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Rating: PG-15 (for now anyway)
Couples: B/A mainly, Dawn/Andrew, maybe others later
Authors note: Buffy Summers is one of the leading Fashion Designers in the world. When her twin sister Dawn introduces her to Angelus Liam O'Connor her world takes a turn to something she never expected.
Authors note 2: This story is an AU fic.
Title: Love and Fashion 9/?
Author: TK
Huge, Huge Thanks too: SexyShae, Buffster14, Brittannie, Christine, AJ, Ryan, MidnightMoon12, Court, Buffy2004angel, Slay_gal, Courtney15, Buffy, Alesha, Honey B., Kendra, Lucey, Alyssa, Erin, Ashione, Cyberwulf, Sailor Earth, Mav034, Tariq, Kelly, Julie, Amie C., and Meagan G. I appreciate all you kind words and feedback. My muses danced for joy hearing all the kind and thoughtful comments. Thanks lots, for taking the time to send feedback to me everyone, I really do appreciate it a lot!!!! I hope you like this part!!!!
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Part 9
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"Faith, here are you photo shoots from yesterday, and your pay check," said Buffy early the next day as the brunette walked into her office. Buffy was feeling incredible, Angelus had ended up staying the night last night, and held her all night long. Then he drove her to work the morning, and was currently doing a photo shoot for her new jean line. "I want to say that I was very happy to hear that you and Willow were civil to each other while I was away yesterday," she told her friend glowing with happiness.
"Somebody got some from tall, dark, and handsome," commented Faith with a smirk on her face. Sitting down in one of the chairs Faith took her check from Buffy," So, B, spill," she encouraged ready for so details.
"Spill what?" asked Buffy innocently while she turned to place the photo's that would be send out to 'Seventeen' magazine in her filing cabinet. "I have know idea what you are talking about," she replied even though she knew she her glow was giving it way.
"You and Angelus had sex!" said Faith simply not letting Buffy off the hook for one minute. "Come on, you we're at work yesterday, and neither was he, you come in the morning glowing like a light bulb, and Dawn said she found you all curled up with him the morning," Faith pointed out leaning her elbows on her knees with interests," so talk."
"Don't you have another shoot to do today," asked Buffy smiling brightly? She couldn't help it, she was in love. "I hear that your agent might have you a shoot in Europe this coming summer, that sounds interesting," she said trying to change the subject. It wasn't that she was embarrassed by her and Angelus happiness, she just didn't want to share right away.
"Buffy, Darla fell on her face again," exclaimed Willow running into Buffy's office, face pink with laughter. "Hey, Faith am I interrupting something?" she asked when she noticed her friend's glow, and he co-workers sly smile.
"Buffy slept with Angelus," blurted Faith, receiving a disbelief look from Buffy. "What, B, we know you did," she stated laughing.
"Faith!" shouted Buffy," I can't believe you just said that," she said grabbing her vanilla folder with accounting figures she needed her account to go over today. Sometimes she just really wished she could gag Faith.
"That's why when I saw Mr. O'Connor today, he wore a grin on his face," commented Willow grinning at her friend who was now blushing. "He got a happy," she added pulling her red hair back from her face.
"What did you say about Darla?" asked Buffy smiling.
"She fell in that new dress of yours and knocked over the camera which in turn knocked over the lighting, which fell on the poor photographer," explained Willow as Faith burst out laughing. "It's not funny," insisted Willow trying not to laugh, but failing miserly.
"You're got to be kidding me," said Buffy running her hand through her golden tresses," that girl is completely accident prone," she commented two of her top models and friends. "I better go handle it," she said laughing a little. "Willow, you can go to lunch now, and Faith, I need you to go check out when James is going to be able to reschedule your photo shoot for the fashion show next month," she explained before leaving the room.
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"Mr. Prince, how are you doing?" Buffy asked the man lying down with a ice-pack to his head. "I am so sorry, about the shoot. I was just told about it," she said kindly, sitting down next to the forty-year old photographer. "Can I get you something?" she asked sweetly.
"No, Dear, I'm fine," Mr. Prince assured the young woman sitting next to him. "I just need to lye down a few minutes until everything stops spinning," he explained causing Buffy to be a concern.
"How about you take the rest of the day off," she offered the older man. "I don't need the shoots of Darla until tomorrow anyway, and you really seem like you could use a break," she said gently handing him a new ice-pack, and took the old one and threw it in the garbage.
"Thank you, Dear," said Mr. Prince gratefully," and may I say I am sorry to hear about that awful attack on you by that ex of yours," he said sympathetically.
"I'm sorry, what?" asked Buffy shocked that Mr. Prince would know of her encounter with Spike the other night. "Mr. Prince, where did you hear such a thing?" she asked curiously as she helped the old man up.
"I read it in the newspaper, Dear," responded Mr. Prince leaning down to grab his carmare bag. "I'll be back first thing tomorrow morning," he promised, but Buffy was to preoccupied to say anything.
'It was in the newspapaer?' Buffy asked herself not hearing a word of what Mr. Prince said to her.
"Are you okay, Dear?" asked the photographer with concern. "Miss Summers," he tried again tapping Buffy's shoulder.
"What I'm sorry," Buffy apologized snapping out of her thought. "Did you say something, Mr. Prince?" she asked turning her attention back to her employee.
"I asked if you were alright, perhaps you should go home and get some rest as well," he suggested still concern for his young boss. The young woman before him seemed deep in thought, so the Mr. Prince was a concern for his boss.
"Thank you for the suggestion," said Buffy politely putting back on a smile," I have a lot to do today, though, so why don't you go get some rest and tomorrow I promise your day will go a lot better," she vowed accompanying Mr. Prince to the elevator.
"Have a good day, Miss Summers," replied Mr. Prince still not sure his boss was all right, but what could he do. She was the boss, and he was the employee. So with a final nod from Buffy the elevator closed and he was on his way home.
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"Dawn," exclaimed Buffy walking into her sister's office later that day. "Have you seen this?" she asked tossing a newspaper on the lawyers desks.
Looking down at the article on the front page, Dawn cringed when she saw the heading.
'Fashion Star Buffy Summers attacked'
"Buffy, you can't let this get to you," insisted Dawn rationally, tiring to keep her sister from getting stressed out. Dawn knew Buffy didn't like to have bad publicity like that especially with her fashion show next month.
"Can't let this get to me?" asked Buffy in shocked sitting leaning against the huge tear window. "Dawnie, I have a show in a month and because of that article, which is no doubt not the only one out their, instead of journalist and magazines being completely interested in my designs, they're going to be asking all about what happen, and if I'm bring charges against Spike. Then they're going to start asking stuff about Angel, and I am going to ring Spike's neck personally if this causing any sort of troubles with my relationship," she sounding really upset, which made Dawn dislike Spike even more then before.
"He's going to jail if he comes near you again," stated Dawn pulling out a piece of yellow legal paper with black writing on it. "Look at this," she said getting up and handed Buffy the paper she had been working on yesterday before Andrew came in.
Buffy looked it over and was surprised, yet satisfied with what it said," Is this legal?" she asked her sister not believing her eyes. "I mean he could serious be put away for this long if he so much as walks within twenty feet of me?" she asked handing the new restraining order back to her sister.
"Yes," answered Dawn proudly. "I don't want a repeat of the other night. I made some calls yesterday and explained the situation, and the end result was this," she said happy that her sister was smiling again.
"Thank you," said Buffy thankful and hugs her twin sister. "You're the best," she told her.
"I have the best sister," replied Dawn pulling out of the sisterly hug. "I have to watch out for her like she does me," she said getting a laugh out of Buffy.
"True," agreed Buffy," so did you know about the newspaper article? "She asked getting back to the reason why she had come to see her sister in the first place.
"I did," admitted Dawn," and, Buffy, Dad knows too, he and Jenny just landed a hour ago, and are on their way to see you at work," she said relating the message she was going to call and tell her sister about.
"Great," said Buffy rubbing her temples. She was getting a headache now," okay, first I'll have to deal with Dad," she said snapping into her business voice," then I'll organize a news conference with some heads of the news paper, and give them some sort of a comment to straighten this story out, and then all I have to do is get the rest of my designs ready for the show," rambled Buffy walking back and forth in front of Dawn's desk thinking up things she had to do.
"Sounds like a plan," commented Dawn pushing a chair in front of Buffy. "Sit down, Sis, your making me get a headache with all that pacing. Do you want me to call the conference?" she asked trying to help out. "I have all that I need to do for the case I am working on done. So if you want me to make the call instead of having your secretary Kimberly do it, I will," she offered picking up her cell phone that was ringing.
"That would be great, Dawnie, thanks," Buffy said thankful for her sister's help. "I got to go back to work and deal with Dad," she said note looking forward to discussing Spike with her father. She loved her father, but he was very overprotective sometimes.
"Good-luck," said Dawn covering her phone.
"Bye, Dawnie," Buffy said to her brunette sister.
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"Hey, Kimberly, is Buffy in?" Angelus asked the red headed secretary who worked for his Love.
"She went out to see her sister, but she should be back soon, Mr. O'Connor. If you would like I can let you into her office to wait for her. I'm sure she would mind at all," replied the thirty year old woman looking Angelus up and down.
"That would be great, Kimberly, thank you," said Angelus politely, after Kimberly unlocked Buffy's door Angelus went in to wait for Buffy to get back.
He had to admit to himself that he had been concern that she would get a lot of questions about her arm, and Spike the morning. He himself had seen the newspaper first thing when he walked into the shoot, and was at once asked question after question. Angelus had no idea what to tell any of his co-workers so he had just said no comment, and that if they wanted to know they would have to wait and see if Buffy would talk about it.
"Who are you?" asked a older male's voice causing Angelus to turn away from the window he had been looking out of to a older man wearing a white t-shirt with a black covered jacket and dress backs," and why may I ask are you in my daughter's office without her?" he asked curiously.
"Giles, that's Angelus O'Connor," a black headed woman said beside him. "Hello, Mr. O'Connor, I'm Buffy's step-mother Jenny Summers and this is her father Giles Summers. We're looking for our daughter," she explained politely giving her husband a look that told him to relax.
"Nice to meet you, Sir, Madame," Angelus said politely. He couldn't believe he was meeting Buffy's father and step-mother for the first time alone. "Buffy is with her Dawn at the moment, but Kimberly assures me that Buffy will be back soon, so we can all wait in here and wait for her," he explained feeling slightly nervous from the protective father look Giles was giving him.
"Mr. O'Connor…," began Giles as he and his wife sat down in Buffy's office chairs.
"Please, Sir, you can call me Angelus. Mr. O'Connor is my father," he said kindly with a half grin. Sitting down on the chair at Buffy's desk, he took a silent breath and pray to whoever was listening that he made a good impression on these people. Buffy was very important to him, and if he mad her father mad, there's no telling what would happen.
"Very well," said Giles," Angelus, where were you when that monster attacked my little girl?" he asked bluntly.
"Giles," exclaimed Jenny giving her husband a disapproving look at the tone of his voice. "Be nice to the young man," she said taking Gile's hand into hers.
"I was at home, Sir," answered Angelus truthfully. " I didn't even know he was at her house until later that night when I stopped by to see her," he went on," If I had been there, Buffy, would have never gotten hurt, I promise you that," he admitted leaning back in Buffy's comfortable chair.
"I'm sure," replied a kind Jenny before her husband could say anything. "How long have you and Buffy been together?" she asked curiously and trying to make friendly conversation.
"Two weeks," Angelus answered feeling more comfortable talking with Jenny then with Giles. "My cousin is dating Dawn, and they introduced us, and things took off from there," he added politely. "Buffy, told me you two were in London this past week, was it a nice trip?" he asked deciding that getting to know Buffy's parents where a good idea.
"It was wonderful," replied Jenny happily. "London is such a lovely place to visit, especially when you have family there," she commented leaning her head on Gile's shoulder.
"How long are you planning to stay?" interrupted Giles," I will not have some young man break Buffy's hear again," he said firmly taking his glasses off to clean them.
"I was planning to stay a two weeks, now I have moved it to a month, and if things keep going the way they're going, I am would like to stay here with Buffy," he confessed honestly. Andrew had asked him the same thing over the phone last night when he called to say he was staying with Buffy. Angelus had told Andrew the same thing he told Giles. Buffy was important to him and being with her made him happy and he wasn't ready to give that up. He was in love and she loved him, that was worth all the miss jobs in the world.
"Very good answer," said Giles, this young man seemed to be a good guy, but he would not let up that fast. First appearances could be deceiving," Now, Angelus, I have spoken to my daughter Dawn the morning and she assured me that Buffy was okay, and that the Spike situation was being taken care of. Now what I want to know from you is, if that horrible monster claiming to love my daughter, yet he hurts her comes near her again are you going to be willing to protect her?" he asked curiously putting his glasses back on to his face.
"I would protect Buffy with my life, Sir," admitted Angelus truthfully.
"Let us hope it doesn't ever come to that," commented Buffy walking into the room. "Daddy, Jenny, hello," she said greeting her father and step-mother. "Daddy, have you been nice to Angelus?" she asked curiously. She knew how her father got sometimes.
"We have been having a talk about keeping you safe," explained Giles giving his little girl a hug. "Are you alright?" he asked looking down at her arm in a sling.
"I'm fine, Daddy," assured Buffy. "Dawn has taken out a new restraining order against Spike, and if he breaks this one he automatically goes to jail for ten years," she said feeling happy. She walked over to her lover and sat down in his lap. "Are you done for today?" she asked softly.
"Completely," responded Angelus giving her a kiss on the cheek. He didn't kiss her like he wanted to in front of her parents.
"Good," replied Buffy smiling big before giving him a short but sweet kiss on the lips. "How was your trip?"she asked her father and step-mother as she laid her head on Angelus shoulder. "Is grandmother doing well?" she asked her father referring to Grandmother Summers.
"She is," answered Giles liking the happy glow that Buffy wore on her face. It suited his daughter to be happy. It suited both his little girls. "She sends her love to you and Dawn along with some gifts that are packed away in Jenny's suitcase. I'll bring them to you later this evening, unless you have other plans," he amended quickly. The way Angelus was looking at his daughter made him remember the way he uses to look at Joyce, and what that look really meant. Angelus was in love with Buffy, and from the looks of it his daughter was in fact in love as well.
"How about I fix dinner for everyone tonight," offered Buffy as the ideas hit her," you two can come over and get to know the two men in Dawnie and my life, and Andrew and Angelus could get to know you," she suggested knowing her sister would go for the idea. Dawn had been working on ideas for a month to get their father to met Andrew.
"That sounds great, Sweetie," said Giles more calmer then he was when he arrived home the morning. It was obvious to him that Buffy was doing okay, and that Angelus made her happy. So for his daughter sake he would get to know this man, and for his other daughter's sake he would get to know Andrew.
"How about dinner at eight?" suggested Jenny glad that her husband was giving Angelus a chance.
"That sounds great, Jenny," agreed Buffy happily.
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