Here you go! Another chapter and this one is longer too! This chapter has Buffy/Angel interaction in it! Enjoy!
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Chapter 6: Moving Day
Buffy picked up the last box that she had at her moms house and loaded it into the U-Haul truck Xander had rented. Joyce wasn't very happy about Buffy living with 4 men but she was an adult now and could do what she please. She did make sure to let Buffy know that if she ever felt uncomfortable there with those men then she could always come back home. Willow took it surprisingly well, she didn't try to stop Buffy at all. 'Maybe because she lives with Oz.' Buffy thought. 'But then again Willow is in a committed relationship with Oz, I wonder what Will really thinks about the situation."
Xander walked up next to Buffy. Clapping his hands and rubbing them together he asked. "All ready, Buff?"
Buffy turned to look at Xander with a smile. "Yup! I'm ready."
"This is a big step, Buffy. Living with a guy is a lot different, living with 4 guys… and guys you don't even know. I would feel a lot better if you were living with someone we knew. A girl." Xander expressed his worry.
"I got this covered, big brother. I will be fine. Thanks though."
Buffy and Xander got into the moving truck and pulled out of her mothers drive way, they were going to meet Willow and Tara at the Condo to help move things in. Anya had refused to help, she said they should just load Buffy up with boxes like a mule. She was the one that was moving after all, why would Anya want to waste her time? Giles had wanted to help, he had planned on it but at the last minute Principal Snyder had called a staff meeting. 'Since when are their staff meetings on Saturday? Luckily, Willow isn't officially a staff member because she was just interning and she could still help me move.' Buffy thought. Veronica had to meet up with Cliff McCormack, to go over some of the new facts she had uncovered on the case she was investigating.
Xander looked over at Buffy from the drivers seat in the moving truck. "Buffy, are you su…"
"Xan, I love you- now shut up. I'm doing this. I'm moving in with 4 guys that I know nothing about. Its about time I took a chance."
"Its not really taking a chance, its more like setting yourself up for a disaster." Xander said watching the road.
"Doyle seemed really nice so I'm sure the others are too. " Buffy said. 'Or I hope they are.' She added to herself.
Buffy and Xander pulled up in front of the building Buffy was going to be moving into. Xander looked up at the place and let out a whistle. "Nice, Buff." He clicked his tongue and asked "Should I pull in the drive way?"
"That might help a little with the unloading of the truck." Buffy said as she waved at Willow and Tara who were talking just a few feet down the road.
"Oz couldn't get out of band practice, huh?" Buffy asked as she jumped out of the cab of the truck.
Willow shook her head "Sadly, no. He said they are just getting to a point were they only half way suck. Devon wouldn't let him bail."
Tara looked up to Xander "At least we have Xander. Xander's strong." Tara smiled.
"Do you mean strong or strange?" Buffy smiled. "I'm kidding Xan, I know you got the muscle. I saw you in a Speedo, remember?" Buffy referred to the time sophomore year when he went "Undercover" on the Sunnydale Swim Team to help her with a case she "wasn't working on". Xander ended up liking it and staying on the team for the remainder of high school.
Buffy pulled out her key chain that had her mom's house key, Willow's house key in case of an emergency, the key to Mars Investigations and now the key to her apartment.
"You have a key?" Tara asked.
Buffy nodded. "Doyle- the guy I met that showed me the place, gave me a key when he said I could move in."
"Sounds fishy." Xander muttered and got a elbow to the ribs from Tara and Willow who were walking one on each side of him. Buffy a few steps ahead of them.
Buffy walked up the sidewalk to the front door, about to try her new set of keys but never got the chance. They door came swinging open revealing a bleach blonde man who Buffy could only think of as a Billy Idol wanna be. The man was wearing black jeans, a black shirt and a red button up shirt over it with only the bottom two buttons done, with a pair of black boots.
"Hello, Luv! You must be Buffy. I have been waiting for you to get here!" The Billy Idol look alike smiled.
"Yeah, Buffy. That's me."
"I'm…"
"He's William" said a tall bald African American man who had just walked into the living room. He wore baggy jeans, a white t shirt and a zip up hoodie.
"Spike! Bloody hell, its Spike!" The blonde man yelled.
"You can pretend all you want but your given name is William." The bald man said smiling.
"Hey, I'm Gu…"
"Charles. " Snickered the man Buffy now knew as William, AKA Spike.
"He's right. My name is Charles. Charles Gunn. My friends just call me Gunn though. Doyle wanted to be here when you got here but he had to run out for a minutes. Work reasons. He should be back soon. I know he wanted to help you move in." Gunn told Buffy. "We have one more room mate, he is…"
"Upstairs jerking off to anime porn." Spike smirked and Gunn rolled his eyes. Xander looked down at his shoes.
"Spike." Said a sexy sounding voice from the stairway that was not visible to anyone from where they were standing. "You really shouldn't talk about people when you think they cant hear you." Said the same voice as the tall dark haired man rounded the corner to see everyone. "Word of advise: sound travels."
Buffy looked at the man who had just came into view. Tall, dark and sexy didn't even cover what she was looking at right now. Buffy knew right then and there, dark hair and eyes were her down fall. The man was tall, most likely 6 feet, dark spiky hair, sexy brown eyes, broad shoulders and muscles to die for… or lick.
"Hello, salty goodness." Buffy said without even realizing.
"Hi… Buffy, right? I'm Angelus. The other room mate who DOESN'T jerk off to anime."
Buffy shook her head to tear her eyes away from Angelus. 'He is sinfully yummy.'
"What's with all the boots?" Xander wondered.
"Oh, that's work. Our mister O.C.D here hasn't gotten a chance to pick up after us boys yet." Gunn said gesturing to Angelus.
"Mess must be killing you." Buffy smiled weakly
"Oh yeah it is!" Angelus sighed.
Doyle walked into the open front door. "I see introductions have already been made"
"Not completely. I'm Xander." He said lifting his left hand in a slight wave. "This is Willow and Tara." He said pointing to them.
"Hi. Doyle. Its nice to meet you." Doyle said shaking Xander, Willow and Tara's hands.
Xander opened the back of the moving truck and everyone looked in.
"This is all you have?" Angelus asked Buffy looking at the bed, mattress, boxes, a desk, a computer chair and a fluffy pink chair that looked like it belonged in a girls dorm room.
"Yup. That's it."
"You needed a moving truck for this" Gunn questioned.
"The bed is big." Defended Xander.
Doyle walked in front of Spike and grabbed the first box. "Don't just stand there boys, help the woman."
Everyone grabbed a box and headed inside to take the boxes to Buffy's room. The girls all grabbed smaller boxes while the guys took bigger ones. Spike watched Buffy as she picked up a small box. When everyone else were almost in the door Spike looked at Buffy as the walked. "You a lesbian?"
"Excuse me?" Buffy asked with a confused look on her face.
"You answered yes. You kissed a girl and liked it." Spike smirked.
"I answered yes but I'm NOT a lesbian. I'm strictly dickly. If you are looking for a good lesbian, Tara is your girl." Buffy told Spike.
"Tara? Which one is that? He asked her.
"The blonde." was Buffy's reply as she picked up her pace to get away from Spike.
"Well, do you have a boyfriend? Or even if you do, your so hot I wouldn't even care." Buffy could already tell Spike was going to be a problem. She then turned around, walking backwards and said "Just to get it out of the way. I'm SO not interested." turning back around and walking away.
"I love you." Spike whispered dumbfounded.
It only took about an hour to get all of Buffy's stuff in to her room. Xander, Willow and Tara had just left. Xander needed to get to truck back to the moving company so they didn't charge him anymore then they needed to and then he could get back to Anya who had called him 6 times in the hour it took to move Buffy in. Willow was going to meet up with Oz to watch the last part of his band practice and she invited Tara to tag alone. Tara loved Dingoes Ate My Baby.
When Xander, Willow and Tara where leaving Gunn had volunteered himself and Angelus to set up Buffy's bed. She had said it was fine if they didn't want to, she would figure it out somehow but they insisted on helped her out. They had started looking at the pieces to see what went where and Buffy began going threw a few of the boxes. She opened a box and her stuff pink pig, Mr. Gordo was right on top.
She picked it up and held him to her chest. She remembered when she got him. She was 5 years old, Dawn was just a baby and their parents were fighting once again. Buffy had just memorized phone numbers in case of an emergency, the person she thought of to call was Veronica's dad. Keith had been worried that something had happened to make Buffy call him but then he heard Joyce and Hank fighting in the back ground. Buffy asked him if he could come get her because she was scared. Of course 10 minutes later Keith Mars pulled into the drive way of the Summers home, walked in and raised his voice loud enough for Buffy's parents to hear him over their own arguing that he was taking Buffy out for a little while and he could take Dawn too. Hank was against the idea but Joyce quietly said "Thank you, Keith." Once Keith had Buffy and Dawn in his car he drove back to his house to pick up Veronica who was there with her mother. Leanne completely understood about Buffy and Dawn being there, she liked them there. Leanne just wished it was under different circumstances. Leanne took Dawn out of her car seat and laid her on the floor to play. Veronica and Buffy were about to run into Veronica's room when her dad stopped them. He had told them to play for about a half hour and then he would take them to the carnival that was in town. Keith had won each one of the girls a stuffed animal that day, Veronica got a monkey, Dawn got a teddy bear and Buffy got her beloved stuffed pig. They all still had their stuffed animals even to this day. Buffy often thought about the day she got Mr. Gordo. It reminded her of all the time Keith Mars had come and saved her, all the times she knew he would save her in the future. He was the hero who stuck around.
"I feel like I haven't seen you in forever." Buffy whispered down to Mr. Gordo.
"What" Angelus asked.
"Just talking to Mr. Gordo." Buffy whispered.
"Who?" Gunn asked with a confused look on his face. Buffy just held up the stuffed pig in response.
"Why haven't you seen him in a while?" Angelus wondered.
Buffy looked at the boxes scattered around the room. "I have pretty much been living out of boxes for the last couple months."
"Why?" Angelus asked again.
"You boys sure like the four W's don't you." Buffy joked, getting confused looks from Gunn and Angelus. "Who, where, what and why. You haven't asked Where yet. I'm sure it coming though."
"Where?" Smiled Angelus.
"Funny. And to answer your question. I have been living out of boxes for a few months now because I had to move back in with my mom after I graduated from College. I didn't want it to be permanent, so I thought if all my stuff was still packed it wouldn't be. The original plan was for me and my boyfriend to move in together but that didn't work out." Buffy said looking down at the floor.
"…but he is okay with you living with a bunch of guys? Xander didn't seem to worried." Angelus said while holding up a piece of the bed frame.
"Xander? Wait, you think Xander is my boyfriend?" Buffy said shocked. She didn't know why she was acting shocked, everyone thought Xander was her boyfriend because she was always with him. People thinking he was Buffy's boyfriend never went over well with Anya.
"He isn't?" Gunn wanted to know.
"No! Best friend- yes. Brother figure- sure. Boyfriend- never going to happen!" Buffy said a little to enthused.
"Where is your man then?" Gunn asked.
"We broke up. Right before we were going to move in together. Willow has been trying to set me up for a while now but I always tell her no." Buffy let out a small laugh thinking about how Willow was so excited when she finally said yes to meet Ben.
"Ha! Here we go! I think I got this now! Gunn hold the other side up will ya?" Angelus said, finally figuring out how to put the frame to Buffy's bed together. The whole time they were talking Angelus kept wondering if maybe she kept the instructions to this thing but didn't want to interrupt their conversation.
45 minutes and a bunch of curse words later Angelus and Gunn had Buffy's bed together.
"Go ahead. Jump on it. Make sure its sturdy." Angelus smiled at Buffy. "Get a running start first."
Buffy smiled back.
"If you don't do it then I will, girl. I aint ever been told to jump on a bed before, my mama would have beat me if I jumped on my bed as a kid." Gunn told her.
Angelus looked over from Gunn to Buffy. She didn't look like a lesbian to him, but could you really tell that just from looking at someone… Spike is delusional. Buffy seemed like a really nice girl and he was now regretting what he had said just a few days ago about joining in on any lesbian action that Buffy may have.
"If you don't jump on it, I am going to throw you on it." Angelus smiled.
"You wouldn't!" Buffy laughed.
"Wanna bet?" Angelus picked Buffy up onto his shoulder, spun her around like he was going a fake wrestling move and tossed her onto the bed. Gunn jumped on the bed next to her and she started to laugh. Angelus sat on the end of the bed. "Its holding all three of us up, so I think we did a pretty damn good job." Angelus said, putting his hand up to get a high five from Gunn.
"Well this bed will never have 3 people on it again… unless I am feeling lazy and the gang wants to hang out in here. When that happens, this bed has had 4, sometimes 5 people."
"Cozy. Crowded but cozy." Gunn nodded.
Angelus looked down at his folded hands between his legs. He wanted to know more about Buffy but he didn't know how to ask. "You know, Spike has it in his head that you are a lesbian." So he just said it.
"Yeah, he mentioned that. I explained to him that I am NOT. I don't have anything against gays or lesbians though. I have friends that are. I'm just not."
Angelus looked up from his hands and at Buffy. "You kissed a girl though?"
"Is everyone stuck on that?" Buffy asked. "I have kissed ONE girl, and that's only because some guy was hitting on me that I wasn't interested in and he just wasn't getting the hint. I had joked around a few times with a high school friend of mine that I would kiss her just to get rid of the losers that bugged us. So, me and Faith Lehane kissed. ONCE. It wasn't gross, I do prefer men though."
Spike stuck his head into the doorway of Buffy's new room. "How much do you like dick?"
"Oh my god!" Buffy yelled.
"Shut up Spike!" Angelus said threw gritted teeth without even turning to look at him.
"Get out of here man." Gunn said. Spike walked away with a grin on his face. "Sorry about him Buffy. He isn't the brightest crayon in the box."
"Its ok, I can just see how much fun living with him will be." Buffy said sarcastically.
"We will most likely be apologizing for him a lot. He has no tact or restrictions at all." Angelus informed Buffy.
"And you do?" Gunn joked.
Angelus ignored Gunn's comment and turned to Buffy. "If he bugs you to much just let me know, I will take care of it."
"Are you going to be my Knight in Armor?"
"… or you can tell Gunn or Doyle. Whatever you want. Spike is hard to deal with at times… sometimes force is needed." Angel said giving Buffy a little advise on Spike.
"Your kidding, right?" Buffy let out a short nervous laugh.