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Author's Note: I'm so sorry this has taken forever to get up! I've had it on my computer for so long and I ment to get it up, but,…really I have no excuse..but I am srry!!! Here's the new chapter…

Chapter 4:

Jacklyn deftly maneuvered her jeep through the LA city traffic. She briefly wondered when she had become the 'errand girl' as she pulled up in front of the book shop Wesley had sent her to; she listened to the last lines of the song before yanking the keys from the ignition and throwing them in the front pocket of her backpack. Slinging the small blue pack on her shoulder she got out and headed to the entrance. Keeping a sharp eye on the gang across the street; she found herself wishing that for once these occult book shops that Wes liked so much could be in a less gang infested area.

The bell above the door echoed in the near empty book shop and the man at the front desk scowled at his newest customer.

"Why can't you thiefs stay out of my shop?" he growled. He had grey hair and looked to be in his late sixties. JJ figured the gang across the street had come in here one to many times for his comfort.

"Sorry, Wesley Wyndom Price sent me? I'm here for a…" she reached into her pocket and pulled out a slip of paper, " Demons of Emotions pt. 2?"

"Why would Price send a kid?" the owner asked suspiciously.

"I'm his boss's younger sister," she told him. "Do you know Angel?"

"No."

"Oook," JJ said thinking quickly. She took her cell phone out of her back pack. Pressing 9 she clicked talk and waited for Wes to pick up.

"Hello?"

"Yah, Wes? The guy at the shop doesn't believe you sent me. Can you tell him I just came to get your book?"

"Alright, let me speak to him."

"Thanks Wes," JJ held the phone out for the shop keeper. The surly man grunted and took the phone.

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Several minutes later JJ had the book wrapped and bagged sitting in the passenger seat as she wove her way back to the Hyperion hotel. When she stepped through the door she saw everyone hard at work. She herself hadn't slept in three days. All of them were working on little or no sleep, they kept going simply because the body count had escalated from 3 to 6 in one week.

"Ah, Mr. Spencer gave it to you then?" Wesley remarked seeing her package.

"Only after two forms of ID and I showed him these…" she replied annoyance leaking into her voice as she pointed at her sharp vamp teeth. She handed the book to Wesley and tossed her bag beside the couch before she flung herself down beside Angel with a tiny growl of frustration. Angel looked guiltily into her now red eyes (slightly flecked with gold). JJ smirked wearily at him and laid her head on his shoulder closing her eyes. Angel felt the tension leave and knew she had returned to normal. He gently slid one arm behind her back and one beneath her legs as he picked up her slight frame with ease.

"You need sleep," he told her gently.

"No, we've got to research," she protested her eyes still closed. Angel quietly carried JJ upstairs to her room.

"Sleep, you'll be no good researching if you can't see two words in front of you…"he told her as he gently laid her down on the cool sheets and placed the comforter over her small frame leaving a kiss on her forehead.

"Ok, Night Angel"

"Goodnight Twix," he said using the nickname she had given him all those years ago. Even though she was already half asleep she smiled back at him.

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"So Angel's a nickname?" the five year old asked him trying to understand the changes in his name over the years.

"Sort of," Angel agreed.

"I've always wanted a cool nickname," JJ told him wistfully.

"You do have a cool nickname," he told her quickly. She raised one little eye brow. "Well I think it's a good nickname…" he muttered as he shifted his position on the new couch.

"I've got it!" JJ said looking up at him excitedly. "Your night, but you're my brother, E's day, but she's my sister. So I'm in the middle, I'm twilight. That's too long to say all the time though… how about Twix?" Angel tried to keep up with her rapid thinking.

"I'm not your brother though, at least not really."

"Yes you are," JJ told him seriously. "You're my brother in here," she pointed to her heart. "Elizabeth is my sister through blood, but I love her in here too, just like I love you in here."

"I love you too Twix," Angel said scooping her up into a hug.

"So you like the name?" JJ asked once again excited.

"Yeah, it's cute. Besides if a vampire was to have a human sister I think Twix would be a very appropriate nickname for her." Angel agreed as JJ climbed on his lap.

"Good, now here's the new book I told you I found at the library," she told him handing him a slim book. The front said Box Car Children no.# 1…

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Angel started her cd and slipped quietly from the room. Back downstairs everyone was talking about JJ's 17th birthday in two days. They had already asked Lorne if they could use his club. Lorne had told them anything they wanted they could use for the little kittens birthday. Angel smiled as he remembered the argument they'd had over whether or not JJ could get an actual kitten.

"Angel," Cordy called brining him back from his thoughts. "I found this on the floor," she began as she handed him a drawing. "I think we should invite them too, since it is her birthday…" It was a sketch JJ had drawn of the AI team and the Scooby gang, at her birthday from the looks of the happy birthday banner. It was posed like a picture Angel and Buffy in the center, the Angel in the picture had one arm draped around her shoulders. On his left was JJ and Rylan, they were holding hands and smiling brightly. On Buffy's left was Giles and Jenny and in front sitting in chairs or standing near them was everyone else. He smiled softly at his sister's wishful thinking. It was an unspoken agreement between them that JJ thought that Buffy and him would always love each other and he thought that she would eventually move on.

"Your right," he agreed still looking thoughtfully at the sketch.

"I'll call Willow," Cordy said getting up and moving to the phone. Angel sat down and studied the picture. Only JJ could draw Buffy like he saw her. She was also the only one who could draw him the way Buffy saw him too. Their picture selves looked extremely happy.

"Hey Willow," he heard Cordy say into the phone. "Yeah we're fine. I wanted to ask you something, JJ's 17th birthday is coming up in a couple of days… Yeah, she is growing up… We were wondering if the gang could come up for the day and celebrate?....Mhmm…yeah. Ok we'll see you then." She looked up at Angel with a smile.

"Good news? Their coming. Bad news? Spike and Riley have to come too," she informed him. Angel rolled his eyes in mention to Spike, but when he heard Riley he froze. He didn't want to see that commando with his hands all over Buffy. It hurt to even think about it.

"It's only for one night Angel. Don't forget, it's for JJ. They'll be gone before you know it," Cordy assured him. Angel nodded. It's for JJ, he thought. Gunn looked confused.

"Angel man," he said. "Is this your girl?" he pointed at Buffy in the picture that JJ had drawn. Angel nodded. Gunn pointed at Rylan.

"So whose this?"

"Rylan Drake," he told Gunn with a smile. "He is-was JJ's boyfriend."

"How come you didn't scare him off? Did he know?" Gunn asked. Cordy and Angel shared a smile.

"He knew and he wasn't the type that you could easily scare off," Angel replied shaking his head. "He loved her..."

"...And she loved him," Cordy finished with a sigh. "What is it with you O'Conner's and finding this forbidden love thing?"

"Hers isn't forbidden," Angel reminded her. "I told her we could fly her down or arrange visits for them. She said it would be too hard and that he deserved the chance to find someone else who could be there for him completely."

"Yes, I wonder where she got that from?" Cordy asked sarcastically. "I mean come on do you both like being miserable?"

"We're not miserable," Angel protested though he was fairly certain that they were.

"Angel, man, have to agree with Cordy on this one. You two are far from happy," Gunn told him. A swirl of bright blue and white lights materialized to their left and they turned to see Jenny standing beside them.

"Hey Jenny," Angel greeted looking up at JJ's whitelighter. "Any news?"

"No, but I need to speak to JJ about something. Is she here?"

"Yeah, but she needs some sleep," Cordy explained. "She's been up three days straight. Even with her slayer boost she's exhausted."

"I'll just leave her a note then," Jenny said disappearing again.

"That's still so cool," Gunn muttered under his breath.

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Up in JJ's room Jenny shook the younger girl awake.

"JJ, JJ," she whispered hoping that Angel wouldn't come up to check on her soon. "JJ, it's time," she repeated. JJ sat up quickly and looked at Jenny with wide hopeful eyes.

"Really?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yes, you turn 17 in two days. We need to prepare you," Jenny told her holding out her hand. "Come on before Angel decides to come check on you." JJ put her hand in Jenny's and they orbed out.

So there's the next chappie…kinda short, but I've been sick for a couple of weeks now and I'm too tired to write much more. I'm sorry it took so long, this has been setting on my computer for months just waiting for me to do some touch ups. We've had a lot of computer problems and I've been distracted with two or three other stories so this one kinda fell off the grid. I hope everyone likes it and I promise to try and update quicker now that I've finished this new chapter! R and R!

-Phoenix

p.s.-I'll explain the whole vamp thing w/ JJ later.