Butterfly
Disclaimer: I don't own the charaters. Joss owns them, blah blah blah. However, I do own Laura and Dominique.
Spoilers: Just little minor ones for Season 2 and 3.
Author's note: I'm writing this story having not seen Graduation Part II. So if there's anything wrong, I didn't see the episode. Also, like I've heard, the Buffy crew sometimes visits Angel to help out. This is obviously set after season 3. Oh yea, and Faith is good again. If possible, listen to Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way'.
Part One
Buffy stood in the doorway of Angel's new apartment in LA. This was her first time in it and it would be her last.
"Angel, I'm not coming back." The young blonde girl said as she moved to lean against the wall to support her. Her hair was pulled into a tight pony tail.
"What do you mean?" Angel asked a confused voice. He leaned forward on the black leather couch that he was sitting on, not taking his stare off her.
The Slayer's heart beat faster. She felt like she was going to melt every time he looked at her like that. All she wanted to do was to go over and kiss him. But she knew it was for the better to stay away.
Buffy took a deep breath. "I'm not coming back," she repeated. Buffy closed her eyes, as if to push down was she was about to say. She opened her eyes back up. "I...I'm moving to Maryland-"
The vampire stood up. "That's all the way across the country." he interrupted, his voice raised.
"I know." her reply was simple. She licked her drying lips and continued. "I'm leaving in two days, so I can get comfortable in my new apartment before I have to start a new semester at the college there." She took another breath. "I'm staying with one of my mom's friend's daughter, Laura, and her friend, Dominique."
Angel knew that he didn't want her to leave, to never have her even come to visit him again. He stepped close to her and looked down at her. "Why are you going?"
Buffy moved out sideways, to escape him. "I can't do this anymore," her hands slapped down on her side. "I can't keep coming here, acting like there was nothing between us." her eyes filled with water, but she was holding the tears back. Buffy turned towards him. "This is for me," her voice caught in her throat. "Besides, there's some heavy vampire activity going on. They need me up there so another hellmouth doesn't break lose."
"Like a butterfly."
"What?" Buffy asked.
"Someone once told me that everyone turns into a butterfly. You have to get out on your own and fend for yourself." Angel replied.
"I've already been out on my own, fending for myself!"
Angel knew he was being selfish, practically begging her not to leave. He had did the exact same thing to her a few months ago. But seeing her as little as he did, he loved every moment of it. For Angel, most of the time he regreted ever even thinking about leaving her, but he knew it was for the better. "Can't Faith go then?"
"You know that we can't be friends, we can't be enemies, and we can't be lovers." Buffy said a little hotly. "Like you said, we're a freak show." She said, saying the exact same words that he told her when he mentioned that he was leaving.
Angel looked at her furiously. "You know I didn't mean that." he practically yelled at her. "You know that I love you."
"Don't. Not now. I'm leaving. I told Wesley that I was going to do it." Buffy let a tear fall. Trying to hold it all in, she said, "I'm going to go now. They're waiting for me outside."
Buffy walked over to the door and opened it. She turned around and looked at Angel's face, memorizing it once more. "Bye, Angel." She whispered.
Angel stood there, not wanting to believe that she was really leaving. "Bye, Buffy." His reply was solid, as if the life was drained out of him.
She gave him a smile and turned to walk out the door.
"Buffy, wait!"
Buffy turned and looked at Angel.
He gave her a smile. "Are you still my girl?" he asked.
She smiled back. "Always." Then, she walked out of his life.
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