�Visiting hours are over, Sir. You will have to come back tomorrow.�
�I am going to see her now. Where is she? If you don�t tell me, I will go look for her myself.�
Joyce came up behind him and grabbed his arm. Leading him down the hall, she pointed to the door where a police officer and Xander stood. Rushing to the door, Xander stopped his friend from running in. He pulled him down the hall to a small waiting room where Angel wanted to scream.
�Angel, she is in serious condition. We have put her in a coma to let her body heal and we are looking to make sure no brain damage was done. She will be out for days, pal; you might want to get comfortable and you might even want to help her mom get through this.� Xander told him, trying to help his friend as much as he could.
�Fucking hell, it�s all her mom�s fault she is like this. Is there anything I can do Xander? Anything?� Angel asked.
�Sorry, Angel pal, just sit and relax. Make sure all her things are taken care of. You will be the first to know if there is anything you can do.� Xander patted him on the back and lead him back to Buffy�s room.
Once inside Angel sat down in a chair on one side. Looking across the body of the woman he loved was her mother. Looking away he looked in to his lovers eyes. The tears ran down his cheeks as he though of just what she had gone through that day. Laying his head on her stomach he cried.
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The next day
Angel woke in the hospital, laying in the chair next to Buffy. Buffy�s mother was talking with the doctors and Angel listened in.
�No mama, we can not pull the plug she will come out of this just fine.�
Angel jumped up out of his chair and just about shook Joyce.
�What the heck is your problem lady? Are you crazy?� Angel yelled at her.
�Ms. Summers, would you come with us? We have something things we need to ask you and then you can be on your way.� The police officer took her arm and lead her to the door way.
�Angel, we do believe your little statement there might just be right. She may be going crazy. The police picked up Riley Finn and Spike Allen last night and Finn told them everything about how she wanted her daughter dead. We are looking into why. But I have a question for you. Do you think you will be able to care for Buffy if we wake her today? I mean take her home and care for her tonight?� Xander asked him.
�Yes.� Was all Angel had to say.
The doctors pulled Buffy out of her coma and checked her over. Letting Angel in the room, he was crying as he came in.
Hugging Buffy, he whispered in her ear, �I love you.�
The tears fell down her cheeks as she thought to her self what a hell of a year to end on. What was her first year of college going to be like?
The END