Famous Love
Rating: M
Disclaimer: I still do not own the Buffy characters.
Summary: AU. Buffy Summers and Angel O'Donovan are the two hottest names in Hollywood. But when one starts badmouthing the other, all hell breaks loose in beautiful Tinseltown.
By the time Sunday arrived, all the celebrity magazines, talk shows, and even news broadcasts had spoken of only one thing: the drama that would undoubtedly unfold when Buffy and Angelus would be in the same room at the Teen Choice Awards. Both were nominated for Choice Hottie, and could possibly be forced to share a stage with each other. Another equally popular topic was which movie would come out more victorious; Unstoppable or Midnight Sky. Neither movie was a hands down winner; something that undoubtedly would bring in the ratings for FOX.
As it became time for the celebrities to begin arriving for the evening's awards, the crowds gathered outside became louder and louder. Fans from all over the world were lining up in the hopes of seeing some of their idols and perhaps even grab an autograph. Interviewers were lined up down the carpet ready to dig for the latest gossip. No one knew whether the two biggest names in Hollywood would be walking the carpet or arriving just in time to rush inside without answering any questions. All the pondering stopped though, when the very man in question arrived with good friend Spike Pratt.
The two men, both dressed in leather pants and shirts that showed off their athletic muscles, stopped at the beginning of the carpet to allow their presence to become known. Frantic screams increased ten fold and soon all eyes and cameras were on the two men. They continued on before stopping and posing for the photographers. After a while, the poses became more amusing, including: Spike jumping on Angel's back for a piggyback ride and then one where the two of them holding their chins and looking up into the sky, as if looking that attractive required immense concentration. It was after Angel had grabbed Spike and held him in a headlock that the two separated and went to different interviewers.
"So, Angelus, that was quite the show!" laughed a reporter from The Insider.
"Yeah, you know, we like to keep things interesting," he said laughing, before continuing on with the interview.
Once both Angel and Spike had made their way down the trail of interviewers, they continued on into Gibson Amphitheatre, where the awards would be held in. Passing fellow celebrities, the guys shook hands with some and smiled at others. They made their way to the lounge where many other nominees hung out before the awards show actually began.
"So mate, you have any ideas of what's going to go down tonight? Who am I joking? I'm sure you have thoughts of several things that would cause Wesley to suddenly grow several heads. Bloody hell, that's a frightening thought," Spike said as an afterthought, grimacing at his own words.
Angel laughed, "Of course Spikey, but if I told you, I'd have to kill you!"
After laughing at one of the waiters who had spilled a drink, the two began talking about the football preseason and their predictions on who would make it to the Super Bowl that year.
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The awards were about to begin when Buffy's limousine arrived at the red carpet. Buffy, Willow, and Faith made their way out of the car before stopping for only a few pictures. Buffy was wearing her favorite pair of jeans with a green flowing tank top that accented her eyes beautifully. Willow was dressed in white jeans and a cute yellow shirt, while Faith was dressed in jeans and a fairly revealing black shirt.
The girls proceeded down the red carpet without stopping for any interviews; something Buffy had suggested to Xander. She felt as if her entire summer had been stolen because of the media and the blowup that had surrounded her ever since Angelus had opened his mouth and all she wanted was to enjoy herself without having to answer obnoxious questions about her personal life.
"Hey! Stop that! Give that back!"
Buffy looked up at the sound of a little voice screaming. A girl around the age of five was in the front row of the crowd that had gathered, but she wasn't watching the red carpet. Two older girls had stolen something from the girl and were now running away with whatever it was they had stolen.
Making her way towards where the girl was standing, Buffy began to bend down so that she and the girl were at the same level.
"Hey, I'm Buffy. What's your name?" she said smiling at the little girl.
"Emily," the girl answered back, looking over at Buffy and becoming shy all of a sudden.
"Emily, did those girls take something of yours?"
Emily stayed quiet for a bit, as if she didn't want to say anything because she thought she would get in trouble. Buffy noticing this, came a little closer to Emily and leaned in to whisper.
"I won't tell anyone."
Emily nodded, and stretched up to whisper something into Buffy's ear, making sure to place both her hands on either side so no one could hear what she said. Once she finished what she said, Buffy moved back just a bit, before beginning to talk without whispering.
"Well, that was awfully mean of them. We're just going to have to do something about that aren't we?" seeing Emily about to protest, Buffy quickly continued, "Not like that Emily. You're just going to have to get a better one; one that is special and just for you," and with that Buffy looked down at the charm bracelet on her arm and began to take it off.
"You see this bracelet? It's not just any bracelet Emily. It was made years and years ago by a powerful wizard so that whenever a little girl puts it on, she suddenly becomes a princess, and can do anything she wants."
Emily looked at Buffy, not entirely convinced the bracelet had magical powers.
"You don't think I'm lying, do you? When I put it on, I was your age, and then I got Brown Sugar in a couple of months. It made my dreams come true, and it will make yours come true too, but you have to wear it and believe in it, just like I have," Buffy said smiling.
"Then it's special. Don't you need it?" Emily asked.
Buffy laughed, "Nah. It's helped me enough. It's your turn now," and placed the charm bracelet on Emily's small arm.
"Thank you, Buffy Summers," she said with a smile.
"No problem Emily," and as she began to turn around to meet her friends, Buffy noticed the bright pink shirt Emily was wearing. Across the front of it the words, "TEAM BUFFY," were written in bold white letters. Laughing to herself, Buffy waved goodbye to Emily and continued on into the building, Faith and Willow right beside her.
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Walking through the various backstage hallways, the girls were shown the way to the main theatre where in a few minutes, Hilary Duff and Nick Cannon would begin their opening monologue. Buffy sighed in relief when they told her that their chairs were in the front row, but relief did not last long as she inwardly cringed when she saw Angelus and his rocker friend Spike sitting in the path to their seats. She did not even have to look to know that Angelus was giving Buffy a smirk as she walked in front of him. Buffy had just sat down when the lights were dimmed and was thankful for the night to begin. That way she could leave earlier.
Once the opening movie had finished, Hilary and Nick began to walk out onto stage from opposite sides, and within seconds of seeing their appearances, the entire room erupted into laughter. Hilary was dressed in oversized leather pants with a baseball cap pulled to the side resting on her head. Her shirt was identical to the one the little girl, Emily, was wearing. Nick, on the other hand, was dressed in a skin tight baby blue mini-skirt with matching heels. He was wearing a blonde wig on the top of his head with curls falling in his face and instead of wearing a pink shirt, his matched his outfit and included the words, "TEAM ANGEL" running across the shirt in the same bold white letters as Hilary's shirt.
Nick had his hands on his hips glaring at Hilary, while she had her arms wrapped around her as if she was a guy. The audience was going crazy and it became evident that Hilary and Nick were struggling to not crack a smile. Cameras zoomed in on the real Buffy and Angel sitting in their seats. Angel was smirking and Buffy was forcefully smiling.
Nick spoke first, "Like, oh my god, Angelus. You are just so mean. I thoroughly hate you!"
Hilary, ignoring Nick, pulled out a mirror from the back pocket and began to examine herself to the amusement of the crowd.
"Like, I'm totally talking to you! God! You're like, SO rude!" Nick wined, in a high-pitched voice.
Hilary continued to admire herself in the mirror, but began speaking in a low voice, "Look Buffy, I have a new movie coming out, so I think I'm going to say some pretty mean things about you just so I can crank up some more press. You don't mind do you? Think of it this way babe; everyone will be talking about….well, me of course!"
Faith leaned closer to Buffy and whispered, "The sad part is that she probably has more balls than he does."
"Leave it to Faith to make with the funny in times of desperation," Buffy thought as she giggled with Faith and Willow who had overheard Faith's comment. The whole having a camera in your face was getting just a bit annoying. It was there to see if she was enjoying herself while they made fun of her.
"Do I look like I'm enjoying myself!" she thought.
Buffy tuned back into the show where presently Hilary and Nick were screaming at each other with their faces inches apart. Nick was screaming about how "Hilary" had ruined "his" life and Hilary was yelling at "Nick" for taking up valuable space with "his" useless self. The noise level of the crowd reacting was beginning to become overwhelming.
"You know what needs to happen?" Hilary said to Nick.
"What's that?" Nick asked, placing his hands on his hips again.
"You need to just stop talking long enough for me to…"
Nick interrupted by saying, "For you to do what?"
"For me to do this," and with that Hilary went towards Nick and pulled him into a passionate kiss. At this point in time, the crowd had gone absolutely crazy with people whistling, cat-calling, and just screaming at the top of their lungs. Cameras once again zoomed straight for the real Angelus and Buffy. For the first time, it seemed as if Angelus O'Donovan was speechless. Buffy on the other hand, had her head rested on one of her arms shaking her head and laughing. Faith was standing up clapping, laughing so hard it was a wonder she wasn't on the ground and Willow was sitting in her seat with complete shock written on her face.
Hilary and Nick separated, and managed to begin talking between bits of laughter.
"Alright you guys, we have a great night ahead of us, filled with some of your favorite stars," Hilary said, still blushing and giggling a bit from her "opening" with Nick.
"Yeah that's right folks, this night is gonna be crazy, and that," Nick said motioning between Hilary and himself, "was only the beginning. Enjoy the show!"
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It wasn't too long before both Buffy and Angel had picked up their first of many surfboards. Buffy and Orlando had won Choice Liplock while Angel and his co-star in Unstoppable had won Choice Movie: Chemistry. As with other award shows, the winners of the best kiss category are always expected to reenact the kiss; however Orlando only kissed Buffy on the cheek, out of courtesy to his girlfriend. On the way to accepting their award, Angel had kept a firm hold of his co-star by wrapping an arm around her and keeping it there during the speech. He even was even so bold as to wink at Buffy and her friends from the stage.
After the Pussycat Dolls had performed their hit, "Don't Cha," Buffy made her way backstage to relax for a little bit. Faith had run into one of her friends and stayed back to chat with her and Willow. Walking past various groups of people doing interviews or just talking, Buffy finally reached the VIP lounge. Seeing that none of her friends were currently hanging out in the room, Buffy made her way to the room where tons of sponsors were providing gifts of all sorts. Spotting the Neutrogena table first, Buffy made her way to her favorite cosmetics brand. There were gift bags for both men and women filled with everything you could ever think of needing. Buffy had been talking to the sales person about an entertaining make-up story from when she was younger when a voice interrupted her.
"Now, what is a pretty girl like you doing at this table?"
Buffy turned around, and sighed in relief. Instead of seeing Angelus, Spike Pratt was standing in front of her smiling charmingly. After what had happened on Friday night, Buffy did not trust herself around Angelus. She had been shocked when she had caught herself enjoying the feeling of his hands wrapped around her waist. Shaking her head in the hopes of forever ridding herself of such thoughts, she focused on Spike.
"Well, if it isn't Spike Pratt: best friend to the devil. What brings you over to this lovely table? Need a more firming moisturizer? I hear Cosmo had some great tips on that in their last issue, you should go check it out," Buffy said smiling.
"Blimey, you really are just as daring as they say," Spike said smirking. He was beginning to enjoy the company; she certainly kept him on his feet.
"And your hair's bleacher in person than it is in the music videos. Who would have thought? Say, could you tell me where you get the bleach? I've been looking for some new stuff for my whites, maybe that'll finally do the trick!"
"Hey! Watch it pet, I detect a trace of resentment. I'm feeling emotionally abused at the moment, and it's only our first meeting. Imagine how I'll feel when we settle down and buy that house with a white picket-fence. I'll need help by then!" Spike explained.
Buffy raised an eyebrow at the British rocker and crossed her arms, remaining silent.
"This is all because of Nancy Boy isn't it? He always did have a way of messing up my life. Did you know that he had the audacity to steal away my beloved Drusilla right in front of my eyes? It's not like I could do anything about it, luv, I was confined to that damn chair," Spike laughed before continuing, "now that's a good story…."
"Please excuse me, while I try not to fall asleep from your engaging story, but I really could not care any less about anything having to do with Angelus. If I never have to lay eyes on that man after tonight, I am confident that I will die in peace," Buffy said, turning to leave but stopping when she heard Spike begin to laugh.
"Like Hell!"
"Excuse me?" she said turning all the way around, facing Spike again.
"Listen to you! Trying to convince me you don't have the hots for the git. I saw you two the other night; practically shagging on that dance floor. How are you going to convince anyone you don't fancy him if you keep pulling stunts like that?" Spike smirked.
"Let me remind you that he was the one who grabbed me. I was having fun with Faith until he showed up."
Spike groaned loudly before saying, "I just can't take all this mandy-pandy boo-hooing anymore. I've memorized this tune; think I even have the sheet music. As if it's not bad enough hearing him running his mouth about how frustrating you are, I have to listen to you here talk about how he started it. Why don't I just go find a playground to lock you two up in?"
"As enlightening as this conversation truly isn't, is there a point anywhere close to surfacing?" Buffy said, feeling herself become increasingly agitated and defensive the more Angelus was talked about.
"My point is, is that the two of you are like little five-year-olds, minus the disgusting jelly," Spike paused, "you don't carry that around do you?" Buffy cleared her throat and Spike, taking the sign, continued, "Oh, right. What I'm saying is that let's just all drop the act. Any two wankers who bicker as much as you lot do only have one thought in the back of their heads: knickers. He wants yours and you are more than willing to give yours up. It's quite simple really."
Buffy stood there utterly speechless at what Spike had just said. The man himself was just completely mad at it was, but to imply that she wanted to….the outrage! Spike was just as bad as Angelus! No wonder they were friends. But before she could fight back, Xander had appeared.
"There you are Buff! Been looking for you everywhere! We should really get back," Xander said before realizing that Spike was standing there.
Xander was about to introduce himself to Spike but Buffy grabbed his arm and pulled him away after quickly turning to Spike.
"Well, it was….an experience to meet you Spike. Let's not keep in touch," Buffy smiled sweetly and then left with Xander in arm.
Spike stood there and watched as the two of them left the room; shaking his head, still in shock from meeting the stubborn and bold it-girl. Turning to go talk to Johnny Depp, he mumbled,
"Bloody hell."
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Later in the night, Buffy made her way backstage once again. In a few minutes she would be presenting Choice Action Adventure with Snoop Dog. She had never met him before, so she was looking forward to introducing herself.
Walking to the steps that would take you right out onto the stage, Buffy noticed Snoop was not there yet. Seeing Jensen Ackles standing off a little, Buffy made her way over to talk with her friend.
Tapping him on the shoulder, Buffy laughed when he jumped a bit from being startled.
"Tad jumpy there, aren't ya, Jen?" she said, smirking.
"Buffy! It's been awhile, how are you?" Jensen asked, happy to see his long-time friend.
"Eh, you know. Busy, and lacking any sort of private life. Same old, how about you? I've seen the previews, that new show looks like it's going to be one heck of a hit. You ready for all the girls swooning over your every move?" Buffy said, nudging Jensen in the arm with her elbow.
He laughed before replying, "Yeah, well there'll always only be one girl whose swooning matters," smiling at Buffy while placing his arms on her shoulders."
"Oh, yeah? And who's that?" Buffy asked, smiling while trying to look confused.
"She's this girl I met a few years ago. Pretty little thing, can bite your head off if you say the wrong thing," Jensen answered.
"She sounds like one pretty awesome girl."
"Yeah, she is. You would like her," he said, before the two of them began laughing.
Jensen continued talking once the laughter had died down a bit.
"Seriously Buffy, we need to hang out sometime. I know things got complicated, but we can still be friends. Let's try to get together sometime and just talk," Jensen said, looking into Buffy's eyes with all sincerity.
Buffy smiled, "Yeah, that would be nice."
Before either one of them could say anything more, the loudspeaker came on.
"And now, here's Buffy Summers and the man who tofizzled that fizzle, Snoop Dog!"
"Ah! I gotta run, Jen. But seriously, call me and we'll hang. Bye!" And with a quick kiss to the cheek, Buffy ran to the stairs where Snoop was waiting for her.
"You ready, pretty girl?" He said, smiling.
"Sorry about that, lost track of time!" Buffy said, smiling innocently and the two of them made their way onto stage.
Walking onto stage, Snoop whispered to Buffy, "Smile big, baby doll."
Buffy laughed, pushing her hair behind her ear.
Snoop put his hand on Buffy's back as he began talking into the microphone.
"If you like big action adventure, then you'll love our nominees for Choice, Action, Adventure, Movie," Snoop announced, leaving time between each word for emphasis.
Buffy laughed, nodding her head, "Perfect. And the nominees are…"
As the movie with all the nominees played, Buffy and Snoop were whispering about backstage gossip when something from the movie grabbed Buffy's attention.
Over the loudspeaker Buffy heard "Unstoppable," and looked up to the movie and saw Angelus performing some sort of stunt. Wanting to hit herself for not thinking the entire situation through from the beginning, Buffy realized that Angelus was nominated for the very award she would be presenting. The lights went back on as the movie finished, and Snoop Dog leaned into the microphone to talk.
"Your Choice Action Adventure Movie is.."
Buffy began opening the envelope, holding her breath, hoping that anyone but Angelus would win. Realizing that her eyes were closed, she opened them and looked down at the paper. Relief rushed through her as she smiled and announced that Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith had won for Choice Action Adventure. Buffy and Snoop stepped off to the side after congratulating Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman.
As the two gave their speeches to the audience, Buffy couldn't help but flash a haughty grin at Angelus, who was sitting in his seat, looking rather annoying for losing. Not only did he lose, but he also lost the chance to do anything to her in public.
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As the night progressed, it became quite evident that Buffy Summers and Angelus O'Donovan were the big winners, or at least their movies were. Midnight Sky had won a number of awards; almost everything that included any sort of romance. Both Buffy and Orlando had won Choice Movie Actor and Actress for the Drama category. Angel and his co-star had won Choice Movie Actor and Actress for the Action and Adventure Category and Unstoppable had picked up quite a few awards itself. However, it was not the movies that were on the minds of everyone present, but rather, the leading lady and man of the two most successful movies of the night. Throughout the entire night, anyone paying even the slightest attention to the two stars could witness the amount of tension radiating from the two. Every time one of them won, either a smug smirk or haughty wink was passed in the direction of the other one, as if a running tab on the number of wins between the two of them was being kept.
It was nearing the end of the awards show and there was only one award left to be given. Choice Hottie was always kept until the end of the awards show since viewers would always wait to see who won the award for being most attractive. Who wouldn't want to see the two hottest stars of the year be on stage at the same time?
For this very reason the entire auditorium was packed and screaming at the top of their lungs. Everyone knew that both Buffy and Angelus were nominated for this award, and if they both won, the two feuding celebrities would be forced to share a stage, and a microphone! Even some of the hottest names in the business were eagerly awaiting to see what would happen.
So when Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore walked out onto the stage, the crowd became even louder than they previously were only a few seconds previously. Stepping up to the microphone, Ashton stopped and looked at Demi. Whistles and cat calls could be heard from all ends of the room.
"You know what, Demi?" Ashton said, laughing a bit from some of the things being shouted at his girlfriend, soon-to-be-wife.
"What Ashton?" she asked, smiling.
"You're kinda hot," he answered, looking her up and down comically.
"Yeah? You're not to bad yourself…I guess," Demi replied.
"Hey! What do you mean, 'I guess?' I'm a dashing young fellow, aren't I ladies?" Ashton said, looking out into the crowd, hearing young girls across the crowd willingly screaming.
"What I mean to say, Ashton, is that, although you are, without a doubt very dashing, I'm sure that there are at least, one, or two, or you know, a lot, more attractive guys. That's all," she said while smiling.
"Oh yeah? Like who?" Ashton said, mockingly putting his hands on his hips.
"Well, like these nominees," Demi said pointing to the screen that began playing footage of the nominees.
Buffy was sitting with Faith and Willow, almost hoping that she did not end up winning the award. After what had happened at Dolce on Friday night, added to what had just occurred with Spike backstage, the last thing she wanted to do was have to look Angelus O'Donovan in the face. Not only did she not want to be forced to speak with the man, she did not think she could completely trust herself around him either. She would either rip his hair out or….well she did not want to think of the alternative.
Angel, on the other side of the room, was thinking about how this was the first time that he actually did not want to win an award. Looking across the room, focusing on Buffy, he quickly averted his eyes. It was not that he was intimidated by the girl, although she certainly was a vicious little thing when angered, it was almost as if he did not trust himself around her. He had found himself enjoying Friday night and the feeling of holding her. He was not certain if he could control himself around her any longer without wanting to act on his impulses. Shaking his head clear of thought, Angel scolded himself for thinking such things about the one person whom he hated the most.
"And the winners are…." Demi said, looking at Ashton to continue.
Ashton opened the envelope and laughed before saying, "…two good friends of mine, but can't say the same about each other….Angelus O'Donovan and Buffy Summers!
Cameras instantly grabbed the reactions of both stars, hoping to see some hint of anger or resentment; anything that could make an article or story filled with more juicy gossip. Unfortunately, both Buffy and Angel kept very professional faces as the song, "She Will Be Loved," started playing over the speakers. All eyes were on Buffy and Angel, wondering what would unfold when the two reached the stage and had to be within inches of each other in front of the cameras and viewers.
Buffy began getting out from her seat and made her way to the staircase leading to the stage. Seeing that Angelus was in fact, closer to the stairs, Buffy thought he would just continue up onto the stage after him, but she was surprised and immediately alarmed when he slowed down, and came to a stop; almost as if he was waiting for her!
Alarm bells immediately began going off inside Buffy's head, and she wished she could turn around and run out of the room, but seeing as how all cameras were on her, she was forced to continue walking to Angelus.
When Buffy reached Angelus, he held out a hand, acting as if he was an actual gentleman with manners, and motioned for her to continue. He had his trademark charming smile plastered on his gorgeous face, something Buffy noticed at once.
"Thank you, Angelus," she said quietly, forcing a smile on her face, and continued to where Ashton and Demi were standing with the surfboards that were the actual trophies.
Giving Ashton a hug, Buffy noticed Angelus doing the same with Demi. When she separated from Ashton and began making her way to Demi, Angelus did the same thing. Surprisingly, neither one ran into each other, and the distance was kept even in such close proximities. No matter how much both the actors were dreading having to share the microphone, no more time could be spent giving their friends mere hugs.
Moving to the microphone, once again Angel allowed Buffy to go first.
"I just want to thank all you guys out there that continue to support me through everything. It's you guys that mean the most to me. Although this award is for beauty on the outside, it is the beauty on the inside of us all that means the most. Do not let others put you done or mock you. As long as you believe in yourself and stay true to what you believe in, then you are truly beautiful, on the inside, and on the outside. This award is dedicated to a girl I met today, her name is Emily. She is one tough girl who is radiating with beauty. Stay true, Emily, and always believe. By the way, I loved your shirt. Thanks guys!" And with that, Buffy went to go stand next to Ashton and Demi, not throwing one glance in Angel's direction.
Stepping up towards the mic, Angel smirked a little.
"You know what's funny? As I stepped forward, accepting this award, I realized that everyone was waiting for my acceptance speech, believing that I would say something completely outlandish and critical; something I'm sure would have been amusing, if not at least for me. Since everyone is always saying that I'm unpredictable, I figured I might as well stay true to that. So thanks to all the fans who think I'm drop dead gorgeous; you're all exactly right. Thanks to mom and dad for providing me some of the best genes possible. And lastly, thanks to the always lovely Miss Buffy Summers. Without you, I would be…well, certainly less photographed. So thanks to everyone who loves me, I'll end this excruciatingly boring speech with this last note. I truly am honored to be standing on the same stage that the woman who made love to Orlando Bloom under the stars, is standing on. Thank you God!"
Both Ashton and Demi were giggling beside Buffy, who kept quiet. No one could say he had said anything belittling her, that's for sure.
Hilary and Nick began walking out from the other side of the stage as Ashton and Demi began to turn around, Buffy was just beginning to follow them when she felt someone swap her butt. Refusing to allow the audience a glimpse of the effect he had on her, she did not dare turn around, only continuing to walk off stage. Angel laughed and gave the audience a thumbs up before joining Buffy backstage.
Knowing that there were countless celebrities, interviewers, and even more cameras right behind the stage, Buffy quickly walked off into a small room right off the main hallway and slanted her board against the wall. Slamming the door shut, she was surprised when she did not hear it bang into the doorway. Turning around she saw Angelus standing in the doorway.
"You listen to me you little jackass," Buffy said storming towards Angel, who had just closed the door, knowing how loud the girl could get.
"Listen, Buff," he interrupted, but continuing towards Buffy, "it was all just fun and games. You keep saying that you're easy-going, so why don't you just calm down and roll with the punches?"
"Roll with the punches? Right, let's get this straight, O'Donovan. I despise you, I detest you. If I could, I would watch as everything you've ever said about anyone came rushing back to you and hit you full force in the face. You wouldn't even know what hit you," Buffy shouted getting even closer to Angel in order to be right in his face as she screamed at him.
"Actually, I would….seeing as how you just told me. Never fear Buff, there's always help around if you need it. I'm pretty sure they call it Promises these days. I hear it's in Malibu. Great place." Angel said smugly.
"I'm sure you would know," Buffy snapped back. Waiting only a few moments she continued on, "I have never actually hated anyone in my entire life, Angelus. You're the first. From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and affection for all things you made me realize that you are nothing, nothing, but a conceited man who cares only about himself. No wonder you are alone and have nothing better to occupy your time with but to pry into my personal life. I'm sorry Angelus, but I actually have a life, one you can't have. You are a pathetic waste of space. Now get out of my way," and with that, Buffy pushed past Angel and exited the room, leaving Angel by himself.
Angel stood there for a moment reliving what had just happened. Slamming his fists against the wall, he screamed to himself.
"Dammit!"
