by Ahn
In the warehouse, Angel took the small packet away from his minion, and dismissed him. He looked at the packet and smiled. He opened it carefully, and took a small whiff. Yep. It was just what he wanted, the perfect means to get revenge on the Slayer and her friends, Angel thought as his hand unconsciously curled around the small, floral smelling packet. And this little drug was going to help him get back at her and get his vampiric pride back. Then his eyes narrowed, as an unbidden thought came into his mind. ’What shall I do about Spike?’
Angel quickly stuffed the packet into his coat pocket when he heard a noise in the back of him. He turned to see Drucilla rolling Spike in, and his eyes narrowed.“Hello, where have you two been?”
“I’ve been asleep, Angel,”Drucilla sang.”And I just took care of Spike’s needs like a good Mummy should.”
“So what have you been up to?”Spike said when Angel’s face narrowed at Drucilla’s.”What’s that you put in your pocket?”
Angel shrugged.“Oh, nothing. Just a little thing to me deal with a certain Slayer.”
“Ohhh,”Drucilla squealed.”Will it kill the Slayer? I want to help hurt her! She ruined my very pretty dress!”
Angel looked at her affectionately, knowing that it would bother Spike. Then a plan struck into his mind. And he drawled,”Sure you can help, Dru. Come to the school at midnight with Spikey boy here. It’ll all be ready. We can all watch the Slayer die, together. You and me...”
Then he looked at Spike, and added after a noticeable pause.”And Spike. We’ll all watch her die. Like a family should...”
“Oh, goodie,”Drucilla squealed again, her hands clapping. Spike merely looked at his sire warily, and wondered what he was up to.
*****
The night was still young as Willow crawled into the Summers jeep. After greeting Buffy’s mother, Willow turned to her friend,”So what’d you bring?”
Buffy smiled and lifted the still warm plate under Willow’s nose.“I brought double chocolate chip cookies. Mom made them.”
Willow squealed with delight.”Ohhh, joy! And I got chocolate cake with chocolate icing! Cordy’s bringing chocolate milk! Won’t Xander be surprised! He thinks that it’s going to be a research and study party! Wonder what Giles and Oz are bringing?”
”Hopefully, a bunch of toothbrushes for all of you,”Buffy mom said wryly. Buffy and Willow shared a glance.”But, as far as I know, Mr. Giles is trying his hand at making chocolate meringue kisses or scones, God help you all.”
Buffy eyed her mother suspciously.“And you know this because....”
“He called me at the gallery two days ago trying to figure out how big a dollop was on a cookie sheet,”Joyce smiled wryly as she glanced at her daughter.”He remembered the batch of cookies and pastries that I gave him for Boxing Day.”
“Oh. Well, how did they come out?”Buffy ventured, still trying to imagine Giles in an apron, trying to bake something. And coming up with...a really weird picture.”Mom?”
Silence. Willow and Buffy looked at each other. “Ms. Summers?”
“Well here we are! Be good girls, and have fun!”Ms. Summers said cheerfully.”Tell Xander that I’m really happy that he got an 1100 on his SAT’s!”
“Mom! How did Giles’s cookies come out?”Buffy demanded. Joyce merely winked at her daughter and started to put the car into drive again. Buffy held on to the passenger side door.”Mom!”
Joyce looked at her daughter with a twinkle in her eye, and gave in just a little.“Don’t eat the scones, I didn’t make them.”
*****
“All right now, what have you girls brought here?” Giles asked as he took out two plates from his office. Buffy offered her plate to Giles with a large smile.
“I brought chocolate chip cookies and Willow brought chocolate cake with chocolate icing on it. Whatcha got there, Giles?”
He lifted his two plates proudly,”Chocolate meringue kisses and chocolate chip scones. Would you like to try a scone? Willow?”
“Oh God! Scones!”Willow blurted. Giles looked at her, puzzled, as he set down his plates.
“Willow? What was that you said?” Giles asked. Willow’s eyes widened and sent a quick glance at Buffy.
“I...ah...well,”Willow stammered.”I said...”
“She said it was cold,”Buffy said quickly, and smiled weakly at her Watcher.”It was a bit cold outside and so that made her cake cold and chocolate cake really has to be hot or at least warm for it to taste good.”
“Oh, well,”Giles said a bit puzzled.”I’ve never heard that before.”
“Where’s Oz? Did he call?”Buffy asked quickly to divert Giles’s attention from his baked goods.”Did Cordelia say when she was bringing Xander?”
“Oz called and said that he was bringing Chocolate soufflés. And Cordelia said that she was bringing Xander at about eight thirty,”Giles replied as he went back towards his office, and then came out with two cartons of milk.”She just left the chocolate milk in my small refrigerator here before she went to go get him.”
“Why is this carton opened? Giles?”Buffy asked with a frown. Giles looked slightly abashed, then cleared his throat.
“I, ah, ran out of cream for my tea, so I used a little of it,”Giles grimaced.”I highly do not recommend chocolate flavored tea.”
Willow grinned as Buffy rolled her eyes.“Then that gives us about twenty minutes to get everything ready.Willow, let’s go to your locker to get the decorations and Giles, did you get the balloons?”
“In my car. I’ll go get them,”Giles said as he left the library with the girls. The library was silent as Angel quietly came out from the stacks. He smiled to himself. It was perfect. Here was a party, and a perfect opportunity to gain his revenge on Buffy and her little horny and demented friends.
He jumped over the railing and headed over to the food. Taking out his packet, he sprinkled the floral smelling powder over the food liberally. Then he opened the milk carton, and sprinkled the rest into there, and shook the container. < Ahhh, yes. Revenge in the form of powdered instant lust. I *like* that. Only problem is that I have to be around when it activates. The girls fall for me, and the dweebs fall for each other. Now that’s a plan! Where can I stay hidden? >
*****
“Oh, wow! This is great!”Xander said as he wolfed down another piece of cake.”Delicious, Will! The best!”
“Yeah, Will, it’s a great cake,”Oz said as he ate his piece. Then took a healthy swig of his chocolate milk. ”Great cookies too, Buffy. Great kisses, G-man.”
“Yes, well, thank you. Don’t call me that,”Giles said as he munched on a cookie.”The Chocolate soufflé is delicious, Oz.”
“Yeah, great cookies and cake, guys,”Cordelia added as she munched on a meringue kiss.”These kisses are good, Giles. Didn’t know you knew how to bake.”
Willow and Buffy exchanged glances, and avoided looking at the odd looking scones that Giles brought. He picked up his plate of scones,”I made these, too. Would any one like-”
“What is going on here?”said a belligerent voice from the doorway. Everyone looked up to see the Dictator of Sunnydale standing with his arms at his hips.”What are you kids doing, eating in the library?”
“Principal Snyder!”Willow squeaked through a mouth full of cake, and promptly started coughing. Oz patted her on her back to help her breathe. Snyder dismissed the star student of Sunnydale High School to look furiously at the star troublemaker of Sunnydale High.
“Summers! Thought you were here, making trouble again,”he snarled at her.”Eating here. In the library-”
Buffy opened her mouth to protest, when Giles quickly intervened.”The eating is allowed, Principal Snyder. I am here to supervise this little study party, and this *is* a designated area. We are congratulating Xander on his SAT scores.”
Snyder shot a look at the slightly smiling chocolate faced Xander,“If they’re his real scores. I’ll make sure of that before *any* celebration is done.”
“What-what do you mean by that?”Xander stammered. Snyder dismissed him with a sneer.
“How can a C-average student get an 1100 on the SATs?”he sneered.”Unless something happened, like looking over your friends’ shoulders...”
Xander opened his mouth to protest, but Giles shoved the plate of scones in front of Snyder’s nose,”Care to have a scone?”
Snyder looked at the librarian warily as he scrutinized the plate before he took a scone.“I’m watching you. All of you. Now, break up this little part and go home. It’s late. And I want no dallying here. Especially from you, Summers.”
Snyder gave them all a hard look before he left the library, then bit on the scone that Giles made. “Ow! What the hell is this?”
Snyder looked at the small group furiously. Buffy quickly stepped forward, protecting her Watcher.”Mr. Giles told, you. It’s a chocolate chip scone.”
“Keep it up, Summers. Keep it up,”Snyder warned her as he left. The little group watched him with leave with angry eyes, the party mood gone.
“The little prickless troll,”Cordelia muttered.”Buffy, I really wish that you would clean his clock just once.”
“And get expelled? No thanks. I guess that we’d better go now,”Buffy said wryly. Then an idea went to her head.”Let’s head over to the Bronze. Giles, want to come?”
“No! I mean, thank you, but I’m sure that-”Giles stammered as he tried to think of a quick way to get out of the invitation. Then he rubbed his head, it was starting to hurt a bit. Xander shot the Watcher a quick chocolate smile.
“Guess that you’re all chocolate and Scooby ganged out, G-man,”Xander smiled.”It’s okay, you’re off the hook. Want us to help clean this up?”
With that, Giles grabbed what was left of the chocolate milk to take to his office while the others divided the leftover goodies amongst themselves. While he was gone, the Scooby gang looked at each other and then at the still, full plate of scones.
“What are we going to do with *that*,”Willow whispered as she cautiously looked at the office door. Buffy frowned, then looked at the office door.
“We can’t just leave them here, it’ll hurt his feelings,”Buffy whispered back.. Xander snorted at the girls.
“He’s a man. He can take it. As a Watcher, he is good. As a baker,blech”Xander grimaced.”So let’s throw it out.”
Willow shot him a look.“We can’t *just* throw it out in the garbage! He’ll see!”
Buffy grabbed two scones and shoved them into her jacket pocket, then grabbed a few more.“Grab them and shove them into your pockets. We’ll throw them out as soon as we clear the school. Quick!”
Everyone grabbed scones and started syuffing them into all their pockets. Then Buffy frowned,“You, too, Cordy.”
Cordy made a face and then grabbed one. Xander sighed and shoved another into her other pocket.”Hey! It’s a suede jacket!”
“Oh, well, everything done here?”Giles asked as he came out from his office. His hands still in the towel.”Where are my scones?”
“We split them all amongst ourselves, to eat later,”Oz said quickly with a smile.”And now, shall we all go to the Bronze?”
“Let me go to my locker first, “Xander said.”I want to get something. My head’s hurting. Think I’m getting a cold.”
“And we girls need to go wash our hands first, and bring some of that Advil for me too, Xander. I left my Midol at home,”Cordelia said as she walked out with Willow and Buffy.
Then Buffy added,”I need something from my locker, too. Feels like that time of the month is coming for me.”
Willow frowned at her.”You too? Usually I have more warning than this.”
“Maybe it was the chocolate,”Buffy joked.
*****
Angel walked around the dimmed halls of Sunnydale High School with a frown. < Where the hell is everybody? Don’t tell me that I have to go searching for them....Buffy never makes this easy. Always have to do this the hard way, damn her! >
*****
“Here we are, my sweet,”Drucilla announced as she rolled Spike through the entrance of Sunnydale High.”Now, where is the party?”
“Got that on me, ducks,”Spike said as he looked at the school grounds. They had managed to come in through the back, and saw the enclosed picnic area for the students. Then he pointed to an open door.”Let’s get in through there, pet. I think that leads to the lounge.”
Drucilla complied with a shrug.”So when do we kill the Slayer with Angel?”
*****
She grabbed hold of the soda machine as another shot of pain went through her. Buffy’s lower abdomen was cramping her beyond belief, she *never* felt this bad, even when she was beaten up by the last three vamps that kicked her gut. < Oh, I don’t think that I’ll be able to make it to the Bronze tonight. >
When the pain left her, she lifted her head up, and saw two familiar figures coming across the school grounds. Then a shot of pain went through her head, and her hazel brown eyes, cleared, and focused slowly. Her breath grew short, and her nipples started constricting while heat shot down to her nether regions as her eyes concentrated on the sitting figure coming towards her.”SPIKE!!!”
*****
Giles grabbed his head in pain as he walked out of his office. He was not feeling well at all, and there was a painful tightness in his groin that he was unaccustomed to. At least, these days he was. It was more familiar when he was around Jenny, but since she wasn’t here. And hasn’t been since her betrayal, there was no tightness. And he refused to think of her anymore. < Brave words, Rupert, old man.>
Another shot of pain went through his head as Angel stormed into the library, snarling.”All right, Buffy! Where are you?”
Rupert lifted his head up, and saw the one that his Slayer once loved.He gasped,”Angel!”
Angel swung to see the Watcher, and his yellow eyes widened. “Oh, shit!”
“Angel! My love!”Giles shouted as his arms stretched out to embrace Angel. Angel stared at the Watcher, stunned at what he called him. Rupert took advantage of the vampire’s surprise and grabbed the vampire and started kissing his face madly, throwing him back against the counter. Angel, gaining his senses back, grabbed the nearest thing he could and hit the Watcher with it, stunning him.
Angel then threw the book at the librarian’s still form and ran out of the library, snarling one name. “BUFFY!”
*****
“I need some air,”Willow mumbled as she went through the doors clutching at her lower abdomen.”Oh, God! I’ve never had PMS this bad before!”
Willow clutched at the stomach, and leaned over the balcony, ready to throw herself over if the pain didn’t cease. < Well, not literally ready to throw myself over the balcony. >
Another shot of pain went to her head, and when it cleared, she opened her eyes, and saw two familiar figures walking across the lawn, towards the student lounge. When another shot of pain made her wince, she moaned. Then her eyes opened, and focused on the clearest face she could see, and heat shot through her entire body, making her feel like one tight nerve that her tiny body trembled. In a second, Willow ran down the stairs, not hearing the scream behind her,”SPIKE!”
*****
Cordelia groped through the door just in time to see Willow fly down the stairs that Harmony was once pushed over. “Willow! Stop that screaming! You’re making my head pound! God, kill me now!”
She was in the bathroom when her lower abdomen shot pain through her. Then pain went through her head, and she decided that Willow should help her to Xander. < After all, aren’t geeks stronger than cheerleaders? > Another shot of pain went through her as she steadied herself on the railing of the staircase, when she opened her eyes, she took in a sharp breath. Cordelia felt moisture gather at the juncture of her thighs as her nipples tightened. Screaming at the top of her lungs,”Spike!”
*****
“Whoa, man, Oz, my head’s hurtin’ real bad,”Xander said as a shot of pain went through his head. He stuck his head into the locker, when a flash of heat made him harden. He could barely concentrate when Oz answered.
“Yeah, like man, my head’s feelin’ like it was used as a punching bag,”Oz said. < And my dick’s as hard as a rock! >
< Damn, I haven’t been this hard since cheerleading tryouts! > Xander grabbed his head. “Yeah, maybe if we’re not feeling so well, we should go home. Think-Ow!”
“Yeah-Arrgh!”Oz moaned as he grabbed his head. Both boys lifted their hands from their heads and felt their respective members harden. When the pain was fading from their heads, their heads slowly rolled up. Then they heard a shout, and lifted their heads quickly towards the sound.
*****
Angel raced down the dimmed halls with the lust-filled Watcher hard on his heels. He cursed loudly,” SHIT! SHIT! This wasn’t supposed to happen! SHIT!”
“ANGEL! Come back! ANGEL! I LOVE you!”Giles shouted as he chased the vampire down the hall.”Let me love you! Angel! We could sit together in the dark and read each other sonnets!”
Angel turned around to a corner and saw the *other* two dweebs staring at him. His eyes widened as sense of unreality slapped him. The smaller man took a step forward towards Angel.”Man...you’re a vampire....a beautiful vampire....”
Angel started backing away. Then his head swung when he heard the Geek king speak what Buffy once called Salivating American Boy Talk.”Dur Angrl! Angrl Duh Butriul!”
Without thinking, Angel stared at Xander. Xander cleared his throat.“Angel...you’re beautiful...in an evil vampire sort of way, but...Oh, god, I never noticed! I think I love you!”
Angel gave a howl of fury and was about to attack the boy when he was tackled from behind, and he went down. Strong hands flipped him over, and he saw the Watcher sitting on top of him.”Angel, my sweet! I’ve finally caught you! Come, let us be together!”
“Giles! You love Angel too?”Xander shouted in surprise. He grabbed the Watcher by his tweed lapels and forced him to face him.”But I LOVE him! I saw him first!”
“Wait, a min, this is so like, not good,“Oz protested as he caressed Angel’s growling face.”I love him too! He’s so beautiful! Look at him, he’s like Adonis, man!”
With a howl, Angel flung all three men off of him, and panted.”GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME YOU DWEEBS!!”
Then he heard a distant scream that sound strangely like...”SPIKE!!”
*****
As Drucilla neared the lounge doors, she smiled.“Well, love, it looks-”
“Spike!”Buffy screamed as she flung herself at Spike, knocking him backward, jarring the back of his head into his jaws.His arms automatically grabbed the warm body that flung on to him. Drucilla was flung somewhere away from wheelchair on to the lawn.
“What the He-”Spike started to shout when the Slayer’s tongue was shoved into his mouth and then all over his face. Then her mouth latched on to his again. He wrenched his mouth away from hers.”SLAYER?!? What the HELL is going on?”
“Spike!” Buffy happily said as she kissed him again.”You’re so beautiful! So strong! I love you, Spike! I finally realized it tonight! I LOVE YOU!”
Spike stared at the Slayer in open-mouthed shock. Then the two heard screaming coming from the staircase, and saw Willow and Cordelia come flying across the lawn towards them.”SPIKE! SPIKE!”
Willow slid near Spike’s head, and started kissing him, then Cordelia shoved Buffy away and started kissing his chest. “Oh Spike! Spike! I love you!”
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