Yo, guys!!! Sorry it's taken me SO long to put this up. Well, this story is dedicated to my beloved friend, who's like, the only one who read and reviewed this story on the first chapter. Hopefully we'll have more readers soon, but until then, Spike, you're the best!

Love, Jubei Yamato.

Now, our Feature Presantation…

One Year Later

" Hey, Wes, can you help me with my homework?" Danielle asked Wesley, standing at his office door.

" Oh, yes. Come in." Wesley smiled at her. " What can I help you with?" He asked, as she sat down next to him.

" History. Angel's helping Jess with Science, and Spike's out of the question. So I came to you." She blushed slightly.

" Alright. Now, lets see, you're on the war of 1820. Tell me, do you know what started the war?" He asked.

" Yeah. The French attacked the US, and stole our products, like sheep, and pigs." Danielle answered.

" It seems like you know these things already." Wesley smiled.

" Yeah, maybe a little bit…" Danielle admitted blushing.

"Let's go out and get something to eat. Sound good?" Wesley offered.

" Yeah!" Danielle smiled.

" Alright. I just have to finish this paper. You finish your homework, and when I'm done, we'll go." Wesley smiled.

" Thanks Wes!" Danielle hugged him. " You're the best!"

" Nah, I'm not that great." Wesley said, smiling at the girl. "Hurry up and finish that homework so we can go."

" Alright!" She sat down and started working on her homework.

At the Restaurant

" Mmm!" Danielle enthused, while eating a bowl of spaghetti.

" I'm glad you like it." Wesley laughed, watching the girl eat the stringy food as he ate his salad.

" It was great!!" Danielle said, after finishing up the food. " Thanks, Wes!!"

" Of coarse. " Wesley smiled. He smiled a lot more these days, he realized. 'Actually,' He thought to himself. 'I've smiled a lot more this year than I did last year…'

" Watch'a thinkin' about, Wes?" Dani asked the thoughtful superior.

" Oh, nothing really." He smiled. " Just work."

" Really? What about work?" She took a sip of the smoothie sitting in front of her.

" Well, I was just thinking about the night I brought you and Jess to Wolfram and Hart. You guys never did tell me why that vampire was after you."

" Well, you see, once Jess found out she had sired me, she stayed with me for about three months. But she seemed miserable. I asked her what was wrong, but she only said she missed her sire. I thought her sire was killed after he sired her, so I asked her about that." Danielle was looking into the cup with the smoothie in it. " She told me that he was her adoptive sire, and raised her. She told me her life story. She was born in LA, kidnapped at the age of 3, and sired by a man she doesn't remember. The man took her to Kansas, where he found Angel. The guy thought that Angel was Angelus, so he decided to stay with his 'old friend', but Angel staked him instead. That's when he found out about Jess.

" Angel took care of Jess, and when she was seven, moved to Sunny dale, where they stayed. When she was ten, Jess went to a summer camp in LA, where she met me. One night, we had a summer sleep over at the camp, and while everyone was sleeping, she sired me, well, that's what we think. She doesn't remember doing it, so we think she was sleep-feeding. Jess had to go back to Sunny dale eventually, to stay with her 'sire' so we said goodbye. We planned on keeping in touch, but never did.

" In Sunny dale, Angel had met Buffy. The two fell in love, and when Jess came back, Angel was Angelus. He was terrorizing the town with Spike. She went to talk to him, but he wasn't in a talking mood. He was in a feeding mood, so he ignored her. She wandered around town, until Xander took her in. He didn't have very much to offer, but he liked her. He hated Angel, but not Jess. He explained to her what was going on with Angel, in as simple of ways as possible.

" Jess had to do something. She couldn't just sit still and watch as the Slayer slayed her sire, and only family she had left. So she ran out of there, to find Angelus. But she was almost too late. Buffy was standing up against Angelus. The thing is, Angelus had ripped open a hell portal, and Buffy was trying to close it. She ended up killing Angelus, right after Willow returned his soul. Angel came back, some how, and noticed something. Jess. Buffy had Jess against a wall and was about to stake her. Angel watched as Buffy pushed the stake into her heart, and as Jess fell to the floor, eyes wide. Jess was still alive, but barely. Angel stared at Buffy, wide-eyed, and she turned around, noticing him. She then threw a sword through his stomach, and into the portal, closing it. Angel fainted, and when he woke up, he decided it was time to leave Sunny dale as he had planned before. Buffy tried to stop him, but he said he had to, before he hurt her again. But really, he was angry about her killing Jess.

" Five years later, Jess showed up in LA again, by me. She was looking for Angel, and had found me. And like I said, she stayed with me for three months. Then she told me her story, and I said that I would help her look for him. She warned me it would be dangerous, but I wanted to go. So we went. Along the way, we bumped into many vampires and demons, and asked them if they knew of a vampire named Angel. Most of them did, but they didn't wish to talk, so we had to, 'help' them, as Jess would put it.

" Most of the vampires and demons knew of him. Apparently, Angel had made himself known a few years ago, slaying rouge demons who wanted to make trouble, or kill. The demons ended up leading us to other demons that had gone to Angel for work, and they led us one by one to that vamp we fought that night. I'm not sure what happened- Jess did all the talking, and most of the fighting- but the vampire attacked us. Actually, Jess hit him away. He was trying to grab her. The two of us fought him, but I got hit. He hit my side, so I had to stop and catch my breath, while Jess kept fighting. Since Angel was able to teach her all the fighting she knew, she was able to fight longer.

" Then you came. You distracted the vampire, and helped us beat him." Danielle explained. " We really owe you for that…"

" It was nothing." Wes shrugged. " But what I'm wondering is how she survived…"

" She's half demon, remember? We both are, so we can go out in the sun, and a stake wont hurt us."

" I see…" Wes thought for a sec. "Why don't you take off your hat?" Wes asked, smiling. " You normally do."

" I don't wanna." Dani shook her head. She too wore a hat everywhere she went. " I don't want people to see my ears…" She frowned. But instead of cat-like cheetah ears, she had wolf ears.

" Oh, I see." Wes smiled.

At Wolfram and Hart

" Thanks again for helping me with my science, Angel." Jess smiled as she walked to the door of Angel's office.

" Of coarse." Angel smiled. " Why don't you stay with me tonight? We can start with the way things used to be before I left Sunny dale…" Angel offered.

" Alright. That would be great!" Jess smiled, and hugged the elder vampire. " I missed you so much, Angel…"

" I missed you too. There wasn't a day I didn't think of you…" Angel looked down at her. " I thought I would never see you again…"

" I've been here a year already, and it's been foreign for me to stay here....Not even our relationship seemed right…. There was just something missing…" Jess was looking down.

" I know, don't worry anymore….everything will be okay…" Angel assured her. " I'm here now…you don't have to be alone…."

" We both don't.." Jess smiled, leaning into his embrace. " I'm so glad I found you, sire…"

" Don't you wish you knew your real sire?" Angel questioned.

" You are my sire. You are the vampire who took care of me, raised me, taught me… You are my sire, Angel. And I will always love you for it." She smiled.

" But don't you wish you could see your actual sire? The one you shared blood with?" Angel asked again.

" No. I'm happy living here with you, Danielle, Spike, and everyone else…" Jess looked up and smiled at Angel. "You guys are my real family, and you are my real sire. Thank you for letting me stay with you."

" Of coarse. Any time." Angel smiled down at her.

" Angel, I hate to break up this oh-so happy moment, but I need to talk to you." Spike's voice came from the door.

" Huh? What is it, Spike?" Angel asked.

" Um, I need to talk to you. Alone." He frowned.

" Oh, um, Jess, do you mind?" Angel asked her.

" Of coarse not." Jess said, and walked out of the room. She walked down the hall, and into Lorne's office. "Hey, Lorne….you busy?"

" Of coarse not, Buttercup." Lorne smiled brightly behind his desk. " What can I do for you?"

" Well, I was bored and was wondering if you where going to the karaoke club." Jess asked. She had been going with him every once in awhile to him favorite karaoke clubs.

" Oh, yeah, I'll be going later tonight. I was hoping you would stop by so I could ask you if you wanted to tag along. I'm leaving at six. I asked some of the others if they wanted to go, and they said yes." Lorne smiled.

" Great! Who's going?" She asked enthusiastically.

" Spike, Charles, Me, Fred, Angel, and you." Lorne informed her.

" Really?? Angel's going??" Jess had shock written all over her face. " How did you talk him into coming?"

" Well, it wasn't that hard. I just told him that you where probably going." Lorne shrugged.

" How did you know I was going to say I'd go?" Jess asked, laughing a bit.

" Well, since you came every other time, I figured you would come this time." Lorne smiled.

" Okay, so when are we leaving? I need to go get ready or something." Jess smiled.

" We're leaving at six. Wear whatever you want and don't limit yourself." Lorne repeated himself.

" Okay, it's a date, then! Thanks, Lorne!" Jess jogged out of his office, and to the room her and Danielle shared. " I wonder what I should wear…" She went through her shirts, pants, and skirts. Finally, she found something perfect to wear.

" Why are you getting so dressed up?" Danielle walked into the room.

" Oh, there you are! Where have you been??" Jess turned around, her dress riding up onto her thighs as she walked over to Danielle. " I looked all over for you!"

" Wes took me out for lunch." She blushed.

" Really?? Wow, what happened?" Jess smiled. " What did you guys talk about? What happened?"

" Well, I had spaghetti, and an ice cream smoothie. Wes had a salad and a coke." Dani said. " And he asked me why that vampire attacked us last year."

" I take it you told him the truth." Jess smiled.

" Yeah, but I also told him your story." Dani sighed.

" That's okay. Not a big problem." Jess shrugged, walking over to a mirror, and putting a necklace on. " Lorne's taking me and the others out tonight. I would have asked if you could come, but I figured you'd rather be here alone with Wesley." Jess said, pulling her now long hair back into a pony-tail.

" Thanks, Jess." Danielle smiled, walked over and helping Jess with her hair. " You look fine. Don't worry about how you look. You look fine. So stop worrying."

" Thanks, Dani. Now, lets get you dressed up for your night with Wesley." Jess smirked.

" M-Me? Um, alright." Dani said, worriedly.

" I know exactly what you should wear. I have the most perfect outfit for you!" Jess went to her closet and rummaged around. "You're going to look so beautiful! Wesley won't know what hit him!