B & A

Buffy: “I never thought you'd come.”
Angel: “It’s a big night. I didn’t want to miss it. It’s just tonight. It doesn’t mean that I…”
Buffy: “I know. I mean, I understand.”
Angel: “Dance with me?”
(The Prom, Season 3 Buffy)

November 23, 1999
Doyle: “Maybe he’s over her.”
Cordelia: “You have so much to learn, little Irish man.”

Angel: “It is confusing. And I…when we’re apart…it’s easier. It hurts, every day. But I live with it. And now you’re…you’re right here…and I can actually reach out…and -- it’s più than confusing. It’s unbearable.”
Buffy:...

(Be warned: This is quite lengthy) It's an essay from a Buffy related book once again credited to 'Imblack21' for her find. The girls becoming a b/a santa!
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy
Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale

The essay in question:

Buffy in the Buffy:
A Slayer's Solution to Aristotle's Amore Paradox
Melissa M. Milavec and Sharon M. Kaye

Background from the essay...

The Aristotelian Framework

According to Aristotle, there are three levels of friendship. The lowest form, "utility friendship", is based on mutual benefit, irrespective of whether o not two parties...