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Chappy 5: The chapter in which Buffy, Spike, and Angel are forced to have dinner together.
"Bloody hell!" Spike said again. This being the only thing he could think of to say. Buffy, however, seemed to be
taking everything rather calmly. "Angel," she said, "very nice to meet you." Spike looked at his wife like she had gone
completly off her rocker, at least until she turned to him and said, "Spike, honey, I need to see you in the kitchen,now."
Spike obediently got up and followed her to the kitchen. "What are you playing at?" He asked her as soon as they
were out of earshot. "You acted like you didn't even recignize Peaches." "Yes," Buffy said, "and I want you to do the
same." "What in God's bleeding name for?" "Because," Buffy said. "Canala has no idea who Angel is, and frankly I don't
think Angel had any idea who she was either." Spike snorted. "Yeah right, Peaches just happens to be dating our daughter,
and you think that it's just a bleeding coincidence? Ha! That bleeding poofer knew exactly what he was doing. He is only
dating her to get back at us. Mark my words, Angel is up to something.
Buffy stared at her husband incredusely. "Are you quite finished with your conspiricey theory, 'cause I for one find
it completly absurd. If you could have seen for one minute that expresion on his face when he saw us here, you would know
for a fact that he had no clue we were Canala's parents. He thought he was going to meet his girl friend's "normal"
parents, not his ex and worst enemy."
Spike looked at Buffy before grudgingly admitting that she was probably right. Though he was loath to admit it,Angel
was not the type to get revenge on people, and was even less likely to use another in doing it. However, Spike was still
none to happy about what he called quote, " That bloody wanker having his paws all over his little girl." unquote.
"Make no mistake about it." Buffy said, "I'm just as upset about this as you are, but I think it's best if for
now we just play it cool and act normal, at least until we figure out what to do. Upon recieving Spike agrement,
Buffy proceeded to exit the kitchen with Spike trailing close behind her.
When the at last entered back into the dining room, they found Canala unsucessfully trying to engage Angel in a
conversation. Spike, satisfied that nothing other than talking had transpiried between his daughter and Angel, sat down at
the table and,with some of his old blood lust kicking in, anticipated the fireworks to come.
Ten Minutes Later
Canala sat at the table, taking in the scene around her. To anyone looking in, they would look like any other family
having dinner, to Canala, however, there was definetly something lurking below the surface. First of all, there was her mum.
Normally one to try to pry out as much information about Canala's beaus as possible, she was now strangle silent. Then there
was Canala'S father. Though he was never one to be overly friendly with Canala's dates, he normally tried to at least gain
some measure of their charactor in order to have something to complain upon later. Last but not least there was Angel.
Canala was not to concerned with his silence, Angel was not known for his conversation, but Canala was worried that he
would somehow feel the silence was his fault, and that by thinking this he would come to the conclusion that her parents
did not like him and another relantionship would bite the dust. As Canala looked at the silent faces around her she relized
it was going to be a long night.
