::AJ:: Wait...YOUR A WHAT

[Annabeth Halie Smith]

"Yeahh... I remember..." AJ said still a little skeptical as she continued talking. "How could you miss the heart? It's not like it moves.... well" Aj said stopping and thinking about it again for a moment. The heart does not move but the vampire does. "Yeah you know what I mean." He said still unsure. He just cant picture his little Buffy baby as a slayer.... He just cant see it, or accept it for that matter. His mortal enemy is his most bustiest friend ever... yeah not. Things like thins only happen in the movies...So no he wont really ever accept this fact that she's the slayer. He just cant picture her that way. And if he tried their relationship might be a little weird.

"Sunnydale... I almost moved..." He said getting cut off, and shutting up right quick, seeing as she well did have his face, his 'money maker'. If he did not have this face he was pretty sure he'd not be this far. He'd never got where he was without his looks. Shoot he'd for sure be dead if he was not this good looking. Someone would have killed him long ago, but his looks and charm must have saved him from the stake. Which was just fine with him, he'd be just another pretty face. He'd like it too.

"Sent me where?" He asked a little lost at that point but let her finish anyway. Not that she could do much damage to his face but still. "Made by monks?" He asked still kind of lost. She must be crazy! Seeing as he never went to hell.. well maybe he did, but she never sent him there... did she? And what was this Adam dude? and what about a monk being her sister? What? Man he was so lost. So very lost... What the hell. "Your gonna have to drawl this out for me babe.... I missed a lot.... and when did you send me to hell exactly? I mean I know you sucked at history, but tutoring you was not hellish!" He said taking her hands in his and removing them from his face. "I think we need to sit down and I'll let you spill your little heart out. " He said with a small smile, still thinking she was pretty crazy. Really he was never sent to hell not by her hand. What was she talking about? On a side note, thank god he did not move to Sunnydale, sounds like a lot happened, a lot of bull shit. Good thing he started working at the hospital and found Chase. It was fate.

((OH MAN!!!!! I was sooo gonna have that happen in this post. Man! way to ruin my fun. LOVE YOU!)

[Buffy Anne Summers]

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She smacked her own forehead when she realized what AJ was asking. At first she had been confused when he commented about her sending him to hell and then it dawned on her…Angel Justin…AJ…god she was dense sometimes. It had never even crossed her mind the entire time she was with Angel and the entire time she had been speaking to AJ that they shared the same name. God sometimes her brain didn’t work correctly…and it was greatly annoying.

Her eyes widened when she thought about attempting to introduce AJ and Angel to each other. She could see this going one of two ways…1.) Angel would hate the fact that AJ and her were so close and would get jealous and broody. 2.) AJ would see how insanely gorgeous Angel was and start hitting on him and shit. She remembered Angel telling her that if Andrew hit on him he’d hit Andrew…and she had told him no. With AJ she knew he could hold his own so she probably would warn him, but if he got hit, she wasn’t getting in the middle of it.

“Okay, one question at a time AJ. First off, I don’t mean Angel as in you…I mean Angel as in my boy-…my lov-…” She stated, trying to figure out how exactly to define who Angel was and what he was to her but coming up empty. Nothing seemed to work. He wasn’t her boyfriend any longer, they had only been lovers once (well, more than once if you counted the day that he turned back but she wasn’t counting it in this scenario since it technically didn’t happen here), and old friend wasn’t nearly descriptive enough. So instead of trying to put a fancy title on it she just simply went with the truth. “Angel…the love of my existence. He’s an ensouled vampire…and we were together for 2 ½ years off and on. Some things went down between us and he lost his soul, turning into an insane psycho for awhile named Angelus who is the demon who inhabits his body. He tried to end the world but Willow, my best friend who is a witch, she was able to recurse him again with his soul but he had already performed the ritual to end the world, so the only way to stop it was to send him to hell instead of the entire world…so that’s what I did.” She told him, though her eyes were downcast as she relived this memory in her head.

She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts and not get dragged down into the memory of one of the worst times in her life. “As for my sister, yes, she was made by Monks. She was the key…the key that some hell god had to use to get back to her hell dimension. The monks wanted to hide it because if she opened the gate with the key between our dimension and the hell dimension…it would literally mean hell on earth. So they worked their magic, gave it form, made it flesh and sent it to me…Dawn. She’s human now but at one point she was the key.” She told him, her face still showing the amount of sadness that she had gone through over the last several years of her life.

“I definitely think you and I need to have a very long discussion about everything.” She told him before putting her hand on her hip. “However my story I have a feeling is going to take a lot longer than yours…so now that we’re both clear that I know that you’re a vampire…want to tell me why you’re really here?” She asked him, a smile on her face.

Word Count:: 665
Tag:: AJ Adams (I can’t call him Angel nor will I because then I’ll get WAYYYYY too confused!)
Outfit::Click to see Buffy’s outfit
Note:: Gee thanks! I’m feeling the love that you would push Buffy in front of a bus!

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[Annabeth Halie Smith]

"Your...." AJ said trying to fill in the blanks for a bit... "Your boy love? Man love? Love love?" AJ said though he was not getting anywhere really. Man love? REALLY? Well she did say boy and love... and boy love was just... weird... but What the heck?! AJ was trying after all. "Oh... but was he hot?" AJ asked not really caring about the rest of the detail. That was the fun part about AJ. He knew shit happened and if you were not going to talk about it... Honestly he was not going to ask. Great Buffy sent this other Angel guy to hell, AJ was sure she had a good reason.... and them being lovers or whatever he knew how hard it must have been, and he also knew how much sympathy she must get from her friends or whatever. Clearly that boat has sailed LONG ago, so he was not going to say anything about it. It happened, it was over, done. Great. Wonderful. Now on to the good stuff.. the only real things that mattered... Was he hot.... WAIT wait just one moment.... As AJ started to picture what this guy could have looked like he stopped... Angelus..... Angelus.... Angelus....

Where in the world did he know that name from? Angelus.... Gosh he knew that name. AJ held up a finger hoping Buffy would not speak for a moment so he could remember. He herd that name before. "Angelus... Yeahhh...." He said looking like he was deep in though. "I know that guy... well... kinda." AJ said tapping his free finger on his other hand to his chin for a second. "I read about him... some nasty things that boy did." AJ said nodding his head. "Yeah I've been avoiding that guy for quite some time now... I never knew he shared my name.... He must be hot then." Aj said with a short laugh. "I've never meet an Angel that's not smoking... I mean really... have you looked at me yet? I'm pretty smexy...." Aj said nodding his head, trying to be all cool like, though he knew it was soooo not working on Buffy.. it never did work on her. She must have some weird smexy vampire boy repellent gene thing... Or ugh not.

"Hell key... right-o....got it." Aj said making a mental note to look all this crap up. Buffy pretty much lost him at the key part... A key? WTF did this poo girl look like... Yeah he was lost. He'd have to get cracking on some books, ask Chase to help him find the book he needs kind of deal. Man AJ really needs to learn how to do that magic stuff... Can he even learn how to do it? He figured he could but man her life was all weird like. AJ was a simple guy, or he wanted to be... NOT ANYMORE!

And switch.

Mother fucker... back on him ay.... Dang! "I told you why I'm hear Buff.... I moved because of my job." He said it was partly true... Well it was really true. "I get more hours here... you would not believe how much the hospital needs people like me. I mean shoot, I can work long hours and need no break, and at the hospitals around here... It's good. Also it's extra super weird, and people keep ditching work. So they really do need me here..." He said explain to her best he could. "And I meet this straight guy with a kid who moved here, and he's well.. Hot, and I like looking at him, and his kid's cute too... spoiled as hell, but cute as heck man... Love that kid... Shocker right? I hate kids.. not this one.. she's cute.... so it's alright. Anyway I can feel it, she's going to grow up to be one hot mama... so naturally I have to collect her. Anyway like her said.. her father HOT! So of course I could not let that one go. If only he were gay I'd.... *cough* Nevermind... yeah...Anyway...I came here for work stuff." AJ said with a small smile trying to recover from his little tangent. Man he needs to think for a second before he speaks... dang.

((*evil laugh* *cough* Say what? I'd never do such a thing......!))

[Buffy Anne Summers]

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Her eyes widened when he stated the name Angelus and then said he had been avoiding him for a long time. “Probably a good idea.” She told him, her mind flashing back to the past and what all he had done. To be honest, this was something she had never told anyone and she definitely wouldn’t start now, but she had a feeling that Angelus really didn’t want her dead. He might now since she had sent him and Angel to hell but before, he hadn’t wanted to kill her. He had never really even tried to be honest. No one else would agree with her but she knew it was true. Angelus was smart, he was cunning, and if he had wanted her dead when he was roaming free in Sunnydale…she would be dead. The only time she knew he had ever truly wanted her dead was when she interrupted his ritual to open Acathla.

So that’s everything huh? No weapons. No friends. No hope. Take all that away and what’s left? Me. When he slid the sword toward her face and she had caught the blade between both hands she could see the surprise in his eyes, and the fact that he also got a face full of the blunt end of the sword probably didn’t help matters. That was the only time that she can remember actually knowing that if she didn’t think of a plan that she would die. Of course she knew that her friends were not at all on the ‘leave alive’ list which was the reason that she kept up stopping him as long as she did…but she knew…deep inside…that he hadn’t wanted her dead. Angelus was strong…cunning…manipulative…and he knew her like the back of his hand. If he had really wanted to kill her…she would have been dead at the age of 17.

“He’s a manipulative bastard who would have killed you as quickly as you can blink. Well…no…let me rephrase that…he’s not a fan of slow deaths…he would have drawn it out.” She told him in a blunt voice that covered up the emotion that was underneath it. Talking about Angelus was hard and she laughed suddenly when she heard AJ’s question about if he was hot. That was just AJ. He didn’t dwell on things that he had no control over…especially those that happened a long time ago. That had always been the way he was and sometimes whenever she was sad and needed someone there for her it was a bit annoying to have to spell it out for him, but most of the time it was comforting to not have to get into the whole Buffy/Angel saga…something she was extremely grateful for at the moment.

“Yes he was hot…he’s still gorgeous.” She told him before reaching into her back pocket and pulling out her wallet. She usually carried a purse with her except when she patrolled…then she carried a little wallet around with her that was big enough for a copy of her ID, a copy of her credit card and 10 bucks in it. She’d been stuck without cash, a phone, or transportation one too many times to not take precautions. It also had three photos in it. One was a picture of her, her mom and Dawn. One was a picture of her, Xander and Willow. The last picture, the oldest one, was a photo of her and Angel. She pulled it out and handed it to AJ. “That’s Angel.” She told him, pointing to the picture. “You tell me what you think.” She told him, her eyes dancing with mirth.

Her laughter was actual laughter when she let it out this time at AJ’s little rant about the kid and the guy that he knew. “Okay, you hate kids so this little one must be special for you to like her. What’s her name, how old is she?” She asked him, wondering about if she was the same age as the newest potential. They had gotten word on a new potential who was only four. Maybe it would be easy to track her (and her parents since she was so young) down if she knew where to start. “And what’s his name? Got a picture of them. We could both use some eye candy to look at since I’m still single and I’m assuming you are too.” She told him, winking.

Word Count:: 803
Tag:: AJ Adams (I can’t call him Angel nor will I because then I’ll get WAYYYYY too confused!)
Outfit::Click to see Buffy’s outfit
Note:: Uh huh. You would too because your evil like that! *Giggles* <3 ya! Oh yeah, in case you didn’t, click on the picture that I underlined in the RP above…it’s the pic I figured Buffy would carry around with her.

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[Annabeth Halie Smith]

Aj just stopped for a second looking at Buffy... Well DUH he was evil. No really... Angelus was evil, so that's why AJ kept his distance. Really kept his distance! "Ugh... well... Yeah. That's why I avoid him?" He questioned. Yes that is why he avoided Angelus, because he was a killer. So for Buffy to just blunt out how his death would have been had he meet Angelus was... well out of character for her. Or well it was out of character for the old Buffy. He really did not know the new Buffy so it was hard to say. Anyway there were two reason why AJ would avoid you. Just two. The first was if you were evil, that's a good way to keep AJ away from you. AJ was a good guy really. He never liked the killing thing, it bugged him.. yeah weird. The second reason is if your ugly... like REALLY ugly. Yeah in AJ's eyes ugly is like the plague and that's one thing he does NOT want to catch. Clearly Angelus is not ugly, so he must be evil. So end of story, Aj avoided the dude. But still... did she have to make it so.... graphic? Made his skin crawl. Ehh..

AJ took the photo with ease, and studied it for a moment. "I mean I dunno about that blonde chick...she's got some weird double chin action going on.. but the guy in that photo...." Aj said with a small smile. He was of course kidding about the double chin, Buffy was hot, clearly... but of course he had to fuck with her a little more. Who would not have taken that opportunity. It was perfect!! "Well.. you did good Buff. I'm proud." AJ said handing the photo back to her. Yeah she did do pretty well for herself. "You learned well. Guess I don't have to screen guys for you anymore." He said with a small chuckle. Back in the day Buffy would give him photos of guys she liked, and AJ would pick the hottest guy for her. It's just what they did. They would look in the yearbook and pick out the hottest people, and talk about them. It was pretty fun. But looks like all the sessions he held with her paid off. Made him proud little Buffy could find her own hot guys.

"Yeah right?!" Aj said shrugging his shoulder a bit. "I wish I had a photo of my little family thing also.. but Nope. I don't carry well anything. It just gets in the way." He said with a light laugh. "Her name is Lilly-Anne and she's a little Witch, so naturally she knew I was a vampire, her father is a witch also, soo when he walked in of course the little shit yells out that I'm a vampire. And Chase of course tried to kill me, only not really. And we just clicked from there. Rather I clicked with Lilly-Anne and Chase just had to deal. I'm sure he secretly loves me, dispute how much he tell me he hates me." He chuckled. "Oh and she just turned 4 not that long ago." AJ added finishing his little rant. God he loved them.

"Oh yeah his name is Chase, and I tell you... he's got nothing on your guy. " He said with a little sass. "Yeah but I don't think I have a photo... at least not with all three of us..." AJ said with a bit of a sigh. "Ohh wait!" He said as he patted his butt to make sure he had nothing on him. He had his wallet. Of course he had it, he had to pick stuff up from the store, so he needed it. AJ just never walks around with well anything, there was no need for him to. But today, today he had his wallet. Rigghhhtt! Aj pulled the wallet from his pocket and pulled out a picture of Chase and Lilly-Anne. AJ of course was not in it, but he hated pictuers anyway. "Yepp." AJ said handing over the photo. Yep that was his family, what a cute picture it was too! "And dude... you got your own eye candy. It's my turn. And yes I am single, and loving it! Like always." AJ said sticking out his tongue for a second or two, before growing back up.


((Sorry if this post sucks. I was writing this post while Easy A was on. The girl staying with me had it on. And yeah I could have moved to my room or whatever, but I got lazy. Anyway you know how I am when there sound. I can't type cuz I'll type what I hear. Sooo yep. Sorry. OH!!! and pretend there is a super cute family picture of Chase and AJ, but unlike YOU I don't have real photos of them together haha anyway, you know what they look like. And AGAIN sorry if it's hard to do anything but listen to the movie. ))

[Buffy Anne Summers]

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She shook her head. “He’s not evil anymore.” She told him, hoping that he would understand this. “He was cursed by gypsies 90 or so years ago…his soul was given back to him. As he told me once…’You have no idea what it’s like to have done the things that he did for 100 plus years…and to care.’ He deals with his guilt every day…he fights for people, he fights his own kind, hell he’s saved my ass a thousand times before just as I have saved his. The reason that I know about what Angelus has done and the reason that he’s done stuff to me was my own fault.” She told him, choking on her words a bit but knowing that she needed to get them out.

She wasn’t sure why it was so important to her that AJ understood that Angel wasn’t evil…but it was. “Angel’s curse…the one that holds his soul into place…had a loophole that no one knew about. It states that One Moment Of True Happiness” she stated in quotes. “Allows the curse to be broken and the demon who wears his face to be set free. We didn’t know this…so we…” She trailed off, hoping he understood but then realized who she was talking to. AJ was adorable, but sometimes he could be a bit dense. “I lost my virginity to him on my 17th birthday…and he lost his soul.” She told him, trying hard to keep from crying at the memories.

“It took us months to find the curse that we needed to allow my best friend to curse his soul back into him…unfortunately it was too late and his demon had already pulled out the sword to Acathla meaning that only his blood would make Acathla dormant again. If I wouldn’t have done what I did the entire world would have gone to hell. So AngEL.” She stated, emphasizing the end of Angel’s name so he could make no mistake that there was a difference between Angel and Angelus “Went to hell…he had a soul when he was sent to hell…by the person that he trusted the most.” She told him before continuing on. “He came back and ended up leaving Sunnydale to go fight his own battles in LA. He’s saved the world more times than I can count so please know that he wouldn’t hurt anyone unless someone he loved was threatened.” She told him before shaking her head, knowing she needed a subject change and pronto.

She laughed a bit when AJ commented on not having to screen her guys anymore. “Angel and I aren’t together…we cant be because if we let things happen he’d lose his soul and become Angelus again…so you may still have to help me screen guys. A girl does have her needs ya know.” She told him, pushing her shoulder against his playfully.

She giggled at AJ’s rant about Lilly-Anne and Chase. “That’s hysterical that you pretty much just forced yourself on the dad in order to keep the kid. Damn AJ who knew you were really just a big softy at heart.” She told him, knowing he wouldn’t like her comment. He tended to pretend that he was a whole lot scarier than he really was. It used to always make her laugh when he’d ask why none of the football guys were scared of him. She never had the heart to tell him it was because he was very obviously gay and none of the guys ever saw a gay guy as a threat. Of course if they really had known AJ they wouldn’t have been as quick to judge, but that’s teenage guys for ya…they’re all a bunch of assholes.

She took the picture of the family and her eyes widened. In front of her was the picture of the child that was recently called as a potential. She winced when she saw it and wanted nothing more than to pretend that she didn’t know. “Lilly-Anne Wyatt right?” She asked him, her eyes going back up to his. “Yeah, I got information on her yesterday actually. I was going to look her and her father up in the next week or so and head over there. She’s not only a witch AJ…she’s a potential slayer.” She told him, knowing he wasn’t going to like that at all…but unfortunately there wasn’t much she could do about it. She would obviously give Lilly-Anne and her father the same option she gave everyone else and for once she secretly hoped they would elect out of becoming the slayer. She wouldn’t want her daughter (not that she had one but the sentiment was still there) becoming a slayer and she couldn’t imagine telling her father that she was destined to be one.

Word Count:: 849
Tag:: AJ Adams (I can’t call him Angel nor will I because then I’ll get WAYYYYY too confused!)
Outfit::Click to see Buffy’s outfit
Note:: AHHH! I HAVE LIKE 9 POSTS TO DO! YESTERDAY I HAD 2! Lol. Seriously! Oh well, at least I got posts! Here ya go!

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[Annabeth Halie Smith]

"right...." AJ said still feeling a little weird. Okay, so he had a soul, he was still evil, soul or not. AJ was evil for the simple fact that he was a vampire. But he did not see the big deal in it. He did not need or want to know this guys story. He did not know him, and honestly as cute a he was, still he did not wish to know him. He just caused trouble. Once you were as evil as he was, you can't really recover from that. So he was trouble, and AJ did not stay alive for as long as he did if he got in trouble. Nope, AJ avoided trouble. If there was trouble AJ was on the other side of the world. Hey, whatever kept him alive, well as alive as a vampire can be.

"Buffy... just stop." AJ said when he saw how upset she was getting. But of course Buffy kept talking. AJ let out a sigh shaking his head. He did not care. It was making her upset, so he did not want to hear anymore. He did not care what he did, or how he did it or what ever, still he did not make her happy, so he had to go. Clearly he was gone or he'd be here now. So good. What more did he need to know? Nothing. "Al-freaking-right Buffy... I get it. It's hard.. stop talking about this. I hate you being upset." AJ really about to walk away. At least if he did that she'd shut the hell up and go after him. Or she'd stay and cry. But still it would shut her up. He did not come out here to watch her cry. He did enough of that years ago. He did not want to watch her heart break over more guys. And yes she lost everything to this guy, but still it was over, and he really did not want to deal with it. In fact he was rather found of the Angle guy, but now he sort of wants to punch him in the face.

"Yes, I'm familiar with how Acathla works." He said with a sigh. Gosh darn-it. She needs to STOP TALKING. REALLY. He was only getting pissed off, and she was getting upset. Really. She was so fucking stubborn it pissed even him off, and that was pretty hard to do. Okay, yeah he got it. Great, he went all evil because she had sex with him. It sucked, so why was she telling him?! Some things AJ did not want to know... and apparently this was one of them.

"Just because your together does not mean you have to fuck. I mean shoot....I've been with one guy, and still been messing with others. I mean we had an understanding and all... Yeah. Anyway, enough about my sex life, it's gross anyway." AJ said with a shrug. At least she was not crying anymore. So that was good. AJ was not very good with crying, gave him the wiggles.

"And Chase secretly loves me...that's why he keeps me around. But then again who would not love me... I mean really... its me!" AJ said with a smile. "Softie?" AJ questioned for a moment. "Me? Soft? Me a heart? Psssttt!" He said blowing it off a bit. "You must be crazy! Here I am thinking you were the slayer, Nope, your just crazy.... having a heart... Yeah!" Stupid Buffy...thinking he was all whatever. He'd show her... well okay maybe not, but he'd show someone... later. Maybe he'd go pretend to bite someone, just to freak them out. Yeah Show her scary. Pst. Whatever.

"That's my girl" AJ said like a proud father, though he was far from the kids dad. But still he liked to think she was his, with out the responsibility. Like the grandparent. Yeah that's what he was. "Look them up?" AJ questioned to himself really. Why would she want to do..... Oh.

Oh.....

Oh.....


He blinked at her a few times. Just blinked at her. No emotion on him face, no nothing. Just blinked. Slayer. Potential slayer. Lilly-Anne. Chase. What. No. What?...No no no. He does not want to know. Nope... nothing. "I don't wanna know." AJ said quickly, walking away, shaking his head and mumbling I don't wanna know over and over again as he walked. "Nope.. I don't wanna know." He jut kept saying, as he turned down another alleyway, not even looking to see if she was going to follow.

But he stopped in mid step. "You'll telling him you know." He said turning on his heels to look at Buffy. "Your gonna have to tell him." He said again, shaking his head and starting with the I don't want to knows again, he went to walking again. But of course stopped for he had more to say. "He's gonna kill you. I mean I love you and all, but he's going to kill you." AJ said shaking his head some more. God that dang girl, she was already a witch now a slayer? What the hell's wrong with her genetic makeup. "No he's really gonna kill you... And I was never here...you never told me" He said clearly freaking out. "I don't know anything. We never had a talk... yeah I never meet you.. He'd never know. Yeah I don't know anything... Right. Good." He said pretty much talking to himself. He'd say he never meet Buffy in his life if he had to. Yeah he'd play it off. He'd much rather deal with Buffy, then Chase. When it came to Lilly-Anne, God help him. Chase was SCARY. Chase could bring down AJ with no more then a breath. So yes. He never meet Buffy. Yep, the bitch is crazy that's what he'd say. He was never here. No one saw them, He'd kill Miss. Barker if he had to. Yeah she saw them together. She could tell on him... Yeah he'd had to get rid of her if Buffy told Chase anything.

((YOU BROKE AJ!!!! lol))

[Buffy Anne Summers]

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She smirked at the comment about Chase loving AJ. She had a deep feeling (she could be wrong, but she didn’t like to think negatively…i.e. she didn’t like to think that she was wrong) that AJ would prefer if Chase loved him in a way that was impossible for a straight guy to love another guy. She could tell that AJ was attached to Chase, something that she would have never thought she would see from him. He was never one to make attachments when she had known him in Los Angeles. Sure they had been best friends when he had lived there and he had been close with her mom, but she knew realistically that it wouldn’t take him much to leave at the drop of a hat.

She had always felt like that with AJ. She knew that he cared about her and her mom but there was always something strange about him. Something…distant…. almost as if he wouldn’t allow himself to become close to people because he knew one day he may have to leave and never look back. She had always thought that…and her mom had actually approached her about it before…but she had just written it off at the time. Of course now she realized why he had been like that. She was sure that he had been forced to leave a lot of people in his life (she was determined to find out how old he was if it was the last thing she would do….though he’d probably make a sarcastic comment about knowing its rude to ask someone their age if she asked him in the mood he was in now) and figured it was easier to stay distanced rather than to get close and to lose people every few years as she was sure he had to do.

She giggled at AJ’s almost outrage at being called a softy. She loved this boy, she really did. He was adorable in an almost annoying sense. She mentally put on her calendar to make sure they had a movie night soon. She missed cuddling on the couch with him. That had been a tradition while in Los Angeles. Once a week (sometimes not every week but most times) they would hunker down in her basement and cuddle on the couch while watching a movie. It was nice even when her parents were fighting or she was single, she had someone to snuggle up with and let him hold her. There were obviously no romantic feelings there (though she’ll admit to no one but herself that she had a crush on him for a few weeks when she originally met him)…but it was nice to simply be.

Her eyes clouded up as she watched her friend freak the hell out about telling Chase about Lilly-Anne. He was mumbling things out loud (though she had a feeling he wasn’t even aware that he was speaking out loud) about her being crazy, pretending he didn’t know her, and killing Mrs. Barker (who was the woman that owned the magic shop) in order to keep her from squealing on him. Okay, it was official, he was definitely having a nervous breakdown. She frowned, she broke AJ. That was never her intention but she figured he would want to know before she told the Wyatt’s in order to help them better deal with it. Apparently she was wrong. She had never seen a vampire have a breakdown like this (which was odd since in her semi arsenal of vampire friends she had Spike, the moody bastard and Angel, the broody love of her life). It was interesting to watch in a morbid type of way until he spoke about killing someone to keep them quiet and she knew she needed to snap him out of it. She grabbed him forcefully by the arm and physically turned him around. One he was facing her she slapped him hard (not as hard as she could, but hard nonetheless) in order to snap him out of him. “AJ, chill the fuck out!” She yelled at him, hoping that this wouldn’t result in a fight but knowing it was a possibility.

“Shut up, stop your inner ramblings, take a deep unneeded breath and listen.” She told him forcefully, leaving no question in anyone’s mind who was the boss at the moment. “It’s my job to speak to Chase and Lilly-Anne…I won’t tell him that I already told you. You don’t need to pretend like you don’t know me…I technically shouldn’t have told you since it’s not your decision on what she does…it’s hers. Slayers aren’t called like they used to thanks to me and my Watcher. They are given a choice. So calm down, everything will be fine. If you want to hear how this went down I will tell you now or you can wait until I explain it all to AJ and Chase. Completely up to you.” She told him, not really knowing which one she preferred at the moment.

Word Count:: 873
Tag:: AJ Adams (I can’t call him Angel nor will I because then I’ll get WAYYYYY too confused!)
Outfit::Click to see Buffy’s outfit
Note:: Awwww, sad! She broke AJ! That’s unacceptable!

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[Annabeth Halie Smith]

He was freaking. He was really freaking. He did not want to know, he did not need to know. This was too much to give him. He did not want to lie, and he'd have to lie to Chase. Chase... of all people. He'd have to lie. He'd ask AJ how his day was, and AJ would have to say good. He'd lie. He'd have to lie to Chase, he could never do such a thing. How could she expect AJ to go home and act normal now. How could he face them now, knowing what he knew? That just could not happen. AJ never attached to people, ever! But Lilly-Anne stole his heart, and Chase held a piece as well. It was going to be the hardest thing he'd have to do..leave them. Or rather they would leave him. AJ was going to live forever, not that he really wanted to. But he was going to live forever. Chase would grow old and he'd have Lilly-Anne. But she too would grow old and marry, love another and AJ would have to leave her. He'd come back when she neared her death, and say goodbye. After that, he was not sure where he would go from there. He was really freaking out, and this was not something he did..ever.

But then he felt his arm being tugged, and his body whipped around. Next thing he knew he was on a knee, his head whipped to the side, and he was dizzy. Whoa... he was smacked. He could feel the sting on his face. "Did you slap me?" He asked, moving his head a little to look up at her. He slowly stood back up, looking at Buffy his hand touching the sting on his face. "Ouch." He said though he was showing no emotion. He was still trying to figure out what the hell happened. Freaking out? He just does not freak out like that. Never had never would. It just never happened. Wow.... he was too invested in this... he was going to get himself killed. Fuck.

He did not expect an answer he knew he was slapped, he knew very well. But dang that hurt. He for sure deserved it. In fact if she did not hit him this hard, he would not have gotten the message. But Shoot... ouch! The sting was pretty much over now, but the bitch got an arm on her. "I don't want to hear anymore. Chase really should tell me. And I can't act surprised, he'd know something was up. Thanks Buffy. I know I can trust you.. I don't honestly know what happened just then." He said shaking his head a little. "I mean I dunno... I freaked. My bad... Just I'd rather head it all from Chase. I really rather would. Nothing against you.. I just... don't want to fuck it up just yet. I'm not ready to leave them yet. They still need me." He said with a small sigh. God he was really truly way too involved with the small family. God he was so fucked. He was so fucked.... sooo fucked. He needed the subject to change, he could not start feeling like this. He could not let himself get any closer. GOD HE WAS FUCKED!

[Buffy Anne Summers]

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She couldn’t help but feel immense guilt settle into her stomach. She had never seen AJ behave like this and she could honestly say she hated it. AJ was always someone she attributed to being bubbly, funny, ridiculous, sarcastic, sometimes an asshole, arrogant and all types of other things…but never upset. She had never really seen AJ freak out before and she didn’t know how to fix it. If it had been anyone else having a meltdown like the one she was watching AJ current experience she would have jumped in to immediately make them feel better. She had seen Willow, Giles, Xander, Dawn, Andrew, Faith, Angel, Spike, and several of the potentials all have meltdowns and she could fix them no problem…but with AJ it was different. She didn’t know what to say to soothe him…she wasn’t sure there was anything to say to soothe him.

She nodded at his question when he asked if she had slapped him though she knew he really wasn’t asking…he was simply talking. He told her that he’d rather Chase told him and she nodded her head once more, having expected that answer. She was glad that AJ had someone that he cared about as much as he obviously cared about Chase and Lilly-Anne…though she wouldn’t lie and say she wasn’t a bit jealous of their relationship. Sure she had her friends and she loved them and was extremely grateful for them…but she had no one from her past that knew her before she was the slayer…and that was something she had always and will always miss.

She sighed and put her hand on his arm. “I understand…you don’t have to explain anything to me AJ. I’m fine with whatever.” She told him, hoping her smile showed him that she was being completely truthful.

The silence between them was deafening and she hated it. The air was thick and she wanted nothing more than to clear the awkwardness that had settled in and go back to their easy banter. She thought quickly for any subject matter that would erase the awkwardness but couldn’t think of a one. Her brain was still stuck on the fact that she had broken AJ (at least temporarily she hoped) and that she would have to go deliver news to a 4 year olds father that she was a potential slayer. She didn’t want to do either but unfortunately it was her job…Okay, breaking AJ wasn’t her job…but she seemed to be good at it apparently. She’d keep that in mind for future thought to make sure that she tried to avoid breaking him in the future.

Luckily the silence was broken by her cell phone. Just gonna stand there and watch me burn. That’s all right because I like the way it hurts. Just gonna stand there and hear me cry. That’s alright because I love the way you lie…I love the way you lie. It was Robin Wood’s designated ring tone. She smiled apologetically at AJ. “Hang on, I have to take this.” She told him and answered her phone. She barely said a hello before Robin started spouting off something about Faith having sent another potential to Rome and asked if she could let Giles know. She told him she would and said goodbye, promising to call and get a more detailed idea of what was going on in the next few days. Once she hung up she sent a quick text message to Giles letting him know what was up (she had finally taught him how to text…at least the basics of it) and put her phone away, turning back to AJ.

Her stomach rumbled at that moment and she blushed. “Alright, apparently it’s time for me to eat. There’s a bar down the street that caters to humans and vampires alike. Usually they don’t like me in there because their clients are scared of me but since it’s the middle of the day I think it’ll be alright. You can drink (blood) and I can eat one of their grilled chicken salads…Sound like a plan?” She asked him and hoped he would be alright with going with her. She didn’t want to say goodbye to him yet.

Word Count:: 733
Tag:: AJ Adams (I can’t call him Angel nor will I because then I’ll get WAYYYYY too confused!)
Outfit::Click to see Buffy’s outfit
Note:: Hahahaha, awkward!!!

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[Annabeth Halie Smith]

God... he was messed up. Was it this town that was turning him soft? Or was it Lilly-Anne. He hoped for his sake it was the town, but he knew differently. He loved the girl, and that was where the problems started. Yeah he loved Buffy but he could let her go. He could wave and watch her leave. He did not even have to say goodbye. He understood. But with Lilly-Anne, he could not do that. Chase had taken her to this town, and AJ had to follow. He tried saying goodbye, he tried watching hem leave, but the pain killed him. So he showed up. Lilly-Anne and Chase would always be with him, and that sucked. He was not thinking about number one anymore. No he was thinking about them. this made him... reckless, so to say. He'd do things to protect them, that put him in danger. Like at the graveyard. He'd stand in and protect Chase, while he did whatever he had to do. He'd protect Chase for Lilly-Anne. When before he would have laughed and left. He'd never put himself in danger to protect someone. Well okay so he would when the odds were for him. But to go in with a blind eye, and hope for the best? Dumb!

The silence was getting to him. This was so weird. Things have changed so much and he did not like it. Yeah sure she changed, but he changed too. He was not so happy go lucky anymore, he had responsibility, and that hurt him. Hurt his essence so to say. It's not that he did not want or like his new self, he was just having trouble keeping up. He's been the same for 400 year's and for one little girl to change everything in a matter of weeks... well it put him in a spin.

When Buffy tried to help him, he faked the chills. Shrugging her off, and making a weird kind of ehh sound. "Buff!" Aj said shaking his head for a moment. "Ughh.... enough!" He said shrugging his shoulders some more. "This is too weird." He added, calling out the weirdness between them. "So not supposed to be like this!" He said trying to clear the air a bit. Okay... so he freak...great... get over it, move on! Yep move on. Freak out later. Just move on... Freaking ay. Aj just liked fucking things up.

And just as all that happened, her phone began to ring. Miss. popular here smiled before answering the phone. Normally AJ would have taken the cell and answered the phone for her, or taking the phone saying how rude it was when they were talking... But he was still feeling well embarrassed for his little freak out. It was a new emotion for him. So he let her answer the phone. It's the least he could do after freaking out on her moments ago.

He waited patiently for her convo to be over. She spoke and he smiled. "Sounds good to me. Chase is gonna kill me for 'going out' but he can deal with not having his items for a few more hours." AJ said with a shrug. "I swear that boy does more magic then he thinks. " But eh it was not his problem. Chase was a big boy, and if he got into trouble then AJ would be there to help but still. AJ was not there to hold Chase's hand through life. "And I could go for a drink, I was going to stop by the butchers... but I'd rather look at your pretty face some more." He added trying to further forget his melt down. He hoped that the memory of his melt down would be forgotten, despite his rather good memory.

[ADMIN BRITT]

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