Chapter 6
The Big Night
A/N: Once again thanks for all the reviews!
The night Angel had been dreading since the night Sarai was born had finally arrived; the night she went out with a boy for the first time. He was in the living room with Gunn, Wesley, Spike and Lorne, while Harmony and Fred helped Sarai and Dawn get ready in Sarai's room. Eventually Harmony, Fred and Dawn came out of the room.
"Where's Sarai?" Angel asked immediately.
"She's finishing up getting ready." Dawn said wearing a short sleeve purple tank and a short black skirt. Angel headed into Sarai's room.
"Mind if I come in?" he asked, entering anyway before she answered.
"How do I look?" Sarai said standing up and turning to face Angel. She was wearing long sleeved a red velvet dress that went almost to her knees and her hair was curled. Angel was almost amazed at pretty she was, he only had one small problem.
"You look beautiful, but I am assuming that your even more beautiful face is under all that make up? I want some of it off." Angel said picking up a tissue and he tried to wipe some off himself but Sarai back away and rolled her eyes.
"Give me that, I'll do it myself. You know most people would think that it'd be cool to have a vampire as a father because *he'd* be cool and all that but, you've got to be one of the squarest vampire/people ever."
"You don't think I am cool?" Angel asked, slightly hurt.
"Well I mean yeah you could kick anything's ass no matter what it is but like I said, you're still kind of square. But don't worry that's what I love about you"
Angel wasn't hurt anymore. "Look I came in here because I wanted to talk with you before you go. Now I know you think this is only a school dance but sometimes boys well they have different...."
"Daddy if this is supposed to be some sorta 'boys only want sex' talk there's no need to have it. There will be no sex or anything, there's no need to worry. After all, I am a lot stronger then the average teenage boy, or any other regular person, remember?" Sarai reminded him.
"Yeah...right great." Angel responded, then he left.
"He's late" Angel commented to Wesley a few minutes later. "I said seven and its after seven"
"Angel its seven o'clock and 20 seconds." Wesley replied.
"Which means he should've been here 20 seconds ago. Late is late."
Just then there was a knock on the door. Sarai ran to get it before anyone else could.
"Hi Ryan" she greeted.
"Hello Sarai, these are for you." Ryan said handing her flowers, causing all the girl to make 'aw' faces and the guys to make 'throw up' faces.
"Ryan come in my father wants to....meet you" Sarai said hesitating at the end of the sentence after turning back around to everyone else(except for Lorne who thought it would be best if he hid in Angel's room and watched from there) and seeing that in the five seconds her back was turned Angel had managed to put all his best weapons out on the coffee table. "Daddy what are you doing?" she demanded.
Angel picked up a rag and a broadsword. "What I am just cleaning off my favorite broadsword here" he said polishing the tip of the sword, making a point to show Ryan how sharp it was.
Ryan swallowed hard "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Angel" he said extending his hand to him.
"Yeah...you too." Angel responded shaking Ryan's hand, and doing it really hard.
"Strong grip you have" Ryan comment to Angel, who was still squeezing his hand.
"Daddy I know what you're doing, stop it." Sarai ordered.
"What I am just saying hello. Now go put those flowers in water while I talk to your friend."
"Fine."
"So Ryan what's a 17 year old boy like you doing taking my 14 year old daughter to a dance?" Angel asked, holding a battle axe and wiping it with the rag now.
"DAD!" Sarai yelled from across the room.
"Well, sir Sarai's in my-my class an-and I- t-th-tink she's really cool and sm-smart" Ryan stuttered.
"I see."
"Sarai's told me a lot about you."
"Oh really? Did she happen to mention I have expert training in how to use all of these weapons?"
Angel asked.
"N-no...that's ah....cool"
"So are trying to say weapons and violence is cool?" Angel interrogated.
Sarai was too busy looking for a vase to be paying attention to what Angel was doing so Dawn stepped in. "Okay, Ryan let me introduce you to someone else" she said. "This is Sarai's best friend, Gunn"
"You're names Gunn?" Ryan asked him nervously.
"Yeah, I got the name cause of my massive collection" Gunn said in an intimidating way.
Ryan was official scared he wouldn't make it out of there alive. Thankfully Fred came to his rescue. "That's not true Ryan, Gunn and Angel are just trying to scare you. I am Fred, that's Wesley, that's Harmony and that's Spike."
"And it's time to go" Sarai said after finally finding a vase for the flowers. "Lets go, bye everyone."
"Who will you be there with?" Spike asked Dawn.
"I don't know I am just going to hang with a bunch of people."
"Boys?"
"Maybe"
"If you do I want you to be careful bit, you know you don't have the best track record."
"Hey those weren't my fault! But I will be I promise." Dawn said ~God I've missed this. I love being friends with Spike again. I mean he's shown more interest in my life and welfare then my father has in the few weeks I've lived with him and well honestly, my whole life.~ Dawn thought.
While Sarai was saying goodbye to everyone Angel pulled Ryan aside. "If *anything* happens to her..."
"It won't I swear" Ryan promised.
"You better be right. I want her back at nine-thirty no matter what.'
"Sure, of course."
"Alright lets head out" Sarai said. She gave Angel a kiss and hugged him goodbye, he did the same, longer. "Ah daddy.....you can let me go now."
"No"
"Daddy its just two hours and Dawn and room full of other people will be there. It'll be fine. Now I am going. I'll see you later."
The three teens headed out the door and Angel grabbed his coat. "You ready?" he asked.
"Yeah" said both Spike and Gunn.
"Ready for what? What's going on?" Harmony asked.
"We're going to the dance" Angel said simply.
"You can't do that!" Fred protested.
"Fred's right" Wesley said. "If we leave now, right after them we're likely to be caught before we even arrive at the school. We should wait a few more minutes."
"Good point" Angel agreed.
"Actually what I meant was that you guys can't go at all. Its not right. I won't let you do it."
The four men backed off, they were brave and all but even they knew that there were some people you just don't defy and Ms. Winifred Burkle was one of them. That didn't mean Angel couldn't use his back-up plan though. He went into his bed room and made a call.
*******************The school dance*****************
"Ryan what's wrong with you tonight?" Sarai asked since he has hardly looked straight at her and was standing at least a foot away from her, even when they were dancing.
"Ah, its just...it's nothing."
"It has to be something, you've been acting funny all night." Then Sarai finally realized what was going on "Have you been distant from me all night because of my father? Did he threaten you?"
"Threaten no? I am sure his swords and axes and your friends gun collection meant nothing." Ryan said.
~Friends gun collec- Gunn,....nice one~ Sarai thought. "Ryan I swear no one will hurt you if you come little closer, and look at me. They're actually nice once you get to know them."
"Hey guys are we interrupting?" Dawn asked approaching them with some other kids.
"It's OK" Sarai answered.
"Since its kinda stuffy in here we were thinking of hanging outside......you two wanna come to?"
Just as they were about to leave when Sarai (who inherited Angels hearing) heard a crash in the hallway and someone scream. "You guys go outside, I want to get a drink first." Sarai said.
"I'll stay with you" Dawn offered, sensing something wasn't right with her friend. Ryan and the other kids took off. "What's wrong?" she then asked.
"Something's going on in the hallway, come on." When Sarai and Dawn got to where the screaming was they saw and boy and a girl trying to fend off a male and a female vamp.
"Hey why don't you two pick on someone your own size" Dawn requested getting the vampires attention.
Sarai attacked the female while Dawn took the male. Dawn hit her vamp over the head with a trash can while Sarai was giving her vamp a combo of right and left hooks and swift kicks without missing a stride or breaking a sweat. Taking any way any doubt Dawn may've had about Sarai really being Angel's daughter. Dawn then took out the wooden chopstick that was in the bun in her hair and used it as a stake, while Sarai took off one of her shoes and used the wood heel for her stake.
"That was fun" Sarai commented putting her shoe back on.
"I don't think you're father would agree" a female voice said coming from behind the girls.
"Eve? What the hell are you doing here?" Sarai asked.
"Angel called, asked me, well ordered me, to check up on you."
~Figures~ Sarai said to herself. "Well you've checked, now go."
"Can't I have to stay as long as you do. I was going to intervene in the fight but you two were handling it well. I must also add you're both very resourceful. Especially you Sarai, I'd tell Angel what a nice staking technique you used if he wouldn't, you know be pissed that you had to use it."
"Well he might experience it first hand when I get home."
"Alright I've kept you long enough, go back to your little boyfriend now." Eve said.
***************************9:28 pm, outside the door of the penthouse***********
~ Yes! I made it here with two minutes to spare~ Ryan thought as he walked Sarai to the door. "I had a really nice time tonight" he said.
"Me too."
"Maybe we could do something together another time."
"Yeah I'd like that."
Ryan moved closer to Sarai, just as he kissed her, the penthouse door opened and Ryan immediately backed off. "Hello-goodnight sir....I'll see ya around Rai." he said as he headed quickly into the elevator and Sarai was in shock from receiving her first kiss.
~Rai?~ Angel questioned in his head. "So how was it?" Angel asked, trying to stay calm.
"Why don't you just ask Eve?" Sarai said going straight to her room. Angel of course was right behind her.
~Uh Huh. I told her to make sure she wasn't seen.~ "So you saw Eve huh?"
"Well she was there so you could spy on me right?"
"Look Sarai I just-"
"I don't care what you 'just'. You shouldn't have done that. Get out" he repeated.
"Do think I am stupid? I know that little bastard kissed you."
"He ISN'T a bastard. So what? It's not like I didn't want him too. Besides I'll have you know that he spent half the night distanced from me because you and Gunn had him so terrified."
~It worked? Go figure the boy has some brains~ Angel thought. "That's not point. What do you mean you didn't want him too? It only the first time you went out with him!"
"And that was....never mind you wouldn't understand."
"Well then explain it to me" Angel said....."*Rai*" he added sarcastically.
"Why do you have a problem with Ryan calling me Rai?"
"Why does Ryan have a problem with the s and the a that go in front of it? Now, what don't I understand?"
"Well Angel is just short for Angelus right? So why do you have a problem with the u and the s at the end?" Sarai said back.
Angel was losing his patients at this point. "Look just explain to me what I don't understand."
"What's the point? You probably have my phone line tapped so you'll hear when I tell Harmony about it in like five minutes."
"So you can talk about ....whatever it is with Harmony but *I* can't understand?"
"Why did you have Fred explain my period to me instead of doing it yourself?"
"Because Fred's a gi-....oh, I get it" Angel said lowering his voice dramatically. "Sorry, I didn't realize it was one of *those* things. Alright then I'll give you some privacy to call Harmony."
"Thanks....when I am done you wanna what TV with me?" she asked.
"Sure."
A/N: So what'd you think? Next chapter Sarai meets a historical christmas figure, and we find out that Anya doesn't lie. Gee, what could it be? Review and find out. :)
The Big Night
A/N: Once again thanks for all the reviews!
The night Angel had been dreading since the night Sarai was born had finally arrived; the night she went out with a boy for the first time. He was in the living room with Gunn, Wesley, Spike and Lorne, while Harmony and Fred helped Sarai and Dawn get ready in Sarai's room. Eventually Harmony, Fred and Dawn came out of the room.
"Where's Sarai?" Angel asked immediately.
"She's finishing up getting ready." Dawn said wearing a short sleeve purple tank and a short black skirt. Angel headed into Sarai's room.
"Mind if I come in?" he asked, entering anyway before she answered.
"How do I look?" Sarai said standing up and turning to face Angel. She was wearing long sleeved a red velvet dress that went almost to her knees and her hair was curled. Angel was almost amazed at pretty she was, he only had one small problem.
"You look beautiful, but I am assuming that your even more beautiful face is under all that make up? I want some of it off." Angel said picking up a tissue and he tried to wipe some off himself but Sarai back away and rolled her eyes.
"Give me that, I'll do it myself. You know most people would think that it'd be cool to have a vampire as a father because *he'd* be cool and all that but, you've got to be one of the squarest vampire/people ever."
"You don't think I am cool?" Angel asked, slightly hurt.
"Well I mean yeah you could kick anything's ass no matter what it is but like I said, you're still kind of square. But don't worry that's what I love about you"
Angel wasn't hurt anymore. "Look I came in here because I wanted to talk with you before you go. Now I know you think this is only a school dance but sometimes boys well they have different...."
"Daddy if this is supposed to be some sorta 'boys only want sex' talk there's no need to have it. There will be no sex or anything, there's no need to worry. After all, I am a lot stronger then the average teenage boy, or any other regular person, remember?" Sarai reminded him.
"Yeah...right great." Angel responded, then he left.
"He's late" Angel commented to Wesley a few minutes later. "I said seven and its after seven"
"Angel its seven o'clock and 20 seconds." Wesley replied.
"Which means he should've been here 20 seconds ago. Late is late."
Just then there was a knock on the door. Sarai ran to get it before anyone else could.
"Hi Ryan" she greeted.
"Hello Sarai, these are for you." Ryan said handing her flowers, causing all the girl to make 'aw' faces and the guys to make 'throw up' faces.
"Ryan come in my father wants to....meet you" Sarai said hesitating at the end of the sentence after turning back around to everyone else(except for Lorne who thought it would be best if he hid in Angel's room and watched from there) and seeing that in the five seconds her back was turned Angel had managed to put all his best weapons out on the coffee table. "Daddy what are you doing?" she demanded.
Angel picked up a rag and a broadsword. "What I am just cleaning off my favorite broadsword here" he said polishing the tip of the sword, making a point to show Ryan how sharp it was.
Ryan swallowed hard "It's nice to meet you, Mr. Angel" he said extending his hand to him.
"Yeah...you too." Angel responded shaking Ryan's hand, and doing it really hard.
"Strong grip you have" Ryan comment to Angel, who was still squeezing his hand.
"Daddy I know what you're doing, stop it." Sarai ordered.
"What I am just saying hello. Now go put those flowers in water while I talk to your friend."
"Fine."
"So Ryan what's a 17 year old boy like you doing taking my 14 year old daughter to a dance?" Angel asked, holding a battle axe and wiping it with the rag now.
"DAD!" Sarai yelled from across the room.
"Well, sir Sarai's in my-my class an-and I- t-th-tink she's really cool and sm-smart" Ryan stuttered.
"I see."
"Sarai's told me a lot about you."
"Oh really? Did she happen to mention I have expert training in how to use all of these weapons?"
Angel asked.
"N-no...that's ah....cool"
"So are trying to say weapons and violence is cool?" Angel interrogated.
Sarai was too busy looking for a vase to be paying attention to what Angel was doing so Dawn stepped in. "Okay, Ryan let me introduce you to someone else" she said. "This is Sarai's best friend, Gunn"
"You're names Gunn?" Ryan asked him nervously.
"Yeah, I got the name cause of my massive collection" Gunn said in an intimidating way.
Ryan was official scared he wouldn't make it out of there alive. Thankfully Fred came to his rescue. "That's not true Ryan, Gunn and Angel are just trying to scare you. I am Fred, that's Wesley, that's Harmony and that's Spike."
"And it's time to go" Sarai said after finally finding a vase for the flowers. "Lets go, bye everyone."
"Who will you be there with?" Spike asked Dawn.
"I don't know I am just going to hang with a bunch of people."
"Boys?"
"Maybe"
"If you do I want you to be careful bit, you know you don't have the best track record."
"Hey those weren't my fault! But I will be I promise." Dawn said ~God I've missed this. I love being friends with Spike again. I mean he's shown more interest in my life and welfare then my father has in the few weeks I've lived with him and well honestly, my whole life.~ Dawn thought.
While Sarai was saying goodbye to everyone Angel pulled Ryan aside. "If *anything* happens to her..."
"It won't I swear" Ryan promised.
"You better be right. I want her back at nine-thirty no matter what.'
"Sure, of course."
"Alright lets head out" Sarai said. She gave Angel a kiss and hugged him goodbye, he did the same, longer. "Ah daddy.....you can let me go now."
"No"
"Daddy its just two hours and Dawn and room full of other people will be there. It'll be fine. Now I am going. I'll see you later."
The three teens headed out the door and Angel grabbed his coat. "You ready?" he asked.
"Yeah" said both Spike and Gunn.
"Ready for what? What's going on?" Harmony asked.
"We're going to the dance" Angel said simply.
"You can't do that!" Fred protested.
"Fred's right" Wesley said. "If we leave now, right after them we're likely to be caught before we even arrive at the school. We should wait a few more minutes."
"Good point" Angel agreed.
"Actually what I meant was that you guys can't go at all. Its not right. I won't let you do it."
The four men backed off, they were brave and all but even they knew that there were some people you just don't defy and Ms. Winifred Burkle was one of them. That didn't mean Angel couldn't use his back-up plan though. He went into his bed room and made a call.
*******************The school dance*****************
"Ryan what's wrong with you tonight?" Sarai asked since he has hardly looked straight at her and was standing at least a foot away from her, even when they were dancing.
"Ah, its just...it's nothing."
"It has to be something, you've been acting funny all night." Then Sarai finally realized what was going on "Have you been distant from me all night because of my father? Did he threaten you?"
"Threaten no? I am sure his swords and axes and your friends gun collection meant nothing." Ryan said.
~Friends gun collec- Gunn,....nice one~ Sarai thought. "Ryan I swear no one will hurt you if you come little closer, and look at me. They're actually nice once you get to know them."
"Hey guys are we interrupting?" Dawn asked approaching them with some other kids.
"It's OK" Sarai answered.
"Since its kinda stuffy in here we were thinking of hanging outside......you two wanna come to?"
Just as they were about to leave when Sarai (who inherited Angels hearing) heard a crash in the hallway and someone scream. "You guys go outside, I want to get a drink first." Sarai said.
"I'll stay with you" Dawn offered, sensing something wasn't right with her friend. Ryan and the other kids took off. "What's wrong?" she then asked.
"Something's going on in the hallway, come on." When Sarai and Dawn got to where the screaming was they saw and boy and a girl trying to fend off a male and a female vamp.
"Hey why don't you two pick on someone your own size" Dawn requested getting the vampires attention.
Sarai attacked the female while Dawn took the male. Dawn hit her vamp over the head with a trash can while Sarai was giving her vamp a combo of right and left hooks and swift kicks without missing a stride or breaking a sweat. Taking any way any doubt Dawn may've had about Sarai really being Angel's daughter. Dawn then took out the wooden chopstick that was in the bun in her hair and used it as a stake, while Sarai took off one of her shoes and used the wood heel for her stake.
"That was fun" Sarai commented putting her shoe back on.
"I don't think you're father would agree" a female voice said coming from behind the girls.
"Eve? What the hell are you doing here?" Sarai asked.
"Angel called, asked me, well ordered me, to check up on you."
~Figures~ Sarai said to herself. "Well you've checked, now go."
"Can't I have to stay as long as you do. I was going to intervene in the fight but you two were handling it well. I must also add you're both very resourceful. Especially you Sarai, I'd tell Angel what a nice staking technique you used if he wouldn't, you know be pissed that you had to use it."
"Well he might experience it first hand when I get home."
"Alright I've kept you long enough, go back to your little boyfriend now." Eve said.
***************************9:28 pm, outside the door of the penthouse***********
~ Yes! I made it here with two minutes to spare~ Ryan thought as he walked Sarai to the door. "I had a really nice time tonight" he said.
"Me too."
"Maybe we could do something together another time."
"Yeah I'd like that."
Ryan moved closer to Sarai, just as he kissed her, the penthouse door opened and Ryan immediately backed off. "Hello-goodnight sir....I'll see ya around Rai." he said as he headed quickly into the elevator and Sarai was in shock from receiving her first kiss.
~Rai?~ Angel questioned in his head. "So how was it?" Angel asked, trying to stay calm.
"Why don't you just ask Eve?" Sarai said going straight to her room. Angel of course was right behind her.
~Uh Huh. I told her to make sure she wasn't seen.~ "So you saw Eve huh?"
"Well she was there so you could spy on me right?"
"Look Sarai I just-"
"I don't care what you 'just'. You shouldn't have done that. Get out" he repeated.
"Do think I am stupid? I know that little bastard kissed you."
"He ISN'T a bastard. So what? It's not like I didn't want him too. Besides I'll have you know that he spent half the night distanced from me because you and Gunn had him so terrified."
~It worked? Go figure the boy has some brains~ Angel thought. "That's not point. What do you mean you didn't want him too? It only the first time you went out with him!"
"And that was....never mind you wouldn't understand."
"Well then explain it to me" Angel said....."*Rai*" he added sarcastically.
"Why do you have a problem with Ryan calling me Rai?"
"Why does Ryan have a problem with the s and the a that go in front of it? Now, what don't I understand?"
"Well Angel is just short for Angelus right? So why do you have a problem with the u and the s at the end?" Sarai said back.
Angel was losing his patients at this point. "Look just explain to me what I don't understand."
"What's the point? You probably have my phone line tapped so you'll hear when I tell Harmony about it in like five minutes."
"So you can talk about ....whatever it is with Harmony but *I* can't understand?"
"Why did you have Fred explain my period to me instead of doing it yourself?"
"Because Fred's a gi-....oh, I get it" Angel said lowering his voice dramatically. "Sorry, I didn't realize it was one of *those* things. Alright then I'll give you some privacy to call Harmony."
"Thanks....when I am done you wanna what TV with me?" she asked.
"Sure."
A/N: So what'd you think? Next chapter Sarai meets a historical christmas figure, and we find out that Anya doesn't lie. Gee, what could it be? Review and find out. :)