In this story, Kate found out about Angel before the whole Penn thing and she quit being a cop soon after to be the counselor of Buffy's school. This should take place after Cordelia gets her new apartment and episode six never happened because Kate quit being a cop before it happened.

Chapter 2 Angel

"Angel."

"Kate, nice to see you." He replied. When he came closer to her, she held out a cross.

"Don't come near me." She said. "I'm with a student. I can't talk right now. I never want to see you again." She spat.

"I need to talk to you about my job and you might be able to help." He said. Obviously Buffy had been forgotten.

"Just in case you haven't noticed, I am not a cop anymore." She replied cooly. Buffy was trying to piece everything together. Ms. Lockley had been a cop?

"Angel," she said finally, sighing, "mabey you could help me." She then turned to Buffy. "Ms. Maclay here had an accident in the gym room. I don't know much about it but mabey she could fill us in." The guy named Angel turned to Buffy and looked her strait in the eyes. His chocolate brown against her own amber. For some reason she felt as though she could trust him, so she started her story.

"Well," she started, "today is my birthday," she stopped when he wished her a happy birthday. She replied with a thank you and continued. "Well, last night I had some freaky dreams of ugly looking monsters attacking a lone girl who was fighting them. I don't mean to sound crazy, but when I woke up I felt different, like I had power. I had this feeling all morning. Well, in class we were learning self defense and each girl was paired with a guy and the girls were supposed to flip the guys over their shoulder in self defense. Well, when John wrapped his arms around me, I grabbed his right arm that was across my neck and threw him twenty feet away from where I was standing. I was so scared so I ran into the girl's locker rooms and stared off into nothing crying. Then James told me that it wasn't my fault so I shouldn't act like it was. Then Ms. Lockley came and got me and here I am, pouring my soul to you." Explained Buffy, short of breath. When she looked up, Angel was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed lost in thought. Then, after a few moments, looked up at her.

"Ms. Maclay," he started.

"Call me Buffy." Buffy responded. When she said her name, she saw Angel wince a little.

"Okay then, Buffy, I think I might now why this is happening but I can't say it here, but when all your classes are over, come to Ms. Lockley's office and she will take you to my office, where I can talk to you properly. I will expect you guys around three o'clock. Oh, and for your own safety, don't talk to anyone besides Ms. Lockley or me. Is that clear?" he asked her. Buffy just stared into his eyes for a minute longer before following her instincts and nodding

"Good." He said. Then he handed me a card with an address on it and told me to come directly after school and that Ms. Lockley knew where to go and would take her strait away. Ms. Lockley looked hesitant at first but nodded anyway. Buffy was then told to get back to class and to not discuss anything that happened in her office to anyone.

When Buffy arrived at history, she handed Mr. Gordon the pass that Ms. Lockley had written and took her seat .She was glad that her seat was in the very back corner of the room. She was away from everyone. She didn't want to have to face anyone right now. She just wanted to get all her classes finished so that she could see Angel and find out what was wrong with her. She knew that she could trust him and found the comfort that she desperately needed.

When the bell finally rang, it was their lunch period, or gossip period as it was also known as. Buffy walked outside to the outdoor lunch area and sat at her usual table in her usual seat with James, Kendra, Fred, Kendall, and Cameron. The usual gang. They all tried to get her to talk, but she was just staring into space waiting for the day to end. They all kept bugging her to eat, but the only one who got her to eat something was James, and even then it was only just a few chips and a few sips of a chocolate shake, which had everybody worrying. Even when Buffy was at her lowest point, she would always grab a chocolate shake and drink it all down. Buffy felt the hairs on the back of her neck rise and felt herself being watched. When she turned around, she saw Samantha staring strait at her, like she was a freak. So was the rest of her gang. Buffy suddenly grabbed all her stuff, saying that she felt sick, and started to walk back into the school. Once she stepped inside, the warning bell rang and Buffy decided to go to her locker and put her history book away and grab her science book and notebook.

Mr. Morrin just kept talking on and on about different species of underwater animals. At least Buffy had some time to space out without being caught. Either Mr. Morrin was completely oblivious or he just didn't care that most of the class was passing notes. Suddenly, something jumped onto her desk and when she looked up, she saw James heading over to the trash can. She opened the note and saw the three words that she was bound to hear eventually. 'Are you okay?' At first she didn't know what to say. Of course 'yeah' would be the obvious answer but anyone who looked at her knew it was not the truth. She didn't know the whole situation about what was going on so she couldn't tell him. She had also told Ms. Lockley that she wouldn't tell. She just wrote that she was tired and passed it back. He must have known not to push because he just sat there, staring at the teacher, trying to pay attention. She looked at the clock with a sigh of relief. Just one more class and she could go and see Angel.

The bell rang again and Buffy was the first person out of the classroom. She headed back to her locker to grab her algebra book and notebook and headed to class. The second she walked through the door, the bell rang to signal the beginning of class. Ms. Petrick was one of the nicest teachers in the school. She helped with homework, didn't give out too many quizzes, and gave out candy every other day. She even let the students out early on certain days. She was really awesome, as long as you don't push her over the edge, which didn't happen often. Only one person could do that and he was currently suspended. They had just had a huge test, so Ms. Petrick let them relax for a couple of days, as long as they didn't get too loud. Buffy figured that James must've sensed that she didn't want to talk because he didn't make her. He just let her space out just like she had been doing throughout all of her classes. Suddenly, Buffy was pulled out of her thoughts by the bell ringing and Buffy practically ran out of the classroom. Buffy walked up to her locker and put away her algebra book and grabbed her special notebook and put it into her bag. Buffy was about to close her licker when she saw a picture of the gang and smiled. They were all acting like their goofy selves. They always took to pictures. One that was tasteful and one that showed their real selves. Buffy smiled one last time before she headed to Ms. Lockley's office. She was stopped when James approached her and stood in front of her. Buffy saw a package in his hands that he was trying to hide behind his back.

"James," She started, " I have to go to Ms. Lockley's office and I don't wanna be late."

"Okay, I just wanted to give you this." He said pulling the box from behind his back and handing it to her. Buffy opened the package and saw a beautiful silver locket with 'Buffy' Written in cursive blood red letters. She looked up at James with a surprised look on her face.

"James, I can't believe...This is...I love it. Thank you so much. Could you put it on?" she asked him. James let out the breath that he didn't know he was holding and nodded. Buffy held up her hair while James opened the clasp and put it around her neck and closed it. He turned Buffy around and looked her in the eyes. He had the most adorable green eyes. Buffy and James started to lean in until they both pulled back.

"I have to go to Ms. Lockley's office. I'm already late." Buffy said, fumbling for an excuse to leave.

"Yeah, I have to go home, so I'll talk to you later?" he asked

"Sure, later." she said. Then she quickly gave him a hug thanking him for her present and hurried to see Ms. Lockley. When she walked into her office, Buffy saw Ms. Lockley with two other people that she didn't recognize. One was a woman with long, wavy black hair and one was a man with short sort of spiked black hair.

"Ms. Maclay, how nice of you to come. I, unfortunately can not accompany you to Angel's office, so his employees will. This," She said pointing to the woman, "is Ms. Cordelia Chase and this," she said pointing to the man, "is Mr. Allen Doyle" Buffy shook both of their hands and just watched Mr. Doyle. When she shook his hand, she felt something, she just didn't know what it was. "Buffy, if you want, after you talk to Angel, you can come and see me tomorrow. Buffy just nodded and continued staring at Mr. Doyle. "Okay, I suggest that you start to leave." Again Buffy just nodded while Mr. Doyle and Ms. Chase stood up. She allowed herself to be led outside to a black, topless Cadillac. Mr. Doyle held the door open for her while she climbed into the back and got settled down. Mr. Doyle then pulled his seat back to it's original state and sat down, closing the door once she was settled. Ms. Chase waled to the Driver's side and sat in the Driver's seat. She put the key into the ignition and put the car into drive. She pulled out of the school parking lot and onto the road. After about five minutes on the road, Mr. Doyle asked her a question.

"So, Buffy, how old are you?" At first it looked like she was just ignoring him, but Ms. Chase knew that look. It was the look that the Scooby gang A.K.A. the Slayer squad would get when they were lost in thought. Finally, Buffy jumped out of thought and looked startled.

"What, oh sorry Mr. Doyle, what was the question?"

"It's just Doyle and I asked how old are you"

"Oh sorry Mr. Doyle, I mean Doyle, I'm twelve, today is my birthday" She stated.

"Happy Birthday, Buffy." Doyle and Ms. Chase said together

"Thank you Doyle and Ms. Chase." she said

'Buffy, please don't call me Ms. Chase, it makes me sound old. Please call me Cordelia or Cordy." said Cordelia.

"Okay," replied Buffy. The rest of the trip was silent.