A/N I know the last chapter was confusing, sorry about that. I hope this chapter is better for you. I know I left out what exactly happend with Ms. French and there is a reason for that. Just know that Angel is feeling extremely guilty right now and he will confess to someone soon.

Chapter 7: FRIENDS

Buffy walked through her front door after going for a run, she needed to take a shower or she was going to be ripe. While she was running she thought she should go to the store to get more candy, it was her first Halloween in Sunnydale and she didn't know how many trick or treaters she was going to get. Angel hadn't asked her if she wanted to make plans so she figured she would just pass out candy and have a horror movie marathon. She was leaning towards the Michael Myers movies, they always creeped her out. How could someone move that slowly and still manage to catch someone to kill them? She ran upstairs to get into the shower, she wondered how early trick or treaters started out.

Buffy went to the closest store she could find to load up on candy, it was right next to Jenny's store. She had to say she loved the store House To Home and the owner was one of the nicest people she knew. After she paid she wondered why she had gotten 3 large bags when she already had 2 bags that where the same size at home. If there was any candy left over Angel could have some... if she didn't eat it all first.

"Hey Jenny." Buffy greeted her first and pretty much only friend in Sunnydale. Angel didn't really count and everyone else she had met where Angel's age. She needed to meet people her own age.

"Buffy! How are you?" Jenny smiled, closing the cash register.

Buffy smiled back at the older woman. "The same as I was two days ago when I last saw you." Buffy had gone back to the store several times, she loved to look at the new stuff Jenny got in and she also just stopped by to talk.

Jenny chuckled. "And how is that new boyfriend of yours?"

"Going through some emotional issues from what I can tell but other then that, fine." She said putting her plastic grocery bag on the check out counter.

"Holy mother of candy!" Jenny laughed. "How many kids do you think will be going to your house?"

Buffy bit her lip. "I didn't know if I had enough candy so I got more."

"You have more then this?" Jenny asked her. Buffy nodded. "Oh wow, I hope you have a sweet tooth."

"Do you have any plans for tonight?" Buffy asked her, picking up a flier that was on the counter. It was a flight for a Sunnydale High School Halloween Party at a place called The Bronze. She really needed to get out more, she didn't even know what The Bronze was.

Jenny started to straighten some items on a shelf. "After I close up I am going to be chaperoning a party that the high school is throwing. Ahh, the joys of having a teenager. They are trying to provide a safer way for the teenagers to have fun instead of them going out and getting drunk."

"That sounds like fun, I didn't know you had a kid. Your so young." Buffy said looking at the paper in her hand. "What's The Bronze?"

Jenny looked up from her task and nodded. "I had him young. The Bronze is a club, the teenagers in this town say its the only place to go for any fun. It's a under 18's club."

"Sounds fun. I wish I would have had that when I was younger." She smiled.

"You should go sometime." Jenny told her. "Not only teenagers go there. I'm sure you could meet some new friends there. Don't you ever get sick of just talking to me?"

"Nope. Never." She told the dark haired woman. "I better get going, I don't know when people start tricker treating here but maybe I will check out The Bronze sometime."

Buffy put the bag of candy on her dinning room table. Now time for Michael Myers to scare the patootie out of her. This is when she really wanted Xander around, they always used to watch scary movies together or having Angel to cuddle up to would be nice too. Angel was more then likely at the Halloween Party.

She went to the kitchen to grab as big of a bowl as she could find to put the Halloween candy in. If she was still in LA she would most likely be at a party with Xander and maybe even Faith. That would depend if Xander and Faith were on speaking terms or not, every since they hooked up when they were drunk things had been strained. How long was it going to take them to get over it, Buffy was over the fact that she had sex with her ex-boyfriend Spike even though she had hated him... or she was mostly over it. That man was the root of pretty much every guy problem she had ever had.

When Buffy walked into the kitchen she saw a large Tupperware container on her counter. She looked around a little scared, someone had been in her house... or was still there now. Maybe she didn't have to watch any scary movies. What if there was a still beating heart in there? Okay maybe that was a little to Friday The 13th. She walked slowly to the counter, note to self if its a still beating heart: Don't eat it.

She saw a note on top of the container and let out a sigh of relief when she read the note written in Angel's hand writing. "I hope you like Pumpkin Cookies. Happy Halloween. P.S You should really lock your windows."

Buffy handed out candy and occasionally would sneak a piece and ate the cookies from Angel while she watched Halloween with the lights off. She loved everything Pumpkin, if something was pumpkin flavored she would try it. "Ooh, Starbucks has Pumpkin Spice Latte's now." She said to herself biting into a cookie. She really needed some friends here, she was talking to herself! She used to make fun of people who talk to themselves!

Buffy walked around the mall with her Pumpkin Spice Latte in her hand. She had gotten bored at home, so she decided to go to the mall. She loved to shop, plus there was always the possibility of meeting someone at the mall and like she thought last night, she needed friends in Sunnydale. It wasn't fair to her or Angel that he was the only one she depended on. He had his own life and his own friends, just because they are dating doesn't mean she cant have those things too.

Buffy looked around at a few stores, she was already thinking about what to get her family for Christmas. This is what she always did every year, most people started their shopping on Black Friday but she started as soon as Halloween was over. Sometimes she would buy a few things sooner if she saw something she thought Xander or her mom might like and there was a chance it might not be there later. As Buffy was walking out of Macy's she saw Angel with two other boys that she had seen around his school. She wanted to thank him for the cookies he left so she walked up to the three boys.

"Hey." She smiled then looked towards the two boys she had never met before. "Hi." But didn't get a response other then smiles.

"Um.. hey." Angel glanced around him.

"Are you okay?" She asked him trying to look around at what he could be looking for.

Angel nodded.

"Oh.. well thanks for the cookies you left me. They were really good." Buffy said.

"My mom made them." He said looking down.

"Well tell your mom thanks for me." She said, wondering what was wrong with him. Maybe he didn't know how to act towards her in front of his new friends.

"K." Was all he said.

"How was the Halloween party?" She asked.

Angel looked up at her. "How did you know?"

"A little birdie told me." She shrugged.

"It was fine." He looked back at the two boys he was with. "I gotta go."

"Oh okay... bye." She said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Angel looked at her again, she looked upset so he leaned towards her and kissed her. "Bye."

"Who was that?" Owen asked as they walked away from the blonde girl.

Angel looked back at Buffy who was looked down at the shopping bag in her hand. "My girlfriend."

Ben looked at Buffy and whistled. "Dude, you have been holding out on us. She got a sister?"

Owen, Chris, Ben and Angel had been hanging out a lot since they all made the basketball team together. Owen wondered why Angel never mentioned he had a girlfriend.

"No." Angel watched Buffy as a dark haired man walked up to her.

"Someone is totally hitting on your girl." Ben told Angel. "You gonna go break it up?"

Angel shook his head. "She can take care of herself."

"That's Parker Abrams though. You should go over there." Owen told him. Angel looked at him, he didn't know who Parker Abrams was.

"Dude, Parker is the biggest playing in Sunnydale. He's the love 'em and leave 'em legend. Percy looks up to that guy." Ben said.

Angel didn't know what to do, if he went over there what would he say? If this Parker guy was really the big hot shot Owen and Ben said he was then Angel didn't stand a chance, he was after all still the nerdy kid. No matter what he would still be the nerdy kid. Angel turned around to walked towards Buffy, he didn't know why or what he would do. He stopped in his tracks when he saw Buffy walking away. She had left the so called hot shot standing alone, Angel smiled.

"I want to stop by the music store." Angel told Ben and Owen.

"Okay, why?" Owen asked.

They walked past a few stores. "My girlfriend likes Hinder so I was thinking about getting her one of their CD's that she doesn't have yet."

"Your girlfriend is hot AND listens to Hinder?" Owen wondered.

"Can I have her?" Ben joked.

Angel looked behind him where Buffy had been. "No, I'm good with her. Anyway... what do you get someone for an anniversary gift?"

Both boys shrugged. "Do either of us look like we have ever had an anniversary?" Owen said.

"Hey, I resent that. I have. I just never got her anything." Ben said.

Angel nodded. So maybe he shouldn't get her anything. "So should I even get her anything then? As lame as it sounds the only things I can think of is a CD or a Coffee Maker."

Both boys looked at Angel oddly.

"What?" Angel shrugged. "Her's broke."

Ben dropped Angel off at his house after they left the mall, he had to get ready to go to practice. Coach Wheeler was adding practices in because they had yet to win a game. He stopped before he went up the stairs to his porch, looking over at Buffy's house. He walked over to Buffy's house and knocked on the door.

When she opened the door she smiled. "Hey you, what did I tell you about knocking?"

Angel smiled back at her. "Okay, I never will again." he reached into the bag he got at the mall. "I got you something." Angel hands her the Hinder CD he got for her at the mall.

"Thank you." She hugged him. "Take It To The Limit. I don't have this one."

"I know." He nodded. "I took a look in your collection when I dropped the cookies off." He said referring to the closet full of CD's she had showed him the first night she had helped him practice for the Basketball try outs.

"You mean broke in." She smiled.

"Yeah, that." Angel smiled back. "I better get going, I have practice but... listen to track two. It makes me think of you."

When Angel left Buffy opened the new CD, she looked at the back of the case, track two was called Heaven Sent. Sounds sweet, she pushed play and smiled listening to the lyrics.

Buffy was walking around House To Home straightening a few items on the shelf. She was there so much she might as well help Jenny out some. She was thinking about redecorating her house. Her mother thought she was crazy because she had just moved there two months earlier and spent a good amount of money on decorating. She felt she needed a change though, she didn't feel like she was the same girl anymore. She couldn't believe how much a person could change in only a few short months. She wasn't the girl who would rather go out to a crazy party then stay at home and just listen to some good music or hell even read a book! Her house looked more like a college kid's apartment, granted she was only 22 years old and maybe her house should look like that. She didn't want a bachelorette pad anymore, she wanted a home and maybe a dog.

"Buffy." Jenny called looking through a magazine.

Buffy looked up from what she was straightening. "Yeah."

"Your young, maybe you can give me your opinion." She said walking over to the other end of the counter closer to Buffy.

"On what?" Buffy asked walking over to lean against the counter.

"My son's birthday is coming up and I have absolutely no idea what to get him." She threw her hand up in defeat.

Buffy laughed. "How old is he?"

"He will be turning 18 in a few weeks. Please please tell me you have an idea under that perfectly styled hair." Jenny joked. "Every year we get him something that my husband calls lame, my son says he likes everything but I think he is just being nice."

Buffy looked impressed. "A teenaged boy who is nice to his parents, you really don't see that very often."

"So... any ideas?" Jenny asked her.

"Does he have a car?" Buffy smiled. "I got a car for my 18th birthday, all though it was pretty much the last thing my dad got me. Kind of a I-don't-have-to-deal-with-you-anymore present."

Jenny gasped. "Well that isn't very nice."

"Oh no! It was!" Buffy assured her. "I didn't want him around me anyway. I had this... guy that I know he is more like a father to me. I didn't' have a dad around and my best friend's dad was a drunk... or still is a drunk I should say. So the librarian at our high school became a big part of our lives."

Jenny smiled. "Well that is nice."

"Yeah." Buffy said thinking about Giles. "It is. You know if you want me to see about a car for your son I can. My best friend's uncle owns a used car dealership but don't worry his cars are actually nice."

"I don't know, Buffy." She said shaking her head. "A car is expensive. We still have to send our son to college."

"Tell you what." She smiled. "I will see if I can get you a deal."

"Well, I guess there is no harm in looking." Jenny smiled back.

Buffy walked out of Jenny's store planning on stopping by to get something to eat before she headed home but then she saw Gunn across the street outside of the movie theater. Buffy looked around the area, Angel had told her that he was going out with Doyle and Gunn. Buffy crossed the road and walked up to Gunn, she hadn't seen him in a while.

"Hey Gunn, where are Angel and Doyle?" She asked.

Gunn shrugged. "We had plans but Angel canceled a few hours ago."

"Oh.. you wouldn't happen to know what is going on with Angel, would you?" She asked her boyfriend's best friend. "He has been acting... weird as of late."

"Nah, I don't know." Gunn shrugged again. "I gotta get in there, Doyle is waiting."

Buffy watched Gunn walk in to the theater, that was weird. She looked around and saw the music store she had always wanted to go into but never did. She didn't play any instruments but she was still interested. She walked in, all of the instruments amazed her, they always had. She never had the talent to play one but she always wanted to try the guitar but now walking into the music store she was more drawn to the piano's. There was a large black piano that she thought was beautiful, she ran her hand along the top of it. She wanted it even though she didn't need it and then there was the whole no space in her house for it issue. She heard some one strumming a guitar and looked up. She saw a boy with bright orange hair sitting on a stool with a guitar in his arms. "I like your hair."

The boy looked up at her.

"Or I should start with Hi, I'm Buffy." She waved.

"Oz." he responded with a nod.

"Do you play guitar?" She asked trying to start a conversation.

"Band." He nodded again.

Buffy smiled. "Really? That is so cool."

"So I have heard." He said.

Buffy sat down next to him. "You don't talk much, do you?"

"It's my thing." He shrugged.

Buffy showered and changed her clothes for bed. She thought about Oz, he seemed really cool granted they only talked for about 20 minutes and he never said more then five or six words at a time. He just seemed like he was really nice. He told her his bands name was Dingo's Ate My Baby, odd name but it was interesting. He also gave her his number because she said she didn't know anyone else in town other then a store owner and a few high schoolers. Oz was 25 so he was closer to her age, she needed friends closer to her age.

She picked up a book that Angel had left at her house, she had started reading it and now she was hooked. Who would have thought she would like a Sherlock Holmes book. As soon as she got comfortable and opened her book her phone rang. Who would be calling her so late? And why didn't she have a phone in her room? She was going to have to get one. She hurried downstairs to answer the phone. She looked at the caller ID and smiled.

"Hey Best Friend." Came the familiar voice on the other end.

"Hey back Best Friend." Buffy smiled into the phone. "What's up?"

"Why does something have to be up? I just want to talk to my best friend." Xander told her.

Buffy frowned. "I can tell by your voice, now tell me."

"Girl problems." Xander put simply.

"Who doesn't have relationship problems these days." She sighed.

"Girl problems for you too?" Xander laughed.

Buffy let out a chuckle. "Guy. Now what is going on with you mister?"

"You know me and Anya have been trying to work things out." Buffy nodded even though Xander couldn't see her. "Well now Faith is all the sudden acting like she is into me again."

"Oh God!" Buffy closed her eyes. "I thought that was so high school! Can't people move on and just not mess with someone else' man? Xander, the thing with Faith was just a fling. As much as it pains me to say this, you love Anya."

"I know I do." Xander said into the phone. "There is just something about Faith."

"Yeah, she is a big ol' hoe! Okay." Buffy said sitting up straight. "Answer me this. If you were experiencing the biggest moment in your life, who would you want beside you?"

"You." Xander smiled.

Buffy smiled into the phone. "Besides me. Anya, Faith or someone else?"

Xander thought for a moment. "Are you on at least one side of me?"

"Yes." She laughed.

"So one of them next to me...would be Anya." He told her.

As much as Anya annoyed Buffy she was happy he would pick Anya over Faith. Every boyfriend Buffy had ever had or any guy she had liked Faith always ended up on bed with them. "There you go big brother! Crisis averted."

"Now you." Xander said. "Whats going on and if something is going on why didn't you call me?"

"I know you have a lot going on with work but since you asked for it... my boyfriend.." Buffy started.

"The 17 year old." Xander pointed out.

Buffy pursed her lips. "Yeah. Well he has been acting weird as of late.. almost like he doesn't want to be with me sometimes. Its just weird, he is so hot and then cold."

Xander nodded. "He's a high school boy, Buffy. Don't you remember what high school boys are like? I do! I was all over the map with girls, any girl that would have me. Maybe he is just having second thoughts about being in a mature relationship."

"Oh yay!" Buffy said sarcastically. "But then he also bought me a CD and told me that there is a song on there that reminds him of me and the lyrics are so sweet."

"Recently?" Xander said into the phone.

Buffy nodded. "like a few days ago."

"Okay that boy is just conflicted." Xander summed up.

After Buffy got off the phone with Xander she went back up to her room, reminding herself to get another phone to put in her bedroom. She glanced out her window, it didn't look like Angel was even in his room. She looked at her alarm clock, it was midnight. She wondered where he could be.

"Okay, is it safe to say we didn't completely suck tonight?" Ben asked Angel as they drove back from their basketball game.

Angel nodded. "We got twice as many points as we normally do."

"But we still didn't win." Ben said as he drove.

"We are working up to it." Angel laughed.

Ben laughed. "By the time we work up to it the season will be over and we wont get another one, man."

Angel looked over at Ben. "You should have joined the team sooner."

"Right back at you." Ben said looking over at Angel then back to the road.

Angel shook his head. "I sucked before. I still cant believe I am on the team now. Wheeler really took a chance."

"You are good Angel. I never would have expected it because well... of who you are. You were a brain not a baller. Now it looks like you are both." Ben told him. "What the hell is that car doing?"

Angel looked closer trying to see into the night, there was a car driving all over the road. "Slow down Ben, you never know what they might do."

"They better be careful, the bridge is coming up." Ben said. "That almost looks like Percy's car."

"Oh My God!" Angel shouted as he saw the car go over the side of the bridge. Ben stopped his car and both boy jumped out.

"That was Percy's car! I know it was, man!" Ben yelled.

Cordelia was in the car with Percy, Angel saw her get in the car at the game. "Call 911!" Angel yelled as he ran towards the side of the bridge where the car had gone off and jumped into the water without a seconds though.

Ben got his phone out to make the call, when he saw Angel jump in he ran to edge of the bridge. "Angel!" He hurried up and dialed.

It only took Angel a second to find the car, he swam over to the passenger side and looked in the window. Cordelia was on the passenger side and Percy was behind the wheel, both unconscious. He looked around to see if there was a way he could get in. The window in the back seat was open but not enough for him to fit his body through. He pounded on the glass a few times until it gave in, he squeezed through reaching between the seats to unbuckle Cordelia's seat belt but it was stuck. He looked over at Percy, his head was bleed, then went back to trying to get Cordelia's seat belt off. He pulled on it a few times but it wouldn't come unbuckled.

If this guy was smart in any way he would have something in the glove box. Angel hit the glove box and it fell open, knocking a few things out of the way he found a pocket knife and started to cut through Cordelia's seat belt. He unbuckled Percy once he had Cordelia free, he pulled Percy over the seats and out the window he broke. He took Cordelia in his arms and started to swim up. "Ben!" He shouted swimming towards the edge.

Ben ran down the dirt hill towards Angel.

"Get Percy." Angel told him as he checked Cordelia's breathing and started to do CPR.

Ben jumped in the water to get Percy who had floated to the surface.

"Come on Cordelia. Breathe." He whispered as he did chest compressions. "Come on."

"Oh, shit." Ben paid Percy down next to Cordelia watching Angel give her CPR. "Do I have to give it to him? Cause I don't know how."

Angel blew air into Cordelia's lungs and once again did chest compressions. "Let him die for all I care."

Cordelia spit water out and started choking. "Angel?" She whispered.

"Your okay." He told her jumping over to Percy. Against his better judgment he checked to see if he was breathing. He wasn't raised to let something suffer, damn his mother and her caring ways.

Percy leaned down next to Cordelia. "How you doing?"

"I think I almost died." She said confused, she looked over at Angel giving Percy CPR.

Percy looked up towards the road when he heard sirens. "I'll be back." He ran up the hill and shouted. "Over here!" Waving his arms for the ambulance to see him.

Angel walked through the hospital still wearing his wet clothes. He didn't know what to do, he was waiting to make sure Cordelia was alright. He had called his mom to tell her what happened and not to worry about him but just like he knew she would, his mother was on her way to the hospital.

"Excuse me." Angel said to the woman at the desk. "Could you tell me if Cordelia Chase is okay? She was in a car accident tonight."

The woman looked Cordelia up on the computer. "Would you like to see her?"

Angel nodded.

"Room 314." The woman told him.

Angel walked into Cordelia's hospital room and saw her sleeping. A nurse walking in behind him to check on her. "Is she going to be okay?"

"Are you family?" The nurse asked.

Angel shook his head. "No. I... I pulled her out of the car."

The nurse smiled at him. "You are very brave. Yes, she will be fine. Nothing serious, we just want to keep her over night. The boy she came in with however has a fairly bad head wound, I guess he brought it upon himself. Did you know her before you saved her?"

Angel nodded. "We.. we go to school together. What did you mean by he brought it upon himself?"

"That boy was drunk." She said walking past Angel as she wrote on Cordelia's chart.

Cordelia wasn't in school the day after the accident, Angel hadn't expected her to be but he still worried. The nurse said she would be fine, that made him feel better. He couldn't believe Percy would be stupid enough to drive drunk but he also couldn't believe that Cordelia would get in the car with him when he had been drinking. She was smarter then that. He was relieved to see Cordelia walking in the Courtyard that day, he watched her as she left her group of friends and made her way over to him.

"Angel, hey." She said stopping in front of him. "I didn't get the chance to thank you.. for saving my life."

"Yeah well, I couldn't just stand around. Could I?" He said shrugging like it was no big deal.

"I cant thank you enough." Cordelia said seriously.

"You being alive is a good start."Angel smiled.

"Yeah, I guess your right." Cordelia said with a small smile. "Did you hear about Percy?"

Angel shook his head. "What?"

"He got suspended from all sports until further notice. He can't finish the basketball season and who knows if he will even be able to play football!" Cordelia said dramatically.

"Football? He could have killed you and himself but you are worried about him not being able to play football?" Angel asked.

"Well... he is like the best player in school." Cordelia defended.

"Maybe he should have thought about football before he got behind the wheel drunk." Angel told her.

"I know. Its just going to suck this season if he cant play, but with you on the basketball team we are totally rocking!" Cordelia smiled.

"Thanks, but I'm not that good." Angel looked down embarrassed.

"Yes you are!" She said placing her hand on his arm. "Where did you learn to play like that?"

Angel looked down at the ground. "Uh.. Buffy."

"Oh... wow. Did you guys like break up or something? I haven't seen you two together." Cordelia asked.

Angel shook his head.

Cordelia saw Harmony walking towards them. "Well, I gotta go but I promise I will repay you for saving my life."

"No need." Angel said with a small smile.

"But I will." Cordelia said kissing him on the cheek and walking towards her best friend.

Buffy walked into the Music Store, where she had been meeting with Oz everyday for the last few days. He was the manager there. She called him the day after she met him and they met up that day, he talked more and more every time they say each other. She always found him in the guitar section.

"Coming tonight?" Oz asked Buffy.

"Yup, I will be there. I have never actually been to The Bronze before so go easy on me." She joked.

"You lived here how long and you have never gone to The Bronze?" Oz asked her surprised.

Buffy shrugged. "I don't really know anyone around here."

"Don't worry, the bar tender will fix you up real nice." Oz joked. "Is there a song you would want to hear? If you don't tell me then we will just sing 'The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow'."

Buffy frowned "Do you think I am a martyr?" She had been talking to Oz a lot, the subject was normally how Angel had been acting different.

"Buffy, I'm a musician. Martyr is my middle name." He told her seriously.

"Hmm, Danial Martyr Osbourne. Cool parents." She joked. "Do you have a girlfriend, Oz? I have known you for a few... days now and I never see you with a girl but you are way to cool to not have one."

"Are you asking me out cause you have a boyfriend." He said looking down at his guitar. "And two martyrs shouldn't be in a relationship."

"Funny." Buffy said not amused.

"Want my opinion?" He asked her.

Buffy nodded.

"Talk to your boyfriend." He told her.

"Oh but that would make sense." She said with a small smile.

"It could get worse Buffy, you don't want that to happen. Trust me." He replied.

Buffy went through her closet to look for something to wear to The Bronze, back when she was in LA she would pick out her outfit with Faith. They always went to clubs together, she smiled remembering all the revealing clothes they would wear to see how many guys would hit on them. This time she didn't want any guys to hit on her so it was harder to pick out something to wear. She threw a short skirt on her bed. Why did all of her clothes have to be so short and tight? Before she wanted attention so she dressed to get it, now all she wanted was Angel's attention. As of late getting Angel's attention seemed to be harder and harder. When he would first come around he would act distant and gradually warm up, she loved it when he would warm up. He was fun to be around.. when he came around. He had called her to tell her that he had plans with the guys so he wouldn't be over after school, she didn't know if he would show up later or not but he hadn't.

She picked the skirt up off the bed, was red to much? Red just screamed LOOK AT ME but it was her favorite skirt. She turned back to her closet pulling out a black sleeveless v-neck and went to get dressed.

Angel walked into The Bronze with a few of his friends from the Basketball team. "Do we all have to do that as a team?" Angel asked his friends.

"Yeah!" Chris laughed. "Everyone on the team has too."

"I like my hair the way it is." Angel smiled.

"Check out that hottie." Chris said motioning to the dance floor. The boys watched as a girl with long blonde hair danced. Some guys every once in a while went up to her but she ignored them or pushed them away.

"Dude! Angel, isn't that your girlfriend?" Ben asked with a smile.

Angel watched at the girl turned around, it was Buffy. Angel smiled as he watched her push another guy away and dance alone.

All the guys that were trying to dance with her were starting to get annoying. Couldn't a girl just dance alone? She pushed another guy's hands away from her and kept dancing. Maybe the skirt was a bad idea. She felt another pair of hands wrap around her from behind, this time she didn't push them away. She moved her body against the male behind her, bringing her arms up around his neck. She knew that touch. "I thought you had plans with the guys."

"I do." He whispered dancing against her.

Buffy turned around and smiled. "And where are they?"

He wrapped his arms around her waist. "Over there." He said nodding his head. "Watching us."

After the song ended Buffy and Angel walked over to the table his friends were sitting. Buffy recognize two of the boys from the mall.

"Hey, I'm Ben." He told Buffy.

"Buffy." She said.

"Let me get in on this. I'm Owen. Its uh.. kind of sucky that your with Angel. Your cute." Owen smiled.

"Thanks." She laughed.

"This is Chris." Angel told his girlfriend. "He is on the team too."

"You come here often?" Ben asked.

"Um.. actually this is my first time. A friend invited me." She told Ben.

Ben looked around. "Really? Where is she?"

"Actually, SHE is a he." Buffy laughed.

"Damn." Ben said disappointed.

"Really?" Angel asked looking at Buffy. "A guy?"

Buffy nodded. "He's really nice."

"Don't tell us your jealous, Angel." Owen patted him on the back. Angel looked over at his friends to tell them to shut up.

"Why would he be jealous?" Buffy looked at all four boys. "Oz is just a friend. He isn't my type anyway."

Ben leaned in across the table. "What exactly is your type?" He pointed at Angel. "This guy?"

Buffy smiled. "Yeah."