Title: Devastating Past
Author: Valerie
E-mail: funbreath@msn.com
Disclaimer: they don't belong to me
Summary: AU Angel is new at Sunnydale High. He meets Buffy and the gang. They think he's just a regular kid. Not likely.
Timeline: during season 2 of BTVS...sorta. Let's just say that Buffy and the gang are in their Junior year in Sunnydale High.
Spoilers: as far as alternate universe goes...almost nothing. References on demons from BTVS and Angel from time to time, but that's about it
Rating: R
Distribution: You can take it but ask me first please.
Feedback: That's a big big big yes!!!!! It's my first fic, so please?
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1.
Her mind had slipped away a while ago. She was not paying attention to Mr. Peterson's literature lesson, but it's not as if he would notice anyway, so she lost herself in her thoughts. Buffy Summers had finally gotten to a state of mind where she would accept that she was the slayer, the one girl on earth chosen to fight demons, vampires and forces of darkness, hence the lack of time for a social life. She hadn't had a real date for months, and as much as she missed having a boyfriend, she learnt to accept it.
"Buffy!" whispered her best friend Willow. The slayer turned her head toward the redhead, jumping out of her reverie.
"What?"
"Check out the hottie!" Willow told her, smiling.
Buffy raised her eyebrows "Oh yeah, Snyder definitely IS a hottie. Will, are you sick?"
"Not Snyder! The guy at the door." She pointed to the entrance of the class, where stood a tall boy, leaning against the doorframe. Buffy's eyes fell on him eventually. Her first thought was *he's gorgeous!*. Indeed, every single girl in the class had their eyes all over him. He had short brown hair coiffed in spikes and deep brown eyes, wore a dark blue bottom- down shirt, which had three buttons unhooked and black jeans with a leather jacket.
"Who is he?" Buffy asked her best friend, curious.
"No idea. Never seen him before." Answered Willow, who was trying to understand what their Principal was telling their teacher in private. Snyder was quiet though, so she didn't understand why their Literature teacher kept nodding solemnly at both the boy and the Principal. Eventually, Snyder turned to the boy who was a lot taller than him.
"Be civilized." The shorter man warned the young man, who wore a particularly indifferent expression on his beautiful face. He really looked bored out of his mind. Without another word, Snyder left the room, closing the door behind him.
"Everyone" called Mr. Peterson. "Let me introduce you a new student in Sunnydale High. This is Angel Connelly. I hope you will take care of him. He has to be welcomed nicely, I trust you all."
Angel shot a nasty look at the teacher, recognizing the pitiful tone in his voice he got whenever people knew too much about him. He hated it when people used that tone when they spoke about him. Mr. Peterson only smiled, and pointed a spare chair in the middle of the classroom. "Please sit." Angel did as demanded and sat with a sigh, not bothering to take a look at the students around him.
"Isn't New Boy just a barrel full of fun or what?" Xander commented to his two friends.
"He's just disoriented and lost, with a new school, new class and all. Everyone would act like that." Willow pointed out.
"Buffy didn't." replied Xander.
"Mister Harris, I am sure you won't mind stopping this nice discussion with your friends and act slightly interested in today's lesson." Stated Mr. Peterson, making the boy turn over and smile sheepishly, embarrassed.
As the class passed by, Buffy kept glancing at Angel discreetly. She couldn't help but feel the need to know more about this mysterious new boy. Sure, he was drop dead handsome, the definition of gorgeousness, but there was something more about him that made Buffy focus all of her attention on him.
*****
"Cute is way too weak a term to describe him." Willow disagreed, while walking to the library with Buffy after school, talking about Angel.
"All right, all right! I find him very attractive, ok?" Buffy finally admitted.
Willow smiled. "NOW we're getting somewhere."
"Don't make me say what I didn't say Will, and I know you will. Just don't."
"Come on, you're dying to get to know him! You couldn't keep your eyes off him for a second before."
The slayer rolled her eyes and opened the doors of the library. "Could we just drop the subject? Please?"
"Okay." Willow relented, but she was still wondering why her friend acted this way. She never felt embarrassed talking about boys before.
"Good afternoon." Greeted Giles, walking out of his office.
"Hi" Buffy and Willow said in unison. They sat at the table, where Miss Calendar was working on a computer.
"What's up?" the slayer asked both her watcher and the teacher.
"Mister English man here has trouble with modern technology, I'm here to help." Ms Calendar told the girls.
Giles ignored his girlfriend's comment. "We are researching the demon you saw last night Buffy."
"Found nasty looking blue clawed demon yet?"
"We're on it. It shouldn't take much time with Jenny's.web search."
"So...we're Bronzing tonight Buffy?" Willow suggested her best friend.
"Er...sure." She replied with a smile. "I'll do a quick sweep of the cemetery before joining you guys."
"I surely hope you haven't forgotten about training, haven't you?" Giles demanded his slayer.
"Of course not, Giles!" Buffy grinned "I was about to say that I would be right here at 5 this afternoon for training with my dear watcher. What do you think I am? Irresponsible? Dear god, I'm one serious slayer!" she replied, smiling innocently.
*****
Angel was putting away his books in his new locker, when suddenly he felt someone touching his shoulder. With a roll of his eyes, he closed the door of the locker and turned to whoever was standing behind him. He found himself in front of a little blonde who was flashing a big smile at him. *Please tell me she's not asking me out!*
"Hi!" she greeted happily.
"Hey" Angel replied, sighing.
"Your name is Angel right? I've noticed you're new here!" the blonde exclaimed, touching his arm.
*Fuck!* "Yeah, I've noticed too." He replied with a fake smile. She didn't seem to notice the sarcasm though.
"Do you like it in Sunnydale?" she was flirting shamelessly. "Because you know, it may seem like a small boring town, but if you hook up with the right persons, it starts to be a lot more fun. I can show you around if you want." The girl continued naming all the places she liked in the town, and Angel stopped listening for a moment to focus on her body.
*A petite blonde. Yeah right, as if she was a natural blonde. God, why is she wearing so much make-up? Wonderin' how long it takes to take that off. Nice body though...she could be good in bed...maybe it'd be worth the date...*
"You know, I don't usually wear that kind of outfit, my best friend told me once that my legs looked shorter with it, and that TOTALLY freaked me out!" she kept talking, her right hand stroking Angel's left arm lightly, and her other hand posing on his chest.
*or maybe not.*
"Oh my god, can you believe I haven't told you my name yet?" She giggled, he kicked himself mentally for even picturing himself on her date with her.
"I'm Harmony Kendall. Every one knows me around here, don't worry."
*Oh, thanks, I was dead worried.*
"So what do you say? I'm free the whole evening. When do you wanna meet me? At 8?" she offered.
Angel gave her a sexy half smile, which she responded with a chuckle, then became serious and answered coolly. "You know what Harmony? I wish I could go out with you...but I really don't want to. See ya round." Without another word, he walked away, leaving a stunned Harmony behind.
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Author: Valerie
E-mail: funbreath@msn.com
Disclaimer: they don't belong to me
Summary: AU Angel is new at Sunnydale High. He meets Buffy and the gang. They think he's just a regular kid. Not likely.
Timeline: during season 2 of BTVS...sorta. Let's just say that Buffy and the gang are in their Junior year in Sunnydale High.
Spoilers: as far as alternate universe goes...almost nothing. References on demons from BTVS and Angel from time to time, but that's about it
Rating: R
Distribution: You can take it but ask me first please.
Feedback: That's a big big big yes!!!!! It's my first fic, so please?
*********
1.
Her mind had slipped away a while ago. She was not paying attention to Mr. Peterson's literature lesson, but it's not as if he would notice anyway, so she lost herself in her thoughts. Buffy Summers had finally gotten to a state of mind where she would accept that she was the slayer, the one girl on earth chosen to fight demons, vampires and forces of darkness, hence the lack of time for a social life. She hadn't had a real date for months, and as much as she missed having a boyfriend, she learnt to accept it.
"Buffy!" whispered her best friend Willow. The slayer turned her head toward the redhead, jumping out of her reverie.
"What?"
"Check out the hottie!" Willow told her, smiling.
Buffy raised her eyebrows "Oh yeah, Snyder definitely IS a hottie. Will, are you sick?"
"Not Snyder! The guy at the door." She pointed to the entrance of the class, where stood a tall boy, leaning against the doorframe. Buffy's eyes fell on him eventually. Her first thought was *he's gorgeous!*. Indeed, every single girl in the class had their eyes all over him. He had short brown hair coiffed in spikes and deep brown eyes, wore a dark blue bottom- down shirt, which had three buttons unhooked and black jeans with a leather jacket.
"Who is he?" Buffy asked her best friend, curious.
"No idea. Never seen him before." Answered Willow, who was trying to understand what their Principal was telling their teacher in private. Snyder was quiet though, so she didn't understand why their Literature teacher kept nodding solemnly at both the boy and the Principal. Eventually, Snyder turned to the boy who was a lot taller than him.
"Be civilized." The shorter man warned the young man, who wore a particularly indifferent expression on his beautiful face. He really looked bored out of his mind. Without another word, Snyder left the room, closing the door behind him.
"Everyone" called Mr. Peterson. "Let me introduce you a new student in Sunnydale High. This is Angel Connelly. I hope you will take care of him. He has to be welcomed nicely, I trust you all."
Angel shot a nasty look at the teacher, recognizing the pitiful tone in his voice he got whenever people knew too much about him. He hated it when people used that tone when they spoke about him. Mr. Peterson only smiled, and pointed a spare chair in the middle of the classroom. "Please sit." Angel did as demanded and sat with a sigh, not bothering to take a look at the students around him.
"Isn't New Boy just a barrel full of fun or what?" Xander commented to his two friends.
"He's just disoriented and lost, with a new school, new class and all. Everyone would act like that." Willow pointed out.
"Buffy didn't." replied Xander.
"Mister Harris, I am sure you won't mind stopping this nice discussion with your friends and act slightly interested in today's lesson." Stated Mr. Peterson, making the boy turn over and smile sheepishly, embarrassed.
As the class passed by, Buffy kept glancing at Angel discreetly. She couldn't help but feel the need to know more about this mysterious new boy. Sure, he was drop dead handsome, the definition of gorgeousness, but there was something more about him that made Buffy focus all of her attention on him.
*****
"Cute is way too weak a term to describe him." Willow disagreed, while walking to the library with Buffy after school, talking about Angel.
"All right, all right! I find him very attractive, ok?" Buffy finally admitted.
Willow smiled. "NOW we're getting somewhere."
"Don't make me say what I didn't say Will, and I know you will. Just don't."
"Come on, you're dying to get to know him! You couldn't keep your eyes off him for a second before."
The slayer rolled her eyes and opened the doors of the library. "Could we just drop the subject? Please?"
"Okay." Willow relented, but she was still wondering why her friend acted this way. She never felt embarrassed talking about boys before.
"Good afternoon." Greeted Giles, walking out of his office.
"Hi" Buffy and Willow said in unison. They sat at the table, where Miss Calendar was working on a computer.
"What's up?" the slayer asked both her watcher and the teacher.
"Mister English man here has trouble with modern technology, I'm here to help." Ms Calendar told the girls.
Giles ignored his girlfriend's comment. "We are researching the demon you saw last night Buffy."
"Found nasty looking blue clawed demon yet?"
"We're on it. It shouldn't take much time with Jenny's.web search."
"So...we're Bronzing tonight Buffy?" Willow suggested her best friend.
"Er...sure." She replied with a smile. "I'll do a quick sweep of the cemetery before joining you guys."
"I surely hope you haven't forgotten about training, haven't you?" Giles demanded his slayer.
"Of course not, Giles!" Buffy grinned "I was about to say that I would be right here at 5 this afternoon for training with my dear watcher. What do you think I am? Irresponsible? Dear god, I'm one serious slayer!" she replied, smiling innocently.
*****
Angel was putting away his books in his new locker, when suddenly he felt someone touching his shoulder. With a roll of his eyes, he closed the door of the locker and turned to whoever was standing behind him. He found himself in front of a little blonde who was flashing a big smile at him. *Please tell me she's not asking me out!*
"Hi!" she greeted happily.
"Hey" Angel replied, sighing.
"Your name is Angel right? I've noticed you're new here!" the blonde exclaimed, touching his arm.
*Fuck!* "Yeah, I've noticed too." He replied with a fake smile. She didn't seem to notice the sarcasm though.
"Do you like it in Sunnydale?" she was flirting shamelessly. "Because you know, it may seem like a small boring town, but if you hook up with the right persons, it starts to be a lot more fun. I can show you around if you want." The girl continued naming all the places she liked in the town, and Angel stopped listening for a moment to focus on her body.
*A petite blonde. Yeah right, as if she was a natural blonde. God, why is she wearing so much make-up? Wonderin' how long it takes to take that off. Nice body though...she could be good in bed...maybe it'd be worth the date...*
"You know, I don't usually wear that kind of outfit, my best friend told me once that my legs looked shorter with it, and that TOTALLY freaked me out!" she kept talking, her right hand stroking Angel's left arm lightly, and her other hand posing on his chest.
*or maybe not.*
"Oh my god, can you believe I haven't told you my name yet?" She giggled, he kicked himself mentally for even picturing himself on her date with her.
"I'm Harmony Kendall. Every one knows me around here, don't worry."
*Oh, thanks, I was dead worried.*
"So what do you say? I'm free the whole evening. When do you wanna meet me? At 8?" she offered.
Angel gave her a sexy half smile, which she responded with a chuckle, then became serious and answered coolly. "You know what Harmony? I wish I could go out with you...but I really don't want to. See ya round." Without another word, he walked away, leaving a stunned Harmony behind.
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