Angel

Colin, the Anointed is throwing rocks into a pool of blood in the Master's Lair. Darla comes in and tries to explain to the Master that she can kill the Slayer. The Master is very angry that Buffy continues to kill his family and decides to send The Three after her. At the Bronze, the pre-fumigation party is going on. Buffy is sulking while Willow tries to strike up a conversation. Finally, they start to talk about guys and how they both have a thing for the unattainable.

While the girls chat, Xander is dancing away on the dance floor. He tries to dance with a girl, Annie, but her boyfriend is there. As he backs away to avoid any permanent physical damage from Annie's boyfriend, he steps on Cordelia's shoes. After a quick chat with her, he heads back over to Buffy and Willow and notices Buffy's mellow behavior. She finally decides to leave but as she does, she feels as if someone is following her.

On the streets of Sunnydale, Buffy senses someone following her and just as she pulls a stake out to kill her accoster, a vampire jumps down in front of her from the trees and two others attack her as well. The drag her into an alleyway but she starts to fight them off. As the catch her again and one leans in for the feed, Angel shows up and pulls him off of her. They fight for and Angel ends up getting slashed in the ribs by a rod iron bar.

Angel and Buffy escape to her house and she invites Angel in. They keep the vamps out because they can't come in unless they're invited. They go into the kitchen where Buffy gets some bandages to clean up his cut. She notices a tattoo on his back and while cleaning up his wound, she asks him about why he's always around. He explains that maybe he likes her and that's why he's following her around. Buffy hears the door open and rushes to the door to intercept her mother from meeting Angel and to protect her from The Three who could still be outside.

As Buffy tries to hide Angel, he comes out looking presentable with his shirt and jacket back on. Buffy and Angel pull off a very good cover and they are able to convince Mrs. Summers to go to bed. Buffy holds the door open to say goodnight, loud enough for her mom to hear but then closes it to reveal Angel standing behind it. They go up to her room where Buffy insists Angel stay for the night just in case the Three are still hanging around.

The next day at school, Xander wigs when Buffy tells him about Angel staying in her room for the night. Willow asks questions, wanting to know every little detail. Buffy informs them both and tries to keep Xander calm. Giles presents Buffy with a book containing a picture of the three as well as information about them. He says that Buffy must be causing the Master much trouble for him to send the Three. He tells her that they must start training with weapons to prepare for his attack.

In the Master's Lair, the Three offer their lives in penance. The Master explains to Colin that even though they are family and vampires take that relationship very seriously, the Three still failed and their lives shall be taken. Despite how much joy it brings to him. Darla has the honor of killing them. Back in the library, Buffy finds a crossbow and is eager to start shooting something. Giles insists they start with the quarterstaff and gradually work up to the crossbow. But, after a quick fight in which Buffy ends up knocking Giles to the ground with the staff, he decides she is ready for the staff.

That night, Buffy brings Angel a bag of food, which she snuck away from the table. When Angel mentions that he did a little "reading" during the day while Buffy was at school, she thinks that he read her diary, which was sitting out on her desk. After going over a spew of things mentioned in the diary to try to cover up it's contents pertaining to him, Angel reveals that he didn't read her diary and that her Mother was the one who took it out of the drawer. Buffy, having realized all that she just said tries to come up with a clever way to get out of the current situation. Angel tells her he can't be around her because when he is, all he wants to do is kiss her. They kiss but as the kiss intensifies, Angel can't control the demon inside of him and reveals his alter-self. He's a vampire. Buffy screams and Angel flies out of the window and slides down the roof.

The next day at school, Buffy tells Giles and friends about Angel being a vampire. She hopes that Giles knows of a way that a vampire could be good but he offers no good news. As Xander encourages her to do her duty as the slayer and slay Angel, she says that she won't because she loves him. Later that night, Buffy and Willow try to study in the library but find it impossible since Buffy's mind is elsewhere. Willow tries to get off the topic of History by talking about Xander. They decide that they'll study for a bit longer before Buffy heads home to mope.

Angel arrives back at his apartment and as he turns the light on, senses someone else's presence in the room. Darla comes out of the shadows and reminds Angel of the evil things he did in the past with her. While going over the human like things Angel does, Darla opens on of the windows, exposing Angel to sunlight to prove her point. Then while Angel attempts to convince her that he's not evil like he used to be, she checks out his fridge supply of pig's blood.

Darla, having been eves dropping on the girls in the library, goes to Buffy's house where she pretends to be a friend of Buffy's and convinces Mrs. Summers to invite her into the house. She turns Joyce into a snack just as Angel comes over to Buffy's house. As he bursts in and tries to stop Darla, she throws Joyce at him and encourages him to eat. She flees the scene just as Buffy comes home and finds her mom in Angel's arms. Angel is kicked out and Buffy calls an ambulance.

At the hospital Buffy tries to comfort her mother and then goes out on a mission to kill Angel, despite her love for him. Buffy, armed with a crossbow, finds Angel at the Bronze. They talk and Angel tells her that he's cursed with a soul after feeding off a gypsy girl. For the past hundred years, he hadn't fed off a living human being. She offers her neck, but he refuses. Instead, Darla comes out of the shadows armed with two guns. She fires and sends Angel falling. Then she and Buffy exchange attacks until Angel stakes her with one of the bolts from the crossbow.

Days later, at the Bronze, Buffy is hanging with her friends, talking about Angel until Willow mentions that he's across the room watching her. The two meet and talk which leads into a supposed "good-bye" kiss, but they both know that's a big lie. Buffy walks away and we see that the cross Buffy wore around her neck burned Angel when they kissed.