Chapter 3: One Of The Best
Angel thought. What was he going to say? 'I slept with Darla, my sire that I staked 7 years ago, for some reason didn't lose my soul and had a kid'?! That was not going to work... Then once he was no longer being held up against a
wall or had a stake pointing towards his heart, he looked at Buffy.
Buffy saw this look. "Angel, think. If vampires halfway across the world in the middle of nowhere heard that the once almighty Angelus slept with his sire that he dusted, didn't lose his soul and had a kid, how long did you think it would take for me to find out? I live 2 hours away on a Hellmouth!"
"Yeah, vampires and demons would find out, so how did *you* find out?" Angel asked.
"Spike."
"Spike told you?" Angel asked.
"No, I was with Spike," Buffy said.
"So, you were dating Spike?" Angel asked.
"NO!" Buffy lied. "I was in Willy's bar, drunk off my ass! I went with Spike because I was see what the demons were up to."
"You were seeing what demons were up to... yet you were drunk?" he asked quizzically.
"See, I went with Spike to his kitten poker game thing, I expected some demons to brag, I got bored, and I sure as hell was not going to play kitten poker, so I did the thing you usually do when you're in a bar, I drank," Buffy said. "When I heard you slept with Darla, I was more worried then mad."
"You weren't mad?" Angel asked surprised.
"No. See, when I find out that my ex has a new lover, I don't come to town and beat them up," she said.
"How is Riley?"
"Last I saw him, he was doing good." Buffy skipped on. "I was worried that Angelus would come back, except it would take more time, but then I figured
it out."
"You figured out why I didn't loose my soul?" Angel asked.
"Yeah, it was sort of duh thing," Buffy stated.
"Since I missed this 'duh thing' do you mind telling me why?" Angel asked.
"Who ever said 'one moment of true happiness' was about having sex? It is not 'one moment of sex'. You weren't in love with Darla, and you slept with her
to make the pain go away. That is not happiness. I don't know what that is,
but it's not happiness," Buffy said.
"Oh," was all Angel could say.
"Yeah."
"So, you came here to counsel Conner?" Angel asked Buffy.
"Fred called me, I had to come down to L.A. anyway," Buffy said.
"So, what do we owe you for counselling?" Angel asked.
"We never did work out a price." Fred stated.
Buffy's face lit up, "I'm not going to charge you anything, I just need you
to do something for me."
"And what would that be?" Angel asked.
Buffy went over to her bag, got out a few sheets of paper and a pen, "In my
Vampire Mythology class we are studying four of the Scourges of Europe; Darla, Angelus, Drusilla and William the Bloody."
"So, what do you want me to do?" Angel asked.
"My homework, I need important things that happened in human and vampire life," Buffy said.
"I'm fine with doing this, but why didn't you have Spike do it?" Angel asked.
"Would you trust an insane vampire, who lives in a school basement, to do your paper?" Buffy asked.
"Huh?"
"Spike went insane. So when do I get to meet Conner?" Buffy asked.
"Now?" Angel asked, "Conner!" he yelled.
Conner came down the stairs. He already knew of this person who was going to talk with him and he didn't like it. "I not talking to anyone."
"Fine," Buffy said, "I don't talk to kids who don't want to talk, just a waste of my time."
Everyone looked at her surprised. Buffy grabbed her bag and started to leave.
"I can probably get a few stakings in before my bus leave, but before I go, I want to tell you Conner that you are a genius! I mean I just sent Angel to Hell, you? You're his son! He took care of you and you send him to the bottom of the ocean!"
Again everyone looked at her surprised.
"You're the ex-girlfriend that sent him to Hell?" Conner asked.
"Yes, that would be me. Another thing that you can do to piss Angel off is... never mind. You don't want to talk to me. I'm wasting both of our time," Buffy said as she started to go.
"I, I want to talk to you," Conner said. Well, if this could hurt Angel maybe she wasn't that bad.
"Okay then," Buffy said as she crossed over to Angel. She put her bag by him and whispered, "There is a reason I'm one of the best."
With that Buffy and Conner went to talk in Angel's office.
A/N: Please R&R!
Angel thought. What was he going to say? 'I slept with Darla, my sire that I staked 7 years ago, for some reason didn't lose my soul and had a kid'?! That was not going to work... Then once he was no longer being held up against a
wall or had a stake pointing towards his heart, he looked at Buffy.
Buffy saw this look. "Angel, think. If vampires halfway across the world in the middle of nowhere heard that the once almighty Angelus slept with his sire that he dusted, didn't lose his soul and had a kid, how long did you think it would take for me to find out? I live 2 hours away on a Hellmouth!"
"Yeah, vampires and demons would find out, so how did *you* find out?" Angel asked.
"Spike."
"Spike told you?" Angel asked.
"No, I was with Spike," Buffy said.
"So, you were dating Spike?" Angel asked.
"NO!" Buffy lied. "I was in Willy's bar, drunk off my ass! I went with Spike because I was see what the demons were up to."
"You were seeing what demons were up to... yet you were drunk?" he asked quizzically.
"See, I went with Spike to his kitten poker game thing, I expected some demons to brag, I got bored, and I sure as hell was not going to play kitten poker, so I did the thing you usually do when you're in a bar, I drank," Buffy said. "When I heard you slept with Darla, I was more worried then mad."
"You weren't mad?" Angel asked surprised.
"No. See, when I find out that my ex has a new lover, I don't come to town and beat them up," she said.
"How is Riley?"
"Last I saw him, he was doing good." Buffy skipped on. "I was worried that Angelus would come back, except it would take more time, but then I figured
it out."
"You figured out why I didn't loose my soul?" Angel asked.
"Yeah, it was sort of duh thing," Buffy stated.
"Since I missed this 'duh thing' do you mind telling me why?" Angel asked.
"Who ever said 'one moment of true happiness' was about having sex? It is not 'one moment of sex'. You weren't in love with Darla, and you slept with her
to make the pain go away. That is not happiness. I don't know what that is,
but it's not happiness," Buffy said.
"Oh," was all Angel could say.
"Yeah."
"So, you came here to counsel Conner?" Angel asked Buffy.
"Fred called me, I had to come down to L.A. anyway," Buffy said.
"So, what do we owe you for counselling?" Angel asked.
"We never did work out a price." Fred stated.
Buffy's face lit up, "I'm not going to charge you anything, I just need you
to do something for me."
"And what would that be?" Angel asked.
Buffy went over to her bag, got out a few sheets of paper and a pen, "In my
Vampire Mythology class we are studying four of the Scourges of Europe; Darla, Angelus, Drusilla and William the Bloody."
"So, what do you want me to do?" Angel asked.
"My homework, I need important things that happened in human and vampire life," Buffy said.
"I'm fine with doing this, but why didn't you have Spike do it?" Angel asked.
"Would you trust an insane vampire, who lives in a school basement, to do your paper?" Buffy asked.
"Huh?"
"Spike went insane. So when do I get to meet Conner?" Buffy asked.
"Now?" Angel asked, "Conner!" he yelled.
Conner came down the stairs. He already knew of this person who was going to talk with him and he didn't like it. "I not talking to anyone."
"Fine," Buffy said, "I don't talk to kids who don't want to talk, just a waste of my time."
Everyone looked at her surprised. Buffy grabbed her bag and started to leave.
"I can probably get a few stakings in before my bus leave, but before I go, I want to tell you Conner that you are a genius! I mean I just sent Angel to Hell, you? You're his son! He took care of you and you send him to the bottom of the ocean!"
Again everyone looked at her surprised.
"You're the ex-girlfriend that sent him to Hell?" Conner asked.
"Yes, that would be me. Another thing that you can do to piss Angel off is... never mind. You don't want to talk to me. I'm wasting both of our time," Buffy said as she started to go.
"I, I want to talk to you," Conner said. Well, if this could hurt Angel maybe she wasn't that bad.
"Okay then," Buffy said as she crossed over to Angel. She put her bag by him and whispered, "There is a reason I'm one of the best."
With that Buffy and Conner went to talk in Angel's office.
A/N: Please R&R!