" Good, you and Spike should have stopped by to say hi while you were there." Buffy said forcing a smile.
" Yeah sorry about that." Angel said, not mentioning that he and Spike had gone to her apartment and saw her at the club years ago. "When that Andrew guy showed up in LA a while ago he said that you and the Scoobies kind of went your separate ways too."
" Not really, we still all keep in contact with each other. There's Slayer Schools set up in many places, Willow is the Headmistress of the one in Brazil. Xander took all of the slayers from Africa to England, where there is the biggest school there. It's a cross between a Slayer School and the new Watcher Academy where Giles is the Head off. Oh and Faith and her husband Robin are the Headmasters of a school in New York too." Buffy smiled remembering everyone.
" Whoa, Faith got married?" Angel was surprised.
Buffy laughed a little at his reaction, " Yeah, her husband Robin helped us out during the final battle in Sunnydale. They also have a little girl, she's about 3 years old now, and her name is Nikki."
" Wow, can't imagine Faith with a baby.... Or with a husband...." Angel shook his head thinking of the old Faith.
" Yeah that's what I thought when I heard about it." Dawn muttered from the back.
" There's a school in Rome too, I was the Head of it and Dawn was attending the one in England." Buffy nodded.
" Who's heading it now then?" Angel asked.
" Xander's taking my place till I get back."
" But Andrew pops in every now and then to 'help'." Dawn said quoting help with her fingers.
" Basically he criticizes everyone about how they teach about demons, and then annoys people with his Lord of the Rings references." Buffy sighed and shook her head.
" Please tell me he's not helping." Angel cringed.
" Yeah, he's surprisingly a big help. Being another Watcher and all." Dawn said giggled.
" How many Watchers and Slayers are there now?" Angel asked recounting the many slayers who showed years ago to gather the insane hand chopping slayer Dana.
" Well, in each school there's about 200 slayers give or take a few, and the Watchers Academy have about 300 Watchers in the school, about half of them are Watchers from before the Council blew up, who were all over the world with other Potential Slayers before they turned Slayers." Dawn explained.
" Wow good sized army there." Angel said a bit amazed, starting to wonder why he was even needed with so many there.
" I know, but we still have no idea what that weapon and the pure vampire in the prophecy can do." Buffy shrugged, they were silent for a while and Angel noticed Buffy was staring at him.
" What?" He asked uneasily.
" Nothing." Buffy said looking straight ahead.
" What?" Angel asked again.
" It's weird.... Seeing you outside in daylight, you even have a tan!" Buffy laughed, Angel started to blush a little and smiled.
" I bet Spike's really jealous of you now." Dawn giggled, but Angel's smirk faded quickly and he almost looked dark and brooding again.
" What?" Buffy asked.
" Nothing, are we there yet?" Angel changed the subject looking over at Buffy's map.
" Almost, just another hour." Buffy said after examining the map, and attempting to fold it back.
" So.... What can we do for an hour?" Angel sighed.
" License plate game?" Buffy suggested.
Meanwhile in the Green Bean, Lorne and Harmony sat at the bar of the happening Vegas club, both sipping on neon colored drinks, Harmony had a yellow tiny umbrella tucked behind one ear.
" Hey! I just had a great idea." Harmony slurred.
" What?" Lorne asked, eyeing her 3 empty glasses.
" Bloody Mary's.... With real blood!" Harmony lurched forward a bit laughing.
" Hey that's kinda a good idea...." Lorne thought about it, " Ah, but too many pigs to slaughter."
" Pigs?" Harmony raised a brow.
" Okay I think you're done babycakes." Lorne laughed took away her drink.
" This is fun! Thanks for hiring me again." Harmony giggled, " Three days on the job and I already love this place more then Wolfram and Hart!"
" What'd you do after Angel fired you anyway?" Lorne started sipping Harmony's drink.
" Oh well I just kinda wandered around, went back to my old habits.... But don't worry, I like only killed the guys I went out with. Oh and only if they like totally pissed me off. Oh but I did kill this one guy, but he like totally deserved it, I mean honestly who uses Axe anymore?" Harmony shook her head, " Anyway I went back to a human free diet, and I kinda like this whole demon, human, friendly thing going on too. So what'd you do?"
" Start the club pretty much." Lorne shrugged, " Try to avoid getting beat up by demons who aren't let in through the screenings."
" Screenings?"
" Remember when I asked you to sing for me before I hired you? Well I make everyone who wants to go into the club sing a couple of verses and I see their futures if their bad or good. It's like being on an instant list."
" Cool!" Harmony giggled and looked at her watch, " Oh, you're like on in 10 minutes."
" Better get going, can't let my adoring fans wait for me." Lorne said getting up, " Put it on the tab Bongo." He said to the bartender, a tall demon with ram horns and Matrix sunglasses.
" Sure thing boss." He nodded and Lorne walked off to the back stage. Harmony still sat at the counter chewing her straw from her drink; suddenly she got a weird vibe and sniffed the air. " Ew, there's only one person I know who wears that icky cologne." And she suddenly jumped up and looked around, catching the door. " Boss!" She shouted, loud enough for Angel to hear and looked over at her. " Well ex-boss."
" Harmony? What the hell are you doing in here?" Angel said walking over to her, Dawn and Buffy followed.
" I work here, I'm Lorne's assistant. Do you have an appointment?" She asked.
" No Harmony." Angel shook his head annoyed, " Lorne does remember your a traitor right?"
" Yeah, he said that everyone has things they regret." She giggled with a smile.
" Your drunk aren't you?" Buffy sighed.
" Buffy! Hey!" Harmony said and walked over to her giving her a sloppy hug. " What's up girl?"
" We're looking for Lorne." Angel tapped her on the shoulder.
" Huh? Oh he's on stage now." Almost on que Lorne stepped out on the stage smiles and laughs, taking the mike from a girl off the side.
" Welcome to the Green Bean. I see a great crowd out there, yeah give it up!" He said and the room broke out in applause and claps. " Well I got few great songs out there for you tonight!" Lorne smiled and began:
" L is for the way you look at me O is for the only one I see V is very, very extraordinary E is even more than anyone that you adore can Love is all that I can give to you Love is more than just a game for two Two in love can make it Take my heart and please don't break it Love was made for me and you"
Trumpets and other instruments started to ring over the stereos and he smiled, " Come on you guys know this! Don't make me sing this by myself here!" He pointed the mike towards the audience once trumpets started to fade out.
" Hey I love this song!" Buffy smiled, and Lorne dipped the mike towards the audience for the verse and Buffy sang along with everyone else. Suddenly Lorne froze, and clutched his head, after a few minutes of chatter among the audience he raised the mike to his red lips.
" Uh, sorry about the folks. I seem to have had one to many of those neon colored drinks. You know, the bright colors attract." The room laughed, "Better lay down for a while before I start singing Barney and Friends." Lorne walked off the stage followed by claps and gave the que to turn on some music over the stereos and went backstage, Harmony went to follow.
" What happened?" Dawn asked.
" Lorne had a vision, and by the looks of it. A bad one." Angel said and started to walk towards the back stage as well.
((OOC: Mwahaha, que the suspense baby. I love drunken Harmony. Also Angel has his old 1968 Plymouth GTX convertible back, I love that car....))