A/N: Thanks for reviewing guys, it meant a lot to me :D… I'm really hoping to get some relationships up and ready very soon… so look out for any new developments.

Chapter 8

While Anya and Spike were having out their little squabble in the library Angel and Buffy were having a very pleasant conversation in the quadrangle.

"So how long have you lived in Sunnydale?" asked Buffy captivated by everything about him.

"No, I lived in England for a while when I was younger." Said Angel with a slightly pained look coming across his face.

"Why did your family decide to move?" Asked Buffy curiously.

"They didn't, they're dead." He said bluntly but Buffy was almost certain that she saw a slight cringe.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I didn't kn...." Said Buffy recoiling suddenly.

"Don't worry about it, you weren't to know." He stopped and Buffy was almost certain he wasn't going to say anything else on the subject, but then he did.  "I was 9, my parents went for a late night stroll one night with my sister and didn't come back. Their bodies were… drained of all their blood." Angel looked as though he had just been told he had town minutes to live. "No-one ever found out what happened to them, so I was forced to come and live over here with my Aunt, but I moved out of her house at the beginning of this year." Angel and Buffy were struck by a really awkward silence.  Buffy sat there trying to think of something to say and in last minute desperation she managed to come up with…

"So, where did you get your nickname Angel?" Buffy said sounding a little stranger then she had intended.

One of the corners of Angel's lips turned upwards and it almost resembled a smile and suddenly part of Buffy's embarrassed burden was lifted. "My sister gave it to me" OH CRAP! Buffy had managed to in one conversation solely bring up all his dead relatives that's got to be a record or something. "She said I was always getting away with everything , so she called me Angelus which stands ofr one with the innocent face. Angelus sort of turned into Angel for short. My original name though is Liam."

"I like Liam, but I like Angel too." Said Buffy with a silky smile on her face and this time there was a real smile on his face, Buffy thought it was stunning, but was a little shocked to see it there. So she stood there desperately trying to think of something to say and she just said the first thing that came into her head.

"So, what's the deal with you and Cordy." As soon as the words left her mouth she wanted to eat them back up again  because within seconds his face became so solemn.

"Ah, that's a complicated matter." Buffy was certain his cheeks went a little red too.

"Oh, I'm sor…"

"Angel?! We need to talk." Cordelia was rushing at the from the other side of the quadrangle, with swollen red eyes and mascara running down her face. She came and stood in front of Buffy and Angel who were quite taken aback. "Is it true your breaking up with me?"

Angel just stared at her in shock before he attempted to say "Cordelia maybe we should discuss this somewhere…"

"Because I heard from Harmony, who heard from Larry, who heard from Jonathon, who heard from Tucker's brother (who ever that is), who heard fromBen, who heard from Glory, who heard from Anya, who heard from Spike, Who heard from you! I mean If you are how dare you…"

At this point Angel took Cordy and led her away but not before he turned his head and said "Sorry."

Buffy stood in the quadrangle on her own for a few minutes before Spike came along and he appeared to be in quite a hurry. She grabbed his arm a little harder then she had intended and he yelped out.

"Oh sorry! What's the hurry?" Asked Buffy

"Nothing." He started to walk again and Buffy heard him say under his breath "Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."

A/N: I hope you liked that chapter. Sorry if it was a bit boring I'm just trying to get some relationships going. Whether their friendships or relationships. PLEASE R&R!!! Give me some ideas, I have the basic idea going but I need some suggestions for smaller parts.