Alex's Pov

I hugged him back, and clung to the back of his shirt "Everything okay Kiddo?"

"I spoke to someone about Cordelia."

"Why don't we go inside and talk about it?" Tim asked, I nodded and let go of uncle Jethro's top, he pulled back from me, but he kept an arm wrapped around my shoulders, we walked inside and sat down at the kitchen table, Tim brought Jett in and shut and locked the back door, before sitting down across from me. Uncle Jethro patted my shoulder and moved to the counter to make some hot drinks, I sat there thinking over the conversation I had, just had with Angel, when suddenly a hot chocolate was set in front of me, I looked up and saw uncle Jethro sitting down next to Tim. I wrapped my hands around the mug and brought it closer to me

"Who did you speak to?" Tim asked

"An old friend, he was cordelia's boss, he runs an investigation business, Cordelia had been working for him, we didn't used to friends though." I chuckled

"What changed your mind?" Uncle Jethro asked, I grinned

"He sort of grew on me, he was always around, helping us with the different demons."

"So he knews about it all?" Tim asked before taking a drink from his mug

"I don't see why he wouldn't, he's a vampire after all."

"You were working with a vampire?" Uncle Jethro asked, I nodded

"He has a soul and believe me, for a long time I refused to trust him because he was a vampire, but no one would listen to me, one day I left the library early, no-one was listening to what I had to say, I headed home and I got ambushed by a group of vampire, they quickly disarmed me of my stake and they were moving in for the kill, but Angel was there, he took them all out and then made sure I was alright, he walked me home, the next day he approached me in the library, pulled me to the side and offered me some training, self defense and combat, I agreed and since then we had been working together, then he lost his soul, and then he went to hell and then he came back."

"Wait, he lost his soul? How did he lose it?" Uncle Jethro asked

"How did he get his soul in the first place?" Tim asked

"When he was first created, he was without his soul for years he was known as the Scourge of Europe, until one day he pissed off the wrong people… he drained the blood of a gypsy daughter, and the clan wasn't pleased, so they cursed him with a soul, with a clause."

"A clause? What did it entail?" Tim asked

"If Angel had a moment of true happiness, he would lose his soul."

"A moment of true happiness?" Uncle Jethro asked

"He slept with Buffy, his moment of true happiness."

"I get it." Unce Jethro said and took a gulp of coffee

"So what happened next?" Tim asked, I shrugged

"Angelus became reater fixated on me, he started at first with Buffy, but she was too invested in how good the sex was, he didn't like that, but his fixation on buffy was also the after affects of the curse wearing off, then he turned his attention to me."

"Did he hurt you?" Uncle Jethro asked, a stoney look on his face

"No, he didn't, which was the strange thing, he seemed to go out of his way to impress me, showing off, protecting me from other vampires and roaming demons and he bought me gifts."

"Gifts?" Tim asked, raising an eyebrow

"Yeah, he bought me clothes, comics, he drew drawings for me and left them all in the place where we would train together, he actually caught me off guard one day in the training place."

"By doing?" Uncle Jethro asked

"By being there one day, I knew Buffy was getting ready to go and face Angelus, she didn't know about the gifts or the training place, but he was planning something big, end of the world big, I didn't know if I would make it out alive, and he had taken Giles, I didn't know what to think or do, I went there and intended to do some training, when I got there, he was there, he was sat waiting for me, I went to leave."

"I sense a but coming." Tim muttered against the edge of his mug

"But he begged me to wait, for me to listen, he promised he wasn't going to hurt me and if he did he would walk into the sun and kill himself… so I waited, and he started to explain everything, why he was doing it all, when he finished talking I asked him why he took Giles, he told me that he needed answers and only Giles had them, told me that he would let Giles go as soon as he had the answers he wanted… I asked him about the gifts and he told me I deserved them, I needed them and that it was his right at my mate to provide these things for me."

"Mate?" Uncle Jethro asked

"You're his mate?" Tim asked, I nodded and took a drink from my now luke warm hot chocolate

"What happened next?" Uncle Jethro asked, I sighed

"He explained to me what it meant being his mate, told me how cherished I would be with him, how much I deserved to be cherished, one thing led to another and we slept together."

"You slept with him?" Tim asked, I nod

"I fell asleep afterwards, when I woke up he was gone and in his place was a drawing, of me, he drew me while I was sleeping… I left the place after I had a shower and found out Giles and Willow was in the hospital, Willow had tried the resouling spell, and Buffy had sent Angelus to hell and the skipped town."

"I thought you said she was the slayer." Tim said, I nodded

"I did."

"And she just abandoned her post?" I nodded

"I picked up the slack, with Oz we patrolled and kept Sunnydale safe, a week before school was due to start again Buffy returned, things were tense but we got along, a few months after that Angel returned."

"Angel? Not Angelus?" Uncle Jethro asked, I shook my head

"Angelm the ensoulment spell worked, his soul was back in place and after a few weeks of recoperation he was back up and fighting with us again, he also started up a relationship."

"With you?" Tim asked, I shook my head

"With Buffy, they restarted it."

"What about what happened between the two of you?" Uncle Jethro asked, I sighed

"There was nothing, no sign that he even remembered what he did during the time he was Angelus, it was like it never happened."

"Oh Alex." Tim sighed and reached out to squeeze my hand, I smiled at him

"I kept it quiet, everything Angeus got me I packed up into a box and hid it away so, no-one would find it, I think it's still in my car."

"You never told anyone." Uncle Jethro stated, I shook my head

"How could I? to everyone else, he was terrorizing them, he left me alone, how could I tell them I'd been falling for their enemy, slept with him, and fell hard for Buffy's Boyfriend / Ex-boyfriend?" I sighed

"And he still shows no sign or remembering anything?" Tim asked, I shrugged

"He left not long after graduation, he didn't show any signs then, I've not seen him since, but he's not reached out to me either, to say he does remember."

"Well, it's his loss if he doesn't remember." Tim said drining the last of his drink, as did I and so did uncle Jethro

"Its getting late, we should head to bed." Uncle Jethro said, I nodded and stood and took my mug over to the sink, I rinsed the mug out and set it in the sink to be washed tomorrow, I then turned and gave both Tim and Uncle Jethro a hug and wished them goodnight before heading up to bed, Jett trotting slowly behind me.