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Disclaimer: I don't any of the BtVS characters. They belong to the great Joss Whendon, WB, the Arrrggg people, etc. The idea is mine. The characters are always returned unharmed so please don't sue.
Author's Note: This story takes palce a little after the episode "Ted". It was the first story I ever wrote, so please don't be to hard on me.
Part 1
It is early night and Angel and Buffy are kissing at Buffy's bedroom window. A bag half filled with slaying equipment is near her closet. Her trunk filled with more slaying equipment is open and her drawer containing stakes and crosses is pulled out. Buffy and Angel finish the kiss and slowly pull away. "You should finish packing for the hunt," Angel says.
"Giles will want us to meet him at the library before we go hunting," she murmurs back as they are once again pulled into a kiss.
"BUFFY!!" a shout comes from downstairs intruding on the kiss.
"Coming!" Buffy calls back. She looks apologetically back at Angel.
"I know, I'll meet you at the library," he says and kisses her gently before disappearing from sight.
Buffy sighs as she runs out her bedroom door. Her mother is standing at the bottom of the stairs with a note in one hand and a couple of photos in the other. "Buffy you have a lot of explaining to do. How could you have done this?? Is it true?? I mean setting fire to a building is one thing but MURDER?? and a LOVER?!?!" yells Joyce Summers, working herself into a frenzy.
"Whoa, Mom. STOP! Calm down. I have no idea what you're talking about," Buffy says trying to calm her mom and make sense of what she was saying.
"Here!" Joyce says handing Buffy the note, "Now Explain!!"
The note reads:
"Dear Ms. Summers,
I regret
to inform you that your daughter is involved in the activities of a gang
of murderers here in Sunnydale. I believe that she was brought into
the gang by the elusive gang leader. He goes by the name of Angel.
He is a tall, has dark hair, and is about college age. Your daughter
has been seen with him and from their actions they seem to be lovers.
The photos include all members of the gang except for Angel. Authorities
are at this minute collecting evidence and the gang will soon be arrested
and brought to court. If you keep your daughter away from the gang
she might have a chance at not being arrested with them or only brought
up on charges as an accomplice to earlier crimes. The gang is getting
worse and worse everyday. I hope you have a chance of getting your
daughter out while she'll only get a few years.
A Friend"
Buffy's jaw drops open as she reads the note. She can barely
believe what she's reading. "Mom, it's not true. I swear.
This is all a bunch of lies! And Angel and I are NOT lovers!" Buffy
stammers, hysterics creeping into her voice.
"There's proof look at these pictures," her mother shot back handing her the pictures, "There's a picture of you KILLING a man!! Buffy how could you??"
Buffy quickly riffles through the pictures. There's one of her
and Giles during a training session, one of her, Willow, Xander, and Cordelia
making stakes with Giles at his books and Ms. Calendar at the computer,
one of her tackling the police woman at school (an assassin), one of her
killing the assassin at the skating rink (Angel doesn't show up 'cause
he's a vampire), and one of her and Kendra threatening Willy (guy who owns
bar). Buffy looks at the pictures and doesn't know how to explain
these to her mother without telling the truth. And telling the truth
could lead to her mother getting into danger, but someone's targeting her
mother already. Thoughts whirl through Buffy's head as she tries
to decide on whether or not to tell the truth, and if not what to tell
her. Suddenly a glorious thought comes to mind; Giles. She'll
let him explain and decide, he's better at explaining anyway. "Mom
calm down. I can't explain this, but I can take you to someone who
can explain. I'm just going to call and tell him were coming then
we can go and get this whole thing straightened out," she says as she dashes
up the stairs without waiting for a reply. When Buffy gets to her
room she calls Giles and tells him what's going. She tells him that
he can either decide to tell her mother the truth or he can make up a story,
fast. She also tells him to tell Angel to stay out of sight.
When she gets off the phone and looks around at her half finished preparations
for hunting, she decides to finish packing and bring everything along.
Someone was behind that note, and for once, she hoped that someone was
a vampire.