Hi again!
I was sooo happy about all the reviews I got that I decided to write
another chapter right away! I tried to take into account all that you guys
suggested to me, which includes: more interaction between Oz and Willow,
(though there is still more to come.) The fact that Xander and Willow DO
know about their secret spy life, the fact that Riley is a bit of a pratt,
and Buffy and Angel getting off to a rocky start.
To Rosie = please read my reply at the bottom, this chapter may not be to your liking, thanx for the constructive criticism : )
I hope that I did it okay, if anyone has anything else they would like me to add into my story, please do tell me! Thanx : )
I DISCLAIM EVERYTHING!
Chapter 2; A rocky start.
Buffy walked across campus with Willow, smiling as she listened to her friend ramble on about how cool this weekend was going to be. Buffy was pretty psyched about it too, and had been planning little else all week. Well, apart from that one little mission she had been on, but that was really nothing compared to some of the work she had done.
She cringed as she remembered climbing out of that office window, landing silently on the grass, whilst Riley crashed to the ground in a heap beside her, panting so loudly, Buffy had been sure that they would be caught. Fortunately they hadn't, and apparently, Buffy would be getting a new partner in future. A tall dark and handsome partner, she mused, before catching herself. She came back to reality to realise that Willow had been calling her name, with an amused look on her face.
"Oh, sorry Will, I was kinda thinking about something, what did you say?" Buffy asked, with an apologetic look on her face.
"Let me guess, that new student?" Willow guessed straight away. Buffy was surprised, and yet when she thought about it, she didn't know why, Willow was her best friend, and knew her better than anyone else. She also always knew when Buffy was lying, so Buffy decided to just fess up.
"Yeah, alright, y' caught me! You know, Giles says that I might be... working with him in future." She said, making sure that Willow knew what she had meant. Willow and Xander where her closest friends, and so, she had had to tell them the truth about her job, and they had been great about it. It was such a relief that she didn't have to keep things from them anymore.
Willow was surprised, "Really? Angelus is a..." she lowered her voice to a whisper, "an agent?" Buffy nodded, and before she knew it, she was thinking about what it would be like to work with him. She knew all about his past. Everyone at the agency did. She knew that he had been lied to. She knew that he had joined the Order of Aurelius, thinking that he was working for the good guys. Two years ago, he had discovered that he had in fact been working for the very enemy he thought he was fighting against. When he had realised this, he immediately contacted the CIA, and after a lot of tests, he proved himself loyal to them.
There were a lot of people who weren't sure about Angelus... hell, even Buffy didn't know if she could really trust him, but there was something about his eyes. They were so deep and dark that she could almost lose herself in them...
Once again she started when Willow called her name, "Buffy! Snap out of it!"
"Oh... sorry!" Buffy smiled sheepishly at her, and, not really wanting to talk about it anymore, changed the subject to one that she knew Willow wouldn't mind talking about.
"So, have you seen Oz lately?" she asked. Willows face immediately lit up like a Christmas tree as she thought of him.
"Well, the other day," She began, as if she had been wanting to tell Buffy this for ages, but had held it in on account of Buffy's weird daydreaming mode. "He asked if I'd come see him play at the bronze!"
Willow grinned, totally excited about it. Buffy smiled back at her, knowing that they both liked each other. Oz had never been one to talk about his feelings, but Buffy had known him for a long time, and had learnt to read his facial expressions pretty well. And she knew that whenever he saw Willow, he would get his half smile, and would only have eyes for her.
"That's great Will!" Buffy exclaimed, glad for her friends, and hoping that those two would get together soon. At that moment she caught sight of Angelus. He was sitting alone under the shade of a tree on the field to their right. She looked at Willow, knowing that she had seen where Buffy had been looking, and smiled at her.
"I'm thinking now would be a good time to introduce yourself" Willow smiled
"Well," Buffy returned, "It would be the polite thing to do!" and with that she waked determinedly over to where Angelus sat.
As she drew nearer, she noticed that he had his eyes closed. Buffy hesitated, unsure of whether she should approach him. She was startled when his voice suddenly asked, in a rather harsh tone.
"What do you want?"
Buffy hesitated still, he hadn't even opened his eyes. His abrupt manner had taken her by surprise, he had looked so peaceful... so... Angelic. She smiled as she thought that, unaware that Angelus had opened his eyes, and was now gazing at her steadily.
"What do you want?" he repeated, waiting for her to answer his question.
"Ummm... well, I..." Buffy was caught of guard as she saw that he was very impatient for her to finish whatever she was doing, so that he could be rid of her.
Then Buffy started to think more clearly, she grew angry at how rude he was being, 'who does he think he is?' she asked herself, before indignantly continuing;
"My name is Buffy Summers, I am 'the slayer', and I know that you are Angelus, and that you are 'the scourge'" She decided to be blunt, using both of their codenames so that he knew she was for real. She expected him to at least be surprised. Most people were when she told them who she was and what she did. She realised that she didn't really look like someone of that description and she remembered that Xander had actually fallen of his chair when he had found out.
Angelus merely looked up at her with those soulful brown eyes. "I've heard of you." He stated.
Buffy met his gaze, "I've heard of you too." She said. Angelus quickly looked away. Buffy hadn't expected to see the pain in his eyes when she had said that. But he looked back up, his face expressionless, making Buffy wonder whether she had just imagined it, when he replied,
"Most have." She knew that he was right, he was notorious in the spy world, as he was the first person to ever have left the Order, and still live.
She shrugged, unsure how to continue the conversation. Angelus finally seemed to be paying attention, "Looks like we're gonna be working together." He stated, his tone was neutral, and Buffy couldn't tell what he thought of the situation. Buffy frowned slightly, and replied in the same tone that he used,
"Look's like."
Angelus merely nodded. He wasn't sure what else he should say. He had known who she was before she had approached him. She may not know it, but her own reputation was just as far reaching as his own, if not more so. She had been the youngest secret agent in the United States ever, as she started when she was 12. She had exceeded in all areas, and for such a long time now he had wanted to meet her. As he looked up at her, he realised that not even her glowing recommendations from almost everyone he met could have prepared him for her beauty.
He gazed up at her, not moving a muscle, wishing that he could talk to her, yet knowing that he wasn't good enough for that. He was so ashamed of what he had done. 'I'm so stupid!' he thought to himself, as he had many times before. 'I believed everything they said to me!' He really had felt like the biggest mug. 'How could I have been so gullible?!'
He had briefly been stung by her words when she had told him that she had heard of him. He had known that she would have, but for that moment he had had to look away from those piercing green-blue eyes, Her beauty really was unimaginable to him, and he had felt so unworthy of her attention.
It had been 2 years since he had discovered the truth about the Order, but the guilt was still there, the wound still fresh.
He hadn't been allowed any contact with the order so far and hadn't been permitted to know the progress of the CIA in that matter. However, he had proved to be very useful, and had helped a lot by revealing vital information about the master and his followers. Now, as his reward, he had been assigned to be Buffy's partner. Finally he would be able to take his revenge on the Order.
But for now, he would settle for being able to think of something to say to Buffy, as she stood in front of him, hands folded across her chest, and a frown on her features.
Buffy looked down at him, he was still looking into her eyes, but he seemed distant, as if he were thinking of something else. Buffy noticed that his eyes had a haunted look about them, and Buffy wasn't sure what to do. Finally she snapped herself out of her trance like state, and proclaimed.
"Yeah, well, guess I'll see ya around." Before walking of, back into the school. She didn't look back, but she could feel his gaze on her back, watching her go. Buffy frowned further, slightly unsettled by how their meeting had gone.
Angelus sighed, 'Well, that didn't go so well!' he thought, before turning his head back, and shutting his eyes once again.
Buffy's frown faded as she spotted the gang sitting at their usual table. She sat down next to Xander, grinning at how Oz and Willow were sitting so close together.
"Hey guys!" she greeted them, Xander smiled at her through the mouthful of burger that he was in the middle of chewing, Oz gave her his trademark half smile and nodded his head, and Willow smiled brightly at her.
"So, how did it go?" Willow asked her. Buffy shrugged, not really sure herself.
Xander, who had finished his mouthful looked at the two of them curiously.
"How did what go? C'mon, guys, spill!" he insisted, looking back and forth between them, waiting for them to tell him what's going on.
Buffy rolled her eyes at him, and snagged one of his french fries, before explaining,
"New guy I might be working with." She told him briefly, "And I dunno how it went, Will, it was kinda weird."
"Well, You might see him at the bronze later, maybe you could talk to him then," Willow suggested
"Yeah I guess." Buffy said, thinking about what she would say if she did bump into him.
"So everyone's going?" Xander asked. Everyone nodded.
"Yup!" smiled Willow, "We're gonna watch Oz play! And Oz and Willow looked at each other smiling, whilst Buffy looked on, attempting to forget all about Angelus, and think solely about having fun tonight at the bronze.
It was easier thought than done.
Okay! That was my second chapter. If you thought that it wasn't as good as the first, or you have a suggestion as to how it can be improved, please tell me!
Thank you sooo much to everyone that reviewed! It really made my day, I've never gotten so many for my first chappie before! : ) : ) : )
The Red Cheese is Wax = hey, kul name! Thank you so much! I love the WO pairing as well, it's my second favourite next to BA! I tried to do a little more WO in this chapter, but there will probably be a lot more in chapters to come... hope you liked it! Thanx for reviewing! : )
Jaet = Hell yeah! BA rules! Totally agree with you on that, hoped you liked this chapter, not much spy stuff, but it's coming I promise! Thanx for the review! : )
Story Oracle = Thank you so much! And I definitely will now that I know people are taking an interest in this story! It will DEFINITELY be BA!!!! There is no way in hell I am writing BR story... it's just not my fave pairing! Thank you so much for reviewing, hope you like this chapter... much more BA to come! : )
, = great name! Lol, Thanx a lot... and thanks for reviewing, hope you liked this one! : )
Fallin-slayer 17 = hell yeah I will! Thanx a lot for reviewing, means a lot to me... hope you liked this one! : )
Urangel = Thank you sooo much for your review, it really helped a lot! I took your advice and let the gang know the truth, and I'm trying to do the whole BA tension thing... I have a feeling that you will love the next chapter... lots of BA planned... hope you liked this chapter, thanx! : )
Lizzie b = thank you so much, there will definitely be a lot more BA goodness in chapters to come, thanx for reviewing, hope you liked this chappie! : )
Monkichl = thank you very much, me too! Hope you liked this one, thanx for reviewing! : )
Relaxed-guru89 = gotcha, ill email ya latz! Thanx! : )
BAAnne9 = thank you so much, I really am glad that you liked it! I hope you liked this one as well! Thanx for reviewing! : )
Rosie = Wow, first off, it's great that you took the time to write so much, I really appreciate it. I really am glad for the constructive criticism, so don't worry about that. I want to apologise for how I am portraying Riley in my fanfiction. I am aware that in the show he is a really sweet guy, but I only just got your review after I finished writing this chapter. If you'd like me to, I could have Riley become a better person and proving himself. I was thinking of doing this through his meeting Sam maybe? And, maybe Riley was just having an off day.
About Buffy being a spy and the best in the agency, all will be explained in due time, as will the questions you asked about Buffy's parents and schedule. Do you watch Alias? Cos that might give you a few hints as to what I'm planning. As for Angelus, I didn't mean to portray him as a 'bad ass' what I meant to show was that he used to be on the enemies team, without realising it. He then came to the bad side, and there are a lot of people in the agency that don't trust him because of his past. I was trying to show that he has a dark past, one which I will show a lot more of as the story progresses. The Order being out to get him or not as the case could be is a major part of the plot line, so I don't want to give away too much, but I will tell you that there is an explanation. Angelus is still in school, because he is younger in this story than on the show, he is not stupid, this is something that he wants to do, get a normal education. He does in fact have a very high IQ in my story, but the main reason that he is on the good guy team in my story is that he has vital inside knowledge on the Order.
I do actually agree with you on the title of my story, I couldn't think of a better one, could you perhaps suggest another? The title and the summery are probably my biggest downfall, I'm sorry that it wasn't at a very high standard, and I will now be spending my time trying to think up better ones.
Thank you very much about the characters, I will try to concentrate more on Xanders and Willows characters from now on, and I will take a lot more time over my story in future, thank you for bringing this all to my attention.
I would just like to say sorry for disappointing you in my story, I promise that I will try my best in future to improve on the areas you have suggested, I am also sorry about this chapter, I realise that it is not much better than the first, but as I said, I only got your review after writing it, and I have decided to concentrate on my third chapter now. Thank you very much for reviewing. : )
Okay! Wow, I was blown away by your reviews, please keep em coming, the more you review, the more incentive a have to keep writing and updating regularly!
Thank you all so much. Hope you liked this one, please review, Cyaz!
Angie : )
To Rosie = please read my reply at the bottom, this chapter may not be to your liking, thanx for the constructive criticism : )
I hope that I did it okay, if anyone has anything else they would like me to add into my story, please do tell me! Thanx : )
I DISCLAIM EVERYTHING!
Chapter 2; A rocky start.
Buffy walked across campus with Willow, smiling as she listened to her friend ramble on about how cool this weekend was going to be. Buffy was pretty psyched about it too, and had been planning little else all week. Well, apart from that one little mission she had been on, but that was really nothing compared to some of the work she had done.
She cringed as she remembered climbing out of that office window, landing silently on the grass, whilst Riley crashed to the ground in a heap beside her, panting so loudly, Buffy had been sure that they would be caught. Fortunately they hadn't, and apparently, Buffy would be getting a new partner in future. A tall dark and handsome partner, she mused, before catching herself. She came back to reality to realise that Willow had been calling her name, with an amused look on her face.
"Oh, sorry Will, I was kinda thinking about something, what did you say?" Buffy asked, with an apologetic look on her face.
"Let me guess, that new student?" Willow guessed straight away. Buffy was surprised, and yet when she thought about it, she didn't know why, Willow was her best friend, and knew her better than anyone else. She also always knew when Buffy was lying, so Buffy decided to just fess up.
"Yeah, alright, y' caught me! You know, Giles says that I might be... working with him in future." She said, making sure that Willow knew what she had meant. Willow and Xander where her closest friends, and so, she had had to tell them the truth about her job, and they had been great about it. It was such a relief that she didn't have to keep things from them anymore.
Willow was surprised, "Really? Angelus is a..." she lowered her voice to a whisper, "an agent?" Buffy nodded, and before she knew it, she was thinking about what it would be like to work with him. She knew all about his past. Everyone at the agency did. She knew that he had been lied to. She knew that he had joined the Order of Aurelius, thinking that he was working for the good guys. Two years ago, he had discovered that he had in fact been working for the very enemy he thought he was fighting against. When he had realised this, he immediately contacted the CIA, and after a lot of tests, he proved himself loyal to them.
There were a lot of people who weren't sure about Angelus... hell, even Buffy didn't know if she could really trust him, but there was something about his eyes. They were so deep and dark that she could almost lose herself in them...
Once again she started when Willow called her name, "Buffy! Snap out of it!"
"Oh... sorry!" Buffy smiled sheepishly at her, and, not really wanting to talk about it anymore, changed the subject to one that she knew Willow wouldn't mind talking about.
"So, have you seen Oz lately?" she asked. Willows face immediately lit up like a Christmas tree as she thought of him.
"Well, the other day," She began, as if she had been wanting to tell Buffy this for ages, but had held it in on account of Buffy's weird daydreaming mode. "He asked if I'd come see him play at the bronze!"
Willow grinned, totally excited about it. Buffy smiled back at her, knowing that they both liked each other. Oz had never been one to talk about his feelings, but Buffy had known him for a long time, and had learnt to read his facial expressions pretty well. And she knew that whenever he saw Willow, he would get his half smile, and would only have eyes for her.
"That's great Will!" Buffy exclaimed, glad for her friends, and hoping that those two would get together soon. At that moment she caught sight of Angelus. He was sitting alone under the shade of a tree on the field to their right. She looked at Willow, knowing that she had seen where Buffy had been looking, and smiled at her.
"I'm thinking now would be a good time to introduce yourself" Willow smiled
"Well," Buffy returned, "It would be the polite thing to do!" and with that she waked determinedly over to where Angelus sat.
As she drew nearer, she noticed that he had his eyes closed. Buffy hesitated, unsure of whether she should approach him. She was startled when his voice suddenly asked, in a rather harsh tone.
"What do you want?"
Buffy hesitated still, he hadn't even opened his eyes. His abrupt manner had taken her by surprise, he had looked so peaceful... so... Angelic. She smiled as she thought that, unaware that Angelus had opened his eyes, and was now gazing at her steadily.
"What do you want?" he repeated, waiting for her to answer his question.
"Ummm... well, I..." Buffy was caught of guard as she saw that he was very impatient for her to finish whatever she was doing, so that he could be rid of her.
Then Buffy started to think more clearly, she grew angry at how rude he was being, 'who does he think he is?' she asked herself, before indignantly continuing;
"My name is Buffy Summers, I am 'the slayer', and I know that you are Angelus, and that you are 'the scourge'" She decided to be blunt, using both of their codenames so that he knew she was for real. She expected him to at least be surprised. Most people were when she told them who she was and what she did. She realised that she didn't really look like someone of that description and she remembered that Xander had actually fallen of his chair when he had found out.
Angelus merely looked up at her with those soulful brown eyes. "I've heard of you." He stated.
Buffy met his gaze, "I've heard of you too." She said. Angelus quickly looked away. Buffy hadn't expected to see the pain in his eyes when she had said that. But he looked back up, his face expressionless, making Buffy wonder whether she had just imagined it, when he replied,
"Most have." She knew that he was right, he was notorious in the spy world, as he was the first person to ever have left the Order, and still live.
She shrugged, unsure how to continue the conversation. Angelus finally seemed to be paying attention, "Looks like we're gonna be working together." He stated, his tone was neutral, and Buffy couldn't tell what he thought of the situation. Buffy frowned slightly, and replied in the same tone that he used,
"Look's like."
Angelus merely nodded. He wasn't sure what else he should say. He had known who she was before she had approached him. She may not know it, but her own reputation was just as far reaching as his own, if not more so. She had been the youngest secret agent in the United States ever, as she started when she was 12. She had exceeded in all areas, and for such a long time now he had wanted to meet her. As he looked up at her, he realised that not even her glowing recommendations from almost everyone he met could have prepared him for her beauty.
He gazed up at her, not moving a muscle, wishing that he could talk to her, yet knowing that he wasn't good enough for that. He was so ashamed of what he had done. 'I'm so stupid!' he thought to himself, as he had many times before. 'I believed everything they said to me!' He really had felt like the biggest mug. 'How could I have been so gullible?!'
He had briefly been stung by her words when she had told him that she had heard of him. He had known that she would have, but for that moment he had had to look away from those piercing green-blue eyes, Her beauty really was unimaginable to him, and he had felt so unworthy of her attention.
It had been 2 years since he had discovered the truth about the Order, but the guilt was still there, the wound still fresh.
He hadn't been allowed any contact with the order so far and hadn't been permitted to know the progress of the CIA in that matter. However, he had proved to be very useful, and had helped a lot by revealing vital information about the master and his followers. Now, as his reward, he had been assigned to be Buffy's partner. Finally he would be able to take his revenge on the Order.
But for now, he would settle for being able to think of something to say to Buffy, as she stood in front of him, hands folded across her chest, and a frown on her features.
Buffy looked down at him, he was still looking into her eyes, but he seemed distant, as if he were thinking of something else. Buffy noticed that his eyes had a haunted look about them, and Buffy wasn't sure what to do. Finally she snapped herself out of her trance like state, and proclaimed.
"Yeah, well, guess I'll see ya around." Before walking of, back into the school. She didn't look back, but she could feel his gaze on her back, watching her go. Buffy frowned further, slightly unsettled by how their meeting had gone.
Angelus sighed, 'Well, that didn't go so well!' he thought, before turning his head back, and shutting his eyes once again.
Buffy's frown faded as she spotted the gang sitting at their usual table. She sat down next to Xander, grinning at how Oz and Willow were sitting so close together.
"Hey guys!" she greeted them, Xander smiled at her through the mouthful of burger that he was in the middle of chewing, Oz gave her his trademark half smile and nodded his head, and Willow smiled brightly at her.
"So, how did it go?" Willow asked her. Buffy shrugged, not really sure herself.
Xander, who had finished his mouthful looked at the two of them curiously.
"How did what go? C'mon, guys, spill!" he insisted, looking back and forth between them, waiting for them to tell him what's going on.
Buffy rolled her eyes at him, and snagged one of his french fries, before explaining,
"New guy I might be working with." She told him briefly, "And I dunno how it went, Will, it was kinda weird."
"Well, You might see him at the bronze later, maybe you could talk to him then," Willow suggested
"Yeah I guess." Buffy said, thinking about what she would say if she did bump into him.
"So everyone's going?" Xander asked. Everyone nodded.
"Yup!" smiled Willow, "We're gonna watch Oz play! And Oz and Willow looked at each other smiling, whilst Buffy looked on, attempting to forget all about Angelus, and think solely about having fun tonight at the bronze.
It was easier thought than done.
Okay! That was my second chapter. If you thought that it wasn't as good as the first, or you have a suggestion as to how it can be improved, please tell me!
Thank you sooo much to everyone that reviewed! It really made my day, I've never gotten so many for my first chappie before! : ) : ) : )
The Red Cheese is Wax = hey, kul name! Thank you so much! I love the WO pairing as well, it's my second favourite next to BA! I tried to do a little more WO in this chapter, but there will probably be a lot more in chapters to come... hope you liked it! Thanx for reviewing! : )
Jaet = Hell yeah! BA rules! Totally agree with you on that, hoped you liked this chapter, not much spy stuff, but it's coming I promise! Thanx for the review! : )
Story Oracle = Thank you so much! And I definitely will now that I know people are taking an interest in this story! It will DEFINITELY be BA!!!! There is no way in hell I am writing BR story... it's just not my fave pairing! Thank you so much for reviewing, hope you like this chapter... much more BA to come! : )
, = great name! Lol, Thanx a lot... and thanks for reviewing, hope you liked this one! : )
Fallin-slayer 17 = hell yeah I will! Thanx a lot for reviewing, means a lot to me... hope you liked this one! : )
Urangel = Thank you sooo much for your review, it really helped a lot! I took your advice and let the gang know the truth, and I'm trying to do the whole BA tension thing... I have a feeling that you will love the next chapter... lots of BA planned... hope you liked this chapter, thanx! : )
Lizzie b = thank you so much, there will definitely be a lot more BA goodness in chapters to come, thanx for reviewing, hope you liked this chappie! : )
Monkichl = thank you very much, me too! Hope you liked this one, thanx for reviewing! : )
Relaxed-guru89 = gotcha, ill email ya latz! Thanx! : )
BAAnne9 = thank you so much, I really am glad that you liked it! I hope you liked this one as well! Thanx for reviewing! : )
Rosie = Wow, first off, it's great that you took the time to write so much, I really appreciate it. I really am glad for the constructive criticism, so don't worry about that. I want to apologise for how I am portraying Riley in my fanfiction. I am aware that in the show he is a really sweet guy, but I only just got your review after I finished writing this chapter. If you'd like me to, I could have Riley become a better person and proving himself. I was thinking of doing this through his meeting Sam maybe? And, maybe Riley was just having an off day.
About Buffy being a spy and the best in the agency, all will be explained in due time, as will the questions you asked about Buffy's parents and schedule. Do you watch Alias? Cos that might give you a few hints as to what I'm planning. As for Angelus, I didn't mean to portray him as a 'bad ass' what I meant to show was that he used to be on the enemies team, without realising it. He then came to the bad side, and there are a lot of people in the agency that don't trust him because of his past. I was trying to show that he has a dark past, one which I will show a lot more of as the story progresses. The Order being out to get him or not as the case could be is a major part of the plot line, so I don't want to give away too much, but I will tell you that there is an explanation. Angelus is still in school, because he is younger in this story than on the show, he is not stupid, this is something that he wants to do, get a normal education. He does in fact have a very high IQ in my story, but the main reason that he is on the good guy team in my story is that he has vital inside knowledge on the Order.
I do actually agree with you on the title of my story, I couldn't think of a better one, could you perhaps suggest another? The title and the summery are probably my biggest downfall, I'm sorry that it wasn't at a very high standard, and I will now be spending my time trying to think up better ones.
Thank you very much about the characters, I will try to concentrate more on Xanders and Willows characters from now on, and I will take a lot more time over my story in future, thank you for bringing this all to my attention.
I would just like to say sorry for disappointing you in my story, I promise that I will try my best in future to improve on the areas you have suggested, I am also sorry about this chapter, I realise that it is not much better than the first, but as I said, I only got your review after writing it, and I have decided to concentrate on my third chapter now. Thank you very much for reviewing. : )
Okay! Wow, I was blown away by your reviews, please keep em coming, the more you review, the more incentive a have to keep writing and updating regularly!
Thank you all so much. Hope you liked this one, please review, Cyaz!
Angie : )