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"What is it with Peaches' spawn liking dusting so much?"
Connor grinned when he heard Spike muttering to himself. He couldn't help it if he enjoyed staking a vampire. Danielle had been right: there was almost nothing better than a good patrol.
"So I'm spawn now?" Cori asked mischievously.
"If I say yes will I get hit?"
"Maybe."
"Hey, I think there's some vampires over there," Connor pointed at the far end of the cemetary, interrupting the couple's conversation. After dusting the vamps he looked at them. "What do we do now?"
"Shag," Spike said impishly.
"Something I can do too," Connor replied, grinning at the joke.
"Movie?" Cori shrugged. "Or we could go to a club."
"Ok," Connor agreed eagerly. He almost blushed when the other two looked at him curiously. "I haven't been to a club before. Underage," he added in explanation.
"Oh, don't worry about that," Cori smiled. "We'll get you in."
0o0o0o
"Oops, sorry," Dani gave the man an almost suggestive look.
"Don't worry about it," he grinned. As he walked away she turned to Angel.
"I love being pretty." Angel chuckled.
"I bet you do," he teased.
"Do you like that I'm pretty?" He studied her for a second. "Well?"
"Hey, guys," Fred led Gunn over to them, interrupting. "Which movie do you want to see?"
"I dunno, you got any ideas?"
"Did you see the orginal 'Posiedon'?" Fred asked Angel.
"No!" Gunn and Dani cried in unison. "No boats!"
"Something with action," Gunn added. "How 'bout X-Men?"
"Ah, Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry," Dani grinned. "Sounds good to me."
"I thought you saw it already," Angel glanced at her. She gave a shrug.
"I wouldn't mind watching it again. Like I said, Hugh and Halle. Two of my favorite actors. But I'm not watching 'The Omen'."
"I like your girl's tastes," Gunn joked to Angel.
"Well, then let's go," Fred pulled her boyfriend to the ticket-booth teller.
0o0o0o
"Ooh, what happened?" Dani asked, waking up, from her place sprawled on the couch. Her head was killing her.
"After going to the movies you decided to go through the gin in Angel's wine cabinet," Fred handed her a bottle of aspirin. "I helped you out a little, though," she added with a small smile, holding her head.
"Yep, she was talking to that plant for an hour," Gunn sat down next to them and kissed the top of Fred's head.
"What did I do?" Dani asked, worried she'd destroyed something.
"Nothing much, just retold 'Titanic' using Simpson characters."
"Could've been worse," she shrugged. "Ow, my head."
"You're telling me," Fred grimaced. "And I don't have Slayer constitution." Dani smiled at her when Cordelia inteurrupted.
"So, you finally woke up," the ex-cheerleader sniffed. "You smell like a brewery."
"Better than cheap perfume," Dani shot back, before groaning. "I hate hang-overs."
"What is 'gin'?" Groo asked.
"If there was any left, I'd show you," Gunn answered, a grin in his lips.
"There's no more left?" Dani asked. "Damn, I was going to use some to get over my hang-over."
"I'll pick some more up when we grab lunch," Gunn promised, wrapping an arm around Fred's slim waist.
"You kick ass," Dani grinned. "No wonder Fred loves ya."
"Hello," a blonde young woman appeared at the door to the hotel. "Is Angel here?"
"Yes, do you need any help?" Cordelia was instantly the charming hostess.
"No, I just need to talk to Angel," the girl pushed past her and made her way quickly to the vampire's office.
"Who's that?" Dani glanced at the others.
"Got me," Gunn shrugged.
"An old friend of Angel's?" Fred suggested. "Well, not old, because she's not old, but they've know each other for a long time, kind of old, like-"
"We get it," Gunn broke off her rambling gently. She gave them an apologetic smile.
0o0o0o
"Remind me why we're doing this again, luv?" Spike glanced down the street, either side filled with the ideal suburbian house.
"Something about one of my dad's old friends needing help," Cori shrugged. "You know, my mom always wanted me to end up in a place like this," she added absently, looking for the woman, Kate, who was supposed to meet them.
"Really?" He gave her a side long glance. "You want a place like this? White picket fence, kids with a daddy who can go out in the sun?"
"No," she turned to look at him. "I gave up on having a life like that, with the whole Slayer thing. 'Sides, it sounds boring. I'd rather fight demons with you any day...or night."
"Thought a daughter of Buffy's would want something normal," he persisted.
"Normal's overrated," she shrugged again. "I mean, look at my best friend. Her favorite birthday present is that Jackal knife(1) her mom gave her when she turned sixteen. Not to mention my boyfriend's the second worst vampire ever and killed two other Slayers."
"Got to be remembered somehow, luv," he grinned and pulled her into a kiss.
"Excuse me," Kate interrupted them. "You can do that on your free time."
"What is it with Peaches and blondes?" Spike quipped.
"Yeah, so, we're looking for a killer who's been attacking this type of neighborhood," Kate ignored him, her eyes trained on the houses. "Think you two can keep away from each other long enough to catch him?" she said, not sounding too joky.
"Sure," Cori attempted a friendly smile, but couldn't help rolling her eyes when Kate turned away. Spike, though, seemed to decide to pester the blonde woman.
"Why do you need us? Need to finish fast to go home and relieve some sexual tension? Oh, wait, are you like Peaches, can't get any without going crazy?" he smirked. Cori rolled her eyes again as Kate gave him a look that practically promised death. This was was gonna be such a long night.
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(1) The knife the Mayor gave Faith is called 'Jackal' and is from the Hibben knife series. For complete information go to http/ (cut and paste and all that)