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First Dates
Chapter– Fi– First Dates
“Buffy?”
“Mmm”
“Are you awake?”
“No.”
“Oh, okay, sorry.”
Silence.
“Willow, I’m awake.
What is it?” Buffy grumbled.
“It’s just that, well um, Anya asked me to double with her
and Xander tomorrow night.”
“Oh, so who’s your date?”
“The bassist from Dingo’s Ate My Baby.
“Do you like him?”
“He’s nice.”
“But do you like him?”
“I don’t know him well enough to say.”
“Well a double date is a good, safe way to find out.”
“So you think I should go?”
“Why not? It can’t
hurt anything.”
“Okay, thanks Buffy.
Night.”
“Night Will.”
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Anya and Willow had already left for their double date with
Oz and Xander, so Buffy got read for her date alone. While she was putting on her make-up, the phone rang.
“Hi Buffy, It’s Darla.”
“Hi Darla, how are you?”
“I’m doing well.
Fred and I just arrived this evening.
I just called to see if you wanted to get a bite to eat with us and a
few of our sorority sisters. I wanted
to make sure you got introduced to all the proper people.”
“Oh, well thanks Darla, but actually your brother is taking
me out this evening.”
“Oh, he didn’t mention anything to me.” Darla sounded
surprised. “Well okay, you two have
fun. I’ll call you tomorrow and maybe
we can find some time then, okay?”
“Sure Darla, talk to you tomorrow.”
Angel had called earlier in the day to tell her that they
were going to a French restaurant and that he would pick her up at seven.
bouquet of white roses.
“Oh Angel, they’re beautiful!”
“Well so are you.” Angel’s eyes slid over Buffy’s
figure. She was wearing a dark green
sheer blouse that made her stand out and a black mini skirt that flared out
from her waist. Her legs were bare and
she wore black strappy high heel sandals.
After Buffy put the flowers in water, Angel kissed her
softly on the lips. “Are you
ready?” Angel held out his arm.
“Yep” Buffy smiled at him and took his arm.
They walked out of the building and got into Angel’s black
Porsche. They made small chitchat on
the way to the restaurant, which was 15 minutes north of town.
surrounded by pastures.
“Oh Angel, it’s so beautiful out here!”
car. The sun was just setting, causing
the nearby lake to glow as the last rays bounced off the surface.
garden with more flowers that Buffy had ever seen in one place.
white manor house. It was a very
exclusive inn Angel explained to her.
The dining room only sat 15 tables.
The lights were dim creating a very private and romantic atmosphere.
As they entered the dining room, the maitre d’ greeted
them. “Lord Angelus, a pleasure to see
you again. Let me show you to your table.”
and pulled out Buffy’s chair. After he
told them the evening’s specials and left them to decide, Buffy gave Angel a
look.
“So you come here often?”
“Actually yes, this is one of Darla’s favorite restaurants.
and special occasions.” Angel
explained.
“Oh, after the way the maitre d’ greeted you, I thought you
brought all your dates here.” Buffy joked, though she was dead serious.
“Buffy, as I told you before, I don’t date much.” Angel
looked at her intently. “When I was
younger I did, but now I need to be more serious about the type of girl I’m
witpan pan style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Casual dating just isn’t my thing
anymore. I only spend time with lady’s
of the proper breeding.”
Buffy squirmed uncomfortably in her seat.
their first official date along together.
She had no idea how to reply to the statements he was making.
“Buffy, I don’t want to make you uncomfortable.
date much. I also want to let you know
that my intentions toward you are serious.” He took her hand in his.
just want the chance to get to know you better.”
At this, the fear Buffy felt disappeared and her heart
started to melt. “Well Angel, I want to
get to know you better too. I have to
admit I felt a bit uncomfortable at first, because my grandmother was pushing
us together and I wasn’t sure if we had anything in common.
“Buffy, let’s just forget about our families and concentrate
on us. That way we’ll know if this if
real, or if we’re being pressured by our obligations.”
“Sounds good to me, Angel.”
As Buffy said this, Angel took the hand he was holding and gently kissed
it. “Buffy, you won’t regret this.”
They had a lovely dinner and afterwards Angel took Buffy for
a stroll in the gardens, which were well lit by the full moon.
would come up and stay at the inn so she could fully enjoy the Estate.
On the drive back to school, they made plans for the
upcoming weekend, when Angel’s fraternity would be hosting a party.
dorm. They kissed for a few minutes
until people coming out of the dorm interrupted them.
“I’ll call you tomorrow.”
Angel told Buffy as he gave her one last kiss goodbye.
Buffy went up to her room and found Willow was already home.
“So how was you and Anya’s double date?” Buffy asked.
“It was fun. Oz is a
really nice guy. Anya and Xander are
really hitting it off. We’re going to
York on Saturday. Dingo’s have a gig
there. It’s only an hour away, do you
want to come?”
“Actually Angel’s fraternity is having a party this
weekend. I was going to ask you and
Anya if you wanted to come.”
Wow, we’re all just social butterflies, aren’t’ we.” Any
commented, appearing at the door. “I
thought I saw you and Angel smooching on the stoop. Was the sex good tonight?”
“Anya, there was no sex!”
Buffy exclaimed.
“Geez, thought a nice romantic dinner would get you some
action.”
“Is that all you think about.”
“Okay, Miss Grumpy.
You’re just jealous because I saw Xander first.
was really interested in you and all you could do was make moon eyes at
Xander! Don’t think I didn’t
notice.” Anya slammed out of the room
and Buffy could hear another door slam as Anya returned to her room.
“I was not,” Willow mumbled.
Buffy wasn’t sure what to say. She had no doubt Anya was right.
She had witnessed Willow’s reaction to Xander while they were at Willy’s
last night. Buffy knew she needed to
smooth things out between Anya and Willow if they were all going to be living in
the same dorm and on the same hall.
“Willow, I know you have a crush on Xander.”
talking. “It’s very obvious, I could
tell right away the other night a Willy’s.”
“It’s that obvious?”
“Yep.”
“Oh god, Buffy, what am I’m going to do?”
other. I don’t even have a chance.”
“I know it sucks, liking someone and they don’t like you
back.” Buffy went and sat down with
Willow on her bed. “But it’s not like
there aren’t other guys out there. And
from what Anya’s said, this Oz guy seems really into you.
“I do. He’s really
nice. And he has this great, subtle
sense of humor. I’m going to try and
get to know him better and get over this silly crush I have on Xander.”
“That’s great Will.”
“Well, I’m going to go apologize to Anya for acting like
such a dork.” Willow went down the
hall.
Buffy realized she hadn’t had a chance to tell anybody about
her date with Angel. So she picked up
the phone.
“Hey Cordy, what’s shakin’?”
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