Disclaimer: I am not Joss, if I were Angel and Buffy would be together and
the sucky season would never had happened.
Chapter 4
"What do you want, Riley?" Willow asked, with unmasked hostility.
"To talk to Buffy." He said, pushing his way into the room, trying to get a look at Buffy. But she was hiding behind Angel and was burrowing into him further, with every passing moment, until she was Angel's second skin. Spike stepped closer, until he was beside Angel, offering more protection to Buffy. Angel sent him a look that said they would talk later, but he nodded, acknowledging his childe's ability to protect his mate. "Aww, isn't that so cute?" Riley asked sarcastically.
"Captain Cornhead, why don't you go find a vampire whore to bite you?" Spike asked, when Riley moved closer, both vampires pushed him back.
"That was a mistake." He said, trying more to convince himself than anyone else.
"A mistake?" Buffy asked, "A mistake is running into someone by accident or hitting them with the door, when you are opening it. Paying some vampire whore to suck your blood is a suicide wish!" she said, although her voice was muffled by Angel's shirt, Buffy was shaking in barely suppressed rage, while Angel and Spike simply morphed into their vampiric faces and growled.
"I wanted to know what hold he had over you." Riley said, pointing to Angel although it was lost to Buffy who he still couldn't see. "After Dracula, you pulled further and further away from me.."
"I was never yours." She said, "I was Angel's, always." She said and Angel smiled happily around his fangs, causing Riley to step back. "He has my heart, that is the hold he has over me."
"I don't accept that." He said finally, "We were fine, until Dracula,"
"We were never fine, I was just fooling myself. If Angel had come back at any point, I would have dropped you like a fly." She said.
"Graham was right." Riley said turning to leave, "I am better than you, because you are a whore." Angel and Spike growled louder, while Tara, Willow, and Giles gasped, each taking a step back, so that they were out of the vampires way. Buffy wrapped her arms around his waist, restraining Angel, but not Spike, who stalked closer to Riley.
"What are you going to do, glare at me?" he asked, as the chipped vampire approached him.
"No," Spike said simply, before decking him, sending him sprawling into the wall. Everyone waited for Spike to clutch his head, but it never came.
"But the chip?" Riley asked in confusion, holding his nose, which he was pretty sure was broken.
"Is taking a vacation far away from my head." Spike muttered, as he picked up Riley. "Now, leave, don't ever come back. You are very lucky that it was me and not my bloody sire that got a hold of you, because you wouldn't be walking away right now." He dragged Riley over to the door and threw him out. Buffy started to clap, startling everyone, except Spike who started to bow. "I would like to thank Dru for making me and Angelus for teaching me everything I know."
"Thank you, childe." Angel said, as Buffy stepped out from behind him and kissed Spike on the cheek. An understanding passed between the two, Angel would tolerate Spike so long as he kept his distance from his mate.
"So," Giles said, as he cleared his throat, "you got the chip out?"
"Yes."
"And?"
"And what, Rupes?"
"What do you plan on doing?" Giles asked, irritated with the vampire.
"Help the slayer."
"Why?"
"Because." Spike said, not willing to answer that he loved her, but everyone simply nodded.
"If you betray her, you will not be able to hide anywhere in the world." Ripper told him and Spike really believed him. "Well that was enough excitement for me. If you could show me to the linens." Buffy nodded and Willow went and got them, they made him a bed and then went back into the kitchen where Spike and Angel were talking.
"I give you my word, sire." He said and Angel nodded.
"Are we interrupting?" Buffy asked, as she began to pick up, Angel quickly got up and finished the job.
"No," he said, "I was talking to my childe and he will be staying in the basement, if that is alright with you?" Buffy nodded, as she absently went through the fridge.
"We should probably go and get food and stuff." Buffy said, looking at the bare fridge, Willow and Tara looked a bit sheepish. "What?"
"Well, we were going to wait until later, but" Willow started, looking at Tara for support, "You are basically almost broke."
"Not true." Angel said and everyone but Spike looked at him, "I have money that she is entitled to."
"No, Angel, this is my problem and.."
"And nothing." Angel said, "You are my mate and I won't have you working as well as slaying and I have the money, trust me there is enough of it."
"Understatement of the bloody year." Spike said, then looked at Buffy, "Look pet, we are vampires we acquire lots of things and money is one of them. Peaches is a bloody millionaire or something to that extent, so am I, don't worry about the money."
"I can't believe I'm going to say this," Angel said, "But Spike is right." Buffy hugged both of them.
"Thank you." She said, "now if we can make it through the rest of the day, without surprise."
"I don't know," a familiar voice sounded from the doorway, "Do I count?" Angel growled in frustration and Buffy hid behind Angel, unwilling to face the new visitors.
"Hey, Cordelia," Willow said, "Have you met Tara, my girlfriend?"
Chapter 4
"What do you want, Riley?" Willow asked, with unmasked hostility.
"To talk to Buffy." He said, pushing his way into the room, trying to get a look at Buffy. But she was hiding behind Angel and was burrowing into him further, with every passing moment, until she was Angel's second skin. Spike stepped closer, until he was beside Angel, offering more protection to Buffy. Angel sent him a look that said they would talk later, but he nodded, acknowledging his childe's ability to protect his mate. "Aww, isn't that so cute?" Riley asked sarcastically.
"Captain Cornhead, why don't you go find a vampire whore to bite you?" Spike asked, when Riley moved closer, both vampires pushed him back.
"That was a mistake." He said, trying more to convince himself than anyone else.
"A mistake?" Buffy asked, "A mistake is running into someone by accident or hitting them with the door, when you are opening it. Paying some vampire whore to suck your blood is a suicide wish!" she said, although her voice was muffled by Angel's shirt, Buffy was shaking in barely suppressed rage, while Angel and Spike simply morphed into their vampiric faces and growled.
"I wanted to know what hold he had over you." Riley said, pointing to Angel although it was lost to Buffy who he still couldn't see. "After Dracula, you pulled further and further away from me.."
"I was never yours." She said, "I was Angel's, always." She said and Angel smiled happily around his fangs, causing Riley to step back. "He has my heart, that is the hold he has over me."
"I don't accept that." He said finally, "We were fine, until Dracula,"
"We were never fine, I was just fooling myself. If Angel had come back at any point, I would have dropped you like a fly." She said.
"Graham was right." Riley said turning to leave, "I am better than you, because you are a whore." Angel and Spike growled louder, while Tara, Willow, and Giles gasped, each taking a step back, so that they were out of the vampires way. Buffy wrapped her arms around his waist, restraining Angel, but not Spike, who stalked closer to Riley.
"What are you going to do, glare at me?" he asked, as the chipped vampire approached him.
"No," Spike said simply, before decking him, sending him sprawling into the wall. Everyone waited for Spike to clutch his head, but it never came.
"But the chip?" Riley asked in confusion, holding his nose, which he was pretty sure was broken.
"Is taking a vacation far away from my head." Spike muttered, as he picked up Riley. "Now, leave, don't ever come back. You are very lucky that it was me and not my bloody sire that got a hold of you, because you wouldn't be walking away right now." He dragged Riley over to the door and threw him out. Buffy started to clap, startling everyone, except Spike who started to bow. "I would like to thank Dru for making me and Angelus for teaching me everything I know."
"Thank you, childe." Angel said, as Buffy stepped out from behind him and kissed Spike on the cheek. An understanding passed between the two, Angel would tolerate Spike so long as he kept his distance from his mate.
"So," Giles said, as he cleared his throat, "you got the chip out?"
"Yes."
"And?"
"And what, Rupes?"
"What do you plan on doing?" Giles asked, irritated with the vampire.
"Help the slayer."
"Why?"
"Because." Spike said, not willing to answer that he loved her, but everyone simply nodded.
"If you betray her, you will not be able to hide anywhere in the world." Ripper told him and Spike really believed him. "Well that was enough excitement for me. If you could show me to the linens." Buffy nodded and Willow went and got them, they made him a bed and then went back into the kitchen where Spike and Angel were talking.
"I give you my word, sire." He said and Angel nodded.
"Are we interrupting?" Buffy asked, as she began to pick up, Angel quickly got up and finished the job.
"No," he said, "I was talking to my childe and he will be staying in the basement, if that is alright with you?" Buffy nodded, as she absently went through the fridge.
"We should probably go and get food and stuff." Buffy said, looking at the bare fridge, Willow and Tara looked a bit sheepish. "What?"
"Well, we were going to wait until later, but" Willow started, looking at Tara for support, "You are basically almost broke."
"Not true." Angel said and everyone but Spike looked at him, "I have money that she is entitled to."
"No, Angel, this is my problem and.."
"And nothing." Angel said, "You are my mate and I won't have you working as well as slaying and I have the money, trust me there is enough of it."
"Understatement of the bloody year." Spike said, then looked at Buffy, "Look pet, we are vampires we acquire lots of things and money is one of them. Peaches is a bloody millionaire or something to that extent, so am I, don't worry about the money."
"I can't believe I'm going to say this," Angel said, "But Spike is right." Buffy hugged both of them.
"Thank you." She said, "now if we can make it through the rest of the day, without surprise."
"I don't know," a familiar voice sounded from the doorway, "Do I count?" Angel growled in frustration and Buffy hid behind Angel, unwilling to face the new visitors.
"Hey, Cordelia," Willow said, "Have you met Tara, my girlfriend?"