* This chapter took me a while to write, sorry about that. I couldn't
figure out how to keep the story moving and I think I contradicted myself.
Anyway thanks to all of you that reviewed I hope I can take your ideas and
work them in. I really liked the cell phone idea so I'm really annoyed at
myself for making her lose it. Any ideas on how she could find it? 170017
Giles was looking through a short book in Latin as the phone rang. He grabbed it on the second ring, "Hello, Giles here," he said half-annoyed at being interrupted and half glad that he could stop reading the non conclusive book.
"Hello Giles it's Angel..." Angel said but was cut of immediately after his name.
"Angel, you have already phoned here and I have already told you that WE do not help evil. It is against what we believe in. Please don't call again," Giles firmly stated about to hang up but waited instead. What if it was a major problem?
"Giles wait," Angel proclaimed hurriedly, "It's Buffy". Angel started his explanation; "Do you know why she was here?"
"Buffy... She isn't in LA," Giles stated annoyed now fully at the stupidity of the mere suggestion.
"She was. My secretary said that she came to see me today and I couldn't see anyone at the time and then..." Angel said running his sentences together in a confusion of words. Why hadn't Buffy told Giles she was going? He never finished as Giles again interrupted the vampire.
"Angel, dear lord calm yourself," The ex-watcher mussed slightly.
Spike managed an almost inaudible laugh behind Angel as he again began his story.
"It's just that we both know that Buffy wouldn't have come all this way for nothing. She wanted me to phone her but she hasn't picked her phone up. Now I'm worried, I have no idea where she could have gone and why she was here." Angel said for once finishing his thought.
"Are you sure it was her?" Giles questioned starting to wonder himself about the situation.
"Yes, yes it was her. My secretary you see is Harmony. She could tell if it was Buffy or not," Angel said back.
"Harmony is evil why is she... oh never mind. I didn't know that Buffy was coming to LA in all accounts. I have no idea why she would have gone there," Giles replied exasperated.
Angel turned to Spike covering the part of the phone that you talk in, "He doesn't know."
"I heard, remember vampire," Spike sarcastically said shaking his head.
"Well could you find out then? If Buffy needs our help it's important," Angel asked Giles ignoring Spike's statement.
"I'll phone Dawn and see. If you can just phone back tomorrow. Then we can all figure this out. By the way I would just like to state that I am only helping since this involves Buffy," Giles finished.
"I know," Angel said as he heard a click and a dial tone. Angel then placed the phone on its cradle and turned to Spike; "Well you heard what I heard. We won't know anything till tomorrow."
"Bloody hell anything could happen to her from now till then," Spike replied anxiously changing to a less sensible self.
The two vampires unconsciously were changing their ideas on the matter.
"Well what can we do? It's very unlikely that we'll just run into her on the street. We can't even track her. There's too many smells in here and it's impossible to differentiate them," Angel explained to Spike. "Maybe you were right before. What can happen to her in one night? She might be okay and just busy. Or maybe she just lost her phone. You never know," Angel told Spike trying to make himself feel better. "It won't do anybody any good to search the night away, and anyway it's getting light out even as we speak. We should just wait till later tomorrow and see what happens."
"Well it is early. Fine okay then I'll wait but as soon as..." Agreed Spike as he left the room trailing off.
Angel left in the room alone quietly made his way to the phone again and tried Buffy's number. No answer. What had he expected he wasn't even taking his own advice, Angel thought as he placed the phone down? He went to his elevator heading to his room to go and try to sleep what was left of the night away. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep worrying about his slayer but what else could he do. Work wouldn't be starting for over four hours.
* Any ideas on how to continue again would be really welcome. 170017
Giles was looking through a short book in Latin as the phone rang. He grabbed it on the second ring, "Hello, Giles here," he said half-annoyed at being interrupted and half glad that he could stop reading the non conclusive book.
"Hello Giles it's Angel..." Angel said but was cut of immediately after his name.
"Angel, you have already phoned here and I have already told you that WE do not help evil. It is against what we believe in. Please don't call again," Giles firmly stated about to hang up but waited instead. What if it was a major problem?
"Giles wait," Angel proclaimed hurriedly, "It's Buffy". Angel started his explanation; "Do you know why she was here?"
"Buffy... She isn't in LA," Giles stated annoyed now fully at the stupidity of the mere suggestion.
"She was. My secretary said that she came to see me today and I couldn't see anyone at the time and then..." Angel said running his sentences together in a confusion of words. Why hadn't Buffy told Giles she was going? He never finished as Giles again interrupted the vampire.
"Angel, dear lord calm yourself," The ex-watcher mussed slightly.
Spike managed an almost inaudible laugh behind Angel as he again began his story.
"It's just that we both know that Buffy wouldn't have come all this way for nothing. She wanted me to phone her but she hasn't picked her phone up. Now I'm worried, I have no idea where she could have gone and why she was here." Angel said for once finishing his thought.
"Are you sure it was her?" Giles questioned starting to wonder himself about the situation.
"Yes, yes it was her. My secretary you see is Harmony. She could tell if it was Buffy or not," Angel said back.
"Harmony is evil why is she... oh never mind. I didn't know that Buffy was coming to LA in all accounts. I have no idea why she would have gone there," Giles replied exasperated.
Angel turned to Spike covering the part of the phone that you talk in, "He doesn't know."
"I heard, remember vampire," Spike sarcastically said shaking his head.
"Well could you find out then? If Buffy needs our help it's important," Angel asked Giles ignoring Spike's statement.
"I'll phone Dawn and see. If you can just phone back tomorrow. Then we can all figure this out. By the way I would just like to state that I am only helping since this involves Buffy," Giles finished.
"I know," Angel said as he heard a click and a dial tone. Angel then placed the phone on its cradle and turned to Spike; "Well you heard what I heard. We won't know anything till tomorrow."
"Bloody hell anything could happen to her from now till then," Spike replied anxiously changing to a less sensible self.
The two vampires unconsciously were changing their ideas on the matter.
"Well what can we do? It's very unlikely that we'll just run into her on the street. We can't even track her. There's too many smells in here and it's impossible to differentiate them," Angel explained to Spike. "Maybe you were right before. What can happen to her in one night? She might be okay and just busy. Or maybe she just lost her phone. You never know," Angel told Spike trying to make himself feel better. "It won't do anybody any good to search the night away, and anyway it's getting light out even as we speak. We should just wait till later tomorrow and see what happens."
"Well it is early. Fine okay then I'll wait but as soon as..." Agreed Spike as he left the room trailing off.
Angel left in the room alone quietly made his way to the phone again and tried Buffy's number. No answer. What had he expected he wasn't even taking his own advice, Angel thought as he placed the phone down? He went to his elevator heading to his room to go and try to sleep what was left of the night away. He knew he wouldn't be able to sleep worrying about his slayer but what else could he do. Work wouldn't be starting for over four hours.
* Any ideas on how to continue again would be really welcome. 170017