Title: Summer Love
Author: Nimisha
Rating: PG-15 for swearing
Disclaimer: None of the characters from BtVS or Angel, belong to me in any way, instead only some stupid, freaky minor characters, rather they belong to Joss Whedon, UPN, Fox and probably others too, they are currently being borrowed for some non-money making fun.
Summary: Rewrite of Meteor Garden. Juz the stupid F4 stuff. : þ
Couples: B/A (DUH), S/F, W/O
Timeline: AU
Distribution: Anywhere… juz email me, k?
Dedication: To all B/A fans out there
Feedback: Please? I totally survive on it!! Hey… would it be too much, if I like… 135 reviews? J
A/N: Thank you to all of you who had responded to my reviews. I was… overwhelmed by the response. I had no idea at all. Well, this is Part 12, which means only 5 more parts to the end of Summer Love. So, I would like to call for a vote… would you all readers want a sequel? That is, if you do not mind waiting… I would have to warn you, Summer Love ended in a really bad way…
Radish: Oh dear, Angelus is definitely supposed to be bad… VERY bad. *evil smile*
Nina: I just actually exaggerated it… I never mean for Angelus' dad to have THAT much money…
Wicca Sweep, Reese, Kendra, Sailor Brittania, fufi, bubble-willson, Tariq, Lauren, Masako: Thanks for the reviews you gave. It's… pretty distracting. (In a good way)
Brittni: Happy New Year to you too…
Buffy Girl: Ahhh, one of my most faithful reviewers… Don't worry, I'll be updating quite regularly now.
Kat: Another of my faithful reviewers.. Thanks for the notice!
Ginger: Yet another faithful reviewers. For the reviews, thank you!
Bera-moon: love the response to Buffy. It's you readers who kept her alive, not me!
Carmen Aurora: I'm sorry if my grammar distracted you… But, well, I have to stress that this fic is unbetaed. And I intend to leave it that way… for some stupid unknown reason. I cannot understand myself sometimes…
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Hank and Joyce sat down enthusiastically, eager to start dinner. Then, Hank noticed Angelus.
"Uh... Mr. Renaldi, just eat whatever you want. We're quite poor so it's just a few dishes. I hope you can eat them."
"Uh... thanks." Angelus smiled. They started to eat.
"So does your mother cook for you?" Joyce asked.
"Um… no. The chef cooks for us. My mother does not know how to cook."
"Oh."
Then they continued eating. Joyce and Hank dominated most of the conversation, questioning Angelus most of the time. Buffy kept quiet during the whole 'session' or interrogation, she called it herself. She just looked down at her plate, eating quietly. Angelus stole glances at her during the whole dinner.
Buffy kept looking at her plate but she could not help from 'eavesdropping' the conversation. She could not believe how polite Angelus was.
Wow, he's really different. He was too polite and well behaved.
She looked up from her plate and looked at his side profile. Inwardly, she snorted.
Nope, a leopard never changes its spots. That egomaniac is just pretending to be nice, to impress those parents of mine.
But there was something she did not think about… why on earth would Angelus want to impress her parents?
***
Buffy walked down the dark street with Angelus. Of course, it was under her parents' orders again. She refused to say a word to Angelus.
Angelus frowned. He wanted to talk to her, but she was so withdrawn. He could not even get a frown out of her.
"So that were your parents?" he asked.
"DUH! Or else they are what? Aliens pretending to be my parents?" Buffy said. Immediately after saying that, she looked thoughtful.
"Maybe even if aliens pretend to be my parents, they would not be that weird."
Angelus laughed. "Your parents are kinda strange."
Buffy smiled. "Even I think they are strange. Sometimes I really wonder whether they are my birth parents."
He stopped short when he saw the smile.
Trying to cover up his slipup, he quickly changed the topic. "So are you going to New Zealand?"
Buffy shook her head. "Of course I'm not going, you know I do not have that kind of money."
"That's why I dislike poor people; they can't even afford to use a meager sum of money of $10000." Angelus remarked.
"You…" Buffy cried, insulted. Once again, the two were standing opposite each other, Buffy with the disgust and anger on her face.
Angelus was immediately angry at himself for making her angry. "Oh, forget it. I'll help you pay, all right?"
"Why should I let you pay? You are a crazy fool. I have other plans. I'm going on a cruise with Xander for a week." she said smugly, relaxing to enjoy the reaction from Angelus.
"You're going to a cruise for a week with that freak?" Angelus exploded, in utter horror and disbelief.
"Uh-huh. And I'm looking forward to it too. Then, you will go to Hawaii while I go on a cruise. At least, we won't see each other for 2 weeks. This way, I do not have to see your smug face. And I'm leaving you here now. " Buffy said and turned to walk off. Angelus stood there and looked at her.
After walking a distance, Buffy stopped and turned. "Hello? Why aren't you leaving? Go!" she said and left, without even looking back once.
~~~
"Doyle, go and tell the others, we're canceling the trip to New Zealand." Angelus said. It was only a few hours later, F3 excluding Spike were at Angelus' home.
"Huh?" was all Doyle could muster.
"Don't you think it's stupid to go to a place we've been to so many times? Let the others go."
"Then where do we go?" Oz asked.
"To Hokkaido to see ice or to the South Pole to see penguins?" Doyle suggested.
"Secret."
"So do you want to inform Spike?" Oz asked.
Angelus shrugged. "Whoever wants to come can come, I have invited Faith, so he had no reason not to come." Actually, he was already over that whole 'Spike-likes-his-girl-thing'. He knew Buffy would not like Spike. She made it clear. And Spike was his best friend. He would not do those kinds of things.
"Okay, so where do we go?" Doyle blurted out.
"I'm bringing you to a place better than New Zealand." Angelus smiled mysteriously.
The other two just shrugged and smiled at Angelus.
***
A huge ship was seen sailing into the harbour. It was a ship called Aphrodite.
Buffy ran up to the docking bay, jumping up and down. "WOW! It's the sea!" she squealed. She looked behind her and saw Xander and Willow walking up slowly beside her.
Willow grinned at Xander. "Thanks for inviting me, Xander."
Xander puffed up his chest. "No need. Xand-man is here. Haha, you guys are my best friends. If I'm inviting her, would I leave you out?"
Just as Willow wanted to reply, Buffy turned. "Hello, are you people snails? Come quickly. It's the sea!"
Willow and Xander ran up beside her. "It's not like you've never seen the sea." Willow joked.
"Will!" Buffy smacked her on the elbow.
"Buffy, Will, you guys happy?" Xander asked.
"DUH! Of course I am." Buffy grinned. Willow nodded in agreement.
"After going to that horrible school, I have to go through battles after battles, it's damn tiring, I don't even have time to play."
"Never mind. We'll have fun this week." Willow grinned.
"YEP!" Xander agreed.
Then the three noticed the ship stopping. "Hey, it's the one we're supposed to go onto. It's called Aphrodite. My dad said we could even fish at night!"
"Cool." Buffy yelled.
The three hugged. "Time to get on the ship." Willow said cheerfully.
"Hey, wait. Let's just stay here for a while and look at this ship so that we can remember it forever. The first cruise we took together." Buffy said. They stood beside each other, Buffy in the middle, Willow and Xander at her sides. They stared up at the ship.
"I think the students should be at New Zealand now." Xander said.
Buffy nodded.
I wonder whether Angelus had forgiven Spike.
Willow looked around. "Xand, where's your parents and the others?"
Xander shrugged.
Angelus walked up to the front deck, staring below. He smiled smugly.
The three below stared at the top deck, confused.
"Why is that guy so familiar?" Buffy asked.
"He looks like..." Xander gulped. "Angelus Renaldi."
Buffy widened her eyes.
"Angelus!" she gasped.
Obviously, he heard her as he smirked. Then others joined him. At his left were Darla and Dru and on his left were Doyle and Oz.
"Hey, isn't that the guy from F4 who came to the cakeshop?" Willow asked.
They could hear Darla and Drusilla complaining.
"It's so hot."
"What are we here for? This is so damn frustrating."
Oz and Doyle immediately recognized Buffy and Xander.
"Hey! Cheers!" Doyle yelled while they waved merrily at the three below. Drusilla finally noticed the group below.
"Isn't that Buffy Summers?" she said in horror.
"How could she be here?" Darla said in anger.
"Ugh!" Drusilla groaned.
Buffy fumed in anger. She never thought that idiot would actually come.
***
Angelus swaggered over to them confidently.
"What are you doing her?" Buffy asked, annoyed. "Didn't you go to NZ?"
"I've been there a hundred times, do you think I would still want to go? I just thought that go out to the sea alone would be fun, that's all." Angelus shrugged.
"You're kidding me." Buffy said in disgust.
"You're lying. My dad has already rent this boat to go on a cruise."
"Your dad did rent it, but there's a difference now. I've bought it, it's mine, okay?" Angelus said, feeling superior. "Oh by the way, I forgot... those people who are going with you have already gone on their cruise an hour ago. I bought another ship for them. They were so happy that they have forgotten that you three are still here."
He started to turn away to go back to the ship before remembering something else. "Oh, if you're willing, you can come along." Then, he walked off.
"No way." Buffy muttered. Willow too, was disgusted by Angelus. She snorted. Then, Buffy noticed two people behind Angelus.
"Buffy, you're here? Come on, let's go onto the boat." Faith smiled happily.
"Oh no, we're not going." Buffy shook her head, after exchanging glances with Willow and Xander. Angelus, who was not far off, heard this and turned to watch. He was secretly hoping she would come.
"Why not?" Faith asked, disappointed. "Aren't you going on a cruise too? Since it's already gone, then come with us. We're having a gala tonight. We welcome you to join us. You too... uh..."
"Willow Rosenberg." Buffy supplied.
"Nice name. Faith Galadriel Halliwell and William McGillian." Faith introduced.
Spike scowled at the mention of his real name. "Call me Spike."
Willow smiled. "Nice to meet you."
"Me too, pets. Hey, Buffy, come on. You'll have a great time." Spike said to Buffy. Buffy turned to Willow who nodded. Then Faith took the change to slip in between Willow and Buffy and take their arms, leading them to the ship.
"Uh... can Xander join?" Willow asked.
"Sure, the more the merrier." Faith replied easily.
When he saw this, Angelus smiled and walked up to the ship first.
The three girls started to talk animatedly.
~~~
Buffy, Willow and Xander walked down the small corridor to their rooms. Willow and Buffy had adjoining rooms while Xander was on another floor.
"We should be there soon." Willow said.
"It should be at the front." Buffy muttered to herself as she searched the number of the room she was in. Then, she found her room.
"Here, 2002. And Will's 2003." she said as they opened their room doors together. They stepped into Buffy's room first. Buffy's eyes lit up like a child when she saw her room.
"Wow! What a huge room!" she shrieked as she ran in. Willow giggled too as both of them ran around. It was a suite instead of just one room and it was decorated really beautifully, almost like it was for Buffy especially.
"Why is your room so big?" Xander asked, confused.
"That means mine is also very huge!" Willow shrieked and ran to check her room. She was right. Hers was also a suite.
Seeing that both his best friends got huge rooms, Xander was excited to check out his room.
"There it is. 0989." Xander grinned and opened his room-- to reveal a tiny room with a small bathroom and a queen bed. "Hey! Why did you girls got a huge one and I got a small one!" Xander protested.
The girls laughed. It occurred to Buffy that it must be Angelus' doing. He had disliked Xander ever since he first set his eyes on him.
Must be because I'm buddy-buddy with Xand.
Buffy thought, bemused.
***
The trio stood against the railing. "Wow, the air here is really fresh!" Willow shouted.
"It's so cooling!" Buffy yelled.
"It's so comfortable. I want to sleep right here." Xander said, his eyes drooping.
"Hey, sleepyhead. Wakey wakey! We should go up to the viewing deck!" Willow yelled, obviously on the high.
"Will, did you drink Coke? Or coffee? Why are you so hyper?" Buffy asked sternly.
"Um... I sipped a little from your frappucino just now." Willow said sheepishly before suddenly turning back and yelling. "Woohoo! I feel so GREAT!"
Buffy sighed.
~~~
And THAT is the end of chapter 12. Well, look out for the next chapter…coming soon. And please review… I need to know whether you readers want a sequel. I'll only write it IF I have more than 60% of positive reviews. So, move your mouse and click the arrow on the screen at the blue box below!
