Chapter Seventeen-Secret Kisses

A/N: I'M SO SORRY! I'm the one in charge of adding all the chapters to this site and I TOTALLY SCREWED UP! For chapter 16(the previous chapter), I submitted chapter 16 along with chapter 18 (oopsie). That's all fixed up, so here's chapter 17. Ahh...the missing link. Lol. Sorry about that, guys...Ozlover

Another A/N: This chapter was written by Willowzlilsecret.

Last night, Buffy didn't turn on the radio…she had a different plan. She dressed and crept downstairs and out the door before the sun rose. She did a double take and ran back in to get the keys. She went to Darla's convertible and unlocked and pushed the hood down. She put the keys in the ignition and pulled out of the driveway. She drove aimlessly around town until the gas showed 'E'. She had barely any gas left and she returned home and went to back to sleep just as the sun started peeking out from behind the ocean, she slept well feeling satisfied.

Oz and Willow were the first awake, as usual, and sat down in front of the TV.

"Willow and Oz private time." Oz murmured, glancing at her out of the corner of his eye.

"Yay." Willow smiled. She put her arms around Oz's neck and kissed him. He greeted her happily and put his hands on her waist, pulling her closer. She let his tongue slip into her mouth and she began running her hands through his spiky brown hair. He pulled away and began kissing her neck. She sighed in contentment.

"Look at you lovebirds." said Xander from behind them.

"Xander!" Willow exclaimed in shock as she jumped away from Oz. The embarrassment of being caught making out was bad enough, but by your cousin? "You're never gonna let me live this down are you?"

"Shy little Willow takes on bold sexual gestures." Xander joked. Willow's face turned bright red and she went quickly into the kitchen.

"I'm just making some coffee." she called. Xander and Oz shrugged at each other and turned on the news. It was the usual, missing girl, yadda, yadda, yadda. So far they had around seven suspects, but no 'for sure's.

Soon they were joined by Angel, Cordelia, and Dawn. Angel took a seat next to Xander, and Cordelia and Dawn curled up together on the loveseat.

Connor and Buffy appeared soon after. Buffy went into the kitchen with Willow and Connor sat on the big armchair.

"Why are you in here all alone?" Buffy asked as she saw Willow sitting at the table with some cereal.

"Xander caught me making out with Oz." Willow said, sounding mortified.

"That's not so bad. I mean, remember when he and Cordelia were like Angel and Darla?" Buffy asked.

"But its different. See, Xander is practically known to be lusting after girls, but I'm…you know me, Buff. I haven't ever gone out with a single guy my entire life! I'm innocent bookworm gal." Willow explained.

"We've all changed a lot this summer." Buffy pointed out. Willow nodded and stood up.

"I'm heading back in, are you coming with?" Willow asked.

"Help me with something?" Buffy asked.

"Sure." Willow replied.

Buffy looked around and then glanced at the coffee pot. There was just enough for one person. And since Darla was the last one, her plan should work perfectly. The rest of the group was in the living room, or up in the shower. She pulled out some of Giles's medicine. Oh yeah, you guessed it. Laxatives. She dumped some in the coffee pot and went into the living room, where she plopped down next to her sister and Cordelia.

Darla bounced down the stairs, seeing as how she had no radio disturbances the night before. She cleared her throat as she walked by and Angel gave a hearty "G'morning, honey."

She stumbled into the kitchen and pulled a mug out of the cabinet. She poured the remaining coffee in and drank it quickly. She returned to the living room just as Willow came out of the shower.

"We should go swimming." Buffy suggested. Everyone agreed and went up to their rooms to change.

Minutes later the gang was out at the pool. Darla, being her usual self, was lounging in the hot tub with some lemonade and a 'Teen People' magazine.

"Angel!" she called out. He knew exactly what she wanted. He sighed, got out of the pool, and joined her in the hot tub. "What a good doggie. Didn't make me ask twice."

He splashed in, getting her hair wet, this won him an evil look. He smiled sheepishly and put an arm around her. Buffy glanced over at the two then smiled secretively as she waited for the medicine to kick in.

Angel and Darla began kissing and suddenly Darla stood up.

"What is it, baby?" Angel asked, looking at her confused.

"I just…remembered that I forgot something." she said quickly and practically fell out of the hot tub. She quickly ran inside. Buffy let her laughter out.

"Ok, Buff, what'd you do?" Connor asked from the other side of the pool. He was sitting with his legs dangling in and his arm around Dawn.

"Oh, nothing." she said as she stood up.

"Where are you going?" Cordelia asked from her lawn chair.

"No where." Buffy answered as she went over to the hot tub and joined Angel. She winked at him and then turned her attention back to the others. Soon Oz and Willow joined them in the hot tub as well. And then Xander.

Darla stomped out to the deck.

"SUMMERS!" she growled.

Darla stormed out of the house angrily with Angel in tow. She sat down in the driver's seat and he sat in the passenger seat. She put the key in the ignition and tried to start the car. It wouldn't start. She tried again.

"Babe, we're out of gas." Angel pointed out. She screamed and just sat in the car. He pulled her over into his lap. He brushed the hair away from her face.

"It's okay, baby." he said and stroked her cheek.

"I hate her." Darla said, angry tears swelling in her eyes.

"I know." Angel said quietly. He kissed her on the lips.

Buffy watched from a window as her plan turned on her. She growled. She would get Darla for this.

She opened her cell and dialed Spike's number. She asked him over and he immediately agreed. She went back to the group and they all lounged on the couch trying to decide what was on for the day. Dawn and Connor were sitting together on a chair, kissing every now and then and were stroking each other's hair and face. (Yeah, in case you didn't figure it out, they very recently decided to be out with it.) Darla and Angel were sitting, amazingly, like normal people. Darla was still very mad about what had happened, and Angel was doing his best to be there for her. Buffy and Xander were sitting on the loveseat, with Buffy sitting and Xander with his lying down with his legs slung over her. Cordelia, Willow, and Oz were all sitting on the other couch.

"What should we do today?" Cordelia asked, looking at Willow.

"I dunno," she turned to Oz, "What do you wanna do today?" He shrugged and turned to Buffy.

"What do you wanna do?"

"I dunno." she said, raising her eyebrows. She looked over at Xander, "You?"

"Dunno…Angel?" Xander said simply.

"Uh, it really doesn't matter…and we aren't getting anywhere with this, so if anyone has an idea, just speak up." Angel said, his arm around Darla. She nodded and slipped her arms around his waist.

"How bout ice cream?" Dawn asked suddenly.

"Yeah, me and Dawn went to this really cute old fashioned place." Connor suggested. Buffy perked up at this.

"Old-fashioned?" Everyone laughed and she slumped back, rolling her eyes.

Xander swung his legs off of Buffy's lap and started to stand, "Well, what are we waiting for?"

"Spike." Buffy answered, firmly. She saw about three different reactions. Angel: annoyance. Darla: lust? and then there was everyone else's reaction of, ok.

The grouped only waited around five more minutes before the bell rang. Jenny went running down the stairs, seemingly appearing from nowhere. She and Buffy ran smack into each other, heading for the door.

"Oh, I'm sorry Bunny, I just have a meeting and the car pool is coming to pick me up. Some stupid thing. I should be on vacation! It's a town meeting. Something about the noisiness of teens." Jenny explained and opened the door as she continued trying to put a pearl earring in.

" 'ello." he said, smiling. It was Spike. Buffy pushed past Jenny and wrapped her arms around him in a huge hug.

"Oh. Well." Jenny stuttered and went back up to her room.

"Come on in. Or actually, no need. We're going for ice cream." Buffy smiled then turned back to the living room. "Come on guys! Let's go." The group stampeded out and they started down towards the town. Willow and Oz walked hand in hand, Xander walked with his arm around Cordelia, Connor was giving Dawn a piggy-back ride half the time, and both Buffy and Spike and Darla and Angel were walking with their arms wrapped around their boyfriends (or girlfriends) kissing every so often.

"Here it is!" Dawn said, pointing ahead. She hopped off of Connor's back and grasped his hand. The two were the first in the shop. Followed by Willow, Oz, Cordelia, and Xander.

"I have to go to the bathroom. Wait for me." Darla said, heading towards the restroom. Buffy pulled Spike to a stopped and began making out with him, right in Angel's face. His expression took on one of fury and annoyance, and he crossed his arms, tempted to begin tapping his foot. Spike pulled his lips from Buffy's but kept his forehead touching hers and looked at Angel.

"Got a problem, Peaches?" he asked. Angel held back the urge to hit him.

"Don't. Call. Me. That." he said through gritted teeth. Spike shrugged and went back to kissing Buffy.

"Well, I have to go to the bathroom myself." he said after a moment and walked off leaving Angel and Buffy alone.

"What's your problem?" Buffy asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"My problem? If there's anyone with a problem here, its gonna be you." he shot back.

"Why do I have a problem? You're just mad because of Spike. Well, news flash, you have a girlfriend, so stop worrying about everyone else's." she retorted.

"What's wrong with you? Yesterday you were so…But now, I really don't know what I did." Angel said softly. Buffy sighed and stepped closer to him.

"It just pissed me off." she said, as if that explained everything.

"What did?" Angel asked, sounding rather confused.

"My whole evil plan turning on me. All that. It ending up with you and Darla making out in her car." Buffy sighed, looking down.

"That's why you've been so mean?" he asked incredulously. She wouldn't look at him. He stepped forward and cupped her chin in his hand. "Listen, I told you that I would love you if you let me. And I was telling the truth." She looked with tearful eyes. He leaned in and kissed her softly, hoping upon hope that Darla wouldn't come out. She slipped her arms around his neck, and began kissing him as well. He moved his hands down to her waist. Suddenly she pulled away.

"We can't…I mean…Darla and-and Spike." Buffy murmured, letting go of him. He did the same and they stepped away from each other. Both Spike and Darla emerged from the bathroom at the same time and the four walked into the shop.

"Mmm, what took you guys so long?" Willow asked, after taking a lick of her ice cream. She, Oz, Xander, Cordelia, Dawn, and Connor were all crowded in a booth, the girls sitting on their boyfriend's laps.

"Some of us had to take bathroom breaks." Angel explained as they walked up to the ice cream. They ordered and sat down at the table directly next to the booth.

"What are we doing after this?" Dawn asked. She was sipping on a milk shake.

"I dunno, its almost five. We could head home and go down to the beach, or into the pool." Cordelia suggested. Everyone agreed, finished their ice cream, and started home.

Buffy and Spike were lounging in the shallow end of the pool, along with Dawn and Cordelia. Xander, Connor, Willow, and Oz were all doing different dives and flips into the pool and judging who was best. Or rather Willow and Oz were judging and Connor and Xander were flipping. And of course Darla and Angel were in the hot tub, making out.

"Ooh! I know what we should do!" Cordelia squealed.

"Hmm?" Dawn asked, leaning her head on Cordelia's
shoulder to look at her.

"We should get that net from downstairs and play water volleyball. Girls versus boys." Cordelia answered. Dawn smiled and agreed. They threw out the idea to the rest of the gang and the boys went to set up the net. The girls were stuck with the job of finding the volleyball. Around half an hour later they were set up and started playing.

"Darla get the ball!" Willow yelled. Darla looked up from where she was standing waist deep in the pool. She side-stepped the ball and it hit the water next to her.

"Oops." she shrugged. She looked back down at her nails. Buffy shot Willow a look and Willow shrugged.

"Wow, you guys really aren't the best volleyball players." Connor observed as they dried off and went inside to order pizza.

"Well a fifth of our team was elsewhere." Buffy defended shooting an icy glare at Darla who was now making out with Angel, again.

"What are we doing now?" Dawn asked.

"Well, eating and then probably movies." Connor answered as he opened the door. The sisters walked in and then him.

"As in going to the movies?" Buffy asked, pulling her hair out of the ponytail.

"Yep. Pizza then movies. Fun huh." Connor confirmed. He slipped his arm around Dawn's waist and the two walked away together, leaving Buffy alone. She felt arms slip around her waist.

"Spike." Buffy whispered.

"Not Spike." Angel said in her ear. She spun around.

"Wh-What? Where's Darla, a-and Spike?" Buffy asked looking around. They were nowhere to be seen, as well as the rest of the teens.

"We're alone." Angel answered, stroking her hair.

"Where'd they go?" Buffy asked.

"It doesn't matter." Angel answered and pulled her in for a kiss. Suddenly…

"Buffy, pet…'ello? Anyone in there?" Spike asked, waving a hand in front of her face. Buffy shook her head realizing she had been daydreaming.

"Yeah. Buffy is in here. All not day dreamy anymore." she assured and kissed him lightly on the lips.

"Yeah, now for pizza." Spike said smiling. The two went up and joined the rest of the gang at the table.

They had already ordered the pizza and since they
lived so close it should be there very soon. Minutes later the door bell rang. Willow and Oz answered it and brought back three large pizzas.

"Yum!" Dawn said and grabbed a stack of plates from the cabinet. As soon as the boxes hit the table, two pizzas were gone. The third one disappeared soon after.

"So…movies?" Buffy smiled.

Buffy and Willow were in their room getting ready.

"Willow…" Buffy started.

"Yeah?" Willow asked, heading towards the closet.

"I-It happened again. We kissed. Me and Angel. And this time, Spike…Darla could've- they were literally less then three yards away." Buffy said.

"Ok, is this yay?" Willow asked and opened the closet. She never got an answer.

"Damn." Buffy said, inspecting the damage. Moths. Everywhere. Their clothes had little holes in them, and obviously the bugs obviously hadn't been there for very long.

"Darla." Willow observed.

"This one is gonna come back to bite her in the butt."

The group went to the movies and went home. Spike left and they went to bed.