Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer, that honor goes to Joss Whedon. I am almost done with the first season hooray. There are spoilers for the episode Angel.

Boyfriends and Big News

Sitting in his lair, the Master is livid over all the family he has lost to the slayer and the new power his minions have yet to discover. He lost what was to be his greatest alley to this thorn in his side and he was going to discover who it was if it was the last thing he did. He had enough of just sitting back and letting the good side get the upper hand.

Darla walks into her Master's lair as he contemplates his plans. "Zachary didn't return from the hunt last night," the Master says in great disappointment.

Darla stops in her tracks afraid that the Master will take his disappointment out on her in some way. "The slayer," she says, hoping to refocus his anger to someone other than her.

"Zachary was strong and he was careful. Still the slayer takes him as she has taken so many of my family. She has help destroying that which is mine, it wears thin," The Master sulks over his ongoing dilemma. "Its time to stop playing nice and annihilate the competition."

Darla perks up and rushes to her Master's side with great enthusiasm at the thought of wrecking havoc. "Let me do it Master, let me kill her for you."

He is highly doubtful of her ability to perform, as she ought to. "You have a personal interest in this," he declares to her.

"I don't get to have any fun," Darla smiles mischievously

"I will send The Three, they will succeed in finding and killing both my problems," The Master seems quite happy with his thoughts.

"The Three," Darla says in alarm.

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The three walk menacingly towards The Bronze and the ones that litter the streets run in terror at their presence. They reach their destination and wait in hiding for the slayer to show.

Inside the bronze Buffy, Willow and Jessica sit together talking. Well Willow and Jessica talk while Buffy drifts off into her daydreams.

"Ah the fumigation party, hmm, it's an annual tradition. The closing of The Bronze for a few days to nuke the cockroaches," says Willow.

"Oh," Buffy says, not hearing a word of Willow's banter.

"It's a lot of fun. What's it like where you are?" Willow says as she looks into Buffy's eyes.

"Earth to Buffy, are you in there?" Jessica waves her hand in front of Buffy face to get her attention.

Buffy looks up at the both of them and smiles in embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I was just thinking about things.

Willow glances at Jessica knowing exactly what things Buffy was thinking of. "So we're talking about a guy."

"Not exactly a guy, for us to have a conversation about a guy there would have to be a guy for us to have a conversation about," Buffy scrunches her face up at her own words. "Was that a sentence?"

Willow sympathizes with Buffy sadness. "You lack a guy."

"I do, which is fine with me most of the time but," Buffy does not finish her sentence and she seems to go off into space again.

"What about Angel?" Willow says, once again bringing Buffy out of her trance.

Jessica smirks at Buffy remembering all too well the last time she saw them together, you could cut the chemistry with a knife. "Yeah Buffy, the two of you seem to hit it off pretty well when I saw you together, total potential guy in that hottie."

"Angel, I can just see him in a relationship. Hi honey you're in grave danger, I'll see you next month," Buffy stops abruptly as she remembers that one of her companions is not in the know of slayer things. She tries to think of something to cover her tracks and fails miserably.

Jessica raises an eyebrow in confusion. "What the hell does that mean?" she looks at Willow then back to Buffy waiting for one of them to explain and they slyly ignore her query of the subject.

"You know I really do believe that you guys are hiding something important from me and mark my words, I will find out what it is one day," Jessica pouts at them, as both Buffy and Willow look panicky.

Willow steps in to continue the boy problems. "Angel's not around much, it's true."

Buffy smiles, secretly thanking Willow for her timely save and Jessica just sighs about the secrets that her friends keep from her. Then Buffy's thoughts go to Angel her cryptic stranger in the night. "When he is around it's like the lights dim everywhere else. You know how that is with some guys?" she asks Willow and Jessica while they all grin at the thought of heart stopping men.

"Oh yeah," Willow and Jessica simultaneously respond as they glance at the boys they both hope can be potential boyfriends someday. Willow to Xander and Jessica to Jonathan.

Jonathan notices her glance and tentatively walks over to the table. "Hi Jess, I was wondering if you would like to dance?" he asks her very unsure of himself.

She smiles at him and stand up from her chair. "I would love to dance, Jon Jon."

Jonathan blushes at the nickname then whisks her away to the dance floor. Buffy looks at Willow and smiles. "I didn't know she was into midgets."

"Buffy," Willow squeaks her name. "That's not nice at all, they look cute together," she says to her all the while trying to hold back her laughter.

"She's like a foot taller than him Willow," she says as she glances at the dancing couple.

"Size doesn't matter Buffy, it is how you feel," Willow blushes as she realizes what just came out of her mouth and Buffy burst out laughing glad she was feeling better and that the night is getting a little interesting.

They watch as the couple tear up the dance floor. Jonathan was really quite the dancer as he swung his partner around and dips her and her leg lift limberly into the air, he looks as if he is about to kiss her passionately but he suddenly brings her back up and pulls her close to him seducing her every step of the way. Ignoring the crowd as they stop and watch they breeze across the dance floor effortlessly in each other's arms. She cups his face like the temptress she is and he wraps her leg around him and dips her once more. As the song ends, he lifts her and spins her away and as she stops spinning, she dips her body and expands her long limber leg out for the climax.

Several people start to clap for the couple and their dance moves. Jonathan starts to blush and Jessica looks down in embarrassment as they both realize that they had lost themselves in front of a majority of their peers. They look each other in the eye and smirk.

Jonathan and Jessica take a seat at another table at his suggestion. He wanted to ask her something without having extra ears to snoop. He orders drink for the both of them and then she starts the conversation.

"That was a lot of fun, I did not know you knew how to dance like that Jonathan," Jessica grins from ear to ear

He smiles at her as his nervousness melts away; she always made him feel so comfortable. This is why he resolutely deals with the situation at hand and blatantly asks her a question.

"Jessica I want you to be my girlfriend," Jessica chokes on her drink not really expecting his bluntness, but she quickly recovers and beams at him.

"Yes," was all she can manage to say before he grabs her and thoroughly kisses her.

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After Angel and Buffy fight of the three and run for their lives, she invites Angel into her home to escape the vamps. The vamps reluctantly leave having lost their prey. In the Kitchen Buffy tends to the wounds of a shirtless Angel and they almost have an intimate moment when she hears her mother come through the front door. She rushes to head her mother off at the pass. She begins to be over daughterly and overtly sweet, trying to hide the fact that she had a man in the house. Her mother gets suspicious and asks her what she had done.

"Can't a daughter just be concerned about her mother?" Buffy looks innocently at her mom not realizing that Angel had come out of the kitchen and was standing right behind her.

Her mother is a little taken aback that there was a man in the house that looks to be several years older than her daughter is. "Hi," she greets the stranger.

"Hi," Angel smiles as Buffy turns to give him a why did you come out here stare.

Buffy introduces Angel to her mother and tries to explain that Angel was a student at the community college that was tutoring her with history. Her mother looks at her knowingly and tells her it was a little late for tutoring. She then proceeds to tell Buffy that she has a date that she was going to go prepare for and that she should say goodnight to her friend. Joyce starts to go upstairs when Buffy stops her.

"You have a date, with whom?" Buffy asks in panic, her mom does not date. Mom dating is off limits she thought to herself.

"I really don't want to discuss this in front of your friend Buffy, so say goodnight," She heads upstairs and stops midway. It was nice to meet you, Angel," She says in a semi polite manner before she continues her way upstairs.

Buffy looks torn between continuing her, whatever this was with Angel or going up to give her mother the third degree about secret meetings with strange men in the middle of the night. For some reason she hears Cordelia in the back of her mind say {Hypocrite much}.

As she hides Angel safely away in her room, she marches into her mother's room to begin the interrogation. "Mom who is this guy you're going out with and where are you going," Buffy's mouth falls to the floor as she sees the sexy black low cut dress her mom was wearing. "You are not wearing that on a first date."

"Who said it was a first date?" Joyce smiles at her daughter with mischief in her eyes.

Buffy was floored, she cannot wrap her mind around the idea of her mother dating, it was just wrong. "How many dates have you been on?" Buffy almost squeals the question.

Joyce hesitates for a moment, she knows how protective Buffy can get over her and she wants to break this to her gently. "Buffy don't overreact," she suggest to her, but Buffy only crosses her arms and glares.

Okay this is ridiculous I am fidgeting under the glare of my daughter, this should be the other way around, Joyce thought to herself.

"I've been on four dates with this gentleman," Joyce takes a deep breath, as Buffy turns completely red in the face.

"Four dates! You have been on four dates with this man and you did not say one iota about him. What is his name? Where is he from? What does is he do? You are in so much trouble for not telling me," Buffy paces back in forth in her mother's room and Joyce just smiles at her overreaction.

"Buffy," she continues to pace not hearing her mom call her name. "Buffy," she stops and waits for her mom to speak. "He's an investor; I met him at one of my shows at the gallery, he lives here in Sunnydale and his name is Joseph Cine," For the second time tonight, Buffy's mouth hit the floor.

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The next morning Xander is quite upset that Buffy let Angel spend the night in her bedroom even if it was to protect him from The Three. What was she thinking letting a guy like that be in her personal space he should be the one in her personal space he thought to himself.

Buffy just rolls her eyes as Xander tries to explain what lengths guys will go to impress a girl. He goes into his own little story about how he once drank a whole gallon of Gatorade without taking a breath. He smiles at Willow with pride at his idea of manliness.

Willow smiles and says that it was impressive up until what she can only explains as an ick factor.

Giles comes out with one of his books and changes the subject to more pressing matters, The Three. He explains to Buffy that she must be hurting The Master for him to send The Three for her and suggest that he shall step up her training with weapons.

At that moment, Jessica steps into the library. "Hi, I knew I could find the three of you stowing in the library, you three really read a lot, Jessica smiles and shakes her head. "Or is there something else entirely going on in here," she raises an eyebrow as all except Buffy give her a look like they have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

"Like your father dating my mother," Buffy says as she glares at Jessica.

Giles nearly spits out his tea, and Xander , Willow and Jessica look shell shocked as they all scream in unison. "WHAT!"

To be continued, please I beg you someone review.