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Angel groaned and wiped his hands across his face. Squeezing his eyes tightly shut. If only I didn't have to open my eyes he thought but being as he had no other choice he opened them and looked around his office.
Shoulders sagging he fell down into his chair this place was getting so depressing. He listens carefully waiting for Cordelia to burst in and alert him to the latest Spike-a-thon.
As the minutes passed he fidgeted in his chair, resting his arms on the desk then resting his head on the desk, he begins to tap his forehead lightly on the desk. With each tap of his head he repeated "come on, come on Cordy lets get this show on the road."
Angel jumped as a loud bell started to ring. It only took a minute for Angel to clear his mind and realize it was the phone. Suspiciously, he picked up the phone and in a weak voice "Hello"
"Angel are you all right?"
"Who is this?"
"Angel what's going on?"
"Who is this?"
"Good Lord Angel this better not be one of your games." with a humph he continued in a patronizing voice, "This is Rupert Giles, librarian, ex-ripper, Buffy's Watcher, Mentor to the scoobies, guru to two witches extraordinaire, and last but by no means least warden to William the magnificent, wonderful, superb breathtaking. Please Angel don't make me go through the whole thing just pretend I did when the little imp asks."
"Asks?"
'OH he will ask, you see I lost a bet to the prat, who knew besides him that a manticore had blue eyes" Giles can't help but wonder how he could have missed that bit of information.
"He'll ask me? What?" Confused even more Angel tried to grasp the conversation.
"Yes Angel as in opens his mouth and speaks something you could use a few lessons on. May I recommend Spike for a teacher" a snickering Giles replies
Angel pulls the phone away from his ear and stares at the sound of a snickering Giles causing him to pause that is just not right, and then answers with an articulate "Spike?"
Giles holds the phone out looking at it and starts again, "Angel are you drunk?"
"No", with a squeak and contritely replies", I just woke up and I am a little foggy", Angel tries to cover.
Accepting his answer Giles proceed to tell him about the latest monster to be in Sunnydale and that he would feel better about if Angel could come down and help the children with it.
Giles further explained to Angel since he lost a bet to Spike the pay off was that any time Spike's name was mentioned Giles was required to extol Spikes great virtues.
Two hours after sunset:
Angel arrives at W. Rosenberg's to meet with everyone. He looked again at the address on the paper he held in his hand. Angel shakes his head in disbelief as he once again reading the Crawford Street address of the mansion.
Knocking on the door, Angel continued to be alert encase some minion or something were to pounce on him.
Instead, it was worse; the door quickly swung open to the blasting bubble gum music of some boy band.
Buffy bounced around as she answered the door, "Hey Angel come on everyone is already here. Turning up her heads phones, she bops on down the hall leading Angel to the kitchen.
"Eww! Nerd boy blood on ice cream…." Xander whined and wrinkled up his nose.
Spike grinned, "So say the Zeppo, who just got done smearing peanut butter and banana all over his".
"That my friend is considered a classic I'll have you know" Xander puffed out his chest.
Spike turned to Willow who was still at the counter dishing out scoops of ice cream "Red tell him what a heathen he is".
A warm radiant Willow smile on her face as she walked over to the table and handed Buffy a bowl of ice cream and wiped off a drip of blood running down Spike's chin, "Let's face it both of you are guilty of food abuse…blood , peanut butter that's just so not of the good."
Spike sat up a little taller, "Blood, peanut butter….chunkyyyyyy." as he reached over and dipped his spoon into Xander's jar of peanut butter and plopped it into his blood.
"Oh that is so gross Spike now I can't eat." Xander slapped Spikes hand as he reached for his bowl of ice cream, "hands off egg head. I was speaking metaphorically"
Spike eyes opened wide, "Xan-man you stayed awake in one of your classes?"
Willow slapped Spike's hand, "Play nice…both of you." cutting off Xanders reply.
Buffy interjected with a "You're both Pigs is what she means."
"Just call me Mr. Gordo" Spike snickered and a wagging eyebrow, "and prop me up on your bed".
Xander started oinking and snorting until Buffy tapped him on the back of his head.
"Buffy "Xander whimpers "slayers should never hit someone weaker then them. Go hit nerd boy."
"No way his big bad witch sister would turn me into a frog or he would, either one of them could or worse yet give my computer a cold."
Willow and Spike both moaned out "Virus"
Angel tuned out the conversation and just watched as they played around and he ponders over the people in the scene that is playing out in front of him.
He really could not remember any of them being this young. He is sure Buffy was much more mature, Willow never babbled like that, Xander well he was Xander. Spike looked so carefree, relaxed…, and happy.
Angel felt a tap on his shoulder.
"It can wear you out just watching them can't it?" Giles smiled fondly at them.
Angel gave him a bewildered look", you do know that Spike's" a vampire".
"How astute of you to notice Angel" Giles removed his glasses and began cleaning them, "do we really have to go through this again".
Angel looked down so Giles would not see his smile "Just one more time for the tired old two hundred plus year old vampire".
Giles stood just looking at him finally; he turned to the scoobies "I'm afraid Angel is insisting one more time".
A loud group groan rising from the table
"Giles assured me his children wouldn't mind."
As all the heated glares turned to Giles, clearing his throat he look Angel straight in the eye "Please do not call my …colleagues, children Angel. They have faced every kind of fiend imaginable and apocalypses a many. They have defeated all that the Hell mouth has thrown at them I believe warriors would be a better term. "Giles passed by Angel and whispered, "You so are going to pay for that vampire".
"Well to start with Egghead/Spike?" bewildered Angel shook his head.
"Yeah well him and Willow they've both made the deans list every semester. What's worse is their parents just because their two brilliant children made the dean's list all last year they buy Spike a motorcycle and Willow gets a camorra "
Spike stands and puts his arm around Willow and puffs out his chest, "What can I say we Rosenberg's have cornered the market on smarts," then squeezes Willow's shoulder, "doesn't hurt that we're both drop dead gorgeous."
Angel gasps, "Willow's a vampire too".
"That's not of the funny Angel", Willow pouts just as Spike taught her too.
Angel stumbles over his words, as Willow looks so hurt, "I'm sorry Willow I will make it up to you".
Whispering in Willow's ear, "You're in for a really nice present from him good job I'm proud of you." Spike smirk turning to face Angel "Hey it's not like Willow and I couldn't afford it ourselves after all the internet business is generating over a million a month now, and we have government support for the vamp rehab."
"Vamp rehab?"
"Well since we helped Spike adjusts to undead life. Moreover, with my parents making him my brother and lobbying for his undead rights no government death camps. We thought only fair those others should have a chance too. After all a lot of them are former classmates."
"Yeah the two bleeding heart liberals here rescue vamps and set them on the right path." Xander
"Well Night Haven has helped over twenty vampires adjust to their handicap." Willow proudly pronounced.
Giles interjected. "But it must be pointed out that not every vampire can be saved…"
Snickering Buffy added, "Not every vampire is afraid of the dark."
Offend Spike rises up to face her, "I was not afraid of the dark, I… just was cold and disorientated not every day a bloke wakes up with fangs."
"Oh and the frightening description Willow gave of you," placing his finger on his chins and tapping and pretending to try a remember Xander exclaims "Ah! I remember now what Willow said, it was the big bad vampire sitting on the ground, dirty, wet, big blue watery eyes, damp curls sticking to his forehead, broken glasses, Scary." snickering", I think Willow said something about lost puppy syndrome."
Spike grunted in disgust and grabbed his duster putting it on "Come on slayer if we are going to get the baddies we have to hurry. You guys can debate good vamp bad vamp all night."
Buffy gave Spike a puzzled look as if to say what the rush is.
Giving her an annoyed look and in a tense voice, his teeth gritted together and motioning his head slightly towards Giles, "Remember it's finals we're pulling an all nighter of studying at sigma ka, Frat house".
"Oh yeah we're all studying together. There. Study …of the good" Buffy smiles brightly.
"Is that the one where I took the keg of beer?" Xander smiles brightly at the two.
Spike turns glaring at him.
Cleaning his glasses Giles "We will discuss studying for finals after we handle the demons" Pausing "and the discussion will take place at my house", turns away from them, and walking to the door he calls over his shoulder "and bring your books with you".
As they leave the house, Angel follows as Spike and Buffy listening.
Buffy whispers to Spike "sorry I forgot and it took me by surprise".
With a quick kiss to the top of her head "No problem luv' just have to figure out now is which one of us gets to pull out Xanders tongue."
Willow catches up "too extreme Xander is one of us after all."
"Couldn't you two do a spell for him to spill the beans about?
Everybody but us." Buffy wondered aloud.
Willow frowned "but it would have to be the truth".
"How about this when ever Xander gets close to someone he can see a secret they're keeping and it's up to him whether he blurts it out." Spike grinned as he looked at Willow and Buffy.
"I don't know."
"Come on Willow it would teach him a lesson. I'm sure at first he'll blurt it out, what's the harm it could be funny" Buffy grinned mischievously.
"Okay but you both have to help"
"Done now on to the fight
Hours later the big slime demons defeated they all walked back to the mansion.
Xander looked over at Willow," Don't you just hate it when they pop like a big zit".
Willow looked out from under her green goo drenched hair to glare at Xander. Raising her hand swiping it across her hair, she flung a hand full of goo at Xander.
Spike laughed until Xander flung some at him. Buffy giggled at Spike outraged look until she felt the goo running down the side of her face.
The second fight of the night was on.
Angel had been trailing behind just watching when the goo fight broke out he ducked down an alley.
Standing alone in the middle of the alley, he turned slowly around address the empty air around him. "Ethan this is sweet, sickeningly so but don't you think this is all a little immature for a master vampire. Night Haven very unrealistic. Could get someone killed, for instance Willow sweet trusting Willow working around seductive vicious vampires."
"POP"
Ethan appears in front of Angel, sighs, "Right again angel I would never forgive myself if I caused that sweet little witch any harm." under his breath, he whispers 'not to mention old Rupert would skin me alive.'
Turning to Angel, Ethan's face covered with a grin, a crocodile grin, and "Whatever shall I do?"