Once more, this chapter is dedicated to my friend…the only one to review my story. This goes out to you, Spike, so I hope you enjoy it and are trapped within the pages!
To those other people who read it, I should tell you that even if you think it is a terrible story, you may put all your thoughts on it in a review for me. I feel that flames are more……..constructive criticism.
Later That Night
" Okay, Dani, we're leaving!" Jess yelled to Danielle while standing at the front door with all the other guys.
" Alright." Danielle walked over to the front lobby. " Don't be out too long." She said, the sleeve of the robe she put on over her out fit swaying with her arm as she waved.
" Have fun." Wesley smiled to the leaving group.
"Okay, but guys, don't let it get too hot in here." Lorne joked, waving and walking out the door.
" Lorne!" Danielle said, blushing as the others left.
" How can he make such a rude joke like that!" Wesley frowned. " Well, I guess it's just you and me tonight." He turned to Danielle. " What do you want to do?"
" I dunno. What do you wanna do?" Danielle asked, sitting in a chair.
"Let's go out to eat. Instead of some fast food restaurant, I was thinking that we could, I don't know, go some where a little fancier…?" Wesley said, in his sheepish kind of way.
" Sure! Sounds like fun!" Dani smiled.
" Great." Wesley had a grin on that usually meant he was happy. ' I haven't grinned like this since…..since my first year working with Angel…' Wes thought to himself. " I'm going to go get ready!" Wesley said, smiling at Danielle, and walking to his office.
' What am I doing…?' Wes thought to himself. ' I'm in love with a minor… That could mean jail…. Then again, I do work for Wolfram and Hart…I can get myself out of trouble….I hope…' He changed into his 'nice clothes' that he wore when he first met up with Angel.
" I'm ready, are yo—" He had waked out of his office, and stopped talking. There standing in front of him, was Danielle, all dressed up for him. She wore a black dress that went well with her figure, and a nice pair of high-healed shoes.
" Y-yeah…I'm ready…" She said, blushing and staring at the ground. "So," She looked up at him, "Where are we going?"
" There's this restaurant up in Hollywood I would like to take you to." He said, offering out an arm politely for her to take, which she did, and they walked out to his car.
" Hollywood?" She asked once they were in the car, and heading for the freeway.
" Yes…It's not that far, though."
" Okay." She smiled, and sat back, looking out the window to enjoy the ride.
At the Karaoke club
" Go on, Angel! Go up and sing!" Jess said, trying to get the said person to go onstage, as soon as they got there.
" No, I don't think I…." He started protesting.
" Go on, Angel-cakes! It'll be fun." Lorne pushed him towards the empty stage.
" No, Thanks…" Angel turned back around, going back to the table.
" C'mon, Puff, sing for the girl." Spike said, pulling Jess into one of his hugs, a cigarette between his lips.
"Yeah, Angel…! It'll be fun!" Jess said, after removing the cigarette from Spike's mouth, and putting it in the trash(after putting it out of coarse), receiving a 'Hey…!' look from the blond vampire.
" Look, guys, I don't sing…!" Angel said, giving all of them his best, 'I've made my choice, and there's nothing you can do to change my mind!' looks.
" Yes, you do, Angel-cakes. You sung for me before!" Lorne argued.
" You sing in the shower." Charles said, getting quite a few disturbed looks from the others. " What…? I mean, I've been in his flat looking for him while he's been chorusing Mandy in the shower!" Charles explained.
" And you also sing in your sleep." Fred put in.
" Not to mention when your killing." Spike said, sitting down in a chair.
" And when you think there's no one around to hear you, you sing softly in your office." Jess put in.
" Alright, alright, I get your point. But I'm not singing." Angel crossed his arms.
" Please…?" Jess looked up at him pouting.
" Fine…" He sighed, glaring at Lorne for dragging him to this place, and walked up onto stage, singing the song he's known to sing: Mandy.
Mean while, at the restraint
" Wow! This place is so fancy!" Dani said as she gazed up at the restraint labeled, "The Star Gazer". The place was dark, and had a window roof, revealing beautiful stars, and a full moon. "It's beautiful…" Danielle whispered to her escort, who now sat across the table from her.
" I think you are too." Wesley muttered back.
" What…?" Danielle asked, looking at him surprised, and blushing.
A blush quickly covered Wesley's face, as he realized what he had said. "I-I mean, yes, it is…" He looked into his water.
" What can I can you, Monsieur, Mademoiselle?" The waiter asked them in a heavy French accent.
" Um…." Danielle scanned the menu quickly, thinking about what she wanted. "Extra rare steak, please." She decided, looking up at the man, smiling.
" Of coarse, mademoiselle. And for you, monsieur?"
" I'll take…a well done steak, please. And we'll take a bottle of your finest wine." Wesley said, after looking through the menu.
" Of coarse." The waiter walked away, leaving the two to sit and talk.
" Well done?" Danielle asked, looking over to Wesley. "Normally you get medium rare."
" I figured I need it a little tough." He said, choosing his words carefully.
" Why? You nervous about something?" Dani asked, looking across to him.
" No. Why would I be?" Wesley murmured as he looked away.
" I'll be right back." Dani said, standing and going to the bathroom. She pulled out her cell phone, dialing a number on the pad.
At the karaoke club
Angel had finished singing his song seconds before, and sat down as Jess went up onstage, picking up the microphone. She tapped the microphone once or twice to make sure it was working, then started to sing her favorite song, A Thousand Miles, aware that chances are, Lorne was reading her-which he was, mind you.
Meanwhile, at the table, Jess' cell phone started to ring. "Hello?" Angel asked into the phone, picking it up.
" Hey, Angel? Where's Jess? I thought I dialed her number…" Dani's voice came from the receiver.
" Oh, no…this is her phone. She's just up on stage. Can I help you at all?" Angel explained.
" Oh….um, no…do you know if she'll be done soon?" She asked, frowning.
" No idea." Angel laughed slightly.
" Well, what song is she singing?"
" A Thousand Miles."
" And what verse is she on?"
" What what is she on?"
" What was the last thing she said?" Dani asked, shaking her head.
" Um…she just finished." Angel said. " I'm gunna pass the phone off to her."
" Hello?" Jess asked, sitting back down in her chair.
" Angel doesn't know anything about a song." Dani said, laughing.
" Hey. What's up?"
" Well….What should I do?" Danielle said.
" Wha--? About what?" Jess asked.
" Wesley! He took me to The Star Gazer! We're at The Star Gazer!" Dani replied.
" WHAT?" Jess said, standing up. She walked to the bathrooms to talk in private.
" Yeah…!" What am I gunna do?"
" Eat. Talk…And hope it goes nicely. But now I gotta go." Jess said, hanging up the cell phone.
" What was that all about?" Angel asked as she went back to the table.
" Nothing." Jess smiled, putting on her innocent smile. " C'mon. We're singing a song. Now." Jess said, grabbing Angel's hand and pulling him up on-stage.
" What? Wait, what are we singing?" Angel said, but not protesting.
" Um…." Jess flipped through the songs. "Found one!" Jess said, clicking a button on the machine. A soft melody came out of the speaker.
" No…" Angel groaned. " Please, Jess….Please…"
" Oh, c'mon! We used to listen to it all the time…!" Jess smiled, then started to sing Titanic.
After the song, Angel and Jess stumbled off the stage, sitting down at the table, Jess trying to calm a set of giggles.
" Okay, I think it's time we leave." Lorne announced.
" Alrighty-then." Charles said, standing and helping Fred up, and with her jacket.
" Thanks." Fred smiled. They had gotten back together only a little while earlier.
" Lets go." Angel said, once everyone was ready.
They all went to the car, and Fred, Charles, Jess and Lorne climbed in. "Getting in, Angel-cakes?" Lorne said, looking over at Angel, whom was taking his time walking over.
" Actually, I'm going to walk. Jess, Will you come with me?" Angel asked in his sullen way.
" Sure." Jess said, crawling out of the car. She walked over and waved to the others, as they sped off in the car. " So," Jess asked once they where safely on the roof. "Another lesson in fighting?"
" Actually….I…I wanted to talk about……us…" Angel said, looking down at the street bashfully.
" Us?" Jess asked, sitting next to him.
At The Star Gazer
" Sorry 'bout that, Wesley. So, What'd I miss?" Dani asked as she sat down in her seat.
" Nothing much…" Wesley smiled across at her. "I was just thinking…" He sighed heavily, looking up at her. He thought for a second more but ended up getting cold shoulders and shaking his head. "Never mind." He said quickly.
" No, what is it?" She asked, sipping at her wine.
" It's really nothing.." He muttered, sighing deeply. He looked away. "I'll be right back…" He said in his British accent a few minutes of awkward silence later, and stood up and walked towards the bathrooms, taking out his phone, dialing the number of his best friend in the Entertainment Division, Lorne.
" Hullo?" Lorne answered a second later.
" Hey, Lorne…It's Wesley. I need advice." He whispered.
" About hat?" The Pylean asked, a song in his voice as is usual.
" Dani. I'm on a date with her…"
" Oh, I know that. So—Ohhhhh. Awkward situation? Well, lessee, have you talked about Movies? You guys can talk about that and then you can maybe take her to a movie some time based on what type of genera she likes.
" Alright….So talk about movies. I can do that."
" Yeah, but just in case…call Jess and ask her advice." He paused and for a moment spoke to someone behind him. He then said, "I gotta go, Muppet. Call and tell me how it went!" And the line went dead.
Wesley sighed and looked through his phone and found that he hadn't gotten Jess' phone number, and called Angel, figuring they might be together. "Hello? Angel?" HE asked once the Prince of Brooding answered, sounding as if he was alone brooding-as per usual.
" What's up, Wes?"
"I need to talk to Jess, if she's with you." We explained.
" Alright. She's right here." He handed Jess, whom had been sitting on the floor in front of him as they had their talk, the phone.
"Hello?" She asked into it.
"Oh, Hey, Wes! How's it goin?" She asked enthusiastically.
" Not too great…I need help! What should I say to her?"
"Ah….I see….Um….Tell her she looks beautiful and ask if she would like to see a movie after dinner. Let her choose the movie, alright? Then just sit and bear it. The first movie she sees and shows interest of really wanting to see is what you take her to. If it's sappy, which I doubt with my childe, then she's gunna want to say, oh, no….Les not see it…I don't really want to see it anyway.' When she really does want to see it. Send her back to the car for a second to get something, like your jacket, and buy the tickets behind her back. She wont look at them as you go into the theater, so when you start the movie, she'll love you." Jess finished in a small pant. "I'll talk to you later, you called at a bad time." She hung up, turning the phone off and handing it back to Angel. She sighed, and sat looking to him almost boredly.
"So, what'd he want?" Angel asked slyly.
"Advice about Danielle. Now, are you gunna stop trying to change the subject and tell me Your really not gunna stop, are you?"
"Nope. what your hiding?"
"Alright, alright…" Angel sighed deeply in resignation and stood up, walking over to the side railing of the building they were standing on. "The reason I brought you up here…Wow…there's so many reasons why…..where should I start…?" He questioned himself.
" How 'bout the beginning?" Jess pressed./
" Alright…..Well, remember when I left Sunnydale?" Angel asked uneasily.
"Yeah …Why?" Jess pondered.
"Well, it was then that I had realized something. I left because Buffy staked you. I was with Buffy because I thought I loved her…but it was the fact that she had saved you about two hundred times that made me love her…" He sighed heavily. "I loved you then." He finished, sighing and looking off the side of the clearing.
" Y-you were?" Jess asked with wide eyes.
"Yes…" Angel walked over, looking at her. "And I still am…"
Wesley sat down again smiling brightly. He sighed and decided to ask now. "Do you want to go see a movie after this?"
"Sure!" Dani exclaimed happily. She smiled and giggled. "What movie?"
"I dunno. We'll see-" But he didn't get to finish that sentence, for at that moment there was a large explosion and everyone on the other half of the restraint was covered in suit and grovel. "Look out!" Wesley screamed and dove forward, grabbing Dani in his arms as a large wooden beam was about to fall upon them, taking the hit from the beam for Dani.
As the beam hit the floor, another explosion was herd and grovel covered everything. And every one.
To Be Continued…