It was 12.10 am and Buffy was running late. She was supposed to meet Willow and the Blood Lust group for lunch at 12.30 and she had just woken up.
"Shit" she exclaimed as she ran into her bathroom. She quickly jumped into the shower and had what had to be the world's quickest shower. Once she was done she grabbed her favourite pair of jeans and pulled on tank top. She quickly put on a little make up and then slipped on her oversized sunnies. Once she was satisfied with her appearance she ran down her stairs and with a quick nod to Anya she snatched the keys to her Ferrari and was off.
The photo shoot that had taken place the previous day had gone well. Other than the slight discomfort between her and Angelus right at the end, it had been perfect. But she had been really tired and after refusing willow's invitation to hang out with her and the guys, Buffy had come home and collapsed.
Buffy flipped her phone open and hit speed dial 2 as she drove down the busy road of LA.
"Hello? Buffy?"
"Will! I'm so sorry I'm late. Where am I meeting you again? I forgot"
"Buffy! Oh don't worry about it. Just come to mine. It'll be easier. How long will you be?"
"Umm… traffic is looking okay so give me 20 no 30 minutes tops and I'll be seeing you soon"
With that Buffy snapped her phone shut and hit the accelerator.
Half an hour later after having to get through four gates and flash her id three times Buffy was finally inside the Rosenberg Compound. Willow's family were very wealthy. They owned a large computer-related company. After being best friends with her since she was two, Buffy still didn't know what Willow's parents did exactly. All she knew was that they owned a huge corporation Rose International and did something brainy. Rose Int. also handled a lot of government related business which was why everything building they owned was guarded like Fort Knox. Willow had been thrust in to the limelight first at the tender age of 9 when the world had met her as a child prodigy and later at the age of 16 when they met her as a wild LA party girl. After her 'I'm-bad' phase Willow had been unable to shake the tag socialite even though she had mellowed down considerably.
Buffy chuckled when she remembered those days. She had been the one who had instigated most of the troubles they had gotten into but somehow she had escaped any bad girl label. No matter what the world was determined to love Buffy a. k. a. Elizabeth Summers. Her perfect blonde hair and sparkling green eyes combined with a show biz pedigree that was envied by most of the world, Buffy had the life most girls would kill for. But that was the very image Buffy was trying to shake up a little.
"Willow!" Buffy shouted as she walked into the redhead's wing. Being an only child and having such a large house was a definite perk. Willow had been given the entire East Wing of the house for herself.
"In here Buffy"
Buffy followed the sound of her friend's voice and entered the games room. This was where Willow had every computer, arcade or any other kind of game ever. She had an XBOX 360 hooked to a large screen in one corner and a PS2 in another. There were a bunch of machines scattered around and an air hockey table in the middle. Spike was currently stuck in some game holding a fake gun shooting at the screen all the while yelling, "Die mofos. Die!" Willow and Oz were playing some kind of logic game and both of them had their brows wrinkled in concentration. Angelus was the only one doing nothing. He was stretched out on the couch and looked like he was half asleep. Deciding he was the lesser of the three evil and that to was time to leave the awkwardness of yesterday behind, Buffy marched up to him and said "Hey"
Angelus opened his eyes slowly and scanned her up and down before allowing a lazy smile to break across his face.
"Hey"
"So, umm, you didn't find anything interesting?" Buffy asked gesturing to the room
"I just did" Angelus said still smiling
Buffy smiled back hesitantly and was about to speak when
"I win you lose. Who the man now Wolfy?" Willow yelled and then covered her mouth when she realised how loudly she had shouted. Recovering quickly she smiled as she got up, "Lunch?"
The five of them sat at a round table while the waiting staff served them a delicious Italian meal. Earlier in the day the cook had asked for each person's preferences and even though Buffy was late, hers had been made too. Seeing as she ate at Willow's atleast once a week, the cook knew all of Buffy's favourites.
"So I was thinking, after my super smart photo shoot idea, maybe we could try another one?" Willow said excitedly
"Let it out Wills. I'm sure I'll like it whatever it is" Buffy said with a grin as the guys looked at Willow with various degrees of amusement.
"Ok! All four of you will love this. I was thinking maybe you should do a song together. I mean I know your sounds are so different but that the whole point right? Buffy you want change and Blood Lust will get mainstream exposure" Willow paused. "Not that you guys aren't mainstream or anything, because you are. It's just that your personal lives seem to be in the news more than your music. Not that that's bad or anything but it is kinda don't you think? I mean you make such great music but all we read about is which actress Angelus was boning last week or which strip club Spike got wasted at." Willow rambled on.
"Honey. We know what you mean" Oz said quietly.
"Eep. I'm sorry." Willow said blushing furiously.
Spike and Angelus just smiled at her but they both looked like they were considering her words. They looked at each other before glancing at Oz and then they focused their gazes on Buffy who looked as if she too were lost in thought.
"So, what do you think?" Spike asked finally.
"I don't know. It sounds like a plan but we need to get a song and music and the lyrics have to be a little less gory than you guys normally do. But if you can do all that I'm in." Buffy said.
"Don't you need to check with your people first?" Angelus asked cautiously. He knew how the business worked. Even though Blood Lust made most of their decisions, something like this would have to be run by their manager first but Wesley would say YES of that he was sure seeing as how Wes had been trying to convince the group to do something like this for the past year.
"No. I am my people. If you guys are in, I'm in" Buffy said confidently.
"We're in" Oz said
"Great! Let's go to the music room. You can start working now" Wllow said excitedly.
"Uh, Can I finish my food first?" Buffy asked laughing.
"Oh. Sorry"
Music Room.
Spike had his guitar resting on his lap and a piece of paper and a pencil next to him. He absently strummed a few bars and then wrote something down. Buffy was sitting at the piano and every time Spike played anything half decent she would start working on it. Finally Buffy gave up and decided to leave Spike to his own madness and she strolled over to where Angelus was sitting trying to write lyrics.
"Have the angels sung yet?" Buffy asked
"What?" Angelus asked confused
"Nothing. When I was younger my mom used to say that when you are writing music if you listened hard enough you might hear the angels sing and then you know you have the right words. When I write I always hope to hear them. Never have" Buffy said.
"Okay" Angelus said, unsure what he was to do with this information.
Buffy laughed, "Well you being Angelus and all, I doubt you need any other Angels"
By now Spike had set hit guitar down had come up to where Buffy and Angelus were.
"Oh hey Spike, how's the music going?" Buffy asked
"It isn't. I think I'm trying too hard. I need a break. Maybe you can provide some relaxation" Spike said with a wink.
"Mmmm, Actually since none of us are getting anything done maybe we can just talk? Tomorrow we have to do that interview with Rolling Stone together and I just realised I don't even know your real names and how is it that your brothers but you have different accents? What's the deal with you two?" Buffy said.
Spike and Angelus looked at each other and grimaced, "You wanna take this or shall I?" Spike asked. Seeing Angelus nod Spike started speaking.
"Long story. Starts with Brandon O'Conner. Lovely chap, small time musician, great with the ladies. He lives in Dublin where he meets Catherine Donnelly. Basically they hook up, he sticks around long enough to promise marriage, get her pregnant and then he leaves to go to London. Now here Brandon manages to catch another unsuspecting fool off guard and he does the same shit with Anna Bristow. The hilarious thing is that both women are still madly in love with that idiot so when they have their children they give them his last name. The even more ironic bit is that both women chose the same first name to give to their son. Which is why neither of use our real names" Spike said.
Buffy just started at them for a moment, "Well? You still haven't told me your real names! And how did you manage to find each other?"
Angelus just closed his eyes as if he was trying to ignore the conversation while gesturing for Spike to continue.
"If you must know, the poof here, his name is Liam Angelus O'Conner and my name is William O'Conner, no middle name for me thank god. How we met is an even funnier story. Angie here moved to London with his mum when he twelve and we were enrolled in the same school. After a few fist fights we realised we were brothers and shared the common hatred of our father, I use that term loosely and his name we both had to bear. Once we figured the truth out we introduced our mums and the rest as they say is history"
Buffy was looking at them both wide eyed by now, "Are you shitting me? This is better than my soaps! And now both of you are parts of a world famous band and are like best friends. That is so hot!"
At this Angelus and Spike started laughing. "Oh my god this one sure is gullible."
Angelus finally spoke up, "Buffy, half of what he said was true except for the duping part. Brandon married my mum but they divorced a year after I was born. He moved to England and married Anna but she didn't know about mum and I. When I was twelve Brandon fell sick and that's why we went to London. Brandon asked if we would come so he could see me one last time and mum being the softy that she is said ok. There at the hospital I met Spike. Neither of us had known until then that the other existed and when we met we didn't exactly become best friends but we didn't get in to any fist fights either. Eventually we bonded, and here we are."
Buffy looked between the brothers and then asked cautiously, "That is the true story right?"
Angelus looked amused, "Yeh it's true. My idiot brother here watches too much Passions. He likes to pretend our lives are like that too. Don't ask."
Buffy laughed at that and looked at Spike whose expression was half embarrassed half annoyed.
"Ok so, when are we gonna get your story luv?" Spike asked anxious to get the attention off him.
"If we're still on pur break then now is as good a time as any" Buffy said smiling
Hey! Reviews please! Next chap will have Buffy's real story.