Chapter 11

Angel turned the key which opened one of the double door's to reveal a massive ebony chandelier lighting up the whole room. The floor looked like it was made out of glass it was so shiny and the stair case that split into two half way up was like something out of a fairytale. Angel laughed to himself as he watched Buffy look around the house in amazement.

"This is amazing" Buffy said listening to the echo.

"You should have seen my house in L.A, now that was amazing"

"You had a bigger house then this? Is that even possible?"

"You ready for the grand tour then?" Angel laughed pulling her into the first door. It had a slightly smaller chandelier then the main hall did but it was still big. The room was brown and beige with a light shade of beige carpet and wall paint then with a darker brown wooden strip at the bottom and top of the wall. The sofa was in the shape of a half circle, also beige and could fit twelve people, it faced fifty eight inch plasma screen that was stuck to the wall. Below the plasma screen in a glass cabinet was a number of game consoles.

"That's beautiful" Buffy said looking at a painting of a little cabin by a glittering lake that was above the gas fireplace that was covered in marble.

"My grandparents used to take me and Kathy there, Kathy loved it so they decided to get it painted for her birthday. When they died they left the cabin to her but she wasn't old enough so my father was to look after the property for her until she could do it herself but instead he sold it and ever since then Kathy hasn't really spoken to him" For some reason Angel felt comfortable telling Buffy all this, there was something about her that he trusted.

"That's terrible"

"She cried every night for two months after they died, my mother or father didn't even notice because for those two months only two nights they were hear and those two nights I slept on her floor because she didn't want to be on her own. The cabin was the only thing that actually meant something to us of theirs. We didn't care about the house, the antiques or the cars." Angel felt a hand hold his, he looked down and noticed Buffy holding his hand and smiling sympathetically

"Do you mind me asking how they died?" Buffy asked.

"I'm surprised you don't know already, it was in all the papers, the magazines. They were coming back from England when their jet crashed. It was just one of them things the investigator told us."

"I'm sorry" Buffy whispered wishing she didn't ask, she didn't know what to say, she didn't really have the experience in these sort of situations. No one she was close to had died before so she didn't know what it felt like. Angel turned to face her and saw that she felt bad.

"Don't be, it was years ago. Right back to the tour" He said taking her into the next room.

"You play the piano?" Buffy asked seeing the grand white piano in the corner of the room. The room was all gold matching the gold harp in the middle of the room; it was so pretty and had to my dear Angel on your fifth birthday love Mother and Father engraved on the pillar.

"Yeah, I learnt when I was little then my mother bought me the harp, she said if I could play the piano I could play the harp and that was it then I turned into a bit of a Moniot D'Arras"

"Who?" Buffy asked still a bit surprised, there was a lot she didn't know about Angel and she wanted to find out everything.

"He was a famous composer of the middle ages" Angel laughed.

"How do you know so much about music?"

"Family's a big music fan. My mother can play any instrument, you name it she can play it so she wanted Kathy and I to learn to so I learnt the harp and piano while Kathy learnt how to play the violin, the cello and the clarinet. Of course I've stopped playing now because if it got around that I could play well let's just say it would ruin my reputation but Kathy still plays"

"I would have loved to learnt how to play a instrument but my mother couldn't afford the lessons" Buffy said sadly

"Well I could teach you if you want" Angel offered. Buffy looked at him dying to say yes but she wasn't sure what the music lessons would lead to, there was something between them both but he was with Cordelia and she knew what he was like.

"I'm not so sure, what about Cordelia, what would she say?" Buffy said unsure

"I'll just be teaching you how to play the piano or a harp, no big deal" Angel looked at her, she still looked unsure "You said yourself you always wanted to play a instrument well now's your chance." Buffy knew he was right but she was still worried about what it would lead to.

"What would people say?"

"Who gives a shit what people would say? Look I know how I am; I'm not exactly the virgin Merry"

"Far from it" Buffy chuckled

"Hey, I'm not that bad" Angel laughed, he couldn't remember the last time he laughed as much, he definitely knew it wasn't with Cordelia. "On with the tour then. You keep distracting me" The next room they went to was the kitchen; it was really modern and all black. The counters went around the part of the kitchen which made it look like a separate room only with no wall and a gap as a door. "This is the kitchen" Angel said walking over to get a drink from the fridge

"I can see that, its lovely" Buffy sat on the bar stool by the counter. As he got two sodas from big double fridge with an ice machine he noticed his little sister was curled up in a ball leaning against the counter. Angel dropped the cans and quickly moved towards his fragile sister.

"Kathy? Kath" He said trying to get her to remove her hands from her face. "What's happened?" Kathy continued to sob which made Buffy feel extremely uncomfortable. "You're going to have to talk to me if you want me to help you" Angel said

"Angel?" Kathy looked up to see her brother nodding, she could feel his arm around her, she could feel safe.

"I'm here"

"Angel" She smiled, just then Angel noticed a bottle of pills beside her, he picked them up and read the label.

"How many have you taken Kath?" He shouted, a shout that would have scared Buffy if she wasn't frozen "How many!" This time he shook her to get an answer

"I don't remember" Kathy sang completely out of it. Buffy finally came around and ran to the sink to get a glass of water.

"It won't work, water doesn't have any effect on someone that over doses but it can cause the veins to collapse, cause swelling and can also overload the kidneys." Angel said still holding Kathy

"You sure know your stuff" Buffy replied pouring the water back down the sink. Angel picked Kathy up and carried her over to the sink then forced his fingers down her throat causing her to be sick. Buffy watched wondering how many times he had to do this, he seemed like an expert, so calm, that's how she knew he had done it before, if that was her sister she would be panicking, now knowing what to do. "Is she alright now?" Buffy asked as Angel held his sister stroking her hair dark hair back.

"No not yet, I have to watch her for awhile" He replied not taking his eyes away from Kathy

"Should we phone an ambulance? Wouldn't they be better at dealing with this sort of thing?"

"No, no ambulance" Angel chuckled making Buffy quiver a bit, his sister had just over dosed and he was laughing, was there something wrong with him. "The first time this happened my mother was here. No ambulance she said and you know why? She was more worried of the press finding out her daughter was suicidal then how Kathy was and that's how it begun. She did it about three times then my mother and father decided that we should get training in first aid so we could deal with it ourselves. Mother got her a very discreet physiatrist and that was it, problem sorted. Kathy would carry on over dosing, I was left to take care of her and then mother would call the physiatrist in. Still want my parents?"

"Your family has issues, so does everyone else's" Buffy replied trying to make it sound like it was no big deal

"So your sister's suicidal to?" When he didn't get an answer he spoke again "I didn't think so. Look Buffy, I'm sorry you had to be here when she's like, well when she's like that. I suppose its ruined the whole day hasn't it"

"Don't be silly, it's not everyday you get to see a live episode of scrubs is it" Buffy tried to crack a joke but after she said it, it felt inappropriate but Angel laughed along. "Well we're sharing deep dark secrets on the first date" Buffy laughed

"This is a date then is it?" Angel asked intrigued. Buffy blushed instantly wishing she hadn't said anything

"I don't know why I said that" She confessed "Maybe I should go"

"You can't"

"I think I should" Buffy felt Angel's hand holding her arm, he was still holding Kathy so he had a very loose grip on her

"You don't have a car and I cant drive you until Kathy is out of the red zone so I guess your stuck here until then" Angel said not bothering to hide his happiness

"You sound awful happy for someone whose sister just took an overdose" Buffy replied