Changing
Chapter 2
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Angel knew today was going to be a long day. A very long day. He figured he should stop in to see the gang first, before he went to his office. Gunn was the only person he had left to see. When he entered Gunn's office though he found two people in there.
"What are you doing here Sarai?" Angel asked, even though he wasn't that surprised. Sarai seem to take what some might consider a liking or at least a certain respect for Gunn, and it was a two way street. Angel thinks that's actually why she gets along with Gunn, because its mutual. Gunn honestly likes her for her and not just because he's friends with Angel. Or maybe it was because of all of the crew Gunn could understand what its like to be a fighter from a very early age and he doesn't pity her for what she's been through he admires it. Either way Angel learned to accept it.
"Just visiting" she said.
"You're not supposed to leave the penthouse with out telling me. You know that."
"You weren't around. Which isn't a big deal considering-"
"Ok you two lets not do this" Gunn interrupted, knowing that Sarai was about to go for a low blow. "Angel she's fine here. I am fine too."
"Alright then I'll see you later and you" he said turning to Sarai "do NOT go wondering around this place. And from now on you will tell me where you are at all times." Angel demanded leaving the room.
"You shouldn't have tried to go there" Gunn stated.
"Why not? its true"
"Yeah, but it wasn't exactly his fault either. Besides, he just worried about it all."
"No not really. It was Wesley." She really REALLY hated Wesley, yet another thing Gunn knew a thing or two about. "He shouldn't be worried about me. I can take care of myself. I mean I have supper strength that I've been using my whole life and now he doesn't even let me use it."
"Ever think that's why he doesn't want you to? Because maybe you've seen enough?"
"Ever think that should be for me to decide?" She said starting to get defensive.
"Wow? Take it easy I am on your side here remember? I just saying it must be hard for the guy to still come to grips with your abilities. Considering that technically you should be like just starting to talk, layin' in a crib, wearing a diaper and sucking on a bottle."
"I bet if Angel had a way to make that happen he would. He'd change me back in a second. I wouldn't ever want to be one though. All week and helpless? Dribbling, having to be taught how to do things? Not really my style."
"I hear ya. But Anyway maybe you should still go do something in the area of an apology."
"I knew you'd say that. I guess I will."
"Oh yeah and what you said before? About if Angel could change you he would? It aint true, he wants you just the way you are."
"Yeah. Maybe." Sarai headed to Angels office where she heard a recording saying 'to sacrifice a relative or pet press the pound key.' "Gee I had a feeling I made you mad, but not that mad" she said entering the office.
"What? No, no see I hit a button and-you were being sarcastic." he corrected himself.
"Look I just wanted to say, about before maybe I shouldn't have reacted the way I did."
"Gunn tell you to say that?"
"Not word for Word."
"Sit down we need to talk."
"OK." Sarai agreed siting down.
"Look I don't like this place and I trust it even less. I just don't want you wondering around when there's no one around to look after you. And don't say you can look after yourself because I know you probably can but its not a risk I am willing to take. So don't go off alone." Angel told her gently getting up from behind is desk. "Do you think can do that for me?"he asked bending over to her level.
~He really seems to care and wants me to be safe don't he? Its kinda sweet. ~ Sarai thought for a moment. Then her other voice kicked in, the one she usually ends up listening too ~Who the hell does he think he is? He let me be taken to hell. I kept myself safe. Its probably just an act now. He's just caring about me out of guilt or the soul that was forced upon him 3 times is making him do it.~ Which is why her response was "what happens if I can't?"
Angel shifted his voice to a sterner tone. "Well then, if you continue to wonder around with out someone, you wont be able to walk around at all. You'll be confined to the penthouse."
Sarai laughed. "And how will you do that? You'll be working in here, you can't keep me up there, you wont know when or if I leave. What'll you put up a magic barrier so keep me in?"
~GOD SARAI DON'T YOU SEE I AM ONLY DOING THIS CAUSE I LOVE YOU DAMNED MUCH! THAT THERE'S NO WAY I'D BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANYTHING HAPPENING TO AGAIN? THAT YOU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME AND NOW THE REASON I GET OUT BED! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SEE THAT?~ Angel wanted to scream that out loud so badly, those exact words. That speech entered his head every time she tested him or pulled away from him. He just couldn't get up the courage to do it. So in sted his answer was "If I must. The choice is yours...do I need to start looking up spells?" he asked getting very frustrated.
She gave in, not wanting to make him really mad because deep down, she was afraid of him. She saw Angelus once and never wanted to again. "No...I-I if you want-I'll do it. Listen" she uttered.
"Good girl" Angel said smiling a little, he reached out his hand to stroke her cheek but as soon as he made contact she turned her head. She really didn't even realize it, it was sort've just a reflex action to shy away from any form of physical affection.
"Am I interrupting something?"Wesley asked.
"Come in" Angel instructed. Sarai made a face when she saw Wes.
"Don't mind if I do" a women said coming up from behind Wesley. She was young with reddish hair.
"Can we help you?" Wes asked.
"Well actually I came to talk to Angel but you should stay Wesley, you to Sarai." The three of them looked at her as if she had 20 heads.
"How do you know us?." Sarai asked.
" The senior partners told me."
"Senior Partners" Angel echoed.
"Yup they sent me here. I'll be you're connection to them while you're here."
"Well this all sounds very boring. I'll be upstairs." Sarai announced.
"You better be."Angel told her.
Three days later. Angel come home late extremely agitated from an extremely agitating day.
"You look pissed" Sarai observed.
"If you only knew."
"Why what happen? And don't say I don't need to know because by the look on your face this seems important."
"Actually sweetie its very unimportant and that's why I am not telling you. So what did you do today? How was your dinner with Fred? What did you eat?"
"It was good. No surprise we had Mexican. Man, she can eat tacos."
"How many did you eat?" Angel asked concerned at the fact that she's not a big fan of eating.
"I had two and a burrito."
"Oh, good" a very please Angel responded. "I am going to take a shower. Will you be up after?"
"No, actually I am kinda tired. Goodnight."
After Angel's shower he got into bed and received a visit from the source if his anger that day.
"I want it over with" Spike told Angel.
"Define 'it'" Angel said as Sarai happened to walk by his bedroom door on the way to getting a drink.
"Did you say something?" she asked walking in the room. "Oh, ah hello...what am I walking in on?" she added after seeing Spike in the room.
"Its nothing, business. Go back to bed."
"I think you doing business while you're in bed, shirtless with a guy standing next to the bed is 'something'" she said taunting Angel
"Not funny...again go to bed."
"Who are you?" Spike asked.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"
"I asked you first. And why is Angel telling you to go to bed?"
"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Angel snapped.
"He thinks just cause he's my father" she made quotation marks with her fingers when she said father "that gives him some kinda right to tell me what to do." Angel let out a whining sound after she clued in Spike of the connection.
"Father, huh? When did you turn her? Back in the day or during one of Angelus's outbreaks?" Spike asked.
"I said father not sire. I am human."
Angel whined again, he really didn't want Spike to know this.
"What, how? That's not possible."
"It's a long story" Angel said.
"About 1-2 years ago there was a prophecy bout' two vamps having a kid, he knocked up my mom, 9 months later she staked herself, so I came out, then after a month or two I got taken to another dimension for a few days our time, 14 years there time then came back." Sarai stated in one big run-on sentence.
"Well it just keeps getting better and better for you don't it? Not only to you have the fancy home, all the cars and CEO job you got a kid too. Was there some kinda award show for you that I missed? Bet you two get along great too right? You probably idolize the man like everyone else in this bleeding world. Say does Buffy know about this? Who's the mother?"
Angel couldn't help himself he just had to mess with Spike. "Dru" he said simply.
"WHAT! NO BLOODY WAY! I AM GONNA KILL-" Spike screamed then he thought for a moment. "Wait that child seems to be way to sane to be Dru's...very funny poofy. Now how bout' the truth."
"Who's Buffy and Dru? And who are you?" Sarai asked.
"Aw...didn't tell the little girl bout me? That hurts. The names Spike."
"Darla...Darla is her mother." Angel admitted.
"Really so you're made from both Angel and Darla, in the DNA sense? Sucks to be you, I am so sorry."
Sarai laughed, "look I'll leave you two alone, but tomorrow morning I want details, Angel" Sarai left the room.
"Did she just call you Angel?" Spike asked.
"OUT!"
The next morning Sarai woke up smelt something burning which could only mean thing....Angel was trying to cook something. So she went into the kitchen to see what his latest victim was.
"What did you try to make this time?" she asked.
"Toast" he replied dryly.
"Oh...well I wasn't hungry anyway."
"To bad. You're going to eat before I leave because I know you won't eat after." Angel told her taking out a cereal box from a cabinet.
"But its so different."
"I can get another brand if you like." he offered.
"I am not talking about the cereal. All the food in this dimension is different. Anyway you have to tell me who that Spike guy is remember? And those other two"
"It's a long story."
"I got time...I can't leave without you're permission remember?"
"Fine. Spike's someone from back in my evil days, who I can't seen to get rid of. He was a vampire too, then he died not long ago and now for some reason he's a ghost. Dru was his girlfriend. His crazy girlfriend. "
"And Buffy?"
Angel didn't answer.
"Hello anyone home?" Sarai asked waving her hand in front of his face. "Who's Buffy."
"A girl"
"Yeah I guessed that."
"She...I...we dated, for while."
"Why did you break up?"
"A lot of reasons."
"Such as? And how does Spike know her?"
"Its complicated. I really don't want to talk about this and its none of you're business." Angel said getting grumpy.
"Fine. I was only trying to be nice. Its not like I really care...its just you're the one always saying we should get to know each other and that I can feel free to talk you about anything. When ever I tell you I don't want to talk about something its always" she does an impression of voice: "oh, Sarai you need to open up, you can't keep things inside, you can trust me. I need to know what you've been through. If we have any hope of having a relationship you must be honest with me." she goes back to her normal voice "I guess that's one way street huh? I need to come clean but you don't? Well SCREW YOU!" she yelled as she ran to her room and slammed and locked the door. Angel ran after her.
"Sarai open the door!" he ordered banging on it. "Please? Look I am sorry alright. I didn't mean it the way it came out." Sarai opened the door. "Thank you" Angel said entering, that when he noticed something about his daughter. Angel couldn't figure out what it was but something was different...off. Her smell wasn't the same."
"I have to tell you something....I am-" she stopped herself right there.
"You're what?"
Sarai breathed in deep and held it for a moment. "There's no easy way to tell you this."
"Tell me what? Just say it."
"I am dying." she said. Angel went numb, he thought he was gonna die...well dust.
"What? How." he managed to say.
"I am dying. I went to the bathroom before and I-there was- I was bleeding and my stomach hurts. " she said sadly. Angel now looked scared and disturbed.
"There was blood and you're stomach hurts." "why do I think I know this?" Angel asked himself, still not making the connection.
"Well its more like a cramp-y feeling."
~Aw, crap!~ Angel said to himself now realizing what was going on...and wishing he didn't. His eyes grew wider. "Cr-cramps....huh? Ok, we need to talk. See...you're...its...." Angel never knew a vampire could sweat so much. "See....sometimes....FRED!" he yelled with a smile."~good ol' wonderful Fred~
"What about Fed?"
"We need to go see her now!" Angel grabbed Sarai's hand and was practically dragging her around Wolfram and Hart yelling Fred's name, since she wasn't in her office. Eventually on their hunt for her they ran into Gunn.
"What's wrong Angel? You look wigged out." Gunn observed.
"Its cause I am dying"
"WHAT!"
"I think they call it a hemorrhage."
"A teenage girl with a hemorrhage and stomach cramps" Angel added giving Gunn a look, who pick up on it right away.
"FRED!" Gunn began to yell joining them. Finally they found her in the main lobby.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"Here" Angel said giving her Sarai's hand, then running away quickly with Gunn.
"What was that about?" she asked Sarai.
"They're freaked because I am hemorrhaging."
"Hemor- wait..oh I get. those big babies! Come with honey we need to have a talk." Fred walked away with Sarai. A few minutes later Fred walked Sarai back to Angel's office.
"Wimp." Fred told him and then walking out. Angel didn't say anything back because he knew she was right.
"So Fred explained everything to you?" he asked his daughter.
"Yeah. I am going back up."
"Stay"
"OK." she agreed sitting down.
"Isn't there something you'd like to say to me?" Angel asked.
"Such as?"
"Oh, I don't know how about 'I am sorry'"
"What should I be sorry for?"
"About the way you acted before. The whole 'screw you' thing. I know you were upset but you can't just take it out on people like that."
"You're one to talk. Where do you think I got it from? I do know all about genes and how they get passed down to their kids."
"This isn't about me Sarai. I think I've been more then patient with you but you really need to start changing. I also know you've been trying really hard too its just that-"
"What its not good enough for you?" Sarai interrupted.
"That's not what I said. What I was going to say is you can't. You're trying hard to fit into a world that you're not even apart of and maybe I am to blame for some of that. You spend all you're time either upstairs or walking around here. You never go outside and experience things."
"You don't want me to hunt anymore remember?"
"I don't mean killing demons. There's more to you then a person with super-powers and demon knowledge, or at least there should be." Sarai had no idea what Angel was getting at "you're also a teenage girl and its time you start to do something's that they do and I have just the person to help you do it." Angel hit a button "come in" he said. In walked Angels expert; Harmony
"You've got be shitting me!" Sarai exclaimed.
"HEY!" Harmony yelled.
"No, I am not 'shitting you'. Harmony's just right for the job and it's a cloudy day outside and the sun won't be out so it's the perfect time." Angel handed Harmony a credit card. "Have fun ladies."
"Don't worry bossy!" Harmony said looking her project up and down, Sarai, who's long brown hair went down to her butt, and was wearing black stretch pants, a loose blue shirt and white Keds. "Come on we can't afford to waste time."
"I will never forgive you for this Angel." Sarai said. As Harmony and Sarai walked out, Lorne and Spike walked in.
"Hello daddy dearest" Spike greeted.
"Shut up Spike!"
"Hey I wasn't being 100 percent sarcastic, I know it can be hard."
Angel and Lorne looked at Spike. 'What you do know about rasing teenage girls?" Lorne asked.
"More then captain forehead. I mean I can't take all the credit but I'll have you know I've spent a good part of the last few years raising Dawn and did a right fine job at it too. Me n' her are like this." Spike said crossing his fingers ~ok so she spent a good part of last year plotting my death, but *he* doesn't have to know that~
"Yeah I am sure you did Spike." Angel said not believing anything he said.
"Don't wanna believe me? Call her up. What don't want to?" ~time to go for the big finish spike~ "Afraid to find out I make a better father then you? Or is it because we both know Dawnie never liked you very much meaning I can satisfy-in very different ways- both Summers girls better then you?"
~what she never liked me? Why is that?~ Angel asked himself. "Spike get out....get out now!" Spike walked out.
"Don't listen to him Angel cakes, he's just trying to egg you on." Lorne said.
"But he's not entirely wrong. I mean I am not expecting a father of the year award to come in the mail anytime soon. I've saved the world several times and come up against some of the most evil things there is but I can't get Sarai to come around."
"Give it time, she will"
"Time? Its already been over a year!"
"Yeah but she's spent a lot more then that away."
"Believe me I know that. Just wish there was some way to make her remember before she was taken, even though she was only a baby, she was...we were happy."
~hey wait a minute...maybe there is~ Lorne said to himself. "Ah Angel I gotta go. Oh, yeah and maybe Sarai had a point...I mean is Harmony REALLY the best person to take her out?" with that, Lorne left and Angel became scared.
****A few hours later*****
"Surprise!" Harmony yelled entering Angels penthouse, introducing Sarai and her new look, her hair was now only a little below her shoulder and light brown with blond highlights, she was wearing black heels with purple leather pants and a black tank.
~Is that cleavage! CLEAVAGE!~ Angel yelled in his head, thanking god vampires can't have strokes.
"Angel why is you're face twitching like that?" Harmony asked.
"I don't he likes the clothes very much. See everything has to be his way or no way at all. Total control issues. He probably wants me to take back all the stuff we bought." Sarai informed her new friend.
"I do not have control issues." ~I'll show her~ "In fact Sarai I love you're look. And you can keep every single thing you got." ~There~ Angel said not realizing he'd just been played.
"Thanks Angel." Sarai said, ~I knew that would work~
A/N This ends chapter 2. Reviews please. More to come soon...things are just getting started.
Chapter 2
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Angel knew today was going to be a long day. A very long day. He figured he should stop in to see the gang first, before he went to his office. Gunn was the only person he had left to see. When he entered Gunn's office though he found two people in there.
"What are you doing here Sarai?" Angel asked, even though he wasn't that surprised. Sarai seem to take what some might consider a liking or at least a certain respect for Gunn, and it was a two way street. Angel thinks that's actually why she gets along with Gunn, because its mutual. Gunn honestly likes her for her and not just because he's friends with Angel. Or maybe it was because of all of the crew Gunn could understand what its like to be a fighter from a very early age and he doesn't pity her for what she's been through he admires it. Either way Angel learned to accept it.
"Just visiting" she said.
"You're not supposed to leave the penthouse with out telling me. You know that."
"You weren't around. Which isn't a big deal considering-"
"Ok you two lets not do this" Gunn interrupted, knowing that Sarai was about to go for a low blow. "Angel she's fine here. I am fine too."
"Alright then I'll see you later and you" he said turning to Sarai "do NOT go wondering around this place. And from now on you will tell me where you are at all times." Angel demanded leaving the room.
"You shouldn't have tried to go there" Gunn stated.
"Why not? its true"
"Yeah, but it wasn't exactly his fault either. Besides, he just worried about it all."
"No not really. It was Wesley." She really REALLY hated Wesley, yet another thing Gunn knew a thing or two about. "He shouldn't be worried about me. I can take care of myself. I mean I have supper strength that I've been using my whole life and now he doesn't even let me use it."
"Ever think that's why he doesn't want you to? Because maybe you've seen enough?"
"Ever think that should be for me to decide?" She said starting to get defensive.
"Wow? Take it easy I am on your side here remember? I just saying it must be hard for the guy to still come to grips with your abilities. Considering that technically you should be like just starting to talk, layin' in a crib, wearing a diaper and sucking on a bottle."
"I bet if Angel had a way to make that happen he would. He'd change me back in a second. I wouldn't ever want to be one though. All week and helpless? Dribbling, having to be taught how to do things? Not really my style."
"I hear ya. But Anyway maybe you should still go do something in the area of an apology."
"I knew you'd say that. I guess I will."
"Oh yeah and what you said before? About if Angel could change you he would? It aint true, he wants you just the way you are."
"Yeah. Maybe." Sarai headed to Angels office where she heard a recording saying 'to sacrifice a relative or pet press the pound key.' "Gee I had a feeling I made you mad, but not that mad" she said entering the office.
"What? No, no see I hit a button and-you were being sarcastic." he corrected himself.
"Look I just wanted to say, about before maybe I shouldn't have reacted the way I did."
"Gunn tell you to say that?"
"Not word for Word."
"Sit down we need to talk."
"OK." Sarai agreed siting down.
"Look I don't like this place and I trust it even less. I just don't want you wondering around when there's no one around to look after you. And don't say you can look after yourself because I know you probably can but its not a risk I am willing to take. So don't go off alone." Angel told her gently getting up from behind is desk. "Do you think can do that for me?"he asked bending over to her level.
~He really seems to care and wants me to be safe don't he? Its kinda sweet. ~ Sarai thought for a moment. Then her other voice kicked in, the one she usually ends up listening too ~Who the hell does he think he is? He let me be taken to hell. I kept myself safe. Its probably just an act now. He's just caring about me out of guilt or the soul that was forced upon him 3 times is making him do it.~ Which is why her response was "what happens if I can't?"
Angel shifted his voice to a sterner tone. "Well then, if you continue to wonder around with out someone, you wont be able to walk around at all. You'll be confined to the penthouse."
Sarai laughed. "And how will you do that? You'll be working in here, you can't keep me up there, you wont know when or if I leave. What'll you put up a magic barrier so keep me in?"
~GOD SARAI DON'T YOU SEE I AM ONLY DOING THIS CAUSE I LOVE YOU DAMNED MUCH! THAT THERE'S NO WAY I'D BE ABLE TO HANDLE ANYTHING HAPPENING TO AGAIN? THAT YOU'RE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME AND NOW THE REASON I GET OUT BED! WHY CAN'T YOU JUST SEE THAT?~ Angel wanted to scream that out loud so badly, those exact words. That speech entered his head every time she tested him or pulled away from him. He just couldn't get up the courage to do it. So in sted his answer was "If I must. The choice is yours...do I need to start looking up spells?" he asked getting very frustrated.
She gave in, not wanting to make him really mad because deep down, she was afraid of him. She saw Angelus once and never wanted to again. "No...I-I if you want-I'll do it. Listen" she uttered.
"Good girl" Angel said smiling a little, he reached out his hand to stroke her cheek but as soon as he made contact she turned her head. She really didn't even realize it, it was sort've just a reflex action to shy away from any form of physical affection.
"Am I interrupting something?"Wesley asked.
"Come in" Angel instructed. Sarai made a face when she saw Wes.
"Don't mind if I do" a women said coming up from behind Wesley. She was young with reddish hair.
"Can we help you?" Wes asked.
"Well actually I came to talk to Angel but you should stay Wesley, you to Sarai." The three of them looked at her as if she had 20 heads.
"How do you know us?." Sarai asked.
" The senior partners told me."
"Senior Partners" Angel echoed.
"Yup they sent me here. I'll be you're connection to them while you're here."
"Well this all sounds very boring. I'll be upstairs." Sarai announced.
"You better be."Angel told her.
Three days later. Angel come home late extremely agitated from an extremely agitating day.
"You look pissed" Sarai observed.
"If you only knew."
"Why what happen? And don't say I don't need to know because by the look on your face this seems important."
"Actually sweetie its very unimportant and that's why I am not telling you. So what did you do today? How was your dinner with Fred? What did you eat?"
"It was good. No surprise we had Mexican. Man, she can eat tacos."
"How many did you eat?" Angel asked concerned at the fact that she's not a big fan of eating.
"I had two and a burrito."
"Oh, good" a very please Angel responded. "I am going to take a shower. Will you be up after?"
"No, actually I am kinda tired. Goodnight."
After Angel's shower he got into bed and received a visit from the source if his anger that day.
"I want it over with" Spike told Angel.
"Define 'it'" Angel said as Sarai happened to walk by his bedroom door on the way to getting a drink.
"Did you say something?" she asked walking in the room. "Oh, ah hello...what am I walking in on?" she added after seeing Spike in the room.
"Its nothing, business. Go back to bed."
"I think you doing business while you're in bed, shirtless with a guy standing next to the bed is 'something'" she said taunting Angel
"Not funny...again go to bed."
"Who are you?" Spike asked.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that?"
"I asked you first. And why is Angel telling you to go to bed?"
"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!" Angel snapped.
"He thinks just cause he's my father" she made quotation marks with her fingers when she said father "that gives him some kinda right to tell me what to do." Angel let out a whining sound after she clued in Spike of the connection.
"Father, huh? When did you turn her? Back in the day or during one of Angelus's outbreaks?" Spike asked.
"I said father not sire. I am human."
Angel whined again, he really didn't want Spike to know this.
"What, how? That's not possible."
"It's a long story" Angel said.
"About 1-2 years ago there was a prophecy bout' two vamps having a kid, he knocked up my mom, 9 months later she staked herself, so I came out, then after a month or two I got taken to another dimension for a few days our time, 14 years there time then came back." Sarai stated in one big run-on sentence.
"Well it just keeps getting better and better for you don't it? Not only to you have the fancy home, all the cars and CEO job you got a kid too. Was there some kinda award show for you that I missed? Bet you two get along great too right? You probably idolize the man like everyone else in this bleeding world. Say does Buffy know about this? Who's the mother?"
Angel couldn't help himself he just had to mess with Spike. "Dru" he said simply.
"WHAT! NO BLOODY WAY! I AM GONNA KILL-" Spike screamed then he thought for a moment. "Wait that child seems to be way to sane to be Dru's...very funny poofy. Now how bout' the truth."
"Who's Buffy and Dru? And who are you?" Sarai asked.
"Aw...didn't tell the little girl bout me? That hurts. The names Spike."
"Darla...Darla is her mother." Angel admitted.
"Really so you're made from both Angel and Darla, in the DNA sense? Sucks to be you, I am so sorry."
Sarai laughed, "look I'll leave you two alone, but tomorrow morning I want details, Angel" Sarai left the room.
"Did she just call you Angel?" Spike asked.
"OUT!"
The next morning Sarai woke up smelt something burning which could only mean thing....Angel was trying to cook something. So she went into the kitchen to see what his latest victim was.
"What did you try to make this time?" she asked.
"Toast" he replied dryly.
"Oh...well I wasn't hungry anyway."
"To bad. You're going to eat before I leave because I know you won't eat after." Angel told her taking out a cereal box from a cabinet.
"But its so different."
"I can get another brand if you like." he offered.
"I am not talking about the cereal. All the food in this dimension is different. Anyway you have to tell me who that Spike guy is remember? And those other two"
"It's a long story."
"I got time...I can't leave without you're permission remember?"
"Fine. Spike's someone from back in my evil days, who I can't seen to get rid of. He was a vampire too, then he died not long ago and now for some reason he's a ghost. Dru was his girlfriend. His crazy girlfriend. "
"And Buffy?"
Angel didn't answer.
"Hello anyone home?" Sarai asked waving her hand in front of his face. "Who's Buffy."
"A girl"
"Yeah I guessed that."
"She...I...we dated, for while."
"Why did you break up?"
"A lot of reasons."
"Such as? And how does Spike know her?"
"Its complicated. I really don't want to talk about this and its none of you're business." Angel said getting grumpy.
"Fine. I was only trying to be nice. Its not like I really care...its just you're the one always saying we should get to know each other and that I can feel free to talk you about anything. When ever I tell you I don't want to talk about something its always" she does an impression of voice: "oh, Sarai you need to open up, you can't keep things inside, you can trust me. I need to know what you've been through. If we have any hope of having a relationship you must be honest with me." she goes back to her normal voice "I guess that's one way street huh? I need to come clean but you don't? Well SCREW YOU!" she yelled as she ran to her room and slammed and locked the door. Angel ran after her.
"Sarai open the door!" he ordered banging on it. "Please? Look I am sorry alright. I didn't mean it the way it came out." Sarai opened the door. "Thank you" Angel said entering, that when he noticed something about his daughter. Angel couldn't figure out what it was but something was different...off. Her smell wasn't the same."
"I have to tell you something....I am-" she stopped herself right there.
"You're what?"
Sarai breathed in deep and held it for a moment. "There's no easy way to tell you this."
"Tell me what? Just say it."
"I am dying." she said. Angel went numb, he thought he was gonna die...well dust.
"What? How." he managed to say.
"I am dying. I went to the bathroom before and I-there was- I was bleeding and my stomach hurts. " she said sadly. Angel now looked scared and disturbed.
"There was blood and you're stomach hurts." "why do I think I know this?" Angel asked himself, still not making the connection.
"Well its more like a cramp-y feeling."
~Aw, crap!~ Angel said to himself now realizing what was going on...and wishing he didn't. His eyes grew wider. "Cr-cramps....huh? Ok, we need to talk. See...you're...its...." Angel never knew a vampire could sweat so much. "See....sometimes....FRED!" he yelled with a smile."~good ol' wonderful Fred~
"What about Fed?"
"We need to go see her now!" Angel grabbed Sarai's hand and was practically dragging her around Wolfram and Hart yelling Fred's name, since she wasn't in her office. Eventually on their hunt for her they ran into Gunn.
"What's wrong Angel? You look wigged out." Gunn observed.
"Its cause I am dying"
"WHAT!"
"I think they call it a hemorrhage."
"A teenage girl with a hemorrhage and stomach cramps" Angel added giving Gunn a look, who pick up on it right away.
"FRED!" Gunn began to yell joining them. Finally they found her in the main lobby.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"Here" Angel said giving her Sarai's hand, then running away quickly with Gunn.
"What was that about?" she asked Sarai.
"They're freaked because I am hemorrhaging."
"Hemor- wait..oh I get. those big babies! Come with honey we need to have a talk." Fred walked away with Sarai. A few minutes later Fred walked Sarai back to Angel's office.
"Wimp." Fred told him and then walking out. Angel didn't say anything back because he knew she was right.
"So Fred explained everything to you?" he asked his daughter.
"Yeah. I am going back up."
"Stay"
"OK." she agreed sitting down.
"Isn't there something you'd like to say to me?" Angel asked.
"Such as?"
"Oh, I don't know how about 'I am sorry'"
"What should I be sorry for?"
"About the way you acted before. The whole 'screw you' thing. I know you were upset but you can't just take it out on people like that."
"You're one to talk. Where do you think I got it from? I do know all about genes and how they get passed down to their kids."
"This isn't about me Sarai. I think I've been more then patient with you but you really need to start changing. I also know you've been trying really hard too its just that-"
"What its not good enough for you?" Sarai interrupted.
"That's not what I said. What I was going to say is you can't. You're trying hard to fit into a world that you're not even apart of and maybe I am to blame for some of that. You spend all you're time either upstairs or walking around here. You never go outside and experience things."
"You don't want me to hunt anymore remember?"
"I don't mean killing demons. There's more to you then a person with super-powers and demon knowledge, or at least there should be." Sarai had no idea what Angel was getting at "you're also a teenage girl and its time you start to do something's that they do and I have just the person to help you do it." Angel hit a button "come in" he said. In walked Angels expert; Harmony
"You've got be shitting me!" Sarai exclaimed.
"HEY!" Harmony yelled.
"No, I am not 'shitting you'. Harmony's just right for the job and it's a cloudy day outside and the sun won't be out so it's the perfect time." Angel handed Harmony a credit card. "Have fun ladies."
"Don't worry bossy!" Harmony said looking her project up and down, Sarai, who's long brown hair went down to her butt, and was wearing black stretch pants, a loose blue shirt and white Keds. "Come on we can't afford to waste time."
"I will never forgive you for this Angel." Sarai said. As Harmony and Sarai walked out, Lorne and Spike walked in.
"Hello daddy dearest" Spike greeted.
"Shut up Spike!"
"Hey I wasn't being 100 percent sarcastic, I know it can be hard."
Angel and Lorne looked at Spike. 'What you do know about rasing teenage girls?" Lorne asked.
"More then captain forehead. I mean I can't take all the credit but I'll have you know I've spent a good part of the last few years raising Dawn and did a right fine job at it too. Me n' her are like this." Spike said crossing his fingers ~ok so she spent a good part of last year plotting my death, but *he* doesn't have to know that~
"Yeah I am sure you did Spike." Angel said not believing anything he said.
"Don't wanna believe me? Call her up. What don't want to?" ~time to go for the big finish spike~ "Afraid to find out I make a better father then you? Or is it because we both know Dawnie never liked you very much meaning I can satisfy-in very different ways- both Summers girls better then you?"
~what she never liked me? Why is that?~ Angel asked himself. "Spike get out....get out now!" Spike walked out.
"Don't listen to him Angel cakes, he's just trying to egg you on." Lorne said.
"But he's not entirely wrong. I mean I am not expecting a father of the year award to come in the mail anytime soon. I've saved the world several times and come up against some of the most evil things there is but I can't get Sarai to come around."
"Give it time, she will"
"Time? Its already been over a year!"
"Yeah but she's spent a lot more then that away."
"Believe me I know that. Just wish there was some way to make her remember before she was taken, even though she was only a baby, she was...we were happy."
~hey wait a minute...maybe there is~ Lorne said to himself. "Ah Angel I gotta go. Oh, yeah and maybe Sarai had a point...I mean is Harmony REALLY the best person to take her out?" with that, Lorne left and Angel became scared.
****A few hours later*****
"Surprise!" Harmony yelled entering Angels penthouse, introducing Sarai and her new look, her hair was now only a little below her shoulder and light brown with blond highlights, she was wearing black heels with purple leather pants and a black tank.
~Is that cleavage! CLEAVAGE!~ Angel yelled in his head, thanking god vampires can't have strokes.
"Angel why is you're face twitching like that?" Harmony asked.
"I don't he likes the clothes very much. See everything has to be his way or no way at all. Total control issues. He probably wants me to take back all the stuff we bought." Sarai informed her new friend.
"I do not have control issues." ~I'll show her~ "In fact Sarai I love you're look. And you can keep every single thing you got." ~There~ Angel said not realizing he'd just been played.
"Thanks Angel." Sarai said, ~I knew that would work~
A/N This ends chapter 2. Reviews please. More to come soon...things are just getting started.