Chapter 13
*First day of school at Vaughan Academy
The guys decided to meet with each other together before seeing the girls. The girls did the same also. Both groups wanted to catch up on the latest gossip. or talk about things that they didn't want the other party to hear.
"Hey Hey Xander! How's it going man?" Gunn said to his buddie, while doing their lil' ritual gang handsake. "I'm aight. been a pretty decent summer I'll say. Got to spend it with Willow and got some more experience in construction you?" "Just been exploring more of my interests in weapons, you know the deal right?" "Yea, your definitely gonna ace that course in class you bastard." Xander said.
Just then, Doyle appeared, "Hey man. How's it going you two?"
Xander replied, "Pretty nifty you? How's your summer's been?" "Pretty brutal. Having a long distant relationship is hard. But it's worth it to see Cordy's face today. I missed her more than words could say you know?"
"Little Doyle's has puppy love." Gunn laughed while he did a little acting scene of a dog wagging his tail barking.
"Hey! Cut that out Gunn! Hey, where's Angel anyways?" "No idea where's Angie at do you Gunn?" Xander asked.
"Nope. haven't seen him. Well, lets join the girls while we're at it shall we?" "You bet." Xander approved noddingly.
The three of them went through the hallway in search for their female companions. They finally spotted them at the end of the hallway and greeted them. After several reunions and many hugs, hey were all wondering where Buffy and Angel could be. Finally, the guys spotted Angel strutting in his overly expensive outfit making sure that he got every girl's attention. The guys excused themselves from the girls and headed towards Angel where they saw him being groped by many females.
"Yo Angel man. How's it kicking?" Gunn replied. Angel always had a charm with the ladies. He always has been envious of his buddy.
"Hey you guys? How's your summer's been?" Angel said as he gave all his buddies their ritual group handshake.
Xander started, "Jees Angel. Do you always have to make us look so bad? We all can't afford your expensive taste and how do you strut like that?"
Angel laughing, "Haha. don't worry Xander. I'm not here to take your Willow away. By the way," Angel searching carefully, "Where's Buffy? Have you guys seen her?"
"Why?" Doyle said smiling, "Missed her have we? I bet you can't wait to see her huh? Maybe we have, maybe we haven't."
Angel seriously said, "Please. Don't fuck with me. Have you seen her? Wait, do I look okay?" Angel said straightening himself.
"Don't worry Angel. You look fine, by the way girls are checking you out, I guess that's a plus huh? So what did you do over the summer while missing Buffy hmm?"
Since they were at the corner of two intersecting hallways, they didn't see Buffy strolling along the other side. Buffy thought she heard Gunn's voice at the other side and stopped to see if her calculation was right.
"Who wants to know hmm?" Angel said with a cocky sly look on his face.
"Angel!" She thought. She was starting to freak out. She didn't know what to say when she finally got to see him today. She cut her thoughts as she was listening intently to what they were saying.
"Oh come on," Doyle started, "Don't give us that bullshit. Just tell us what you did? Go out with any chicks?"
"Yea. Tons, can't even count how many girls I went out. I barely had to do any work; they just came up to me and threw themselves at me."
"Ugh" Thought Buffy. Wait she thought. I mean it wasn't as if they were going out or anything so she knew it had to be reasonable that he did go out with many women. He was such a major hottie.
"Well. coulda seen that one coming. Did you sleep with any of them?" Xander asked curiously. He wanted to see if Angel really changed. If he honestly deserved a women like Buffy.
"Oh Yea!" Angel said with a sarcastic face, "Tons and tons. You know. Can't get enough of it."
Everyone caught Angel's sarcastic look but Buffy, who was mortified by what he just said. She knew it. she was stupid enough to let her feelings go as deep as they were beginning to. He would always been just the same, the same Angel who was the big time womanizer who couldn't get enough of it. She felt disgusted with herself. to think maybe he was different, that he was a nice guy. No, she didn't think she could handle seeing him now; she quickly walked back away from where the guys were standing and walked outside to clear her mind. She never did catch what Angel said next.
"What? You think I'm that low? Okay, maybe back then but I know better. I would even date those girls if it weren't for the unlimited free time I had. I only dated them to get my mind off Buffy which didn't work at all. It only made me think about her more and more. I have way to much respect for Buffy to do such a thing as sleep with another woman."
"WOW." Gunn said. He never in all his life heard Angel feel so passionate about something before. Especially when it came to sex.
"Yea. Lemme say, double WOW." Xander said shaking his head and continued, "You really love her don't you?"
Love her Angel thought? The thought scared him to death. "NO! Of course not. Me love her? No. I just. admire her, respect her, care for her. Love her? Come on, you guys know I'm not capable of that!"
Doyle said, "Whatever you say man. But you at least care about her enough to jeopardize your whole womanizing/player rep which you before Buffy cared about deeply and the fact that you don't even give two shits about it is really something coming from you Angel."
"Yea," Angel started, "Tell me about it. Just something about Buffy. Makes me wanna be a better person, treat women with respect they truly deserve ya know?" Angel starting to feel uncomfortable on how much more he kept on feeling for Buffy changed the subject.
"Well. let's say hi to the girls shall we?" And with that Angel strode quickly where the other girls were standing to ask if they've seen Buffy yet and to get away from more inquiries asked by his friends.
While all of them looked at each other, Gunn said, "I dunno about you guys, but I think he's definitely in love with Buffy but is just in denial cuz its new for him."
Xander cut in and replied, "Yea. He is really in love with her. I just hope he doesn't let his ego or pride get in the way of telling her, or he might lose her. Who knows." "Yea. lets hope not, because I don't know how Angel would be if he ever lost her." Doyle finally added in.
*First day of school at Vaughan Academy
The guys decided to meet with each other together before seeing the girls. The girls did the same also. Both groups wanted to catch up on the latest gossip. or talk about things that they didn't want the other party to hear.
"Hey Hey Xander! How's it going man?" Gunn said to his buddie, while doing their lil' ritual gang handsake. "I'm aight. been a pretty decent summer I'll say. Got to spend it with Willow and got some more experience in construction you?" "Just been exploring more of my interests in weapons, you know the deal right?" "Yea, your definitely gonna ace that course in class you bastard." Xander said.
Just then, Doyle appeared, "Hey man. How's it going you two?"
Xander replied, "Pretty nifty you? How's your summer's been?" "Pretty brutal. Having a long distant relationship is hard. But it's worth it to see Cordy's face today. I missed her more than words could say you know?"
"Little Doyle's has puppy love." Gunn laughed while he did a little acting scene of a dog wagging his tail barking.
"Hey! Cut that out Gunn! Hey, where's Angel anyways?" "No idea where's Angie at do you Gunn?" Xander asked.
"Nope. haven't seen him. Well, lets join the girls while we're at it shall we?" "You bet." Xander approved noddingly.
The three of them went through the hallway in search for their female companions. They finally spotted them at the end of the hallway and greeted them. After several reunions and many hugs, hey were all wondering where Buffy and Angel could be. Finally, the guys spotted Angel strutting in his overly expensive outfit making sure that he got every girl's attention. The guys excused themselves from the girls and headed towards Angel where they saw him being groped by many females.
"Yo Angel man. How's it kicking?" Gunn replied. Angel always had a charm with the ladies. He always has been envious of his buddy.
"Hey you guys? How's your summer's been?" Angel said as he gave all his buddies their ritual group handshake.
Xander started, "Jees Angel. Do you always have to make us look so bad? We all can't afford your expensive taste and how do you strut like that?"
Angel laughing, "Haha. don't worry Xander. I'm not here to take your Willow away. By the way," Angel searching carefully, "Where's Buffy? Have you guys seen her?"
"Why?" Doyle said smiling, "Missed her have we? I bet you can't wait to see her huh? Maybe we have, maybe we haven't."
Angel seriously said, "Please. Don't fuck with me. Have you seen her? Wait, do I look okay?" Angel said straightening himself.
"Don't worry Angel. You look fine, by the way girls are checking you out, I guess that's a plus huh? So what did you do over the summer while missing Buffy hmm?"
Since they were at the corner of two intersecting hallways, they didn't see Buffy strolling along the other side. Buffy thought she heard Gunn's voice at the other side and stopped to see if her calculation was right.
"Who wants to know hmm?" Angel said with a cocky sly look on his face.
"Angel!" She thought. She was starting to freak out. She didn't know what to say when she finally got to see him today. She cut her thoughts as she was listening intently to what they were saying.
"Oh come on," Doyle started, "Don't give us that bullshit. Just tell us what you did? Go out with any chicks?"
"Yea. Tons, can't even count how many girls I went out. I barely had to do any work; they just came up to me and threw themselves at me."
"Ugh" Thought Buffy. Wait she thought. I mean it wasn't as if they were going out or anything so she knew it had to be reasonable that he did go out with many women. He was such a major hottie.
"Well. coulda seen that one coming. Did you sleep with any of them?" Xander asked curiously. He wanted to see if Angel really changed. If he honestly deserved a women like Buffy.
"Oh Yea!" Angel said with a sarcastic face, "Tons and tons. You know. Can't get enough of it."
Everyone caught Angel's sarcastic look but Buffy, who was mortified by what he just said. She knew it. she was stupid enough to let her feelings go as deep as they were beginning to. He would always been just the same, the same Angel who was the big time womanizer who couldn't get enough of it. She felt disgusted with herself. to think maybe he was different, that he was a nice guy. No, she didn't think she could handle seeing him now; she quickly walked back away from where the guys were standing and walked outside to clear her mind. She never did catch what Angel said next.
"What? You think I'm that low? Okay, maybe back then but I know better. I would even date those girls if it weren't for the unlimited free time I had. I only dated them to get my mind off Buffy which didn't work at all. It only made me think about her more and more. I have way to much respect for Buffy to do such a thing as sleep with another woman."
"WOW." Gunn said. He never in all his life heard Angel feel so passionate about something before. Especially when it came to sex.
"Yea. Lemme say, double WOW." Xander said shaking his head and continued, "You really love her don't you?"
Love her Angel thought? The thought scared him to death. "NO! Of course not. Me love her? No. I just. admire her, respect her, care for her. Love her? Come on, you guys know I'm not capable of that!"
Doyle said, "Whatever you say man. But you at least care about her enough to jeopardize your whole womanizing/player rep which you before Buffy cared about deeply and the fact that you don't even give two shits about it is really something coming from you Angel."
"Yea," Angel started, "Tell me about it. Just something about Buffy. Makes me wanna be a better person, treat women with respect they truly deserve ya know?" Angel starting to feel uncomfortable on how much more he kept on feeling for Buffy changed the subject.
"Well. let's say hi to the girls shall we?" And with that Angel strode quickly where the other girls were standing to ask if they've seen Buffy yet and to get away from more inquiries asked by his friends.
While all of them looked at each other, Gunn said, "I dunno about you guys, but I think he's definitely in love with Buffy but is just in denial cuz its new for him."
Xander cut in and replied, "Yea. He is really in love with her. I just hope he doesn't let his ego or pride get in the way of telling her, or he might lose her. Who knows." "Yea. lets hope not, because I don't know how Angel would be if he ever lost her." Doyle finally added in.