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Authors note: OK, back to the slow update from me again. Make that VERY Schoolwork. Report time, therefore heaps of tests and assignments. Sorry ppls, I'm kinda swamped. Anyway it's the holidays in a few weeks, so hopefully I'll get at least 3 or 4 chaps up then, hopefully more. I'm hoping this is about the slowest update I'm gonna have.
CHAPTER 13 "Nuhn unh" Xander said firmly. "I don't believe you. There's no such thing as vampires. "
The others shared a look. They knew better. Vampires did so exist. There was one that lived not half an hour from their house.
But Xander didn't know that yet. He hadn't yet had the pleasure of meeting the souled vampire.
Xander was confused. Why were the others saying this? Everyone knew vampires didn't exist. They were just scary stories. Was it some game he didn't know about? If it was they shoulda explained about it before they started. Maybe they'd thought he would already know. Maybe it was something everyone did here in England. He wouldn't know. Things were so different back home in Sunnydale.
He decided to call their bluff. "OK then, if vampires exist, prove it," he demanded. There. Now they would have to either explain the game, or back off if they were just teasing him. Or option number three could come into play. He might be going to meet a real live vampire.
Well, sorta, anyway. Xander knew enough about vamps to know they weren't really alive. But if they were real, then maybe the part about them not being alive was wrong too.
Faith grinned, and led the way towards Angel's quarters. This was gonna be fun. Especially if Angel could be persuaded to go full vamp mode.
But that was rather improbable. Angel probably wouldn't want to scare Xander, or not too much anyway. The best they were likely to get was a quick flash of vamp face. If they were lucky.
Faith tried to figure out how they could be sure that Angel would put on the show for Xander. Maybe if one of them got there before the others and wore him down? That would probably work. He never could resist them for long. Buffy would probably do it the best. For some reason the vamp seemed to have an even softer spot for her that he did the others.
Faith slowed her pace and waited for Buffy to come alongside her. She whispered her idea in the other potential's ear. Buffy grinned and ran off ahead. This was sure to be easy. Angel could hardly ever resist when she asked him something.
Xander looked after Buffy in puzzlement. She and Faith were up to something. They always were. And he normally didn't like it when whatever they were planning happened. This obviously had something to do with the so-called "vampire" they were going to see. But it beat him as to what it could be.
"Please, please, please Angel" Buffy pleaded, putting on her cutest look. He wasn't budging easily today. He was in a bad mood over something. But she wasn't going to give up without a fight.
Angle frowned down at the child who was pouting up at him with the most adorable look on her face. He really wasn't in the mood for playing today. But really he didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. He knew Buffy and co too well. They would just keep up the cute pleading act until they got their way. They always did. He decided it was just easier to relent.
"OK, I'll put on my 'vampire act' as you call it for your friend. Happy?" He asked. He knew he sounded grumpy, but didn't really care. He was surprised when the small child put her arms around his waist-, which was about as high as she could reach- and hugged him.
That child. How could she be so sweet one day, then a little terror the next? Well, getting her own way probably helped her mood quite a bit. Maybe he should hold out a bit longer before he indulged her next time. She was cute when she was being sweet.
Faith walked at a leisurely pace, slow to her really. She'd rather be moving a lot faster than this, but the walk to Angel's place was only about 10 minutes if she went fast and she wanted Buffy to have all the time possible to persuade Angel to go vampy.
Kendra watched Faith, wondering why she was moving so slowly. Faith was normally all for rushing. Especially into trouble. And why had Buffy run off before? The others had been kinda ignoring her lately. She had liked it better when it had just been the three of them. Now it was getting crowded, and there were more kids around.
Kendra was really more of a solitary person. Just her, Faith and Buffy had suited her just fine. But it seemed strange having kids around who were not potentials. The past few years they were basically the only people she had been around. Potential's and members of the watchers council.
Now there were new people around, and this new boy, Xander didn't even know that vampires existed. Even Willow and Oz had known that much.
She didn't much like Xander. He unsettled her. Most of the others were serious about things, but he was always joking. Faith wasn't always fully dedicated, but she at least understood the importance of seriousness, at least when it really counted.
At times she found herself wishing that things could just go back to how they were a few months ago, before Willow had arrived. Before the boys had arrived. Back to when she, Buffy and Faith were the best friends, and no one else had interfered in that friendship.
Ever since Willow had come, and Buffy had become friends with her there was less room in the friendship. Or at least it felt like there was. It wasn't as if the others were mean to her or anything, she just felt like they didn't see her anymore, like she didn't matter so much.
But it wasn't so bad. She had more time to concentrate on her lessons now that she had slipped to the edge of the group more. She was sure she was getting better. And even though beating Angel hadn't happened again, it was obvious he had to work harder now. And he had started to give her one on one lessons as well.
Angel. Now she realised why Buffy had run off. The vampire was probably gonna need some persuading to scare Xander. He would go along with the plan of Faith's to prove that vamps were real, but Kendra doubted he'd do it without putting up at least some resistance.
And obviously neither Willow or Oz had been told why Buffy had run off. Faith hadn't gone near either of them. Maybe the others weren't excluding her on purpose. They just didn't think all the time, maybe didn't figure that she'd want to know.
And maybe she had been excluding them too. But they seemed so happy to just accept the others into the midst of their solid little group. She decided to give it thought later. Thinking was something she was good at recently. She seemed to be doing it a lot.
Faith sighed. She hoped Buffy had persuaded Angel by now. His quarters were looming up on them. If Buffy couldn't win Angel over in a quarter of an hour she was definitely losing her touch.
"Here they are" Buffy exclaimed. "Get ready Angel, but don't forget I gotta introduce you before you turn vampy" She was gonna enjoy this. It would be funny to see the look on Xander's face when he saw Angel morph.
Xander was pushed into the small dark room by Faith. He had got a bit nervous when she had told him that that was where the vampire lived. It looked like the places in horror movies where victims were caught. When he had expressed that Faith had just looked at him scornfully and shoved him in ahead of her, making sure to let as little sunlight in as possible.
He looked around himself. This place really wasn't so bad. Yeah it was dark in here, and a little dingy, but it wasn't really that scary once you were inside. And he didn't see any signs of a vampire.
The only people in here were him and the other kids, plus the guy that Buffy was talking to. But there was no way he could be a vampire. He didn't look creepy or anything. And from where Xander was standing, he couldn't see any fangs.
Obviously the guys had just been playing some kinda trick on him. Maybe it was a test that he had to pass before they would fully accept him. Yeah, that was probably it.
Faith poked him on the arm to get his attention. Obviously he had totally zoned out when he was thinking.
"Xander. This is Angel," She announced.
Xander practically burst out laughing. "Angel? I thought he was supposed to be a vampire," he said.
Angel scowled over at the boy. He decided that he was going to enjoy this. Okay, the making fun of his name wasn't a new thing, but it still annoyed him sometimes.
"Is this more to your liking?" he growled, morphing to his vamp face and growling, showing off his fangs.
Xander let out a squeak of fright. Okay, he'd been wrong, obviously vampires did exist. And this one seemed to be a little mad at him.
"Yes thanks, Mr Vampire," he said in a small voice "Sorry I made fun of your name" he added.
After he had apologised the vampire's features slid back into a perfectly human looking face. "That's okay" Angel said with a smile.
Xander couldn't take his eyes of the man, no, he corrected himself, vampire. He sure wasn't gonna make that mistake again. He was going to believe his friends next time they told him someone wasn't human.
Faith grinned smugly at the boy, who was clearly still a little shaken. "Told you vampires existed," she said sweetly.
Authors note: whew. Wasn't expecting it to be that long. I think that's the longest chapter yet (yes, yes, I know its short by many peoples standards, but not by mine) Please review. I don't think I'm that bust this week, so hopefully I'll get at least another chapter posted.
Authors note: OK, back to the slow update from me again. Make that VERY Schoolwork. Report time, therefore heaps of tests and assignments. Sorry ppls, I'm kinda swamped. Anyway it's the holidays in a few weeks, so hopefully I'll get at least 3 or 4 chaps up then, hopefully more. I'm hoping this is about the slowest update I'm gonna have.
CHAPTER 13 "Nuhn unh" Xander said firmly. "I don't believe you. There's no such thing as vampires. "
The others shared a look. They knew better. Vampires did so exist. There was one that lived not half an hour from their house.
But Xander didn't know that yet. He hadn't yet had the pleasure of meeting the souled vampire.
Xander was confused. Why were the others saying this? Everyone knew vampires didn't exist. They were just scary stories. Was it some game he didn't know about? If it was they shoulda explained about it before they started. Maybe they'd thought he would already know. Maybe it was something everyone did here in England. He wouldn't know. Things were so different back home in Sunnydale.
He decided to call their bluff. "OK then, if vampires exist, prove it," he demanded. There. Now they would have to either explain the game, or back off if they were just teasing him. Or option number three could come into play. He might be going to meet a real live vampire.
Well, sorta, anyway. Xander knew enough about vamps to know they weren't really alive. But if they were real, then maybe the part about them not being alive was wrong too.
Faith grinned, and led the way towards Angel's quarters. This was gonna be fun. Especially if Angel could be persuaded to go full vamp mode.
But that was rather improbable. Angel probably wouldn't want to scare Xander, or not too much anyway. The best they were likely to get was a quick flash of vamp face. If they were lucky.
Faith tried to figure out how they could be sure that Angel would put on the show for Xander. Maybe if one of them got there before the others and wore him down? That would probably work. He never could resist them for long. Buffy would probably do it the best. For some reason the vamp seemed to have an even softer spot for her that he did the others.
Faith slowed her pace and waited for Buffy to come alongside her. She whispered her idea in the other potential's ear. Buffy grinned and ran off ahead. This was sure to be easy. Angel could hardly ever resist when she asked him something.
Xander looked after Buffy in puzzlement. She and Faith were up to something. They always were. And he normally didn't like it when whatever they were planning happened. This obviously had something to do with the so-called "vampire" they were going to see. But it beat him as to what it could be.
"Please, please, please Angel" Buffy pleaded, putting on her cutest look. He wasn't budging easily today. He was in a bad mood over something. But she wasn't going to give up without a fight.
Angle frowned down at the child who was pouting up at him with the most adorable look on her face. He really wasn't in the mood for playing today. But really he didn't have a lot of choice in the matter. He knew Buffy and co too well. They would just keep up the cute pleading act until they got their way. They always did. He decided it was just easier to relent.
"OK, I'll put on my 'vampire act' as you call it for your friend. Happy?" He asked. He knew he sounded grumpy, but didn't really care. He was surprised when the small child put her arms around his waist-, which was about as high as she could reach- and hugged him.
That child. How could she be so sweet one day, then a little terror the next? Well, getting her own way probably helped her mood quite a bit. Maybe he should hold out a bit longer before he indulged her next time. She was cute when she was being sweet.
Faith walked at a leisurely pace, slow to her really. She'd rather be moving a lot faster than this, but the walk to Angel's place was only about 10 minutes if she went fast and she wanted Buffy to have all the time possible to persuade Angel to go vampy.
Kendra watched Faith, wondering why she was moving so slowly. Faith was normally all for rushing. Especially into trouble. And why had Buffy run off before? The others had been kinda ignoring her lately. She had liked it better when it had just been the three of them. Now it was getting crowded, and there were more kids around.
Kendra was really more of a solitary person. Just her, Faith and Buffy had suited her just fine. But it seemed strange having kids around who were not potentials. The past few years they were basically the only people she had been around. Potential's and members of the watchers council.
Now there were new people around, and this new boy, Xander didn't even know that vampires existed. Even Willow and Oz had known that much.
She didn't much like Xander. He unsettled her. Most of the others were serious about things, but he was always joking. Faith wasn't always fully dedicated, but she at least understood the importance of seriousness, at least when it really counted.
At times she found herself wishing that things could just go back to how they were a few months ago, before Willow had arrived. Before the boys had arrived. Back to when she, Buffy and Faith were the best friends, and no one else had interfered in that friendship.
Ever since Willow had come, and Buffy had become friends with her there was less room in the friendship. Or at least it felt like there was. It wasn't as if the others were mean to her or anything, she just felt like they didn't see her anymore, like she didn't matter so much.
But it wasn't so bad. She had more time to concentrate on her lessons now that she had slipped to the edge of the group more. She was sure she was getting better. And even though beating Angel hadn't happened again, it was obvious he had to work harder now. And he had started to give her one on one lessons as well.
Angel. Now she realised why Buffy had run off. The vampire was probably gonna need some persuading to scare Xander. He would go along with the plan of Faith's to prove that vamps were real, but Kendra doubted he'd do it without putting up at least some resistance.
And obviously neither Willow or Oz had been told why Buffy had run off. Faith hadn't gone near either of them. Maybe the others weren't excluding her on purpose. They just didn't think all the time, maybe didn't figure that she'd want to know.
And maybe she had been excluding them too. But they seemed so happy to just accept the others into the midst of their solid little group. She decided to give it thought later. Thinking was something she was good at recently. She seemed to be doing it a lot.
Faith sighed. She hoped Buffy had persuaded Angel by now. His quarters were looming up on them. If Buffy couldn't win Angel over in a quarter of an hour she was definitely losing her touch.
"Here they are" Buffy exclaimed. "Get ready Angel, but don't forget I gotta introduce you before you turn vampy" She was gonna enjoy this. It would be funny to see the look on Xander's face when he saw Angel morph.
Xander was pushed into the small dark room by Faith. He had got a bit nervous when she had told him that that was where the vampire lived. It looked like the places in horror movies where victims were caught. When he had expressed that Faith had just looked at him scornfully and shoved him in ahead of her, making sure to let as little sunlight in as possible.
He looked around himself. This place really wasn't so bad. Yeah it was dark in here, and a little dingy, but it wasn't really that scary once you were inside. And he didn't see any signs of a vampire.
The only people in here were him and the other kids, plus the guy that Buffy was talking to. But there was no way he could be a vampire. He didn't look creepy or anything. And from where Xander was standing, he couldn't see any fangs.
Obviously the guys had just been playing some kinda trick on him. Maybe it was a test that he had to pass before they would fully accept him. Yeah, that was probably it.
Faith poked him on the arm to get his attention. Obviously he had totally zoned out when he was thinking.
"Xander. This is Angel," She announced.
Xander practically burst out laughing. "Angel? I thought he was supposed to be a vampire," he said.
Angel scowled over at the boy. He decided that he was going to enjoy this. Okay, the making fun of his name wasn't a new thing, but it still annoyed him sometimes.
"Is this more to your liking?" he growled, morphing to his vamp face and growling, showing off his fangs.
Xander let out a squeak of fright. Okay, he'd been wrong, obviously vampires did exist. And this one seemed to be a little mad at him.
"Yes thanks, Mr Vampire," he said in a small voice "Sorry I made fun of your name" he added.
After he had apologised the vampire's features slid back into a perfectly human looking face. "That's okay" Angel said with a smile.
Xander couldn't take his eyes of the man, no, he corrected himself, vampire. He sure wasn't gonna make that mistake again. He was going to believe his friends next time they told him someone wasn't human.
Faith grinned smugly at the boy, who was clearly still a little shaken. "Told you vampires existed," she said sweetly.
Authors note: whew. Wasn't expecting it to be that long. I think that's the longest chapter yet (yes, yes, I know its short by many peoples standards, but not by mine) Please review. I don't think I'm that bust this week, so hopefully I'll get at least another chapter posted.