DISCLAIMER: I don't own the rights to Buffy: the Vampire Slayer, Angel: the Series, or the people and places therein. I also do not own the character of Lucy Hannover. I've borrowed them to write this fiction, which is just that and not a way to try to steal money from Joss and company.


Now--4:00 PM

Angel had left Willow a note and an envelope full of money with instructions to buy clothes for Spike. So the Wicca grabbed Dawn and took off for the mall. The two nearly died as they counted the money during the bus ride.

Angel had left them over four thousand dollars to spend on the younger vampire. Inside the envelope, was a second note, telling them to hang onto some of it, in case Spike needed a new duster.

Considering how much the two vampires had disliked each other, the girls were more than surprised at Angel's generosity.

Dawn had displayed a surprising knowledge about Spike as they shopped, knowing his sizes--down to the shoes and belt--and exactly which brand of jeans he liked best. They spent three hours picking out clothes for the him. Dawn insisted that at least some of them be his staple black shirt and black jeans. The rest, they agreed, would be a much wider variety--giving everyone else something to look at besides black. Dawn discovered the last of the winter clearance and with that find they were able to spend far less than half their money, leaving the rest to the duster fund.

Leaden with sacks, they re-boarded the bus, heading for a Holiday Inn Express that Willow had noticed on their way to the mall. She thought--and Dawn agreed--that someplace away from Angel's hotel would be best for reintegrating the vampire with the world of the living. The girls reserved a room for a week, then headed back to the Hyperion to wait for Lucy to come get them.

Then it would be time to bring Spike back to Buffy.


A/N: Just so you know, in my world, Angel is richer than God and just made the crew at Angel Investigations suffer through all those hard times to make them appreciate things more.