Chapter 3

Tension.

A/N: To the people who reviewed; Thanks, you guys rock! Keep em' coming. And I know that last chapter was short, sorry. This one will be longer. Also, as far as the way I am writing Angels dad (who will be named in this chapter) goes, I am doing the best I can trying to make him sound from the 1700's. I know I am sorta messing it up, but just bare with me, please. Hi-ho, its off to the story we go(don't ask, I think I finally lost it):

"He's horrible!" Sarai exclaimed to Dawn, Gunn, Spike, Lorne and Harmony or her 'entourage' as she called them.

"So let me get this straight, you and father forehead wake up this morning and his old man is just suddenly in your living room?" Spike questioned.

"Yes. And again, he's horrible. All he did was insult my dad which would be ok if it was coming from me, or Spike" Spike smile at Sarai's comment "or any one of us" Spike's smile faded a little "we're allowed to make fun of him. His father isn't."

"Poor Angelcakes. His father sounds like my mother, which is not a good thing." Lorne said as they reached Angel's office where everyone else, including Angel and his dad were.

"You guys ready for this?" Sarai asked opening the office door. "Hello all." she greeted.

"Hey guys, I am sure Sarai's filled you in on the situation. This is my father, Shane." Angel said.

"What is that one? Some sort've devil?" Shane asked regarding Lorne.

"No father. That's Lorne, he's my friend." Angel replied a bit meekly as Sarai and the others found places to sit in the office.

"So...Mister um....Shane, we'll figure out how/why you're here soon enough. Don't worry." Fred told him.

"Oh why needn't I worry? I've only been brought to this strange time for a reason of which I do not know. However you do seem to be somewhat adequate. Figures my son would have some employee handle his important and difficult business. You never were one for a hard work were you Liam?" Shane replied.

"Who's Liam?" Dawn asked, before Sarai got the chance too.

"That was my name, back when I was human."

"AH HA!" Sarai jumped up and yelled. "I always knew daddy wasn't your real name!" she yelled causing everyone in the room to look at her like she should be committed. Sarai ignored the looks she was getting, since she'd become used to them by now because her humor was highly under valued, and went on talking...well giggling actually. "And the similarities just keep on coming." she said through the giggles.

"What are you talking about, precious?" Angel asked.

"I am talking about your name." All she got as a response were blank stares. "Oh come on here peoples, I am I the only one who's picked up on this? Liam." she pointed at Angel, "William" she added pointing at Spike. "Come on, this HAD to have dawned on you two in the all the years you've known each other. I mean it only took me like five seconds." Neither vampire responded, they just look horrified.

"Maybe they subconsciously knew, but chose to block it out. Until now that is." Doyle suggested.

"And ya know father, you had people working for you too." Angel decided to ignore Sarai and Doyle's comments and defend himself.

"Ey but I worked to have those. What did you do?" Shane questioned.

"He ended world peace, that's what. No, wait that didn't come out right." Sarai answered, trying to stick up for Angel.

"Sarai, I don't need help, especially from you." Angel said very snippy, and feeling like a jerk as soon as he did.

"Fine." she responded walking out of the room, causing Angel to feel like even more of a jerk.

'Nice going. What was I thinking? Where did that come from? I had no reason to snap like that. I just didn't want her defending me but... She was trying and I just...well I acted like him. No, no. I can't do that again. I can't let him get to me. I can't treat her like he did me. I can't have the her resenting me and thinking of me like I think of father." Angel thought as he wondered where she was.

Sarai left the Wolfram and Hart building and started to walk around. She really wasn't set on a destination she just wanted to walk. Soon she found herself by the park where a lot of kids from her school hang out. There was a one-on-one basketball game going on in one of the courts, Sarai decided to watch that game since one of the players just happened to be Ryan, her boyfriend.

"Hey, how long you been here?" Ryan asked walking over to the bench Sarai was sitting on, after his game was over. Sarai just shrugged. "Something wrong?" he asked putting an arm around her.

"Its nothing....just...my dad. He kinda upset me but it wasn't his fault. His dads around...and is just stressing him out is all." she explained.

"Oh, I am sorry. Wait a minute, his father? I thought you said you didn't have any grandparents or blood family, except for your dad."

'Oh, shit.' Sarai awkwardly laughed for a second. 'Ah well, I might as well come clean.' "Ok Ry, I haven't been totally honest with you. See there's something about my father he's...well...he's..."

"He's in the mafia isn't he? No wait he's not in the mafia, he is the mafia. Oh no your fathers head of the family isn't he?" Ryan cut her off, jumped up from where he was sitting and accused in a very Sarai like way, clearly she was rubbing off on him. "That would explain all the weapons and the threats.And his friends, the English ones and the one that likes guns, there his like hit men. And you had to tell me you didn't have any family because they're in the witness protection program...or jail. "

The slight frown Sarai had was now a big grin as she laughed at her boyfriends outburst. "Someone's been spending to much time with their 'Sopranos' DVDs haven't they? My dad isn't in the mafia. And for the last time Gunn is his actual last name, not a nickname cause he likes them. He made that up."

"So your dad isn't in the mafia." he repeated through a sigh of relief.

"No."

"And he doesn't have mob connections?"

"Nope." Sarai said out loud. 'Not since the late fifties/ early sixties anyway.' she added in her head.

"Good so then what do you have to tell me about him?"

"He's a vampire. And no, I am not joking." Sarai confessed.

Ryan passed out.

It wasn't until that evening when Sarai returned home. Not because she didn't want to go home but because she had to wait for Ryan to wake up and then explain the whole vampire thing to him.

"Hi," she said to Angel as she walked through the door.

Hey. Where were you?" Angel asked.

"Oh, I was hanging out with Ryan."

'Great so I insult her and cause her to go to the opposite sex. Gee I wonder why that sounds familiar?' he said to himself. "I've been waiting for you. Look I am really sorry about before. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I just...I didn't want you to have to defend me and I went about telling you the wrong way."

"I know. Its cool." Sarai responded.

"Really?"

"Yeah, really. So where is your dad?"

"Oh, he needed some clothes, obviously so Doyle took him to go shopping. I would've gone but I wanted to wait here for you."

"So you had DOYLE go with him? I mean yeah ok the can talk about Irish stuff but have you seen what he wears?"

"Cordy went with him." Angel replied.

"Oh, good. Much, much better." Sarai walked away and into her room and closed the door behind her.

"Bad day?" the women sitting on her bed asked.

"Not that I am not happy you're here, but you could give me like a warning when you pop up." A rather startled Sarai said to her mother, who ever since she appeared to Sarai a few weeks ago to help her get into Quor-Toth to save Angel, has been showing up more often.

"Sorry, next time. Now why does my darling girl look so upset?"

"Oh, its nothing really." Sarai replied.

"Really? So it doesn't have anything to do with Angel being on edge because of his father?"

"You know about that?"

Darla nodded and held her arms out. "Come here." Sarai went and sat on her lap. "Be patient my dear, he won't be around forever and then Angel will go back to being his regular edgey self, not the deluxe version."

Sarai laughed a little. "You're probably right. I tried to put that mean old dude in his place for making daddy feel bad but there's nothing I can do."

Darla looked shocked. "There's nothing you could do? Since when does my girl give up? Yet alone believe she can't put someone in their place?" she questioned.

"Huh, you're right. I am Sarai, this sorta thing is what I do."

"Exactly. So are you still going to be staying out of the situation or are you going to be introducing Shane to your rath?"

Sarai got a some-what evil smirk on her face, "what do you think?" she challenge.

Darla smiled proudly. "That's my girl."

"Oh, guess what I told Ryan about all the vampire stuff and after he woke up...and stopped breathing heavy he was cool with it. He didn't even want to break up. Although I think he's even more afraid of dad. But he still like me! Isn't that cool!"

"Well of course he still likes you. Who wouldn't? So do you want help with your first plan of attack?"

Sarai gave Darla an 'I-can-do-it-myself-I am-not-a-baby', a look Angel was used to getting from her. "Mom please, this is me. No offence but I can do it myself." she said before yawning.

"Right of course. Well you seem tired so I want you to rest before you get to work."

"Yes, mom." Sarai huffed.

"I'll check in with you soon dear." Darla told her before disappearing.

"Bye." Sarai replied as she sprawled out on her bed.

"Who are you talking too?" Angel asked Sarai entering her room.

"Oh, I was on the phone with a friend." Sarai answered.

"Ok, are going to be resting?"

"Yeah, for a little while."

"Ok well Doyle, Cordy and father should be back around seven thirty and everyone else will be coming here too for dinner."

"Really..." Sarai said suspiciously.

Angel looked scared. "Oh, no. Sarai you're not planning something are you?"

"Who me?" she said in mock innocence.

"Look I am not stupid, I know you're going to do...what ever it is your thinking of doing but I will say this; DO NOT have it involve farm animals and/or feces." Angel demanded.

"Hey, don't worry. That was only for my Wesley-April-Fools-Day extravaganza."

"Yes, I remember and I am sure he does too."

Sarai just laughed.

'Well this should be interesting.' Angel thought. 'Is it wrong of me to be looking foward to what she had planned for father? Oh well, I've done worse.'

TBC

A/N: Ok, that's the end of chapter three. Up next Sarai officially declares war on her grandfather.