A/N: Short ittle update!
Disclaimer: Dont own..blah blah...
One very long day later, the group was finally in their new home. Buffy climbed out of one of the vans and looked up at the enormous building in front of her. The hotel was located just outside of LA on the coast. It was a dark, gothic style hotel and Buffy liked it right away. For Angel, it reminded him a little too much of a hotel he left behind in downtown LA.
The girls rushed out of the vans and into their new home and Angel smiled after them. Unlike the Hyperion, this hotel was going to be full of life all the time. He felt Buffy at his side as she took his hand in hers and smiled up at him.
"I think I like it" she smiled.
"You haven't seen the inside yet Buff" he reasoned, smiling down at her. The moonlight lit up her eyes and Angel found himself staring.
"Yes but it looks big! Can we have a floor for ourselves?" she pouted. Angel nodded to whatever she was asking and he bent lower to kiss her.
"Come" he said, after breaking the kiss. "Let's see the inside." Angel took her hand and they walked up to the doors. Buffy studied the doorway in curiosity. The grey stone was carved very beautifully. She saw various little details in the door that must have taken ages to create and a ornate mailbox with one word carved over it.
"Marina?" she read out loud, looking up at Angel.
"It's the name of the hotel" he explained, letting go of the door to talk to her before they went inside. "The man who owned the building named it after his wife after she died suddenly."
"Oh" Buffy frowned. "That's sad." Angel smiled at her concern and opened the door for her. Buffy entered the hotel and she smiled, pleasantly surprised at the place. It was very old looking, but homey at the same time. A little cleaning and it would be perfect. The girls were running around claiming rooms and talking excitedly.
"Buffy!" Dawn yelled, running down a flight of stairs and up to her sister. "There is a huge library over there!"
Buffy laughed at her sister. "I'm glad Dawn. Get your bookage on."
Dawn ran off excitedly and was replaced by Faith, who smiled at the younger girl's excitement. "Hey B, there is a huge room over there that would be perfect for training. I think it might have been a ballroom or something."
"It's going to be loads better than tripping over bras and makeup on the way to get some sleep" Spike said, joining the slayers. Buffy's eyebrow rose slightly as Spike stood very close to Faith and his relaxed hand brushed against hers.
"Space is the best part about this place" Angel agreed. "Plenty of room for us and then some."
"Yea!" Buffy smiled. "More slayers can come now and I don't have to worry about where to put them all. The new place was just what everyone needed to start fresh and really start training."
"Ok everyone" Xander said as he, Willow, and Connor walked over to the group. "Most of the slayerettes took rooms on the second floor, so I am off to find a room on the third."
"I think I'll stick with the second floor" Connor smirked suggestively. Angel glared as Xander and Spike snickered.
"I suddenly got a crystal clear image of what you must have been like as a teenager" Buffy said to Angel. The vampire shifted nervously.
"I have no idea what you..." Angel trailed off. "Ok, so third floor it is!" he said in a louder voice, clapping his hands together loudly and the men walked upstairs.
Buffy crossed her arms and Willow and Faith giggled. "This isn't over Angel!" she called after him.
The following day was a busy one for everyone. The girls were sent on a massive cleaning spree supervised by a surprisingly neat Xander. When questioned about it, he said that demons tended to be drawn to dirty places and the cleaner the hotel was the better. Meanwhile, Angel, Spike, and Connor were inspecting the basement for any type of entrance way while Buffy, Faith, and Willow were doing the same thing to the upper floors. Willow had cast a few protection spells around the place and everything was looked over twice.
After a long day, the girls were ready to have some fun. The gang was in the library looking around when a few of the slayerettes came in to persuade their teachers to let them go out.
"Now if we start by alphabetizing the volumes, we can see what exactly we have here!" Dawn was telling an excited Willow. Connor and Angel were busy examining the weapons case and Spike and Faith were busy looking at each other. Buffy and Xander were dying of boredom listening to the bookworms.
"So we finished cleaning!" Yuki announced. Buffy looked up and smiled.
"Excellent" she nodded. "I'm sure those clean hating demons will stay away now"
"Oh, like you've offered up a staying alive theory lately" Xander said.
Yuki and her buddies rolled their eyes at Xander. "Anyway" she continued, "we thought that maybe we could go out tonight before we start training tomorrow?"
"I don't know you guys" Buffy started.
"Oh please Buffy?" Yuki asked. "Faith will go with us!"
"I will?" Faith asked looking away from Spike in amusement.
"Please? We need to have some fun!" Lauren joined in. Buffy pretended to think about it for a minute.
"Well, I suppose so" she agreed but was drowned out by the girls squealing. They ran off to tell everyone else and Buffy laughed.
"You don't mind Faith?" she asked. She would go herself, but it was a really long day.
"Me mind?" she asked. "We can go to the club!"
"Just keep your eye on the girls and not Spike" Angel said quietly. Buffy, Faith, and Spike all picked up on the comment and turned to the vampire.
"What did I miss?" Xander asked, his confused looked shared with Willow, Connor, and Dawn.
"Nothing" Spike said. "Let's go have some fun then."
Conveniently, there was a small club only a few blocks away and the group decided to go there. Everyone but Buffy and Angel decided to go. Buffy didn't really feel up to it and Angel would have only gone if she did. She watched everyone leave and then felt his arms around her stomach.
"Are you feeling okay?" he asked her.
"Yeah" she said, turning in his embrace to look up into his deep eyes. "Just not in a dancing kind of mood tonight."
"What kind of mood are you in?" he asked. Buffy grinned up at him and rested her hands on his chest. She loved the look of her small hands on his massive chest. It was something she missed dearly.
"I'm in the mood to spend a quiet evening at home like any other...really...old woman" she finished in disgust. "Man, I should have gone out."
"I'm glad you didn't" he said softly, touching his forehead to hers.
"And why is that?" she asked. Angel didn't answer. He leaned down at took her lips with his and kissed her like he hadn't seen her in years. Buffy stood up on her toes to deepen the kiss and Angel held her tighter against him. As the kiss deepened, they both felt his features shift and Buffy giggled a little and kissed him lightly and pulled back. She smiled up at his face lovingly and ran the pad of her thumb over his pronounced brow bone.
"I thought you got control of that since we first kissed" she smiled.
"I guess it's been too long" he smiled back.
"God that was so long ago" Buffy sighed. The night they first kissed and she had first seen his game face. She had learned about his soul and curse a few days later. She looked back up at Angel and his human features had returned.
"It seems like yesterday sometimes" he said softly. Buffy reached out to her love and took his bigger hand in hers. Angel stepped close to her again and claimed her lips again.
At the club, everyone was starting to let loose. The girls were dancing and having fun while Xander and Willow sat at a small table observing.
"Spike and Faith look pretty close" Willow smiled. The slayer and the vampire were dancing together very slowly and looked pretty happy about it.
"Not as close as Dawn and Connor" Xander pointed out. Willow looked over to see the two dancing shyly together and she smiled. Buffy and Angel were going to freak out. Her eyes traveled over the floor and they settled on a strange man. He was a little too pale for her liking and hiding in the shadows a little to much. Willow frowned and pointed him out to Xander.
"Think we should get Faith and Spike?" he asked. Willow eyed the pale Japanese man and watched him walk outside.
"Not yet" she answered. "We'll just have to keep-"
"Ladies and gentlemen!" called out the DJ. "It is my pleasure to introduce our musical guests tonight! Everybody give it up for The Dingos!"
At some point during their kissing, Buffy and Angel ended up in his bedroom. Neither could quite remember how they got there, but neither really cared. Angel had Buffy wrapped around his torso as he walked over to his bed. He tumbled onto the mattress and over her body. Buffy was breathing heavier than she ever would in any fight as he left her lips in favor of kissing her neck.
"Angel" she moaned out, running her fingers through and tugging on his hair. He licked at her neck that she trustingly arched to him and pressed the length of his body against her warm one. His large hand cupped her breast through her shirt and his thumb ran over the mound. Buffy gripped handfuls of his shirt and flipped him over and under her. She sat up on his stomach and tried not to think about the plane of muscle that was under her.
"Angel, I think that kiss went a little too far" she panted, still fuzzy with his kisses.
"I know" he agreed, resting his hands lightly on her hips as they both calmed down. The phone started to ring, making them both jump and Buffy sighed.
"That better not be any drunk slayers" she said, picking up the receiver. "Hello?"
"Oh, um...Buffy? Is that you?"
"Giles?"
A/N: So yes, dun dun dun...now so you know, i will eventually get to an Buffy/Angel lemon...its gonna be good. Stay tuned people!