Another Beginning
Chp.16
At Least it's Something
Come on you know where everything is by now

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Watching as Willow walks out the door, then turning to Spike, totally ignoring Angel and Cassie, which Willow had forgotten about. At least she hoped not entirely on purpose. Buffy smiles, "Well at least it's something, even if it's not of the good. She did say that she's gonna find something, and unbind you to this place." She says as she looks into the deepest. . . Is that fear in her mates eyes? Thinking about what she'd just seen flash through his eyes, she crushes him to her, in a fierce hug, that would've crushed any lesser man.

"I's not that, Luv." He mumbles into her shoulder as she hugs him. "Just it's been over a month, and the only thing anyone's found out, isn't to my benefit. What am I s'posed to do? I can't leave this bloody city; for fear that my eyeballs might pop out. Then I have the question of, who the hell I am?" He rants after she lets him go.

Looking up from the computer screen, and huffing, "I thought you were William the Bloody, Scourge of Europe. The Slayer of two slayers, who fell in love with the third on he went after, and saver of the world, and from what Buffy says, you're a good man." Cassie pipes up, excited that she has something relevant to the conversation to say, and makes it a point by smiling with all of her teeth and a raised eyebrow.

Turning his gaze on to the kid, " Where did she get that whole story?" Spike asks scarred eyebrow raised in amazement of the child.

"I suppose Willow's been teaching her more than the three R's the last few days." Buffy answers, as she looks over at Cassie with amazement too. " Any way, she's not wrong. You are all of those things and much more." She continues, as she looks from the kid back to her mate, and gives him a small smile, that's really only a raising of the corner of her mouth.

Rolling all that had been said in the past few minutes around in his brain, coming to a conclusion on the matter. Hell the kid did have a point; he is all of those things. Plus, a soon to be father, mate to that third slayer, and maybe someday said slayers husband if she'd have him. He was still one badass hybrid vamp/human, and could still kick demon butt with the best of'em, if not a little bit better.

Being quiet, and listening, Angel finally decides to say his piece, and clears his throat to get the attention of everyone else in the office. "She does have a point, you know?" He asks, looking at his Grandechilde, and appraising him from top to bottom. "You are all of those things. So does it really matter at all, that you don't know what to call the type of creature you are?"

Snorting at the questions Angel just asked, "Whoa Angel, you just now getting that? We arrived in that place around five minutes ago." Buffy states, sarcastically, as she tries to not show her mirth at the dark vampire, and fails miserably. "You've really been hanging around Wesley too long."

Still sitting in front of the computer, Cassie laughs, not because she understood what everyone was chuckling about. Who is Wesley, any way? She laughs, because the two people she likes most are, and it makes her want to, too.

Looking from each face of the three people situated in front of him, Angel mumbles, "Great, now they even have the kid siding with them." Smiling at the trio, he gets up from his seat, walks over to the door, and tries to leave.

"Oh, Angel?"

At the sound of Buffy's voice, he turns to face her. "Yeah?"

"If you happen to run into one of the gang, could you ask them to come get Cassie for me?" She asks as sugary, sweet as she can.

"Uh, huh, yeah, sure." Angel replies, placing his hand back on the knob, turning it, and opening the door he leaves, mumbling something incoherent.

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(OOPSY, I thought this chapter was longer than this, come to find out it's the next one that's really ultimately long. Sorry.)

Kari: Hello! I'm glad that you understand my concept, and what I was getting at. What have in store, well there's a lot of stuff, and I hope that the last few chapters (Which aren't written yet) will surprise you. Right now I only have nineteen, because I had an idea in the shower (of all places) and had to jump out and write the first four chapters of yet another story. Now I have three I'm writing at the same time, and god help me if I get another brainstorm and end up writing another one. Oh, and about Angel. After re-reading this I sorta felt sorry for him, too, but he's just so much fun to torture in my little universe. Hope you enjoyed the update, can't wait to see what you say about it.

Anynomous: Was so glad to see a new name up there in the review section, I hope that you enjoy the rest of it too.