Thanks for the reviews everyone! I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint, one of Willow's lines is a quote from the show, you should know it when you see it!

Chapter 3: The Invitation

I kept myself turned towards my locker, not wanting to look at him, not even wanting to talk to him. I acted like I didn't hear him and kept looking through my binders, trying to find the one I needed. Then his voice broke through the silence of the hallway again.

"Well, what's so funny, Fluffy?" he asked using the cruel nickname Cordelia had given me. My whole body froze, and I turned around sharply to face him.

"What? You can't talk to me for a year and suddenly when I dump milk down the biggest bitches shirt, your voice suddenly works again?" I asked irritated and glaring daggers at him. He stood there, shocked for a while, not knowing what to say. "What, now you lost your voice Angel? Oops, sorry, I mean Angelus. I forgot your going by the "more manly" part of your nowadays. Too bad it sounds more like a bastards name, but at least your really growing into it," I finished when the bell rang. "Now if you're done with the tough guy act now, I have to get to class," I spat at him and stormed past his shocked face. Two more classes and this horrible day was over.

When the final bell rang, I walked to my locked quickly to find the big jerk leaning against my locker. And of course, I needed to bring all my homework home now, for my mom started checking it. Sighing to myself, I adjusted the books in my hand and the strap of my purse on my shoulder and walked up to my locker, standing in front of him. "Move," I stated angrily, not meeting his eyes.

"You do know your going to have to pay for her shirt right?" he asked looking me up and down. I mean you have to be kidding me? The way he's acting is ridiculous!

"Sorry, not going to happen," I replied, "Now move." He still stayed in his spot though; I really need to work on the whole intimidation thing.

"Sorry, not going to happen," he mocked my last statement, "At least not until you agree to pay for my girlfriends shirt."

I put my hand over my heart, and started doing my 'blonde bimbo' voice. You know like the annoying Pep Squad people. (A/N: No offence to anyone) "Oh yes, I will work 2 jobs a day to be able to pay for that expensive top that she probably got from Italy, just because it would be more personal if I got the money myself," I mocked. But instantly turned back into Bitchy-Buffy mode. "Now will you move?" I asked getting annoyed.

"No, you are going to pay for that shirt, even if I have to go tell your mom what you did. I'm sure she'd love that," he replied, an evil smirk on his face.

I gave a loud sigh and rolled my eyes, "You do that. Meanwhile, I'm leaving," I replied turning away from him and heading for the door. I heard his footsteps coming after me, so I ducked through as many people as I could until I walked from the school. Knowing he was still behind me, I slammed the door behind me and kept walking towards the parking lot. My dad had bought my a nice BMW for christmas, and it was what I drove back and forth. I heard him yell my name, and officially annoyed with him I turned around, but kept walking backwards. "Oh wow, the great Angelus knows my name! Am I supposed to fall at your feet now or swoon over your good looks?" I threw at him sarcastically. I turned around and kept walking towards my car, weaving through the few people left. My car came into view, and I saw Willow sitting in the front passenger seat waiting for my like always, reading a book. Usually Xander would be there too, but his mom picked him up, he had a doctors appointment or something. I don't know, I wasn't really listening when he told me.

"Buffy! I got your books for you, so you don't get grounded again," he yelled running after me. I just waved him off and jumped into my black convertible, not bothering with the door.

I saw him getting closer to my car and just said a simple, "Put them back," before turning the keys. Willow was looking up from her book, looking between Angelus and me, clearly confused. When I reached to put the car in drive, Angelus reached in and turned off my car. I whipped my head towards him and yelled, "Would you leave me alone! And how did you know I'd get grounded? You know what, don't answer that, just leave!"

"Buffy," he started, trying to get me to look at him. I just kept my eyes glued on the tree across the yard.

Pulling my sunglasses over my eyes, I took the bag that held my homework apparently. Looking through I rolled my eyes, "I'm still grounded, you didn't get math," I bit out and started my car again, "Now go." Angel obeyed this time and took a step away from the car. Putting the car in drive, I sped out of the parking lot, wanting to be as far away from him as fast as possible.

"What was that about?" Willow asked putting her book back in her bag.

"Angel-us, wanted me to imtimidate me into paying for Cordelia's shirt, it didn't work," I said turning my head to face Willow and then back to the road. She just nodded.

"Want to go to the bronze tonight? The Dingoes Ate My Baby are playing," she changed the subject beaming. She knew I didn't want to talk about it, thats why I love her, she always knows when to drop a subject.

"Alright, but tonight your talking to Oz for once," I replied giving her a grin. She had the biggest crush on him ever since like 4th grade. But she never had the nerves to ask him out.

She turned red, "I-I can't," she replied looking down at her hands.

"Oh yes you can, and you will. It'll be easy, just say something like 'Hey Oz, how have you been?' and the next thing you know you're in a deep conversation of catching up on lost times," I replied, still grinning.

"But- But... When I'm with a boy I like it's hard for me to say anything cool, or witty, or at all. I - I can usually make a few vowel sounds. And then I have to go away..."

"Well then we'll have to fix that tonight, plus I'll be there, I can take away some of the heat at first, but I will leave you alone with him," I replied turning and giving her a grin. She had a small smile, and was still looking at her hands blushing.

"Al-alright, I'll do it," she spit out and flashed me a grin. I smiled and kept driving to her house. Okay, so maybe today wasn't the worst, but it was the top five. After I dropped Willow off, I got ready to go home and face my mom. Walking in the door and took a deep breath, I needed to be able to go to the bronze tonight, but if that teacher kept her promise on calling home about my 'F' in math, I wasn't going anywhere.

"Mom!" I yelled, not knowing where she was.

"In the kitchen hunnie!" she yelled back. I gribbed my book bag strap tighter and walked into the kitchen. I sat on one of the chairs and waited for my mom to speak. "Did you have a good day at school?"

"You could say that," I muttered under my breath.

"Excuse me?" she asked turning away from the dishes.

"It was fine mom," I replied louder so she could hear me.

"Good," she replied drying her hands on a towel, "We're going to Kathy's tonight for dinner."

"Who?" I asked already thinking of ways to get out of this.

"Kathy, you know, Angel's mom, we're going there for dinner tonight," she replied. I opened my mouth to protest but she just put up her hand, "And you have nothing to get out of it because you are grounded, your math teacher called, and told me you were failing," she told me with an evil grin.

"Mom," I whined, "I was supposed to go with Willow to the bronze! Her favorite band is playing!"

"Kathy's been asking about you, she hasn't seen you in a while. Mark will be there too, and Angel, so you have someone to talk to," she replied with a happy smile.

"Oh great," I muttered under my breath again and grabbed my books. "I'm going to do homework."

"Be ready by 5!" she yelled as I made my way upstairs. I shut my door behind me and flopped onto my bed, letting out a heavy sigh. Why did this have to happen? Hopefully Angel would get out of this horrible situation so I don't have to deal with him. It was now 3, I have 2 hours before I have to be ready, and 1 hour before I have to start to get ready. Oh joy.

2 hours later I came walking down the stairs at five as promised. I had my hair curled at the edges so it framed my face. The simple dark blue dress I wore came halfway down my thigh. Looking around for my mom I didn't see her anywhere. A loud crash came from the kitchen and I ran down the stairs the best I could with my high heels. When I got to the kitchen, I heard my mother mutter 'damnit' and was over behind the counter.

"Mom, what's wrong?" I asked curiously.

"I made this desert that I told Kathy to try, and it is now decorating the floor," she complained standing up and stepping over the spot where the pie, or pudding landed. I couldn't tell which. "We need to go," she said quickly grabbing the keys off the counter.

The ride to Angel's was silent, no one saying a word. When we got there, my mom turned to me, a serious look on her face. "Buffy, act like you want to be here, instead of being like you are now and pouting," she instructed and then got out of the car. I wasn't planning on acting like this the whole time anyway, only when I was around just Angel or just my mother. I got out of the car with a loud sigh, and got ready to put a happy face on for the rest of the evening.

TBC…