Drinking Buddies

"Bye Buffy," Angel called.

"Yea, bye Slayer!"

"Would it KILL you to call me by my name just once?"

"Possibly."

"Stupid vampire… Where are you guys going?"

"Darry and Dally invited us to go to a few bars tonight."

"And you couldn't refuse?"

"Of course not! The pouf's paying for the drinks."

"I never said that…"

"But you have the most cash," Xander pointed out, feeling that annoying Angel was enough fun to outweigh the bad of agreeing with Spike.

"Have fun!"

"Bring back some cake!" Willow called. When Xander explained that there would probably be very little cake involved, Willow rolled her eyes. "The Curtises always have cake. Bring me back a slice or two."

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"Another," Spike ordered. Darry couldn't help but feel jealous at the amount of alcohol the blond was putting back. He didn't even seem tipsy, and he was already past Two-Bit's usual limit. "So where's the joker tonight?" Spike asked, staring into the Greaser's face.

"He's watching his little sister."

"He's got a kid sister?"

"Yep. We think that Joyce will be the first of our crowd to make it somewhere in her life. She's not even ten, but she's already got plans for her future."

"I know a Joyce… She's happy with what she does."

"Our Joyce wants to work with artwork. Not be a painter or anything; just work with the stuff."

"Buffy's mum is the Joyce I was talking about. She works at an art gallery." Spike downed his glass, and after staring for a second, Darry followed his example. "What are you trying to drown?"

"What do you mean?" Darry choked.

"Most people drink because they're tryin' to hide from something. What's your problem?"

"Trying to chose my life. What about you?"

"Same thing I guess. I've been part of the Undead for… about 5/6 of my life. In the past few years I've been an honorary part of the living, and I'm not really sure which one I want to be a part of."

"You're part of the Undead? Why?"

"Angel… brought me into it. He was a pretty powerful member… Then he started feeling guilty and left. I fell for Buffy a few years ago and started trying to be better for her. What about you? What are your lives?"

"Grease or Soc, really."

"What do you mean?"

"It's kinda common knowledge that the only thing 'holding me back' from being a Soc is my family. If I didn't have Soda and Pony to look after I would probably be playing football with the Socs."

Spike nodded slowly and both tipped their heads back as they downed another glass.

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"Yeah… well… I've saved the world!" Xander slurred. He, Angel, and Dally had been drinking much more than Darry and Spike, and all three were close to passing out they were so drunk. Somewhere along the lines of ten bottles they had begun trying to one-up each other.

"So did I," Angel mumbled.

"You also tried to end it," Xander pointed out.

"Yeah!" Angel started to stand up at this revelation, but decided the earth spun too much when standing, and sat back down. "I almost ended the world."

"I spent a whole year in jail," Dally bragged.

"I spent a year in Hell."

"I spent a month at the 'Ladies Night' club."

"I tried to kill my girlfriend the night after we had sex."

"I watched a guy kill his girlfriend while having sex."

"Faith and Anya both ordered me to sleep with them."

Across the room, Spike and Darry rolled their eyes at their 'friends'' antics. Both stood up and began to herd the other three toward the door and back home.

A/N: Thanks to...

sweetypie15 - I'm glad you like it, and sorry it took so long...
Imzadi - Yeah... I can just see those girls doing that too... Silly vamp women...