Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story. All of these characters belong to the God Joss Whedon.
On Saturday night, all of the employees from Exotic Detailer were seated in the community living room waiting for the pizza guy to deliver their dinner so they could stuff their tummies and kick back to watch the movies Angel had picked out this week. Two of the guys from the shop were seated on a small sofa, one of them had an opened notebook and pen on his lap. "Okay so what about this one?" Oz asked pointing to a place in the book.
"Yeah right." Devon replied, "That is so stupid."
"Whatcha doing?" Buffy asked the two as she sat on the arm of the sofa beside Oz.
"Trying to pick out a new name for the band. We finally have ourselves together but we need a name." Oz told her pointing to a line on the page. "I kinda like this one, but Devon disagrees."
"Dingoes ate my Baby? Eww. I mean it's different. I…" Before Buffy had a chance to cover Angel interrupted the group.
"Excuse me everyone." Angel called out to the group catching their attention. They all respected him and stopped what they were doing to listen to what the boss had to say. "I know I usually ban all talk about work on this night but I do have an announcement to make. Tomorrow my cousin is arriving from England. He will be staying here with us and will be working at the shop. I wasn't planning on having him around, but my father has requested that I set him up for awhile to keep an eye on him. I just wanted to let you all know that he and I do not get along most of the time, but since this was my father's request I couldn't deny him a place here. Now with that said, the pizza is here so lets get to the food and the movies."
"You never told me that Angel had family in England." Buffy scolded quietly as she and Faith took their usual seats on a sofa off to the side of the room. It wasn't the best place to watch the big screen television, but the two hardly paid attention anyway. They spent most of the time gossiping and making fun of the movies Angel had picked out. Angel might have great taste in clothing and cars, but his taste in movies was pathetic. Most of the movies were about mummies, zombies, vampires, and any other popular horror movie character.
"Never thought it was worth mentioning. Besides I never met the guy. I've heard my step dad talk about him and I've answered the phone once or twice when he's called. Angel always told me that he was a jerk and he gave Angel's uncle a hard time. After the few times I answered the phone I pretty much came to the conclusion that Angel was right, he is a jerk."
"Then why does Angel have to play babysitter?"
"Don't know B. All I know is things will definitely get interesting once he gets here."
"Great." Buffy said sarcastically. "Some one to come in and disrupt our happy home."
Faith patted Buffy's shoulder lightly. "I'm sure Angel won't let him be a pain. Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll lock him in his room all night."
"Ha ha, that sounds like a plan. If Angel won't do it maybe I will. I didn't come here to be put back into a situation that I didn't like. I've been really happy here since my arrival and I don't want that spoiled."
"You really do like it here don't you?"
"Yeah I do."
Faith was silent for a moment as she pondered whether or not to say what was going through her mind. "You should tell him that."
"Huh? Who?"
"Tell my step brother that you really are happy here."
"You don't think he knows that?"
"He hears you when you say that you like it here, but I think you need to tell him how grateful you really are that you're here. I don't think he understands how much you disliked the life your father wanted you to live. Sometimes I think he believes you're only here because you needed away from your problems in Sunnydale and that you have decided to stick around because you got comfortable, not because you actually like what you are doing."
"You're probably right. I know I haven't been upfront with Angel about how I feel about being here, although I tell him every other day that I am thankful for him helping me out like this." Buffy paused for a moment thinking about what she had just said. "I guess that isn't very informative about how I feel. I'll talk to him tonight after the movies are over."
Faith nodded her head and turned her attention to the television trying to act as though she was interested in her stepbrother's choice of entertainment.