn’t be better. As she was getting dressed in her business suit, the phone rang in her apartment.

“Hello.”

“Hey, baby. Do you miss me?” She recognized the voice right away.

“Riley, of course you know that I miss you. Guess what? I’m coming home this weekend.”

“Great. ‘Cause I miss seeing your beautiful face.” She laughed.

“I’m sorry to cut things short, but I have to go. I’ll see you soon.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Cordelia Chase-Harris was a frequent patient of Angel’s. Cordelia met up with Angel because he was one of the best doctors in his field at Sunnydale General. She had her monthly appointment and was reaching her sixth month.

“Finally you’re here. What took you so long?” Cordelia said agitated.

“Well hello to you, too Cordelia. So how have you been?” he said smiling.

“Sorry about that. Hello to you, too. I’ve been feeling a bit cranky and getting fatter everyday,” she said gesturing to her swollen stomach.

“Cordelia, I think it’s natural for you to feel this way. Now why don’t I check your vitals and see if everything’s okay.” As Angel took out his stethoscope to check Cordelia’s breathing and then measured her protruding belly, Cordelia started talking again.

“Doc, I always wondered, why a handsome man like yourself doesn’t have a wife at home waiting for you?” Angel looked at her and laughed. It seemed so typical for every female to be asking him that question. They always somehow would either match him up and the typical thing usually happened. He’d date for a while; probably sleep with them and then breaking up.

“I just haven’t found the right woman yet. I know for sure that when I do, you’ll be the first to know.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy met up with Kate for lunch. They sat outside, since it was a beautiful day. As Buffy bit into her sandwich, Kate started talking.

“So have you found anything new to incriminate Wolfram & Hart?”

“Well, I’ve been through the archives like I said, but something just feels weird. I can sense it. It’s almost like a sixth sense.”

“I just hope that your right. ‘Cause so far I’ve got nothing incriminating on them.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll give you the evidence that you need.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Saturday. It seemed like forever, but it finally came around. Most people would sleep in and wake up late, but not for Angel McCallister. His life was his work. At first when he started medicine it was an exhilarating experience. Angel’s parents were so proud of his accomplishments. They both knew he’d be successful in anything when he put his mind to expect for women.

As Angel stepped into the shower and let the water beat against his muscular back; his thoughts went back to a year ago.

He finished making love with Darla and he was about to ask her something.

“Darla?”

“Yeah.” Her head was laid against his smooth chest as her fingertips glided up and down his slick chest.

“I was thinking that things between us have been quite serious and I wanted us to take the next level in our relationship.”

Darla looked up at him. She couldn’t believe that he was that serious about their relationship. She loved Angel, but not in that way. He was the best lover that she had ever had, but she just wasn’t ready to walk down the isle.

“Angel, I’m surprised. I don’t know what you want me to say.”

“I want you to be with you forever, Darla. You’re the one for me. I love you. Darla, if you feel the same way, will you marry me?”

“I’m not ready yet, Angel. You’re a nice guy Angel, but I just can’t be with you in that way. I’m sorry.”

“I think you should go now. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

‘Why can’t I find the right woman and then live happily ever after? Yeah, right. That’s only in the movies.’

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy was heading home for the weekend. She had missed Riley, her friends and family too. The thing that she wanted was to finish this undercover work and go back to working in her own law firm. She stepped into her house and headed upstairs to surprise Riley. Buffy spotted Riley in bed, still sleeping and walked towards him as her hand caressed his cheek and he opened his eyes and spotted his wife.

“Buffy. You came pretty early. I thought that maybe you’d be coming home later.”

“Well things are going pretty well in LA. So I figured why not come home early and surprise my husband.”

“Well if you put it that way, how can I not refuse this beautiful woman before me,” he said smiling. She leaned over and kissed him.

~*~*~*~*~*

The day went petty smoothly for Angel. There weren’t too many disasters or upsetting pregnant mothers complaining. Angel headed to the locker room to change. Out of his scrubs into a t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans with his black boots. He had plans to hang out with is best friend William, but his nickname was Spike. As he stepped out he bumped into Darla.

“Sorry about that Darla.”

“I’m not. So do you have any plans that might include me in them?” she said trailing a finger down his chest.

“I don’t think so, Darla. You and I are only co-workers and nothing else.” He then left her standing as she saw him walking out the hospital.

“You’ve got another thing coming, Angel. I’ll get you back. You were mine once. You’ll be mine again.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel met up with Spike at Willie’s Bar. Willie was a close friend to both of the guys. So if things got out of hand and they couldn’t pay they had a tab.

“So how’s the doc tonight?”

“It’s been a long week. Just give me a Heineken and I’ll be waiting for Spike.”

Spike or William to his fellow co-workers was working at the Sunnydale Police Department. It wasn’t his first choice of a dream job, but since he wasn’t doing well in high school, that right after his second year of college, which he dropped out of, he joined the force. He spotted his friend at the bar drinking away. It could only mean one thing. Darla. She just somehow always ruined things for Angel since their breakup.

“Hey, Angel, how’s it going?” Spike said smacking his hand on Angel’s back. Angel looked at his friend and smiled.

“Not much. I’ll buy you a beer.” Spike was thrilled at how gracious about getting a free drink.

“I can tell that you’ve been thinking about Darla again. What’s she done now?” Angel looked at him with the _expression of ‘I don’t want to talk about it.’

“Okay. How about I hook you up with someone at the Department? I know a really cute girl that wouldn’t mind having a doctor as a boyfriend.” Angel smiled at him.

“You know perfectly well why I haven’t dated a cop. I sure don’t want that if I break up with her, that she’ll stalk me and then kill me. If I was a cop, then I’d accept it.” Spike couldn’t believe the bullshit Angel was throwing at him. He knew Angel was the type of guy that could walk in anywhere and all the women would be starring at him.

They kept on drinking throughout the night. Finally both men were truly drunk because they both stared babbling, especially Angel.

“You know I don’t why I always go for blondes. It just seems that I never dated a brunette, ever. I want to meet a girl and hear that song on the radio like in the movies and look right at her and know she’s the one.”

“Okay. You know what Angel why don’t we just go on home now. I think you had enough for now.” He started to lift Angel up, but Angel moved his hand away.

“I’m not ready to go home yet. I say that I have another drink and I’ll buy for the whole house as well.” After those last words he fell flat on the floor. Spike looked up at Willie.

“I’ll drive him and he’ll come pick up his car tomorrow.”

2

The weeks have been passing by and Buffy was getting closer into incriminating Wolfram & Hart. The sad thing was that they had some great lawyers such as Lindsey McDonald and Lilah Morgan, who she had become friends with. As for her boss Holland Manners they were okay.

Holland Manners on the other hand noticed and suspected about Buffy Summers eagerness wanting to join the law firm, she told him that she wanted a change of scenery. He accepted it, but that didn’t mean he believed it.

“As much as Buffy maybe a good asset to this law firm, I believe it’s best she’d be eliminated for good. So Jack Hamilton, I’d like you to make Buffy’s accident look as realistic as possible.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Darla had figured out a way to make Angel hers again. She figured that if he was with her for a year, she could convince him or rather persuade him again. The last thing she wanted was for Angel to fall for some young woman and leaving her out in the cold. This time she thought about it and if she had Angel back, she’d reconsider his marriage proposal. Darla spotted Angel talking with the other nurses and laughing away. She was green with envy.

“So Doctor McCallister, when are you going to get married?”

“I don’t know, but when I do you’ll see it by the way huge smile I’ll have on my face everyday,” he said flashing her a smile.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy was at the office and had to rush towards the bathroom. As she made inside the stall, she started to throw up. If she knew better, she’d say that she was pregnant. Buffy happened to buy a pregnancy test kit while she was in LA.

After what seemed like an eternity, Buffy looked over at the pregnancy test and noticed a plus sign. She was pregnant with Riley’s child. It was the best news that she had received. Buffy couldn’t wait too tell Riley the news, so she started dialing his work number on her cell phone. After two rings he picked up.

“Hello, Riley Finn speaking.”

“Riley, I have great news to give you,” she said excited.

“What is it?”

“I’m…” Someone entered the bathroom calling out her name.

“Buffy, are you here? It’s Lilah. Holland would like to see you.”

“I’m here. I’ll be right out.”

“I have to get going. I’ll call you later. Bye.”

~*~*~*~*~*

As Buffy was heading home because she was so excited to tell Riley the great news about her pregnancy, she heard a tune on the radio and drove along the highway. There was a black car that trailed behind her and he was ready to cause an accident. As her assailant got closer to her, she just kept on singing. Then all of a sudden he hit the fender of her car. Buffy felt her car shook and looked through her rearview mirror to see who was tailgating her.

“What’s wrong with that guy? Why doesn’t he just move over and cut in front of me?” Buffy moved a bit faster to let the car behind her move on ahead. He went right back and hit her again, but this time he added more force, which led Buffy’s scattered over to the side of the highway and her car was stuck by a pole. The car then fled the scene, but no one spotted who the perpetrator was. Buffy was now unconscious with her head against the steering wheel. A car that was passing by along the highway noticed an injured young lady and called for an ambulance.

~*~*~*~*~*

As Angel was about to head out to lunch someone called out his name.

“Doctor McCallister, you’re needed in the OR.” He couldn’t understand as to why they needed him there, but walked over to the OR.

When he entered the room, he spotted a young blonde with minimal scars on her cheeks laid unconscious having no idea what was happening to her.

“Xander, what’s the reason of why you called me in? You seem to be handling things pretty well here,” he said handing his colleague Alexander Harris, a surgeon handing him a suture kit.

“I know that, but you’re gonna have to talk to her when she gets up. She just had a miscarriage.” Angel was shocked. He felt sorry for the young blonde woman lying on the gurney.

“No offense Xander, but don’t you think that maybe after you tell her she’ll want to talk to a psychiatrist.”

“No! I can’t do this to her. She’s my friend and I trust you to talk to her all right. Are we clear here?”

“Alright, alright you win. Can I at least have her name?”

“Sure. It’s Buffy Summers.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel left the room afterwards and waited until Buffy was up in her room to speak to her. He just didn’t want to talk to her about how things will get better in time. As he made his way towards her room he heard Xander talking with Buffy.

“Well Buffy, it’s hard to say this, but you lost your child.” Angel then heard Buffy crying and yelling out loud.

“No! This can’t be happening. My baby’s fine. I know it,” she said placing her hand on her abdomen. Xander leaned over and hugged Buffy.

“I’m sorry Buffy, but it’s true,” he said rubbing her back.

As Angel was about to enter a tall blonde haired man passed him and entered.

“Oh, Buffy. I just got the call and heard you were in an accident. Are you okay?” Riley said looking at her.

“Oh, Riley. I lost our baby,” she said crying onto his shoulder while he rubbed her back. Riley couldn’t believe that she was pregnant. So that was the good news she was about to tell him over the phone.

Angel just stood at the doorway while he saw Buffy crying helplessly over her husband’s shoulder. Xander spotted him watching the scene before him.

“Angel, why don’t you come in?”

“No, it’s okay. I’ll come back later.”

Buffy moved away from Riley wiping her tears to notice the dark haired man standing by the door for the first time.

“Yes, come in.” Angel entered the room.

“Buffy, I’d like you to meet Doctor Angel McCallister, he’s our OB/GYN at Sunnydale General. I asked him to come so you could talk to him about how you feel.”

“Xander, you know how much I love you, but Doctor McCallister isn’t a psychiatrist.”

“That’s what I told him, but he won’t listen to me,” Angel answered. Xander looked back and forth from Buffy to Angel.

“Well since I figured that both of you are my friends, I figure it’d be better for you to talk to Angel instead of a total stranger that might want to pry into your business.” If Angel knew any better he’d say that Xander was setting him up with Buffy. It’s not that he didn’t notice her beauty, but there was a huge factor. She’s married.

“Fine, Xander. If Mrs. Finn doesn’t object to it,” he said smiling her way.

“No. I’m okay with it.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy hadn’t slept that well that night. She kept on tossing and turning in her bed replaying the accident over and over in her mind. She wondered who would do this to her and why? Her mind was in such deep thought that she never heard the voice calling out her name.

“Mrs. Finn, do you hear me?” Angel said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. The sudden movement startled her.

“Oh, I’m sorry Doctor McCallister. Could you please call me Buffy?”

“Alright, Buffy, but as long you call me Angel.”

“Sure. So let’s begin.”

Angel started talking to her briefly about how she felt before the accident and the after effects of her miscarriage. He made sure where to draw the line.

“Hey, baby. How are you?’ Riley said as he standing by the doorway. He was listening to the conversation between the two.

“I’m fine. Come over here.” Riley walked inside her room and stood beside her.

“I’ll be leaving you to. Buffy, I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Thanks Doc.”

“Buffy, when are you coming home? I miss you at home.” Buffy thought about it. It’s not like she wasn’t physically fit to return home, but emotionally she just didn’t want leave this place. Her fears of hospitals were lessened all because of Angel.

“I don’t know yet. I’m waiting for the doctor to release me,” she lied. She could have been going home today.

“Alright, honey. Have you spoken to Willow or your parents for that matter?”

“Actually, I haven’t gotten around to calling them since the accident, but I’ll give them a call later.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy dialed up Willow’s number at her office. After two rings she picked up.

“Willow Rosenberg speaking.”

“Hey Will. You’re so formal.”

“Buffy, I haven’t heard from you in quite a while. How are things at Wolfram & Hart?” That was the last thing that Buffy wanted to be talking about with her long time best friend.

“I’m in the hospital actually. I got into an accident yesterday. So I’m at Sunnydale General. Oh, Willow I have one more thing to say.” Buffy paused and started crying. Willow was at the other end of the line wondering, why her best friend was crying.

“I was pregnant and I miscarried,” Buffy said solemnly. Willow was shocked, she thought that maybe her friend her arm was broken or possibly her leg. She started crying for her best friend as well.

“Oh, Buffy. I’m so sorry. If there’s anything that I can do just tell me.”

“Sure thing. Call Wolfram & Hart for me. I’m hoping you’ll see me tomorrow.”

“I’ll do that.”

3

Darla noticed that Riley seemed a bit down. She could tell because he wanted his wife to come home and she just wasn’t ready. So as the friendly nurse, she’d give Riley some love and affection.

“Hello, Mr. Finn. So how’s your wife doing? Are you ready to her home?”

“Not really. She just seems to be distant. I don’t know how to convince her into coming.”

“There, there. Everything will be alright,” she said patting his back.

Angel was passing by and noticed how Darla was being so friendly with Buffy’s husband. ‘Things never change with her.’

~*~*~*~*~*

Willow kept her promise and stopped by to see Buffy.

“Buffy, how have you been?” she said hugging her best friend.

“I’m holding up as much as I can. I’m really glad that you’re here. I missed seeing my best friend.”

“I miss you, too. I noticed Xander has kept you in such great comfort.”

“You know Xander, he just doesn’t want me to leave and stay here eating this dreaded hospital food.”

“So do you have any idea, who’d want to hurt you?”

“I have no clue, Willow. All I know is when I find out who did this to me, they’re going to regret it.”

Before Willow had a chance to interject, Angel knocked on Buffy’s door.

“Is this a bad time? I could come back later.” Buffy looked up at handsome doctor and smiled.

“No, it’s not. Willow I’d like you to meet Doctor McCallister. He’s my OB/GYN.”

“Nice to meet you, Willow.” She smiled at him. ‘I can see why Buffy isn’t too crazy about going home. He sure is a looker.’

“I have to get going, Buffy. I’ll see you soon.”

“But Willow you just got here not to long ago.”

“I know, but the handsome doctor here wants to talk to you.” Angel couldn’t help, but blush at the comment that Willow rose. Willow left the room leaving Angel and Buffy alone.

“Sorry about Willow. She tends to be shy, but I don’t know what’s gotten into her today.”

“It’s alright. So do you feel ready to go home today?” ‘As much as I enjoy looking at your pretty face.’

“No, I’m not. I feel if I go home, Riley won’t want to be near me. I’ll think that he won’t find me attractive like when we first got married.”

“You shouldn’t think that. Riley seems like a supportive husband. He’s been by your side. You should give him the benefit of doubt.” Angel checked her vitals signs and noticed that everything was well.

“But I just think that he won’t want to make love me.”

“If Riley is the nice man, that you say he is, he’ll understand if you won’t want to make love.” ‘Hell I’d understand. I would just want to hold you in my arms and comfort you.’

“Thanks. You know you’re so sweet,” she said smiling.

~*~*~*~*~*

Riley had missed his wife so much, but couldn’t understand as to why she just didn’t want to come home. He loved her, but he missed having her near and making love to her. So he chose to go a different route. In his bed with him, was a beautiful blonde with blue eyes.

“So how do you feel?”

“Great, but miserable. I feel that Buffy’s going to know about us. If she does, it’ll hurt her.”

“Don’t worry that pretty little head of yours.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy went back to at her law firm in Sunnydale. She wasn’t ready to head back to Wolfram & Hart yet. Parts of her felt completely disoriented. She had been avoiding Riley in more ways than one. Buffy knew that he noticed, but he disregarded it. What she needed was a nice bath and a book.

~*~*~*~*~*

The week had already passed by and Angel couldn’t get the pretty blonde out his mind. He needed to stop thinking about her. Buffy had the prettiest smile that he’s ever seen. He started having those feelings of happiness, but the problem was the woman he’s in love with is married. Happily married. ‘Why am I even wasting my time thinking about her? It’s not as if she’s having trouble sleeping at night.’

Darla appeared and noticed Angel was far off and had a smile on his face. ‘He’s in love, but with who? It can’t be Buffy Summers-Finn, because it’s obvious that she’s married. Oh, I’ll make sure he doesn’t fall for that little girl. Angel will always be mine.’

“Angel, who’s on your mind? Is it that pretty blonde that you were helping out?”

“Darla, mind your own business. Don’t you have somewhere to be? I’m busy.” She left the room.

‘Was it that easy for her to realize that I’m falling for Buffy? I have to be able to control my emotions when it comes to Buffy. She doesn’t feel the same way about me.’

~*~*~*~*~*

Things around the Finn household weren’t going to well. Buffy had slept in the same bed with Riley, but he kept on wondering when she’d make the move to start on having a family again.

“Buffy, honey it’s been a while since we’ve been together. Do you want to right now?” His hands went around and traveled up to cup her breasts. She flinched at his touch. She couldn’t believe that he was taking things so lightly. She just thought that losing their child meant nothing to him.

“I can’t Riley. I don’t know when I’ll be able to. I just can’t do this now.”

Riley couldn’t believe how she was reacting. She didn’t want him touching her intimately. He had this feeling that she was cheating on him.

“Buffy, are you seeing someone?” She turned around and looked at him.

“How could you think that? I love you Riley. I thought you’d understand since this was our first child that passed away.”

“I’m sorry, honey. I didn’t mean to sound like a jerk. Take all the time you need. I’ll be there for you every step of the way,” he said hugging her to him. Though the thought that haunted him was that Buffy finding out about his affair with Darla.

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel was sleeping in only his boxers, tossing and turning throughout the night. He couldn’t get Buffy out of his mind, that it driving him insane. He envisioned himself kissing her endlessly and never letting her leave his embrace. Somehow his dream almost seemed so real to the point that he could smell vanilla permeating from her delicate skin.

He woke up in a sweat and headed over to his table and turned his lamp on. As he looked at the clock and it read two forty-eight a.m. He definitely has to change some things in his life. The first one being was getting rid of Buffy Summers out of his mind. Angel made a promise to himself that starting tomorrow morning, no more thoughts of Buffy.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy was starting to feel a bit better. She’d let Riley hold her at night and kiss her, but that’s as far as it went. She still felt that if they tried for another child, the same situation would occur. Those thoughts have plagued her for quite a while. The only thought that brought a smile to her face was her doctor, Angel. She clearly remembered what he said that Riley would understand. ‘I guess the good doctor was right. He does understand.’

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy had cases right and left. Her workload had increased drastically from the time of the accident. She was grateful that she had help. It looked like as if she was never going to stop working. So Buffy decided to take the cases home with her and Riley would give her a back rub.

As she made it to the driveway of their home, she spotted Riley’s car. ‘Great! I can surprise him.’ She made her way up the stairs and was about to open the bedroom door, but instead she heard moaning. ‘What’s that?’ Buffy opened the door and it revealed a blonde haired woman moaning on top of Riley.

“Oh!” Buffy said loud enough for the couple to disentangle themselves. Both of them turned and saw Buffy’s face turned completely white.

Buffy ran down the stairs, out the door and sat on the porch. She was in a state of shock. Total shock. She just couldn’t believe the sight she’d seen with her own eyes. That’s when it really hit her and the tears were flowing down her cheeks. Her eyes were all puffy and red. She kept on crying, but stopped to wipe her tears away and heard the door open. Riley placed his hand on her shoulder.

“Don’t,” she said not facing him.

“Buffy, let me…”

“I told you I don’t want to hear it. I can’t believe that you’d do this to me. What did I do? Since when did you stop loving me that you had to sleep with that slut? How could you do this to me? To us?” she said raising her hands up in the air. She felt such betrayal from a man that made vows to cherish her and to love her.

Riley had no idea what to say to Buffy. It was true though; she hadn’t done anything to harm him. He harmed her. This could be the end of their marriage. That’s the last thing he wanted. He still loved Buffy dearly.

“So what are we going to do?” he asked.

“Well, I for one am not spending the night here. I’ll just get a couple things from upstairs and I’ll be out of your way,” Buffy said without even making any eye contact.

4

She was glad that Darla wasn’t in the bedroom when she packed a couple of her things into a bag. The last thing was seeing the sight of that nurse. She looked over the bed and was completely disgusted by the sight of the rumpled sheets; then the image of both of them going at it caused her stomach to get nauseous all over again.

Buffy was out of the house and started her car and drive off. She had no clue as to where she’d go. ‘Should I head over to Willow’s? Or Xander’s? I definitely can’t go home now. Where else can I go, that won’t mind having my company? Angel? Yeah, like my own doctor’s going allow me to stay over his place.’ She thought about it some more and decided to call him. After two rings someone picked up.

“Good Evening, Sunnydale General. How may I help you?”

“Could you connect me to extension 516, please?”

“Sure. Hold on while I connect you.” After what seemed like an eternity was only two rings Angel picked up.

“Hello, Doctor McCallister speaking.” She sighed and took a moment to her herself together. Angel on the other hand was wondering why no one had spoken yet.

“Hello,” he said again.

“Angel, I need your help. It’s Buffy,” she said solemnly. His heart melted at the sound of her voice. She sounded sad about something.

“What is it Buffy? Are you not feeling well?”

“I’m…I don’t know. I’m not feeling well. Could I stop by the hospital and talk to you?”

“Sure. I’ll be waiting.” They hung up. Angel kept on wondering in his mind what could have happened to Buffy for her to call him.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy arrived at the hospital and went straight for his office. As she entered he raised his head and looked into those hazel eyes that he fell in love with were all red and puffy from crying.

“Buffy, what’s wrong?” She didn’t answer, but started crying instead and couldn’t stop.

“I don’t know where to start,” she said uncontrollably. Her tears were streaming down her cheeks.

“Well you could always try the beginning. That usually helps.” She looked up into his beautiful brown eyes and gave him a small smile.

“I found Riley with another woman in our bedroom. It was Darla.” Angel was shocked. He just couldn’t believe the turn of events that occurred. He remembered seeing Darla comforting Riley, but to lead to that point was rather low even for her.

“Buffy, don’t you think that maybe you should have discussed this with Willow perhaps?” ‘Are you an idiot? You know your glad that she chose you to talk to.’

“I didn’t want to talk to Willow. She might somehow convince me to take him back. I chose you because you have an objective mind.”

“Great, thanks. Now you make me sounded like a self help book.” She laughed at him.

“No, I didn’t mean it that way. You’re a really nice guy. I have a favor to ask.”

“Ask away.”

“I was wondering if I could spend the night at your place. If it’s a problem, I’ll understand. I just didn’t want to confront my parents yet about Riley.” Angel looked at her and loved how she was babbling on and on. ‘Here’s your chance to prove to Buffy Summers that you’re the one for her and not Riley.’

“Sure you can.” She jumped out of her seat and leaped into his arms.

“Thank you! Thank you! You have no idea what this means to me,” she said pulling away. Her lips were merely inches away from his. He wanted to kiss her so badly. Buffy’s heart was beating rapidly and she wondered if Angel heard it.

“I think we should get going.”

“Yeah, good idea.” ‘I have the feeling that if he didn’t move away, he was going to kiss me.’

~*~*~*~*~*

They made it to his apartment in no time. As they sat on his couch a distance apart, Buffy struck up a conversation.

“So do I get the pleasure of sleeping on the couch?”

“No. I do. You get to have my bedroom.” They went inside while Angel placed new sheets on the bed and pillows.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, Buffy. Good Night.”

“’Night.”

~*~*~*~*~*

The next morning Angel was glad that it was Saturday. It meant one thing. Sleep in. He didn’t have to worry about patients, nurses and his fellow doctors hording him with complaints. It was great lying comfortably, being peacefully relaxed. He had no worries or anyone to worry about.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy woke up finding herself in someone else’s bed. She didn’t recognize her surroundings. Then she remembered that she was staying over at Angel’s place. He had been so nice to her. At least he understood somewhat of her problems. She made her way down the hall and spotted him on the sofa. The sheets covered most of his body. From a glimpse she could see that he worked out. A lot. ‘Oh, you have better stop thinking about him this way. He’s not your husband.’ She left the living room and headed towards the kitchen.

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel entered the kitchen with only his black silk boxers. His hair was all disheveled from sleeping. He had totally forgot about Buffy being a guest in his home until she spoke up.

“Morning.”

“Morning. Did you sleep well?” he asked leaning against the counter. The only thoughts that entered Buffy’s mind was, ‘Oh, my God. He has such a gorgeous body. He also looks so cute when he first gets up in the morning.’

“I slept well. All things considered. How about you?”

“Like a baby. When I don’t have to work on weekends, sleeping in bed is the ideal thing for me.” ‘All I need now is the prefect woman to share that bed with. Preferably you.’

~*~*~*~*~*

As they both sat down in his living room, Angel wanted to know if Buffy was ready to talk about the Riley incident.

“Buffy, if you think I’m pushing just tell me to stop. What are you going to do when your friends or family call you home and not find you?” Buffy sighed. He was being so thoughtful and had to ruin the moment with that question.

“I’m just not ready yet. I just don’t want to be judged for my actions. I feel embarrassed.”

“Buffy, you can’t say that. You know perfectly well that family and true friends would never judge you wrongly. You need to tell someone that knows you, the whole story so they can understand your pain.”

“I just feel that after this, no man would ever want to be near me. I have this fear that if I enter another relationship, that the man I’m with will cheat on me,” she said and started crying. He had a box of tissues on the table, picked some up and handed it to her.

“Don’t cry. I didn’t mean to bring anything bad.”

Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were red and puffy and she blew her nose into the tissue.

“No, it’s not you. It’s me. I’m a jinx. I thought Riley was my true love, but he isn’t. I doubt I’ll ever fall in love with the right man,” she said continuing sobbing on his shoulder.

“Don’t say that. You’ll find a ton of guys that will fall head over heels for you,” ‘Including myself.’ he said while she was in his arms.

“Really?” she said looking up into those brown eyes that held so much love.

“Yep. You’ll find prince charming knocking on your door wanting to sweep you off your feet,” he said with their lips merely inches a part just like the way they were in the hospital. Before Angel knew what was happening his lips found hers and they both kissed. Her hands found it’s way around his neck, while his hands held her closely around her waist. Buffy wanted more of the kiss, but Angel pulled away.

“Why’d you stop?” she asked breathlessly.

“We can’t do this Buffy. You’re married. Things could get worse.”

“Yes, we can. I’m getting a divorce from Riley and seeing him with that bitch Darla naked my bed totally disgusted me completely. I don’t want to be with a man that can’t be fully honest with his feelings. I can do that with you.”

“Buffy, you don’t even know me that well. I’m a doctor at Sunnydale General the only way you’d know me was through Xander.” He couldn’t believe that he was establishing reasons as to why she shouldn’t be with him. He was falling in love with her and he was asking her to stay out of his life.

“I guess there’s nothing left to say. ‘Night Angel,” she said walking towards his room.

“Buffy…” ‘Oh, God, what have I done now. She’s so right for me. I have to make it up to her.’

5

That night Buffy cried until she fell asleep. She thought that when Angel kissed her, that he felt that spark that went throughout her body. The kiss was magnetic. She decided not to leave his room until he needed to take a shower or change his clothes. The thought that annoyed her the most was that she could smell that musky scent that was uniquely him inside the bedroom.

Meanwhile Angel lay back on the couch replaying the kiss in his mind over and over again. Her lips were soft, sweet and delicate against his. Her fingers finding it’s way around his neck made a perfect fit just made for her; as his hands held her closely at her waist. He’s kissed other women before, but not even Darla came as close to the way Buffy’s kiss had affected him. He needed to find a way to explain to her that he really cared for her, but he couldn’t pursue a relationship with her while she was still married with Riley.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy decided to take a shower to try and forget about that kiss she had with Angel, but how could she was still in his apartment. As the water went through her hair and fell down her back, she knew that she would have to leave today. Buffy made a decision and that she didn’t need a man telling her what was best for her. She stepped out, got dressed and headed out of his bedroom only to bump right into him.

“I’m sorry Buffy.”

“It’s okay Angel. I won’t be in your way any longer. I’ll be heading over to my parents’ house tonight,” she said and walked away. Angel was stunned by her reaction. He couldn’t believe that she could be this way.

~*~*~*~*~*

For the rest of the day Buffy avoided Angel at all costs. She didn’t want to be near him after what happened. Angel decided to give Buffy her space and went out for the day. He needed to sort out his feelings for her. So he headed over to see Spike and tell him what happened. As he entered Sunnydale Police Department he spotted Spike sitting by his desk.

“Hey Spike. How’s it going?” he said and sat down next to his desk. Spike looked up at his friend and noticed the saddened _expression crossed over his face. It could only mean one thing he’s in love.

“I’m fine. But the looks on you face tells me you not fine.”

“How can you tell?”

“Geez Angel, it’s obvious your strung over for a girl. So who is this special lady that captured your heart?” Angel thought about it for a while and answered his question.

“Buffy.”

“Buffy, huh? She’s got quite a weird name there.” Angel lifted his eyebrows to that statement.

“I’m sorry and Spike isn’t?”

“Okay, okay you win. So why aren’t you with Buffy instead of here with me?”

“Well for one thing, I messed up. I kissed her and she’s married,” Angel sighed.

“Okay, that could be a problem, but you do still like her?”

“Yeah, and that’s the problem, too. I promised myself that when I found the one, that hopefully she’d come without and excess baggage.” Spike looked at his friend and noticed that he was really in love with Buffy.

“You know what, just wait a few minutes and we’ll go out.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy was at the apartment and kept on wondering why she was so worked up about Angel.

“He’s a jerk and made it perfectly clear that he doesn’t want to do anything with me. So then why did he kiss me? Was he sorry for me? Did he really do it out of pity? Why am I wasting my time with this? You know perfectly well why, you’re in love with him.”

Buffy decided to take a cold shower after that thought. She figured while she’s under the cold water the thoughts that were mostly Angel McCallister would drift away.

She then headed towards the living room afterwards and watched some television and was getting bored and finally fell asleep on the couch.

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel and Spike arrived at the bar and ordered some beers. As they were drinking away Angel started talking about Buffy.

“She’s really pretty Spike. You should see that when she smiles, she lights up a room. Then I had to be a jerk and ruin everything by kissing.”

“Because she’s married.”

“Yeah, but she’s getting a divorce.”

“Divorced? So then everything’s set. Tell her that your sorry and go out with her.”

“I guess I could. I’ll see you around.”

~*~*~*~*~*

By the time Angel got home he spotted Buffy sleeping on his couch. She looked so peaceful and serene. As Angel made his way towards her, he wanted to tell her the truth about his feelings.

“Riley leaves me alone.”

“I’m sorry to say this, but I’m not Riley.” She opened her eyes and looked into a pair of brown and noticed that it was definitely wasn’t Riley.

“Oh, it’s you. I’m sorry, I was suppose to leave earlier,” she said getting up from the couch.

“Don’t go. I have to tell you something. Please stay,” he said with his hands on her shoulders.

“Fine,” she huffed and sat right back down.

“What I said yesterday wasn’t entirely true.”

“Which…”

“Let me finish. We don’t know each other, but whenever I’m around you I have this feeling that I haven’t felt in a really long time. I’m happy, extremely happy. The thing is after when we kissed I wanted to keep on kissing you.”

“You did, but you seem to have all these reasons why we can’t be together. Do you still believe in them?” she asked.

“Yes and no. I want to be with you, but not while you’re still married to Riley. I don’t want him thinking that I was part of the reason for your divorce to him.”

“But it’s not. He did something to me that I thought he would never do.”

“Can I ask you for one thing?” She nodded.

“Can I kiss you?”

“Kiss me, but I thought you wanted to be with me after my divorce,” she said teasingly.

“Buffy. Come on. I’m just asking for one kiss. Please,” he whined with his brown eyes looking right at her.

“Okay.” He leaned in and gently brushed his lips against hers. As he was kissing her his hands held her firmly on her back, while one of her hands were on his arm while the other was behind his neck. She moaned his name and continued on touching him. The feeling of his hands on her body caused her a sheer sensation that she never felt even when she was with Riley. Angel just didn’t want to let go of the petite of blonde in his arms.

“That was…”

“Incredible.”

6

The next day Buffy woke with such great happiness. She was excited, but yet disappointed because she decided to stay at her parent’s house for the remainder of her divorce. As she made her way to the living room she spotted a sleeping Angel. She leaned above him and kissed him.

As she was about to move away for the kiss, Angel’s hand found the nape of her neck and held her down. As they pulled apart Buffy was the first to speak.

“Morning,” she said smiling.

“Good Morning to you, too. So did you sleep well?” She nodded. She couldn’t stop thinking about their kiss from last night. Her kisses with Riley were nothing compared to the ones with Angel. Kissing Angel was an art form. His delicate lips sought purchase on hers and made her feel like a real woman being loved by a man, a real man. But even though she loved the company of the young handsome doctor, she had to go home, her parent’s home.

“I definitely slept well. I hate to ruin this happy moment, but I think I should head over my parent’s house.” His smile turned into a frown. ‘She didn’t want to be with me anymore.’

“Am I going to be distracting you so much if you stay here,” he said raising his eyebrows. She laughed.

“You distract me. How could you ever do that?” she said placing her hands on her chest. He looked at her with those green eyes that were teasing him lie an innocent schoolgirl not wanting to be caught. He pulled her closer to his embrace not wanting this young blonde to leave.

“Don’t go. Stay. Stay here with me. I promise I’ll be a good boy,” he said pouting. His brown eyes were pleading with her to stay and never to leave his place.

“It’s not you that I don’t trust, it’s myself. You can be very distracting. The sight of you is very tempting. So my promise to you is when my divorce with Riley is over with, I’ll call you and we’ll go on our first date.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.” She then kissed him to reassure him.

~*~*~*~*~*

The rest of the day passed smoothly for both Buffy and Angel. Angel drove her to her parent’s house. He figured that it’d be quite a while before Buffy Summers would kiss him again. As they made it to her parent’s porch Buffy knew it was time to say see you soon and not goodbye. Buffy had no intention of letting this man out of her life or sight for that matter.

“I’ll see you soon,” she said sadly.

“Yeah.” He then walked off, but she called out his name.

“Angel!” He turned around facing her.

“Yeah?” He was hoping that she changed her mind and wanted to head back to his place.

“I forgot to give you something.” She then proceeded on and pulled his head down for a lingering kiss. His hands automatically wrapped around her thin waist. Both of them enjoying the kiss and not wanting to let go had to after a while.

“I think I should go now,” he said breathlessly. His mind told him that he had to leave or he’d probably never to stop kissing her or letting her go. His eyes gazed at her swollen red lips that he just kissed.

“Yeah, you should.” Though Buffy couldn’t move as well. She had no idea what it was about Angel McCallister that made her want him to stay. Was it his eyes? Those brown eyes that seem to light up when I’m around, but have something mysteriously hidden and yet seeking to find the right woman to open up all his secrets and desires. Or was it his lips? Those lips that kissed hers with such gentleness and delicacy as soft as rose petals brushing away her pain and suffering and filling it up with great happiness. Extreme happiness. Then again it could always be his great body. She noticed it up close and personal this morning. The sheets were at his waist and showed a perfect view of his well-defined sculpted chest. His arms were lean and muscular, but too bulky just right. She definitely would feel a sense of security in those arms. ‘Oh his body is definitely a plus. I’m going to be having very naughty dreams for the next few weeks.’

He smiled at her one last time and walked away.

~*~*~*~*~*

Joyce Summers opened the door and startled Buffy.

“Mom you scared me.”

“Sorry, sweetie. Come on in. What brings you here?” Buffy looked up at her mother and the formation of tears started to well up in her green eyes.

“Oh, mom. Riley… cheated… on… me. I… found… him… in… bed… with… another… woman,” she said between sobs. Joyce couldn’t believe that her son-in-law of two years would do such a thing. Buffy stopped crying and looked into her mother’s eyes and continued on.

“Not only wasn’t it a woman, it was the nurse at Sunnydale General. I mean that bitch has got some nerve to make the moves on my husband and then sleep with him, in my home no less.” Joyce felt such sadness for her daughter. How could Riley Finn treat her daughter like that? The pain of her miscarriage is the worst feeling for a woman to go through, let alone Buffy. She hoped that Riley won’t contact her or she’ll show him a side of Joyce Summers that he’s never seen before.

Both women sat on the couch as Buffy wiped away her tears. She figured as soon she filed for divorce, she could start her life with Angel. The mentioning of the doctor’s name brought a smile to her face. She still remembered his kisses that were sensual and his touch was comforting like a warm blanket sheltering the love of a child. Joyce noticed her daughter was far off somewhere.

“Buffy, honey are you alright?”

“Yeah, I’m okay. I was just thinking about things. I think I’m heading to bed now. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Goodnight sweetie.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy woke up the next morning and heard her parent’s doorbell ringing. She wondered who could be ringing the door at this time. When she opened the door she spotted a man in a suit.

“Are you Buffy Summers?”

“Yeah, I’m her.” The man handed her a white paper and then left. Buffy closed the door and looked over at the sheet of paper before her. She read the words.

RILEY FINN V. BUFFY SUMMERS-FINN

She continued to read and noticed his reasons for divorce was doe to traumatic trauma and Buffy’s infidelity. She became furious and shocked with the accusations that Riley brought upon her. Her father Hank Summers came down and wondered who was at the door.

“Buffy, who was at the door?”

“I can’t believe him. How could he blame me for our marriage? What an asshole!”

“Buffy, are you talking about Riley?” Buffy looked up from the paper and noticed her father for the first time.

“Of course it’s Riley. He’s blaming me for our marriage. I’m not the one that screwed around with a woman in our bedroom,” she said furiously.

“Okay.” Hank Summers sure didn’t want to here all the things that his daughter had went through. Though then again he was never too fond of Riley Finn.

“I’m sorry Dad. It’s just, I’m the one that should be handing him the divorce papers and not the other way around.”

“Don’t worry honey well get Willow to help you out and settle this mess.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel was waking up from a very nice dream that involved him and Buffy. It consisted of him and her kissing passionately and finally he popped the question to her. He was in such contentment. Sheer contentment. He figured that since Buffy will eventually file for divorce from Riley, then maybe things between them would be clearer. He had this pain inside him because Buffy wasn’t around. It was obvious he was falling for Buffy and couldn’t help, but feel guilty. He didn’t want that her husband would think that he was the cause if their separation.

7

Buffy just couldn’t believe how absurd Riley had been with her. She was his wife and she’s the one that caught him in a compromising position with another woman. She closed her eyes as she lay in the bathtub immersed in vanilla bath beads with strawberry scented candles. Her muscles were sore all over from stressing out on Riley’s reaction towards her and the anger that she felt. She really thought that he was an understanding husband. Buffy thought their marriage was made to last forever. She knew that after the last of their child she was distant, but that didn’t mean she didn’t love him any less. Well as of now there was no lost love. Riley Finn is definitely going to pay for the harm that she caused upon her. The funny, yet unusual thing was that Riley had hired an attorney from Wolfram & Hart. He knew that she was working undercover to find out what they were doing. Then she had another problem as to who hit her on the highway and why. She thought about it carefully and came to the conclusion of Wolfram & Hart. Somehow in someway they were connected.

~*~*~*~*~*

Holland Manners was in his office and surprised to find out that Buffy Summers-Finn was still alive. His perpetrator didn’t do his job as well as he was paid to. He figured maybe there was a way the firm could find something incriminating against her and fry her ass. She was too smart for them and could never accept her reasoning for joining their law firm. Now he knew for sure that after this divorce Buffy wouldn’t be able to practice law.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy decided that since Wolfram & Hart were the ones planning the divorce that she should hirer her long time friend Willow Rosenburg-Ozbourne. She called her best friend and explained the situation and agreed to help her out. Afterwards she hung up with Willow, she kept on wondering if she should give Angel a call. Though a part of her wondered what lame excuse she’d think of to tell him. She decided not to make that phone call, but wondered what her Angel was doing.

~*~*~*~*~*

As the weeks went by both Buffy and Angel has no contact with one another. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to call one another, but they were extremely busy with work, especially Angel. He just seemed to have a lot of patients everywhere. It was like no matter where he moved there was another pregnant woman waiting for him. All Angel wanted now was a break so he could finally have the courage to call up Buffy.

“Doctor McCallister, you have a patient waiting for you in room two.” Angel sighed. He knew that after this patient he’d take his lunch peacefully in his office. He walked in and noticed it was his favorite patient, Cordelia. Cordelia was married to Alexander LaVelle Harris, also his boss at Sunnydale General. This was their second child on their way. Their first child was a boy, so he’s hoping that Cordelia wants a girl.

“So how have you been Cordelia? Have you had any upset stomach or any pain around your belly.”

“Nope. I’m feeling the same. You know bloated and gradually getting bigger by the minute. I think after this one we won’t be having anymore,” she said lightly massaging her belly.

“I don’t know about that. Xander seems like he wants a huge family.”

“Well he’s not the that’s going to be the size of a beach ball for nine months. I am.” Angel laughed. He then went on with his regular examination and then finally had an ultra sound to make sure that they weren’t any complications with Cordelia’s child.

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel went back to his office and had his lunch. While he was biting into his ham and Swiss sandwich, he kept wondering if seeing Buffy was the right thing that he needed in his life. It was the right thing. Since after his breakup with Darla he didn’t feel the need to go out with any woman. Then all of s sudden Buffy somehow fell into his lap. She was everything he ever dreamed of in a woman, but the slight drawback was that she was taken. Though now he might have a chance with her. They kissed a couple of times and it was electrifying. He picked up his phone and dialed her cell phone number, since he didn’t have her parent’s number. After two rings someone picked up.

“Hello.” Joyce heard a male voice she wasn’t familiar with and wondered who he was.

“Excuse me, but who are you?” Angel figured out that it wasn’t Buffy.

“I’m Doctor McCallister, Buffy’s physician. I’m sorry about that Mrs. Summers. I was wondering if you knew where your daughter was.”

“Sure. She’s actually taking a bath, I’ll bring the phone to her.” Angel had this visualization of Buffy in a bathtub full of bubbles reaching up to her neck. Her arms lay on the side of the tub, with her eyes closed and her hair swept up. His thoughts of her naked in water were causing a sudden hardness in the center of his pants.

“Buffy, honey there’s a Doctor McCallister on the phone for you,” Joyce said handing her the phone.

“Thanks Mom.”

“Hey, what’s up doc?”

“Ha, ha very funny. I was calling to see how you were doing. So how are you?” She sighed.

“Ugh. I don’t want to talk about it.” Angel didn’t like the tone of her voice. She sounded furious about something or it could it be someone.

“What is it? Tell me,” he asked concerned. She thought it was so thoughtful and sweet of him to have such concern for her.

“Well since you insisted, it’s Riley. He decided to file for divorce. He has some nerve stating I’m the cause of the separation. He’s the one that made a decision that I wasn’t good enough for him and started to have sex with a blonde floozy,” she said angered.

“Maybe, I shouldn’t have called. I’ve upset you by prying into your business. I’ll go now.”

“No! Don’t go. I’m glad you called. Actually hearing you voice made me feel so much better. I missed you.” Hearing those last words brought a smile to his face.

“I missed you, too. Uh… I was wondering if you’d like to go out to dinner with me? If it’s a problem, due to Riley I’ll perfectly understand.” She thought about it for quite a while and couldn’t believe that he was asking her out. She loved the idea of picturing him nicely dressed in a suit, preferably black. Angel couldn’t stand the silence on the other end of the line. He wondered that maybe she thought he was being too straightforward. ‘Way to go idiot. Now she thinks you probably just want to get inside her pants.’

“Sure. I’ll go out with you.”

“Really?” He was surprised with her answer.

“Really. It’d be great to see you again. Hopefully when I see you, you’ll be able to cheer me up a bit.”

“I’ll try my best. So I’ll pick you up at eight.”

“Okay, I’ll see you then.” When they hung up the Angel had this huge grin on his face that definitely showed that he was in love with Buffy Summers.

~*~*~*~*~*

Later on Buffy was glad to be home and was excited about her first date with Angel. She didn’t consider her going out with Angel as cheating on Riley. He did far worse than her. As she was getting dressed in a simple blue dress, that reached her knee, she decided to not wear her wedding band. Buffy figured that she wasn’t married to Riley anymore. Buffy was about to apply her makeup when her mother stepped in.

“Buffy, where are you going tonight?”

“Oh, mom you startled me. I have a date tonight,” she said smiling.

“A date? With whom may I ask?” Joyce inquired.

“I’m going out with Angel. And before you say something, he’s a really nice guy, mom. He’s been really thoughtful about my whole ordeal with Riley.”

“Well by the way you have spoken about Angel. I can tell he’s a nice guy.”

“Yes, he is,” she said smiling.

8

Angel had arrived in front of The Summers residence. He was getting nervous like a teenage boy going out on his first date. He couldn’t believe the way he was reacting.

“Get a hold of yourself. She likes you. You have nothing to be afraid of. So just calm down and ring the door.” He rang the door and he heard the door open and a man appeared.

“Good Evening, Mr. Summers, is Buffy ready?”

“Sure hold on a minute.” Buffy heard the door and came downstairs staring right into the most thoughtful, beautiful brown eyes ever laid upon her. He had this small shy smile on his face that made him look so adorable. She had these butterflies building up in her stomach that she never felt with Riley, not even when she first met him. He was gazing at her and noticed the curves of her body in her blue dress. She was a lovely sight. The nerves that he had before entered her house were all gone the minute he laid his eyes on her.

“You look beautiful,” he said smiling after finding his voice.

“Thanks. You look great yourself.” He was wearing a black suit with a white shirt and a black tie and black shoes. His hair was done with its usual spikes. She walked down the rest of the steps and approached him as he handed her a dozen red roses.

“Thank you.” She smelled them and placed them in a vase.

“Mom, Dad this is Angel McCallister. He’s a doctor.” Angel shook his father’s hand and took Joyce’s hand and placed a kiss on the back of her hand.

“Okay, I’ll see you to later. Don’t wait up,” she said smiling and leading Angel out the door.

~*~*~*~*~*

As they arrived at Chelsea’s they both made they way inside the restaurant. He held her chair out for her and then sat across from her. After a few minutes of looking at the menu, a waiter came by to take their order.

“Hi! My name’s Leslie and I’ll be taking your order tonight,” she said gazing Angel intently. She found him handsome looking and very attractive in his suit. ‘I wonder what he looks like without the clothes on.’ Buffy noticed this and thought, ‘Hello, he’s my date! Not yours. I so wish I could tear her eyes away from him.’

“I’ll have the steak well done with potatoes.”

“And you miss?” she said still looking at Angel.

“I’ll have the chicken Parmesan with spaghetti.”

“Oh, and I’d like to have a bottle of red wine as well.”

“Sure. I’ll be back with your orders.” As Leslie left Buffy was glad and took the opportunity to talk to Angel.

“Did you see that woman was staring at you the whole time and was hardly paying attention to me?” Angel laughed. He couldn’t believe that Buffy was jealous if the waitress.

“I didn’t notice at all. I wouldn’t care if all the women in the restaurant were staring at me. You’re the only one I have eyes for. You’re the only one I care about,” he said taking her left hand in his and lightly grazing his thumb over her knuckles. He noticed that she didn’t wear her wedding ring and didn’t bother to ask.

~*~*~*~*~*

After dinner they both had dessert. As they both ate their ice cream Buffy started up a conversation.

“So Angel, what can you tell me about yourself?”

“What can I say? I’m the oldest of three. I have a younger sister named Jennifer and brother named Andrew. My parents always are happily married and I hope that someday I can find the right woman to settle down with and share the same dream.”

“How about you?”

“Well, I don’t have any siblings, but I’m surrounded with lots of friends that I care for. I for one never thought that I’d become a lawyer. I thought after when I married Riley that he was my soul mate, but I guess I was wrong big time.” She then continued eating her ice cream and Angel was laughing at her.

“What’s so funny?”

“You have some ice cream on your face.” She took the napkin and wiped the spot on her face, but it was still there.

“Here let me get that for you,” he said leaning his hand as his thumb gently wiped the vanilla ice cream off the side of her lips and licking it clean with his lips. The feeling of his thumb touching her lower lip felt like an erotic sensation. He smiled at her letting her know that he knew what she was thinking. She blushed and bit her lower lip. ‘Great now he knows what your thinking. How can you make it that obvious that you want him to do it again?’

~*~*~*~*~*

Darla was sitting across from a table watching Angel and Buffy talking with one another. She despised the fact that Angel was going out with her. He was supposed to be with her, not with that sniveling little blonde. ‘What is it that she has, that I don’t have? I’m prettier than her and probably make Angel feel things that he won’t feel with her.’ Darla was too distracted to notice that Riley was calling out to her.

“Darla, where were you?”

“I’m sorry my darling. I just spotted a friend and I wanted to say a quick hello,” she said standing and making her way over to Angel.

~*~*~*~*~*

“You know you have a pretty smile. You should smile all the time,” he said with her brown eyes looking intently at her. She blushed. She hasn’t heard a man in quite a while, even Riley compliment her like that. It’s not that Riley never said anything considerate, but he didn’t say it often like he use to when they were married. ‘Marriage. What a joke? Who would want to marry me now?’

“Thank you. You definitely know how to sweet talk a girl,” she said smiling back.

“Oh, just you wait and see. There’s more to come.” He knew this act of flirtation between them was growing more and more intense. He wanted more than anything to be with Buffy. He knew that if she were, he’d show her all the love and affection a woman like her deserved to receive. One thing for sure his year with Darla hasn’t been anything like the few moments he’d spent with Buffy.

~*~*~*~*~*

Darla made her way over and wanted to interrupt the happy moment between the two. Her goal was to destroy and crush Buffy’s little heart. She’ll be surprised that her Angel went out with her for a year. ‘This is definitely going to be fun. I can’t wait to make her face squirm.’

“Angel, my darling it’s so good to see you. What are you doing here?” she said stroking his cheek. He removed her hand away.

“Darla, what are you doing here? Can’t you see that I’m here on a date? So why don’t you leave now,” he said through gritted teeth.

“My Angel, how could you react this way? After all we’ve been through and you treat me like this. I’d expect more from you,” she said smiling wickedly.

“I’m not your Angel anymore. You made that perfectly clear about a year ago. Didn’t you hear me the first time Darla, leave me alone.”

Buffy was looking at the interaction between the two. She couldn’t believe that Angel and Darla were lovers. She just couldn’t picture Angel with a conniving bitch such as Darla. He seemed to have a great judgment in women. The thing that boggled her mind was why Darla and him broke up after a year. What was it that he told her to make their relationship end?

“Oh, I can’t leave just yet. I have one more thing to say to dear sweet Buffy here,” she said facing the young lady.

“When Angel gets to be intimate with you and thrusts himself inside of you, making you scream and reaching that ultimate orgasm, he’ll be thinking of me instead of you.” Buffy stood up and slapped her across the face. Darla held onto her red cheek and laughed and walked away.

Angel looked up at Buffy and noticed her tears were forming around her eyes.

“Buffy, I’m sorry about. I didn’t mean for all this to happen.” She looked down at him.

“I know. Can you take me home now?”

“Sure.”

9

The drive back to the Summers Residence was quiet and tranquil. Buffy never uttered a single word since they left the restaurant. Angel was feeling extremely guilty, mostly because the scene Darla displayed at the restaurant. Angel hoped that this event wouldn’t change things between him and Buffy. While he was driving, he let his right hand find hers. She accepted the simple gesture. He let his fingers graze over her knuckles smoothly; soothing her and making her relax under his touch.

They made it to her parent’s home and stood in front of the porch. He held her closely, not wanting this simple intimate act between them fade away. Buffy loved the comfort of Angel’s strong arms holding and not wanting to let go. She looked up into his brown eyes and smiled.

“I’m sorry about Darla,” he said again.

“It’s okay. I just wasn’t expecting to see her, Let alone know that you and her were lovers. Then she just had to add icing to the cake by giving me a visualization that hadn’t enter my mind.”

“I hope you know, that if we ever get intimate, that I’ll be only thinking of you and only you. You believe me don’t you?”

“I believe you.” Though in her mind she couldn’t get those words that Darla mentioned out of her mind.

“I had a great time tonight. I’m hoping we’ll be able to this soon,” he said smiling.

“Me too,” she said smiling right back. Angel leaned his head and captured her lips and gave her a gentle kiss.

~*~*~*~*~*

Riley was standing behind a tree nearby the Summers residence and spotted Angel and Buffy kissing. He couldn’t believe that she was kissing that man.

“I can’t believe her. She’s my wife for God’s sake. How can she cheat on me like that?”

“I so can’t wait when we go to trial. Things will erupt between me and her.”

~*~*~*~*~*

They both were still kissing. His hands were wrapped firmly around her waist. Hers were grasping the strands behind his neck. They both let go looking at each other breathlessly.

“That was nice.”

“Just nice?”

“Okay, it was incredible, erotic, overwhelming, mind-blowing…”

“Okay, okay I believe you. I guess I’ll be going now. So I’ll see you soon.” He started to walk away, but was stopped by her hand.

“Wait! I had a really great time tonight.” She leaned up to emphasize that she wanted to be kissed again and did kiss her one last time.

“Good night,” he said smiling.

“’Night.” She then walked in and leaned against the door and sighed.

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel was so thrilled about his date with Buffy. He had such a wonderful time even though Darla had the nerve to react this way. Though she reacted that way, as soon his lips had found Buffy’s all thoughts of Darla’s jealous rage went out the window. He could still remember how soft, sweet and gentle the kiss was. It brought a smile to his face just thinking about her and looking into her green eyes. He decided to call Spike and tell him the wonderful news. He dialed up and his friend’s number and waited for him to pick up.

“Hello,” Spike mumbled.

“Spike, guess what?”

“You won the lottery,” Spike said sarcastically.

“No, you idiot. Buffy and I went out our first date.” Before Spike could answer Drusilla opened her eyes, leaned forward and kissed him fully. Her lips never wanted to leave his as her fingers tangled into his blonde hair as his arms glided up her bare back.

“Dru, I’m on the phone.”

“Don’t care, Spike. I want to play,” she said pouting.

“Well it’s Angel. You do remember Angel, don’t you? Peaches have fallen in love.”

“Hey, I heard that. Stop calling me Peaches. You know how much I’ve always hated that nickname.”

“Fine, Peaches I won’t say it again. So do you want to meet up? I presumed that’s why you called me.”

“Yeah, but since Dru’s, I’ll meet you later.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Willow came over to visit Buffy after hearing the devastating news of Riley cheating on her.

“I still can’t believe that Riley did that to you. He seemed like the prefect guy. It’s just doesn’t seem right.”

“I know, but my eyes don’t deceive me. I saw him in our bed with a blonde, namely the nurse at Sunnydale General.”

“Darla. Doesn’t she work with Angel?” As Buffy head his name, the first thought that entered her mind was kissing Angel last night and the sweet words he told her.

“You wanna here something. Angel use to date Darla. They were lovers, but somehow they’re not together. I didn’t ask him why though.”

“How do you know all this?” Willow asked.

“Angel and I went on a date. She barged in on us at the restaurant as if she owned Angel.”

“You went out with the handsome doctor. So does he really have a great body underneath all those clothes and is he a great kisser?”

“Willow! I’m shocked. You have Oz, remember?”

“I know, but didn’t answer my question. Does he?”

“Yes, he has a gorgeous body and he’s an excellent kisser. If you’re wondering how I saw that body of his, I stayed over at his place for a while.”

“So how much of his body did you see?”

“I saw him in his boxers. He definitely works out that body of his,” she said smiling wickedly. Willow looked over at her friend and noticed that glimmer in her eyes that showed she was falling for the young doctor.

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel met up with Spike at Willie’s bar that day. They both sat down and Spike opened up the conversation.

“So Angel, when do I get to meet this Buffy of yours? I mean your constantly talking about her?” Angel laughed. It was true that he was constantly talking about her, but he seemed happier now that Buffy entered his life.

“You’ll get to meet her soon. I figure when we go out you can have Dru come along.”

“So have you… you know had sex with her yet?” Spike had always been very straightforward about everything.

“No, I haven’t. It’s not like that when I’m with her. She makes me feel great about myself. I didn’t feel this way with Darla.”

“Okay. But don’t tell me that you don’t want to?”

“I do, but after her ordeal and what her husband did to her, I don’t want to add onto that pressure. I’ll give her all the time in the world.”

“Oh, you’ve got it bad. She’s got you whipped.”

“I’m not whipped. I’m in love.”

“You’re whipped.”

“Am not.”

“Are too.”

~*~*~*~*~*

Angel’s thoughts throughout the evening were on the beautiful blonde that has been invading his mind. He truly loved the little blonde that captured his heart. The thing that boggled his mind the most was how someone like Riley could cheat on someone like Buffy. She had been through such pain after her miscarriage and this is how he repaid her. He knew that if he ever saw Riley Finn that he’d be paying for his actions toward Buffy. Then speaking of Buffy he decided to give her a call.

“Hello.”

“Hey. Guess who?”

“Hmm, could it be that really attractive young doctor that took me out and is a great kisser?”

“One in the same. So have you been thinking about me lately?” He was curious to know if he was the only one that was hopelessly in love.

“You wouldn’t believe what the topic of discussion I had when Willow came by.”

“Me?”

“Maybe. Yeah, it was you. I told her what a great time we had and what a great kisser you are.”

“Really? So she doesn’t think I’m a bad influence on you because you’re still married?” he asked.

“Nope. Actually she likes you. Of course I like you much, much more,” she said cheerfully.

“Well I’m glad. ‘Cause I sure didn’t want Willow to come chasing after me.” She laughed.

“Willow’s happily married to Daniel Osborne. So you have no worries whatsoever.”

“Oh, thank God. I thought that maybe I’d have two women fighting over me,” he said laughing. She just loved to hear the sound of his laughter and picturing his that beautiful smile on his face.

“You wish. So when can I see you again? I’ve been bored at work and you’re the only person that cheers me up when I’m down. Especially now.”

“Well how can I refuse an offer like that? Why don’t you come over Saturday and I’ll make you dinner and we’ll watch a movie afterwards.”

“Okay. See you then.” After Buffy hung up the phone, she had a huge grin displayed on her face. She was thrilled about going to her second date with Angel. The best part about their second date was that they’d be alone in his apartment. So no Darla and no Riley coming over to interrupt their nice moment.

10

Saturday just seemed to appear quickly. It seemed as if the Powers that Be wanted this day to arrive as well. Angel was glad to have Saturday off, but he had to work on Sunday. Sunday was the least of his worries. He wanted to have a wonderful evening without the crowded people and no interruptions from either beepers or cell phones. He just wanted a very quiet evening with Buffy in his arms.

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy had all her thoughts focused on her date with Angel this evening. Even though the coming up weeks she would have to go to divorces court and settle the ownership of property. Since Angel was making her dinner at his place she opted for nothing too fancy, which was a black skirt, white sleeveless shirt and black shoes with stockings to match. Her hair was swept up in a ponytail. She figured that since he brought her roses that she's return the favor and bring him a housewarming gift. 'What can I get him? I mean I never got a guy a gift before. Xander and Oz don't count. What could he like?'

"I can't give him underwear. That's too intimate and plus I've already seen him in his underwear. A tie? Now that's tacky and childish." Then she remembered that when she was in his room spying on his dresser and noticed what type of cologne he wears.

"That's it I got it. I'll quickly head over to the store, get it and then head to Angel's."

~*~*~*~*~*

Buffy made her way to his apartment and just stood outside staring at the numbers of his door. She felt so nervous, as if it the first time she was entering his apartment, but she wasn't.

"Get a grip on yourself. Angel likes you. He wouldn't have invited you over dinner if her didn't. Then again maybe him inviting me over to his apartment is that he’s expecting me to sleep with him. I hope that's not the case." She knocked on his door and he opened up smiling at her.

"Hi," she said shyly.

"Hi. Come on in. Dinner's ready. I just have to set up the table," he said and then kissed her.

"I brought you something," she said handing him a small bag. He looked inside and noticed the contents that were in there.

"Thank you. Now I feel guilty that I didn't get you anything."

"You've done enough me. You’re me cooking dinner, we’re going to watching a movie and I presume in between all that they'll be some kissing involved." He laughed at how she figured what ways he was going to make it up to her.

~*~*~*~*~*

"Can I ask you something?"

"Sure, ask away." Now was her chance to ask Angel about his relationship with Darla.

"Why did you and Darla break up?" Angel looked at her.

"Darla and I broke because…" He just couldn't quite finish his statement. Buffy placed her hand of his cheek turning his face towards her.

"Tell me. It's okay. I won't judge you. Remember you asked me about my problems? You know I care for you deeply." He turned his face caressing his cheek into her hand. It was a simple gesture, but he felt touched by her hand.

"Darla and I broke up because I asked her to marry me and she said no. It was right after we made love and we had been going out for a year. I figured things were going great for us, but I guess I was wrong." Buffy heard his words and felt so sorry for him. He definitely had some emotional scars that wouldn't be easy to alleviate.

"Though since I met you, my burden has been less. You've changed and made me feel love again. I care for you deeply as well." She smiled back at him.

"I'm glad. I feel the same way about you too." She leaned in and kissed him. As the kiss became more intensifying Angel parted her lips open with his tongue. As his tongue found hers, they both lightly stroked each other's tongue. He nibbled her lower jaw tasting the butter and salt from the popcorn and made his journey down her neck. As he continued to lick and nibble on her neck she was moaning out his name.

"Oh, Angel." She just enjoyed how Angel made her feel. She placed a hand on his scalp massaging his hairs. Her other hand was at his forearm. She remembered all too well what he looked like and the rest of his body for that matter. Those broad shoulders, muscular chest, nice abs and strong muscular arms that weren't bulky, but just the right for his frame.

His lips made its way back to her lips and continued on. Though this time around her hands roamed down his back against his t-shirt. Buffy's lips went down nipping his lower jaw, down his Adam's apple to the side of his neck. She kept her hot lips against his soft skin much longer than he did. His hands stroked her thigh. As she made eye contact with him, Angel was first to speak.

"You know that kiss you left on my neck is gonna leave a hickey right," he said smiling.

"So. I don't want anyone coming after you. Your mine," she said pouting.

"Possessive much? Besides I don't want anyone. I just want you." She laughed. She knew that sooner or later they'd get closer and wouldn't be able to move back.

"I can't wait for my divorce, so I can finally be with you and not worry about who's over my shoulder," she said frustrated. She was getting agitated and Angel sensed it. He picked her up and laid her in his lap. As he faced her back, his hands worked it's magic and went on her shoulders lightly massaging the knots she created.

"Relax Buffy. You have nothing to worry about. I won't let Riley cause anymore pain than with what he's done already," he said and kissed the side of her neck.

"Besides if one of us should be feeling guilty it should be me. I'm the one that's attracted to a beautiful woman that happens to be married." She craned her neck towards him.

"I like you. Not Riley. Besides I'll soon leave that Finn name completely for good." She turned around as he continued on.

"I like the sound of that," he whispered in her ear. The warm breath as he said those words brought a shiver down her spine. He then kissed the side of her neck going down.

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