They are here! Enters Angel's family. Are they going to be exactly how Angel said they would or are they actually not so bad? And what about his sister?
Chapter 27: Meet The Parents
Buffy pulled up to their house and Angel got out first making his was to open the door for Buffy. Looking at his watch he said. "We still have 45 minutes before my family gets here. We have time to get laid." He clapped his hands and opened her car door.
Buffy laughed at him. "And here I thought we were going to get laid when your family was here."
Buffy and Angel walked towards the door of the Condo, with Angel walking behind Buffy, his arms around her waist. She giggled when he kissed her neck. Angel laughed against her neck as Buffy opened the door. He heard someone talking , without moving his lips away from Buffy's neck he looked up to see his mother and father sitting on the couch. Angel sighed putting both hands on each side of the door frame. "Looks like we are going to get laid with my family here."
Buffy looked at the man and woman sitting on the couch. They looked to be in their late 30's but with Angel being 26 that SO wasn't possible. The woman who she figured was Angel's mother looked older then Angel's father. She looked stiff, stern almost like she didn't know what fun way. She was sitting up perfectly straight on the couch, her clothes looked brand new like she had just walked out of a catalog for business clothes. She wore a maroon skirt that went to her knees that wasn't to loose but not to tight either with a white silk blouse and a blazer that matched her skirt and black heals. Her hair was light brown and pulled back in a tight bun and hazel eyes. She looked so… proper.
Angel's father didn't look much better then his mother. He looked like he was a very strict man and didn't like to be told he was wrong. He was also sitting up completely straight, he wore a blue dress suite with a white silk shirt and black dress shoes. He had brown eyes that looked mean. He had very dark hair, like Angel with a little gray in it. Angel actually looked a lot like his dad. Spitting image actually, the only difference was Angel had a softness to him, just by looking at Angel you could tell he was caring. His dad, he looked like he had no feelings and didn't care about anyone else's feelings either.. It was kind of scary how to people could look so much alike but at the same time look so different. All in all though, the older man was handsome. He was a look into the future of what Angel would look like when he was older- Buffy didn't mind it.
At this moment. Buffy was scared.
Angel took Buffy by the hand and gave it a squeeze before he guided her into the house and shut the door.
The older couple stood from the couch and watched Angel as he walked closer to them leaving Buffy by the door. "Mom. Da." He said giving his mom a short hug and his dad a hand shake. "What are you doing here so early?"
"Our plane got in early, son. Allen picked us up." His dad told him referring to Doyle
His mother looked shocked. "Is that anyway to speak to your parents?"
Angel shook his head "Sorry." he said with an irritated look on his face.
"Its good to see you son. Now, who is this?" His father asked motioning to Buffy.
Angel looked towards her and Buffy swore she saw fear on his face. "This is Buffy."
Angel's father looked from Angel to Buffy and back to Angel. "From the way you are acting I hope she is at least your girlfriend and not another one night stand. That would be wishful thinking though. You don't have girlfriends."
Angel looked down, finding his fathers shoes extremely interesting. "She's my girlfriend." He said in a low voice.
His father walked past him towards Buffy, Angel whipped his head towards Buffy and again she thought she saw fear and that only made Buffy even more scared.
"Hello Young Lady, I'm Patrick Angelus. This is my wife Irene." He said motioning now towards Angel's mother.
Buffy looked from Patrick to Angel. She brought her eyes back to the older man and offered her hand. "I'm Buffy Summers." The older man shook Buffy's hand. If it was one thing she learned from Hank Summers- show no fear.
Angel's mother smoothed her skirt even though there were no wrinkles. "May we speak with you, Liam?" She looked to Buffy. "Alone."
Angel looked to Buffy and nodded. "I'm going to go up stairs. It was nice meeting you both."
Buffy walked up the stairs and made her way to Angel's rooms, that was now hers as well.
Angel walked into the kitchen with his parents.
"Liam, you knew we were coming. Why did you have your little hussy here?" His mother said.
Angel looked pissed. "She's not a hussy, mom. She is the most wholesome girl I have ever been with. She's here because she lives here."
Patrick looked shocked. "She lives with you? Its that serious?"
"Yeah, its serious Da." Angel told his father. "I know I don't have the best track record with woman but this one… I really care about. I also know you don't have the best track record with being nice so try to fake it."
"You don't tell us what to do, Liam!" His mother scolded him.
Patrick put his hand on his wife's shoulder. "Wait a minute Irene." He looked to Angel. "You care enough about this girl to tell us what to do?"
"Yeah. I do." Angel said looking more like his father, with his hard face.
Patrick narrowed his eyes at Angel. "Then I think we should get to know this girl better." He said with a smile that even scared Angel. "Have you thought anymore about joining the family business, son? I think it is about time you got out of the Army and started doing something real with your life.
"Da, do we always have to bring this up?" Angel asked.
"Yes, we do. Until you agree that is it the right thing to do. Stop playing make believe and join the real world!" His father yelled.
As Buffy was walking up the stairs she saw a beautiful young teenage girl with long dark hair that fell in soft curls. 'Must be Angel's sister.' She was coming out of Angel's room. She had a soft looking face, she was tall but not as tall as Buffy's own sister. She wore a black tank top and blue jeans. She noticed Buffy. She had the same brown eyes as Angel and their father.
"Hi, you must be…" Buffy was about to introduce herself to the girl but was interrupted.
"Who are you?" She said giving Buffy attitude.
'Your not nice.' Buffy thought. "Um… I'm Buffy."
The girl looked Buffy up and down. She all the sudden didn't feel like she was well enough dressed. "That tells me nothing." Came the same attitude.
Buffy wanted to be nice to Angel's sister. She really did, but this girl made Dawn look like she was sent from the Heavens. "I live here and that's MY room you just came out of."
The girl crossed her arms. "That's my brothers room so you have another thing coming if you think your going to lie to me and say that its your room. I know everyone who lives here and you don't!"
Buffy was about to tell the girl off when Gunn stepped out of the Game Room. "Hey, Kat." He noticed Buffy. "Oh, you met Angelus' sister, Kathy."
As soon as they heard Gunn's voice everything about the girl seemed to change. She lost the attitude, she dropped her arms from across her chest. She looked sweet and innocent. Nothing like the girl she was just talking to.
"Yeah, one of them." Buffy mumbled thinking maybe Angel's sister had a split personality. 'This is the only person in his family that Angel likes? Am I missing something here?'
"Kathy, this is Buffy. She is our room mate and your brother's girlfriend of course." Gunn said. Angel's sister turned to look at Buffy, she had death in her eyes but it was only her eyes. Buffy knew Gunn couldn't see it. 'I guess she doesn't like her brother dating.'
"We are going to play some video games, maybe some air hockey. You wanna play?" Gunn asked Buffy.
Kathy's face turned into a warning for Buffy. Buffy knew if she said yes something bad was going to happen. 'Maybe she is the child of Satan. If I check her head with I find 666 on it?' Buffy wondered.
"Thanks but no thanks. Its been a long day, I'm just going to lay down." Buffy told Gunn.
"You sure?" He asked Buffy again.
"Oh, I am so sure." Buffy said walking around Angel's sister and into the bedroom.
As soon as Buffy got in the bedroom she grabbed the phone and called Willow. As soon as Willow answered Buffy said quickly and quietly. "My boyfriends family is from hell!"
"What? Buffy? Are you okay?" She asked confused.
"No! I'm not okay! Angelus' parents are scary looking! I hardly talked to them but they are scary and his sister! Oh my god! Will! She is pure evil! And she is the one he likes!" Buffy yelled in a hushed voice.
"Hold on Buffy, Xander is beeping in." Willow told her.
"Put him on three way so I don't have to call him as soon as I get off the phone with you." She requested.
A minute later Xander clicked in. Laughing he asked "What's going on Buff?"
"Family from HELL!" Buffy told him. "How could my sweet, gentle loving boyfriend come from these people!"
"Well you did say Angelus' had a angry streak in him." Xander offered.
Buffy threw herself back on the bed. "His sister who is Dawns age and makes Dawn look like an Angel by the way! Told me I don't live here! That she knows everyone who lives here and I don't! Maybe no one told her I moved in but when I told her she totally didn't believe me! And if looks could kill, you would be one best friend short!"
"Why?" Willow asked.
Buffy looked towards the door not wanting anyone to walk in as she was talking smack about her boyfriends sister. "Gunn asked me if I wanted to hang out with them. Kathy gave me the meanest look I have every seen and I have seen a lot of mean looks! Hello, Cordelia and her brainless followers don't even come close to this girl!"
Xander let out a sigh in the phone. "I'm actually feeling bad for Angelus right now."
"So do I." Willow said in a sad voice.
The three best friends talked on the phone for another hour. They told Buffy to give it a chance and maybe she just needed to get to know Angelus' family better. Buffy thought they were making it sound like she was going to leave Angel just because his family was crazy. 'I would never do that. I only have 10 months left with him.'
Buffy changed her clothes and laid in bed for a while. It felt like forever, she was SO bored. She kept checking the clock wondering when Angel was going to come in. 'He must be visiting with his family still.'
After another 45 minutes Buffy had the urge to go to the bathroom and she was starving but she didn't want to go downstairs and chance they might be down there. Buffy got up and tip toed her way to the bathroom, she passed the game room on her way. She looked in seeing Spike, Gunn and Doyle playing a video game and Angel sitting on the couch with his sister. His arm was around her shoulders and he had a huge smile on his face. She had never seen him smile like that. His sister was back to her sweet and innocent ways with Angel. 'There is something wrong with that girl.' Buffy thought as she walked away. As Buffy walked away Angel turned his head to look at the door.
"What's wrong, Bear?" Kathy asked in a sweet voice using the nick name she gave Angel when she was little.
Angel shook his head and looked at her. "I jus thought Buf…. Nothing."
Buffy laid on the bed listening to her stomach growl. That's what she had been doing for the past 2 hours. She looked at the clock, it was midnight and Angel still hadn't come in. Not even to check on her. She was a little hurt by that fact but she also knew he would want to be with his family.
By 1:00AM the hunger pains got to be to much and she snuck out the bedroom door and started to make her way down the stairs when she heard Kathy and Gunn down in the living room.
"So your really getting out of the Army?" Buffy heard Kathy ask.
"Yeah, I am. I found the girl I want to be with for the rest of my life. So when my contract ends, I'm not resigning." Gunn said.
Buffy went down a few more steps to try to listen to what Kathy and Gunn were talking about.
"You don't think Angelus would do that… do you?" Kathy asked him.
"Nah. The Army is Angelus' life. He loves it to much to get out. Besides, he has only been with Buffy for a month. Its nothing serious. You have nothing to worry about, your brothers heart still belongs to you." Gunn told Kathy.
Buffy looked down at the stairs biting her lip then quietly ran up the stairs. She peaked around the corner to make sure no one was there before she went for the bedroom door. She quietly went in the room, shutting the door and laying on the bed. What Gunn said played over and over in Buffy's head. "Its nothing serious." and "Your brothers heart still belongs to you." Buffy wondered if Angelus had said something to his friends about their relationship. Maybe he didn't feel the same way she did.
Buffy looked down at her stomach. She couldn't feel the hunger pains anymore, all she could think about was her baby. The one that was going to be born into a crazy family. A bipolar Aunt and Grandparents that seemed like they had stone cold hearts and the dad… well she didn't know about the dad anymore. Everything she knew about Angel she was questioning now, just because she met his family. Buffy rolled over on her side and hugged her stomach and tried to go to sleep.
At 3:30AM Angel entered the bedroom to find Buffy sleeping. She was in the exact position she had fallen asleep in, hugging her stomach. He smiled at Buffy's sleeping form. On his way over to the bed he lifted his shirt over his head and took his pants off. He slowly and quietly laid on the bed not to wake her up. He looked down at Buffy, tucking her hair behind her ear and kissing her. "Long day?" He asked her sleeping form.
