Title- Lonely No More
Author- Static-Disturbed
Summary- Angel doesn't fit in at school and Buffy is the new popular girl who likes him... in this chapter Bufy is going out for a night with William and Angel. Oz, Willow, Xander, Wes and Gunn are all going to be in this chapter. Um Doyle will be in the future chapters and Angel's siblings will be back later on in the story as well as Buffy's family. Oh and the way I have made Wesley may blow some people's mind but I couldn't resist.
Disclaimer- I don't own them. Joss and Mutant Enemy do. Chpt.4
"Put some music on" Angel ordered his best friend in the driver seat. Ever since they had gotten into the car it had been nothing but one big uncomfortable silence. And there was another fifteen minutes until they got to Faith's apartment.
"Yes sir" William mumbled looking for a tape on the dashboard. Buffy laughed at the interaction between the two. They were really friends. She had never had friends like that whom she could talk to about anything. She had never had friends who had really known anything about her. All her 'friends' had ever cared about was how much money her father made and what size her waist was.
"Okay Buffy you decide.... Rancid or Pennywise?" William called into the backseat. Angel smiled at the look on her face. Something told him she had no idea who either band was. To him it was a bit of a foreign concept. All of his friends listened to that music. He supposed her reaction would be the same if she found out he couldn't tell the Backstreet Boys from N' Sync.
"You've never heard of either have you?" Angel asked with a grin. She slowly shook her head no. William huffed and just put in the Pennywise cassette. Buffy could tell she was blushing.
"Don't worry about it" Angel reassured her and watched her jump as the music began to blare from the speakers. For a minute Buffy wondered if she was making a mistake. Maybe her and Angel were too different to hang out. They lived completely different lifestyles. But all her worries were forgotten when she turned to her right and saw Angel playing air guitar to the thunderous music blasting from the speakers. He was so dam cute. At that moment he noticed her watching him and froze shrinking down into his seat while a deep blush worked over most of his face.
"So where are we going?" Buffy yelled. William turned down the volume and looked at her
"What?" he yelled
"Where are we going?" she repeated. Angel sat up decided to answer her question
"Um first were going to Will's cousins party then after that were gonna meet up with some people and go the Rat's Nest and see a friend of ours band play" he informed her. He silently hoped that nothing happened tonight that would scare Buffy away. Normally his friends were pretty cool people but it wasn't unexpected for things to get out of control at these parties. There would be drinking of course and it would be illegal drinking on most parts. He couldn't scare Buffy away. Not now when it seemed like he might actually have a chance with her.
When the car stopped Buffy took a moment to look around. They had parked in front of a large brick apartment complex and it didn't take a genius to tell they weren't in the best part of town. Angel sensed her discomfort as they climbed out of the car and tried to think of someway to ease her worries. He did the first thing that came to mind. He slipped his arm over her shoulder surprising Buffy and himself. Buffy was surprised but she liked it. She calmed down the second he touched her.
William watched the interaction curiously. Angel had never been too successful with the female population and he hadn't even shown any interest in a female since Darla, which had been over four months ago. William liked Buffy, she seemed like a cool girl but he was of course cautious of her. He and Angel had grown up in similar situations. Poverty and broken families had dominated their childhoods. Both of them had learned early on in life not to trust people until they had proven themselves. And he wouldn't trust Buffy until she had proven she really liked Angel and wasn't just playing a game with him. He wasn't about to let his friend get hurt. It just didn't seem right. Buffy was popular, friends with Cordelia Chase and she could have any guy she wanted. And well Angel was unpopular and anti-social. William just didn't understand.
They walked up several flights of stairs. Angel's arm was still wrapped firmly around Buffy's shoulders and she stayed as close to him as possible. Buffy had never been in places like this. As they got closer to apartment 12B the sound of music and voices became louder and clearer.
"Do I look alright?" Buffy whispered to Angel. He grinned
"I don't think it would be possible for you to look bad"
"Wait till you see me after I wake up...." she froze realizing what she had said and blushed, She looked up at his face and he smiled
"I know what you meant.... here it is" William opened the door without knocking and entered. Angel led Buffy in by the hand and she said a quick prayer that everyone would like her.
The small apartment was full of people. The music was playing from a portable stereo that sat a top the coffee table in front of a red leather couch. Buffy was surprised at the different people she saw. She had expected a bunch of guys with Mohawks and girls with piercings. But there were a wide variety of people. A brunette girl made her way over to them. She had brown eyes and her dark hair fell to her shoulders and was wearing a black halter-top and tight leather pants with big combat boots.
"Where have you guys been?" the girl asked punching William jokingly in the arm. But by the pained look on his face Buffy guessed the girl was stronger then she thought.
"Went to go pick up a friend. Faith this is Buffy. Buffy this is Faith" Angel said letting go of Buffy's hand and pointing at her
"Nice to meet you" Buffy out her hand out and Faith slowly reached forward and shook it.
"Nice to meet you B... you and Angel dating?"
"No....she's a friend Faith" Angel said quickly sending Faith a 'don't screw this up for me' look over Buffy's shoulder. Faith nodded. Angel was always a nervous wreck when it came to girls he liked. Of course this Buffy girl seemed a bit too preppy for him.
"Look who it is my main man Angel and his much more beautiful guest" a young man with shaggy brown hair slurred as he walked over to them. He was wearing a bright blue button up shirt with brown corduroy pants. Bufy could only imagine the horrible things Cordelia would say if she saw him.
"Oh boy. Uh Buffy this is Xander and he's obviously drunk so pay no mind to him" Angel said as he watched his drunken friend stumble away. He watched him go with concern. Xander was never a big drinker, before he had time to ask Faith what was up another friend had come over to them
"Haven't seen you two around this neck of the woods in a while" Angel smiled as he heard the British accent behind him and turned around to face his other best friend. Wesley Windham Price was a short British boy with short brown hair. He wore blue plaid pants that hung loosely on him and a white t-shirt. Wesley had always been Angel's other best friend beside William. But he didn't go To Sunnydale High. Wesley lived with a foster family in Los Angeles. He had been taken away from his father's home in Sunnydale after social services had found out that Mr. Price had been abusing Wesley for years. He was only allowed to come to Sunnydale on weekends.
"Hey... Wes this is Buffy. Buffy this is Wesley" Wesley started at her for a moment then his face went blank. Buffy Summers. The same Buffy Summers who had made his last two years at Hemry High in Los Angeles hell. He couldn't believe she was here...with Angel.
Buffy froze. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Wesley. The same Wesley she and her friends had teased mercilessly since his arrival in L.A back in eighth grade. They had been horrible to him. And he was Angel's friend. And he obviously recognized her.
"Well if it isn't Ms. Summers" Wesley said slowly watching her facial expression. He wouldn't be surprised if she pretended not to know who he was.
"You two know each other?" Angel asked in confusion. Buffy looked down at her feet,
"You could say that... we went to the same school in L.A" Wesley said quietly. Buffy looked up at him and then at Angel before running out of the apartment.
"What was that about?" Angel asked Wesley. When his friend didn't answer him he went after Buffy.
Buffy sat at he bottom of the stairs and tried to keep the tears from falling. The way Wesley had looked at her had made her feel like dirt and she knew she deserved it. He had just reminded her of what a horrible person she had been. She didn't deserve to be here with Angel and William. They were too nice. Not like she would have a chance with Angel after he found out everything, when Wesley told him that she had been ten times worse then Cordelia. Her whole life her father had made her feel like dirt so she had turned around and made everyone else feel like dirt. Until Pike. The way he had set her up had been low and evil and it had given her a taste of her own medicine. She had been on the other side of the trick and it hadn't felt good at all. Eventually Pike had turned himself in but until then she was kicked out of school, and her mother had no trust in her. But once she was aloud back to school she couldn't force herself to go. She couldn't go back and look all those people she had been so mean to in the eye. Those people like Wesley. The timing had been perfect. Her parents had finalized their divorce and her and her mom had left L.A behind. She had wanted a new start here but before she knew it she had become one of Cordelia's lackeys.
"Buffy?" Angel called coming down the steps and taking a seat next to her "What's wrong?" he asked quickly seeing the tears in her eyes. Buffy looked up and saw the concern in his eyes and it made her heart melt. She didn't deserve anything from him. Especially his concern
"I can't tell you. You'll hate me," she said in a small voice
"No I won't. I don't think I could ever hate you. Now tell me what's wrong. Does it have something to do with Wesley?" he asked. Angel was very confused. He had never seen a person burst into tears just because they spoke to Wesley.
"Yes. Remember how I told you that I used to be...kinda mean?"
"Yea"
"Well I wasn't kidding. I would make Cordelia look like a saint. I was the biggest bitch in the world and Wesley.... I wasn't so nice to him," she confessed. Angel nodded and took a deep breath. So the girl he liked was one of his best friends mortal enemies. He rubbed his temples and looked at her. Her eyes were red and puffy and she looked like she was about to be sick
"Are you okay?" he asked
"No. I'm not. I... I tried to escape the person I used to be but I can't there's always going to be some person that hates me and I deserve it. I don't deserve your kindness and I don't deserve a second chance"
"Everyone deserves a second chance," Angel said quietly. Buffy turned and looked at him. He wasn't angry at all "Wesley will understand that you're trying to change Buffy. You just need to talk to him, apologize. I've known Wesley for years and trust me he'll forgive you. Might take him a while but he will" Angel assured hr wrapping his arm around her again. She leaned into his chest and wiped at her tears.
"God I'm sorry. I'm like ruining the party for you," she mumbled enjoying the comfort of his arm around her
"Don't worry about it. Come on lets go back inside" he pulled her to her feet and they walked back inside hand in hand.
"Wesley? Can we talk?" Wesley looked at her closely. She looked as if she had been crying. He had never seen Buffy Summers cry. He had seen her make people cry but never the other way around.
"I suppose. Outside?"
"Okay" they left the apartment and stood in the hallway. Wesley examined his drink and waited for her to speak.
"Wesley. I... this is hard um. I know that I was a bitch to you and a lot of other people for a long time. And I know that and I'm sorry. I didn't like who I was. My... I'm trying to change. I am and I'm sorry"
"Why should I accept your apology?" he asked bitterly. Buffy gulped.
"I hated myself Wesley. I hated who I was and I wanted to make other people feel bad about themselves because... you and your friends were always so confidant with who you were even though you didn't fit in. I was the most popular girl at school and still wasn't happy and I saw you guys who were so happy and... I wanted to make you unhappy too. And I was wrong and I'm sorry. If you can't accept this I'll understand"
"I... I can't just accept you over night but I can try. You sound sincere..."
"So friends...or maybe one day friends?" she asked. He smiled softly and opened the apartment door. He looked back at her and before going back inside he said
"Maybe one day well be friends...one day"
Sry this is all for today. I'll have the next part up tomorrow. This chapter might suck but it was written quickly. Tomorrow they'll be at the club and Shelly causes trouble. Promise next chapter will be better and Buffy and Angel will kiss soon I promise.
Author- Static-Disturbed
Summary- Angel doesn't fit in at school and Buffy is the new popular girl who likes him... in this chapter Bufy is going out for a night with William and Angel. Oz, Willow, Xander, Wes and Gunn are all going to be in this chapter. Um Doyle will be in the future chapters and Angel's siblings will be back later on in the story as well as Buffy's family. Oh and the way I have made Wesley may blow some people's mind but I couldn't resist.
Disclaimer- I don't own them. Joss and Mutant Enemy do. Chpt.4
"Put some music on" Angel ordered his best friend in the driver seat. Ever since they had gotten into the car it had been nothing but one big uncomfortable silence. And there was another fifteen minutes until they got to Faith's apartment.
"Yes sir" William mumbled looking for a tape on the dashboard. Buffy laughed at the interaction between the two. They were really friends. She had never had friends like that whom she could talk to about anything. She had never had friends who had really known anything about her. All her 'friends' had ever cared about was how much money her father made and what size her waist was.
"Okay Buffy you decide.... Rancid or Pennywise?" William called into the backseat. Angel smiled at the look on her face. Something told him she had no idea who either band was. To him it was a bit of a foreign concept. All of his friends listened to that music. He supposed her reaction would be the same if she found out he couldn't tell the Backstreet Boys from N' Sync.
"You've never heard of either have you?" Angel asked with a grin. She slowly shook her head no. William huffed and just put in the Pennywise cassette. Buffy could tell she was blushing.
"Don't worry about it" Angel reassured her and watched her jump as the music began to blare from the speakers. For a minute Buffy wondered if she was making a mistake. Maybe her and Angel were too different to hang out. They lived completely different lifestyles. But all her worries were forgotten when she turned to her right and saw Angel playing air guitar to the thunderous music blasting from the speakers. He was so dam cute. At that moment he noticed her watching him and froze shrinking down into his seat while a deep blush worked over most of his face.
"So where are we going?" Buffy yelled. William turned down the volume and looked at her
"What?" he yelled
"Where are we going?" she repeated. Angel sat up decided to answer her question
"Um first were going to Will's cousins party then after that were gonna meet up with some people and go the Rat's Nest and see a friend of ours band play" he informed her. He silently hoped that nothing happened tonight that would scare Buffy away. Normally his friends were pretty cool people but it wasn't unexpected for things to get out of control at these parties. There would be drinking of course and it would be illegal drinking on most parts. He couldn't scare Buffy away. Not now when it seemed like he might actually have a chance with her.
When the car stopped Buffy took a moment to look around. They had parked in front of a large brick apartment complex and it didn't take a genius to tell they weren't in the best part of town. Angel sensed her discomfort as they climbed out of the car and tried to think of someway to ease her worries. He did the first thing that came to mind. He slipped his arm over her shoulder surprising Buffy and himself. Buffy was surprised but she liked it. She calmed down the second he touched her.
William watched the interaction curiously. Angel had never been too successful with the female population and he hadn't even shown any interest in a female since Darla, which had been over four months ago. William liked Buffy, she seemed like a cool girl but he was of course cautious of her. He and Angel had grown up in similar situations. Poverty and broken families had dominated their childhoods. Both of them had learned early on in life not to trust people until they had proven themselves. And he wouldn't trust Buffy until she had proven she really liked Angel and wasn't just playing a game with him. He wasn't about to let his friend get hurt. It just didn't seem right. Buffy was popular, friends with Cordelia Chase and she could have any guy she wanted. And well Angel was unpopular and anti-social. William just didn't understand.
They walked up several flights of stairs. Angel's arm was still wrapped firmly around Buffy's shoulders and she stayed as close to him as possible. Buffy had never been in places like this. As they got closer to apartment 12B the sound of music and voices became louder and clearer.
"Do I look alright?" Buffy whispered to Angel. He grinned
"I don't think it would be possible for you to look bad"
"Wait till you see me after I wake up...." she froze realizing what she had said and blushed, She looked up at his face and he smiled
"I know what you meant.... here it is" William opened the door without knocking and entered. Angel led Buffy in by the hand and she said a quick prayer that everyone would like her.
The small apartment was full of people. The music was playing from a portable stereo that sat a top the coffee table in front of a red leather couch. Buffy was surprised at the different people she saw. She had expected a bunch of guys with Mohawks and girls with piercings. But there were a wide variety of people. A brunette girl made her way over to them. She had brown eyes and her dark hair fell to her shoulders and was wearing a black halter-top and tight leather pants with big combat boots.
"Where have you guys been?" the girl asked punching William jokingly in the arm. But by the pained look on his face Buffy guessed the girl was stronger then she thought.
"Went to go pick up a friend. Faith this is Buffy. Buffy this is Faith" Angel said letting go of Buffy's hand and pointing at her
"Nice to meet you" Buffy out her hand out and Faith slowly reached forward and shook it.
"Nice to meet you B... you and Angel dating?"
"No....she's a friend Faith" Angel said quickly sending Faith a 'don't screw this up for me' look over Buffy's shoulder. Faith nodded. Angel was always a nervous wreck when it came to girls he liked. Of course this Buffy girl seemed a bit too preppy for him.
"Look who it is my main man Angel and his much more beautiful guest" a young man with shaggy brown hair slurred as he walked over to them. He was wearing a bright blue button up shirt with brown corduroy pants. Bufy could only imagine the horrible things Cordelia would say if she saw him.
"Oh boy. Uh Buffy this is Xander and he's obviously drunk so pay no mind to him" Angel said as he watched his drunken friend stumble away. He watched him go with concern. Xander was never a big drinker, before he had time to ask Faith what was up another friend had come over to them
"Haven't seen you two around this neck of the woods in a while" Angel smiled as he heard the British accent behind him and turned around to face his other best friend. Wesley Windham Price was a short British boy with short brown hair. He wore blue plaid pants that hung loosely on him and a white t-shirt. Wesley had always been Angel's other best friend beside William. But he didn't go To Sunnydale High. Wesley lived with a foster family in Los Angeles. He had been taken away from his father's home in Sunnydale after social services had found out that Mr. Price had been abusing Wesley for years. He was only allowed to come to Sunnydale on weekends.
"Hey... Wes this is Buffy. Buffy this is Wesley" Wesley started at her for a moment then his face went blank. Buffy Summers. The same Buffy Summers who had made his last two years at Hemry High in Los Angeles hell. He couldn't believe she was here...with Angel.
Buffy froze. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. Wesley. The same Wesley she and her friends had teased mercilessly since his arrival in L.A back in eighth grade. They had been horrible to him. And he was Angel's friend. And he obviously recognized her.
"Well if it isn't Ms. Summers" Wesley said slowly watching her facial expression. He wouldn't be surprised if she pretended not to know who he was.
"You two know each other?" Angel asked in confusion. Buffy looked down at her feet,
"You could say that... we went to the same school in L.A" Wesley said quietly. Buffy looked up at him and then at Angel before running out of the apartment.
"What was that about?" Angel asked Wesley. When his friend didn't answer him he went after Buffy.
Buffy sat at he bottom of the stairs and tried to keep the tears from falling. The way Wesley had looked at her had made her feel like dirt and she knew she deserved it. He had just reminded her of what a horrible person she had been. She didn't deserve to be here with Angel and William. They were too nice. Not like she would have a chance with Angel after he found out everything, when Wesley told him that she had been ten times worse then Cordelia. Her whole life her father had made her feel like dirt so she had turned around and made everyone else feel like dirt. Until Pike. The way he had set her up had been low and evil and it had given her a taste of her own medicine. She had been on the other side of the trick and it hadn't felt good at all. Eventually Pike had turned himself in but until then she was kicked out of school, and her mother had no trust in her. But once she was aloud back to school she couldn't force herself to go. She couldn't go back and look all those people she had been so mean to in the eye. Those people like Wesley. The timing had been perfect. Her parents had finalized their divorce and her and her mom had left L.A behind. She had wanted a new start here but before she knew it she had become one of Cordelia's lackeys.
"Buffy?" Angel called coming down the steps and taking a seat next to her "What's wrong?" he asked quickly seeing the tears in her eyes. Buffy looked up and saw the concern in his eyes and it made her heart melt. She didn't deserve anything from him. Especially his concern
"I can't tell you. You'll hate me," she said in a small voice
"No I won't. I don't think I could ever hate you. Now tell me what's wrong. Does it have something to do with Wesley?" he asked. Angel was very confused. He had never seen a person burst into tears just because they spoke to Wesley.
"Yes. Remember how I told you that I used to be...kinda mean?"
"Yea"
"Well I wasn't kidding. I would make Cordelia look like a saint. I was the biggest bitch in the world and Wesley.... I wasn't so nice to him," she confessed. Angel nodded and took a deep breath. So the girl he liked was one of his best friends mortal enemies. He rubbed his temples and looked at her. Her eyes were red and puffy and she looked like she was about to be sick
"Are you okay?" he asked
"No. I'm not. I... I tried to escape the person I used to be but I can't there's always going to be some person that hates me and I deserve it. I don't deserve your kindness and I don't deserve a second chance"
"Everyone deserves a second chance," Angel said quietly. Buffy turned and looked at him. He wasn't angry at all "Wesley will understand that you're trying to change Buffy. You just need to talk to him, apologize. I've known Wesley for years and trust me he'll forgive you. Might take him a while but he will" Angel assured hr wrapping his arm around her again. She leaned into his chest and wiped at her tears.
"God I'm sorry. I'm like ruining the party for you," she mumbled enjoying the comfort of his arm around her
"Don't worry about it. Come on lets go back inside" he pulled her to her feet and they walked back inside hand in hand.
"Wesley? Can we talk?" Wesley looked at her closely. She looked as if she had been crying. He had never seen Buffy Summers cry. He had seen her make people cry but never the other way around.
"I suppose. Outside?"
"Okay" they left the apartment and stood in the hallway. Wesley examined his drink and waited for her to speak.
"Wesley. I... this is hard um. I know that I was a bitch to you and a lot of other people for a long time. And I know that and I'm sorry. I didn't like who I was. My... I'm trying to change. I am and I'm sorry"
"Why should I accept your apology?" he asked bitterly. Buffy gulped.
"I hated myself Wesley. I hated who I was and I wanted to make other people feel bad about themselves because... you and your friends were always so confidant with who you were even though you didn't fit in. I was the most popular girl at school and still wasn't happy and I saw you guys who were so happy and... I wanted to make you unhappy too. And I was wrong and I'm sorry. If you can't accept this I'll understand"
"I... I can't just accept you over night but I can try. You sound sincere..."
"So friends...or maybe one day friends?" she asked. He smiled softly and opened the apartment door. He looked back at her and before going back inside he said
"Maybe one day well be friends...one day"
Sry this is all for today. I'll have the next part up tomorrow. This chapter might suck but it was written quickly. Tomorrow they'll be at the club and Shelly causes trouble. Promise next chapter will be better and Buffy and Angel will kiss soon I promise.
