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Epilogue
* 1 year later *
Things between Buffy and Angel have never been better. Since the night of his birthday and the day after waking up in her arms, he knew she was the one. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with this girl, this beautiful woman, and his lover.
The day was sunny, clear blue sky and the birds were chirping. Angel was walking towards the platform to pick up his diploma. As he shaked hands with the principal, he looked towards the crowd and spotted Buffy and as their eyes locked from afar he smiled at her. She smiled right back.
~*~*~*~*~*
As Angel went to see his parents, his dad was the first one that gave him a hug.
"Congratulations, son. I'm very proud of you."
"Thanks, Dad." Mrs. McCrohan decided to make some interference and hugged her son as well.
"Congratulations, my Angel." She then kissed him on the cheek. Faith just looked at her brother as Spike's arms were wrapped around his waist.
"Congratulations, my little Angel," Katherine McCrohan said pinching his cheeks.
"Grandma, please I'm all grown up now," he said embarrassed. He blushed at how his own grandmother could make him still feel like a five-year-old. Buffy looked at the interaction between the two and thought it was so adorable. His grandmother turned over and saw Buffy and smiled at her.
"Awe, that's so cute."
"Angel, she's so cute," she said and pinched Buffy's cheeks as well. Buffy had the same embarrassing look as Angel.
"You know when Angel was a little boy, he use to run around naked and I would see his cute little tush and wee wee hanging."
"Grandma!" Buffy on the other hand had her own personal thought to his grandmother's comment. 'His tush ain't little anymore and neither is wee wee. Those parts of him have grown drastically through the years.' She then looked at Angel and smiled.
~*~*~*~*~*
Angel told his parents that he'd meet up with them later. He wanted some alone time with Buffy. The last thing that Angel wanted now was an audience. He took Buffy by the hand and they walked side by side. As they made it to the bench, Buffy had yet to congratulate him the way she wanted to.
"Congratulations." She then went on her tiptoes and have him a kiss. He accepted it willingly and pulled the petite blonde in his arms. As the kiss deepened Buffy let her tongue part his lips open seeking refuge with is. He moaned at the contact, but quickly released the kiss.
"Buffy, let's have a seat." She was still a little hazy after that amazing kiss. They both sat down and Angel wondered how he was going to tell her this. He knew she was the one for him. Though this little part of him had doubts about her reaction.
"Angel, just tell me." She cupped his cheek with her hand and kissed him.
"Buffy, you know that I love you so much." She nodded.
"You're the first girlfriend that I ever had that I really loved me. You weren't trying to please me, or being nice to me because of Faith. When I first kissed you, it hit a nerve inside my body that I never felt before. I guess what I'm trying to say is Buffy Summers, will you be mine forever?" He had said those very last words as he was down on one knee and opened the black velvet box. Buffy was stunned. She couldn't believe that Angel had just proposed to her in the day of his graduation. She kneeled before him and kissed him fully on the lips.
"Yes! Yes! I'll marry you," she said those words showering kisses all over his face. He slipped the diamond ring in her finger. The whole time he slipped the ring on her finger he was looking right into her eyes.
"Though we can't marry right away because I'm not done with college and…" He quickly shut her mouth with a kiss.
"It's okay. We can wait after you graduate. I'm in no rush. I just want everyone to know that you're mine and your taken," he said grinning wickedly.
"A sense of ownership, huh?"
