To Kelly, Stacey and the Yahoo Group. Ooh - to the Eternity Awards, too!
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Buffy and Angel got out of the black convertible and walked through the hospital's parking lot. Neither of them had said a word to each other during their car ride. Both were pissed off at one another.
"So, who are we visiting?" Buffy asked in wonder.
"My old partner, Charles Gunn. He got shot in the leg and he's supposed to be out of surgery by now," he said, remembering the moment when Angel dodged the bullet and it shot Gunn in the thigh instead.
"Did you like him as your partner?"
"Well, compared to you and me, we were like brothers. Yep, those were the good old days."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Excuse me, I have to go heave."
They made their way to room 23D. Angel opened the door further and peeked into the room. Buffy stayed outside.
"Gunn, my man! How you feeling?"
"He's not feeling so well, he can barely speak. When he tries to his leg starts to ache," a woman said in a Jamaican accent.
Buffy looked up from the floor when she heard the accent. It was all too familiar for her. She peeked around the door and saw Kendra.
"Oh my G-d," Buffy screeched, bringing her hands up to her mouth. "Kendra?" she asked.
The girl turned around and smiled. "Buffy?" She jumped up from where she was sitting and ran over to her. They both jumped into each other's embrace. They both giggled; Buffy even started to cry. "I missed you so much."
It took Gunn a great effort to speak; "Okay, did we miss something here," he asked pointing at himself and Angel.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name's Buffy Summers. I'm Angel's new partner. Kendra was my first PI partner. She was disabled because she broke her arm, and we never saw each other again." Buffy smiled. "I never thought I would see you."
"Me, too" she said, "I moved to Sunnydale after I was taken off the disabled list. I started working for the Watcher's Investigations. Gunn and I met there and now we're together," she said in her Jamaican accent as she smiled. "After Gunn is off the disabled list, we'll become partners."
Angel walked to the empty chair and sat down. He was in shock; Gunn wasn't going to be his partner anymore. "What luck! And what a small world we have," Angel said groaning.
Gunn smirked. "Angel, Spike just called before you came. He said that you got your ass kicked by a girl. She the girl?"
Angel put his hand to his head. "Yes."
"You beat HIM?" Kendra asked. "You go girl!"
Angel went over to Buffy and pointed to the bruise swelling on the side of her face. "But do you see this bruise? Yeah, that's right. I called for a rematch. I came, conquered and won."
"My man!" Gunn said while holding up his hand for Angel to slap.
Both of the girls rolled their eyes. "I can't believe you actually gloat about beating me. I didn't gloat."
"Yeah, whatever."
Gunn whimpered and put his hand to his thigh.
"Kendra, can you get the doctor to prescribe me some medicine for this pain. She said that she would be in the room across the hallway."
"Oh, I'll get her" Buffy said. "Sit down, Kendra."
Buffy went to the room across the hall and opened the door. She blushed as she saw a redheaded girl and a brown-headed boy in a passionate lip lock. They weren't in a room; it was actually a broom closet. Buffy cleared her throat and they broke a part.
"Hi. Buffy Summers," she said pointing to herself. "Are you Gunn's doctor?"
"Yes, um...I'm Dr. Willow Rosenberg and this is Ben, my assistant. Sorry about that."
"Perfectly fine. Gunn just wanted you to prescribe him some medicine."
"I better go check on him. See you at the Bronze tonight?" she asked Ben.
"Yeah, see you." He gave her a quick peck on the lips and walked away.
Buffy and Willow walked to the room. Willow prescribed Gunn some medicine. They talked a little while longer. Buffy and Angel said their good byes and headed to the office.
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"So, what do we have today," Buffy asked Angel. Buffy was more than ready to take on a case. "Any cases we have to take care of?"
"No, no cases. We're just going to train," Angel said.
Buffy looked at him in surprise and then looked around the office. It seemed like it was hectic. There were papers everywhere, people running around. There was no way that there wasn't a case to be handled.
"Are you keeping something from me?" she asked suspiciously.
Angel lied; Giles had told him that they wouldn't be working on any cases, just training for what was to come. "Why would I do that?"
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They trained all day at the gym; they even ended up having a contest on who could do the most pushups. Spike made a pool and everyone that had seen Angel and Buffy fight bet their money on Buffy. The spectators that didn't join the others for their first fight bet on Angel.
Angel was amazed that Buffy won at 232, Angel stopped when he was at 200. Again, he was met with by laughing idiots that couldn't believe that a girl beat him once again. He saw the minority of the group hand over money to the majority. He glared at Spike who was handling all the money. Spike glanced at Angel and just shrugged.
Angel got up and walked away from her.
"Angel..." she groaned.
He put up his hand as he moved away, "Don't talk to me."
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Buffy decided to go clubbing that night. Fred and Xander invited her to the Bronze with their friends Anya and Wesley. They sat at the round table near the stage. Each was propped up on a high stool.
"So, Buffy. I heard that you and Angel are partners now. Tell us, have you partaken in any sexual activity yet?"
"Excuse me?" Buffy questioned.
"Sorry, Buffy. Anya is tactless and is known for asking a lot of unneeded questions." Fred whispered.
"No, I haven't and don't plan to."
"That's a shame. Ooh, my favorite song! Wesley, we need to dance. Let's dance," Anya rushed as Wesley was pulled out of his comfortable seat. They started slow dancing and she leaned her head on his shoulder.
Buffy saw Fred and Xander looking at the dancing couple and just knew that they wanted to dance, too. They didn't want to leave Buffy by her lonesome. "Guys, I'm gonna go get a drink. Go on and dance."
She went over to the bar. "Diet coke, please." She took her drink, turned and bumped into Willow. Thankfully, neither drink spilled.
"Willow, right?"
"Yeah, you're Buffy. So what brings you here?"
"I just came with some friends. I'm new in Sunnydale so they showed me the nightlife."
"Really? Where you from?"
"LA," she said taking a drink.
"Oh, well welcome. If you want, in the next few days I'm off of work. I can show you around. You know, to all the cool places to shop." she said with a smile. Willow was a very busy surgeon at the hospital, but whenever she had time off she never had friends to spend time with. This could be her shot...
"Yeah, that'd be great. I never knew where to shop here. Here's my number," Buffy said while taking out her card and giving it to Willow. Willow gave Buffy her card.
"Okay, I'll call you so we can arrange. I got to go get back to Ben. See you."
"See you." Ah, finally she had made friends with someone that didn't have to do with the Watcher's Investigations.
She pulled herself into the gyrating throng of people and started dancing.
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She came home not too long after. She told her friends that she was too tired to go on any longer. She opened the door and was immediately invited by the scent of beer and a trail of clothing. A coat, shirt and two socks were left on the floor. She walked to the TV room, knowing he'd be there. She saw three cans of beer on the glass table, but no Angel. "Uh-oh..."
She ran to his room and opened the door. He was lying there shirtless, hand over the side of the bed.
"Angel?"
He groaned.
"You okay?"
"I told you not to talk to me, Woman!" he yelled.
"My name is not 'Woman,' it's Buffy," she said. "And I can talk to you whenever I want, it's your decision if you want to listen to me or not. So don't talk to me like I'm a piece of garbage because I deserve better than that!"
"What is your problem?"
"Do I have to go over that again? Let me mention a few things that peeved me off, just by walking through the door--"
"Are you going to count for me like you did yesterday? I was surprised you knew how to."
She waited a second then said every word clearly, "Don't think that I am weak just because I look to be. Don't think that I'm dumb because I'm blonde. And don't disrespect me just because of the "vibes" you feel coming off of me. Don't judge a book by its cover, Angel. It'll surprise you in the end. I admit that I judged you before I met you. I thought that you'd be nice because you looked like a well put together person. But that turned out to be loads of bullshit. You're a lame drunk that I couldn't care less about."
By then, Angel was up. He pushed her out of his bedroom and slammed the door in her face without a word. She turned around with a sigh and set out to clean up the mess her roommate had left for her. She threw away the cans of beer, hung up his coat and put his clothes by his door. She went into her room, changed and didn't have to wait long until she fell asleep.
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Buffy and Angel got out of the black convertible and walked through the hospital's parking lot. Neither of them had said a word to each other during their car ride. Both were pissed off at one another.
"So, who are we visiting?" Buffy asked in wonder.
"My old partner, Charles Gunn. He got shot in the leg and he's supposed to be out of surgery by now," he said, remembering the moment when Angel dodged the bullet and it shot Gunn in the thigh instead.
"Did you like him as your partner?"
"Well, compared to you and me, we were like brothers. Yep, those were the good old days."
Buffy rolled her eyes. "Excuse me, I have to go heave."
They made their way to room 23D. Angel opened the door further and peeked into the room. Buffy stayed outside.
"Gunn, my man! How you feeling?"
"He's not feeling so well, he can barely speak. When he tries to his leg starts to ache," a woman said in a Jamaican accent.
Buffy looked up from the floor when she heard the accent. It was all too familiar for her. She peeked around the door and saw Kendra.
"Oh my G-d," Buffy screeched, bringing her hands up to her mouth. "Kendra?" she asked.
The girl turned around and smiled. "Buffy?" She jumped up from where she was sitting and ran over to her. They both jumped into each other's embrace. They both giggled; Buffy even started to cry. "I missed you so much."
It took Gunn a great effort to speak; "Okay, did we miss something here," he asked pointing at himself and Angel.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot to introduce myself. My name's Buffy Summers. I'm Angel's new partner. Kendra was my first PI partner. She was disabled because she broke her arm, and we never saw each other again." Buffy smiled. "I never thought I would see you."
"Me, too" she said, "I moved to Sunnydale after I was taken off the disabled list. I started working for the Watcher's Investigations. Gunn and I met there and now we're together," she said in her Jamaican accent as she smiled. "After Gunn is off the disabled list, we'll become partners."
Angel walked to the empty chair and sat down. He was in shock; Gunn wasn't going to be his partner anymore. "What luck! And what a small world we have," Angel said groaning.
Gunn smirked. "Angel, Spike just called before you came. He said that you got your ass kicked by a girl. She the girl?"
Angel put his hand to his head. "Yes."
"You beat HIM?" Kendra asked. "You go girl!"
Angel went over to Buffy and pointed to the bruise swelling on the side of her face. "But do you see this bruise? Yeah, that's right. I called for a rematch. I came, conquered and won."
"My man!" Gunn said while holding up his hand for Angel to slap.
Both of the girls rolled their eyes. "I can't believe you actually gloat about beating me. I didn't gloat."
"Yeah, whatever."
Gunn whimpered and put his hand to his thigh.
"Kendra, can you get the doctor to prescribe me some medicine for this pain. She said that she would be in the room across the hallway."
"Oh, I'll get her" Buffy said. "Sit down, Kendra."
Buffy went to the room across the hall and opened the door. She blushed as she saw a redheaded girl and a brown-headed boy in a passionate lip lock. They weren't in a room; it was actually a broom closet. Buffy cleared her throat and they broke a part.
"Hi. Buffy Summers," she said pointing to herself. "Are you Gunn's doctor?"
"Yes, um...I'm Dr. Willow Rosenberg and this is Ben, my assistant. Sorry about that."
"Perfectly fine. Gunn just wanted you to prescribe him some medicine."
"I better go check on him. See you at the Bronze tonight?" she asked Ben.
"Yeah, see you." He gave her a quick peck on the lips and walked away.
Buffy and Willow walked to the room. Willow prescribed Gunn some medicine. They talked a little while longer. Buffy and Angel said their good byes and headed to the office.
*_-_*
"So, what do we have today," Buffy asked Angel. Buffy was more than ready to take on a case. "Any cases we have to take care of?"
"No, no cases. We're just going to train," Angel said.
Buffy looked at him in surprise and then looked around the office. It seemed like it was hectic. There were papers everywhere, people running around. There was no way that there wasn't a case to be handled.
"Are you keeping something from me?" she asked suspiciously.
Angel lied; Giles had told him that they wouldn't be working on any cases, just training for what was to come. "Why would I do that?"
*_-_*
They trained all day at the gym; they even ended up having a contest on who could do the most pushups. Spike made a pool and everyone that had seen Angel and Buffy fight bet their money on Buffy. The spectators that didn't join the others for their first fight bet on Angel.
Angel was amazed that Buffy won at 232, Angel stopped when he was at 200. Again, he was met with by laughing idiots that couldn't believe that a girl beat him once again. He saw the minority of the group hand over money to the majority. He glared at Spike who was handling all the money. Spike glanced at Angel and just shrugged.
Angel got up and walked away from her.
"Angel..." she groaned.
He put up his hand as he moved away, "Don't talk to me."
*_-_*
Buffy decided to go clubbing that night. Fred and Xander invited her to the Bronze with their friends Anya and Wesley. They sat at the round table near the stage. Each was propped up on a high stool.
"So, Buffy. I heard that you and Angel are partners now. Tell us, have you partaken in any sexual activity yet?"
"Excuse me?" Buffy questioned.
"Sorry, Buffy. Anya is tactless and is known for asking a lot of unneeded questions." Fred whispered.
"No, I haven't and don't plan to."
"That's a shame. Ooh, my favorite song! Wesley, we need to dance. Let's dance," Anya rushed as Wesley was pulled out of his comfortable seat. They started slow dancing and she leaned her head on his shoulder.
Buffy saw Fred and Xander looking at the dancing couple and just knew that they wanted to dance, too. They didn't want to leave Buffy by her lonesome. "Guys, I'm gonna go get a drink. Go on and dance."
She went over to the bar. "Diet coke, please." She took her drink, turned and bumped into Willow. Thankfully, neither drink spilled.
"Willow, right?"
"Yeah, you're Buffy. So what brings you here?"
"I just came with some friends. I'm new in Sunnydale so they showed me the nightlife."
"Really? Where you from?"
"LA," she said taking a drink.
"Oh, well welcome. If you want, in the next few days I'm off of work. I can show you around. You know, to all the cool places to shop." she said with a smile. Willow was a very busy surgeon at the hospital, but whenever she had time off she never had friends to spend time with. This could be her shot...
"Yeah, that'd be great. I never knew where to shop here. Here's my number," Buffy said while taking out her card and giving it to Willow. Willow gave Buffy her card.
"Okay, I'll call you so we can arrange. I got to go get back to Ben. See you."
"See you." Ah, finally she had made friends with someone that didn't have to do with the Watcher's Investigations.
She pulled herself into the gyrating throng of people and started dancing.
*_-_*
She came home not too long after. She told her friends that she was too tired to go on any longer. She opened the door and was immediately invited by the scent of beer and a trail of clothing. A coat, shirt and two socks were left on the floor. She walked to the TV room, knowing he'd be there. She saw three cans of beer on the glass table, but no Angel. "Uh-oh..."
She ran to his room and opened the door. He was lying there shirtless, hand over the side of the bed.
"Angel?"
He groaned.
"You okay?"
"I told you not to talk to me, Woman!" he yelled.
"My name is not 'Woman,' it's Buffy," she said. "And I can talk to you whenever I want, it's your decision if you want to listen to me or not. So don't talk to me like I'm a piece of garbage because I deserve better than that!"
"What is your problem?"
"Do I have to go over that again? Let me mention a few things that peeved me off, just by walking through the door--"
"Are you going to count for me like you did yesterday? I was surprised you knew how to."
She waited a second then said every word clearly, "Don't think that I am weak just because I look to be. Don't think that I'm dumb because I'm blonde. And don't disrespect me just because of the "vibes" you feel coming off of me. Don't judge a book by its cover, Angel. It'll surprise you in the end. I admit that I judged you before I met you. I thought that you'd be nice because you looked like a well put together person. But that turned out to be loads of bullshit. You're a lame drunk that I couldn't care less about."
By then, Angel was up. He pushed her out of his bedroom and slammed the door in her face without a word. She turned around with a sigh and set out to clean up the mess her roommate had left for her. She threw away the cans of beer, hung up his coat and put his clothes by his door. She went into her room, changed and didn't have to wait long until she fell asleep.
*_-_*
I know this part has been a little off - but stick with me. Please leave reviews or else I won't have the heart to continue. Thank you to all of you who have sent in reviews last time. You guys are the best.
Nominations have started at my award site.so come on in and nominate your favorite fanfictions - you can even nominate yourself.
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