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"Kate?" Angel looked worriedly at his friend. "What's wrong?"

"I found her next to a demon," Dani eyed Kate warily. "I don't think she got any more than ascratch, but the demon got away."

"What kind of demon?" Angel asked.

"I dunno, a big, pointy, green demon. Whatever it did, it doesn't seem to be bothering her. Except she's been all emotional."

"Emotional? Her?" Spike glanced at the blonde.

"I know, it was weird," Dani agreed. "She kept trying to get me to 'open up'. Fat chance."

"What about you?" Kate asked Fred.

"Um, what?" the brunette asked nervously.

"Why don't you open up, tell me about yourself."

"Well, um, I grew up in Texas," Fred paused. At that moment Cordelia walked in.

"Hey, what's up? Why's police-woman here?"

"Hi Cordelia " Kate smiled enthusiastically and hugged her.

"Ooh-kay," Cordy looked at the other girl curiously. "Are you feeling all right?"

"I feel fine. Most of the time I feel sad or angry, but now, I feel so happy," Kate stated.

"Uh-huh," Cordy took a step back. "I'm going to go talk to Angel."

"Because of your unresolved feelings towards him?"

"I don't have any feelings for him," Cordy protested, trying to make a quick escape at the same time. She managed it and found herself in the same room as Angel, Spike, and Dani. "What's wrong with her?"

"Demon," Angel answered shortly. "I'll go find it and kill it."

"Good luck," Dani sat down and put her feet on his desk, crossing them. "I'm gonna stay in here, away from feelings-girl."

"Try not to get too drunk, ok?" Angel joked.

"Fine," she pouted. "But you have to make up for it: we're gonna spend all night together, getting you a sense of humor."

"What? I have a sense of humor," Angel sounded slightly offended.

"No, Angelus has a sense of humor. You have a really hot broody-thing," Dani clarified. "And you're lucky you're so tall and cute, otherwise you couldn't pull either off."

"Thanks?" Angel wasn't sure how to respond to that.

0o0o0o

"Angel!" Dani hopped out her seat when the vampire walked through the hotel doors. "You kill it?"

"Yeah," he nodded. "Got a small cut, but it healed already."

"Good," she gave him a peck on the cheek. She noticed him looking at her strangely. "What?"

"Do you think I'm too serious?" he asked, very seriously.

"Uh...yeah," she answered uncertainly. When Angel's eyes started to water, she added, "but that's why I'm dating you."

"Really?" he asked, suddenly happy.

"Yes..." she was still unsure about what the hell was going on. Angel hugged her tightly.

"That's great," he msiled brightly.

"Oh, crap, it got you," she realized.

"Yeah, it was easy. I've seen that type before. The symptoms should wear off in about a day."

"Thank God," Dani breathed a sigh of relief, not noticing him studying her.

"Why? You don't like talking about your feelings?"

"Huh?" Dani backed away slowly. There was no way in hell she was getting dragged into this conversation.

"Don't you think I became so horrible about being a vampire because of my parents? What about your mother?"

"Cori! Your dad wants to talk to you," Dani managed to escape as Cori appeared.

"What just happened?" Cori watched her friend practically run out the room.

"Do you hate me?" Angel asked. She looked at him suspiciously.

"No, why?"

"Because I wasn't there to raise you," he said sadly.

"That wasn't your fault, that was mom's fault," she comforted him.

"You're right," he mood-swinged back to happy.

0o0o0o

"Can't we just knock them out?" Spike asked, having been chased by Kate and Angel for a half-hour.

"Yeah," Gunn agreed eagerly. "Slip them some sleeping pills or something." He'd suffered as much as the vampire.

"No," Cordelia shook her head. The boys groaned.

"I dunno, sounds like a good idea to me," Dani grumbled.

"There you are," Angel smiled widely as walked into the room. "I found them," he called to Kate.

"Oh, good!"

"Oh, shit," Gunn, Spike, and Dani muttered in unison.

"What's the matter?" Kate asked. "You don't like us?"

"Go throw yourself through a window," Dani growled in exasperation.

"But that would be vandalism," Angel argued.

"Oh...my...God," Dani looked at him with wide eyes. "Spike's right. You are a pansy ass."

"What?" Angel started to tear up.

"Don't worry, it's not true," Kate comforted him, before giving the brunette Slayer a look. "That wasn't nice."

"The truth rarely is," Spike replied.

"Why don't you like me, Spike?" Angel asked.

"..."

"I'll get the sleeping pills," Cordelia stated, stalking off to the medication. "Spike, don't kill anyone."

"For that, I kill the blonde," Spike fixed his gaze on Kate.

"No killing," Cori walked in. "Unless she doesn't shut up. Then I don't care. So, it looks like they found you in your guys' hiding place?"

"Yeah," Gunn groaned.

"You don't like us?" Kate asked sadly.

"Right now, no," Gunn answered. The two looked ready to cry. "Oh, shit."

0o0o0o

"Angel?" Dani watched Angel as his face went through a quick serious of emotions. Suddenly he shook his head and gave her a half-hearted smile.

"It finally wore off," he explained.

"Oh, thank you God!" she hugged him tightly.

"Just one question," he said, making her pull away and give him a suspicious look. "You don't really think I'm a pansy ass, do you?"

"No," she shook her head. "Just when you're being all...demon-infected-y."

"What?" Sometimes she really was confusing. She just shrugged. "Ok, so, that's good?"

"Very good," she assured him. "Even if you have no sense of humor. I like you better that way, all serious and broody." Angel chuckled and pulled her into a hug. She slipped in a kiss.

"Anything happen while I was visiting my parents?" Fred asked Gunn after a long kiss 'hello'.

"It's a long story," Gunn tried to avoid the story. "Trust me, you don't wanna know."

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