Title: Power Play
Author: Edel
Email: no1buffyangelfanhotmail.com
Summary: see other chapters...
Distribution: my group: Girl In Question, Power Play
Chapter 3
"Angel?" they said simultaneously. They both looked at each other, confused, then at Angel. He stood there, unable to speak for a moment.
"Nina... how do you know Buffy?" Angel asked, bewildered.
"Buffy?" Nina asked. "I don't know Buffy. Angel, this is Anne." She gestured to Buffy. Angel looked at Buffy.
"Care to explain?" he asked. She sighed.
"When I ran away to LA, after, well, you know, I changed my name to Anne in case anybody tried to track me down," she explained, unable to look at Angel.
"Oh... right," Angel said, trying to take this in.
"I met Nina when I started working in a diner with her, and... well, we became good friends. She was my only friend at that place," Buffy continued.
"Wait, you changed your name?" Nina said, sounding lost.
Angel took over the conversation. "Nina, I want you to meet Buffy, the vampire Slayer."
"Where?" Nina asked, looking around her. Buffy waved her hand.
"Um... here!" Nina's smile faded, and her mouth dropped slightly.
"Anyways, Angel, where's werewolf girl?" Buffy asked, her voice cold.
"What?" he asked, surprised.
"Well, Harm told me that you were upstairs having sex with... you," she pointed to Nina. "It was you. You're werewolf girl." It all made sense now, why Nina sneaked out of Angel's office, and why both of them were looking guilty. "I don't believe this!" she exclaimed.
"Well, how was I supposed to know the psycho boyfriend you ran away from was Angel?!" Nina said, trying to defend herself. Angel looked at Buffy.
"Oh no mister, you're not gonna try to lay the blame on me," she snapped, and turned to Nina, "that was Angelus I was talking about. And don't tell me that Angel never told you about Angelus." Nina looked away. Hey! Angelus said in Angel's head. I am not a psycho!
"Oh, shut up," Angel said to him aloud. Both women looked at him. "I wasn't talking to you." He turned to Buffy. "Can we talk in my office?" he asked, reaching for her arm. She slapped his hand away, hissing,
"Don't touch me." He sighed, and followed her into his office, and shut the door behind them.
"Sit down," he told her.
"I'd prefer not to," she shot back. He sighed again.
"You're not making this any easier, you know."
"Aw, you poor thing," Buffy said sarcastically. She then sat on the sofa.
"I didn't know she was your friend-"he started.
"Ex-friend now." He rolled his eyes.
"Will you let me finish?!" She examined her nails, pretending not to hear him. He continued.
"I didn't even mean to sleep with her."
"Ha! As if!" she said, then rose to her feet, and slowly approached him. "Are you telling me that you're clothes just happened to fall off and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time?" She stood in front of him, and gazed up with a sweet smile, and his heart leapt. The smile was quickly replaced by a scowl. "I'm not a fool, Angel." And she turned to leave.
"Wait!" he said anxiously, grabbing her arm. "Please, hear me out." She sighed.
"Fine." She returned to her previous spot on the sofa. He ran a hand through his hair.
"I was drunk," he began. "I... I saw you dancing with The Immortal, plus Andrew told me you were with him. I was miserable last night. I wanted to call you so badly. But then I got drunk and then everything was a blur but I know Nina came up to my apartment, and I got into bed because I wasn't feeling good, and next thing I know, it's morning, and we had slept together. Please believe me." She sighed. She couldn't resist those sad puppy eyes.
"Okay..." she said slowly. He smiled. He then went to call Nina into his office. She walked in quietly.
"Listen, Nina, about last night," he began, "it was a mistake." Seeing the hurt look on her face, he hurriedly added, "it's not you, it's me. I was drunk last night. I shouldn't have let things go as far as they did. And I'm sorry for that. But all I wanted us to be was friends." Nina smiled weakly, and took a deep breath.
"Friends. Okay, I can live with that." She turned to Buffy. "Buffy, I'm so sorry. Believe me, if I knew who he was, then I wouldn't have gone near him."
"Yes you would," Buffy said quietly. Nina sighed.
"I'm sorry, okay? Can you forgive me?" Buffy shrugged.
"I don't think so". Nina saw that she wouldn't get any further with her for a while, and turned to leave. Then she stopped and turned around, her eyes wide.
"Omigod! Was Angel the father?"
TBC... Unfortunately, I won't be able to update this fic until at least this weekend, because the state exams start tomorrow. So, sorry to leave you hanging like this!
Chapter 3
"Angel?" they said simultaneously. They both looked at each other, confused, then at Angel. He stood there, unable to speak for a moment.
"Nina... how do you know Buffy?" Angel asked, bewildered.
"Buffy?" Nina asked. "I don't know Buffy. Angel, this is Anne." She gestured to Buffy. Angel looked at Buffy.
"Care to explain?" he asked. She sighed.
"When I ran away to LA, after, well, you know, I changed my name to Anne in case anybody tried to track me down," she explained, unable to look at Angel.
"Oh... right," Angel said, trying to take this in.
"I met Nina when I started working in a diner with her, and... well, we became good friends. She was my only friend at that place," Buffy continued.
"Wait, you changed your name?" Nina said, sounding lost.
Angel took over the conversation. "Nina, I want you to meet Buffy, the vampire Slayer."
"Where?" Nina asked, looking around her. Buffy waved her hand.
"Um... here!" Nina's smile faded, and her mouth dropped slightly.
"Anyways, Angel, where's werewolf girl?" Buffy asked, her voice cold.
"What?" he asked, surprised.
"Well, Harm told me that you were upstairs having sex with... you," she pointed to Nina. "It was you. You're werewolf girl." It all made sense now, why Nina sneaked out of Angel's office, and why both of them were looking guilty. "I don't believe this!" she exclaimed.
"Well, how was I supposed to know the psycho boyfriend you ran away from was Angel?!" Nina said, trying to defend herself. Angel looked at Buffy.
"Oh no mister, you're not gonna try to lay the blame on me," she snapped, and turned to Nina, "that was Angelus I was talking about. And don't tell me that Angel never told you about Angelus." Nina looked away. Hey! Angelus said in Angel's head. I am not a psycho!
"Oh, shut up," Angel said to him aloud. Both women looked at him. "I wasn't talking to you." He turned to Buffy. "Can we talk in my office?" he asked, reaching for her arm. She slapped his hand away, hissing,
"Don't touch me." He sighed, and followed her into his office, and shut the door behind them.
"Sit down," he told her.
"I'd prefer not to," she shot back. He sighed again.
"You're not making this any easier, you know."
"Aw, you poor thing," Buffy said sarcastically. She then sat on the sofa.
"I didn't know she was your friend-"he started.
"Ex-friend now." He rolled his eyes.
"Will you let me finish?!" She examined her nails, pretending not to hear him. He continued.
"I didn't even mean to sleep with her."
"Ha! As if!" she said, then rose to her feet, and slowly approached him. "Are you telling me that you're clothes just happened to fall off and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time?" She stood in front of him, and gazed up with a sweet smile, and his heart leapt. The smile was quickly replaced by a scowl. "I'm not a fool, Angel." And she turned to leave.
"Wait!" he said anxiously, grabbing her arm. "Please, hear me out." She sighed.
"Fine." She returned to her previous spot on the sofa. He ran a hand through his hair.
"I was drunk," he began. "I... I saw you dancing with The Immortal, plus Andrew told me you were with him. I was miserable last night. I wanted to call you so badly. But then I got drunk and then everything was a blur but I know Nina came up to my apartment, and I got into bed because I wasn't feeling good, and next thing I know, it's morning, and we had slept together. Please believe me." She sighed. She couldn't resist those sad puppy eyes.
"Okay..." she said slowly. He smiled. He then went to call Nina into his office. She walked in quietly.
"Listen, Nina, about last night," he began, "it was a mistake." Seeing the hurt look on her face, he hurriedly added, "it's not you, it's me. I was drunk last night. I shouldn't have let things go as far as they did. And I'm sorry for that. But all I wanted us to be was friends." Nina smiled weakly, and took a deep breath.
"Friends. Okay, I can live with that." She turned to Buffy. "Buffy, I'm so sorry. Believe me, if I knew who he was, then I wouldn't have gone near him."
"Yes you would," Buffy said quietly. Nina sighed.
"I'm sorry, okay? Can you forgive me?" Buffy shrugged.
"I don't think so". Nina saw that she wouldn't get any further with her for a while, and turned to leave. Then she stopped and turned around, her eyes wide.
"Omigod! Was Angel the father?"
TBC... Unfortunately, I won't be able to update this fic until at least this weekend, because the state exams start tomorrow. So, sorry to leave you hanging like this!