Author's Note: Buffy is a slayer and Angel/Angelus is a vampire. Buffy's relationship with Angelus is going to be told differently from the television series. Also, I tweaked Buffy's personality. Everything from season 1 to the middle of season 2 when Angel transformed Angelus has already happened. This story comes from Buffy's POV and contains strong language and sexual content.

For those of you who read the story before the content changed, several chapters have been altered because I felt the story needed to be changed. The prologue has been completely taken out of the story because I felt that it was unnecessary. The first chapter has been completely rewritten.

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Blink of an Eye

The love of my life, Angel had transformed from a sweet and caring man into a vicious and manipulative monster within the blink of an eye. After Angel changed into Angelus, I was heartbroken. Every time I saw Angelus, I would look to see if there was a glimmer of Angel inside of him, but there was not. Angelus found it amusing that I still hoped that Angel would return. He taunted me about it every chance he got.

After several months had passed, I managed to accept that Angel was coming back. Angelus actually made it much easier for me to realize that Angel was gone because he constantly tormented me. Angelus had become my own personal stalker. At first, he followed me everywhere that I went. Then, he started coming into my bedroom while I slept during the night and draw pictures of me. The next morning, I would find an envelope with a drawing of me sleeping inside of it. I had to find a way to stop him from entering my house because he could do anything to me while I was asleep, so I enlisted in Giles and the gang to find a spell to keep Angelus out of my house.

As I walked through the doors of the library, I asked, "Did you have any luck finding a spell to keep Angelus out?"

"I found a spell that temporarily wards off vampires," Giles informed me.

"How long does it last?" I questioned.

"It does not say anything about the length of time," Giles answered. "The spell requires several ingredients that we should be able to purchase at the magic shop."

"I will get the ingredients," I said taking the book out of his hands. "Hopefully, we will be able to do the spell tonight because my mom is out of town."

By the time that I left the magic shop, it was already dark. As I headed to the house, I started to feel Angelus' presence.

I stopped dead in my tracks and turned in Angelus' direction where he stood in the shadows.

"Don't you have anything better to do than stalk me?" I wondered.

Angelus walked out of the shadows with a smirk on his face and replied, "I do, but I know how much it hurts you to see me because I have lover boy's face, so I make time for it."

If Angelus would have said that to me a few months ago, I would have broken down in tears, but I have gotten used to his threats and insults.

"It gets easier for me to see you every day. Eventually, I will be able to kill you," I threatened.

Angelus chuckled, "You have not gotten the guts."

"Give me time," I replied as I did several months ago when he first emerged.

"I am," Angelus said as his signature smirk formed on his face.

I did not say anything. I just studied his facial features.

I'd like to kiss that smirk off his face. Where the hell did that come from?

"I have to go. I don't have time to deal with you anymore," I said walking away from him.

"Hopefully, I will see you later. Don't forget to leave your window open for me tonight," Angelus called out as I continued to head towards my house.

"You will not be able to get in my window after tonight," I muttered knowing that he could not hear me.

When I arrived home, Giles and the gang were waiting for me in the family room.

"What took you so long?" Willow asked as I handed the bag of ingredients to Giles.

"I ran into Angelus," I answered.

"What did he say?" Xander wondered.

"He told me to leave my window open for him tonight," I scoffed.

Willow made an expression to show that she was grossed out by Angelus' words and said, "That is so creepy."

I nodded in agreement with her, "I know."

Giles finished mixing the ingredients. As he poured the ingredients in front of my door, Giles said a spell in a foreign language.

"How will we know if it worked?" I asked.

"We don't know if it worked yet. We will find out tonight when Angelus tries to enter the house. A barrier should stop him," Giles explained to me.

"I hope it work," I said with hope.

"If he tries to harm you, you call me immediately," Giles said before he left along with Xander and Willow.

While I was taking a bath, I heard a loud sound coming from outside of the house. I hurried to get out of the bathtub and pulled on my robe. I went downstairs, unlocked the front door, and stepped onto the porch to see Angelus standing in the yard. He tried walking towards me, but an invisible barrier pushed him back. I breathed a sigh of relief because the spell actually worked.

"What's the matter?" I asked innocently. "You can't get in my house."

"What did you do?" Angelus questioned with anger.

"Well…I cast a little spell to keep you from coming into my house," I answered.

"You Bitch!" Angelus exclaimed with fury.

I laughed at his anger. I held my hand and waved at him with a grin on my face, "Bye Angelus."

Angelus growled as I turned to walk into the house. As I stepped into my house, I realized that I was still in my bathrobe which caused an idea to pop in my head. It was very unlike me to do what I was about to do, but I could not help myself.

I turned my head and called out, "Angelus!"

"What?" Angelus asked.

I smirked at him and dropped my bathrobe displaying the back of my naked body to him causing to let out another growl. I winked at him before I used my foot to kick the front door shut.