Sunnydale
"So Buff, how was your summer?" Xander asked as he and
Willow sat in Buffy's bedroom.
"Great actually. I ended up spending the whole summer
living with my best friend from LA, Angel, and well… now
we're more than just friends." She squealed.
Willow squealed in response. "Ooo. The hott one? Oz's
cousin?" She asked happily.
Buffy just nodded in response.
"So wait you mean to just tell me, your dad just let you
spend the entire summer with some guy? I need to talk to
your dad." Xander said grumpily.
"Xander there's more to it than that." She looked at Willow
and Xander. They had been with her all of last year and she
knew she could trust them. They were her best friends.
"What I'm about to tell you guys you can never repeat to
anyone else. Okay?" At their nods she continued. "The
reason my mom and I left LA was because my dad was beating
my mother and I. While I was there my dad blew up at me
about hanging out with Angel, because he didn't like him.
He hit me, and I ran. Angel came with me and well… his
parents, they knew why my mom and I left so they let him
spend the summer with me. We got summer jobs and an
apartment. Without us knowing his parents sold the house
and they bought the one next door. Angel and his little
brother are staying with Oz for the next two weeks until
their parents can come here and they move into the house."
She finished with a smile. "He starts with us at Sunnydale
next week."
"Oh god Buffy, I'm so sorry about your dad. Good news about
Angel though." Willow replied.
"Yeah Buff, sorry your old man is such a jerk."
"Yeah well just don't say anything to my mom about how I
spent the summer. She would freak if she knew my dad hit
me. I don't want her to worry."
"Yeah, no problem."
"So when do we get to meet Angel?" Willow asked happily.
"Tonight, he said he was going to go to the Bronze to see
Dingoes."
The Bronze
"He sexy." Buffy whispered from behind Angel.
Angel spun around and smiled as he saw his golden blonde
princess. "Hey you."
"So enjoying yourself?" She asked as she motioned for him
to follow her.
"When you said this town was small I just thought, smaller
than LA, but wow. This place is really small."
Buffy giggled. "Yup." She stopped in front of a table full
of people. "Angel I'd like you to meet my friends. This is
Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris and Cordelia Chase. Guys
this is Angel Callahan. My boyfriend and best friend from
LA."
"Hi Angel." Willow waved.
"Yeah hi man. Welcome to the Dale." Xander replied getting
up and grabbing another stool so Angel could sit.
"Oh Buffy, Connor's somewhere around here." He told her
looking around for his little brother.
"Who's Connor?" Cordelia asked.
"My brother."
"Is he as cute as you?"
"Younger brother Cor." Buffy told her.
"How much younger?"
"He's going to be a freshman."
"Oh. That's too young for me."
"What happened with Devon Cor?"
"Nothing."
"Explains it."
"So Angel, how do you like Sunnydale so far?" Willow asked
as she took a sip of her soda.
"So far… well… it's really… small." He answered truthfully.
"Compared to LA, this place is a little ditch in the map of
California." Cordelia said as she got up. "Anyways, it was
nice to meet you Angel but I have important people to meet up with. Bye."
Angel just looked at Buffy.
"She doesn't really hang with us often. She knows about me
and on occasion helps but other than that she's too popular
to hang with us, or so she says."
"Oh."
"Hi Connor." Buffy said over Angel's shoulder. "Come sit
with us." She pointed to Cordelia's old seat.
"Thanks."
"Connor this is Willow and Xander. Guys this is Connor,
Angel's little brother."
"HI!" Willow said nicely. "It's nice to meet you."
"You too." He replied to the red head.
"Ooo. Dingoes are on." Willow coed.
"Willow, are you a groupie?" Buffy asked her best female friend.
"Oh Buff. Will didn't tell you? She and Oz are having a
'thing'", Xander told the blonde.
"Willow! Why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't know babe?" Angel asked his girlfriend.
"You KNEW and you didn't tell me? Angel!" She screeched.
"Hey. I just found out. Oz told me this afternoon while I
was getting ready."
"Whatever. Will I can't believe it. So how long has this
been going on?"
"Not very long. Maybe a month."
"A MONTH! You didn't tell me for a whole MONTH!"
"Hey you didn't tell me about Angel till this afternoon."
"Fine."
The three guys just looked at the girls, shook their heads
and turned back to the stage.
Later that night Buffy and the gang had headed over to the
Expresso Pump. Buffy watched as her friends, Cordy and
Connor included, talked happily. Buffy smiled 'This is
going to be the best year ever.'
THE END