Chapter 4

The First Cut is the Deepest

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Angel looked at Darla who was standing at the hotel front door and hissed, "Darla"

Darla smiled as she walked smoothly towards Connor who was still on the ground clearly in shock that his dead mother was in front of him. Angel moved between them and asked, "What do you think you are doin'?"

Darla purred as she moved her hand over Angel's face, " Ohh Childe I missed you." Darla trailed her hand down Angel's chest and continued, "Did you miss me?"

Angel grinned as he took a deep breath and moved his hand over her shoulder, "Well, NO!" then he threw her full force at the wall.

Connor yelled as he got up, went over to his mom, and bent down to pick her up. Darla smirked as she got up and looked at her son, "Hi son, did you miss your mom?"

Connor nodded as he looked at her, "Yes."

Darla smiled as she held his shoulders, "Then why don't you give Mommy a hug?"

Connor hugged his mom tight but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his neck and gasped in shock. In the same instant Angel was there throwing Darla off Connor.

The Dark Vampire with the soul looked angrily at his sire, " You stay away from him! Do you understand?"

Darla still in vamp form got up and smirked, "Or what?"

Buffy was able to overcome her shock and glared at the other blonde as she crossed her arms over her chest, " I am gonna introduce you to the pointy end of my stake!"

Darla laughed, "Ohh I am scared." Then she wore a serious expression and gazed at them, "I just came baby to let you know that I am back."

Angel glared at her as his yellow eyes glowed in anger, "Let me guess, you are staying with the black mage."

Darla laughed as she turned her back to them, and walked away. Just there Buffy leaped over her back and tackled her to the ground, but the blonde vampire threw the slayer off her and jumped back to her feet just as Buffy spun and staked Darla in the heart.

Connor seeing this yelled his mother's name as looked at her in horror expecting her to turn into dust. The amazing thing was that Darla simply removed the stake from her heart and laughed, "Can't you be more creative slayer?", then the blonde vampire kicked Buffy in the chest so hard that a couple of the her ribs cracked.

Then Darla turned around and ran out of the hotel, Angel turned walked towards Connor and placed his shoulder, "Connor are you okay?" whispered the vampire with the soul.

Connor grabbed his dad's arm and twisted it as he slamming him against the wall," No, I am fuckin' not, you told me she was dead! How did she come back? Tell me Dad!"

Angel looked in his son's eyes, and swallowed hard, because the look in Connors eyes was the same one he carried when he came back from hell, "Son, I am sorry. I don't really know."

Connor released his dad as he looked around him at the shocked faces surrounding him, "What the hell are you lookin' at?"

Spike approached Connor slowly as if he was a rabid animal, and Connor did look like one. His eyes were red, his long hair was all messed up, and his expression made him look pretty dangerous.

"Nothing mate, we are just surprised like you, that the b- Darla is back, that's all"

Connor laughed like a mad man, as he looked at Spike, "Surprised doesn't begin to describe how am feeling! Captain Peroxide, do you understand? Nobody fuckin understands how I feel !"

Spike moved slowly around Connor "Yeah I know, she's your mother. It must hurt to see her like that"

"Shut up you asshole! Shut up," Connor yelled as he waved his hand frantically. He was hurt, confused and angry, and he didn't know how to handle it.

Angel placed a hand on Connor's shoulder and said, "Son we are gonna figure this out, don't worry,"

Connor turned around as he stared, "How Dad exactly are you gonna figure a way, I mean she is my mom, even if I never have seen her, but she is still my mother how the hell am I supposed to kill her? How can I do it?"

Angel couldn't stand how miserable his son looked and he couldn't help but feel responsible for what his son was going through. If he'd had more control maybe he wouldn't have slept with Darla and maybe she wouldn't have been his mother. He knows that it's stupid but seeing the misery his son is in, he can't help but think that he is always the source of his misery.

The vampire with the soul pulled his son in hug, as he whispered, "I am sorry Connor. I really am, but I want you to know that no matter what we are gonna find a way out of this. I promise you son."

Connor looked at his dad with gloomy eyes, "She is my mom."

Angel took a deep breath as he organized how he is gonna tell his son that she is not his mom, " Listen son, she is not your mom." Connor eyes widened in shock, but Angel continued, "I mean in a physical sense she is, but you see when a person is turned to a vampire, the demon takes over the body but it doesn't get the soul. That's gone. No guilt. No remorse. It's an easy way to live. She doesn't have your mom's soul Conner. That's what makes a person - his soul, his heart. You have to know that."

Connor looked at his dad in amazement. He'd never thought of it that way. What his dad just said gave him a new perspective about the difference between his dad and Angelus

"Like you and Angelus," said Connor as he wiped his eyes.

Angel observed the twenty year-old man in amazement. Finally Connor realised what he knew: he and Angelus were not one. For him it was complicated because he had done some dreadful thing while he was still in possession of his soul, because sometimes he couldn't control Angelus, sometimes it was just too hard. He can't attribute everything bad that he'd done to Angelus since he'd had a hand in it, too.

However, right now he wanted to comfort his son, so he nodded, "Yeah like Angelus and me."

Connor smiled as he hugged his dad hard, "Thanks Dad, you are the best," Connor felt a little better right now. At least when he was facing his m… , Darla he would more easily convince himself that she wasn't his mom, that would make stuff a little less hard on him.

Angel smiled as he hugged his son back, "You still wanna go on that date?"

Connor looked at the clock, and gasped, "Shit I have like an hour left. Sorry Dad but I got to go!"

Angel smiled at the amazing change of mood that happened to his son, it kinda reminded him of him and B…

'NO NO NO' thought Angel to himself, 'You don't have time for your crappy love life, especially when your son's sanity is on the line, so keep it together!'

"You really like her don't you?" said Angel as Connor ran out the room

"More than I think" yelled Connor as he jumped to the second floor instead of taking the stairs so he could save time.

Angel took a deep breath and turned to face a very stunned Buffy.

To say Buffy was hurt was no way near how she was feeling at this moment. She was hurt when she knew that Angel had a son, but that pain looked like a picnic compared to this.

All that she can think of, is how in the hell Darla got back, how in the hell Angel and Darla managed to have a child together, and when in the hell did it happen? Connor looks twenty years old, so when was he born? All those questions and thousand more were going through her head.

Spike looked at Buffy and Angel as he started to creep outside the room slowly. These two were gonna go down the Buffy/Angel saga road and he didn't have time for this crap. He had more important stuff to attend so he slowly made his way to the door and closed behind him.

Neither Buffy nor Angel noticed Spike's departure. They were looking at each other, then Buffy moved towards the nearest chair and sat on it.

Angel crossed his arms in front his chest, and coughed, "I assume you have some questions."

Buffy glared at him as she started to play with a strand of her hair, "Some questions? I have a lot of question, so let's begin with the more obvious one, when?"

Angel shook his head as he narrowed his eyes, "About three and half years ago."

"Liar! I wasn't born yesterday Angel. Your son is about twenty years old. How in the hell can he get this old in three years? And also how is Darla his mom? And how did she come back? And how did you knock her up with your son? Did you have him when we were dating? Tell me!" Buffy yelled the last part as she jumped to her feet.

Angel glared at her as he shook his head in disapproval, "And what gives you the right to know Buffy? The fact that you came in my town and rubbed your relationship with the toy solider in my face. Or that you chose Spike over me. Or that when I asked for a helping hand you turned me down. Or the fact that you slept with the immortal. Which one of these gives you the right Buffy"

Buffy moved towards him as she yelled, "Don't you dare start with that. You left me!"

Angel waved his hand in frustration, " Damn it Buffy grow up. I left because I love you, not because I stopped loving you. Do you have any idea how fuckin hard leaving you, how hard not seeing you everyday was, but I had to. I wanted a better life for you. I wanted you to have someone with whom you can spend some intimate time without risking the world getting sucked in hell and whom your friends wouldn't freak out when they see you kissing him. Someone that your mom would like instead of advising him to leave,"

Angel raised his hand and moved it through his hair in frustration, as he closed his eyes a little bit feeling the pang in his heart. He'd never talked to Buffy about the real reasons of why he left. The sun crap and children were some of the reasons but it wasn't the reason he left. Telling her now, going down that road again, wasn't easy.

" I mean do you know how felt leaving? It felt as if I was getting ripped out of heaven seeing you move on while I couldn't bring myself to do… Knowing that after..."

Angel breathed out hard and closed his eyes and placed his face in his hands. He couldn't take it anymore. This was too hard. He couldn't begin to describe the first kinda easy year without feeling hurt and tears threatening his eyes. Right now, it was just too hard and he couldn't do this.

Buffy was listening to Angel, and suddenly all her anger melted and changing into sympathy and her eyes started to well up. She'd never seen Angel this way. Even after last night's talk, this was probably the first time Angel opened up to her like this. Now she understood really why he left and that he still loved her even when she threw Riley in his face.

The blonde slayer approached him slowly, took his hand and kissed it softly as she pushed him gently towards the chair and sat on his lap. "Shh Angel it's okay," said Buffy as she tried to calm him down and her hand started to play with his hair.

Angel looked in her eyes and shook his head, "No Buffy it's not okay, but we can make it okay. I'm willing to move heaven and hell to make this work, but there are two things I have to tell you first. We will need to open up to each other totally. No holding back anything, even the disgraceful actions. Only then we can make through all the stuff we lived in the five years we were apart."

Buffy nodded her head in agreement as she sighed in relief and rested her head on his chest. She was really willing to make anything to make this work. She was glad that even with everything Angel told her in the room, he was willing to give them a shot. She swore to herself that she wouldn't let this chance slip from her hand, "I know Angel, and I willing to do the same to make this work."

Angel moved his thumb gently over the beautiful slayer "And the second thing is a question I need you to answer honestly." Buffy laced her hand with his; he looked in her emerald eyes and asked, "Did you ever hate me for leaving? Can you now understand why I left? Can you now forgive me leaving you?"

Buffy smiled while she was resting her head on Angel's chest, "I can never hate you Angel. It's impossible. You're my soulmate. I can never hate you, and as for leaving, you're Forgiven, Not Forgotten, my Angel"

Angel rested his forehead on her head as he sighed; it has been so long since it felt like this, a long time since it felt like home.

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Roham woke up and smiled at the feeling of the warm naked body pressed softly to his. He sighed as gazed dreamily at Faith who was sleeping peacefully in his arms. He smiled as she pressed her cheek to his chest as she moved closer to him.

He started to remove her hair behind her ear, and held his breath on how innocent and beautiful she looked sleeping in his arms. He kissed her forehead gently, "I love you, Iounin"

Faith took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and smiled as she looked at Roham, "Hi Sexy," then she pushed herself up and kissed his lips.

Roham smiled as he returned the kiss, "Hi gorgeous," then he started to trail feather kisses along her neck, "Mmm do you always taste this good?"

Faith moaned as she dug her hand in his hair, pulling him closer, as he moved down to kiss the deep valley between her breasts, then she started to move her hand up and down his muscular abs "Damn it Roham you feel so good,".

Their intimacy was abruptly interrupted by Roham's cell ringing. Roham reached for it but Faith caught his hand "Leave it!" Roham looked at the screen and found --ANGEL CALLING--

"It's Angel. I will have to pick up. Sorry," Roham said as he opened his cell phone, and placed it his ear, "Hi Angel what's up?"

"Uh huh. Uh huh. Okay we will be down, but can I ask why are you talking on the phone?" Roham raised an eyebrow. "Really that bad, okay we are coming down"

Roham closed the phone and looked at Faith who was leaning on her elbow and her head thrown backwards, and her full feminine breast thrust forward. Roham swallowed hard, "That was Angel. He wants us now. He says there is a crisis of some type."

Faith shook her head slightly, "Hmm and why did he use the phone?"

Roham smiled as he bent towards her ears and whispered, "Well apparently he didn't wanna see us naked and having sex. According to him, we weren't that quiet"

Faith cocked an eyebrow and purred, "Really, what do you expect from a girl when she has having hot wild sex with a gorgeous man?"

Roham grinned as he looked at her, "Hmm hot wild sex?"

Faith nodded as she jumped off the bed and went towards the bathroom swaying her feminine hips. Roham's whistled and said "Ohh baby!"

Faith smiled as she entered the bathroom and turned on the hot water tap and sighed as she felt the hot water hitting her skin. Her smile broadened as she thought of how beautiful it was having sex with Roham. For the first time she understood what people meant when they referred to sex as making love. She felt really loved. Roham made her feel precious, like nothing she never felt in her whole life. Plus the sex itself was awesome with him. He really did know how to tire out a slayer.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a hard naked body meeting hers. "Need a back rub?"

Faith pushed herself against him and giggled, "Why? Do you know someone who can give me one?"

Roham grinned as started moving his hands over her shoulders and down her sides," Hmm yeah, he is sexy, and really knows how to wear out a slayer."

Faith moved her hands along his long, muscular thighs, "Really someone I know?"

Roham chuckled as he reached for the soap and started lathering it over the sponge, "You bet your sweet ass you do." He moved the sponge gently over her back as he leaned towards her ear, "I love you."

Faith felt her heart throb hard. No matter how many times Roham said that he loved her, it always felt like her first time. She couldn't begin to describe how much she loved him. She couldn't see how she lived the past twenty years without him.

"I love you, Roham, and I think Angel's crisis can wait," said the brunette as she turned around and pulled her lover down for hot passionate kiss. Roham laughed against her lips as he pushed her against the wall.

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Angel kissed Buffy's hand gently, "I missed this."

Buffy sighed gently as she started to play with the his hair, "Me too, Angel, me too"

Buffy looked in Angel eyes as she smiled, she hadn't felt like this for six years, not since the day Angel broke up with her. She was never safe, nothing made sense and she felt like she was falling apart piece by piece, but right she fet safe and loved. She never felt like this with anyone else.

With Parker, it was just a stupid one-night stand, which if anything she ever regrets is falling for Parker's words.

Riley was sweet. He was this nice country boy who she couldn't help but like, but never loved. She could never love him. She cared about him sure, but she could never fall in love with him, that was the thing which destroyed their relationship. She always felt sad for breaking his heart, for driving him to the point of making vampire whores drink from him. She hates him for that but she couldn't help but feel responsible for it.

Then came Spike, which was the most complicated relationship she had ever been involved in. Until this moment, she didn't know when or how it started.

However, she knew why it started. After she came back from heaven Spike was the only one who made her feel loved, even if it was in his own twisted way, and she loved him back also but it was never the same love she shared with Angel.

She owed Spike a lot and she always wanted to pay back Spike for all the help he had been. That's why when Angel arrived to Sunnydale before the big fight with the first, she chose to give the amulet to Spike.

As for the Immortal, she never loved him. She was never involved with him. She just pulled a number on him, so that she could get him to trust her and she could destroy all his evil plans. Boy was she mad at Andrew for telling Angel that she had moved on with the Immortal and that she loved him.

"Buffy is something wrong?" asked a worried vampire with a soul, as he brushed away a tear that fell from the blonde slayer's hazel eyes.

Buffy smiled as she kissed Angel's cheek, "No, I am fine, Angel"

Angel raised an eyebrow and looked at her suspiciously, "Really?"

Buffy nodded as she got off his lap and laughed as he groaned in protest, "Sorry honey, but Roham and Faith, and the gang will be down in any minute, and we really need to figure out how to tell them before we appear like this."

Angel grinned inwardly as he watched his love babble. He couldn't do anything but love her, but they need really to talk to their friends. More importantly, they need to talk with each other before that, but now he wanted to tease her a little bit.

"Tell them about what?" asked the dark vampire wearing a perfect mask of ignorance, as he held back a grin when he saw the worry in her eyes,

Buffy swallowed hard and wondered to herself 'did I talk to soon?' She blushed slightly, "Angel, I see. I don't mean a thing like a thing. I mean we are starting a thing which is good . I mean we can wait or something cause…."

Angel smiled as he caressed her cheek slowly, "I agree about thinking about how to tell them. And did I mention that you still look cute when you babble?"

Buffy smacked him on the arm and laughed, "Jerk,"

Angel bowed in a mocking way "Thank you Ma'am" Angel then looked at her seriously ,"Buffy, there is a lot that happened and a lot of things that are still between us so things won't be easy or smooth."

Before the beautiful slayer could reply, Roham opened the door and smiled as he raised an eyebrow to his brother, "Whats going on Liam?"

Angel grinned, "Nothing little brother. Nothing"

Roham tilted his head, "Really, then why are you grinning like a fool, instead of your daily brooding, I mean this is one of the signs of apocalypse, Angel grinning like a fool, not being in his morbid mode, but in a Chandler mode, Now Bro I gotta tell you: its scary. So maybe it would have been useful when we were fighting against that 200 demon army."

Buffy chuckled "He is funny, Angel I have two questions: Number one: What 200 demon army fight? And number two: Why did you call him little brother?"

Angel looked at Roham and shook his head as smiled, "Well, for number one, I will answer later. For the second one Roham would you do the honors?"

Roham took a deep breath," I am Angel's half brother. His dad had an affair with the stable girl and I was the result. So I am an illegitimate son of Sir O'Patrick and I am five years younger than Liam. When I was 16 an ancient power was awakened in me and the was trouble was that I lost control of the powers so I left. When I returned Liam was Angelus, and then my immortality was awakened by a stupid spell that back fired when I was 21. So here I am."

Buffy shook her head and smiled, "I thought I had a strange life! "

Roham smiled as Faith came from behind him and kissed his lips. "Hi Honey."

Roham kissed her back on her lips, "Hi mo gra. Are you hungry?"

Faith smiled wrapped her arm around his waist and rested her head on his chest, "Yeah, I am kinda beat"

Roham smiled as he looked at her, " Yeah especially since you spent a lot of energy lately"

Faith laughed, as she cuddled closer to him, "Well I can't help it when I have amazing sex..."

"Eww, eww, eww. Faith there are people here okay? You don't have to talk about your love life in public. I really don't need the images!" yelled Buffy as she shook her head.

Roham laughed as he eyed Angel, "Well, you're gonna have something to gross us with pretty soon since you two are back together."

Angel and Buffy looked at each other then at Roham, "No, we are not."

Roham tilted his head, "Don't insult my intelligence. Plus I can smell you on each other."

Angel placed his face in his hand and smiled "Roham, can you at least shut up until we decide to tell everyone?"

Roham nodded his head in agreement "Okay, I will cook. Anybody want to eat?"

"Dad, I need the keys for the car!"

Everybody turned and looked at Connor who was standing at the door wearing a white wife beater, which was one size smaller than he was and showed his lean muscular body to advantage. The black jeans made a nice contrast with his white wife beater, and his hair was gelled in a messy style that looked great on him.

Faith cocked an eyebrow "Check out who is dressed to kill." Roham slapped her shoulder playfully and Faith laughed as she leaned towards him.

Angel smiled as he tossed the keys to Connor "Have fun and take care."

Connor grabbed the keys as he winked, "Don't worry I will. See you later guys, 'cause I don't like to be late on a first date," said Connor as he ran outside the hotel.

Faith clapped her hands together and smiled, "So food?"

Buffy looked at Faith and asked "Is he a good cook?"

Faith laughed as she eyed Roham "I don't know about that but I am willing to give it a shot."

"You won't regret it sexy, now let's go," Roham bowed teasingly, then he headed to the kitchen and Faith followed him.

Before Buffy could follow them, Angel grabbed her shoulder and smiled "We need to talk soon, okay?"

Buffy nodded as she kissed Angel's cheek gently. "We will soon Angel, I promise you." The blonde slayer walked towards the kitchen as the dark vampire watched her move.

'My god I like the way she moves so gracefully just like a ballerina!' thought Angel as he followed her in the kitchen.

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Roham entered the kitchen and headed towards the cupboard to get out the frying pan, He then headed towards the fridge, took out the eggs, then moved towards another cupboard to pull out some bread for toast, and some potatoes.

Faith smiled as she sat on the counter next to Roham and bent down to kiss him slowly.

Angel entered the kitchen followed by Buffy, who shook her head slightly and headed towards the fridge and took out a bottle of orange juice, and poured herself a glassful.

Roham broke the kiss with Faith, then faced Angel "So what's the big crisis?"

Angel took a deep breath and sighed, "Apparently your friend the black mage has a new gift,"

Roham stopped what was doing and looked with curiosity at the vampire with the soul, "And that would be?"

"Resurrecting vampires from hell."

Faith eyes widened in the shock, while Roham eyes narrowed in suspicion," Really, that's new and strange. Who did he resurrect?"

Angel sighed as he looked at Buffy, "Darla"

Now it was time for Roham's eye to widen in disbelief, "You mean Darla as in your sire Darla, Connor's mom, the bitch from hell Darla?"

Buffy tilted her head, "You know any other Darla?"

Roham moved his hand in his hair as he sighed, "Damn, this can't be good for Connor."

Faith moved closer to her boyfriend's chest in fear. She'd heard a lot about Darla, and nothing she'd heard made her enthused about seeing her, she knew that she was Angel's sire. She also knew from Angel that Wolfram and Hart resurrected her from hell, and that she was one hell of a badass vampire. Faith also that she was the one that taught Angelus most of his cruel, sadistic torturing methods. Well this was one acquaintance she didn't wanna be horned by making.

Angel nodded, "Yeah he got a little insane, but I managed to calm him down. I even got him to go to that date of his!"

Roham twitched his lips in mock interest as he returned his attention to what he was doing, "Really, how did you manage to do that!"

"I told him that there is difference between the demon and the soul and he can't compare Darla's soul to the actions of the demon. That both of them are different."

Roham nodded his head in sarcasm, " Wow. You know, it's nice that you were able to convince your son that there is a difference between the demon and the soul, but the million dollar question is where you able to convince yourself ?"

Angel was stunned, he tried to open his mouth but closed it again as he frowned, "Well, it's different with me. I did terrible stuff while I was still in possession if my soul. I was also the one who asked Darla to turn me."

Roham slammed the spatula on the counter in front of him and looked at his brother before replying in Gaelic "What the hell Angel? When are you gonna realize what Faith, Connor, that blonde hotness, and I, realized? You are not Angelus!"

"Roham drop it," said the vampire with the soul. "Please"

Roham shook his head clearly unsatisfied with his brother's reply, then he returned to cooking.

Faith moved towards Roham and laced her hand with his free one, and stood on her toes then whispered in his ear "Don't be angry at Angel, honey, okay? He will accept this fact sooner or later. He just needs closure"

Roham raised her hands and kissed her fingers gently, as he smiled, as did a perfect French accent impression "Well, why doesn't the Mademoiselle sit right here and wait for food to be served"

Faith laughed as she kissed his lips gently, and sat down on the chair and crossed her legs. Roham placed the eggs on the plate then took out a tomato and some lettuce. He sliced the tomato into a flower shape and placed it beside the eggs, and then he sliced the toast to the shape of a star and placed at the end of the plate.

Then he took the plate and placed it on the table in front of Faith, and in the same French accent, "Here go Mademoiselle, le manfiique eggs avec potatoes. with a flower shaped tomato beside it because that's just the way my life is, and finally star shaped toast cause that's how you guided my miserable existence towards eternal bliss."

Faith chuckled as she pulled him down and kissed him passionately on his lips, "Ohh my god he is great in bed, he can cook, he is a sweet talker, he has a great ass, and he can fight. Am I lucky or what?"

Roham smiled as sat next to her and took the fork and knife, and began to slice the eggs to small pieces and he held the fork up in front of Faith mouth. She smiled as took the egg off of the fork.

Buffy laughed suddenly as she saw what's going on between Faith and Roham, then she looked the expression on Faith and Roham, "Sorry, guys, its just I didn't mean to offend you guys, it's just I never thought this is possible."

Faith stopped chewing, and swallowed the food in her mouth, "What exactly did you think was impossible?"

Buffy shrugged as she took a sip of her orange juice, "You falling in love. I never thought that you would ever fall in love"

"Can I ask why exactly?"

Buffy placed her glass on the table, and then removed a strand of hair of her eyes, "Nothing I just never thought you were the loving type of girl. I mean with the bad girl attitude and being evil, I never saw it coming."

Faith smiled as she kissed Roham, "Well I didn't see it coming either."

Roham wrapped an arm around Faith's waist as he kissed her back, "A bad girl huh, well do I have to punish you?"

Faith bit her lips as she felt herself becoming aroused at the thought. Roham raised an eyebrow as he stuck his tongue out in amusement. "Someone is liking the idea."

Buffy put her hand around her head, "You two have to learn to stop talking like that in public. Don't you have some self-control? I mean you are two hundred-forty two years old and Faith is twenty-one years old, and you are acting like horny teenagers!"

Roham smiled as he eyed Buffy, "What slayer are you getting turned on?"

Angel laughed as he poked Roham in his chest with his finger, "Hey back off Mister!"

Buffy smiled as she saw Angel. She'd never seen Angel laugh. Yeah he would smile eventually, maybe laugh inwardly but this was the first time she'd seen him laugh. Maybe Roham, Connor and Faith were doing good to him. She was coming around to accepting Roham especially when she knew that he was Angel's brother, and when Roham dropped down the smug act he was kinda sweet and funny.

Also she was happy that Faith found some peace of mind. She knew what her sister slayer had gone through, especially when she felt the darkness inside her trying to evolve out of her. Also they had been really close the past year, and the brunette had told her how hard her life had been.

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Flashback

Buffy had just woken up from the strangest dream she'd had in long time. It was about Angel turning human on the Thanksgiving that she visited him in LA.

She walked towards the main bathroom and washed her face then she decided that she needed a quick nightcap. She went to the kitchen where she found Faith drinking some vodka. She smiled and went to sit in front of her, "Faith, you think you can share that…."

Then Buffy ceased talking as she looked at Faith's tear marked face, "Faith are you okay? Did anything happen? Why are you crying?"

Faith looked lamely at her drink as she turned the glass side ways, "Nothing, just a bad dream,"

Buffy looked at Faith curiously, "Are you sure Faith? It must be a hell of a dream to make you cry like this!"

Faith shrugged as she drank what was left in her glass and refilled it , "Nothing. Dreams about the past"

Buffy poured herself some vodka, "Faith, what is it? Come on you can tell me."

Faith looked at her sister slayer, as she sighed. She hadn't had that strong relationship, but during the past year Buffy has been trying to reach out for her, especially after she protected Buffy many times in that latter year.

The brunette slayer swallowed, "Nothing just stuff about mom and the words she used to tell me about how ugly I am. And that I will never find a guy who will love me, and how my dad abandoned us when I was 4 because he didn't wanna deal with an impotent child like me, and how mom blamed for his leaving and all that crap."

Buffy was dumbfounded about what she have just heard. She knew Faith had a dreadful childhood but she never talked about it, and from the looks of it, that's not all the brown haired girl in front of her had faced.

Buffy shook her head, as she drank her vodka, "What else Faith?"

Faith looked at Buffy in awe because she never thought that Buffy would be the sympathetic ear for her to narrate her hard life for.

"Nothing more, just the rest up and downs with my mom,…………..

End of Flashback

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Before Buffy could comment the hotel door was thrown open. They ran to see who was it and they found about thirty strange Samurai like warriors entering the hotel lobby as a 6'2" guy dressed in black pants and shirt and had a black cloak flying with the wind behind his back. Combined with his black eyes and hair, he looked scary.

He smiled as he looked directly into Roham's deep blue eyes as he yelled, "Roham O'Patrick"

Roham took a deep breath as he looked at the guy standing in front of him, "Black"

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End of Chapter 4

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