A/N: Hey people of this is my first time writing a fic that wasn't anime based and definitely my first time writing Spike/Angel. This is a bit romance/drama/hurt/comfort and yes people it is slashy goodness so if you don't like, don't read. This is a AU and OOC, warnings emotional, verbal and physical abuse, future M madness and maybe attempted character death. I may have Penn and Buffy Bashing involved but as of now I'm still on the fence. Write reviews...LOTS and LOTS of reviews, give suggestions on what you think should happen next and mayhaps it might come true. The content may be a depressing but eh...this idea came to me at 2 in the morning and I've been working on it since. Remember people, be gentle it's my first time insert maniacal anime laugh.

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William looked out the window with a sigh, the life he had known all his life was now coming to an end. He watched as the city of London started to fade into the distance, he was on his way to Los Angelus

California in the United States. On his sixteenth birthday his parents didn't come home, he had been waiting all night for them to return once he got home from school; it was in the a.m. hours when he

received the constable informing him that his parents had been in a motor accident on their way home from the market killing them instantly. After the funeral he was visited by the lawyer whom imparted

upon him the most devastating news he'd thought he could possibly stand, he would be living with his father's step brother Ethan and his wife Amy. Thus his life would be changed forever.

"Get up!" Amy growled while standing in the doorway of William's bedroom, "You are going to be late for your first day of school, honestly I don't understand how we got landed with you without any

compensation" she mumbled the last part while walking away but Will heard it all in the same. Will quickly got dressed and ran down the stairs bumping and almost knocking his uncle over; "damnit! Watch

where you're going" yelled Ethan as he raised a hand to hit Will, William braced himself for the blow when he heard Amy shout "Stop Ethan, you don't want to bruise him before school, save it until he gets

home and then do whatever you want to the little leach". Ethan lowered his hand and chuckled "you're right as always dear" he looked to William and glared "we'll finish this later". Will lowered his head and

walked down the stairs, 'this is my life now, they smiled in front of the lawyers and Judge to gain custody of me but they are really very cruel and abusive people' Amy swatted William on the head "quit

daydreaming". Amy glanced at her watch and looked at Will, "you know, you have plenty of time…if you run really fast you'll be able to make it to school right before the bell rings".

Will looked at her, 'Is she serious? The school is too far away' Amy got into the driver side of the car and started it, "Are you coming or what?"; as Will made his way over to the passenger's side of the car Amy

began to pull off. "Let's Go!" she shouted out of the open window. Every time Will would get close to the car she would pull the car away until he was chasing after the car with all of his might. Finally when

she stopped the car and Will had a chance to breathe Amy got out of the car and pointed to the open fence in front of him, "see" she grinned "you're here and you still have time to get to class before the bell

rings…and I suggest you get moving because the bell is going to ring in 5 minutes and I will not be understanding if you get a late in class" with that she turned and got back in her car. Will frantically glanced

at the clock tower looming in the center of the courtyard 'CRAP, I'm going to be late for class! It will just give Ethan another reason to hit me'. Will looked at his schedule and quickly ran into the main building; he

was so wrapped up in the changing room numbers that he didn't see what he ran into.

"Hey Loser, watch where you're going. You just ran into Angelus" William glanced up with large doe eyes and saw a petite blonde scowling down at him with her arms crossed over her chest. Will then looked

at the tall, broad guy standing behind her looking down at him with a small smile on his face. Will quickly shook his head and started to collect his book "I'm so very sorry" her murmured in a quiet voice. "Yuck,

British?" shrilled the blonde girl; the handsome brunette guy side stepped the blonde girl, kneeling down he started helping Will collect his books. "No, you don't have to help me" will said as he quickened the

retrieval of his books; "Don't worry about it" came a calm response, Will looked up in shock, the man's voice was deep and rich. Angel looked at the boy in front of him appreciatively but his attention was

quickly focused on a portion of skin on the boy's wrist. There on his wrist was a dark bruise that looked as though it was just starting to fade; Angel leaned forward so that his lips were right next to the boy's

ear and he whispered "you have bruises, where did they come from?" shocked by his words William quickly stood and with one last faint 'sorry' disappeared down the hall. Angel stood and glanced to his

group, eyes focusing on one of his members, "Lorne" and with that order Lorne disappeared down the hall as well.