Spoilers~ None, AU
Rating~ PG-13
Thanks Yous-Will_ow: your reviews were most helpful AND very encouraging thank you very much; Jordan you crazy child! Who would have known...Ben *IS* Glory lol thanks for the compliment ya spaz! And thanks to everyone else to! Sorry about the non-Anonymous reviews at firt! I'm always too lazy to sign in too! Haha! Oh and m dear reviewer who said she was from London, if she reads this please email me or soething I would love some help!
PS-can anyone catch the Monty Python ref?
A/N~ I would like to make this clear. Angelus is *NOT* a jerk. He has slept with a lot of women but is not a jerk or womanizer. He has also never really had a steady girlfriend. Darla, however, is a slut. Tara is not in this story because I like O/W a lot. And Xander is not in love with Buffy, well maybe but only in a sisterly protect-from-other-guys type of way...
A/N 2~ I think it pretty much goes without saying that this is AU. Maybe I'll add some supernatural stuff later. Who knows? Your choice! Just review....
A/N 3~okay, okay I know I have let my stories fall into the abyss of never-to-be-finished but *HERE* an update for you so all I have to say is....NANANANABOOBOO
A/N 4~Yeah so I'm reeeal mature but anywho here's the deal...I admit France got more votes but as it is, I have a French exam on Monday and I don't want to even THINK of french for now on until forever so I went with second most....shrugs... "HEY WATCH IT!" ducks flying projectiles "It's MY story!" grenade comes flying over and lands next to computer "hehe..."
Pairings~ B/A, D/C, O/W, X/A, G/F, W/?, D/everyone she can get her hands on
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"...as I was saying before I was so *rudely* interrupted," he said, leaning on the horn causing glares from fellow drivers. "Welcome to jolly ol' England and all that rubbish" Giles swerves again this time narrowly avoiding a keep left sign. "Bloody vicious keep left signs!"
"Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the Declaration of Independence today?" Buffy asked raising an eyebrow. Giles shot a look at her. "What your just epitomizing the grumpy British man...You got enough tweed on to last centuries and that accent and..." she paused laughing as they stopped at a stoplight where Giles was furiously rubbing his glasses. "If you keep rubbing your *glasses* with your *handkerchief* there's not gonna be anything left to them" Angelus and Buffy stifled a laugh as he stuck them haphazardly onto his nose, not bothering to fix their crooked tilt.
'I will not give them the satisfaction!' he thought grumpily as they pulled away from the light.But as he looked back into the back of the car at the two youngsters bantering away, oblivious to the world around them. 'These two are going to be like children to me...I can tell already' He smiled as he watched them interact then he noticed the look in Angelus's eyes. The deep brown eyes held such pain and sorrow but when he laughed with Buffy, they were almost carefree and filled with....LOVE? 'Hmmm...this will be interesting...Ah here we are right on time to!'
"Alright Buffy and Angelus we are here. If you will, go on up to your rooms which have been prepared for you and Doyle and I will bring up your luggage."
"My own personal bell-boy...just what I always wanted!" Buffy quipped as Giles popped the trunk boot...whatever Giles rolled his eyes and Buffy laughed. Angelus' eyes twinkled and he added. "You wanted a bell-boy? That's too bad looks like you got an old maid!" The two teenagers cracked up as did Doyle, who was approaching the trio. Giles glared and Doyle sudenly had a coughing fit.
"Sorry 'bout that laddy i's jus' tha though of ya as an ol' maid is enough ta drive any-un to 'ysterics!" Giles gave up and continued to grind away at his glasses. Buffy and Angelus laughed at the bickering pair, glad that they would be spending the next semester with them. They finally looked up at the building they would be staying in.
"Oh my dear lord...." Buffy whispered.
"You took the words right out of my mouth!" Angel said quietly back. They both stared up at the formidable building that would be there new home.
"It looks like a CASTLE!" Buffy said a little louder, slowly slipping out of her reverie.
"Aye lassie, that'd be cos it twas. But now, its nothing more than a place for all these students to come gallivanting around in. What tis the world comin ta I ask ya!" Buffy laughed and Angelus became dark. 'What is going on here. He made her laugh and I'm going off and getting jealous! What *IS* this? No girl has ever made me feel this way' He was snapped out of his inner monologue by Buffy's laughter. 'If only I could make her laugh...'
Buffy had noticed his self-imposed silence and decided to act on it. Doyle had left minutes ago, leaving Buffy awash in a sea of silence. She walked up next to him and put an arm around his waist, resting her head on his broad shoulder. She felt him tense immediately and raise his head to look at her with questioning eyes. She just smiled in return and put her head back on his shoulder she felt him rest his head timidly on top of hers and sling an arm around her shoulders. To anyone observing the two, they would have thought them deeply in love, not just having met a few days earlier. They both stood still gazing upon the imposing brick building in front of them. Buffy abruptly lifter her head and took her arm away from Angelus's waist. 'I already wish it were still there. I miss the warmth' she smiled to herself and linked her arm through Angelus's.
"I think we should probably go in now, I'm sure everyone is dying to meet us!" she said dryly, pulling him, although reluctantly towards the entrance. Passing the sign reading Oak Estates
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They past a strangely empty common room and made their way up to the hall where their rooms should be. The tried the keys they had been given but they didn't work. Just then. Giles came running down the hall, seemingly out of breath.
"I'm so glad I found you! Along with the mixup made by the school, it seems that your lodgings have been...um....well mixed up as well. Originally you were supposed to get two regulation dormitories one for each of you. Just as all the others do, but because of the mixup, the Estate didn't think you were coming and so gave you rooms to two other guests." Noticing the look of panic on both their faces he reassured them, "Everything has been taken care of have no worries." They both looked significantly relieved.
"Umm..." started Angelus. "Well, what exactly are our arrangements now?" Giles rubbed his glasses again and then, catching the smirk on Buffy's face, put them back on and stuffed the handkerchief angrily into his breast pocket.
"Well, there was a teachers suite available that had two bedrooms so you will be in there. It has a kitchen, bathroom ,and it's own common room, which the other rooms don't have. In fact," Giles said turning to the source of a loud raucous laugh from the end of the hall. "I think the others have taken a likeing to you room..."
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And that's all folks! For now... It would be longer but hey it's a Friday night and I'm tired and this week was exam week so...shrugs...I'll write more soon....especially if I get lots of nice yummy reviews
--and I was thinking...should we include our dear Captain Peroxide in our fun?