Disclaimer: The characters in the Buffy and Angel universes belong to Joss Whedon and the folks at Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox.

Characters from Fright Night belong to Tom Holland, Tommy Lee Wallace, Colombia and Tristar.

This is an AU crossover fic. It's a bit of a deviation from the Buffy comics and if things at the end of the sequel took on a bit of a dark turn.

These stories are companion pieces to Two Become One. They happen during the story, but nothing to really further the plot, sort of sidequels or Midquels. The are mostly celebrations and happier moments.

Vignettes

Chapter 1: Settling in

Xander wasn't sure if he would be able to sleep at all that night. Drusilla was in town and she was human. He could still remember how she was able to, in her own way, came to his rescue when Angel or rather Angelus had him. She thought she was in love with him, just like every woman in Sunnydale had thought. That wasn't their fault though. Xander just had to use a love spell on Cordy and boy did that ever backfire. Dru wanted to make him a vampire.

Now she was here in his house, or rather Charley's house and she had brought some things and was moving in. Xander thought he should have something to say, but he kept his tongue still. It was Charley's house and he was going to be living in that large house thanks to the reluctant vampire.

Before Xander knew it the sun was up and shining in his face. He rolled out of bed, showered and dressed and made his way down stairs and came across Drusilla staring at the stove with a frying pan in her hand.

"Are you trying to kill a spider?" Xander asked.

"Spider's in a house are good," Drusilla said. "It is bad luck and very naughty to kill them."

"Unless they are the kind that can kill you," Xander told her while he thought of black widows and brown recluses. "What are you doing?"

"Morning, time for me to earn my keep with eggs and sausages."

"That is very sweet of you, but I'm not sure if it is a good idea to leave you in front of the stove like that."

"My mummy taught me how to cook."

"Did your mummy have an electric stove?" Xander asked as he removed the skillet from her hands. "Times have changed since you became a vampire."

"They forgave me. All the people the evil me killed. They know I was really with them."

"In the beautiful place," Xander said. He had a theory of what she was talking about. "Was Buffy there?"

"She was and I told her I was sorry for my demon killing the other Slayer. She forgave me. They both did and they were both happy there and the good teacher that tried to make Angel good was there and we were all happy." She frowned. "And you pulled her out. She was happy and you pulled her out."

"We didn't know," Xander said softly. His theory about Dru remembering Heaven proved to be true. "We thought she was in a hell dimension."

"Shhh," Dru held up a finger to her lips. "The others are sleeping."

"And three of them are going to be sleeping for a while," Xander said. "The kids will be over to help with the house makeover."

"This isn't his place just yet. It reminds him of what had happened. He sees hurt and pain and being controlled. You are working on making it his."

"We will work on it again when the kids arrive later." There were other things for Xander to do along with Faith. Their main goal was to work on getting the last items from the apartment and start on some of the cleaning.

"Breakfast must be made."

"I think we'll do that together," Xander told her. He got out a carton of eggs and while they didn't have any sausages they did have some bacon. That should suffice. He also brought out the bag of English muffins. "Here's something for you to do." He pulled out one of the muffins and separated it. "You put them in the toaster like this." He slid the halves into the slots and pushed down on the lever.

"I know how to work things. I am not as helpless as you may think."

"Just making sure," Xander told her. "Sometimes one can't be too sure." Especially when it came to the matters of whether or not the house would burn down.

"You will need two skillets," Dru told him. "One for the eggs and one for the meat."

"I know." Xander pulled out a second skillet and set them down on the stove. He melted some butter in each one. He new lard or oil might have been a better choice from frying, but the butter gave it a better flavor. He cracked in a few eggs in one and put several strips of bacon into the other.

Drusilla was doing well on her end. She had removed the one toasted muffin and put in another. Xander tried to flip over the eggs but he broke the yoke in the process. He cracked two more eggs and checked on the bacon.

"You stay with the bacon," Dru told him. She took the spatula from his hand and flipped the eggs over and not a single yolk broke. She slid them onto a second plate and put in two more eggs. "Make sure it doesn't burn."

"Uh yeah." He turned over the bacon and let it sizzle just a little bit longer before he turned off the stove and removed the strips and put two on each plate. "What would you like to drink?" He was going to make coffee for him and for Faith. He didn't know what the former vampire wanted.

"A glass of chocolate milk," Drusilla said. "As a human I need to think about my bones and a glass of orange juice. It's also good for you."

"I'll get that. You take the plates to the table and set it up for the three of us."

The two of them started eating their breakfast together with butter and grape jelly used on the muffin halves. Faith came down to join them a half hour later, complained that the food was cold and was told by Dru that she should come down at a proper time.

After breakfast was eaten and the dishes were put away they went to the apartment after walking around the empty place to make sure they had gotten everything they decided it was time to clean up. Xander would be in charge of vacuuming. Faith was told to clean the bathroom and Dru was given a duster.

"Why do I have to do the entire bathroom?" Faith asked.

"Small bathroom," Xander told her. "Hard to squeeze three people in. Just spray the sink and tub with the cleaner and used the glass cleaner on the mirror and use the mildew remover on the tiles around the tub area."

"And the toilet?" Faith asked.

"Just put the cleaner in and I'll scrub it."

Xander gathered as much garbage as he could up and placed it into the trash and then took the vacuum and went over the floor in the room that was used as the bedroom and then the living room area. When Dru had finished her task he gave her a broom and told her to sweep the kitchen floor and the foyer floor. He took a different broom and cleaned the patio floor.

"Let's see how Faith did," Xander said as he walked in the bathroom. The mildew was almost gone and the tube and sink were spotless and almost seemed to glow. The mirror was also good as new. "We'll work on this another time." He picked up the toilet brush and ran it around the toilet and scrubbed at the sides before he flushed.

"Now what?"

"Lunch and we'll just chill," Xander told her before he turned to Dru. "You have been great help." She smiled appreciatively at him.

"The kids should be here soon," Xander said as he checked his watch. "We still have three more rooms to plaster with wall paper." Lucky for them all three were bathrooms. "Then after the wall paper we will paint and when will the carpet people be here?"

"Monday after Thanksgiving," Faith said. "Are we going to do something?"

"I was thinking of going to A 24 Hour Wal-Mart when we are done here and getting one of those things that's just a turkey breast with the legs and we'll have the mashed potatoes, the stuffing the gravy, the rolls, the pie and the vegetables."

"And cake?" Drusilla asked. "Am I allowed to be part of this holiday?"

"Don't see why not," Faith told her.

"I am not of this country."

"Actually in a way you are," Xander told her. He remembered how Anya claimed her new nationality when she was turned back into a human. "You were reborn in Atlanta, so therefore you are now an American."

"I am now an American," Dru said and smiled. "I shall make the food for the boys." She walked towards the kitchen.

"Does she know how to use a microwave?" Faith asked in a wary tone.

"You better go in there with her. I also need you to keep her busy while we are busy."

"How? I think she's kind of bored of TV."

"She brought a couple of stuffed animals right?" Xander pointed towards the direction of Dru's room. "You, her and her fluffy plush friends will have a nice tea party."

"Are you serious?"

"Do you really want to help with wallpaper?" Xander asked. He knew she would rather go out and do some slaying but he needed her to watch over Drusilla.

"Not really, but a tea party? Dude are you tripping on me?"

"You make her tea. You pour imaginary tea for her friends and your tea will come out of a bottle that is in the pantry."

"I think I'm starting to like this idea," Faith said as she headed towards the kitchen.

"Two reasons why I don't really want Drusilla involved in this project," Xander said as he painted more glue on the strip of colorful paper. "One I'm afraid she might do it wrong and when she realizes she is doing it wrong she might get upset, and two I don't want her to get high on the fumes."

"Instead we get high on the fumes," Ace said as he put up the strip on the wall. The pattern of the paper made it look like a blue tile mosaic.

"Or you get glue in your hair," Tyler said as he unrolled another strip. Xander worked with the two boys while the girls worked on another bathroom and the vampires took on the third.

"Mock me all you want," Ace said. "That could of happened to anyone."

"Yet it happened to you," Tyler told him.

"Like I said, anyone," Ace chuckled. His smile faded when Xander looked at him out of the corner of his eye.

"Anything troubling you?" Xander asked him.

"Nope."

"Ace, if you are upset about something then you can talk to me."

"I said I was fine," Ace said as he painted on more glue.

"Leave him be," Tyler told him.

"Yeah you are the one with the attitude," Ace told him "Taking it out on people who don't deserve it."

"I don't take it out on people."

"Then why are giving Charley and the others crap?" Ace asked.

"I said people."

"Tyler, buddy you really do need to let go of your anger," Xander told him. "I'll admit that Spike is a grade A pain in the ass and Ed seems like a kind of an idiot, but Charley is all right."

"He lied about what he is."

"He was ordered because he was under the thrall of Regine." Xander pointed at his neck. "So was I. He has gone through a lot. He's still depressed and you need to lay off him."

"Agreed amigo," Ace told him.

"I just don't like that fact that he is dating Lyra. I can just see that it's going to end badly for her."

"Tyler, let me tell you something. I have seen a Slayer and a vampire be romantically involved with each other. I have seen it end badly for them. I can safely say it won't happen this time."

"How?" Tyler asked.

"Because for starters the kind of vampire that Charley is has a soul. They never lost it and he doesn't have to worry about that."

"Got two more strips left and we will be done," Ace said.

It didn't take them long to finish and once they did they cleaned up their supplies and washed their hands in a different sink. Xander could go for a snack and was about to walk to the fridge when Faith slapped his hand.

"Excuse me," Xander said to her.

"Already have plenty of snacks for everyone," Faith said. "Dru wanted something else besides tea, so I sliced up some fruits and cheeses and there are these little strudel pastries that I divided in quarters.

"Ooh snacks," Ace said as they followed Faith into the dining room where there were several plates with the aforementioned snacks. The girls and the vampires had also gathered around and were snacking on the foods.

"Scuse me," Ed said as he nearly bumped into them on his way to the kitchen.

"Nice spread, Faith," Tyler said as he selected a few slices of fruits and cheeses.

"Almost looks like a high class hoity toity party fair," Ace said as he grabbed some fruit and pastries.

"I'm pretty impressed," Xander said before he took a bite of cheese.

"I didn't do this," Faith said before she took a sip from her cup. "Drusilla did. I just watched."

"Sorry," Ace said. "Thanks Dru."

"Thank you for the snacks," Tyler added.

"Drusilla you don't have to impress anyone," Xander told her.

"You are doing great, love," Spike told her. "You'll be making one of those fried onion flowers in no time."

"You like those?" Ronnie asked. "I know Charley loves pastries and stuff."

"Best type of appetizer there is," Spike said

"Back," Ed said and returned with a mug of blood. "Still plenty I see." He selected one of the strudels and dipped it in blood.

Everyone stared at him in disgust and made gagging sounds.

"I've had enough," Ronnie said.

"I'm going to throw up," Lyra said and spun around.

"I can't eat another bite," Charley said and set down the pastry corner he had just picked up.

"Dude you also drink this stuff," Ed told him.

"Yeah, but that's like dipping a donut in gravy," Charley told him. "Some stuff just shouldn't be."

Xander noticed the way Faith and Spike looked at him. "I have never done that. I have dipped bagels in gravy though."

"Are those good?" Ace asked him.

"Very," Xander said. "But right now I've had enough." He was going to help Drusilla put it away. Maybe he was a bit wrong about her. She was surprising him. It looked like she was adjusting to being a human again just fine.