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"Angel can I talk to you for a minute before we call it a night?" Buffy asked Angel from the other side of the room as she helped him finish cleaning up after the movies were over.

"Something bothering you Buffy?" He questioned. It wasn't like Buffy to want to have a talk with him, normally she would go to Faith to talk.

"No, not really. It's just that, well, I wanted to tell you how glad I am that I'm here."

"I know. You have thanked me over a hundred times for helping you out."

"I don't mean just that."

"Then what?"

"I'm talking about the fact that I am truly happy here. I like my job, even though it wasn't something that I ever thought I would be doing. I like every one I work with, I like where I live. I feel at home here. I don't have my dad pressing me to be an econ major, to be just like him. I feel like I am part of a family here." Buffy confessed as she picked up empty beer bottles and paper plates and dropped them into a garbage bag. She wanted to add, "and I have hardly given William any thought," but she kept that thought to herself. Angel didn't know the story of her long lost childhood friend and she didn't want to discuss it. She was finally getting past all of that. And for the first time in years, when she turned twenty-one, Buffy didn't wish to see the little boy that had been her best friend.

Angel stopped wiping off one of the coffee tables in the room and watched her for a moment, surprised by what she had just told him. "Buffy" he called to her.

"Hmm," she hummed not stopping to look at him.

"Take a break and have a seat over here."

Buffy stopped what she was doing and walked over to the sofa beside the coffee table Angel had just been cleaning. She sat down and watched him as he sat on the edge of the table in front of her.

Angel leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees. "Buffy, I'm glad to hear you say that. You know Faith and I both love you, and we would do anything for you, right? You helped Faith out so much when we first moved to Sunnydale. I remember all the trouble she was getting in because she didn't like that our parents were together and my dad moved us all away from Cleveland. She hated me until you came around and some how convinced her that I was an okay kid that it wasn't my fault that her mom married my dad, and that I didn't like it any more then she did. You brought us closer. Everyday I vowed that someday I would return the favor. Buffy, you are as much my sister as Faith is. When Faith told me how unhappy you were with the way your life was going, I couldn't turn my back on you, I just waited until you were ready to take the help I had to give."

"Oh Angel" Buffy exclaimed leaning forward and throwing her arms around his neck. "You are the bestest big brother ever."

"Yeah, yeah. Now go on up to bed. I'll finish up down here." Angel told Buffy slipping away from her hold on him.

"No. I'll help finish. I'm not ready for bed yet."

'I guess I won't argue with you. I never win anyway."

"That's what I like to hear." Buffy chirped and the two went back to their cleaning. "Angel?" She called to him a few minutes later unable to bear the silence.

"Yeah Buff."

"What's the deal with your cousin? You never mentioned you had family in England."

Angel sighed heavily. "There's not much to tell."

"Well, why is he coming here?"

"I'm not sure. My dad said he came back to the states now that his step mom passed away. According to dad he came back to meet up with an old friend, but didn't have any luck. He wanted to stay with Dad, but he decided to push him off on me instead. From what I understand all he ever did was cause a bunch of trouble for my uncle."

"Have you ever met him?"

"The only time I remember seeing him was when we were twelve, just before Dad married Faiths mom. Dad took me to England to visit. I have never seen one child cause so much trouble.

"Worse then Faith?"

"A lot worse. That's probably why Dad doesn't want him there and decided to pass him on to us. He's probably thinking that between you, Faith and myself we can get him to be something other then he is."

"Hey how did I become part of this?"

"Dad knows you are the one responsible for Faiths turn around. Maybe he thinks that you can do the same with him."

"I don't know." Buffy said plopping down on one of the chairs in the room. "Faith was a project in itself. If this guy is worse it will definitely be difficult, but I guess I can give it a shot."

"You're actually going to consider trying?"

"Why not? It will give me a challenge. I mean since I came out here there hasn't really been anyone that needed help. Maybe this is my destiny, to help the helpless."

Angel laughed at Buffy's statement. ""If you want a challenge then why don't we up the stakes a little?"

"Depends. What did you have in mind?"

"Well if you don't succeed in getting my cousin to change his ways then you owe me dinner. Not just any dinner, though, I want you to make me dinner."

"Are you kidding me? You know I don't cook."

"You don't cook only because you don't like to."

"Fine, but if I succeed you have to detail my car. And I'm not talking about taking it to the shop and letting the others do it. I want you to do it yourself."

"It's a deal." Angel agreed with her part of the challenge

"Maybe I should head off to bed then. It sounds like I am going to have my work cut out for me starting tomorrow. I'll see you in the morning Angel. Goodnight."

"Goodnight, Buffy."

"Oh, and Buffy, good luck with my cousin. If you can get through to him then any one after him should be easy."

"Well that's encouraging." Buffy replied sarcastically as she got up from where she was sitting and headed for her room.

A/N: Thanks to all of you who are still reading. Please let me know how I am doing!