A New Start
Slightly dazed, Angel picked himself up from the ground as he heard someone approaching, and hid in the shadows of the alleyway, watching as a womans figure bent over the dead mans body. Her old fashioned dress rustled as she stood, and spoke to a toy in her hand. "Daddy's been here, Miss Edith. I wonder where he is....Daddy?...Daddy? Where are you?" Drusilla called out, almost childlike. "'e's 'inding, Miss Edith." She told her doll. Angel shrunk back into the shadows as he realised it was his childe standing in the alleyway. He watched as Drusilla scanned the alleyway for him, hoping not to be seen. "There you are Daddy!" She cooed happily. "Now it's my turn to hide." Dru seemed to think it was a game of hide-and-seek. She pulled him out of the shadows and looked up at him adoringly. Then a look of horror suddenly crossed her face and she shrieked, stepping away from him. Turning Miss Edith to face her, she spoke, once again to the lifeless doll. "Nasty slayer gave Daddy a soul again." she said, frowning. "I don't want to stay here any more. My daddy's a bad daddy again. We will come back when you've learnt your lesson." she scolded her sire as if *he* were the child. With that, she disappeared down the alleyway. Angel stared after her for a moment and then went in the other direction.
----At Giles'----
"Tara, you were great!" Exclaimed Willow, "Wasn't she guys?"
"Oh, yes, quite brilliant." Replied Giles, whilst the other scoobies nodded in agreement. Tara blushed furiously. They were all too busy congratulating her to notice the two blondes slipping out of the front door into the moonlight.
Buffy and Spike were standing on Giles' doorstep. "I don't know how we're gonna tell them...about us,I mean." Buffy said worriedly. "Don't worry about it pet." Spike shushed her, pulling her into an embrace and gently kissing her forehead. She tugged him down a little, to face him properly. They drew their heads together to kiss, but a cough interrupted them.
"Oh Bloody Hell!" moaned Spike, he glared upwards. "Just *one* kiss, uninterrupted, is that too much to ask?" he threw his hands up in exasperation, then thrust them into his pockets when he saw who'd interrupted them. "Well thats bloody great."
"Angel." Buffy whispered. The vampires face was a picture of turmoil.
"Oh Buffy, I'm sorry!" Angel dropped to his knees before her. "All the things I've done. They were awful!"
"Too right mate." Spike said angrily.
"Spike!" Buffy shot him a deadly glance. "Angel. That wasn't you. It-it's okay. I forgive you." She thought sadly.
"*Forgive* him! For all he's done!" Spike couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Buffy turned to him. "Go back to my dorm room." she said "Wait for me there."
Spike did as he was told, he'd learnt by observation not to argue with the slayer.
"Angel" began Buffy, turning back to him. "I can't guess how you must be feeling right now. But I *know*, you can work through this. Go back to L.A, right your wrongs there, they need you." She said, pointing through the small window beside the door, where Cordy and Wesley stood talking with the others. Stepping inside, she turned and invited Angel in. The scoobies looked at him expectantly, but Buffy cut him off before he could speak. "Theres something I have to tell you guys, and it can't wait." She paused, feeling nervous. All eyes were upon her. "Uh, you see, Spike and I..." she drifted off as Xander cut in. "I *knew* it! You guys were sitting *way* too close!" he exclaimed.
"You're all okay with this?" Buffy looked upon he smiling friends, rather taken-aback at their reactions.
"I do believe, that Spike, has, however surprisingly, become one of us." Said Giles as he pulled off his glasses to clean them.
"Yeah, he's like, one of the scoobies." agreed Willow, smiling.
"Great!" the slayer grinned, then remembered Spike would be waiting for her. "Gotta go!" She said and rushed out of the door, leaving Angel to apologise to the gang.
----Buffy's dorm room----
Spike sat on the edge of Buffys bed, waiting. The room was dark, except for a small lamp on the bedside table. the vampire asked himself. Just as he was about to give up and leave, she walked in.
"Now, Spike." she smiled seductively, locking the door behind her. "I am *not* going to let us get interrupted," she pulled the phone from its socket. "Unless we wish to be."
Spike could wait no longer. He pulled her down next to him and kissed her.
"Wait a minute." Buffy pulled away from him a little as she remembered something
"What?"
"Those drinks at the party...you said they were non alcoholic. *You* caused all this!" she accused.
"Pet," began Spike, "If I 'adn't brought that beer, we wouldn't be together." he whispered the last part softly.
thought Buffy as she returned her lips to his, pushing him backwards so they lay on her bed.
"Spike?" she murmred, mid kiss.
"Luv?"
"Turn out the light."
Slightly dazed, Angel picked himself up from the ground as he heard someone approaching, and hid in the shadows of the alleyway, watching as a womans figure bent over the dead mans body. Her old fashioned dress rustled as she stood, and spoke to a toy in her hand. "Daddy's been here, Miss Edith. I wonder where he is....Daddy?...Daddy? Where are you?" Drusilla called out, almost childlike. "'e's 'inding, Miss Edith." She told her doll. Angel shrunk back into the shadows as he realised it was his childe standing in the alleyway. He watched as Drusilla scanned the alleyway for him, hoping not to be seen. "There you are Daddy!" She cooed happily. "Now it's my turn to hide." Dru seemed to think it was a game of hide-and-seek. She pulled him out of the shadows and looked up at him adoringly. Then a look of horror suddenly crossed her face and she shrieked, stepping away from him. Turning Miss Edith to face her, she spoke, once again to the lifeless doll. "Nasty slayer gave Daddy a soul again." she said, frowning. "I don't want to stay here any more. My daddy's a bad daddy again. We will come back when you've learnt your lesson." she scolded her sire as if *he* were the child. With that, she disappeared down the alleyway. Angel stared after her for a moment and then went in the other direction.
----At Giles'----
"Tara, you were great!" Exclaimed Willow, "Wasn't she guys?"
"Oh, yes, quite brilliant." Replied Giles, whilst the other scoobies nodded in agreement. Tara blushed furiously. They were all too busy congratulating her to notice the two blondes slipping out of the front door into the moonlight.
Buffy and Spike were standing on Giles' doorstep. "I don't know how we're gonna tell them...about us,I mean." Buffy said worriedly. "Don't worry about it pet." Spike shushed her, pulling her into an embrace and gently kissing her forehead. She tugged him down a little, to face him properly. They drew their heads together to kiss, but a cough interrupted them.
"Oh Bloody Hell!" moaned Spike, he glared upwards. "Just *one* kiss, uninterrupted, is that too much to ask?" he threw his hands up in exasperation, then thrust them into his pockets when he saw who'd interrupted them. "Well thats bloody great."
"Angel." Buffy whispered. The vampires face was a picture of turmoil.
"Oh Buffy, I'm sorry!" Angel dropped to his knees before her. "All the things I've done. They were awful!"
"Too right mate." Spike said angrily.
"Spike!" Buffy shot him a deadly glance. "Angel. That wasn't you. It-it's okay. I forgive you." She thought sadly.
"*Forgive* him! For all he's done!" Spike couldn't believe what he was hearing.
Buffy turned to him. "Go back to my dorm room." she said "Wait for me there."
Spike did as he was told, he'd learnt by observation not to argue with the slayer.
"Angel" began Buffy, turning back to him. "I can't guess how you must be feeling right now. But I *know*, you can work through this. Go back to L.A, right your wrongs there, they need you." She said, pointing through the small window beside the door, where Cordy and Wesley stood talking with the others. Stepping inside, she turned and invited Angel in. The scoobies looked at him expectantly, but Buffy cut him off before he could speak. "Theres something I have to tell you guys, and it can't wait." She paused, feeling nervous. All eyes were upon her. "Uh, you see, Spike and I..." she drifted off as Xander cut in. "I *knew* it! You guys were sitting *way* too close!" he exclaimed.
"You're all okay with this?" Buffy looked upon he smiling friends, rather taken-aback at their reactions.
"I do believe, that Spike, has, however surprisingly, become one of us." Said Giles as he pulled off his glasses to clean them.
"Yeah, he's like, one of the scoobies." agreed Willow, smiling.
"Great!" the slayer grinned, then remembered Spike would be waiting for her. "Gotta go!" She said and rushed out of the door, leaving Angel to apologise to the gang.
----Buffy's dorm room----
Spike sat on the edge of Buffys bed, waiting. The room was dark, except for a small lamp on the bedside table. the vampire asked himself. Just as he was about to give up and leave, she walked in.
"Now, Spike." she smiled seductively, locking the door behind her. "I am *not* going to let us get interrupted," she pulled the phone from its socket. "Unless we wish to be."
Spike could wait no longer. He pulled her down next to him and kissed her.
"Wait a minute." Buffy pulled away from him a little as she remembered something
"What?"
"Those drinks at the party...you said they were non alcoholic. *You* caused all this!" she accused.
"Pet," began Spike, "If I 'adn't brought that beer, we wouldn't be together." he whispered the last part softly.
thought Buffy as she returned her lips to his, pushing him backwards so they lay on her bed.
"Spike?" she murmred, mid kiss.
"Luv?"
"Turn out the light."