Title: Leaving Reality
Authors: Kelly (Blaze) and Claire (Insanity).
Disclaimer: Claire and Kelly don't own any characters you recognise, we do
however own Kelly and Claire because they are us but mannerism may not be the same in some cases and we own ourselves and the plot is ours.
Rating: PG
Timeline: Season 5
Spoilers: Small ones from season 4.
Feedback: Oh yeah! To both of us please. [But don't flame us for character bashing]
Kelly:
Kelly's Authors Note: I've always wanted to write one like this but never thought I could do it justice so I asked Claire to help me. I love Angel to bits but I believe he belongs with Buffy so I wanted Spike instead. Okay about part six; don't flame me about it. It's just part of the fic and I don't believe all I say. OKAY. In part 6 there is some. Character bashing. I added a few more 'Acums' to fit in with the story. Ritual is in []. To all the B/A shippers- this is pro b/a but it's not centred on them
Claire's Authors Note: When Kelly told me the idea for this fic I just had to help her out. It'd be something I'd love to do. I am a W/O 'shipper but also I love Oz/Seth Green a lot, so I thought as Willow had Tara, that I'd have Oz.
Joint Authors Note: For the first four parts none of the characters are actually mentioned but bear with us as they will be soon. For the purpose of this story Oz is going to be in Angel. We are completely ignoring the whole Dawn, Darla and Dracula story lines basically we are in our own world.
Kelly's Dedication: Well I'm dedicating this to my best mate Jenny because with out her I never would have met Claire well not met but got in contact with and it's her birthday so here is a sorta prezzie for you. Also to Claire as this wouldn't have happened with out her as well, and for keeping my part's readable as my spelling and grammar is terrible, basically just being great. And to Leonie because… I can.
Claire's Dedication: I have to second the dedication to Jenny, because basically this is all her fault. I have to say Kelly because this was her brainchild, she thought it up, and I'm only helping her form her idea into something. My personal dedications go to Jacqui for introducing me to BtVS and Caroline coz she'd kill me if I didn't.
Pairings: B/A, W/T, slight B/R, and X/A
Distribution: If you want it, ask.
Summery: We go into the show. It's much more than that but that's the main plot.
Thanks: Kasyia, Leonie, Luvs~mm, Vicky, Lanie Sparks, Angelbabybuffy, farr12 and Catgirl
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Part One
It had been a good week for Claire. School was finished for the summer, she had a new job starting next week, and best of all she had passed her driving test. Now she could relax driving her purple soft-top beetle down the motorway listening to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer album on her new CD player with the wind in her long brown hair. Things were good. She was finally gonna meet the girl she had known for years. Kelly was an e-mail buddy, one of the few actually in England. They'd found each other through a friend Claire met in Austria. They had an obsession in common. They loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Now after much discussion Claire was gonna meet her. Spend a few days in Manchester, and share some Buffy moments face to face with someone Claire thought she knew so well already. It would be an experience.
Claire changed lanes and accelerated. She thought about what Kelly might look like and for that matter sounded like. It dawned on her that Kelly would have a Manchester accent, a lot different from Claire's own Hertfordshire accent. It was going to take another hour and a half to get there, then she was supposed to find Kelly's house using the instructions e-mailed to her. It was one of the moments she wished she'd invested in a mobile phone. She would invariably get lost in a city like Manchester.
Time just drifted away this Tuesday morning after the rush hour on the motorway, she'd probably get there early at this rate. She turned the music up as one of her favourite songs came on. She started singing along, not caring if anybody else could hear her in those two seconds she passed other cars. She was never sure if she was going to like driving, but now there was no question about it. The freedom and exhilaration in speeding past other cars on an empty motorway was exceptional. July was at last warm again in England, last year they seemed to miss summer all together, but now she had no problem having the top down as she drove at 80 mph. The Sun shone brightly, but didn't affect Claire's shaded vision. She was having a lucky streak at the moment. She found some very expensive sunglasses at a very cheap price, now she wore them with pride of purchase.
Her exit was coming up on the motorway now and decreased her speed as she moved over to the inside lane. Simultaneously as she slowed, the saddest song on the album started; close Your Eyes. It reminded Claire of sad times on Buffy, even though it was the Buffy and Angel love theme it managed to remind her of Oz's departure last year. But as the track finished and whirred back to the beginning to play the Buffy theme she thought of the rapture she felt when Oz re-entered on Angel. She was now officially in Manchester, but this was a large city, she still had forty-five minutes before she could possibly be anywhere near Kelly. She pulled over at a garage to fill here tank. She bought a bottle of Tango and a packet of fruit Polo's as she paid and before she set off again she got out the printed instructions. Drinking half her Tango before she started the engine, Claire set off to take the first right as dictated on the piece of paper in front of her.
The weaving maze that was Manchester was quickly dissipating as she finally pulled into Kelly's road more or less on time. She circled the street until she reached the range of numbers her friend's home was in, then slowed considerably to watch out for the number. At last Claire came to a halt outside an inviting house that belonged to Kelly's parents. She grabbed all her stuff together into her bag and put the top back on her car. Locking the door she turned and walked up to the house. She scanned the door first before noticing the doorbell on the side slightly camouflaged. She rang it and waited for the inevitably awkwardness which would come hand in hand with meeting Kelly for the first time, but she thought it wouldn't be all that bad.