The Substitute: Day 13
by Jaide
The characters I own are the ones who have obviously never been on BtVS. (So don't touch them!) Anyone else is owned by Joss aka Satan with writing abilities.



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Part Thirteen

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Day 13 - Saturday

"So, what's the lesson plan for Monday?" Buffy asked while she finished her crossword puzzle. They had decided to spend the night in at Angel's place and just relax. Angel was reading a book in French, comfortably seated against the headboard of his bed, while Buffy was lying across his legs near the bottom, going through her game book.

"Trying to cheat ahead of time?" Angel asked, turning the page. Buffy stuck her tongue out at him.

"No, I'm just curious. You're a really good teacher, Angel. You inspire me to learn.".

Angel paused for a moment to look at her skeptically.

"Well, you do. I mean, usually, when Mr. Jenkins is teaching, I purposely skip class or fall asleep. But when you're there, I'm always on time! Except for when I'm not, which is every other day, but that's a record!" Buffy exclaimed, shifting so she was more comfortable.

Angel moved is legs slightly. "Stop moving, you're too restless. And thank you, I think.".

"What, does it bug you when I move?" She asked innocently, purposely shifting again. Her feet were near his head and she started kicking her legs back and forth in his face.

Angel grabbed her ankles in one swift motion and tucked them underneath a pillow, which he then held down with his arm. "Yes, it does bug me.".

Buffy pretended to be interested in her puzzle until Angel seemed engrossed in is book. Very slyly, she reached her hand forward and rested it beside his feet. "Angel?" she asked.

"Hmmm?".

"Are you...ticklish?" She grabbed his feet and tickled the bottom with both hands furiously. Angel was, in fact, very ticklish. He tried to shift away, but her body over his legs held him in place. He reached down with his hands and grabbed her by the waist, hoisting her up against his chest.

"Hey!" she protested, but all cries of alarm were cut off as he tickled her even harder on her abdomen. Buffy shrieked with laughter and tickled him back.


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Outside Angel's Apartment

Willow raised her hand to knock on the door when she heard screams coming from inside. Instead of knocking, she hurriedly twisted the knob and ran in, looking frantically for any signs of demons or dead bodies. It occurred to her that if there was a demon, the only thing she could do was float a pencil at it. Not much of a defense tactic.

She heard more screams and shrieks and turned her head. There, on the bed, was the most strange sight she had ever seen.

Buffy was on her back, laughing giggling and shrieking like crazy, while Angel was on all fours over her, tickling her stomach like mad. Buffy was getting in a few weak tickles to his abdomen, but not much.

"Hey you guys!" Willow called out nervously. Buffy turned her head to look at her friend.

"Hey Will! We were just...relaxing.".

Angel grinned. "I won.".

Buffy lightly punched him in the arm. "No, you didn't, we had barely started!".

"Give it up, you know I'm stronger.".

"No, you're not! I'm the slay...." She was cut off when Angel leaned down to kiss her.

Willow turned her head politely, her face the color scarlet. She examined the paintings on Angel's walls, and the nice furniture. She turned back to the couple when she thought they were through. Nope, they were still lip locked. And she noticed Angel's right hand probably wasn't in a place it should be.

"Um, Buffy? Don't you need to breathe?" she asked out loud.

The couple paused and slowly pulled away. They rested their foreheads together, and stared into each others eyes for a moment. Slowly, Angel sat up, and helped Buffy up as well. The two had forgotten Willow was in the room.

"So, why'd you come over here, Will?" Buffy asked.

"Uh, I, um, well...." Willow stammered. She knew she wasn't supposed to say anything to Buffy, and Angel was signaling to her not to. "Um, to tell you about....".

"Yeah..." Buffy pressed on.

Angel was frantically trying to mouth the words "mall," "sale," and "shoes" to Willow. Buffy couldn't find out about his secret, not now.

"That the sale is having a mall at the shoe," Willow said. *Uh oh, that's not right.* "Uh, I mean, the mall is having a shoe sale.".

"Oh!" Buffy exclaimed. "I need more shoes! I should go then, you coming Will?".

"What? Oh, no, I have plenty of shoes. You go ahead, I'll just walk home. First I just want to ask Angel about the history worksheet yesterday, ok?" Willow lied.

Buffy shrugged. "Ok, whatever, cya!" She was out the door in a flash.

"Thank you," Angel said. "I don't know what she would have done if she found out the truth.".

"Does Oz know?" Angel asked.

Willow shook her head. "Are you nuts? How do you think he would react if he found out about us? He'd kill us!".

Angel nodded. "So would Buffy. I just, I feel bad about keeping our passion a secret.".

Willow smiled thinly. "Me too, but we have to. There's no other way. It's like an addiction. Maybe we should end it. Break it off.".

Angel shook his head and took her hand. "No Willow! I couldn't live without this. I don't want to hurt Buffy, and I know you would never want to hurt Oz, but we need this. For us. Maybe we'll tell them sometime, but for now, we just need to pretend everything's okay.".

Willow nodded and opened up her book bag. She took out a video encased in a blank, black box. It could only be located in one specific section of the theater, one where neither dared to go in public. The video had to be rented late at night, with no one around. The two settles into the couch, both at different ends. The video that Willow had put int he VCR started.

"How could we explain to them our passion for Teletubbies?" Willow said. "They just wouldn't understand.".

"I know," Angel agreed. "Is this the Sing-A-Long?".

Willow nodded.

Angel smiled. "You're a good friend, Willow.".

Willow grinned. "You are too.".


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(No, they are not dating, in case you didn't get that. They just like Teletubbies and watch it together when no one is around. I am so not a W/A fan, so they will not be getting together in any fic I ever write. Just to make this clear.)

To be continued.....



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