Halloween Parties, Scary Movies, and Accidental Slumber Parties

By:  Heather

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, they belong to Joss Wedon. The plot is mine, though.
Spoilers: None for the show. Some for the other stories in the series.
Authors Notes: This is number 3 in my Love at First Sight series. If you haven't read the first 2 stories, you can find them at LOD or eventually at my site or email me and I will send them to you. They are Love at First Sight and Sliver of the Moon. This one is a little shorter than the other two, but I just wanted to write a fun story for Halloween.


'Wow, is that me?' Buffy thought as she stood in front of her full-length mirror admiring her reflection. It was Halloween and she had just finished putting on her costume for the party she was attending that night and she was more than a little surprised at the change in her appearance.

Technically, she wasn't wearing a traditional costume. When the girls had announced that they wanted to attend a Halloween party, they guys had been against the idea. Finally, they had caved in when the girls agreed to these costumes—they were going as a vampire gang. That way, their costumes only involved getting a little dressed up.

Buffy was wearing a tight black leather miniskirt with a blood red halter top and black knee length boots. Her blond hair was down her back and contrasted greatly her black eye make-up and red lipstick. The look was topped off with a black choker. The total effect was a bit shocking.

"Where is it written hat vampires have to wear leather?" Willow asked as she entered Buffy's room.

Buffy turned around and looked at her best friend, "Um…I don't know, but I am sure it is somewhere."

"Buffy!" Willow said, looking down at her clothes. She was wearing black leather pants and a skin tight black tank top. Her makeup was done in the same fashion as Buffy's.

"You look great, Will."

"I look stupid," Willow pouted.

"No, you do not."

"Buffy! Look at me!"

"Willow, look at me! It's Halloween. It's come as aren't night. We are supposed to look different than our usual."

Willow finally cracked a small smile, "I know, I just feel silly."

"Come on, it's better than a ghost or a fairy princess or something dumb like that."

"True, very true. So when is Angel supposed to get here?"

"He should be here in about twenty minutes," Buffy said with a smile.

"Somebody having mental images of their boyfriend in leather pants?"

"Me? No. Uh-uh."

Both girls held a straight face for a second before they both fell into a helpless fit of giggles.

"What's so funny?" Xander asked, stepping into the room.

Finally, calming down, the girls stood up and Buffy replied, "Nothing."

"WOW! Check out the vixens," he said taking in their attire.

"You look pretty good yourself," Willow replied, pointing at his black leather pants and dark red shirt."

"Will, you can't screw up greatness," he said as he pretended to slick back his hair.

The girls gave each other a look before replying, simultaneously, "Oh Please."

A knock on the door interrupted Xander's retort. The three of them made their way into the living room to answer the door. They opened it to reveal Cordelia on the other side. She was dressed in the same fashion as Buffy and Willow.

"Hey Honey, you look great!" Xander said as he leaned down to kiss her.

"Of course I do," she replied with a smile. She looked at the girls outfits, "You guys look good, too. Buffy, has Angel seen what you are wearing yet?"

"No, I wanted to surprise him. What do you think he is going to say?"

"You mean after he regains his power of speech?" Willow asked.

Buffy laughed, "Is that a good thing?"

"Lets find out," Xander said when there was another knock on the door.

"I'll get it," Buffy said before opening the door.

It was hard to say whose mouth fell open faster when Buffy and Angel saw each other. Neither noticed the stifled giggles of the others as the continued to stare. Buffy stepped back and looked at Angel, in black leather pants, a dark blue velvet shirt, and a knee length leather duster, he was easily the sexist man she had ever seen.

He was the first to recover, "Baby, you look gorgeous," he said as he stepped into the room.
"Thank you," Buffy said just as he took her into his arms kissed her.

Completely forgetting that they had an audience, they both let themselves get lost in the feel of each other's lips, but the coughing finally brought them back to reality. They pulled apart slowly and sheepishly looked at their friends.

"Guess he liked it Buff," Cordelia said in her usual tactless manner.

Angel laughed, but was saved from having to reply by Xander asking, "Are you guys ready to get this show on the road?"

When everyone agreed, they all gathered their things and left for the party.
~*~*~*~*~*~

They all entered together, looking around at all of the different costumes that the people were wearing at the party. There were people everywhere, dressed as everything imaginable. Some were dancing, while others were standing around talking.

They had been there for about an hour when Angel pulled Buffy out onto the dance floor. The two of them mad a striking couple and they each received many appreciative glances, but neither of them noticed. All of their attention was completely focused on each other. As they began to dance, Angel asked, "Have I told you how beautiful you are lately?"

"Not in the last five minutes. I was beginning to think that I had lost all of my appeal."

That comment made Angel laugh out loud, "That is not likely to happen."

"Good," Buffy said as she snuggled deeper into his warm embrace.

Meanwhile, Willow found herself standing alone. She had been standing with Xander and Cordelia, until one of Cordelia's friends had arrived and they had gone to say hello. She was watching Angel and Buffy when someone behind her said, " So, what's a nice vampire like you doing in a place like this?"

She spun around and found herself staring into the clear blue eyes of Spike. "Spike! What are you doing here?" she asked with a welcoming smile.

"Well, I heard that there was going to be this party tonight and I thought...oh hell, I came to make fun of Angelus," he said.

Willow laughed and then took in his appearance. He was dresses in much the same way that the rest of them dressed. "Are you going to make fun of yourself, too?" she asked.

"You know, I figured that I would end up hanging out with you guys. I didn't want to stand out."

"Oh, I see," she replied.

They stood together in silence for a moment. When the music changed again, he turned to her and asked, "Would you like to dance?"

"Sure," she said as she reached to grasp the hand that he had extended towards her. Together they moved onto the dance floor.

Angel and Buffy returned to the place that they had been standing, only to find that their friend were no longer there.

"Where did they go?" Buffy asked.

"I see Xander and Cordelia over there, but I don't see Willow anywhere," Angel answered.

Buffy sighed, "I wonder where she...hey, there she is on the dance floor."

"See, I told you that you didn't have to worry about her," Angel said as he looked to where Buffy was pointing.

"That's Spike she's dancing with," she said. "You didn't tell me that he was coming."

"I didn't know that he was coming." Angel replied.

Buffy smiled when she saw Willow laugh at something that Spike had said. "They seem to be having a good time."

"Yeah, I think they really hit it off the other night," Angel said as he turned to face her. When he saw the look on her face, he quickly added, "Oh no, Buffy. None of that matchmaking stuff. Just leave it up to the two of them, ok?"

"Yeah, sure. No problem." Buffy said innocently before giving him a quick kiss.

Any further comments he was going to make on the subject of matchmaking, vanished the moment he felt her lips touch his. He quickly grabbed her and changed her chaste kiss into a more passionate one. Moving back a few steps, so that she was leaning against the wall, Buffy eagerly returned his kiss. As their tongues dueled and their hands began to roam, the rest of the room began to fade away. It was as if they were the only to people on earth. However, an outside voice, once again reminded otherwise.

"Don't you two ever come up for air?"

They broke apart and Buffy buried her head in Angel's chest to try and regain her composure. Angel glared at his best friend, who was now standing next to him, and replied, "Not if we can help it."

Spike just smiled and Willow tried to keep from laughing. Buffy finally raised her head from Angel's chest and turned to face her friends, but she still looked a little flushed. The four of them stood and talked for a while before they were rejoined by Cordelia and Xander.

"This party is lame," Cordelia announced upon their arrival.

Xander looked at her, "Well I don't want to be the one to say 'I told you so', but.."

"They don't," she and Buffy replied at the same time.

"Ok," Xander said quickly.

"What else do you guys want to do?" Willow asked.

"Well, we could go rent some movies and have a video veg-fest at the apartment." Buffy suggested.

Everyone agreed to the idea, so they moved outside. They then made their way to the movie rental place. That is where they met with the greatest challenge of the night. The monumental task of trying to agree on a movie
~*~*~*~*~

"I'm going to change," Buffy announced as soon as the group entered the apartment.

"Me too," Willow said.

"Buffy, can I borrow some clothes?" Cordelia asked.

"Sure, come on." Buffy replied as all three girls moved towards the bedrooms, leaving the men standing in the doorway.

"That's no fair," Angle said. "They were the ones who wanted to go to the dumb party and now we're the ones who get stuck wearing the uncomfortable clothes all night."

"Speak for yourself," Xander said as he walked towards his own bedroom. "You guys can go ahead and sit down or whatever. I'll be right back."

Once Xander was gone, Angel turned to Spike and asked, "What made you decide to come to the party tonight?"

"I was bored, nothing better to do." he replied nonchalantly.

"Oh, so a certain red head had nothing to do with your decision?"

Spike smiled at his friend, "Well, she might have had something to do with it."

"I thought she might," Angel said, just as the girls returned to the room.

They all went into the kitchen where they grabbed as many snack foods and drinks as they could carry. They then made their way into the living room. Cordelia and Xander chose to sit on the floor, while Buffy and Angel sat together in the large recliner, leaving Spike and Willow to sit on the sofa.

Xander plugged the movie into the VCR and pressed play. Upon entering the movie rental place, they had quickly found out that all of the good horror movies had already been rented out. They had ended up renting Critters, the early 80's movie about killer aliens that looked for all the world like furry pac-men with teeth.

At first they all laughed and made fun of the movie, but as time passed and the food ran out, they one by one began to drift off to sleep. By the time that the end of the movie arrived, there was no one awake to see it.

The End