The Summers House

7:30 PM

Rose sat on the couch looked at her tiny heart locket that lay in her lap. She refused to look up at anyone. Especially since now Dawn and some other weird people were there.

"Look," Buffy said after a while, "You have to tell us everything you know about everything."

"I rather not," Rose mumbled still not looking up. She wasn't about to tell the slayer or her weirdo friends anything. If they knew where to find Drusilla they'd kill her. Instead Buffy asked

"What do you know about me and Angel. That can't do you any harm."

"I don't know anything," Rose said.

"The hell you don't!" Buffy snapped.

"You know a whole lot more than you should. Dawn told me you had a locket with a picture of Drusilla and Spike."

"So what if I do?" Rose whispered growing upset, still not looking up.

"It's no one's business."

"Drusilla's a vampire," Buffy said seriously.

"No really?" Rose snapped sarcastically. Tears rolling off her face she looked up at Buffy.

"I never asked to be born a vampires daughter! I never asked Angel to give me away! I never asked to spend my life jumping from home to home with all these weird people! I never asked to be transfered here to Sunnydale where I'd meet the Slayers sister!" Rose started crying quietly as everyone sat motionless. She looked up at Buffy again.

"I just want people to care for once. I want to see my mom and I want people to respect that. I want people to care that I'm not a vampire and that I can do great things."

"What kind of things?" Oz asked. Rose looked to Oz.

"He's nice Prissy," Drusilla's voice whispered in her ear.

"Just tell Buffy what you know love. Nothing will happen. Mummy promises."

"You and Angel really love each other," Rose whispered to Buffy.

"He's a vampire too, but I suspect you already knew that. He sired my mom and Spike, but I guess you knew that already too. I love my mom. I don't care if she's insane, she's the only one I've ever known. Spikey says he loves you too, even if your already Angels. I can hear my mom but I can also hear Spike and Angel when I want to." As Rose got about half way through she developed a painfully familiar accent. It was as if Drusilla was right there with all of them in Buffy's living room.

"I'm sorry I got snappy," Buffy whispered. Rose smiled gently and sniffled.

"Don't worry about it." The accent was gone now.

She handed Buffy her locket.