Chapter 6
Willows laughter could be heard throughout the house. “Harmony owns her own beauty salon? “ She said between waves of laughter.
Buffy sat on the kitchen table next to her. She was amused that Willow could laugh so long unstopped. Okay, so it was hilarious that the almighty Scourge of Europe was doomed with Harmony Kendall at a beauty salon. Buffy felt bad for him too. He was going to be pissed off when he came home.. ‘Home? Where did that come from?’ Buffy wasn’t sure what to think.
“I think the little sleepy-spell you did was cool..” Tara said. “Hope it didn’t affect him too bad.”
“Naah, I only used a quarter of my powers and the ingredients to make it. He should have been out for like a minute or less..” Willow said. She was obviously proud of herself. So was Buffy. She had taught him a lesson, or well, he was still learning it. BUT she didn’t think he’d ever again say something bad about PMS.
“Okay, so I’m off to pick him up. It’s two o’clock and I don’t want to be late to see the new Angelus. I bet he’s mad as hell. But hey! He so had it coming. “ She said, trying to justify our actions. And then she was off, driving Giles’ car. ‘I wonder if Giles’ know if they borrowed his car?’ Buffy wondered. For once, she was not guilty in doing something wrong.
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In the mean time, Angelus manly pride was severely wounded. He sat in Giles’ car smelling like sunflowers. AND he had nail polish all over his nails, or rather claws. He had figured it out why they did this to him. But how did Buffy manage to let Willow and Tara know?
Willow was in the front seat, trying hard to hold her laughter. She did fine, except for the look on her face of suffocation. Angelus saw that. And he became more and more agitated by the minute. He was so having his revenge for this. Okay, so he’d insulted PMS, but what was the big deal? Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea when he currently lived in a house full of women? He was forced to. He couldn’t go back to his mansion looking like this, all kitty- no vamp.
And why had they made HIM a cat anyway? He hadn’t gotten much info about that when they had their talk some days ago. They would have killed him by now if that was what they wanted. ‘I’m too adorable to kill’ he thought with a smirk. One good thing about being a cat was that he could see his own reflection. They’ve made him alive again. But that also meant he’d have that pesky heartbeat. It gave him a headache.
Willow giggled and sent him a smile. He glared at her back. Harmony was currently his worst nightmare. Just thinking about that bath he’d been forced to take made him shiver.. No more bathing.. Okay, so that was a lie. He would, when he was over this trauma.
Buffy and he was going to have a talk.
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The door opened and shut itself as Willow and Angelus made their entrance. Angelus smelled of sunflowers and had his nails coated in a glossy transparent and some white nail polish. It looked as Harmony had given him a French manicure. But Angelus himself didn’t look so happy. He looked as if he had a lot on his mind. And he looked a bit traumatized. Big surprise there.
Willow and Tara began preparing dinner, and Buffy had no other thing to do than to watch them. Maybe she would get a piece of the cream they were currently whipping for desert. Angelus had taken off, probably to hide and sulk. He had been really quiet since he came home. Poor guy had spent his whole afternoon with Harmony Kendall, the boss of a pet beauty salon..
It was time for dinner, but Buffy was already out of the door. She didn’t know what made her do it, but suddenly found out when she entered fresh air. The last three ‘Or was it four?’ days, Buffy had been cooped up inside. It was really nice to be lazy for once, to not have to go on patrol, but Buffy needed some exercise. The night was so fresh, but so full of smells and noises. She enjoyed for once to walk down to one of the newer cemeteries in town. ‘Whose gonna want a little kitty?’ She though. She’d never seen a kitty as a victim in all of her years of slaying.
A bird was sitting on the ground. It looked so small and frail.. ’and delicious..’ Buffy thought. ‘Eww! Where had that come from!’ Ick.. Maybe it was one of those instincs that cats had. She regretted playing all those rounds of Hangman with Xander in biology class… Although she mostly won. She realized she knew nothing more of kitties than she had experienced herself. Cream? Yum. Cat food? Major ick..
Buffy walked away from the bird, having just a bit of human mercy of it. She wasn’t going to eat it anyway. As she walked, she saw another cat. Rolling in mud. ‘What was that for?’ She thought, but then realized. It was Angelus, trying to get the smell of the cat shampoo out of his fur.
“Hey there smelly cat” she said with a grin. Okay, that sounded lame. No more FRIENDS for Buffy. He just looked weird at her and continued what he was doing.
“You know, that aren’t gonna make it better. By the time you get home, you won’t be smelly cat but dirty cat. And Willow and Tara won’t let you in to the house without you taking a bath…” She said again when Angelus didn’t answer her.
Angelus stopped his mud rolling and looked up at her with a complex look. It looked as if he deep down wanted to strangle her, but wouldn’t let himself.
“I’ll find something to wash it off with later. And smelly cat? Where the heck have you gotten that from? A cheesy tv-show?” He asked.
“Hey! Do not insult FRIENDS! FRIENDS is important. FRIENDS is good and funny and way cooler than you’ll ever be. “ She said, defensively. Okay, so maybe the last comment was a low blow, but she couldn’t have Angelus insulting it. Buffy need FRIENDS… FRIENDS funny… Buffy, officially FRIENDS depraved.
“I’m sure of it, ” Angelus said with sarcasm dripping off his voice. “Wouldn’t want you to TORTURE me again with beauty care, for that was NOT funny. “ Angelus said. It was clear that he didn’t have Buffy on the top of his Christmas shopping gift list.
“We need to talk” Angelus said.
“About what? “ She asked innocently.
“Why did you make me go to that beauty salon? Was it all because I insulted PMS?”
“Actually yes, that’s the reason why. You had it coming. “ She said. Gawd, she wanted to stick out her tongue at him. Oh the joys of having a human body.
“Harmony hasn’t changed at all since I last saw her. You know what that means? She still has that shrill voice of hers that can really ruin your hearing. And she talk nonstop about her boyfriend. I practically knew the guy better than se did when I was done there. No cat should ever go through that.” Angelus said and scowled at Buffy.
“Okay, so Harmony was a bit too much, but you fully deserved the beauty salon thing. I didn’t know she owned it. Besides, if you were a girl and not a cat, you would have been happy for the day there. It’s good being pampered… But then again, not by Harmony. So I’m feeling a tad sorry for you, but that’s all the apology you’re gonna get from me. Cause me - not an apology-girl.” Buffy said lamely again.
“I accept your so called apology, even though it was a lame one.” Angelus pointed out.
“It’s all you’re gonna get mister.. or is it catster?” Buffy said with a smile. They were making up, and Angelus wasn’t so bad from her perspective.
“Heh, very funny. Says you, who didn’t have the heart to kill that bird. Oh! And by the way, I killed it instead. Tasty little fella.” Angelus said, Totally blurring Buffy’s perspective of him. ‘That little birdie was so cute.. ‘ Buffy thought.
“Oh boo hoo” Angelus said in a mocking voice when he saw her sad expression. He wanted to ruin the moment. He’d done it on purpose. He couldn’t be friends with the slayer. No way he could.
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