I had once found Angel's secret way of getting into the library. There was a hidden tunnel that led into the sewers. He would sometimes spend all day hiding in the shadows, just listening to us talking. He also had a certain place he liked to sit, because then, he could see who was sitting at the table, and they couldn't see him. I wonder how many times he sat there, wishing he could join us.
He was right where I expected him to be, crouched in the shadow of a bookshelf. I sat beside him, and silently listened to the conversation going on below us. Giles taken aside the two Slayers, asking them what they thought about the Team. Everyone else at the table was quietly talking, getting to know there new allies. I knew the question was coming, and I didn't have long to wait.
"What's up with the silent guy?" Oz was the one who asked.
George answered, "Don't mind him. He wants vengeance against the guy we're going up against. Probably doesn't want to involve you all."
"He seems... Familiar somehow. What's his name?"
"I'm sorry... Oz, right? I can't tell you his name. After he works out some of his issues, maybe then he'll talk to you."
"To bad we don't have any bones to smash, " Willow quipped. "I've heard it's really good for issues."
"I heard that!" Buffy said as they came back to the table.
Giles started in on his whole history of the world, Chosen One speech. He obviously still loves doing that. I took the opportunity to turn to Angel.
"You need to talk to her."
"What do you expect me to do? Walk up to her and say, `Hi, Buffy. Hell was a nice place to visit, but I decided I didn't want to live there'?"
"You could say `I love you.' "
"What's the point? It can still never be. A Slayer and a vampire can not be together. We learned that the hard way."
"Angel, man, I just want her to be happy. Can you honestly tell me she has been since her seventeenth birthday?"
Angel winced at the reminder. That night had turned into a very long nightmare.
"Am I going to have to drag your butt down there and threaten you with a stake to get you to talk to her?"
"Do you think you could?"
"No, but I could try." I grinned.
"Hold on, before we really get into this discussion, there's still one member of our group we need to have here." Willow said below us.
"Are you sure that's a wise idea?" Giles asked.
"She'd want to be part of this, you know that as well as I do." Willow got up and went into the office, using the phone for a few minutes.
"Who's she talking about?" I whispered to Angel after she had been back for several minutes. The gang must have added a new member since I had been gone, but I couldn't think of who it could have been.
He gave me a really odd look. I didn't have time to ask more, because Oz suddenly jumped up out of his chair.
"My God! That's who he is! Where did he go?"
"Oz, dear, what are you talking about?" Willow asked, coming up behind him.
He looked at George and asked, "You're second in command, where did he go?"
"I really don't know. He has a gift for disappearing."
"But we have to find him. We have to warn him."
"He's around here somewhere." George reassured him. "What's wrong?"
"We have to find him. Now!"
"Oz, calm down. Why do we have to find him?" Willow was worried, I could tell by her voice.
Oz pulled Giles aside and started whispering furiously to him. I looked on in confusion. What in the world was going on? I didn't have time to go down and find out, because then, the library doors opened again and someone called out, "OK, I'm here. Giles, you owe me for the babysitter. Do you know how expensive they are when you don't ask in advance? Especially on a Friday night? Just because you guys don't have lives doesn't mean others have to same problem."
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