Chapter 28: The Day From Hell That Just Keeps Givin'

Buffy woke up to find Angel beside her. 'Look who finally decided it was time for bed.' She couldn't help but smile at him. He looked so peaceful. 'How could I ever think he was like his family? First impressions are normally the best ones and his first impression wasn't a bad one. I just hope his family doesn't talk him into having nothing to do with our baby. I don't know what I would do if he just wasn't in my life anymore.'

Buffy must have been looking at him thinking for a while because she heard Angel's sleepy voice. "Hey Beautiful."

"Hey." Buffy said with a small smile.

"Missed you last night. Did you fall asleep?" He asked gently tugging on the end of her hair.

Buffy didn't want to tell him that she laid there bored and starving last night but she didn't want to lie to him either… but she choose the second one. "Yeah."

Angel looked at Buffy suspiciously. "Are you okay?"

Buffy nodded.

"Do I get a good morning kiss?" Angel asked with a small smile. Buffy looked at his smile and remembered how big he smiled the night before when he was with his sister. 'I wonder if I will ever get a smile like that from him.'

Buffy nodded again and gave him a short kiss.

"That's all I get?" Angel teased.

Buffy bit her lip and kissed him again. "Your sure your okay?" He asked again.

She nodded.

Angel had made everyone a great breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage and toast. He tried to get Buffy to help him but she told him she didn't want to burn the place down. Everyone was eating as much as they possibly could, the food was just so good. Angel sat next to Kathy with Spike on the other side of her. Gunn and Doyle sat next to Buffy while Angel's parents sat at the counter on the bar stools. Buffy was across from Angel picking at her first pancake. Everyone else was talking and laughing.

"What did you do last night, luv?" Spike asked biting a piece of bacon. When no response came he said. "Luv?" He looked over at Gunn and Doyle then Buffy who was moving a piece of pancake around on her plate. "Buffy?" Spike asked.

"Huh? Me?" She asked confused looking at Spike across the table.

"Yeah, you, Pet." Spike smiled.

Buffy rubbed her eyes. "Nothing. I talked to the guys a little and the went to bed early." She had to keep up with the going to sleep story she told Angel.

"The guys?" Angel's father asked.

"My friends." She whispered right before her phone rang. Buffy got up from the table happy for the phone to be ringing, and well anything that would get her away from everyone else. She walked into the hallway to answer her phone. "Talk to me." She said as she answered her phone.

Everyone looked towards the hallway to listen to what she was saying but they couldn't hear her. "They cant use that. It wont be admissible in court. The judge will throw it out."…. Everyone turned to listen to her phone call, Angel's dad looked impressed by what she was saying. "I'm sorry Weevil."… "Well I didn't think you would take what I said as your client would get the better half of a divorce settlement." Spike smiled and put a few pieces of pancake in his mouth. "Since when are they even getting a divorce? Yesterday you were just meeting with him to go over the evidence you found against his wife."… "You know what, I'll come now." Doyle raised his eye brows at Spike who found her conversation extremely amusing when it wasn't. "No, its fine. I have nothing going on. Besides, I think I have to save your ass. As many times as you have been in a court room you don't know what can be taken into evidence and what cant?" Buffy let out a sarcastic laugh. "Yeah, I'm sure there has never been any inadmissible evidence against you."… "I will be there soon."… "Fine if you want. Bye."

Patrick looked over at Angel. "Sounds like she's got some lawyer in her."

Angel nodded. "Her dad's a lawyer."

When Buffy didn't come back into the kitchen Angel excused himself. When he walked into the living room Buffy was coming back down the stairs with a jean jacket and her bag. "Where are you going?" He asked her like he hadn't heard her conversation.

"Work." She said putting her jacket on.

"Do you want me to drive you?" He asked her.

"Weevil said he was going to pick me up, if he isn't here soon I will walk." She shrugged.

Angel looked towards the hallway to make sure no one was coming. "Buffy, you shouldn't be walking."

"No big." She said going threw her bag looking for something.

Angel sighed. "Its Saturday and you have to work. My family is here… I wanted you to get to know at least my sister but if you really have to go then I will drive you."

"I don't want you to." Buffy said looking up at Angel for the first time. "Like you said, your family is here. Have fun with your family and friends."

They heard a loud motorcycle outside and Buffy went over to the window to look out. She saw Weevil on his bike outside. Laughing she said "Just like old times." She looked at Angel "Bye." she opened the door, put her messenger bag over her shoulder and ran to get on the back of Weevil's bike.

Patrick, Kathy, Gunn and Spike walked out into the living room.

"What was that?" Patrick asked.

"Sounded like a motorcycle." Spike said.

"It was. One of Buffy's friends came to pick her up… on his bike." Angel said walking back towards the kitchen.

Kathy looked at Angel. "A guy friend?"

Buffy walked into the Condo. She had spent the last few hours going over with Weevil and his client what he could and couldn't use in court and then called Cliff McCormick, the lawyer that she, Veronica and Keith work with a lot. They all talked about how the pictures could be used in court but anything else was hear say.

Everything was quiet in the condo, like there was never seven other people there this morning. She looked around the bottom level of the condo and didn't see anyone. She went upstairs and checked her and Angel's room, the game room and walked passed the bathroom, no one was there.

Buffy went back down stairs and called Veronica. She asked Veronica to come over so she wasn't bored. She felt like she spent to much time alone last night.

Veronica was there in only a few minutes, she had been at the Expresso Pump getting a coffee to go when Buffy had called her so she picked one up for Buffy too.

Veronica knocked on the door once and then walked in to find Buffy on the couch. "Hey."

"Hey yourself." Buffy said curled up on the couch.

Veronica handed Buffy her coffee and sat down next to her. "Bored much." Buffy nodded.

"Where did everyone go?" Veronica asked her.

Buffy shrugged. "I have no idea. No one even called me to say they were going somewhere or ask me if I wanted to go too."

Veronica raised her eye brows at Buffy. "Would you have?"

"I don't think so." Buffy said taking a sip of her coffee. "I bet it's because his family hates me. His parents just give off this 'my shit don't stink' thing and his sisters just hates me because I'm alive. She was rude to me the second she saw me. I thought maybe the parents would just be mean and the kids were nice but NOPE. His sister, Kathy she just looks like she would be nice."

"Everyone's shit stinks." Veronica looked at Buffy with a smile. "Maybe they just need the sticks removed from their ass's."

Buffy laughed. "That would be nice."

"Do you think there is a legit reason on why they are acting like this or is it just how they are?" Veronica asked Buffy.

Buffy looked down at her coffee that was now half gone. "I think maybe this is just them. I didn't do anything to make them hate me… anyway, how are things with you? Anything new?"

"Nope. Same old same old but me and Logan have gone like 3 weeks without even having a fight." Veronica said in shock.

Buffy smiled. "Your kidding me! That's a new record!"

Buffy and Veronica sat and talked about their cases, their parents and Veronica's relationship until Logan called Veronica and asked her if she wanted to go out to a movie and dinner. Buffy joked about "Date Night." and how it must be nice. It made her think. Angel hadn't even taken her out, not on a real date anyway.

Buffy was bored and flipping threw the channels trying to find something on TV when Spike walked threw the door. Throwing his keys down on the coffee table he looked at her.

"What are you up to Luv?" He said sitting at the other end of the couch.

"Nothing." She said lifting the remote for him to see. "Bored. What have you been doing?"

Spike looked at the TV, there really wasn't anything on. "We went to Base. Did some shopping, had lunch. When Kathy mentioned the Zoo, I split."

Buffy smiled at him.

"Wanna watch a movie?" He said getting up.

"As long as its more interesting then this crap." Buffy joked getting up too.

Spike was looking threw his movies in his room, Buffy was sitting in the recliner chair in the corner of the room. Spike's room was full of dark colors, everywhere you looked it was black with a few things dark blue or dark green. There was a Billy Idol poster by the door and a Billy Joel posted on his closet door. 'He must like Billy's.'

Spike stood up with his hands on his hips. "What do you want to watch, Luv? I don't have chick flicks."

Buffy glanced over at his movies from where she was sitting. She could see her favorite movie from there. She nodded towards the DVDs. "How about Con Air?"

Spike picked up the movie from the shelf, turning around smiling at Buffy he shook the box at her. "I knew you were a new breed of female."

Buffy shrugged and smiled at Spike. "Maybe I am because Con Air is my all time favorite movie."

At some point during the movie Buffy moved onto the bed next to Spike to see the TV better. Spike looked over at her with a smirk every time she would say a line in the movie. Buffy told Spike that one of her favorite characters in the movie was "Cyrus The Damn Virus" but quickly said she liked Poe too.

"And that's not just because Nicholas Cage is hot." She smiled.

Spike threw his hands in the air in defeat. "And the girl comes out!" He looked at her with a smirk. "Still, Angelus is one hell of a lucky man."

Buffy looked from him to the TV. "Thanks."

"You have any hidden loves for sports too?" He asked her.

Buffy nodded. "Basketball and football."

Spike looked at her amazing. "I love you." He whispered much like the first day he met her.

Buffy laughed. "You have said that to me two times now since we have met. It's a little weird. The only guys who have ever told me that were Logan and Riley, but I think Logan just wanted to get laid and I don't think Riley really actually meant it."

Spike looked confused. "Angelus…?"

Buffy shook her head no.

"I thought for sure he already had." Spike said watching the scene play out on the TV.

Buffy watched the TV also. "Nope. Maybe he doesn't feel it. I have been told that I am hard to love."

"Shut the fuck up! You are the complete opposite, Summers. You are so beyond easy to love. Weather its loving you like a brother or a lover, everyone who gets to know you loves you. Believe me." Spike reasoned with her.

Buffy looked at him like he had stuck a cord in her heart. "Really?"

Spike nodded. "Yeah, your one hell of a woman."

Buffy smiled.

They could hear people down stairs, coming into the house.

"They must be back." Spike commented.

Buffy shrugged. "Or we are being robbed by some really sucky robbers. who don't know how to shut up!" She raised her voice when she said shut up but she knew they couldn't hear her.

Spike laughed at her "You really don't like his family, do you?"

Buffy crossed her arms over her chest. "More like they don't like me."

He nodded. "His rents take some time to get used to. All prim and proper, but his sisters a little to sweet for my liking."

"A little to sweet as in fake sweet?" Buffy asked with a bitter tone.

Spike looked at her with a shocked look on his face. "You noticed it too!" He pointed at her. "No one else sees it but me! Bloody hell! Its about damn time!"

Buffy turned to face him on the bed. "I cant believe you see the real her too! She was such a bitch to me yesterday for no reason, telling me I don't live here! But I saw Angelus with her, he's really happy that she is here. I want him to be happy. Even if he has some weird relationship with his sister."

Spike laughed. "You make it seem like they should be on Jerry Springer, Luv."

Buffy gave him a serious look. "Should they be? As soon as Gunn told her I was his girlfriend she went crazy!"

"From what I know about them, she doesn't like it when other girls are around because she thinks they might replace her. He might not care as much about her as he does now, but she is a bitch!" He said ending with a smile.

Angel opened Spike's bedroom door. "Spike, I thought I heard you talking to someone." He noticed Buffy sitting on Spike's bed, they were facing each other and Spike turned to look at Angel with a smile. Angel looked at them confused. "Buffy, what are you doing here?"

She pointed at the TV. "Watching a movie."

Spike pointed behind him with his thumb at Buffy. "She likes Con Air! Its almost over though."

"Your not getting near my daughter. Buckle up." Buffy said Nicolas Cage's line along with him.

Spike laughed in amusement motioning to Buffy with both hands. "See!"

"Buffy can I talk to you for a minute?" Angel asked her.

Buffy looked at him. "Can it wait a minute? Cameron Poe is about to meet his daughter for the first time. There is only him seeing his 'hummingbird' again and then they play the sappy love song and its over."

"Never got why he called his wife hummingbird." Spike commented.

Buffy looked at Spike with a smile. "Just a pet name. Its cute."

Buffy left Spike's room to find Angel. She heard talking coming from their bedroom so she opened the door a crack. Angel was laying across the bed with Kathy next to him talking. She closed the door again and went back into Spiked room.

"Hey." She said.

"I thought you were going to talk to your boy toy." Spike commented about to take the DVD out.

"He's busy. Let the credits roll. I like this song." Buffy said sitting back down on the bed.

After the credits ended Spike said he was going to go out for a little while but Buffy was welcome to stay in his room if she wanted to. Spike left and she started looking threw his movies for something else to watch, she saw one to many porn's, and like on que her stomach growled. She went down stairs to get something to eat without even thinking, she found Patrick there going through the cupboards.

Patrick looked at her. "Ah! Hello, Buffy. Its nice to see you again."

'He is being WAY to nice… so far.' Buffy thought. "You too."

"Isn't there anything good in this house to satisfy a sweet tooth?" Angel's father asked her.

Buffy nodded. Walking over to the far cupboard that no one ever remembered to look in she pulled out a box of Little Debbie snacks "These are my own personal stash." She said putting them on the counter near him and walked to the fridge getting into the crisper at the bottom. She put a plate that had wrapped cupcakes on it in front of Patrick. "Angelus made those for me a few days ago."

Patrick unwrapped the plate. "Really? My son bakes for you? Must be serious."

"Well I cant bake as good as him so he kind of had to since I love cake." She said taking a cupcake after Patrick did.

"Buffy, I would like to apologize on behalf of my wife. She wasn't the nicest person yesterday. I don't know if she ever will be, but I see that my son has taken a liking to you so I am willing to give you a chance." He told her.

Buffy looked at him suspiciously. 'This isn't the guy Angel told me about. What's his angle?' "No offense Mr. Angelus but I'm a Private Investigator. I know when something is up and I feel my spidey sense tingling right now."

Patrick laughed. "You're a very colorful girl. I can see why my son is so taken with you."

"Is he." Buffy commented

Angel's dad nodded. "I wont tell anyone about your stash either." He smiled.

'He doesn't look like the kind of guy who would say the word stash.' Buffy watched him at he threw away the cupcake wrapper and washed his hands. "Angelus told you my dad is a lawyer, didn't he?"

Patrick nodded courtly and walked out of the kitchen. 'Maybe he is just being nicer because my dad is a lawyer and so is he.'

Buffy walked back upstairs and tried to listen at the bedroom door, trying to figure out if Angel and Kathy or anyone else was in there. She didn't hear anything but decided to knock anyway just to be on the safe side.

"Yeah?" Angel said as he opened the door. "Buffy. Why are you knocking?"

Angel moved away from the door to let her in. "I didn't want to interrupt if… anyone else was in here."

Angel smiled. "Just me."

'There is that little smile again.' Buffy thought. "Why?"

"Why did I ask why you were knocking?" He asked.

Buffy looked at him a little confused. "Why just you?"

Angel wrapped his arms around her waist and got level with her face. "Maybe I wanted some alone time with you."

"Maybe. But where is…. Your family?" She asked.

"Around." He said backing her up to the bed kissing her neck.

When Buffy didn't react to Angel he stopped. "I'm really not in the mood." She said.

He moved to get a better view of her face. "Why? Your always in the mood."

Buffy shrugged. "What did you want to talk to me about?"

Angel sat on the bed shaking his head. "Why were you in Spike's room?"

"He was home. I was bored." Buffy said truthfully.

He rubbed his neck. "Nothing… happened… did it?"

Buffy's eyes got huge. "WHAT? As in something happened with Spike in what manner?"

Angel looked down at the floor. "I already know he likes you, he made that very clear in the beginning and he has a habit of sleeping with girls that I…. like. Every since I slept with his sister."

Buffy got up from the bed. "Well then the proper payback for that would be sleeping with your sister."

Angel snapped his head towards Buffy in shock. "He wouldn't dare! My sister is only 16! Its not about sleeping with each others sisters. If he was feeling like it he would want to really get me back, what would hurt me the most. Having sex with you."

"No." Buffy said walking towards the door. "That would still be your sister."

A big secret is about to be revealed in the next chapter!