Chapter 4
Revelations.
Sarai and Dawn walked into the penthouse later that afternoon and were greeted by Skittles.
"You're dog is so cute" Dawn said.
"Thanks."
"This is a pretty cool place too."
"Yeah I guess. Come on, my room's this way." Sarai and Dawn went into her room. A few minutes later they heard someone enter the penthouse.
"Sarai are you here?" Wesley called.
~Why do I know that voice? ~ Dawn asked herself.
"Excuse me"Sarai said and headed to the living room. "Why are you here?" she asked Wesley
"Your father wanted me to see if you were home yet since you didn't check in with him."
"Oh well I am. Tell him that I have a friend over and she'll be coming with me to the party tonight."
"You invited a girl from school to the Wolfram and Hart party tonight?"Wesley questioned.
"Yeah...why?"
"Were you not at the last one? I mean who knows who...or what might be on the guest list..."
"For once you're right Wes. I didn't even think of that. Even if all human looking people show, there's still Lorne." Sarai said.
"Sarai is everything ok......Wesley?" Dawn asked joining them in the living room.
"You know him?" Sarai asked.
"Well yes I was once um...working with her sister."
"Annoying her is more like it" Dawn stated.
"That does sound like something he'd do" Sarai added.
"I can hear you" Wes pointed out. "Look maybe you should head down and see Ang-your father."
"Hey whatever gets me away from you, let's go Dawn."
Sarai and Dawn went into Angel's office.
"Hey Sarai, hey Dawn" Angel greeted as they entered then he did a double-take "Dawn" he repeated shocked.
"Hello Angel" Dawn replied with no emotion in her voice. She didn't know what to think.
"So you too know each other as well." Sarai guessed. "Did you used to work with her sister like Wesley did?"
"No, he just had sex with her....well really it was just once, cause he went insane after and hurt her, but they dated for awhile. Until he left her." Dawn said simply ~If Spike were alive I think he'd be proud of how I put it....I miss Spike.~ she then thought.
"That's not exactly how it went" Angel corrected.
"No it's just the cliff-notes version" Dawn said.
"Ok... So Dad, Dawn is going to come to the party tonight."
"Wow, wait Dad? He's you're father?" Dawn asked. Sarai nodded. "But he's a vampire....they can't have children."
"You know he's a vampire? You know about vampires in general?" Sarai questioned.
"Yup. My sister's a Vampire Slayer. I know all about vampires, trolls, demons, vengeance demons, hyena people, hellmouths, hell gods to try to use your blood to open the portal to all the dimensions that exist so they could go home and all kinds of stuff."
"That's SO cool! And here I was all wondering about how I was going to hide the demons from you, because odds are some will show up tonight."
"So why do work in a law firm? Willow told me when she came last year you lived in a hotel."
"This is an evil law firm.....I am trying to change it." Angel answered.
"Ok, just wondering. Oh, and by the way incase you're wondering I am not going to say a world to Buffy cause well, I am not stupid."
"Thanks" Angel said.
"Look not that I haven't enjoyed re-uniting you two and all but Dawn and I have something to do so we'll see you later dad." Sarai stated, looking and sounding a little suspicious.
"What are you girls up to?"
"Nothing, daddy just ya know girlie stuff. We have to a...figure out how we're going to wear our hair tonight."
"Ok then, have fun." Angel answered, not really buying it.
Sarai took Dawns hand and exited the room.
"What was that about?" Dawn asked.
"I am going to ask my dad about the dance tonight remember? If we have any hope of getting him to say tea we're going to need help, fortunately I know just who to ask." Sarai said leading Dawn to the 'expert's' desk.
"Harmony!" Dawn exclaimed.
"You know her TOO?" Sarai asked.
"She had me chained to a wall and threatened to kill me."
"That was years ago...I am over all that now." Harmony said.
"Ok, we have much more important things to discus now. Harmony ya know that cute boy from my English class I told you about? Well he asked me to the school dance!"
Harmony shrieked "That's SO great! I knew going shopping with me would help boys notice you."
"Yeah except you know as well as I do my dad will say I can't go so I'll need you to help me to get him to say yes."
"Sure I'll talk to you for him, but he might not listen to me."
"Great. I'll tell you when, I am going to ask him at the party tonight, with any hope he'll have a drink or two and won't be in the right state of mind to protest the date....I just said date. I have a date. This is beyond cool." ~And normal...I am becoming normal girl, I could get used to this~ Sarai then thought. "So you want me to introduce you to the rest of the team?" Sarai asked Dawn.
"Sure."
Sarai took Dawn to Gunn's office.
"Hi Gunn, I want you meet my friend Dawn. Dawn this is Charles Gunn, but he prefers Gunn."
~wow he's cute~ Dawn thought. "It's nice to meet you Gunn."
"You too, Dawn" Gunn said. "So what are you two doing?"
"I am giving Dawn the tour of the place before the party, since as it turns out she knows all about demons."
"I used to live in Sunnydale, on a hellmouth, I've seen just about everything" Dawn added.
"Cool" Gunn responded. "I'd love to chat with you but I gotta go file some papers. I'll catch you guys later and we'll hang."
Next stop: Fred's lab.
"So make any amazing discovery's?" Sarai asked walking up behind Fred.
"Huh...what? Oh Hi Sarai. What's new?"
"Not much this is Dawn.'
"Hi" Dawn said.
"Hello...its nice to meet you." Fred cheerfully said. Dawn would have responded but two people entered the lab, one was Angel and the other was someone Dawn thought she'd never see again, but hoped she would.
"Hey Fred I was....." Spike started to say but stopped as soon as he saw Dawn. Neither one of them knew what to say.
"What....how.....why....how....when" Dawn managed to say, but couldn't go any further from shock, then she came up with her own explanation. "You're the first!" she accused.
"I am not!" Spike defended.
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Oh yeah?" Dawn challenged, she walked up to him and kicked him as hard as she could in the groin. Angel put his hand over his mouth to cover his smile.
"AOW! Bloody hell, niblet!" Spike said as he held his crotch in pain.
"Oops, so I guess you're not the First, which is good. It just means you a liar, which is better then being the First but it's still not good."
"Technically I didn't lie....I just didn't tell you" Spike Said.
"That's not any better! I spent all this time thinking you were all dead and stuff and you've been here the whole time!"
"Well I was dead, for about 19 days....which I know not a very good answer but come on Dawnie, cut me a break, please."
"I'll think about but tell me why are you here, with someone who you spent the past three years telling me you hate."
"What that hurts" Angel said sarcastically.
"Look will you just come with me and I'll tell you everything?" Spike basically begged.
"Would you mind if I go Sarai?" Dawn asked.
"Go ahead....I'll find something to do." Sarai said. Spike and Dawn left the room.
"Well that was interesting." Fred commented.
"Yeah right...anyway Sarai Lorne wants to see you, he wants your opinion on the decorations, so come on I'll take you to him."
"Ok one sec I need to talk to Fred first."
"Sure" Angel answered. He continued to stand where he was and Sarai stared at him "what?" he asked.
"I need to talk to her...alone."
"Oh right of course, I'll be waiting in the hall" Angel said leaving.
"So, what do you need to talk about?" Fred asked.
"Fred I need your help, women to women. I mean I've recruited Dawn and Harmony on my side and they're real good assets but you might be my best shot, I need to know you'll have my back tonight."
"Have your back? What's going on? Are you in trouble?"
"No...you see this boy asked me to this school dance and I really want to go but...."
"There is no way Angel will allow it Sarai" Fred interrupted.
"See that's where you come in. My dad respects you, values your opinions, so I figure if you tell him he should let me I might have a chance. PLEASE?"
"I'll think about it."
"Thanks." Sarai went into the hall where Angel was standing "So ready to go favorite daddy o' mine?" Sarai asked really giddy.
"Ok so just what *are* you up to today?" Angel replied.
A/N: So, what did you think? Next chapter the big question is asked.
Revelations.
Sarai and Dawn walked into the penthouse later that afternoon and were greeted by Skittles.
"You're dog is so cute" Dawn said.
"Thanks."
"This is a pretty cool place too."
"Yeah I guess. Come on, my room's this way." Sarai and Dawn went into her room. A few minutes later they heard someone enter the penthouse.
"Sarai are you here?" Wesley called.
~Why do I know that voice? ~ Dawn asked herself.
"Excuse me"Sarai said and headed to the living room. "Why are you here?" she asked Wesley
"Your father wanted me to see if you were home yet since you didn't check in with him."
"Oh well I am. Tell him that I have a friend over and she'll be coming with me to the party tonight."
"You invited a girl from school to the Wolfram and Hart party tonight?"Wesley questioned.
"Yeah...why?"
"Were you not at the last one? I mean who knows who...or what might be on the guest list..."
"For once you're right Wes. I didn't even think of that. Even if all human looking people show, there's still Lorne." Sarai said.
"Sarai is everything ok......Wesley?" Dawn asked joining them in the living room.
"You know him?" Sarai asked.
"Well yes I was once um...working with her sister."
"Annoying her is more like it" Dawn stated.
"That does sound like something he'd do" Sarai added.
"I can hear you" Wes pointed out. "Look maybe you should head down and see Ang-your father."
"Hey whatever gets me away from you, let's go Dawn."
Sarai and Dawn went into Angel's office.
"Hey Sarai, hey Dawn" Angel greeted as they entered then he did a double-take "Dawn" he repeated shocked.
"Hello Angel" Dawn replied with no emotion in her voice. She didn't know what to think.
"So you too know each other as well." Sarai guessed. "Did you used to work with her sister like Wesley did?"
"No, he just had sex with her....well really it was just once, cause he went insane after and hurt her, but they dated for awhile. Until he left her." Dawn said simply ~If Spike were alive I think he'd be proud of how I put it....I miss Spike.~ she then thought.
"That's not exactly how it went" Angel corrected.
"No it's just the cliff-notes version" Dawn said.
"Ok... So Dad, Dawn is going to come to the party tonight."
"Wow, wait Dad? He's you're father?" Dawn asked. Sarai nodded. "But he's a vampire....they can't have children."
"You know he's a vampire? You know about vampires in general?" Sarai questioned.
"Yup. My sister's a Vampire Slayer. I know all about vampires, trolls, demons, vengeance demons, hyena people, hellmouths, hell gods to try to use your blood to open the portal to all the dimensions that exist so they could go home and all kinds of stuff."
"That's SO cool! And here I was all wondering about how I was going to hide the demons from you, because odds are some will show up tonight."
"So why do work in a law firm? Willow told me when she came last year you lived in a hotel."
"This is an evil law firm.....I am trying to change it." Angel answered.
"Ok, just wondering. Oh, and by the way incase you're wondering I am not going to say a world to Buffy cause well, I am not stupid."
"Thanks" Angel said.
"Look not that I haven't enjoyed re-uniting you two and all but Dawn and I have something to do so we'll see you later dad." Sarai stated, looking and sounding a little suspicious.
"What are you girls up to?"
"Nothing, daddy just ya know girlie stuff. We have to a...figure out how we're going to wear our hair tonight."
"Ok then, have fun." Angel answered, not really buying it.
Sarai took Dawns hand and exited the room.
"What was that about?" Dawn asked.
"I am going to ask my dad about the dance tonight remember? If we have any hope of getting him to say tea we're going to need help, fortunately I know just who to ask." Sarai said leading Dawn to the 'expert's' desk.
"Harmony!" Dawn exclaimed.
"You know her TOO?" Sarai asked.
"She had me chained to a wall and threatened to kill me."
"That was years ago...I am over all that now." Harmony said.
"Ok, we have much more important things to discus now. Harmony ya know that cute boy from my English class I told you about? Well he asked me to the school dance!"
Harmony shrieked "That's SO great! I knew going shopping with me would help boys notice you."
"Yeah except you know as well as I do my dad will say I can't go so I'll need you to help me to get him to say yes."
"Sure I'll talk to you for him, but he might not listen to me."
"Great. I'll tell you when, I am going to ask him at the party tonight, with any hope he'll have a drink or two and won't be in the right state of mind to protest the date....I just said date. I have a date. This is beyond cool." ~And normal...I am becoming normal girl, I could get used to this~ Sarai then thought. "So you want me to introduce you to the rest of the team?" Sarai asked Dawn.
"Sure."
Sarai took Dawn to Gunn's office.
"Hi Gunn, I want you meet my friend Dawn. Dawn this is Charles Gunn, but he prefers Gunn."
~wow he's cute~ Dawn thought. "It's nice to meet you Gunn."
"You too, Dawn" Gunn said. "So what are you two doing?"
"I am giving Dawn the tour of the place before the party, since as it turns out she knows all about demons."
"I used to live in Sunnydale, on a hellmouth, I've seen just about everything" Dawn added.
"Cool" Gunn responded. "I'd love to chat with you but I gotta go file some papers. I'll catch you guys later and we'll hang."
Next stop: Fred's lab.
"So make any amazing discovery's?" Sarai asked walking up behind Fred.
"Huh...what? Oh Hi Sarai. What's new?"
"Not much this is Dawn.'
"Hi" Dawn said.
"Hello...its nice to meet you." Fred cheerfully said. Dawn would have responded but two people entered the lab, one was Angel and the other was someone Dawn thought she'd never see again, but hoped she would.
"Hey Fred I was....." Spike started to say but stopped as soon as he saw Dawn. Neither one of them knew what to say.
"What....how.....why....how....when" Dawn managed to say, but couldn't go any further from shock, then she came up with her own explanation. "You're the first!" she accused.
"I am not!" Spike defended.
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Oh yeah?" Dawn challenged, she walked up to him and kicked him as hard as she could in the groin. Angel put his hand over his mouth to cover his smile.
"AOW! Bloody hell, niblet!" Spike said as he held his crotch in pain.
"Oops, so I guess you're not the First, which is good. It just means you a liar, which is better then being the First but it's still not good."
"Technically I didn't lie....I just didn't tell you" Spike Said.
"That's not any better! I spent all this time thinking you were all dead and stuff and you've been here the whole time!"
"Well I was dead, for about 19 days....which I know not a very good answer but come on Dawnie, cut me a break, please."
"I'll think about but tell me why are you here, with someone who you spent the past three years telling me you hate."
"What that hurts" Angel said sarcastically.
"Look will you just come with me and I'll tell you everything?" Spike basically begged.
"Would you mind if I go Sarai?" Dawn asked.
"Go ahead....I'll find something to do." Sarai said. Spike and Dawn left the room.
"Well that was interesting." Fred commented.
"Yeah right...anyway Sarai Lorne wants to see you, he wants your opinion on the decorations, so come on I'll take you to him."
"Ok one sec I need to talk to Fred first."
"Sure" Angel answered. He continued to stand where he was and Sarai stared at him "what?" he asked.
"I need to talk to her...alone."
"Oh right of course, I'll be waiting in the hall" Angel said leaving.
"So, what do you need to talk about?" Fred asked.
"Fred I need your help, women to women. I mean I've recruited Dawn and Harmony on my side and they're real good assets but you might be my best shot, I need to know you'll have my back tonight."
"Have your back? What's going on? Are you in trouble?"
"No...you see this boy asked me to this school dance and I really want to go but...."
"There is no way Angel will allow it Sarai" Fred interrupted.
"See that's where you come in. My dad respects you, values your opinions, so I figure if you tell him he should let me I might have a chance. PLEASE?"
"I'll think about it."
"Thanks." Sarai went into the hall where Angel was standing "So ready to go favorite daddy o' mine?" Sarai asked really giddy.
"Ok so just what *are* you up to today?" Angel replied.
A/N: So, what did you think? Next chapter the big question is asked.