Title: Puppy Love?, A trilogy
part
1
Author: *snicker* Sha
Rating: goodness,
PG13?
Disclaimer: *SNORT* So not mine
Summary: Buffy gets a new
pet!
Notes: I am SO, SO sorry for this. I really am. hehehe
I've
dedicated this to Andra, she knows why and to my dog Seth. He doesn't know why,
but hell, he doesn't care either. Never heard of a Fila Brasiliero? Look it up
on the net. They're beauty's. Oh, I was a bit mean to Riley. It's not that I
don't like him, I do! It's just I think him and Buffy suck together. Just my
opinion, don't flame me for it.
Speaking of my dog, Seth, this story is
all his fault. He was bored the other day and wanted to "play" with my bird but
I wouldn't let him. He kept giving me the mooning eyes. You know, the ones Angel
give when he's brooding?? The "I've got to take a big shit but can't' look? Ah,
hell, just read the
story.
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Angel left Buffy's
dorm, not to leave Sunnydale as he led her to believe, but to lurk in the
shadows a bit, while keeping an eye on Riley.Oh, and the Adam guy too. It's not that he didn't trust Riley. It had nothing to do with his girl
and the fact that the hayseed had his hands all over her.No, what it
had EVERYTHING to do with was....the boys shifty eyes.
Proud of his
objectiveness, Angel looked up at Buffy's window only to be horrified to see the
light turn off.
Growling in pure frustration, he headed for the tree that
would give him the closest access to her window...just to make sure Buffy didn't
need his help. Had to protect his girl and all.
Unfortunately, he was so
busy worrying about Buffy that he failed to notice the shadow following him. As
he jumped up to grab the trees nearest branch,a sharp object penetrated the back
of his neck.The last thing he heard before passing out was an unidentifiable
chuckle of pure evil.
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"I'm telling you Riley, I
heard someone screaming out here."
Grumbling, the blond man looked around
the deserted campus."I'm telling you Buffy, there is no one out here.
Come on baby, let's go back upstairs."
Taking one last sweep of the
grounds, Buffy started to reluctantly turn back towards Riley, when a dark,
motionless shape caught her eye.
Running over to it, Buffy cried out in
alarm when she saw the big beautiful dog laying under the tree in apparent
death. Dropping to her knees, she checked the animal for a pulse.
*Hmm,
where in the hell would you find a dogs pulse?*
Shrugging her slim
shoulders, she then put her hand on the dogs chest to see if she could feel a
heart beat.Grinning in relief when she felt one,she then bent her face
down next to the dogs to see if it was breathing.
Whispering sweet
nothings to the dog, just in case it woke up and tried to eat her face off, she
felt the dogs warm puff of air hit her face and she impulsively hugged it.
Drawing in a deep breath, she was surprised at the smell of the dog. The
masculine, *familiar* smell.
Shaking THAT thought clear of her head, she
saw the dogs incredibly huge size and called to Riley for help. "Riley,
help me carry this dog into my room. He's hurt and I'm not leaving him out here
for the vamps. Especially Spike.Huh, I wonder if he could drain a dog? I'll have
to check with Giles."
Glancing at the dog dubiously, Riley tried to
reason his way out of lifting the big, lumbering thing.
"Come on Buffy.
That thing weighs two hundred pounds, easy. He could be rabid for all we know.
Lets go call animal control baby. They'll take real good care of it."
One
look at his honeys face told him if he wanted even a fraction of that hot sweaty
fun he had in his dorm the last week, then he had better pick the damn thing
up.
Quietly, the duo smuggled the dog into Buffy's room,placing it on
Willow's bed.She never used it any more anyway.
Going to the phone, Buffy
called Giles.This dog had a very distinct look about it, one she had never seen
around Sunnydale.
"Duh! Of course it's hellmouth strange.Why else would I
call you this time of night about a stray dog?!" Rolling her eyes at
Riley, Buffy turned her attention back to Giles and his questions. "Well,
it weighs around 200 pounds, it's a dark brindle color.Huh? Oh, my Uncle had a
dog this color before and he called it brindle.Heck, I don't know, kinda like a
reddish tiger striped color over black."
Listening to him grumble and
moan about getting out so late because of a dog, Buffy remained quiet until he
ran down and agreed to come.
Hanging up the phone, Buffy turned to her
now grouchy boyfriend. Straddling his lap, she smiled while lightly rubbing
herself against him.
Glad that he was finally getting some action, Riley
playfully growled, while turning to pin Buffy to the bed beneath
him. Pinning her down with one hand, he tickled her into submission with
the other. As she begged for mercy, he laughed, well until he felt the
searing, tearing pain rip through his butt.
Amidst all the screaming and
yelling, Buffy recognized the definite sounds of a dogs growl.
Flipping
Riley off of her, Buffy saw that her new doggy friend had Riley by the
ass.
Seeing that he had Buffy's attention, the dog dropped his
prize.Putting his two big paws on Rileys back to keep him in place,the
dog happily grinned at the pretty blond girl. Damn, he was proud of
himself.
Giggling softly, Buffy patted the pooches head before ordering
him off Riley.The beast reluctantly complied, barring his teeth at the boy in
warning.
Holding onto his bleeding globes, Riley jumped to his feet with
every intention of kicking the mutts ass.
"Riley, No! He was just
protecting me. Come on honey, let me see your booboo so I can clean it and make
it all better."
Her words sent the dog into a growling, snarling fit.Thus
making up Rileys mind.
"It's either that mutt or me. But I will not spend
another second in the same room as that beast."
No amount of reasoning,
near begging or flashes of cleavage could change his mind, so Buffy watched,
half pissed, as Riley limped out, still holding his butt.
Turning to the
dog, she scolded him sharply, causing him to hang his head in a show of
shame.
Darting her a few baleful, soulful glances, he hunched down,
softly wagging his tail in a blatant groveling manner.
Sighing, Buffy
dropped down, eye level with the dog. "You're a scamp, you know that?
I'd swear you chased my boyfriend off in jealousy. I know he was a bit grouchy,
but he's usually not like that. He's had a very rough week and then my boy-um,
ex-boyfriend showed up, they fought and..oh, never mind."
Huggin the dog
extra tight, Buffy closed her eyes and let his strange, manly scent invade her
senses. For just a brief moment, she pretended it was Angel she was
hugging.Sighing, again, she drew back and stared into the dogs eyes, deciding it
needed a name.That's when she noticed it's eyes.
His big, brown, SEXY
eyes.
*woah, Buff! Sexy? but they are nice eyes. They kinda remind me
of... nah, that's crazy!!*
Deciding that he was forgiven,the dog happily
jumped up, knocking Buffy over in the process. Straddling her body, he excitedly
licked her face with his big, wet warm
tongue.
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Giles was stunned, to say the
least. On his way in, he passed the still bleeding, cussing Riley. The boy
wouldn't even stop to talk to him and tell him what was going on.Then he gets to
Buffys room, getting ready to knock when he heard a startled
yelp. Rushing inside, stake on the ready, the sight of the slayer rolling
around on the floor with a dog the same length as her was going to give him
many, many nightmares. He was SURE of
it.
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Part Two- Angel's
Dilemma
OK, so I'm a dog.
In 243 years,I've seen a lot of things,
but this.... this is a new one. But, I'm in Buffy's room,my head in her lap and
she's scratching my ears. Things could be worse.
Giles sputtered and
stuttered a bit but has now taken up pacing while trying to figure out why Buffy
was so adamant that my presence here was hellmouth material.I tried to
tell them why I'm here but when all you can do is bark, growl and whine it's
hard to make people understand you.Although Buffy thought it was
cute.
Another bright spot in all of this is that I was able to get rid of
that boy quite easily. The twirp thought he was going to beat my doggy ass,
please! If Buffy hadn't stopped him, I *still* could have taken him. I really
don't like him, or trust him for that matter.
Oooo, she's giving me a
belly rub now. She never did that when I was in human form.
"Giles,look
at his eyes! Smell him for heaven sakes!"
You tell him baby, hang on,
I'll give him my 'I'm sorry' look. That'll do it.
"Well, I have to admit
that the thing does have an uncanny way of looking remorseful but that doesn't
mean it's Angel. I know that you miss him dearly, even having Riley, b-but this
is-"
"Smell him!"
"Buffy why do you want it to be Angel so
badly?"
Yes, Buffy, why do you? Soldier boy not doing it for you like you
claim?
"Is he...snickering?"
"See Giles? I'm telling you, I heard
screaming not ten minutes after Angel left my room. I went outside and found
this dog under the tree. I don't think I need to tell you about Angels
preoccupation with trees do I?"
Hey! Watch it babe!
"Fine then,
where are his clothes? His duster?If that's Angel,then his clothes have to be
somewhere."
She's so cute when she's confused.
"Well, whoever
turned him into a dog took his clothes."
And when she's grasping for
straws. Even if she is right. The tension around here is high, some how this is
all tied together and a horde of killer fleas couldn't get me to leave at this
point. So, when they start to argue about what to do with me, I decide to use
the bathroom. Just to show them I wont be a problem. That's when it hit me. I'm
breathing,my heart is beating and I don't feel the demon in me. Now I'm getting
freaked, And they're watching me go to the bathroom. Geesh, you ever hear of
privacy?
"uh, Giles? I think he wants us to shut the door."
"I-is
that Angel?"
"Duh! You ever see a normal dog use a toilet before? And
flush it? Ok, and then wash his hands- uh I mean paws? He's staying here with me
and that's final!"
So Giles left vowing to research and I stayed with
Buffy. She started to change her clothes and had stripped to her bra and
matching panties when she caught me leering at her. Damn. So, she finished
changing in the bathroom. When she came back out, she got into bed and patted
the spot next to her.
"Come on Angel. Come on boy."
OK, so she's
calling me like a dog. Who cares! She's inviting me to sleep with her.As long as
I'm in her bed, soldier boy can't be. Yep, things are definitely looking
up.
"You are Angel,aren't you? If not,I'm sorry for calling you that, but
at least it's a nice name. And Angel is the greatest guy I know."
Yeah,
baby, it's all good. Don't look so sad. I've already decided that once I'm done
in the doggy suit that I'm going to find a way for us to be together.We'll
figure this all out. In the mean time, you go to sleep.
"Quit licking me,
silly. It tickles."
I'd like to do more than lick you. Especially since
my ever present demon doesn't seem to be..present. Oh hell, I'm starting to
sound like Xander.
"Hey now! I'm not even sure you are truly Angel but
even if you are,get that libido under control or I'm kicking you out of
here!"
*SIGH* This is going to be a long
night.
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Part 2b-
Some
how, I managed to fall asleep.It was probably the best sleep I had in 243 years.
I have to say it again, being a dog isn't all bad. Well...it's biggest downfall
is...Buffy.I woke to find our bodies wrapped around each other, my tail
up her night shirt (hehehe, bad tail, bad!) and I was, uh-hum, humping her
leg.If that wasn't bad enough, I discovered that you can take the demon out of
the vampire, but you can't take the vampire out of the man-dog..er, whatever,
because my mouth was lightly gripping her neck, my tongue lapping at it's pulse
as she mewled in her sleep.
Damn I'm glad I was first to wake. I don't
think she'd stake a dog, but I hate to be the one to test the theory. So, I
decided it was time for this old dog to get up.
As I started to untangle
myself from her, I heard it. The outraged gasp. *He* was back.
"Oh that
is just sick!"
Joy, it's Riley. A little teeth barring, a few low
growls....
"Angel enough! RIley this isn't - um it's not quite as bad as
it looks. And how did you get in?"
"Did you just call that thing
Angel?!"
OK, once again, I can't resist smirking at him. Hasn't he
figured it out yet? He may have borrowed her for a while, but she'll never
belong to him. Not since I made her mine. And now I'm taking my claim back.
Share time is over.
"I swear that dog just smirked at me like Angel
does."
"That's because he is. Angel, that is."
"I'm sorry, did you
say that the dog *is* Angel or that the dog is *named* Angel?"
"Um, both
really, but yes, he *is* Angel."
"Ahh, I see. Huh?"
What a dip
shit. Hey! Buffy thinks she's getting out of bed? Oh no you don't.
"Ugh,
Angel, you weigh a ton, get off."
Soldier boy is about to blow his top.
He's looking at us with this look. Much like the look he gave me in the sewers
before he began the fight. You would think he had never seen a dog sitting in
someones lap, nuzzling their hair and grinning at him.
"That's it! I've
had all I'm going to put up with. First I have to live in his damn shadow. Now I
have to live in his damn fur? Buffy, when you're ready to get rid of him. The
dog him, the billowy coat, king of pain him. ALL of him, call me. I have a demon
to find."
"Shit! Come on Angel, we have to take you to Giles then I'll
have to go after Riley. He can't face Adam on his own, he'll get himself
killed.
Hmmmmm, now I'm starting to get a small dose of what he must of
felt when Buffy went running of to L.A. for me. Damn again.
Part 3-
DogGone
As Buffy walked Angel to Giles place, she admired the way his
muscles bunched under his skin. Even as a dog, he was the most beautiful male
she had ever seen. *Sigh* Poor Riley.
Not sure why her life always had to
be so ...weird, she all but growled at a pretty co-ed who bent to pet Angel. No
one touched her man. Even if her man was a dog. Walking faster, she
thanked the fates when they finally reached Giles. Shooing Angel in before her,
Buffy called out to the ex-watcher.
"Giles, hurry up and get your butt
out here. I have a problem and I need you to dog sit." Glaring at the growling
dog at her feet impatiently, Buffy muttered, "shut up, I don't care if you like
it or not. You can't go with me in this condition."
Ten minutes later,
Buffy left the two unhappy males and went to find Riley or Adam or knowing her
luck, both at the same time. She was so confused as to where her life
was going. Every time she thought she would survive without Angel , he showed
up. It was as if the fates were trying to tell her something. Frankly, she just
wished if they had something that big to say, the jerks would just give her a
bigger sign than they had been.
Walking past a cave in the forest, Buffy
stopped when she saw what could be Riley boot tracks going inside. Shaking her
head, she held the cross bow Giles had given her to take tighter and entered the
cave.
"Riley? Riley, are you in here?" She sensed someone, familiar but
....
"No, my brother isn't here, but I am."
Turning, Buffy's heart
leaped to see Adam. Damn.
"Great, as if my life isn't complicated
enough."
"I can end all that for you Slayer. It fact it will be my
pleasure. I've often wondered how slayers work on the inside. To absorb your
powers would be-"
"OK buddy. ENOUGH. I've had a really bad week and quite
frankly, I'm *so* not in the mood to hear all your grand speeches about world
domination. Can we just do this?"
Nodding in near disappointment, Adam
smiled. "As you wish."
He backhanded her across the face before she even
knew he had moved. Licking the blood off the corner of her mouth, she circled
around him, trying to judge the best move. He was strong, too
strong.
Adam looked at her blood on his arm and licked it off, tasting
her essence. "I crave more. Interesting, I think I understand the vampires
fascination with it now. Your power is in your blood."
Releasing a bolt
from the cross bow, Buffy shrugged as it hit him in the chest. "What can I say?
My power flows through my blood, born from birth. Your *borrowed* power just
sits there, unable to flow free. Huh, must suck to be you. So did Maggie equip
you with any other gadgets? Cause I'm thinking a sword sticking out of your ass
would be cool."
"Ahh, the sarcastic quips to throw off the enemy. Quite
effective for some I imagine. However, I'm not set up to receive them.When I
kill you, Riley will come into my family and we will be whole again. It's a
shame that you can't be one with us. No matter, let's finish this, as you would
say."
Shaking of the chill those words gave her, she smiled with an ease
she didn't feel.
"I believe Riley would have to disagree about that,
where are the other players in this Addam Family of yours?"
Feigning
left, Buffy quickly swung around to the right and grabbed his arm,jerking it
behind his back.Placing her foot into his back for leverage, she broke off his
spike earning a grunt from the initiative's demon creation.
Adam turned
with ease and flung her into the wall, answering , "Mommy is at the office with
my brother now. She is making the preparations to finish our
family."
Shaking off the pain, Buffy stood slowly, spike still in hand
and carefully edged for the door. Today was not the day to finish
this.
"That sounds very nice. I'm sure that it'll be one big happy family
and I really do wish you all the best and I'll be *so* sorry when I kill every
single one of you. "
She had almost made it out the entrance when the
vine like whip caught her around the feet and pulled her to the ground. Rolling
as she hit the ground, she got one leg free before Adam pulled his whip tighter,
jerking violently enough to pull the skin from her ankle.
"Adam, Stop.
Let her go, it's me you want."
Both Adam and Buffy looked up in surprise
to see a bloody but alive Riley, weapons in hand. He wasn't alone, at his feet
stood a familiar, muscled dog. Angel.
"Brother, I see you escaped from
mother. And you brought my new pet with you. Come join me and this can be
finished."
OK, now Buffy was PISSED. "You did this to Angel? You are so
getting it buddy. I don't know where all you freaks get off messing with my
boyfriend, but it's a lesson you wont need to be learning again. Nobody touches
him, nobody but me."
Flinching, Riley tried to ignore the pain that
speech caused and worked at keeping Adam's attention on him so the dog ~so
Angel~ could free Buffy.
" I've taken care of the thing that you made
Maggie. I know how to take care of you as well.It's over, *brother* "
As
Riley talked, Angel slunk over to Buffy and bit through the whip that held her
ankle. Giving her bloody wound a few swipes with his tongue, Angel nudged her
towards the exit with his snout.
The slayer and dog had made it to the
trees when she hear Riley cry out. Turning back , she ran to help him, Angel,
once again, at her side.
When they re- entered the cave, Riley was on the
floor, holding his stomach with Adam standing over him, his remaining spike
blood covered. Feeling guilty and upset to see Riley hurt, Buffy attacked Adam
with the spike she had removed from him. Striking him in the chest, she
looked at the big hole she left and the blue glowing orb inside.
Weakly,
Riley called out, "destroy it Buffy, it's his power source."
Reaching
inside to pull the orb from Adams chest, Buffy saw, too late, as his spike swing
towards her neck. Closing her eyes, she pulled the orb, feeling it give before
coming loose in her hand and awaited the final killing blow from Adam.
She fell to the cave floor, orb in hand, panting from the...non pain.
Opening her eyes, she looked around to see what was going on. What she saw
chilled her heart.
The dog, her Angel, lay next to her, his guts ripped
open. He had taken the blow for her. Whimpering lightly, he tried to crawl his
way to her his blood pumping out with every movement.
Crying out, Buffy
rushed to his side, placing her hands on his gaping wound, trying desperately to
stop the flow of blood. Burying her face in his fur, she sobbed as he shuddered,
then lay still.
"Please Angel, don't leave me again. I- I need you so
much. "
Arms she didn't welcome, not now, wrapped around her. Crooning in
her ear, Riley tried to calm her. Tried in vain to keep her heart from further
shattering.
Breaking free from his shelter, she gathered the dog into
her arms once again, burying her face in his neck, praying to the fates, God and
anyone else who cared to listen to bring him back. To finally pay him for all
the sacrifices he made for man kind and for her. As the body grew colder and
stiffer, it began to shift, to change and she was left holding Angel, in his
true , naked form.
He opened his brown, pain filled eyes one last time ,
whispering, "I love you Buffy, always. Remember me." before turning to dust,
covering Buffy, Riley and the floor of the cave in it's fine mist. The
only sound to be heard was the sounds of the tiny slayer
sobbing.
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Buffy dragged her feet into
Giles house. It had been three weeks since Angel..had left. She refused to say
the "d" word, and no one else was allowed to either.
Giles looked up
when he hard the familiar dragging steps of the slayer. He hoped this idea
worked, he would hate to be on the receiving end of her stake. Swallowing hard,
he stepped out of the kitchen and smiled at the slim blonde."Did Riley
get off ok?"
Nodding, Buffy flopped down on his couch, throwing her arm
over her face."Yea, he wont be back. Not that I blame him but it still
hurts you know?"
"Yes, dear, I do. I need you to go into the kitchen for
me and make some tea,while I run upstairs and get a book. There may be some new
trouble."
Sighing, Buffy drug herself off the couch and went into the
kitchen, the puppy sitting in the middle of the floor had her retreating back
into the living room.
"Why do you have a dog in your house?"
The
look on her face made is blood run a bit cold and he slowly backed towards his
front door, saying, "I thought p-perhaps a pet would-"
"You thought
wrong." Seeing the sad frown on Giles face, Buffy sighed and softened her
tone. "I'm glad you think of me so much Giles, but I can't- right now, after
what happened, I just can't handle a pet. Especially a dog that looks like that
one."
The puppy was a small version of the one Angel had become. Right
down to it's soulful brown eyes. The only difference was it's color. Where Angel
had been the dark, brindle color, this pup was a golden blonde
color.
Shaking his head, Giles cleared his throat loudly, several times.
Giving him a strange look, Buffy gestured back towards the kitchen, "I can't
Giles. I'm sorry but you'll have to take it back to where ever you got it from.
"
"Oh well. I was hoping you could you could help me raise it, but if
you're not interested...."
Rooted to the spot in UTTER shock, Buffy
didn't dare turn around to the voice she just heard. She dreamed of it so many
nights that she was suddenly afraid she was asleep, that this whole day had been
one big nasty dream. "A-Angel?" Her voice, a mere whisper, shook with so
much emotion Angels step faltered half a step.
Drawing in a deep breath,
he continued towards Buffy until he was close enough to feel her.He had planned
on just a soft, comforting touch, but when he lightly brushed her shoulder with
his palm, he groaned and pulled her back against him.
Shaking, Buffy felt
his warmth against her back and turned into it, burying her face into his chest.
When she felt the soft thump of a heart, her own broke into a million pieces
because she now had proof she was sleeping. Weeping at the pain of reality, she
grabbed tighter to his shirt front, collapsing to her knees.
"I'm weak
Angel, I'm so weak. I-I can't do this anymore. I can't go on without you and
keep dreaming of you every night." Her next words were spoken so low, so
brokenly they almost weren't said. "I want to die too."
Dropping to his
knees next to her, Angel welcomed the tears coursing down his face and grabbed
two fists full of Buffys hair and brought her face to his. Kissing the tears
from her eyes, he begged her to believe, one last time, in him and in their
love.
As the two held onto each other desperately, one believing she was
dreaming , the other trying to prove she wasn't, Giles let go of the puppy's
collar, watching in satisfaction as it lumbered over to the two.
Whining
and licking their faces, the puppy begged for attention. Buffy raised her face
from Angel's chest and stared at the puppy in confusion. When it started chewing
on her arm with it's little needle like teeth, she gasped in
shock. Whirling her head back around to Angel, she read the truth in his
eyes. "You're really here? Bu- how? What-?"
Smiling , he cupped her face
between his hands, using his thumbs to wipe the remaining tears from her
eyes.
"After I died, I was brought to the Powers that Be. Seems a certain
slayer thought they owed me. So, they gave me back my life, with a new twist. I
can breath and my heart beats. I'm mortal Buffy. I won't be much help but do you
think you can stand having me around for the next sixty years?"
Grinning
for the first time in weeks, Buffy threw herself into his arms, laughter
bubbling out. Sitting back a bit, she looked from the pup to Angel. "What's it's
name?"
Blushing, Angel sighed before saying, "Riley."
The
End
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