Chapter 31 All in a Dream

You think I'm pretty without any make-up on.

You think I'm funny when I tell the punch line wrong.

I know you get me, so I let my walls come down, down.
Before you met me, I was a wreck.

But things were kinda heavy, you brought me to life.

Now every February you'll be my valentine, valentine.
Let's go all the way tonight.

No regrets, just love.

We can dance until we die.

You and I, we'll be young forever.
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream.

The way you turn me on, I can't sleep.

Let's runaway and don't ever look back.

Don't ever look back.
My heart stops when you look at me

Just one touch, now baby I believe.

This is real, so take a chance.

And don't ever look back, don't ever look back.
We drove to Cali and got drunk on the beach.

Got a motel and built a floor out of sheets.

I finally found you, my missing puzzle piece.

I'm complete.
Let's go all the way tonight.

No regrets, just love.

We can dance until we die.

You and I, we'll be young forever.
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream.

The way you turn me on, I can't sleep.

Let's runaway and don't ever look back.

Don't ever look back.
My heart stops when you look at me.

Just one touch, now baby I believe.

This is real, so take a chance.

And don't ever look back, don't ever look back.
I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans.

Be your teenage dream tonight.

Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans.

Be your teenage dream tonight.
You make me feel like I'm living a teenage dream.

The way you turn me on, I can't sleep.

Let's runaway and don't ever look back.

Don't ever look back.
My heart stops when you look at me.

Just one touch, now baby I believe.

This is real, so take a chance.

And don't ever look back, don't ever look back.
I'ma get your heart racing in my skin-tight jeans.

Be your teenage dream tonight.

Let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans.

Be your teenage dream tonight.

"Connor!" Buffy yells for her son. "Con oh is everything packed?" She asked her eldest son and he nodded. "What about the others?" She asked and he shrugged. "You're useless," And Connor did that half grin and walked away. Connor was now fourteen and one year away from high school Buffy couldn't believe he was growing up. Not only that he looked like Angel except he had hazel eyes and dirty blonde hair like a mix between her and Angel. Buffy was in a mad dash to get her four children packed and out the door to her mom's place and then once her mother goes crazy then they'll head to gram and pops O'Brien's place and cause even more terror. Four children Angel wasn't kidding when he said he wanted a big family. There was Connor, Liam, Ava and the little one Isabella. Each kid was different. Connor was his father's son they were buddies and then Liam was a momma's boy completely. Then Ava ran the show butting heads with everyone and maybe the loudest person on the planet. And then you had sweet little Izzy the tiny controller and a daddy's girl. Angel was under her thumb and there was nothing he could do about it and she knew it.

All four kids divide and conquer everywhere they go. They can get away with murder depending on what happened. Buffy left the kitchen and headed upstairs and heard crying.

"Mommy!" Ava screamed in tears. "Mommy!" The five year old cried. "Liam…Liam hit me!" Buffy sighed if she had a dollar every time someone said someone hit me she would be richer than Oprah.

"He'll say sorry," Buffy assured her daughter. "Grab your stuff and head downstairs."

"Mommy! Mommy! Daddy's home!" The two year old Isabella informed her mother.

"Dad's home!" Buffy heard Connor tell her from downstairs. Buffy scooped Ava and her suitcase and little Isabella trotted along with her.

"Dad's home," Liam informed his mom as she made her way downstairs.

"I know three million people told me." Buffy then set aside Ava's suitcase and set the girl down as she cried. "Ava if you don't stop it's to the corner." And the little started to calm down. "Liam get yours and Izzy stuff please." Buffy asked and he nodded and headed upstairs and then Buffy heard Isabella squeal with happiness has her father walked into the door. Angel made his way through the huge house and found Buffy and leaned in for a kiss.

"How was your day?" He asked and Buffy sighed.

"It's a circus here." Buffy answered.

"But mommy there's no elephants around." Isabella informed her mom and Angel smiled.

"You sure?" Buffy asked and Isabella nodded. "Ok everyone's packed." Angel nodded and then set Isabella down but she wasn't all that happy.

"Let me change real fast." Angel said as he loosen his tie and headed up the huge staircase. Angel was a biomechanical engineer and Buffy still had endorsements from her glory days. Buffy still skates and tours with other skaters quite often. Not only that she and Giles ran the Sunnydale Ice Rink together and business was booming for them. All in all Angel and Buffy were wealthy. His parent's have retired from the pub and now Colin and Doyle owned it. Doyle and Cordelia married and had spawns of their own. Willow and Xander parted ways a long time ago but remained close friends. Angel brought his college roommate Oz home once and Willow and him clicked and now were together. Spike and Dru? They weren't married but partners they didn't want to get married but they were more than happy with a child of their own.

Speaking of marriages Buffy had a father again it was her former coach Giles. He and her mother married and Giles adopted her and Dawn. Dawn was a free spirit and she wasn't tamed yet which was just fine. Giles was also the most sought out figure skating coach and he recruits girls and boys from around the country bringing them here to Sunnydale. The Sunnydale rink rivaled the major rinks of the country and a few skaters have made it to Worlds. Buffy herself was a coach because who wouldn't want to train with a three time Olympic gold medalist. Buffy was a twelve time National gold and ten time World gold medalist plus three Olympic gold medals she was forever set in stone in the skating world. She changed the sport but ever since her first Olympics doing that quad toe to a triple toe loop no one has ever done it. Many have tried and all have failed so she held that record. She held many records and it would be a long time coming before anyone matched them let alone surpass them. But little Isabella showed some interest to the ice and Buffy was waiting to see where that would go some day.

Finally the family of six managed to get out of the house and off to her mom's. The kids were all dumped off and finally Angel and Buffy could spend their fifteen year anniversary alone together with no screaming kids. Of course they love their kids and they couldn't imagine their lives without them but this was needed.

All Buffy knew was they were spending a week together but Angel planned it all out. Buffy noticed they were heading back to their house and she gave a confused looked. Their house or rather mansion had ten rooms, a kitchen, breakfast room, dining hall, three garages, a game room, a den, a living room and a small office space that was turned into Buffy's medal and awards room. They had a backyard with a full swing set and jungle gym and a pool. They even had water fountain in the front yard. But while they lived lavishly the money went to their children. Everything they did center around their children and their welfare. They wanted their children to have what they couldn't.

Angel pulled up to the house and looked to Buffy smiling.

"We're going to spend a week alone in our own house?" Buffy asked and Angel giggled. "You're cheap." But Angel kept that smile and she there was something going on and they got out of the car and Angel hit a button opening up one of the garages that housed his motorcycle from their high school days. That bike he always thought helped him to win Buffy over. Then another car pulled up and it was Willow smiling. Angel popped the trunk of their car and Willow took out their suitcase and Buffy was really confused. Angel brought out the bike and got on.

"Hop on," He insisted and Buffy looked back to Willow who smiling she was in on the plan. Buffy got on the bike behind Angel and put her helmet on and they were off. This bike held memories for these two. Angel left Sunnydale and Buffy saw the city limits sign and wondered where they heading. But it didn't matter she had her arms wrapped around her high school sweetheart's waist. Whenever they get on this bike it was like they were young again.

They passed Los Angeles and kept driving and Buffy was getting anxious she wanted to know what was going. Then there was a familiar sign and her heart started to race. Angel pulled into the beach parking lot and stopped the bike. Still without saying a word he got off the bike and had Buffy following him to the beach shore. She did smiling as they headed closer to the water. And then without warning he scooped her up and she giggled. He then set her down and she had her arms around his neck.

"You remember this place?" He asked and she smiled and nodded. This is where he asked her out to be boyfriend and girlfriend when Buffy was almost in pieces and on the verge of becoming completely shattered beyond repair. Buffy truly believed Angel saved her. He gave her something to believe in and something to hold onto. Here is where he gave her the shell necklace a necklace she still has tucked away.

"How could I forget?" She asked and he leaned in for a kiss. He pulled away and his eyes had that twinkle he had more. The then reached for his pocket and pulled out a little black box. Buffy wanted to know what it was and she was nervous. He could still do that make her heart race and get all love sick like a little teenage girl. Angel then held it before her and opened it. Buffy's eyes lit up it was a necklace with diamonds in the shape of shells. It was also gold too. "Angel," She looked up at him of course it was so beautiful.

"I remember," He started as he took the necklace out of the box. "Saying to you it's every shell you walked on before you ever came here. And whatever happened it's the past and I'm not going to judge you or think of you any less than I what I think of you now." He then put the necklace on her and Buffy fought the tears.

"And what do you think when you think of me?" She asked him remembering that conversation perfectly.

"Someone who is so perfect in her own way," Angel stated and Buffy looked back down to her new necklace. "I've always wanted you and I always will." Angel leaned in and kissed her passionately and Buffy pulled him closer just to deepen the kiss a little more. Angel then picked her up slightly holding her. They pulled away letting their foreheads rest on one another's and she smiled. They still felt like those teenagers back in high school. He would melt when he looked at her or made love to her. She was still his champion and now she the greatest title of all the mother of his children. She gave him the perfect four children he could ever dream of. She would still go weak at the knees and fall into arms as if she was star struck. They continued to fall in love all the time of course they had their ups and downs but when it was all said and done they just had to look at each other and it was all there.

If this was dream Buffy thought then she prayed she would never wake up. If this was truly reality then she prayed that it would get better. They both had a part to play in each other success and they benefited from one another. They couldn't be away for very long without missing each other wishing they could lie together in one another's arms. They were older but they were still those two teenagers that fell in love in the hallway of a high school so long ago and they hoped from here until they parted this world together they would remain that way.

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