Hailstones
by Roxy

Part Two

All night Angel could feel something was wrong, he knew it,he could feel it, his suspicions were founded when Cordelia fell to the floor and writhed in pain, Angel rushed to the now 23 year olds side and helped her up.

"What did you see?" Angel asked. Cordelia looked tormented and sad as she looked up at him hesitantly.

"Oh god, poor Buffy." Cordelia said as she put her hand to her head. "I saw her being raped...and then she was in her car...and..she crashed into a sign." Cordelia said as she looked at the floor.

"I have to find her." Angel said as he went out the door.

"Angel wait!" Cordelia called but it was too late, he was already gone.

^My Buffy, she was raped, when I find out who did this...Buffy's hurt I can't think about that now, I have to go to her.^ Angel thought as he headed towards Sunnydale, he was nearing the outskirts of L.A when he saw a car that had crashed into a sign. Angel ran out the car, he looked in the window and saw her unconscious form, he opened the door and gently pulled her out. He gently set her down in the backseat and started driving.

Buffy groggily opened her eyes, she saw the night sky loom above her, she was in motion, when she looked around she noticed she was in a car, but someone else's. She sat up and felt a throbbing pain in her head, she felt her forehead, it was bleeding. The car stopped at a big house in a suburb. The figure stepped out of the car and moved toward her, as the streetlight illuminated his features, she smiled weakly and tears rolled down her cheek again. "Angel." She whispered, then she passed out again.

Buffy woke up to Angel sitting next to her, she was in an unfamiliar bed, but a not so unfamiliar place. "Buffy." Angel said, pain in his eyes and worry. "I took you to the nearest doctor last night, a friend of mine checked you out, you'll be fine...physically." Angel said quietly as he took her hand in his and squeezed it.

Buffy thought back to last night, when 'he' raped her, she felt a tear welling up. "You know don't you." Buffy whispered, it was more of a statement than a question. Angel nodded sadly

"Who." Angel asked softly as he wiped away the tear with his thumb.

"My husband." Buffy said sadly. "He's been abusing me and he took it one step further last night.." Buffy said as she looked away in shame.

^How could I have let that happen, it was all my fault.^ Buffy thought.

Almost as if Angel had read her thoughts. "It wasn't your fault Buffy." He said sombrely.

"I know." Buffy said. "Some part of me knows, but the other part still blames me." Buffy added as she started to cry again.

"Shhh, no more tears." Angel whispered as he pulled her in his arms and stroked her hair and whispered comforting words..

^How can I make her pain go away?^ Angel asked himself as his heart broke again for Buffy. TBC.....

Part Three

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