Chapter 8: Legal
Angel sat at the kitchen table with his best friends and his parents. His mother gathered up the plates and took them to the kitchen with his father in toe. He was miserable to say the least, his parents had made him wear one of those stupid party hats that said Happy Birthday.
"This party is kind of lame." Angel told his friend motioning to the stupid party hat when his parents left the room. "They still think I'm 7, I swear!"
"You are just lucky that no one else can see you." Doyle said sitting next to Angel at the kitchen table.
"Because you look ridicules!" Gunn laughed taking a picture of Angel.
Angel tried to grab the camera. "Come on Gunn!" Angel took the hat off and threw it on the table "If I see that online or at school, I will kill you and no one will find the body."
"Yeah, like you that smart." Gunn laughed, he got serious when he saw Angel wasn't laughing. "Doyle's got my back!"
Doyle lifted his hands in the air, he didn't want to be any part of that."The real fun starts later."
"What do you mean?" Angel eyed Doyle.
"Strippers!" Gunn nodded with a smile.
"What was that?" Angel's mother asked.
"Spiders. I'm scared of spiders." Gunn said as a lame over.
Angel and Doyle laughed at their friend.
"Well join the club!" Angel's mother smiled.
"I think it is time for this lame party to be over." Angel's dad, Ethan said. "Jenny, time for the present?"
Angel looked to Doyle for help but only got a smile. He turned to Gunn looking for help.
"Hey man, you gunna kill me, I ain't helpin' you out ever again!" Gunn said looking at another piece of cake. He had a sweet tooth, he couldn't help it.
"Oh! Its not that bad!" Jenny swotted her son on the shoulder. "Come on."
Angel rolled his eyes following his mother, when she stopped at the front door he looked back at his dad questioningly.
"Go, boy!" His father smiled.
Angel walked out of the house, he felt like the wind had been knocked out of him when he saw a black convertible in the drive way. He turned to his parents with his mouth handing open, his father threw the keys at him. He barely caught the keys.
"And here I thought you were a big time ball player now. You cant even catch keys properly." His dad joked.
"This isn't mine." Angel said looking back at the convertible. "We cant afford this."
"Sure we can." His mother smiled.
"How?" He looked like he was about to pass out. His best friends laughed at his expression, they had to say as far as birthday presents from Angel's parents went- this was the best one.
"We got a deal." His dad said putting his hand on Angel's shoulder. "A friend of your mothers helped us out."
"Helped you out?" Angel questioned. "Does this mean I have to give up my first born?"
Ethan laughed. "No. The friend I referred to had a friend who's uncle sold used cars. Although this baby isn't just any car. Its a 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX Convertible." His dad leaned in close to his sons new car, lightly running his hand over the door. " Eight cylinder, automatic, 375 horsepower.."
Angel cleared his throat. "Would you like to be alone?"
His father dropped his hand from the car and stood up. "Shut up son."
Angel smiled.
"Also since we got a letter in the mail that you have received a full academic scholarship, we can afford it." Jenny smiled.
"I got a scholarship?" Angel asked. "Why didn't I know?"
Ethan laughed. "Because you were still a minor and we had legal right to open your mail!"
"This.." Angel pointed to the car. "this is mine?"
His parents nodded.
Angel smiled brightly. "YES!"
"I call shotgun first!" Gunn yelled getting into the front seat.
Angel drove his new car with Gunn sitting next to him and Doyle in the back seat complaining about having to be in the back seat. After 10 minutes of Doyle asking if he could sit upfront Angel was about to burst. He had never kept anything from his best friends before and he didn't want to start now.
"Can I tell you guys something without you freaking out?" Angel asked.
Gunn looked over to the drivers seat at Angel. "Why would we freak?"
"Have we ever freaked out?" Doyle asked leaning his head in the space between his best friends. "We are very cool guys."
Angel rolled his eyes. "You freak."
"Do not." Both of his best friends said at the same time.
"Whatever." Angel sighed. "Just promise you wont freak."
"Promise." They both said together again.
Angel shook his head, that is what happens when you spend all your time together. "So... I have this thing going on ..."
"You have a thing and you didn't tell us?" Doyle said sounding like a teenage girl.
"Dude, your freakin'." Gunn said turning his head to look in the back seat at Doyle.
Doyle looked back to Angel waiting for him to continue.
"What would you guys do if you had a girlfriend..." Angel started.
Gunn laughed. "Doyle would get laid."
"I get laid!" Doyle shouted a little hurt.
"Can I talk?" Angel said calmly. Doyle and Gunn were always doing that to him.
Gunn looked back to Angel. "No one said you couldn't."
Rolling his eyes Angel continued. "What would you do... hypothetically... if you had a girlfriend and.. hypothetically someone else maybe showed... they could be attracted to you."
"Hypothetically?" Gunn asked. Angel nodded. "What exactly do you mean by show they could be attracted to you?"
"If... they kissed you and every time after that they... maybe..." Angel kept his eyes on the road as he talked. "tried to feel you up."
"Who?" Doyle asked.
"Someone I don't want." Angel said a little quieter.
Gunn smiled. "So this isn't hypothetically anymore?"
Angel pulled back into his drive way and took a deep breath. "No, it's very real and I don't know what to do!"
"Considering your girlfriend lives right next door and who knows if she could come home at any second and could possibly hear what we are talking about, I suggest we take this inside." Doyle said looking towards Buffy's house.
"She's busy." Gunn told Doyle as Angel got out of the car.
The boys followed their best friend up to his bedroom, Angel shut the door behind them. Angel sat in his computer chair as his friends started to go through his stuff like they always did. Gunn went for Angel's CD's looking though them, he held up Angel's Hinder CD for Angel to see and smiled. Doyle went looking at Angel's books, it always amazed him how much Angel read.
"Who's the girl?" Gunn asked.
Angel through his head back and closed his eyes. "Mr. French." He moaned.
"What?" His best friends said at the same time.
Angel nodded, still looking up at the ceiling. "That project I told you about.. I am working on the Science Fair with her. That first day we met... it was at her house. She kissed me."
"A teacher kissed you?" Doyle asked.
Angel nodded again rubbing his hands over his face. "She has tried to get me to do... more but.."
Gunn looked at Angel. "More as in what?"
Angel let out a deep breath. "More like what I do with Buffy."
"She wants to shag you?" Doyle asked.
"Well considering she tried to unbutton my pants the last time I saw her I am thinking yes." Angel told his friends.
"Damn!" Gunn said shaking his head. "She does this stuff every time?"
Angel nodded. "We hardly even talk about the project, she just jumps me most times."
"What do you do?" Doyle asked.
Angel shrugged. "Normally I try to get her to talk about the project again and if it gets worse then I just leave. Then Cordelia is acting... friendly when we are alone."
"Define friendly." Doyle said a little jealous.
Angel shrugged. "Well before we would just talk but now since I did that whole saving her life thing she.. kissed me …. on the cheek though!"
"Well... fuck! What about Buffy?" Gunn asked as the same time Doyle said "What about Cordelia?"
"Buffy is my girlfriend, its just complicated because of Ms. French. I feel bad about everything that is going on so its hard to be around Buffy. As for Cordelia..." Angel looked up at his friends going through his stuff. "she has started showing interest in me but I see now that she isn't exactly what I thought she would be. I had her on this pedestal, I thought she was the perfect girl and getting to know her more recently she is nice but... she isn't Buffy."
"So let me get this straight.." Gunn said throwing himself down on Angel's bed. "The girl of your dreams is … not and the new girl of your dreams is the girl next door that a few months ago you didn't even know excised?"
Angel nodded. "About sums it up. Cordelia is great though, she is a good friend. If only she would lose Percy, I think he holds her back from being the person she could be."
"Well you know if she does lose Percy then put in a good word for me, will ya mate?" Doyle says lightly hitting Angel in the arm.
"So what are you going to do about Buffy and Ms. French? And can I just say: totally weird that two hot older woman are into you?" Gunn joked.
"Yeah I know, I went from no girl noticing me to three! Its almost to much for a guy like me to handle." Angel told his best friends.
"So don't... cant you just end whatever is going on with Mr. French?" Doyle shrugged.
"Yeah she is a teacher after all." Gunn told Angel. "Arnt' teachers supposed to NOT try to dang their students?"
"Your right... I have to do something." Angel said as Doyle went through some of Angel's stuff on his shelf. "I don't want this to be the thing that ends my relationship with Buffy... even though things are screwed up and its hard for me to be around Buffy I still want to be around her. I find myself uncomfortable around her because I feel like she will know something is going on and I get wound up so tight I feel like I am going to snap."
"Is that a sex thing?" Doyle said looking at a book. He flipped through the pages fast then tossed it back on the shelf.
"It actually had nothing to do with sex... I find myself having these moments with Buffy where its not about sex, it about who she is... who we are when we are together. She is a smart, funny and beautiful woman who also happens to be a closet music buff." Angel laughed. "Literally a closet music buff. She has this walk in closet in her spare bedroom that is full of albums. Every type of music from Bon Jovi to Mandy Moore!"
"Mandy Moore?" Doyle and Gunn asked at the same time.
"I'm just saying she has everything. It amazing." Angel nodded.
"We better get going to The Bronze." Doyle said looking at Angel's alarm clock.
Angel raised his eyebrows. "We are going to The Bronze? Is that the real fun you were talking about?"
Gunn nodded. "But don't tell Buffy we told you."
"Wait " The two boys stopped before they went out Angel's bedroom door. "Buffy?"
Doyle nodded. "Yeah, she rented out the place for your party." he said before he left the room.
"Hey man, I didn't tell you before and I know I should have but... Buffy knows somethings up. She doesn't know what but she came to me the other night... asked me if everything was okay with you." Gunn said.
"What did you tell her?" Angel swallowed.
"Nothing man." He said taking a step back. "I didn't know nothing to tell."
"Okay." Angel nodded. "Good."
"You gotta tell her, man." Gunn advised.
"I know... I will. I just don't know when or how." Angel said with a sigh.
Angel walked into The Bronze with his best friends, he couldn't believe how many people were there. He smiled as he looked around, the place looked great. There were red and black balloons and steamers everywhere, they were his favorite colors. There were pictures of Angel and pictures of Angel and his friends around The Bronze. A table was pushed against the wall on the other side of the room with a large cake on it, another table with food and then the bar tender was also there. A table with a bunch of presents on it and a table with small gift bags on it. There was a DJ on the side of the stage.
"How many people are here?" Angel asked. "The entire high school?
Gunn shrugged. "I told a few people, Doyle told a few people... those people told people. Everyone wants to go to a jocks birthday party."
"I'm not a jock." Angel told him.
"No. Just a basketball player with a brain." Doyle smiled.
"Wait, this looks like it cost a lot of money. All these people..." Angel said.
Gunn put his hands up. "Hey man, I told Buffy I didn't know how many people would show. Looks like she aimed big and everyone showed."
Angel looked around for Buffy but couldn't find her. "Do you guys see Buffy here?"
"Nah, not yet. She is most likely lost in the crowd somewhere." Gunn told him. "By the way, your parents know about the party and you don't have to be home tonight!"
"What?" Angel asked. "How do they know about the party? They don't even know about Buffy!"
"Relax." Gunn said putting his hands on Angel's shoulders. "We just said there was a party, not who was throwing it."
Angel let out a sigh of relief.
Cordelia made her way over to Angel, taking him by the hand. "Come on Birthday Boy, lets dance."
Angel danced with his friends and some kids from school while trying to keep an eye out for Buffy. He really needed to thank her for all this, it was way to much. Angel danced with his friends for about 20 minutes before he spotted Buffy leaning against the wall watching the party. Angel patted Doyle on the back laughing at his dance moves then walked towards Buffy.
"So now I don't feel like a cradle robbing cougar." She smiled. "As much."
"A cougar, huh?" Angel said crossing his arms leaning against the wall next to her. "My favorite animal."
Buffy laughed. "Figures."
"What about you?" He smiled.
"Haven't you heard? I like cubs." Buffy joked. "but I really love it when they turn into Lions."
Angel leaned in closer to her. "Did I become a lion today."
"Uh huh." She smiled and kissed him "Happy Birthday, Lover."
"Thank you. You know you really didn't have to do all this." Angel said looking at the crowd of teens from his school. He wasn't even sure if all these people even liked him.
"I wanted to." She said leaning against his side. "You only turn 18 once."
"Yeah! Tell me about it! My parents got me a car!" He told her still excited.
"Really?" Buffy smiled. "That's awesome. What kind?"
Angel thought for a second. "I got nothing. My dad seemed to know intimate details about it though."
"I'm not about to hear something gross am I?" She said making a grossed out face.
Angel watched Doyle dance in a circle around Cordelia. "God, I hope not." Angel looked over to the table that had the small gift bags on it. "What is in those bags?"
Buffy shrugged. "Little goodies for the guests... iTunes Gift Cards and Starbucks Gift Cards mostly but my personal favorite is the candy."
"Do I get one?" He smiled.
Buffy laughed. "Yeah, you get one. Now go back and have fun with your friends."
"Dance with me?" He asked her.
"Maybe later." She told him as he went back to his friends.
"Share your thoughts?" Buffy asked Angel when she saw him sitting alone at a table. It was his birthday party, he should be having fun.
Angel shook his head.
"For a cookie?"Buffy joked.
"I will share anything for a cookie!" Angel smiled. "Except a cookie."
"Good!" Buffy said sitting next to him. "Spill."
Angel shrugged. "Its nothing." He looked over at Buffy. "You seem different."
"So do you." She said with a sad smile. "How do I seem different?"
"I don't know... you just.."Angel studied her face for a second. "You seem more tame then you were when we first met."
"Is this a cougar joke?" She said raising her eyebrows. "Maybe I'm just growing up. I'm old ya know?"
"No your not." He smiled. Ms. French is old!
"No, really. I am." She laughed. "My birthday is in a few months."
He leaned in closer. "Your not old." He kissed her quickly.
"Are you in the mood for your birthday present?" She asked him looking at something across the room.
"After everything that I received today, I don't think I need another present." He smiled.
"Well, to bad." She said pointing to the stage where Angel's new favorite band, Hinder just started playing the first cord in 'Better Than Me.'
Angel looked at Buffy shocked. "How... how did you..?"
"I made a new friend who has connections." She smiled and looked towards Oz who was on the side of the stage watching the band.
"Now you have to dance with me." He smiled getting up holding his hand out to her.
Buffy nodded. "Just let me take care of something real fast."
"Are you ready for that dance?" Angel asked Buffy when he saw her walk back in. "Because I really want to dance with you to this song."
Buffy smiled. "Heaven Sent."
Angel nodded wrapping his arms around her waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck. It wasn't really the type of song to slow dance to, in fact everyone around them were jumping around but Angel wanted to hold her. He missed her and that was his own fault, he really needed to figure out how to deal with his Ms. French problem.
Buffy laughed. "I'm sorry, it just sounded like he said Pokemon."
Angel laughed too. "It kind of did." He mouthed the words of the song to her as they danced.
Buffy leaned her forehead against his and mouthed the lyrics "Just waiting on an angel to take me out of my hell, I'm falling for you."
Angel smiled before kissing her. "Thank you. Really. Tonight has been amazing. I can't even believe you did all this for me. You blow my mind, Summers."
"Yeah well..." She joked. "It's not over yet."
"No, Buffy. This is enough. I'm scared to even ask how much money this all cost." He said as they danced.
"Don't worry about it. Your worth it." She smiled. "Besides, everything is already paid for so you kind of have to do it."
Angel narrowed his eyes playfully. "Do what?"
"Gamble and get drunk." She said playfully.
"Come again?" He said shaking his head.
Buffy bit her lip. "There is this casino right outside of Sunnydale called Palace Casino Resort, they allow 18 year old's to gamble. I figured you and a few of your friends would want to go and since you don't have to be home tonight, I got you guys a room that has a mini bar in it, hence the getting drunk part but no drowning because there is a hot tub in the suite."
Angel laughed, hugging Buffy close to him. "You are amazing, you know that right?"
Buffy looked up at her boyfriend. "I wanted to do more..."
"Buffy." He warned.
He couldn't believe Buffy threw him a birthday party and him a room at a casino. This girl was insane!
She smiled. "Doyle and Gunn might have mentioned how your parents throw you lame birthday parties so I just wanted to try to make up for the past parties."
Angel looked around The Bronze at everything Buffy had already done. "It's to much."
"Did I mention that my clothing line is successful?" She asked playfully.
Angel nodded.
"Don't worry about it being to much, Angel. Just have fun." She kissed him.
Angel was sitting with some other teenagers at a table laughing as they ate, when Buffy walked up behind him. She playfully put her arm around his neck and smiled. "Okay Birthday Boy, where is this new car and what does it look like?"
Smiling he turned his head to look at her. "I'll show you."
"You need to stay and have fun, I just want to see the new car." She smiled.
Angel turned on the bar stool to face her, he pulled her between his legs and smiled. "Who said I won't be having fun out there?"
"Don't tease me." She joked.
Angel leaned closer, only inches from her face still smiling. "Why? You always tease me."
Buffy bit her lip when she felt Angel's hands on her ass. He was being very straight forward, nothing like he was when she first met him.
"No more teasing." she smiled.
Angel took Buffy by the hand, guiding her outside to his new car.
Buffy gasped when she saw it. " 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX Convertible"
"You and my dad should really hang out." Angel laughed.
"Oh shut up!" Buffy laughed. She looked at the car for a minute. "Your parents got you this?"
Angel nodded with a smile. "What's wrong?"
"Um.. I just recommended.." Buffy trailed off A lot of parents got their kids cars for their birthday right?
"Are you sure your okay?" Angel asked putting his hand on the small of her back.
"Of course, yeah." She nodded, shaking off the thought that she could be dating her friends son.
Angel smiled opening the passenger side door. "How about we fix that whole teasing thing."
Buffy jumped in the back seat and laughed when Angel claimed in on top of her. "Angel, put the top up."
He looked at her oddly. "Really? I thought you wouldn't mind having it down."
"If I'm going to get naked then you better put the top up." She told him.
"Okay." Angel nodded reaching in to the front seat. This coming from the girl that stripped for him before she even knew him? She really was changing. "Happy?" He asked as the top went up.
"Very." She smiled wrapping her arms around his neck to pull him closer. He kissed her as she slid her hands up the back of his white t-shirt pulling it over his head.
Angel kissed down her body until he got to the top of her skirt, he slid his hands up her thighs under her skirt. Pushing her skirt up, he placed light kisses on her thighs up to her hip bone. Lightly rubbing his thumb over the triangle cloth of her thong he kissed the cloth. "God, I've missed this."
"Hey man, where you been?" Gunn asked Angel when he and Buffy came back inside.
Angel smiled and looked towards Buffy. "Just taking care of something."
Gunn nodded in understanding. "When we havin' cake?"
Buffy smiled brightly. "Whenever you want."
"Someone's happy." Gunn said in a sing song tone.
Buffy let out a short laugh and ran her fingers through her hair. "Right, I'm just going to... yeah."
Angel laughed when she walked away.
"Dude, you are doing something right." Gunn laughed holding his hand up for Angel to slap.
Angel laughed at his friend but gave him a quick high five before he turned to watch his girlfriend walk away. He turned his head slightly enjoying the view of Buffy swaying her hips. He noticed her sway was more subtle then it was the first time he saw her.
After they all had cake Angel was standing around with his friends. Angel laughed while Ben told Gunn and Doyle how exactly they lost all their basketball games. Buffy ran over to Angel laughing, and stuck her hands in Angel's front pockets.
Angel looked down at her hands. "If you wanted a second round all you had to do was say so."
Buffy bit her lip as she felt around in his pocket, she knew his keys were in there somewhere. She carefully took the car key out of his pocket so he wouldn't feel it. "Maybe later Super Star."
She smiled at him as she walked away. Angel shook his head, confused about what just happened. She was a strange on sometimes.
"What was that about?" Doyle asked Angel.
"Absolutely no idea." He laughed.
Chris raised his eyebrows looking in the direction Buffy walked in. "Your girlfriend is weird."
"But hot." Ben added. "Weird but hot."
Angel was really enjoying himself at the party that Buffy had thrown him at The Bronze. It was by far the best birthday he had ever had. He didn't want to hurt his parents feelings but it was SO much better then the parties they had for him. He always thought his parents would know how to throw better parties since they were still in the party stage when they had him. His mother had been 16 when he was born and his father was 18. No one thought they would be able to have a life, career and raise a child at such an young age but they did it. Angel just hoped he was half as good of a parent to his kids as his parents have been.. only he would throw better parties.
Buffy amazed him with everything she did, she never half assed things that was for sure. She amazed him with how straight forward she was, how daring she was, how sexual she was. He thought that was what drew him to her but watching her tonight as she talked and laughed with some short guy with orange hair he rethought what drew him to her. It wasn't the straight forwardness, her sexual nature or anything else that he thought it was, it was the person she was. She was beautiful. Her smile, her laugh, her adorable way she scrunched up her face when something wasn't going her way. He laughed thinking about her face when she realized her coffee maker was broke. He watched her jump up and down like a giddy child when the short guy said something, her personality was what amazed him about her. Her outer beauty got his attention but her inner beauty is what kept him around.
Angel hung out with his friends for another hour before he realized that Buffy wasn't at The Bronze anymore. Angel watched the man that Buffy had been talking to earlier, he was wondering who that guy was. Maybe he was the friend that Buffy was talking about the other night when she met his friends from the team.
"Hey." Angel said walking up to the orange haired boy.
"Hey." He nodded.
"I saw you talking to my girlfriend earlier." Angel said making sure to call Buffy his girlfriend instead of her name. "You happen to know where she ran off to?"
The guy nodded. "Yeah, but I'm under strict orders not to tell you. Oz, by the way." He said holding his hand out for Angel.
"Oz? So you are Buffy's friend?" Angel asked shaking his hand.
Oz nodded again. "I guess you could say that. We have been hanging out. She is kind of... neurotic."
Angel laughed. "Sometimes, I guess. You know when she will be back?"
"Soon." Oz told him
Angel, Doyle and Gunn were the last to leave The Bronze. Everyone else had left a half hour earlier but they guys stayed saying they would help clean up, Oz told them not to worry about it. Buffy walked back in and heard them saying that they were going to clean up, she had told them that someone was already going to clean. Buffy walked outside the club with the four guys, hugging Oz goodbye and thanking him again for getting Hinder to play at the party.
"I would offer you a ride home but I'm sure you have your car." Angel said to Buffy, reaching his hand into his pants pocket to get his keys. When he didn't feel them he started to panic. "Where are my keys?" He looked around the parking lot. "Where the hell is my car? Great, I don't even have my car a day yet and it's gone!"
Buffy laughed and tossed Angel his keys. "You should really be careful about who you let in your pants."
"Where is my car, Buffy?" He asked her slowly.
"Safe." She smiled bouncing on the pads of her feet. "At your house. I dropped it off a little while ago. Now..." She said reaching into her purse and handing each boy a card. "Here are your room keys."
The guys looked at the card oddly, then Buffy handed them each a stack of $1 bills. They looked at her like she was crazy. "For the strippers." She laughed. "You all have a tab at the Casino and if I see any charges for anything more then a lap dance I will kill you. And here comes your ride." She said looking past them. The guys turned around to see a limo pulling up.
"It's only for tonight, Cinderella." Buffy joked as the driver walked around to open the door for them.
"Your coming, right?" Angel asked when she didn't move to get in the limo.
"Nah." Buffy smiled. "Just for the guys."
"Come." He held out his hand to her. "I'll make it worth you while."
Buffy smiled and took a hold of his hand.
"Champagne?" Buffy asked.
"The driver knows we are only 18 right?" Angel asked her.
Buffy nodded. "I think these limo companies look the other way with this stuff." She said taking a sip. "We got a limo for Prom and there was champagne in the limo then too. I wasn't big on the stuff though." She looked at her glass. "Still not really."
Angel laughed at her.
"So our stuff is there?" Doyle asked.
"Yup." Buffy said drinking some more. "I dropped it off when I checked in. Don't worry Angel, I put gas in your car."
Gunn clapped his hands once and rubbed them together. "Told you the strippers came later."
Angel looked at him girlfriend. "Strippers?"
"What?" Buffy asked. "Gunn said you had never been..."
"I haven't." He told her. "But I have never heard of a guys girlfriend paying for him to see strippers."
"You got an awesome girlfriend." Gunn said picking up a glass of champagne and drinking it. "Damn, that is nasty."
Buffy laughed and downed the rest of her champagne. "You boys golf?"
Getting an odd look from the other three in the limo she laughed. "Guess not. You get one free round of golf when you stay at the hotel. Maybe I will just play tomorrow when all you guys are sleeping off your hangovers."
"You play golf?" Doyle asked her.
Buffy shrugged. "When I was younger my dad played a lot, one of the only ways I ever spent time with him."
"That sucks." Gunn said shaking his head.
Angel wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kissed her head.
"Oh damn!" Gunn laughed when they stepped out of the limo, looking up at the Casino.
Angel looked at the building in awe. "I can't believe this."
"You know..." Doyle started. "my birthday is coming up too."
Angel and Gunn both slapped Doyle in the back of the head.
"Come on." Buffy laughed taking Angel by the hand walking up the stairs to the entrance.
Walking in the boys all looked up towards the ceiling, it was incredible. They had never seen a place so big and... expensive looking.
"This place is the shit!" Gunn laughed.
Buffy shook her head. "You haven't even seen the suite or the Casino part of it."
"I want to see this room." Doyle smiled.
"Really? The room?" Gunn asked. "I want to see the strippers."
"So does Angel." Buffy joked looking at Angel. "What do you want to do first?"
The guys hurried excitedly to the Casino to start their night while Buffy went up to the suite to freshen up then went to the Spa. She hadn't been to a spa in what seemed like forever but really it was only 2 months. When Buffy was done getting a massage and her nails done she went into the casino to see if they guys were having fun. Buffy found the boys at the Poker table.
"Hey you." Buffy said coming up behind Angel.
Angel smiled. "Hey, where have you been?"
"Spa." She answered simply with a smile.
"Do you want to play?" Angel asked looking from her to the table.
Buffy shook her head. "I'm more of a slots kind of girl. I don't have a poker face. Have fun." She kissed him. "Win big, babe."
Buffy was in the hot tub when she heard the guys came in to the room, they sounded like a bunch of frat boys coming back from a party.
"Is Buffy still out?" Doyle asked the other two guys.
Angel glanced around the living area. "I don't know... maybe."
Gunn walked over to the fridge and pulled out a bottle of beer. "This is the most awesome place I have ever seen. Dude, you have an AMAZING girlfriend. Sucks I didn't get to her first."
Doyle nodded. "Just remember the amazing part, Angel."
"I know." Angel told his friends.
Buffy walked out of the bathroom area tying her robe. "Sorry Gunn, you wouldn't have gotten me first."
All three turned to look at her. Angel sighed in relief that they didn't say anything about Ms. French.
"Why not?" Gunn asked mockingly.
She walked past Gunn to Angel. "Your just not my type. Did you boys have fun?"
"Yeah! Angel won some money!" Doyle smiled getting into the fridge.
"Mmm, good." She said before she kissed Angel.
Angel smiled. "And what were you just doing?"
"Hot tub." She told him wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Care for some company?" He suggested.
Doyle grabbed several bottles of Vodka, Rum, Tequila and beer from the fridge. "Party in the hot tub!"
Angel let out a disappointed sigh, burying his face in Buffy's neck. "Not exactly what I had in mind."
Buffy laughed and hugged him to her.