Chapter 15
Angelus had taken back to his house for her to calm down, they needed to talk. At first Buffy wouldn't move from the spot he had held her, so he picked her up and carried her. After a few blocks Buffy finally convinced him to put her down and let her walk like a normal person.
Once they reached the confines of his room she went directly to his window sill. Quietly he sat down on his bed, facing her. "Buffy we need to talk." He said softly
'Oh, God the four most hateful words you can ever say.' Buffy thought to herself as she prepared for the worst. Slowly she turned and nodded for him to continue.
"I know that you know about my past, but after what happened today with Drusilla I think you need to really know everything…and then if you want to leave you can." Angelus said, knowing it was the right and only thing to do but that alone didn't change the fact that he wasn't too thrilled to have to release all of his old demons.
"Angel, I know I freaked out and I'm so sorry but…I don't want you to…" Buffy said but was interrupted
"Buffy we can never have a relationship if you don't know everything." Angelus said slightly smiling at her nick-name for him
"If you'd let me finish that's not what I was going to say. I agree we do need to talk about both of our pasts, but I don't think you have to break up with me to tell me." Buffy said trying to stop her voice from trembling
"What!" Angelus said surprised that she had come to that conclusion, "God no, I think you've got it all wrong I don't want to break up I just don't think that you'll wanna' be with me after you hear everything."
Buffy took a deep satisfying breath, "Angel you do know that you're not the only one with a past, right?"
That thought had never occurred to him before, actually. "What do you mean past?" Angelus asked
"Well, you know I was with Pike and I broke up with him because of his 'extracurricular activities' I think I knew half way into the relationship that he wasn't very faithful but I just never believed it. But we were like you two always together, and then he changed…he got distant I knew something was up but he never wanted to talk about it. One night my mom was gone to this art show thing and I went over to his place. I didn't have to knock because I had a key, but the door was unlocked so I just went in. That's when I think I got involved with the nice little gang scene he'd brought to Sunnydale. I walked into the living room only to see about forty guys just standing around, elbow to ass. I was practically digging through the crowd until I heard him shout my name. I ran over to him and kissed him and asked what the hell was goin' on. He told me that somethin' that I didn't need to get into was about to go down. I told him that I didn't care, that whatever he was going into I was going to go with him. He told me to leave, no actually he ordered me to leave and when I wouldn't move he carried my down to the street, hailed a cab and told me to go home. I got in the cab and told him to give me a second, once Pike went back inside I got out of the cab and told the guy that I'd changed my mind. I knew better than to go back inside so I decided to sit on the top of his car until he came out."
"Yeah, I remember that night. Ronnie's crew was crossin' the determined boundaries and refused to pull back. We were gonna' go show 'em that since they didn't wanna' back down we were gonna' back 'em down." Angelus said and continued before Buffy's could comment, "And I remember Pike walking back into the apartment, and I asked him where the hell he went and got pissed. Rantin' about how I needed to mind my own fuckin' business and everything. One of the guys told me later that his girl had come in and told him that whatever shit he was in she was in too. Didn't settle well with him, he really cared for you Buffy."
"Yeah I know…but any way I was sitting on his hood when some ass came up to me and asked me why I was sittin' on his car, and I told him off. I was all why do you fuckin' care? This is mine and my boyfriends business so why don't you fuck off." Angelus quirked his eyebrow. "What I was pissed off! But the prick walked off and I figured everything was okay, yeah right, understatement! I heard someone walkin' behind me, but I just figured it was someone out walkin' their dog or something, but the guy grabbed me and covered my mouth with a handkerchief soaked in some shit and I blacked-out. The next thing I remember was waking up tied to a chair in a dark room with a bunch of guys huddling around this one guy talking on the phone."
Flashback
Buffy's head slowly raised as consciousness crept back into her bound body. Her mouth tasted like salt. Her eyes rose to see a group of guys gathered around one man sitting at a desk talking on the phone.
"Let me speak to the chicken shit bastard!" the man bellowed into the phone
"Ronnie, how nice of you to call. You gonna' tell me that you give and are gonna' back the fuck up off my territory?" Pike said haughtily into the phone
"Not exactly, Pike." He said sneering, "You see we have something of yours and we are willing to make a bargain."
"What the fuck are you blabbing on about?" Pike said his fuse getting shorter by the second.
"Your bitch is what I'm 'blabbing' on about!" Ronnie mocked
"Buffy?" Pike whispered, afraid for her.
"Buffy? Is that the bitch's name? You know Pike she's awfully pretty for you maybe I'll just keep her for myself." Ronnie said knowing exactly what he was doing.
"Let me talk to her, then we can discuss a deal." Pike said his voice harsh and demanding
"And if I don't?" Ronnie pushed wanting to see what would happen
"If you don't then there's no deal." Pike said, two could play this game.
"Your playing a deadly game, boy." Ronnie warned his voice growing deep with rage. "Nevertheless I'll let you talk to her…that is if she's awake."
Anger bubbled under the surface, as Pike listened intently to what was taking place on the other end. He heard Ronnie shout out, "Jack get the bitch!" Hearing him continually referring to his beloved Buffy as a bitch only cut his fuse shorter.
"Here she is." Ronnie said before jerking her by the hair to the phone.
Pike listened and heard her whimper in pain. That was the last straw! He was going to make a deal to get her back, then kill the slimy bastard.
"Pike?" Buffy whispered into the phone
"Yeah, baby, I'm here. Don't worry you'll be fine, I'm going to get you back, okay?" Pike said trying to soothe her as his gang gather around him.
"Pike, what's going on? Who are these people?" Buffy said quickly glancing around trying to see peoples faces, but avoid eye contact.
"They are the reason I wanted you to go home. But don't worry about that for right now. Have they touched you? Has one of them hit you?" Pike said worried that they'd taken their angry lusts out on her innocent body.
"No, but…" Buffy started when Ronnie jerked her head away from the receiver. Pike heard Buffy scream and drop to the floor.
"There you go, see she's fine and dandy now are you ready to talk about setting new boundaries?" Ronnie said grinning as Buffy attempted to stand, only to have her legs fold under neither her. The muscle relaxers were taking effect.
"Yes." Was his solemn reply as he thought about how he was going to make Ronnie pay for whatever he'd don't to Buffy.
"Get up Bitch!" Ronnie commanded her as she sat on the floor glaring at him.
"You stupid mother-fucker I can't! I don't know what you fucking did to me but I can't!" Buffy shouted at him, she might not like using profanities but right now she was a tad bit stressed.
"Feisty little bitch aren't we?" Ronnie said approvingly, you could force her body down but not her spirit.
"I have a name you piece of shit scum!" Buffy shouted at him as Jack picked her up.
"Jack shut her up." Ronnie said walking away
"Yeah, you better walk off chicken-shit ass…" Buffy yelled at his retreating back until Jack pressed his lips on hers.
At that same moment the door broke down and Pike came running in his entire gang behind him. His first concern was finding and making sure Buffy was okay. Searching rapidly he saw that some guy was holding her with his lips forced on hers. She was trying to get him off her, when the guy finally realized that their hang had been broken into. Without even realizing it he dropped her, "Ouch! You asshole!" Buffy hissed when she hit the ground
Pike ran full speed at Jack and tackled him. After a few swift kicks to his abdomen he knelt next to Buffy. Before anyone said anything he brought her face to his and kissed Jack's taste from her lips. When he broke away from her, he picked her up and took her out to his car. "I'll be right back." Was all he said as he made his way back into the building.
"That's how I found out about the whole gang issue." Buffy shrugged as if it didn't affect her.
"How can you just shrug off something like that?" Angelus asked amazed at how easily she could talk about the nightmare. "I remember that night, we destroyed their turf."
"Yeah, I think I heard him shouting at you to get everyone the hell outta' there…I don't really like to remember that night." Buffy said looking past Angelus and added, "Cause that was the night I realized how much danger he put himself and me in. I really did care for him, I don't think I loved him…I think I was falling in love but I wasn't there yet. I knew that I had to end it before it got too serious or someone got seriously hurt. I mean I don't think I could ever be comfortable knowing that someone I love is putting their life on the line because of their damned pride." Buffy said
"I know exactly what you mean. After you and Pike split he got wasted off his ass for like two weeks mumbling about how it was for the best so that you didn't get hurt and you were too good for him…I didn't know you so I thought he was a complete dumbass. But Buffy he was right, you don't need to be in that kind of life and it's for the best that you two split." Angelus said as he pulled Buffy into his embrace. "Plus if you two wouldn't have broken up I wouldn't have met you."
"Aww, someone's getting all mushy on me!" Buffy joked, but when she looked up into his eyes she saw only devotion.
"If you two wouldn't have broken up I never would have the chance to fall in love with you." Angelus said sincerely, searching her features for some recognition as to what he had just said. "Buffy, I love you."
Her face remained emotionless and she said not a word. Angelus was beginning to think that she didn't feel the same way for him. Realizing after another moment that she didn't love him he turned his head and stood up. Before he knew what was happening she had grabbed him by the arm, turned him around, brought his face to hers and kissed him with everything in her.
When the need for oxygen became too great he pulled back, resting his forehead on hers. "I love you, too, Angel." Buffy said smiling as he looked down at her, his chest still trying to restore his breath. He wrapped his arms around her slender waist, "I thought…" he started but was cut off when she pressed her lips to his yet again.
"Don't you ever say that, don't even think it! I'd go any where with you Angel, all you have to do is ask." Buffy said looking up into his eyes, relishing in his warm embrace.
Oh my gosh! I never realized I hadn't been fanfiction in so long! I swear! School is killer and I'm so so so sorry I know excuses, excuses…but being in so many honors classes and band (yes I'm a band geek and damn proud of it too!) is just plain exhausting. I'm not going to make promises I don't that I can keep so…here ya go! What do you think? This is a longer chapter too! Woohoo! Lol I might not be able to update for a while and I don't have any more written so…I'll see what I can do.