Chpter 7
Day Of Fun
A/N: Once again, thanks to everyone who's reviewing.
Sarai usually wakes up at the crack of dawn every morning no matter what time she falls asleep so it was a big surprise to her when she rolled over and saw her clock radio said 10:45 am it was even a bigger surprise that Angel was in the living room watching the highlights of the previous nights hockey games on ESPN.
"Hey look who's finally awake." he commented.
"Hey look who's not at work." Sarai said back, plopping herself on the couch. "Did your team win?" she then asked.
"No" he answered bitterly, but then he changed the tone of his voice to a lighter one "So I took the whole day off from work today"
"Really you can do that? Just take a day off anytime you want?"
"Yup, its one of the benefits of being the boss. Anyway I thought maybe today you and I could..."
"You thought maybe we could what?"
"I don't know....do stuff."
"Like what?" Sarai asked cluelessly
"See that's the thing its entirely up to you. Whatever you want to do today we'll do. But its has to something that's fun. Hey maybe even something that you've never done but have been wanting too. So what'll it be?"
"Drive" Sarai said.
"Excuse me?" Angel asked not understanding.
"I want to drive, I never have AND I think it would be fun." Sarai's request made Angel loose all feeling in his body.
"Well see we can't be you're only 14, its not legal" ~that's the best you can come up with? She won't accept it~ Angel thought.
"That's the best you can do? You're CEO of a law firm, that owns the cops and my best friend is your top lawyer. Did you really think I'd accept that?"
~Damn she's good~ Angel thought. "Oh, alright get dressed. I give up. I'll teach you how to drive."
Sarai's face light up, Angel had never seen her that happy so the surefire impending doom that would come along with the lesson would be worth it.
A little while later Angel took Sarai into the garage. "So pick any car you'd like princess." ~oh no I should said anyone except...oh wait with this many cars what are the odds she'll pick the...~
"I want the Viper" Sarai said interrupting Angels thoughts.
~ DAMN IT!~ but Angel couldn't do anything about it, he promised his daughter any car and he wasn't about to take it back. "Fine let me just have the guys move all the other cars out of the garage then we'll get started." he figured it'd be best if they were inclosed with nothing around. After some W&H lackies removed all the other cars and Angel said goodbye to his favorite car, the lesson began.
"Ok put the key in the ignition and turn it." Angel instructed. Sarai did as she was told. "OK very good. Now lightly hit the gas pedal." SO Sarai hit the gas as hard as she could and they jetted forward at 90 MPH. "Lightly start to break...break now" Angel yelled. The car came to a screeching halt when Sarai hit the break as hard and fast as she could causing Angel to almost go through the windshield.
"Was that wrong?" Sarai asked looking at Angel's panicked face.
"LIGHTLY hit the pedals. There's no need to slam your foot down. So lets try it once more" ~Maybe I should have Gunn put my will in order first~
"Ok got it....light press." Much to Angel's surprise Sarai actually did it. The car was moving straight at a slow pace.
"Ok now lets try a right turn ok?"
"YEAH" she said with a lot of enthusiasm.
"Now turn the wheel to the right." Sarai did exactly what Angel said, unfortunately Angel forgot to tell her to do it slowly and to turn it back after the turn was made. The spun around twice before Sarai could stop it. If Angel didn't know any better he'd swear he just had a heart attack..
"Oops." Sarai said.
"Oops is right. Why didn't you turn the wheel back?" Angel was starting to get aggravated.
"You didn't tell me too!"
"I figured it was common knowledge! I mean how the hell did you think you'd straighten the car out again. Unless you're just doing this on purpose to piss me off!" Angel then accused. He knew he shouldn't have just done that or fly off the handle to begin with and he was expecting there'd be hell to pay from Sarai for. He was expecting her to start screaming at him any minute, instead she did the last thing Angel ever expected. She apologized.
"I am sorry...I really.... was tr-trying as best I could.... I wasn't being mean. I just didn't know...really I didn't." Sarai sat there looking down at her shoe's and Angel felt like shit.
~Since one...screaming at her is really gonna make her like you.~ Angel figured honesty would be best here. "Look Sarai I shouldn't have lost it I am sorry...sometimes well, I can be a real asshole."
Sarai laughed. " I know" she muttered.
"Thanks. Tell you what, how about we call it a day on the driving lesson, we can do something else."
"Like what?"
~Good question. Well, if there's one thing I learned from Cordy girls like to go shopping, it never fails.~ "How about we go shopping?" Angel suggested.
"Ok" Sarai agreed perking up.
When Angel was Angelus he did some pretty awful things as well as witnessed some. He was sure he knew all the worst methods of torture there were. Well, as it turns out he discovered one he didn't know before. The summer he spent in hell after Buffy killed him was a breeze compared to being in a mall with a 14 year old girl. As if the brightly colored walls of the stores filled with brightly colored clothes weren't bad enough every single store had overly upbeat music blasting through the speakers. He swore every group he heard playing had to have a contract with Wolfram and Hart. It was just the only possible explanation.
"You're bored out of your mind aren't you?" Sarai eventually asked Angel who was looking into space.
"What? Ah..no what makes you say that?"
"Because you look like you're going to impale yourself on a stake."
"No I don't"
"Yes...you do. We can go if you want. I think I've shopped enough today" Sarai said commenting on the 10 bags she was making Angel carry for her.
"Well if you insist on going who am I to object? Do you want to get something to eat?"
"Is that a joke?" Sarai asked.
"I let you skip breakfast today, so now you have to eat."
"I'll only eat food if you do" she challenged.
"Fine" he agreed. The two of them headed off to a restaurant.
Angel was never a big expert on food but even he found it weird that Sarai ordered Tuna Salad and a hot dog, he found it even weirder when she mixed the two together. But he drinks pigs blood so who was he to judge? So Angel kept his mouth shut and ate his cheeseburger. He listen to Sarai talk the whole time, she went on and on about TV shows and music he knew absolutely nothing about and was sure it was Harmony's influence. When they decided to go home after a very nice day with each other. Angel decided to check in the office before going up to the penthouse just to make sure everything was ok.
"So you decided grace up with your presence after all" Spike commented when Angel entered him office, Sarai was outside showing Harmony all the stuff she got.
"Why are you in my office?"
"Because you don't want me to be and why do you look like you just came back from hell?"
"Have you heard music these days?" Angel asked him. Spike knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Were the words *NSYNC or Backstreet something brought up at anytime?" Spike asked.
"No."
"Then she let you off easy" Spike informed Angel, remembering what seemed like hours of torment having to listen to Dawn play those CDs over and over again.
"Whatever....just don't mess things up in here" Angel said leaving the room. "Sarai you ready to go?"
"Yeah ok"
Angel and Sarai waited for the elevator to open, and when it did they both were shocked to see who was inside.
"Holtz!" Angel said bitterly.
TBC
A/N: Thats all for this chapter...what'd you guys think? Also I've gotten some requests to bring Connor into the story somehow, even though it wasn't in my plans I will if enough people ask, and if you have an idea of how to do it I am open to suggestions as well.
Day Of Fun
A/N: Once again, thanks to everyone who's reviewing.
Sarai usually wakes up at the crack of dawn every morning no matter what time she falls asleep so it was a big surprise to her when she rolled over and saw her clock radio said 10:45 am it was even a bigger surprise that Angel was in the living room watching the highlights of the previous nights hockey games on ESPN.
"Hey look who's finally awake." he commented.
"Hey look who's not at work." Sarai said back, plopping herself on the couch. "Did your team win?" she then asked.
"No" he answered bitterly, but then he changed the tone of his voice to a lighter one "So I took the whole day off from work today"
"Really you can do that? Just take a day off anytime you want?"
"Yup, its one of the benefits of being the boss. Anyway I thought maybe today you and I could..."
"You thought maybe we could what?"
"I don't know....do stuff."
"Like what?" Sarai asked cluelessly
"See that's the thing its entirely up to you. Whatever you want to do today we'll do. But its has to something that's fun. Hey maybe even something that you've never done but have been wanting too. So what'll it be?"
"Drive" Sarai said.
"Excuse me?" Angel asked not understanding.
"I want to drive, I never have AND I think it would be fun." Sarai's request made Angel loose all feeling in his body.
"Well see we can't be you're only 14, its not legal" ~that's the best you can come up with? She won't accept it~ Angel thought.
"That's the best you can do? You're CEO of a law firm, that owns the cops and my best friend is your top lawyer. Did you really think I'd accept that?"
~Damn she's good~ Angel thought. "Oh, alright get dressed. I give up. I'll teach you how to drive."
Sarai's face light up, Angel had never seen her that happy so the surefire impending doom that would come along with the lesson would be worth it.
A little while later Angel took Sarai into the garage. "So pick any car you'd like princess." ~oh no I should said anyone except...oh wait with this many cars what are the odds she'll pick the...~
"I want the Viper" Sarai said interrupting Angels thoughts.
~ DAMN IT!~ but Angel couldn't do anything about it, he promised his daughter any car and he wasn't about to take it back. "Fine let me just have the guys move all the other cars out of the garage then we'll get started." he figured it'd be best if they were inclosed with nothing around. After some W&H lackies removed all the other cars and Angel said goodbye to his favorite car, the lesson began.
"Ok put the key in the ignition and turn it." Angel instructed. Sarai did as she was told. "OK very good. Now lightly hit the gas pedal." SO Sarai hit the gas as hard as she could and they jetted forward at 90 MPH. "Lightly start to break...break now" Angel yelled. The car came to a screeching halt when Sarai hit the break as hard and fast as she could causing Angel to almost go through the windshield.
"Was that wrong?" Sarai asked looking at Angel's panicked face.
"LIGHTLY hit the pedals. There's no need to slam your foot down. So lets try it once more" ~Maybe I should have Gunn put my will in order first~
"Ok got it....light press." Much to Angel's surprise Sarai actually did it. The car was moving straight at a slow pace.
"Ok now lets try a right turn ok?"
"YEAH" she said with a lot of enthusiasm.
"Now turn the wheel to the right." Sarai did exactly what Angel said, unfortunately Angel forgot to tell her to do it slowly and to turn it back after the turn was made. The spun around twice before Sarai could stop it. If Angel didn't know any better he'd swear he just had a heart attack..
"Oops." Sarai said.
"Oops is right. Why didn't you turn the wheel back?" Angel was starting to get aggravated.
"You didn't tell me too!"
"I figured it was common knowledge! I mean how the hell did you think you'd straighten the car out again. Unless you're just doing this on purpose to piss me off!" Angel then accused. He knew he shouldn't have just done that or fly off the handle to begin with and he was expecting there'd be hell to pay from Sarai for. He was expecting her to start screaming at him any minute, instead she did the last thing Angel ever expected. She apologized.
"I am sorry...I really.... was tr-trying as best I could.... I wasn't being mean. I just didn't know...really I didn't." Sarai sat there looking down at her shoe's and Angel felt like shit.
~Since one...screaming at her is really gonna make her like you.~ Angel figured honesty would be best here. "Look Sarai I shouldn't have lost it I am sorry...sometimes well, I can be a real asshole."
Sarai laughed. " I know" she muttered.
"Thanks. Tell you what, how about we call it a day on the driving lesson, we can do something else."
"Like what?"
~Good question. Well, if there's one thing I learned from Cordy girls like to go shopping, it never fails.~ "How about we go shopping?" Angel suggested.
"Ok" Sarai agreed perking up.
When Angel was Angelus he did some pretty awful things as well as witnessed some. He was sure he knew all the worst methods of torture there were. Well, as it turns out he discovered one he didn't know before. The summer he spent in hell after Buffy killed him was a breeze compared to being in a mall with a 14 year old girl. As if the brightly colored walls of the stores filled with brightly colored clothes weren't bad enough every single store had overly upbeat music blasting through the speakers. He swore every group he heard playing had to have a contract with Wolfram and Hart. It was just the only possible explanation.
"You're bored out of your mind aren't you?" Sarai eventually asked Angel who was looking into space.
"What? Ah..no what makes you say that?"
"Because you look like you're going to impale yourself on a stake."
"No I don't"
"Yes...you do. We can go if you want. I think I've shopped enough today" Sarai said commenting on the 10 bags she was making Angel carry for her.
"Well if you insist on going who am I to object? Do you want to get something to eat?"
"Is that a joke?" Sarai asked.
"I let you skip breakfast today, so now you have to eat."
"I'll only eat food if you do" she challenged.
"Fine" he agreed. The two of them headed off to a restaurant.
Angel was never a big expert on food but even he found it weird that Sarai ordered Tuna Salad and a hot dog, he found it even weirder when she mixed the two together. But he drinks pigs blood so who was he to judge? So Angel kept his mouth shut and ate his cheeseburger. He listen to Sarai talk the whole time, she went on and on about TV shows and music he knew absolutely nothing about and was sure it was Harmony's influence. When they decided to go home after a very nice day with each other. Angel decided to check in the office before going up to the penthouse just to make sure everything was ok.
"So you decided grace up with your presence after all" Spike commented when Angel entered him office, Sarai was outside showing Harmony all the stuff she got.
"Why are you in my office?"
"Because you don't want me to be and why do you look like you just came back from hell?"
"Have you heard music these days?" Angel asked him. Spike knew exactly what he was talking about.
"Were the words *NSYNC or Backstreet something brought up at anytime?" Spike asked.
"No."
"Then she let you off easy" Spike informed Angel, remembering what seemed like hours of torment having to listen to Dawn play those CDs over and over again.
"Whatever....just don't mess things up in here" Angel said leaving the room. "Sarai you ready to go?"
"Yeah ok"
Angel and Sarai waited for the elevator to open, and when it did they both were shocked to see who was inside.
"Holtz!" Angel said bitterly.
TBC
A/N: Thats all for this chapter...what'd you guys think? Also I've gotten some requests to bring Connor into the story somehow, even though it wasn't in my plans I will if enough people ask, and if you have an idea of how to do it I am open to suggestions as well.