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Dedication: To the many B/A AU fans out there! And to JustVisitingUKGirl! Because she asked.
Spoilers: Only of what might happen next.
Summary: Buffy Summers and Angelus O'Connor. Worst enemies. Brother and sister in law. And slowly falling in love.
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"Buffy, hey! Aw! They are so cute!"
"Where'd you get them, Buffy? They are so cute!"
"Aw! They're like balls of fur!"
Buffy smiled wearily and nodded in greeting and thanks, as she made her way down the large corridor. Stopping outside a door, which had the words 'Conference Room' nailed on the front, Buffy carefully turned round and opened the door with her elbow.
"Good morning, Buffy."
Buffy turned round. "Yeah, yeah, whatever." She snapped irritably.
Spike looked at the large box in her hands. "What's in the box?"
"Long story," Buffy answered, kicking the door shut with her foot and placing the box carefully on the table in front of her, "Well, basically, I thought my apartment was a bit lonely and cold, so I decided to buy a cat. I went to the pet store this morning and..."
"Bought four cats." Angelus finished, as Buffy placed four tiny sleeping kittens onto the table.
Buffy's smile faltered a bit as she gazed at the kittens. "Yeah, well I chose one, but then I thought that she would be lonely, so I chose another, but that one was a boy. And then I thought the girl might be lonely with a boy and the boy lonely with a girl, so then I just had to chose another of both!"
Spike exchanged a look with Angelus. "Um, who's going to look after them, when you're at work?"
Buffy shrugged, "I'll get Faith to look in." she answered.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Spike called, as Buffy placed the kittens back into the box and then put the box on the floor.
The door opened and a tall brunette strode in.
"Cordelia!" Angelus greeted, surprise evident in his voice.
She smiled widely. "Angie! Spiky!" She cried, hugging both tightly.
Buffy snorted in amusement.
Cordelia whirled round to face her and raised a perfectly plucked eyebrow. "And who is this?"
Buffy folded her arms and glared. "My name's Buffy Summers." She answered coolly.
Cordelia smiled slightly. "My sister-in-law?"
"In a way." Buffy snapped, deciding she hated Cordelia. "I'm surprised I didn't meet you at the wedding."
"What wedding?" Cordelia frowned slightly.
Buffy raised an eyebrow. "Um, it was Angie's wedding."
Angelus glared at her.
Cordelia dismissed her with a flap of a slender hand. "Oh, that! Well, I couldn't go, I was busy doing a photo shoot!"
Buffy stared blankly at her. "Photo shoot?" She asked, slowly.
"I'm Cordelia Chase." The brunette said proudly.
Buffy frowned and glanced quickly at Spike, who was smirking, "I know." She answered.
Cordelia sighed impatiently. "I'm a fashion model!"
"Oh," Buffy exclaimed, "Well, that explains it." She muttered.
"Explains what?" Cordelia asked sharply.
Buffy smiled innocently. "Oh, just your pose and the way you walk."
Cordelia smiled vainly and turned to Angelus and Spike. "Now, I need to talk to you two-"
"We were having a meeting." Buffy interrupted.
Cordelia slowly turned to look at her. "Excuse me?" She snapped.
"We were having a meeting." Buffy repeated.
"So?"
"So, can you get out?"
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Cordelia sneered.
Buffy smiled slightly. "A lawyer. And I own half this firm."
"Not anymore."
Buffy looked quickly at Angelus. "What?" She asked.
"I'm going to buy you out." Angelus stated coldly.
Buffy stared at him in shock. "You can't do that."
Angelus pushed a pile of papers to her. "I can. I just need your signature."
Buffy scanned the contract that he had passed. "I won't sign." She said stubbornly.
"He's offering you double the price, Buffy." Spike put in. "You'd be a fool not to take it."
Buffy stared in disbelief at the contract, unshed tears clouding her vision. "You can't." She whispered.
"I'll give you until dinner tonight." Angelus went on, ignoring her.
Buffy stood up and stuffed the contract into her briefcase. She opened the door, before picking up the box of kittens.
"Bye Buffy." Cordelia called snidely.
Buffy ignored her and walked out, slamming the door shut behind her.
"The self-conceited, arrogant, cold-hearted, womanizing pig!"
Darla smiled gently at her sister. "Breath Buffy."
Buffy scowled at her. "I don't understand how you can live with him."
"I stay away form him during the day, by shopping, and then use his body to my will." Darla answered calmly, spinning her teaspoon round her cup.
Buffy smirked and pushed her empty plate away.
"What are you going to do?" Darla asked quietly.
Buffy shrugged. "Dunno. Maybe start up my own firm with no other partners?"
"No." Darla said firmly. "Buffy that will cost you time and money. And Angelus will make sure you don't get any clients. Maybe you should try a different career."
"Are you ladies finished?"
Buffy glanced up at the waiter and nodded. As he took their plates away, Buffy stared at Darla. "Darla, I trained to be a lawyer."
"But did you want to be a lawyer?" Darla countered.
Buffy sighed and glanced around the small café. "It doesn't exactly matter now, does it?" She muttered, after a minute.
Darla raised her eyebrows. "Doesn't it?" She sighed. "Come on Buffy! You can do anything you want. Don't go back to being a law-"She stopped suddenly.
"What?" Buffy asked worriedly.
"You won't be my lawyer anymore!?" Darla moaned.
Buffy tapped her chin lightly. "Yes, I will." She replied.
Darla looked up at her. "You're going to start up your own business."
"Yep."
"Fine." Darla sighed, throwing her hands up. "I give up! Don't blame me if you go bankrupt!"
Buffy grinned. "I won't. I'll blame your husband."
Darla nodded. "Good. Now, you mentioned shopping?"
"Yeah, but first you said something about a surprise?"
"Oh, that! I completely forgot! Well, basically, I thought we could all go to Spain in two weeks!" Darla answered.
Buffy stared at her. "When?"
"In two weeks." Darla repeated. "You can bring Willow, Xander, Oz and Anya, if you want. And Riley. I'm bringing Drusilla and Kate, Faith's bringing her friends Gunn and Fred, Angelus is bringing two people called Doyle and Tara and I thought I could invite Cordelia, as well!"
Buffy did a quick multiplication in her head. "Darla, that's going to be more than sixteen people!"
Darla shrugged. "What's the point in having a multi-billionaire businessman as a husband if you don't use him?"
Buffy laughed and nodded. "True, true! And just like you!" She hesitated and watched Darla closely, before continuing, "You know, you could be a multi-billionaire woman."
"Buffy, I am not going to divorce Angelus." Darla sighed impatiently. "Now, are we going to shop or not?"
Buffy raised her eyebrows. "Fine. Let's shop till we drop!"
Buffy placed the grocery bags onto the floor, next to the sofa.
"Hey B."
She looked up to see Faith helping herself to a sandwich.
"Hey, sorry I'm late." She gazed scornfully at the sandwich. "You know we'll be eating soon." She scolded.
Faith scowled. "You sound like mom and Darla." She grinned foolishly, "Speaking of which. How is Darla?'
Buffy sighed and sat down at the small dining table. "Fine and refusing to divorce the pig."
Faith sat down opposite her and took a huge bite of the sandwich. "Mmm, 'the pig'." She swallowed loudly and smirked. "Or to most of us; 'the billionaire with a body like a God'!"
Buffy raised her eyebrows. "When did you sleep with him?"
"When he and Darla were seeing each other." Faith said, taking another bite. Looking at Buffy, and seeing the skeptical look, she quickly continued. "But we were both drunk and Darla doesn't really need to know."
Buffy shook her head. "Fine. Darla won't know. Now, do you want to see your dress?"
Faith pouted. "Why do I have to wear a dress?"
"Because we're going to a very posh Italian restaurant and Darla will skin you alive if you turn up in trousers." Buffy replied, standing up from the table and walking towards her bedroom.
"But I hate wearing dresses." Faith complained, stuffing the rest of her sandwich into her mouth and following her sister. "Oh, yeah did you know you have four kittens wondering around the place?"
"Yes Faith, I had realized." Buffy retorted sarcastically, while pulling out a small black dress.
Faith stared at it. "It's cool." She commented.
"'Cool'?" Buffy repeated, "That cost Angelus eight hundred dollars, it should be more than cool!" She smiled at Faith's awed expression. "Try it on." She suggested.
Faith nodded slowly. "Yeah, okay." She tied up her hair quickly, shrugged off her coat and threw it onto the bed. "So, did Darla tell you about her silly plan?"
"Yeah. Why's she doing it?"
"Buffy, please tell me you haven't forgotten! It's Angelus' birthday next Wednesday and Darla thought it would be nice if we all went on holiday the next week to get away from everything."
"Um, she's weird." Buffy muttered, shuffling through a pile of papers on her bedside table and then pulling out a wad of papers.
"Do you think it's good idea?"
"Yeah, in a way. She isn't worried about the cost, which I think Angelus will b-" She slapped her forehead in anger. "Oh, shit!"
"What?"
"I was meant to ask Darla if she was having an affair."
"She's a having an affair? With a man like Angelus as a husband! Is she mad? What do you think?"
Buffy turned round and smiled. "You look gorgeous." She said.
Faith frowned and looked in the mirror. The dress was black and reached around mid thigh. One of the front shoulders pieces went over the other and they both joined at the back of the neck, in a tiny clasp. The back of the dress went just below the middle of the back and, with Faith's hair up, showed an average amount of flesh. "Really?" She asked.
Buffy nodded. "Yep. And wear your hair up tonight. It looks nice like that."
Faith grinned and started getting dressed into her other clothes.
"Oh, and before I forget, me and you are going to Xander's opening for the Bronze at ten, okay?"
"Sure. Can I bring a change of clothes?"
Buffy nodded and pulled out the contract for the firm. "Sure, I'm bringing some too."
"So, how's work going?"
Buffy sighed. "I'm selling my half to Angelus."
Faith came sat next to her, fully dressed in her clothes. "What?"
"Apparently, he's offering me double the value, so I'd be a fool not to take it."
Faith frowned. "And are you?"
Buffy nodded. "Yeah. I'm going to set up my own lawyer firm. Without any partners."
Faith smiled. "Good for you." Seeing a single tear fall down Buffy's cheek, she sighed and stood up. "Come on. I think this calls for a re-run of Dirty Dancing and Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. What do you say?"
Buffy grinned up at her older sister. "I say, I couldn't have said it better myself!"
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