I Will Not Forget You

by Liana Key

Willow sat down by her computer finishing off an English report when she was interrupted by a tapping at her sliding glass doors.

"And no one ever talked in the darkness,"

"Who?" she said as she got up to look. She walked on to her balcony and saw nothing. Hunching her shoulders she turned around, right into Angel. Taking a deep breath she prepared to scream but his hand covered her mouth before she could.

"No voice ever added fuel to the fire,"

"It's okay, Willow. I'm okay now. I'm not Angelus anymore." He said slowly taking his hand off her mouth. She once again takes a deep breath to scream. he quickly covers her mouth again. "Willow, I swear your spell worked. Please don't turn away from me. I couldn't take it if you turned away from me, too." He said with a shaky voice. He cautiously took his hand off her mouth again. <"No light ever shined in the doorway.">

"Angel?" she said quietly, " You're back from hell, how?"

"Deep in the hollow with earthly desire."

"I don't know. I just woke up back at that old building where Acalthla was. It's been a hundred years for me, in hell." He said his voice mingled with sadness and anger.

"But if in some dream there was brightness"

"Come inside, Angel." She invited and he came in.

"If in some memory some sort of sign"

"I don't know how you managed to change me back, usually only born witches could pull off something like that." Angel said sitting on her bed.

"And flesh be revived in the shadows"

"I know Giles has no idea of how or why that spirit was channeled through me. Maybe I'm a median or something." She said a little bemused by the idea.

"Maybe." He said and she couldn't miss the way his eyes went down her body.

Somehow she forgot she was only wear a tiny tee shirt and some little boxers shorts. It was very revealing, more revealing than her usual long night gown and slippers. Every dip and curve of her was in view for Angel and deep inside she was enjoying his lusty survey.

"Blessed our bodies would lace and intwine"

"I- I came by to thank you for what you did and to say good bye" He finally said.

"And I will, oh, I will not forget you"

"Why where are you going?" She said, concerned, sitting closely to him on her bed.

"L.A." He said and she burst out laughing. "What?"

"You can be cryptic for one moment, can you? You're saying good bye as if you were going someplace far." She said slapping him playfully on the shoulder.

"Nor will I ever let you go"

"I got penance to do, Will. I got to make up for all the bad things I did as Angelus. Whistler gave me tasks to complete." He said in his usually cryptic way.

"What are these tasks? Maybe I can help." Willow said.

Angel took her hand and kissed it. "Always a good friend aren't you." He laughed.

"I...Try." she said, as he began placing gentle kisses up her arm.

"Angel, what are you doing?" She asked, breathlessly. "Thanking you." He said as he claimed her mouth with his.

"OH." Willow sighed.

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