Angel looked at Jessica as he sat beside her in his office. They
were sitting in complete silence for over an hour now. Jessica had
convinced Joe to let her come stay with Angel for a little while. Angel
couldn't bear the silence. "How's school?" Jessica looked at Angel, "When I
actually show up?" Angel smiled and nodded, in some way that reminded him
of Buffy. "It's alright I guess, I was on the cheerleading team but I
really didn't like it." Jessica smiled at him. "Sometimes I wish that...."
She stopped. 'You wish what?" Angel pressured. "That I didn't exist. I just
wish the pain would go away." Jessica tried to hold back the tears so Angel
wouldn't see her cry. "I've seen you cry before you don't have to hide."
Jessica stood up and crossed her arms she still felt cold in the sweatshirt
Angel had given her.
"My brother told you everything that's going on didn't he?" Angel looked at Jessica as she turned around. "Yes. You don't have to be afraid anymore, I promise that I'm not going to let anything happen to you." Jessica smiled. "You promise." Angel then got up and walked over to her and stuck out his pinky, which is what he used to do when he promised her things in the past. Jessica smiled and in twined her pinky with his. "You know if you stay here tonight you're going to school tomorrow." Jessica crossed her arms. "Fine, but I get to sleep in your room, you can have the couch." Angel smiled. "A little demanding are we?" Jessica shook her head. "No. I just want to make up from what you missed." Angel smiled and nodded in agreement.
Jessica slept in Angel's bed as she turned over, Angel watched her from the doorway, he remembered how eleven years ago he would watch her sleep and now it was different. He watched her, he knew she was dreaming from the way she turned her head. Angel closed the door and went to the couch.
Jessica stirred her eyes slowly opening, shinning, and full of confusion. She sits up, and then remembers where she is. She sighs, and rolls over, pulling a very puffy blanket over her head. Why did school start this early? Ok, better question, why did she care?
Yawning, she pushes herself up, and gets out of bed, glaring harshly at Angel's clock, which thankfully, didn't have an alarm. Jessica reached for her duffel bag pulling out some jeans and a red tank top, Pulling her jeans on, and her shirt over her head she walked out of his room and the little apartment he had in the firm and went into his office, and there she saw Angel behind his desk working. Jessica crept over there with a small make-up bag. Angel looked up. "Did you sleep well?" "Like a baby. Did you?" Angel smiled. "No. My neck hurts, someone kicked me out to the couch." Jessica smiled. "It's not like you've been there before." Angel looked up. "Now move so I can put my make-up on." Jessica stated. "There's a bathroom.'' "Your desk is bigger which I can lay more stuff on it." Angel rolled his eyes. "I am not moving so you can put stuff that you don't need." Jessica shrugged. "Fine." Jessica moved behind the desk and sat on Angel's lap and dumped all her stuff on the desk.
"What are you doing?" "What does it look like?" Jessica asked putting on foundation. Grabbing her brush, she pulls it through her hair carelessly, and then pulls it all back, except for a few short strands, into a high ponytail. Angel looked at her lower back, which was showing half her back, and there he saw a tattoo of a butterfly. 'What is this?" Angel asked touching it. Jessica shivered at his touch as she put on her eyeliner and mascara. "That's a secret, from Joe." Jessica then leaned against him. "I will see you after school." She kissed him on the cheek, and got up. Jessica slipped on her flip-flops and grabbed her purse, and was just out the door when she stopped and turned around and walked back to Angel's desk and stuck out her hand. "What?" Angel asked. "I need money." "They're going to charge you to go to school?" "No. I need it for lunch." Angel got up and took out some fives, tens, and twenties. Jessica took the twenty. "See ya." Jessica then hurried out of his office.
"My brother told you everything that's going on didn't he?" Angel looked at Jessica as she turned around. "Yes. You don't have to be afraid anymore, I promise that I'm not going to let anything happen to you." Jessica smiled. "You promise." Angel then got up and walked over to her and stuck out his pinky, which is what he used to do when he promised her things in the past. Jessica smiled and in twined her pinky with his. "You know if you stay here tonight you're going to school tomorrow." Jessica crossed her arms. "Fine, but I get to sleep in your room, you can have the couch." Angel smiled. "A little demanding are we?" Jessica shook her head. "No. I just want to make up from what you missed." Angel smiled and nodded in agreement.
Jessica slept in Angel's bed as she turned over, Angel watched her from the doorway, he remembered how eleven years ago he would watch her sleep and now it was different. He watched her, he knew she was dreaming from the way she turned her head. Angel closed the door and went to the couch.
Jessica stirred her eyes slowly opening, shinning, and full of confusion. She sits up, and then remembers where she is. She sighs, and rolls over, pulling a very puffy blanket over her head. Why did school start this early? Ok, better question, why did she care?
Yawning, she pushes herself up, and gets out of bed, glaring harshly at Angel's clock, which thankfully, didn't have an alarm. Jessica reached for her duffel bag pulling out some jeans and a red tank top, Pulling her jeans on, and her shirt over her head she walked out of his room and the little apartment he had in the firm and went into his office, and there she saw Angel behind his desk working. Jessica crept over there with a small make-up bag. Angel looked up. "Did you sleep well?" "Like a baby. Did you?" Angel smiled. "No. My neck hurts, someone kicked me out to the couch." Jessica smiled. "It's not like you've been there before." Angel looked up. "Now move so I can put my make-up on." Jessica stated. "There's a bathroom.'' "Your desk is bigger which I can lay more stuff on it." Angel rolled his eyes. "I am not moving so you can put stuff that you don't need." Jessica shrugged. "Fine." Jessica moved behind the desk and sat on Angel's lap and dumped all her stuff on the desk.
"What are you doing?" "What does it look like?" Jessica asked putting on foundation. Grabbing her brush, she pulls it through her hair carelessly, and then pulls it all back, except for a few short strands, into a high ponytail. Angel looked at her lower back, which was showing half her back, and there he saw a tattoo of a butterfly. 'What is this?" Angel asked touching it. Jessica shivered at his touch as she put on her eyeliner and mascara. "That's a secret, from Joe." Jessica then leaned against him. "I will see you after school." She kissed him on the cheek, and got up. Jessica slipped on her flip-flops and grabbed her purse, and was just out the door when she stopped and turned around and walked back to Angel's desk and stuck out her hand. "What?" Angel asked. "I need money." "They're going to charge you to go to school?" "No. I need it for lunch." Angel got up and took out some fives, tens, and twenties. Jessica took the twenty. "See ya." Jessica then hurried out of his office.