Strange Emotions - Chapter 2 -
Angel stared. Spike smirked. Cordelia spoke.
"Spike, it's, um, nice to see you." She said, unsure about what Angel was going to do.
"It's nice to see you too, love." Spike smiled as he started to walk towards her. But, Angel stepped in between them.
"She's not your love." Angel glared.
"Ooh, someone's on the touchy side today, what happened?" Spike smirked. "Did you finally get a glimpse of your enormously large forehead?" Angel started to lunge toward him, but Cordy held him back and Anna stepped in the middle of them.
"God! What is it with you two?" Anna aked. "You guys are like two-year olds.
"He started it!" They both say at the same time.
"Thus proving my point." Angel ignored her.
"What are you doing here, Spike?" He asked.
"Well, I was walking in the park when I ran into Anna." He smiled at her. "And I kind of need a place to stay."
"So, go find one." Angel snapped at him.
"Angel!" Anna looked at him.
"What?" She stares at him. "No, do not look at me like that. He's not staying here. There's no room."
"Angel, this used to be a hotel, we have a ton of room." Anna stared at him.
"They need to be cleaned." He argued.
"I'll clean out a room." Angel stared at her, then sighed.
"Fine." Anna smiled and hugged Angel.
"Thank you." She turned to Spike. "C'mon, I'll show you to your room." Spike smirked at Angel as they walked by them.
"Don't worry mate," He said. "You won't even notice I'm here." Anna and Spike walked upstairs to his room.
"If only." Angel turned back to Wesley and Cordy and they continued working.
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Anna and Cordelia were in Angel's room, getting ready to go to the club.
"Are you sure you want to go out tonight, sweetie?" Cordelia handed Anna some lip gloss.
"Yeah, why not. Maybe we could invite Spike." Cordelia eyed Anna, who looked at her. "What?"
"You like him, don't you?" Cordy asked with a small smile.
"What?" A wide-eyed Anna asked. "You're cracked. I like him as a friend, nothing more."
"Uh-huh, sure." Cordelia smiled. "That's why you begged Angel to let him stay here." Anna looked away. "I knew it!"
"I didn't say anything."
"Your silence says everything."
"Okay, what about Angel? Huh? Miss Sleeping-In-His-Room." Cordelia looked at her wrist.
"Hey, look at that. It's time to get going." She got up and walked out the door, Anna just smiled and followed. They walked down the stairs. Angel looked up and blinked when he saw Cordelia.
"Wow." He said. "You look... Uh… You…"
"He thinks you look good." Anna finished for him.
"Yeah." Angel nodded.
"Thanks." Cordelia slightly blushed, then smiled. "You ready?"
"Actually, I have to finish up here." Both Anna and Cordelia sighed.
"Angel..." Anna whined.
"I'm sorry, but as soon as I'm done here, I'll meet you there." Anna looked up at him.
"You promise?" She asked.
"Yes." Angel nodded.
"Okay, you better." Anna hugged Angel and walked over to Spike. Angel looked at Cordy.
"What's she doing?" He asked.
"She's asking Spike if he wants to come with us." Cordelia said, without looking at Angel.
"What!" Angel started to go after her, but Cordelia stopped him.
Anna walked over to Spike. He looked at her.
"What's up, pet?" He asked.
"Um, well Cordy, Angel and I were planing on going to the Silver Dollar…" Anna looked at him. "And, uh… I was wondering if you wanted to come."
"Silver Dollar?" He looked confused.
"It's a club, basically the L.A. version of The Bronze." She told him.
"Oh." He nodded, then looked up at her. "And you want me to come?"
"Um, yeah." She felt a little dumb, and also a little nervous.
"Like, on a date?" She looked up at him, and her eyes grew big.
"What?" She asked. "No. Who said anything about a date? I was just wondering if you wanted to go, but if you don't-" Spike smirked at this.
"I'll
get my coat." Anna smiled. Spike went to grab his coat, then
him, Anna,
and Cordelia left.
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The three of them walked into the Silver Dollar. Spike looked around.
"This really is like the sodding Bronze." Anna laughed.
"There's a table over there, we can wait for Angel." She said. The three of them walked over to the table and sat down. Anna took of her coat, and they sat there for a few minutes. A little while later, a tall guy with wavy hair walked up to them and asked Anna to dance, she said yes and they walked onto the dance floor. Spike stared at her.
"So how have you been?" Cordelia tried to make conversation. Spike didn't hear her, he was to busy staring at Anna. "Hello?"
"What?" He turned to look at her.
"I asked you how you've been." She repeated.
"Oh, well. You know, the same." He turned to watch Anna again. Cordy smirked. Anna seemed like she was having fun with the guy, but, a few dances later, Anna looked tired.
"So, you wanna get outta here?" The guy whispered in her ear.
"What?" She asked.
"We
can go some place else, a little more... private." Anna tried to
get away,
but he held her closer.
"Let go!" Anna said, trying to break free of his grasp.
"C'mon." He said. "Let's get out of here."
"I believe she said no." Spike appeared behind the guy.
"Who the hell are you?" The guy asked.
"A friend." Spike stated simply. "Now let go of her."
"Go to hell." The guy said, turning back to Anna.
"Been there, mate" Spike grabbed him and slammed him against the wall. "Didn't care for it too much." He punched the guy, then looked up at Anna. "Are you okay?"
"Uh, yeah." She said. Spike smiled.
"Good." He said. "So, um, do you want to dance?" Anna smiled.
"Sure." Anna smiled as Gavin DeGraw's 'Follow Through' came on. Cordelia watched as Anna and Spike danced. Angel walked up to her.
"Hey." He said. "Where's Anna?"
"Hey. Um..." Cordelia looked at Anna and Spike again. Angel's eyes bugged out.
"What are they doing together?" He asked.
"They're just dancing." Cordelia told him.
"I'm gonna rip his throat out..." Angel started to go to them, but Cordy stopped him. "What?"
"Look at Anna." Angel looked at her and saw that she was having a good time..
"She's smiling." He said.
"She hasn't smiled like that in a long time. Not since her and Xander broke up." Angel nodded, then sighed and sat down. After the song ended Anna looked into Spikes eyes. They leaned in and as their lips almost met, Angel walked over to them.
"Hey Anna!" He smiled at her, trying to hide the fact the he was ready to stake Spike and suck him up with a dust buster.
"Um, hi Angel." Anna looked at Spike, who suddenly found his shoes incredibly fascinating.
"How about a dance?" Angel said.
"Um..." Angel looked down to see Spike holding Anna's hand.
"Let go of her hand!" Angel yelled, Spike blinked.
"Or what?" He asked. "You gonna stake me? Go ahead, wouldn't be the first time you tried to kill me."
"Spike-" Anna tried to stop the fight that was about to begin.
"You know what, first it was Dru, then it was Buffy, but, you know what, it's not gonna be Anna."
"Excuse me?" Anna had her mouth open.
"Well, you know, Dru was insane. I won't deny that, but Buffy..."
"You never had a real relationship with Buffy." Angel snapped at him.
"She needed a real man." Spike went on. "And someone who could give her everything she needed, if you know what I mean." Angel lost it there, he punched Spike in the nose.
"Guys, stop!" Anna was almost in tears. Spike slammed Angel into a table. As they continued their fight, Anna stood there, not knowing what to do.
"You will never, ever, date Anna." Angel yelled at him. "You won't even look at her at that!"
"Angel!" Anna yelled at him. "I'm sixteen, almost seventeen, you cannot tell me who I can and can't date!"
"The hell I can't!" Anna was in tears at this point. She ran past Cordelia, who was in shock, and out of the club. Anna flagged down a cab, and got in.Angel started to go after her, but Cordy stopped him.
"I'll go." She walked out and got into her car and headed home.
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She found Anna crying in her bedroom. She knocked on the door.
"Anna?"
"I really don't feel like talking right now." Anna said.
"Um, okay." Cordellia sighed. "Well, I'll be in the living room if you need me."
"Okay." Cordelia sighed again and walked into the living room.
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About and hour later there was a knock on the door. She got up and opened it, knowing who it was. Angel stepped inside. He looked at her.
"She's in her room." Cordelia told him.
"Thanks." Angel said. He walked over to her room and knocked on the door. "Anna, it's me." He heard her sigh.
"What do you want?" She asked.
"I just want to talk." He told her.
"Haven't you said enough already?" Angel sighed at this, he hated upsetting her.
"I know, I just..." He looked down at the bag in his hands. "I brought ice cream. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, your favorite." He heard her get up. She walked to the door and opened it.
"Leave the ice cream and get out." He looked at her. She sighed. "Fine, you have five minutes." She opened the door more so he could walk in. She walked back to her bed and sat on it. He sat down at her desk and handed her the ice cream. They sat there for a little while. Angel finally decided to speak.
"So, I guess I should be talking if I only have five minutes." He said.
"Four." She told him.
"What?"
"You have four minutes now."
"Oh, right." He stood up and grabbed Anna's stuffed cow. "I screwed up tonight, Anna, I know I did. I just-" He sighed "I just saw him dancing with you, and then when I saw you holding his hand..." He started choking her cow.
"Can you please put down Moe." Angel looked down and saw that he was strangling the stuffed animal. He put it back on the desk.
"Sorry." He continued to pace around her room. "Anna, I know you like Spike, and I know you trust him. But I don't."
"He isn't a bad person, Angel, he has a soul." She said. "He's like you."
"He is nothing like me." Anna just stared at him. "Okay, okay, I know what you mean. I just- I've known him for a long time and I..." He sighed. "I've never seen him look at anyone the way he looks at you. And it scared me. I just don't want you to get hurt, Ann." She saw a tear run down his face. She stood up and walked over to where he was standing and hugged him. A tear ran down her face as well.
"Angel, I can take care of myself." She said. "And besides, if I get hurt, You can always kill him and we can get on with our lives." Angel smiled at the joke. Then, they heard a voice from down the hall.
"I don't hear anything, did you guys kill one..." She walked into the room and saw them hugging. "...another- Did I miss something?" Angel and Anna looked at her.
"Nothing at all." Anna said. "Just Angel crying."
"I wasn't crying." He argued.
"Sure you weren't." Both girls laughed, Angel smirked. Cordelia walked over to them and put her arms around them.
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