Title: Sins of the Father
Author: Jedi Slayer Kimmy (angel_w_bite@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: These characters belong to people that make a couple of kickass shows on TV.
Author's Note: Sorry about the long absence between updates. I've had this chapter written out for weeks but homework has prevented me from posting it.
A few people have commented on how I am going to get around the 'vampires can't have children' and 'Buffy you're the only woman I've ever loved' parts of the show. Quite frankly this is my own little universe and I really didn't want to include that stuff otherwise the entire premise of the story would be shot.
Please read this chapter and keep the reviews coming. Even if you hate it I want to know about it so I can improve my writing. I'm toying with the idea of incorporating a little Willow & Xander romance to what I already had planned for the story. Let me know what you think about it. Thoughts are shown with * *
Kim
Summary: Willow discovers a secret to her past that involves one of the Angel Investigations team. Everyone one else finds out that Willow isn't exactly who she claims to be. Will it tear the Slayerettes and AI crew apart? AU
Part 4: The Backlash
The silence of the room was deafening. Willow looked around the room, her face searching out the faces of her friend to find that they each had a look of shock.
She turned to Xander who had begun to laugh nervously.
"Well that was a bit of a bombshell Will!" his stunned voice quickly turned to one of anger.
"But what do you want us to do about it? Do you want us to congratulate you on being Dead Boy's kid? Maybe we should get a badge and a ribbon and make him an honorary Slayerette. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel. I mean I come here to find out that my best friend in the whole world has been lying to me for as long as I've know her and quite frankly I'm pretty stunned about it."
He shrugged his shoulders and looked down at the floor. Xander then began laughing again. This shook Willow to her very core. It wasn't his jokey laugh or a nervous laugh, Xander was pissed and for the first real time in her life all of his anger and rage was pointed at her. Xander looked up at Willow with a combination of hurt and anger written on his face.
"I mean if you have kept all of this stuff hidden from us what else are you hiding?"
Xander's eyes burned into hers. Willow could see his eyes that were usually filled with humour and love were filled with something else. They were like angry daggers and with each look they were piercing her heart, but she couldn't look away. Her pain filled eyes began to flood up with tears and all of a sudden a rush of words began to flow out of her nervous mouth.
"I just found out that Angel was my father two days ago. But if you want to know more about me try this on for size: Ira and Sheila Rosenberg are my aunt and uncle, my mother was a slayer, my baby sister was kidnapped as a toddler, my last name is Deluca and I'm not even Jewish!"
The young red headed girl stood there breathing heavily like that outburst had sapped her of all of her energy. Her cheeks were flushed and Xander looked at her with a sad smile on his face.
*She looks just like she does when she babbles.*
Angel watched as Buffy, Dawn, and Cordelia looked on at the scene quietly taking everything in. He looked at Buffy's face trying to read her emotions but all he saw was a face in deep thought.
*What am I supposed to say here? It hurts that Willow didn't tell me because we're best friends and it hurts that Angel didn't tell me because we were in love for so long but I love them both so much.
Until now Buffy had remained silent. Her eyes caught with Angel's for a second and she shared a smile with him and remembered why she had loved him so deeply. She broke her gaze with Angel and turned it towards her friend. Tears filled her eyes as she spoke to Willow in a pleading tone.
"How could you not tell us anything? This is a lot to take in and you did it all alone. Did you ever think that we loved you and we would have helped and supported you through all this?"
Everyone then looked at Buffy like she was a madwoman as tears were pouring out of her eyes while she stood laughing hysterically. She continued laughing until she met the questioning stares of her friends.
"To think that we would have our late night phone calls and I would gab on about how dreamy Angel was. Then I though how funny it would be if the roles were reversed and you were gossiping about how gorgeous Giles you thought Giles was."
The mood of the room seemed to lighten as Buffy's infectious laughter spread to everyone else in the room, everyone except Xander. He looked at Willow with an expression of disgust as he stormed out of the hotel into the cool Los Angeles night.
Willow's face scrunched up with hurt as she slowly began to walk up the dusty, old steps of the Hyperion. A small hand reached out and grabbed her, fiercely pulling her into a bear hug. Dawn offered Willow a tear-filled smile as she hugged her.
"He had no right to treat you like that. He's just upset. But he'll get over it, you'll see."
A torrent of tears flooded Willow's eyes and trickled down the porcelain white skin of her face.
"I hope so Dawnie, I really hope so."
Willow disengaged herself from Dawn's hug and began to ascend the dusty stairs once more.
Angel felt a pang in his un-beating heart as his watched the dejected figure of his daughter slowly make her way upstairs. We watched her with sadness in his old eyes until he could see her no more. Anger replaced the sadness as he skulked outside into the night.
*I'm going to rip Xander limb from limb and feed him to the zoo animals*
Cordelia had been watching this scene quietly from the front counter. She winced as she heard the front door slam behind Angel's angry form. She turned towards the two Summers sisters who were now sitting quietly on the tattered lobby couch and spoke in a soft, gentle voice.
"Where do we go from here?"
Author's note 2: A few people might not be happy with my characterisation of Buffy in this chapter but I have my reasons for it. I have read many stories where Angel falls in love with someone other than Buffy and when Buffy finds out she transforms into Buffy, the Whiney Slayer. I really hate how such a strong character like Buffy can turn into such a whiney, jealous hag at the sight of an old love. When we fall out of love with someone we eventually get over it and move on and that is what I am trying to show of Buffy in this chapter. Plus I didn't put alternate universe in the summary for nothing!
Kim
Author: Jedi Slayer Kimmy (angel_w_bite@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: These characters belong to people that make a couple of kickass shows on TV.
Author's Note: Sorry about the long absence between updates. I've had this chapter written out for weeks but homework has prevented me from posting it.
A few people have commented on how I am going to get around the 'vampires can't have children' and 'Buffy you're the only woman I've ever loved' parts of the show. Quite frankly this is my own little universe and I really didn't want to include that stuff otherwise the entire premise of the story would be shot.
Please read this chapter and keep the reviews coming. Even if you hate it I want to know about it so I can improve my writing. I'm toying with the idea of incorporating a little Willow & Xander romance to what I already had planned for the story. Let me know what you think about it. Thoughts are shown with * *
Kim
Summary: Willow discovers a secret to her past that involves one of the Angel Investigations team. Everyone one else finds out that Willow isn't exactly who she claims to be. Will it tear the Slayerettes and AI crew apart? AU
Part 4: The Backlash
The silence of the room was deafening. Willow looked around the room, her face searching out the faces of her friend to find that they each had a look of shock.
She turned to Xander who had begun to laugh nervously.
"Well that was a bit of a bombshell Will!" his stunned voice quickly turned to one of anger.
"But what do you want us to do about it? Do you want us to congratulate you on being Dead Boy's kid? Maybe we should get a badge and a ribbon and make him an honorary Slayerette. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel. I mean I come here to find out that my best friend in the whole world has been lying to me for as long as I've know her and quite frankly I'm pretty stunned about it."
He shrugged his shoulders and looked down at the floor. Xander then began laughing again. This shook Willow to her very core. It wasn't his jokey laugh or a nervous laugh, Xander was pissed and for the first real time in her life all of his anger and rage was pointed at her. Xander looked up at Willow with a combination of hurt and anger written on his face.
"I mean if you have kept all of this stuff hidden from us what else are you hiding?"
Xander's eyes burned into hers. Willow could see his eyes that were usually filled with humour and love were filled with something else. They were like angry daggers and with each look they were piercing her heart, but she couldn't look away. Her pain filled eyes began to flood up with tears and all of a sudden a rush of words began to flow out of her nervous mouth.
"I just found out that Angel was my father two days ago. But if you want to know more about me try this on for size: Ira and Sheila Rosenberg are my aunt and uncle, my mother was a slayer, my baby sister was kidnapped as a toddler, my last name is Deluca and I'm not even Jewish!"
The young red headed girl stood there breathing heavily like that outburst had sapped her of all of her energy. Her cheeks were flushed and Xander looked at her with a sad smile on his face.
*She looks just like she does when she babbles.*
Angel watched as Buffy, Dawn, and Cordelia looked on at the scene quietly taking everything in. He looked at Buffy's face trying to read her emotions but all he saw was a face in deep thought.
*What am I supposed to say here? It hurts that Willow didn't tell me because we're best friends and it hurts that Angel didn't tell me because we were in love for so long but I love them both so much.
Until now Buffy had remained silent. Her eyes caught with Angel's for a second and she shared a smile with him and remembered why she had loved him so deeply. She broke her gaze with Angel and turned it towards her friend. Tears filled her eyes as she spoke to Willow in a pleading tone.
"How could you not tell us anything? This is a lot to take in and you did it all alone. Did you ever think that we loved you and we would have helped and supported you through all this?"
Everyone then looked at Buffy like she was a madwoman as tears were pouring out of her eyes while she stood laughing hysterically. She continued laughing until she met the questioning stares of her friends.
"To think that we would have our late night phone calls and I would gab on about how dreamy Angel was. Then I though how funny it would be if the roles were reversed and you were gossiping about how gorgeous Giles you thought Giles was."
The mood of the room seemed to lighten as Buffy's infectious laughter spread to everyone else in the room, everyone except Xander. He looked at Willow with an expression of disgust as he stormed out of the hotel into the cool Los Angeles night.
Willow's face scrunched up with hurt as she slowly began to walk up the dusty, old steps of the Hyperion. A small hand reached out and grabbed her, fiercely pulling her into a bear hug. Dawn offered Willow a tear-filled smile as she hugged her.
"He had no right to treat you like that. He's just upset. But he'll get over it, you'll see."
A torrent of tears flooded Willow's eyes and trickled down the porcelain white skin of her face.
"I hope so Dawnie, I really hope so."
Willow disengaged herself from Dawn's hug and began to ascend the dusty stairs once more.
Angel felt a pang in his un-beating heart as his watched the dejected figure of his daughter slowly make her way upstairs. We watched her with sadness in his old eyes until he could see her no more. Anger replaced the sadness as he skulked outside into the night.
*I'm going to rip Xander limb from limb and feed him to the zoo animals*
Cordelia had been watching this scene quietly from the front counter. She winced as she heard the front door slam behind Angel's angry form. She turned towards the two Summers sisters who were now sitting quietly on the tattered lobby couch and spoke in a soft, gentle voice.
"Where do we go from here?"
Author's note 2: A few people might not be happy with my characterisation of Buffy in this chapter but I have my reasons for it. I have read many stories where Angel falls in love with someone other than Buffy and when Buffy finds out she transforms into Buffy, the Whiney Slayer. I really hate how such a strong character like Buffy can turn into such a whiney, jealous hag at the sight of an old love. When we fall out of love with someone we eventually get over it and move on and that is what I am trying to show of Buffy in this chapter. Plus I didn't put alternate universe in the summary for nothing!
Kim
