"We have a problem," Jack Pierce told his minions, he had gathered them in his hidden warehouse, "I was only able to wound the girl, and she will be back. This time she has the vampire on her side."

"What do we do then?" A female worrick demon hissed.

"Prepare ourselves, and then lay low, until she comes looking for us," He answered.

"We? She's after you," An angry vampire said from the corner.

"You want to run? Fine. She may not kill you then, but I will," Jack promised, as he slowly approached the vampire.

***

"Juliet?" Danny mumbled, staggering into the kitchen. She shielded her eyes, as the bright sunlight got to them. Juliet was leaning against the counter, hastily trying to down a plate of eggs.

"Morning. Want any eggs?" Juliet said, swallowing. She quickly put her plate in the sink, and rushed into the bathroom.

"Why are you up already? Your shift doesn't start until 2," Danny pointed out, contemplating getting herself a plate of eggs.

"No, I'm working for Angel now," Juliet announced, after finishing brushing her teeth.

"What?" Danny asked surprised, she finally decided to have some eggs, and was getting a plate from the cabinet, "Are you still working at the Pit?"

"Yeah," Juliet yelled from her bedroom, "It's just that I can help a lot more people, if I have more help. I mean I need the extra muscle, and so do they."

"Hayden and I don't help enough?" Danny questioned, when Juliet finally appeared in the kitchen wearing a knee length cargo skirt and a black tee that said "Vegas" on it.

"Ok, no offense Danny, but who was chased all over town by some vamp the other night?" Juliet laughed, putting her hair up into a bun.

"Alright, so I ain't great with the fighting, but I help with the research," Danny replied.

"Yeah, but Cordelia, she gets visions from the powers that be" Juliet said excitedly, "I mean, come on, they're the fricken PTBs! I can't pass up the chance to have them on my side."

"Fine, but your not going to ditch Hayden and I, are you?" Danny asked. Just then Hayden burst through the door.

"Hey guys," Hayden greeted, going strait to the coffee maker.

"Hello yourself," Juliet smirked. Hayden poured himself some coffee, and then loaded it with sugar, "Want a little coffee with that sugar?"

"So, who wants to come with me to the club? I've gotta practice a little before tonight," Hayden explained, stirring his coffee.

"Sorry, can't. I've gotta work," Juliet replied, scrunching her nose, "I'm working for AI now." Hayden's eyes widened.

"Are you serious?" Hayden asked, "Your working for that guy?" Juliet nodded.

"Well I gotta get going then, see you guys at 2," Juliet waved as she walked out the door.

***

"So you hired her? That doesn't mean my pay goes down does it?" Cordelia whined, "I mean it's really bad as it is. I can hardly get by with the little you pay me! I had to buy generic detergent last week. Generic!"

"Don't worry Cordelia," Angel sighed, "Your pay check isn't in jeopardy."

"Thank God," Cordelia said relieved, "I thought that this week I'd have to buy generic tissues too." Cordelia sat back down, and went back to painting her nails.

"You actually have the ancient creaton scrolls?" Wesley asked. Juliet followed him into the office, and leaned against Cordy's desk.

"Well, they aren't in the best shape, the ministry they were at during the 11th century, kind of...," Juliet explained, "..Exploded. So they're a little charred, but otherwise, they're readable."

"Wow, could you bring them in sometime?" Wes wondered, as he poured himself a cup of coffee.

"Sure thing," Juliet nodded, "So what's the plan for today?"

"We'll I got a vision last night. It was of this address," Cordelia said, handing a slip of paper to Angel.

"Ok well, let's go," Juliet replied, as she glanced over at the address.

***

"So ... Hayden maybe we could do something later, since Juliet's gonna be at AI." Danny suggested, whipping down the bar at the Pit. Hayden frowned and began roughly shoving his things in his bag.

"I can't believe she's just gonna drop everything and work for that guy. First off, he's a vampire."

"I take it you don't trust him?" Danny smirked.

"Gee, how could you tell?"

"Well, what is it that actually bothers you about Angel? Is it just that she wont be working with us as much? Or is it more than that? Is it that he's all ... tall, and strong, and gorgeous, and he has that angry, brooding look in his eye's? Is that it?'

Hayden just glared.

"I see by your menacing glare that I hit the nail on the head. Which really isn't as easy as you would think, trust me on this, I almost broke my hand when I was helping fix ... " Danny began babbling, but Hayden interrupted her.

"You're saying that you're not angry that she's leaving us to go work for him?" He asked. Danny thought for a second.

"Well, actually, I'm kind of angry at her. I mean, does she think she's that much better then us? I mean, sure, her sis was a Slayer, but she's just a human. Like us. Does her being trained by a Watcher make her a better human? I think not." She angrily flung her rag on the ground.

"And you thought I was the angry one." Hayden smirked.

***

Juliet and Angel walked quietly though the sewers. Cordelia and Wesley had stayed behind to research the address.

"So, did you grow up in Los Angeles?" Angel asked.

"We moved here when I was a baby," Juliet answered, "I was born in New Haven, Connecticut. My mom brought us here because she wanted to become an actress. Never was successful though."

"Are you still in contact with your family?" Angel wondered, glancing over at the red head.

"Yeah. My mom lives in Beverly Hills, with her...3rd husband I think," Juliet rolling her eyes, "And my brother and sister live with them. They're really little though. My little brother was born when I was 5, and then after my sister died, my mom felt like she had to fill the void I guess, so she had my little sister." Angel nodded. One of the things he missed most about being Liam was his family. It's one of those things you don't miss until it's really gone.

"How bout you, how long you been in LA?" Juliet asked, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"It's coming up on a year," Angel replied, "Before that I was in Sunnydale."

"Wow," Juliet responded, "Is it as intense there as people say it is?"

"It's...busy," Angel answered, "When it comes to demons and things. It's a nice place in the day time though...from what I've heard."

"Being a vampire really sucks doesn't it?" Juliet asked cautiously. Her voice wasn't much above a whisper. Angel just nodded.

"Being a human isn't that great though. I mean at least you don't have to worry about not having enough time, or all the bullshit they call love."

***

"What do you think their doing now?" Hayden asked Danny for the tenth time. He was sitting across from her. A checker's board in between them.

"Right now, I bet she and Angel are making out behind some crypt. Or maybe it's gotten farther then that, maybe their already making sweaty, hot, love." She joked.

Hayden threw a checker piece at her.

"That's not funny." He mumbled.

"No, this is funny." She jumped over his 5 remaining players, winning the game.

"Aw...man. That's what now? me: 1 you: 5?" He laughed.

"That's better. I haven't seen you smile all night. I was beginning to feel like you were inhabited by some frowning demon." She giggled, standing up to smooth out her black skirt.

"Hey, what's with the skirt?" He asked, slightly wigged by the fact that he thought that she looked good in it.

"None of my jeans were clean, And I couldn't do laundry if my life depended on it."

"Oh. Well, you should wear them more often. You look...good." He admitted. Danny began blushing.

"Um...Thanks." She walked over and sat next to him on the couch.

"So...No idea when Juliet's gonna be back?" He glanced at her nervously.

"Nope, probably dawn." She scooted closer. 'Here it is' she thought. 'I should just go for it. It will be worth it.' She turned and quickly kissed him. His eye's widened as they looked at each other.

"Um...I think I'm gonna go to bed now." Danny said quickly.

"Uh, yeah. I'm going to leave. See you tomorrow." Hayden replied. They both stood up and walked their separate ways.