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A/N: those who have already read this. I made a huge mistake with my HTML so I have had to re post it and also I have added on a page and a half. So just skip to the end where Angel and Buffy dance. Sorry to spoil it for first time readers.
THE FEEL OF PARIS AT NIGHT
Buffy opened her eyes; She turned her head to look out the frosted window. From her room in the apartment, the scoobies had moved into, she could see the busy street of L.A. They had moved into it shortly after the closing of the hell mouth and when they had got back from Rome. Giles had gone back to England to start training new slayers and set up a, I guess sort of slayer school. Buffy wanted to go help with the school but she had decided that she, and the others needed a break and what a better place then L.A.As Buffy looked out the window she noticed the postman ride up on his scooter and slide a hand full of mail into their mailbox. Buffy putting down her empty coffee cup though she better sort it out before the others woke up and checked their pigeon holes. Since moving to L.A to afford the bills etc. they had each taken on a low-income job. The first one to retrieve the mail would sort it out into the pigeonholes… and it would go on.
Buffy got dressed quickly and sneaked down stairs into the kitchen lounge area. She walked over to the door and picked the mail up from the floor, she sat down at the kitchen table and started to sort through the mail " bill, bill, Andrew, bill, bill, Buffy … Buffy?" Buffy looked at the letter since when did buffy get fancy letters in fancy envelopes. She opened it… it was from Angel.
"You ... Did … WHAT!" Spike yelled at Angel who was coolly sitting at his desk in his comfy office chair.
"Invited her to the party why is that such a big deal!" Angel said looking confused and angry at Spike.
"Because she will see me all undead and the like and me not telling her I am alive is most defiantly not going to Sodding go down well with her" Spike said pacing in front of Angels desk.
"What its not like she will care... Its not like she loves you or anything." Angel said getting annoyed by his pacing.
Spike stood still " The last thing she said before I burnt up from you bleedin' amulet you gave her was that she loved me!" Spike said walking up to his desk and leaning on it with both his hand.
"Well woop-ti-doo!" Angel said standing up and looking at Spike mimicking his movement. "Now she will know that you are alive and you can get married, and have six kids for all I care!"
Spike looked at Angel before pushing off the table and walking out the room reaching for a cigarette in his pocket. Wesley just happened to walk through the door as Spike exited Spike bumped shoulders with Wesley, not noticing he kept on walking.
Wesley walked up to the desk…. " What is his problem?" he said plopping down a pile of books onto one of the couches standing before Angel's desk.
Willow woke up to the smell of coffee and toast. 'A great smell to wake up too' she thought to herself as she turned over and looked at the only photo she had of Tara that had survived the apocalypse, because it had been in the pocket of the pants she was wearing. She needed it for good luck she was doing the biggest spell she knew… Tara had always been her anchor and she didn't really trust Kennedy to be it. Kennedy... willows heart had a pang of sadness, she felt bad for breaking up with Kennedy.
It just hadn't been working out and Kennedy knew she had loved Tara more than she could ever love anyone else again. It had been Kennedy's choice… Willow had only agreed. It had been a bad relationship from the start.
Xander woke up to the sound of Andrew having a rather odd bad dream. " Ahh! Gremlins!" he squealed in his sleep. Xander stood up and walked over to Andrews's bed.
" Andrew… ANDREW!" Xander yelled as he shook Andrew. Andrew turned around and looked at Xander he was … sucking his thumb?
" Andrew do you suck your thumb?" Xander asked the man boy sitting in the bed opposite his.
" No!" Andrew said pulling his thumb out of his mouth. "Just feeling a filling I had behind my tooth it felt loose." He said thinking fast.
" Okay." Xander said looking at Andrew with his one eye suspiciously. " Um… anyway breakfast is ready," he said pointing towards their bedroom door leading to the kitchen. Xander wriggled into a pair of tracksuit pants he had bought recently at a shopping complex down the road. Buffy and Dawn had made it their task to make it their second home.
Xander walked out the door into a bustling room. Buffy was busily making toast and setting out bowls on the long table they had bought. She then placed a rack holding knives, forks, spoons and teaspoons in the middle of the table with the cereal and the toast rack. Willow was busy making 5 cups of coffee for the adults. Faith and Robin had moved into the house with them as well before they moved on the England, they were both sitting at the table eagerly.
As every body sat down Buffy said "I have an announcement to make" she waited for everybody to look up from their breakfasts.
"Angel has invited us to a 3000th year celebration and you guys are all invited. It's a cocktail sort of party..." Dawn looked excited at the mention of cocktails. "Dawn you can only have one" she said looking at her straight on. "So we will sort of wear suits and dresses unless you prefer not to then you can go in what ever."
Everybody looked excitedly around the table, before finishing their breakfast and heading of to work and school.
Buffy finished applying her make up. She stood back to look at the final effect. She turned to the side. Then turned back to the front. Overall a pleasing look. Buffy had cocktail dress on that Dawn had chosen for her while they were shopping for the third time that week. Buffy was actually surprised they had enough money. Buffy was wearing a dress that was the latest craze. The chest area of the dress was in a bikini style that joined to a tube of tight material from her chest down to her waist. From her waist dropped a nee length skirt joined on, in a handkerchief style. It was glittered with Jewels. She exited the bathroom where she met dawn and Willow and Faith all standing there in lovely dresses.
"Shall we go?" Buffy said waiting for them to walk ahead of her down the stairs. There was a round of applause from the men waiting down stairs.
"If I didn't know you all that well I would so try pick you up right now" Xander said looking at all of them one by one as if a proud father. After Xander had said that he got awarded a una-proving look from Robin. "Maybe not faith..." Xander added under his breath. Not wanting to bring up the subject of actually being with her at one point.
As all of them made they're way out onto the street a white stretch limo pulled up onto the curb the driver got out of the car and opened the door " Buffy summers and company… A.K.A the Scoobies" he read out in a familiar English accent he read their names of a piece of paper with they're address on it. Where Had Buffy heard that accent before? Oh… well.
"Yep that's us," Buffy said walking over to the limo and getting in followed by all the others. As Buffy sat there waiting for the others she noticed the Driver get in with them. He took of his hat.
Buffy Squealed getting looks from the others as they climbed into the car and sat down. Buffy slid around the couch until she got to the Driver and hugged him. "Giles!" she heard Willow say as she too came around and hugged him tightly.
Giles although enjoying the hugging finally spoke and a slightly wheezy voice, "I am grateful for the warm welcome but girls I may need to breath sometime today" Buffy and Willow let go quickly and blushed slightly as they smiled beaming smiles at him.
"What ... Why… how?" was all Buffy could say before she just sprung straight back into the hugging.
"I'll explain it during the ride" He said as Willow too hugged him again. He soaked in the warm smiles from Xander and Andrew... the rather cold one from Wood and reasonably warm one from faith.
Spike breathed out a puff of smoke. This was the day he had been dreading. She was bound to see him, and he was bound to get staked. He just knew it.
Spike watched her as she danced along to one of her favourite songs, swaying in time with the movement miming along to the words. Laughing along with Willow and Xander. This was so unfair.
As Buffy danced she felt as though someone was watching he, she didn't know why or whom she just knew some one was. Buffy continued to sway to the music, Laughing and having fun with Willow, Xander and Dawn, when there was a tap on her shoulder. Buffy turned around it was Angel. She relaxed for a bit. Slow dance music had just come on. Angel held out his hand. Buffy stood there for a moment looking at it before she took the hand and leaned her head on his shoulder. They danced not talking until Angel said " Buffy?" Buffy looked up at Angel… he was so tall.
"Yes" Buffy said wondering what he wanted to say.
"Would you like to come work here as a job. The others could come too. We need a good Wicca and … builder. You don't know how many things get broken here. By fights or…" Angel looked at buffy realising he was rambling, "so what do you say?"
Buffy just looked at him for the moment.
Spike stood up and butted out his cigarette. He could not believe that Angel was dancing with Buffy. That poof. Angel knew how Spike felt for Buffy and he was dancing with her… 'Look he made her laugh!' Spike said looking out the glass separating him from the party. Spike was in the visitors lounge just separated from the main hall. The small room contained two blue couches, a long three-seater couch and a small two-seater couch forming an 'L' shape against the walls. In the corner between the two couches was a palm tree and in the middle of the room was a coffee table holding an ashtray and several empty bottle of beer Spike had drained.
Separating the small lounge room from the large party was fogged glass forming a forth wall. In the middle of that glass stood a door with a clear glass window surrounded by wood panelling. Spike was leaning against the door looking out the glass window.
"I'll have to talk to the others maybe think about it a while … is it a paying job?" Buffy asked not wanting to sound to eager.
"Well I can't say for sure if you would get payed but Willow and Xander would." Angel said smiling jokingly.
"What would I be doing?" Buffy said realising they weren't actually moving but just standing there as if they were dancing.
"Probably something to do with the apocalypse. I would have to talk to the liaison."
"Okay" Buffy said breaking away from him and walking away before she walked back "we'll get back to you." She walked away again towards the refreshment table 'what the hell am I doing?' she thought to herself.
Buffy was leaning against the wall empty champagne glass in hand. A Demon came walking up to her holding a champagne bottle "refill?" the Demon asked holding out the bottle. He was dressed in a tux.
"Yes thankyou" Buffy said grabbing the bottle of him and giving him the glass. Buffy spotted a secluded room. She needed some thinking time. She opened the door to the room shut off with fogged glass as the forth wall as she took a swig of the champagne. She let the door shut behind her. Put the champagne bottle down and leant against the door as she took of her shoes and picked up the champagne bottle and turned around to sit on the couches.
"Buffy?" someone said in front of her. Buffy dropped the champagne bottle.
End Chapter 1
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