Part One
"Angel?" Dawn's head tilted with confusion. Why was he here?
Angel half smiled. "Hey Dawn, I just heard about what was going on here and I thought Buffy could use some extra help. How are you anyway?"
Dawn smiled back. "I'm glad you came then, Buffy will be glad to see you; I'm alright, I've been researching for the past hour, no one else is around at the moment." She glanced back into the house. "You know you can come in right? The last time you were here you got the invite."
Angel nodded. "I know, just being polite. You're all by yourself?" Dawn took a step back to let him into the house. "Where is everyone?"
"Let's see. Buffy, Spike and Giles took the Slayerettes for some vamp staking in the cemetery and Xander took Willow, Anya and Andrew to get some zzz's back at his place." She closed the door behind him and walked into the living room. She gestured for him to sit down on the couch. "Do you want something to drink? I mean I know you drink blood and all but I know that Spike likes to have a coke every now and then."
He shook his head. "No thanks, I'm fine." He looked up at Dawn who was still standing. "Well look at you, someone grew up since I last saw her. How old are you now?"
Dawn blushed and looked down. "I guess. I'll be 17 in two weeks."
"Time flies huh?"
"Yeah, it does. Last time I saw you was after my Mom's funeral. I saw you drop Buffy back at the house before Willow and Tara took me to their dorm. It was really nice of you to do that you know."
Angel gave her a smile. "I knew Buff wanted me there." He looked out the window into the night. "She was so fragile that day. Not that I blame her, it was a rough time for you guys."
"Yeah it was, I still miss Mom but it gets better with time I guess." She dismissed Angel's use of the nickname for her sister and sat down next to him on the couch. "So, how are Cordy and Wesley doing?"
She could see Angel's face grimace with the mention of their names. "Oh them. They're okay, things are tense right now but they'll get back to normal eventually." The look on his face retreated. "How are things here?"
"Well, everyone is worried about what the First Evil's gonna throw at us next, but other then that things are okay."
Angel shook his head. "I meant how is everyone doing?"
"Oh. Well Xander is doing great with his construction job, Anya is getting used to being human again, Willow is learning to cope with her magic usage, and Buffy and Spike have some sort of thing going on again I think. "
A look of confusion swept across his face. "Again? You mean there was something there before?"
Oops.
Dawn hadn't realized that Angel never knew of Buffy's sexcapades with Spike last year. "Well they had this thing last year after Willow brought her back to life. They slept together but it didn't mean anything to Buffy. She dumped him a couple months after it had started. That's what made Spike leave Sunnydale for awhile to get his soul back."
Angel just stared at her. "Spike has a soul? You're talking about William the Bloody, the vampire who reveled in shoving railroad spikes through his victim's heads? He has a isoul/i?"
She nodded slowly. Dawn didn't think Angel would get so angry at the fact that Spike had a soul now. "He's done some real good because of it, I think you'd be proud of him, I mean he is sort of family to you right? In a vampire way of speaking?"
Angel got up off the couch and walked towards the mantle above the fireplace. "You could say that. I wasn't his sire, Drusilla was technically, but I always thought of him as family." He picked up a frame with Buffy and Dawn's picture in it and stared at it, his back to Dawn. "Now the same could be said for you and Buffy. You're not really her sister but you feel like family." He snickered as he placed the frame back on the mantle and turned to face her. "And since Buffy felt so inclined to share my family, I'm sure she wouldn't mind if I sampled hers."
"Wha- what are you talking about Angel?" She stood up, a look of confusion clouding her pretty face. Dawn could feel her face pale, the hairs on the back of her neck started to stand on end.
A devilish grin crept up onto Angel's handsome features. "Well, I assume you know my little Gypsy curse by now."
Dawn nodded slowly. Something told her this was not how their conversation should be going.
"Well, since Buffy was the last person I boned, I'm feeling a bit peckish. I mean it ihas/i been about five years; kinda makes you go a little insane after awhile. I mean, how pathetic is it to get off listening to other people fuck?"
Dawn slowly got up off of the couch and glanced at the front door. Angel was obviously not playing with a full deck of cards and the sooner she could run to safety, the better off she would be.
Angel caught her looking towards the door. "Tsk tsk Dawnie, you'll never make it there, trust me."
"Angel, I don't know what's wrong with you but I can go get Buffy and everyone and they can help you, we'll figure out a way to -"
"-- Dawnie, Dawnie, Dawnie, you still don't get it do you? The name's not Angel."
Dawn's eyes widened.
"It's Angelus."
"Angel?" Dawn's head tilted with confusion. Why was he here?
Angel half smiled. "Hey Dawn, I just heard about what was going on here and I thought Buffy could use some extra help. How are you anyway?"
Dawn smiled back. "I'm glad you came then, Buffy will be glad to see you; I'm alright, I've been researching for the past hour, no one else is around at the moment." She glanced back into the house. "You know you can come in right? The last time you were here you got the invite."
Angel nodded. "I know, just being polite. You're all by yourself?" Dawn took a step back to let him into the house. "Where is everyone?"
"Let's see. Buffy, Spike and Giles took the Slayerettes for some vamp staking in the cemetery and Xander took Willow, Anya and Andrew to get some zzz's back at his place." She closed the door behind him and walked into the living room. She gestured for him to sit down on the couch. "Do you want something to drink? I mean I know you drink blood and all but I know that Spike likes to have a coke every now and then."
He shook his head. "No thanks, I'm fine." He looked up at Dawn who was still standing. "Well look at you, someone grew up since I last saw her. How old are you now?"
Dawn blushed and looked down. "I guess. I'll be 17 in two weeks."
"Time flies huh?"
"Yeah, it does. Last time I saw you was after my Mom's funeral. I saw you drop Buffy back at the house before Willow and Tara took me to their dorm. It was really nice of you to do that you know."
Angel gave her a smile. "I knew Buff wanted me there." He looked out the window into the night. "She was so fragile that day. Not that I blame her, it was a rough time for you guys."
"Yeah it was, I still miss Mom but it gets better with time I guess." She dismissed Angel's use of the nickname for her sister and sat down next to him on the couch. "So, how are Cordy and Wesley doing?"
She could see Angel's face grimace with the mention of their names. "Oh them. They're okay, things are tense right now but they'll get back to normal eventually." The look on his face retreated. "How are things here?"
"Well, everyone is worried about what the First Evil's gonna throw at us next, but other then that things are okay."
Angel shook his head. "I meant how is everyone doing?"
"Oh. Well Xander is doing great with his construction job, Anya is getting used to being human again, Willow is learning to cope with her magic usage, and Buffy and Spike have some sort of thing going on again I think. "
A look of confusion swept across his face. "Again? You mean there was something there before?"
Oops.
Dawn hadn't realized that Angel never knew of Buffy's sexcapades with Spike last year. "Well they had this thing last year after Willow brought her back to life. They slept together but it didn't mean anything to Buffy. She dumped him a couple months after it had started. That's what made Spike leave Sunnydale for awhile to get his soul back."
Angel just stared at her. "Spike has a soul? You're talking about William the Bloody, the vampire who reveled in shoving railroad spikes through his victim's heads? He has a isoul/i?"
She nodded slowly. Dawn didn't think Angel would get so angry at the fact that Spike had a soul now. "He's done some real good because of it, I think you'd be proud of him, I mean he is sort of family to you right? In a vampire way of speaking?"
Angel got up off the couch and walked towards the mantle above the fireplace. "You could say that. I wasn't his sire, Drusilla was technically, but I always thought of him as family." He picked up a frame with Buffy and Dawn's picture in it and stared at it, his back to Dawn. "Now the same could be said for you and Buffy. You're not really her sister but you feel like family." He snickered as he placed the frame back on the mantle and turned to face her. "And since Buffy felt so inclined to share my family, I'm sure she wouldn't mind if I sampled hers."
"Wha- what are you talking about Angel?" She stood up, a look of confusion clouding her pretty face. Dawn could feel her face pale, the hairs on the back of her neck started to stand on end.
A devilish grin crept up onto Angel's handsome features. "Well, I assume you know my little Gypsy curse by now."
Dawn nodded slowly. Something told her this was not how their conversation should be going.
"Well, since Buffy was the last person I boned, I'm feeling a bit peckish. I mean it ihas/i been about five years; kinda makes you go a little insane after awhile. I mean, how pathetic is it to get off listening to other people fuck?"
Dawn slowly got up off of the couch and glanced at the front door. Angel was obviously not playing with a full deck of cards and the sooner she could run to safety, the better off she would be.
Angel caught her looking towards the door. "Tsk tsk Dawnie, you'll never make it there, trust me."
"Angel, I don't know what's wrong with you but I can go get Buffy and everyone and they can help you, we'll figure out a way to -"
"-- Dawnie, Dawnie, Dawnie, you still don't get it do you? The name's not Angel."
Dawn's eyes widened.
"It's Angelus."