DISCLAIMER: They all belong to Joss, except for the chars I made up.
TIMELINE: AU
SYNOPSIS: Theres a new member to the Scooby Gang
DISTRIBUTION: Sure if you ask
FEEDBACK: YES! ITS LIEK A DRUG!
RATING: PG I guess
AN: ~~ ~~ means thoughts
AN 2: Thanks all you guys for the feed back and thanks Meg, for helping 'write' the story. Your crazy little immagination helped alot!!

Angel was sitting at his desk, doing some paperwork, and very bored. He glanced over at Buffy's desk, for the hundredth time today, and like every time, it was empty. He wasn’t waiting for her; he just missed her today. Well, we missed her everyday he didn’t see her. ~~That's what love does to you~~, he thought to himself. It was Tuesday, the day Buffy didn’t work. Tuesdays were the days Buffy spent at the Magic Box, to train with Faith and Giles. She trained other days, but Tuesdays were different. He didn’t mind, but he seemed sort of detached from that part of her life. He knew it was because she was afraid he would get hurt, and he was talking to Xander about that.

Joyce walked up and looked down at him, "don’t look so excited about that paperwork", she teased him.

He looked up at her and smiled slightly, "I'm just bored", he told her.

".....and thinking about Buffy. You.....as Cordy nicely put it before....have Buffy face", she told him. She picked up the paperwork off his desk, "Xander called, they need an extra brain to help with the research party and you were volunteered."

He smiled, knowing that meant he got to see Buffy.

"They also want you to come bearing food", she told him.

He chuckled slightly, "OK, I’ll see you tomorrow", he said while standing up.

"Bye Angel", she said and walked into her office.

Angel walked into the Magic Box 20 minuets later, carrying 2 back and walked to the table.

Xander looked up from the book, "yes! Food!", he said excitedly. As soon as Angel put the bags down, Xander grabbed them and emptied them on the table. His eyes widened, "Oh my god! The old man knows his brain food.....twinkies, Mountain Dew, cheesy puffs and more of the classics!", he exclaimed happily.

~~What is with that boy and food?~~, he wondered to himself.

He looked at Angel again, "You have just earned your place as an honorary Scooby....you’re....Fred", he told him.

Angel chuckled, "Glad to hear, where’s....", he began but got cut off by Cordy.

"She’s in the back", she said with a smirk.

He smiled, "Thanks", he said and walked to the back. He walked into the training room and saw Buffy and Faith sparing.

Faith had Buffy pinned, "Give up, B?", she asked.

"Nope", she answered simply and threw her off of her, into the wall.

Faith flipped up, "Hey, that kinda hurt", he told her.

Buffy smiled innocently, "Sorry", she apologized.

Angel stood against the door frame, watching them. Her strength, skill, courage, and about everything else still amazed him.

A few minutes later, Faith saw Angel watching, "Hey Angel, bring food?", she asked.

"Yeah, but I’m sure Xander has devoured it all by now", he told her with a smirk.

She chuckled and walked out into the front.

Buffy walked up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, leaning up and giving him a quick kiss, "Hey", she said with a smile.

He smiled back, putting his hands on her waist. "Hi", he greeted her back. "How’s training going?", he asked.

"Good....speaking of training I was thinking....", she began.

"Don’t strain yourself", he teased her playfully.

She shot him a playful glare and went to smack him over the head, but he caught her hand in midair, leaned down and kissed her, mumbling against her lips, "I was just kidding."

She returned the kiss, wanting one since she first saw him. When they finally pulled away, she continued, "Like I was saying, I wanted to teach you how to fight, ya know, other things then humans."

He smiled, "I like that idea....and from my food picking abilities, Xander told me I'm Fred now", he told her.

She chuckled, "Of course you are, we're still trying to find a character for Oz, Cordy and Anya....it's an honor", she told him.

He chuckled, "So when do I start?", he asked.

"Now", she told him, taking his hand and led him to the center of the room.

He unbuttoned his shirt, throwing it onto a chair and now was just wearing a white beater. Although, he really didn’t like the idea of having to train with Buffy, because…well….he’d have to hit her.

Buffy could practically read his mind and she leaned down, grabbing the gloves Giles uses when he's on the defensive side. "OK, you can be defense", she told him, handing him the gloves. "Put them on, and it wont hurt when you try to block the hits", she said.

"OK", he said and put them on. "Just remember, I’m not a demon", he told her with a smirk.

She smiled back, "don’t worry....I’ll be nice", she told him.

They started a minute or two later, Angel blocking a good amount of shots. When he didn’t, he knew Buffy slowed down before it hit him, so it wouldn’t hurt. They worked on that for about a half-hour and then moved on to the next step, offense.

She took the gloves and put them down, not needing them and noticed his uneasiness. "Angel...", she began, "I'll pretty much block whatever you throw at me, and if I don’t, it wont hurt", she told him.

"I still don’t...."; he began, but was cut off by a kiss from Buffy.

When the kiss ended, Buffy looked up at him, "Its the only way you’re going to learn and it's either me or Faith who can show you, so stop being so chivalrous and fight me already."

He sighed, knowing he'd never win this argument, "OK...fine", he gave in, but knew he'd hold back a lot.

They began training again and she noticed that Angel was pretty good. ~~Well duh....seeing him without a shirt on pretty much gives away the fact that he's strong~~, she though but then kept those thoughts from going anywhere else or she wouldn’t be concentrating.

He noticed that she was starting to throw punches at him, which she wasn’t supposed to, but he was glad.

After about an hour more of training, they walked back into the front and saw everyone cleaning up the books from researching and Cordy and Oz, looking at the newspaper.

"Finished?", Buffy asked.

Willow looked over at her, "Yeah, and we're going to go see a movie....wanna come with?", she asked.

"OK", they both answered at the same time.

Cordy looked at them, "OK, we decided on 'Queen of the Damned' ", she told them.

Oz looked over at them as well, "Yeah, we figured it was a good way to welcome a new Scooby", he told them.

They all agreed and grabbed their coats, said their good-byes to Giles and walked outside. They got the cinema about 10 minuets later and paid for their tickets. They walked inside and Xander went strait to the snack bar.

Angel was holding Buffy's hand and looked down at her, "Is eating a hobby to him?", he asked.

She giggled, "Pretty much", she told him.

Before he knew it, Xander was pulling him towards the snack bar. "I'll meet you in there", he told while being pulled.

She smirked and walked towards the theater, which the others had already gone into. When she turned the corner, she wasn’t paying attention and bumped into someone. "Oh, I’m sorry", she apologized and looked up at the person. She grimaced slightly, seeing it was none other then Riley Finn.

"Hey Buffy", he said with a big smile.

~~Be nice Buffy~~, she reminded himself. "Hi Riley", she said, trying to be nice.

"Here by yourself?", he asked hopefully.

"Uh, no, actually I’m here with my friends and boyfriend.”

"Your boyfriend?", he asked, trying to keep the disappointment out of his voice.

"Yeah, Angel Liam, you remember him", she said with a smile.

"Oh yeah....I remember him" he said, but he was mad that she was with some guy. ~~She might be dating that Angel guy, but she can’t possibly love him and I'm not giving up so quickly~~, he thought to himself. "So, what movie are you seeing?", he asked.

"Queen on the Damned", she told him, she really wished Angel would come by to get her out of this.

"Graham and Forest and I are seeing that too.....so do you wanna sit with us?", he asked trying to flirt with her.

She couldn’t believe it, ~~what a dumb ass....I just told him I’m with Angel and he's trying to get me to sit with him.....I swear, he's got more then 'a few screws loose’~~, she thought to herself. "No thanks Riley...", she began.

Angel walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling her to his chest. He had just come back from helping Xander with the food and heard Riley trying to his on Buffy. He leaned down, kissed her neck softly and looked at Riley, "Hi Riley", he greeted him with a glare.

"Hi Angel", he said, trying not to show his bitterness.

Angel kissed Buffy's cheek, "Xander said the movies about to start....", he told her.

She smiled up at him, "OK", she said and looked at Riley, "Bye Riley...", she said simply and walked towards the door with Angel.

Before they walked in, Angel walked in front of her, bent down and kissed her passionately, knowing very well that Riley was watching.

She more then happily returned the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck, while he put his hands on her hips.

Riley almost covered his eyes from their public display of affection. He never saw two people kiss like that in public.

They both pulled away breathless and Buffy looked up at him, "I wouldn’t mind getting those more often", she told him with a grin.

He had an evil grin on his face; "I’ll remember that."

She giggled and walked in with him.

Riley glared after them and walked in to find his 'friends'.

Angel took her hand and led her to the back of the theater and found the last row empty and they both knew very well that they had seen the movie before. When they sat down, Angel noticed that Riley and his friends were a few rows down and his evil grin came across his face again. He also noticed that there was pretty much no one in her, since it was a working day.

About a half-hour later, Buffy was on Angel's lap, straddling him. They were wrapped up in a heated make out session and they were both enjoying it very much.

Riley glanced back at them and made a quiet noise of disgust. He looked at Forest, "Isn’t that kind of behavior not allowed in public?", he asked.

Forest glanced back at them and then at Riley, "I don’t know, but we are in a movie theater, some people have sex in here, nothing is not allowed in here", he told him. "Ya know, maybe you should try not to hit on her....I wouldn’t wanna get in brawl with Angel. Besides, they look like they’re very much in love", he told him.

"What are you talking about, he's way too over protective and she can’t possibly like how he's all over her....she's probably dying to get out of the relationship", he told him confidently.

Graham gave him an odd look, "OK, Ry, why don’t you just watch the movie", he suggested, knowing Riley's thing about Buffy scared him a little. His brain didn’t work right when it came to her. Actually, his brain never worked right.

About an hour later, the lights came on and everyone stood up.

Riley glanced back, seeing them pull away slowly. "Finally", he mumbled.

They both grinned at each other and Angel whispered, "Told ya I’d remember."

She giggled, "Yes....you did", she told him.

He picked her up, and then put her down so she was standing and stood up himself. They walked out of the aisle and he looked down at her, smirked and moved her hair so it was covering her neck.

She giggled; knowing it was to cover a hickey he left.

He put his arm around the back of her waist and led her to the exit.

Riley watched them leave, with a glare.

It was around 8:00 and they all decided to head to the Bronze. They all walked inside and went to their table. They were meeting Doyle, Spike, Faith and Gunn there and so far; they were all present except for Faith. They all sat down, and because of the lack of seating, Willow sat on Oz's lap and Buffy sat on Angel's. They all exchanged greetings and began to talk.

Buffy glanced at he best friend and her boyfriend. They were such a cute couple and they were definitely made for each other. Oz was very laid back and they all wondered if the way he never showed his feelings, like fear, or surprise, was something that came naturally or he taught himself. Either way, it was their Oz. Willow was very happy to have a boyfriend who was in a band, and different then her type. He changed his hair color frequently, and this month it was green. She was definitely a Dingos' groupie and still the same bookworm Willow. The only thing that no one else but the gang knew, was that Willow was good with making things float and Oz got hairy 3 times a month. But hey, that’s what made them both a Scooby.

A slow song came on Angel whispered to her, "Wanna dance?", he asked.

She looked at him and smiled, "Yeah", she answered and got off his lap.

He took her hand, leading her out onto the dance floor and wrapped his arms around her.

She linked her arms around his neck, resting her head against his chest and they began to sway to the music.

Willow and Oz followed their lead a few moments later, while Xander and Anya began to bicker. They loved each other, but Anya was still learning the way humans lived and Xander was still getting used to the way she thought of life. She often spoke her mind and sometimes you could see Xander turn bright red, especially when she said something about their sex life. A crazy couple they are.

Spike, Doyle, Gunn, Faith and Cordy watched the couples. They were the single ones of the groups and sometimes they didn’t like that.

Once the song ended, the two couples walked back over to the table and sat back down.

Buffy glanced around, noticing the lack of Cordy. She also sensed a vamp leaving the bronze, "I'll be back", she told Angel.

He nodded, "OK", and watched her leave.

After about 5 minutes, she walked back into the Bronze and saw that the way she was going to go to the table was very crowded and decides to go around the steps. Just as she turned the corner, her mouth dropped at the sight in front of her. Doyle and Cordelia were making out beside the steps. She had no idea they liked each other, and they often argued. But then, so did she and Xander and they dated.

Cordy could tell someone was watching them and pulled away, looking to where Buffy was standing.

Both she and Doyle saw her and jumped away from each other. "Buffy...", they both began.

Buffy chuckled, "Well I wasn’t expecting to see that...wow", she said.

Cordy thought for a moment, "Um....well...see, its not.....ugh never mind, yes, we were making out", she said in defeat.

Buffy smirked, "I can see that....and I’ve gotta say, it's shocking."

Doyle had a small smile on his face and finally spoke up, "yeah, but...um...don’t spread it around just yet.....and not to Angel either"

"OK, not telling Angel will be impossible, but if he asks, I’m telling......but why don’t you wanna tell anyone?", she asked.

"Because....", she began, trying to put it into words.

"....we wanna enjoy it without questions for a little while", he finished for her.

She smiled, "OK, well have fun with it, I happy for you guys", she told them and looked at Doyle, "but um...I’ve known the others a long time and they can pick up pretty quickly, especially Oz", she pointed out.

Cordy smiled a little, "yeah, but we'll tell them soon", she said truthfully.

About two hours later, Angel and Buffy were at his door and in the middle of a passionate kiss. Buffy was against the door and Angel fumbled behind her with the lock. He finally opened it and they stumbled in, and he shut and locked it behind him without breaking the kiss. They pulled away for only a moment to catch their breath and Angel picked her up, her legs wrapping around his waist and he carried her into the bedroom and shut the door behind him. Forest was more right then he knew….. the both of them were very much in love with each other. Sometimes they both wondered if 'love' was actually an understatement.

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