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TITLE:
Spinning Around.
AUTHOR:
Kelly Rowe
EMAIL:

angels_bath_towel@hotmail.com
RATING:
NC-17.
DISCLAIMER:
Buffy, Angel and all other characters (except those I make up) are the absolute
property of Joss Whedon, Fox, Mutant Enemy, UPN and Warner Bros (If I owned
them, do you think that they would be acting this ridiculous right now).
SUMMARY:
Buffy makes a deal that changes her entire future.
SPOILERS:
Totally AU - so none.
TIMELINE:
Present.

DISTRIBUTION:
You want you can have it; just tell me where you put it. Any lists just take it.
PAIRING:
Buffy/Angelus
CATEGORY:
AU and Romance.
WARNING:
Foul language, adult themes.

Part 1
What did one wear
on a date with the devil, or at least a creature as close to the devil as you
could ge ear earth? Buffy didn't know the answer, if she had she would've been
ready for her business dinner with *him* by now instead of rummaging through the
piles of clothes scattered around her stylish bedroom. Sighing she gave up
trying to find something that would impress and settle don something she liked
and felt confident in and began to dress.
The bright,
cheerful house that she shared with her mother and younger sister in the *good*
part of Sunnydale, had been her home for half a decade; since her parents
extremely ugly divorce. Due to her father's death in a car accident a few months
ago, unfortunately itldnldn't be home for very much longer. Everything that she
and her mother could've sold they had and now the creditors were simply waiting
for the Summers' girls to declare bankruptcy before sinking their teeth all the
way in. If only her father hadn't died and left them with his half of the debts,
that could not afford to be paid.
Both her and her
mother's credit cards were maxed out and her mother's small art gallery on
Sunnydale's main street was mortgaged to the hilt. In less than a week they
would have to walk away from their home, take what little the bank would allow
them too and try to make new lives for themselves, ones that would be radically
different from all they had known.
Buffy could
hardly believe that she was almost twenty-one and about to be tossed out onto
the streets. It wasn't pleasant, she'd had to drop out of college and Dawn was
now being picked on by the people she'd once called her friends. The only person
who hadn't abandoned them in their time of need was her best friend Willow, but
the loss of everyone else had caused them all added stress.
This evening's
meeting was her absolute last hope, the last chance that she had to save her
family from losing everything. Liam Angelus McKenna, known as Angelus to
everyone whew hew him, was the only person with enough cash and enough clout
with the banks to save them. Unfortunately he had absolutely no reason to help
them; she was surprised that he even agreed to the meeting. She didn't want to
deal with him, but she'd have too. If need be she'd sell herself to the devil to
save fam family. Buffy had only ever met him once that she could remember, her
freshman year at Sunnydale High. He'd been harassing a fellow classmate of her's
and she'd told him to drop dead, he was a loser and he always would be. She
hoped he didn't remember that.
In truth she was
really embarrassed about asking him for a loan, she didn't know him back then
and she didn't know him now. She sighed once more and made her way downstairs,
relived that Dawn and her mom had gone to the gallery to start packing up
things, she didn't want them to know about the meeting - it was just simpler
this way. She grabbed her jacket and headed off to meet the man who now, whether
knowingly or unknowingly, held her fate in his hands.

The restaurant
that Angelus had picked for their meeting was newly opened and Buffy had never
had a chance to eat there before disaster struck. Unfortunately it was also a
popular one and Buffy had to park blocks away from her actual destination,
consequently she was late for her meeting. That was not such a good thing when
trying to make a good impression on a man you hoped might lend you a lot of
money. She'd barely walked through the door when someone grabbed her arm.
"Buffy," he said
with an unreadable expression on his face.
{Shit. I so don't
need to piss him off} she thought. Buffy decided to schmooze a little. "I'm so
sorry I'm late. I didn't keep you waiting long, did I?"
"No."
They were shown
to their table and the waiter arrived seconds later. Although she wasn't hungry,
Buffy ordered as not to offend Angelus. After the waiter had left, they just sat
there staring at each other as they waited to see who would make the first move.
Buffy was the one
to finally break the uncomfortable silence that had descended. "I guess it's no
secret why I asked for this meeting..." she began.
"I think we
should eat before we get down to business," Angel said cutting her off.
Buffy shook her
head, "I'm not here to eat and have a good time. It's not a date. I'm only here
to talk business."
Angelus just
smirked, "It's a good thing I don't possess a fragile ego."
Before she had a
chance to reply their food started to arrive and she forced herself to begin
eating. She kept telling herself that she only had to make it through one simple
dinner and she'd have her answer, sealing her and her family's fate.
Almost an hour
later as the last of the plates were removed from the table, Buffy got straight
to business.
"Are you gonna
give me the damn loan or not?" she asked directly.
"Why should I
take such a risk? Even a *loser* would be smarter than that," he countered,
reminding her that he to remembered the encounter in High School.
"I fucking knew
that was gonna bite me in the ass," Buffy mumbled. Then she said louder, "Do you
want me to beg? Because I will if I have too."
"Maybe I should
let you... before I decide."
Buffy couldn't
believe she'd been stupid enough to even hope that he'd help. Obviously he just
wanted some twisted sort revenge for High School and wasn't at all interested in
helping her. She grabbed her bag and got up.
"Where are you
going?" he asked watching her.

"Shall I tell you
how stupid I think you are?" Lindsey said to Angelus as they were sitting in his
office waiting for Buffy.
"No," Angelus
answered dryly, "You've told me that enough times since I asked you to draw uthe the contract."
"If you want a
child so badly, marry some bimbo," Lindsey told him. "It'll cost you way less
than this deal will."
Angelus shook his
head stubbornly, "It has to be her."
"Why?"
"If you had ever
seen her you wouldn't have to ask," Angelus said hoping that answer would
satisfy his friend.
"Hell Angelus,"
Lindsey replied ruefully. "Sunnydale's a small town - I know who she is. I even
asked her out once."
Angelus glared at
him, "You did?"
"She didn't go
anywhere with me. Gave me some lame excuse about dating someone," Lindsey said.
He saw the tension lehis his friend's body and had a shock realization, "Tell me
that you don't have any feelings for that girl?" Angelus couldn't meet his eyes.
"Fuck it, Angelus. You're even more stupid than I fucking thought. She's gonna
put you Hell by the time this is over."
"I won't allow
her too."
"Shit," Lindsey
said shaking his head in disbelief. "You can't control everything. When are you
gonna learn that?"
Angelus didn't
get a chance to answer, Lindsey's intercom went off and his new secretary's
sarcastic voice was heard.
"Buffy Summer's
is here."

At the last
minute Buffy decided against taking her car, she just didn't feel well enough to
drive. Instead she had Joyce drop her off a few blocks away from Lindsey's
office, as to not draw any unwanted suspicion. She walked there lost in thought
and changed her mind a dozen times, but each time she did so the image of her
mother's sad face reversed her decision.
Five minutes
later she walked into Lindsey's modern office and gave her name to the
receptionist, only afterwards did she realize who that was. Harmony Kendall,
Buffy hadn't seen her since Graduation when she and Cordelia Chase had taken off
for LA to become stars. She hadn't changed; she was even sarcastic when
announcing Buffy's arrival, probably wondering what crime Buffy had committed.
"Show her in,"
came Lindsey's familiar voice.
Harmony
reluctantly rose from her seat and forcibly dragged Buffy down a short hallway.
"There it is," she said pointing at a door.
"Gee Harm, I see
just how much your people skills have improved since High School," Buffy replied
sarcastically as she went to move past her.
"I hope that
whatever you did gets you life, Summers," Harmony answered flouncing off towards
her desk.
Buffy knocked on
the door once and entered the room, unsurprised when she saw Angelus sitting at
Lindsey's desk; she had expected him to be lurking nearby.
t;But;Buffy," Angelus
acknowledged.
"Ms. Summers,"
Lindsey said formally, "Please have a seat."
"Thank you,"
Buffy said politely as she sat down, shooting Angelus a suspicious glance.
"Have you read
the agreement?" Lindsey asked her, hoping that he wouldn't have to explain
Angelus' weird-ass agreement.
Buffy removed the
agreement from her purse and replied, "It was clear... despite the spelling
errors."
Lindsey flushed
bright red with embarrassment, "New secretary." He then turned serious once
more, "Are you *both* certain about entering into this agreement?"
"Yes," Angelus
replied immediately, no hesitation and no regret in his voice.
Buffy on the
other hand hung her head in shame. "Yes," she whispered barely audibly.
{This is
definitely one of Angelus' more stupid ideas} Lindsey thought looking at the
couple. "In that case, if Buffy would sign the document; I will witness it. Then
it will be all done."
Buffy took the
pen Lindsey offered with a shaking hand. She signed her name, all the time
thinking she was signing every bit of dignity and pride she had ever had away.
Angelus watched
her sign the document in relief, now she couldn't change her mind and destroy
all his careful planning.
She watched
Lindsey sign his name to the agreement and a feeling of dread settled into the
pit of her stomach and she began to wish she was at home so she could be alone
and cry. It was done. She now owed her life and the life of her first born child
to this man that she truly believed in the depths of her soul was the Devil. She
only hoped that things couldn't and wouldn't get any worse.

Part 3
Buffy found
herself rushing out of Lindsey's office as soon as she could. She even ran past
Harmony without making some sarcastic comment, all in an effort to get away from
Angelus. She knew she was being ridiculous, but it had finally hit her what she
had done - that she had signed herself over to a man who did care about her, a
man who simply wished to use her for an incubator for his seed. So she'd had to
get out of there, away from him, at least for now.
When she finally
reached the street outside she forced herself to slow down and tried to calm
herself, to get rid of the blinding panic that had momentarily overwhelmed her.
She stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and debated whether to head to her
mother's gallery and deal with her mother's probing questions or to head home
and deal only with an empty house. Buffy hadn't had a chance to decide when she
found herself spun around and facing the one man she could happily never see
again, but had to do so.
"We have things
to discuss," Angelus said authoritatively.
"So?" Buffy
answered feeling the need to be as perverse as possible.
"So... be at my
office at three to discuss them," he ordered walking away.
Buffy stood there
in shock for a few minutes, unable or unwilling to believe that the arrogant
shithead had actually had the nerve to order her to do something already and
they weren't emarrmarried yet. Deciding that after the run in with her *future*
husband that she wasn't in any condition to answer her mother's questions, she
headed home. All the time hoping that the peace and quiet of an empty house
would help her get her wits back, before the afternoon when she faced the devil
once again.

After an
extingting fifteen minute walk home, Buffy really wished she taken her car to
Lindsey's office instead of allowing her mother to drop her off that morning.
She had done it to save on petrol money, but now she couldn't help but berate
herself for it. Now she had signed her very soul away, it didn't look as though
she was going to have to economize any time soon. Also her feet were killing her
because of her stupid idea about wng eng extremely high heels, so Angelus
wouldn't tower over her as much. On the positive side, at least the walk had
given her time to cool down and start to think logically once again, if she
hadn't been able to do so she would be at a distinct disadvantage when she met
with *him* later on.
As she unlocked
the door to her home and stepped over the threshold she heard a loud noise
coming from upstairs, a noise that sounded suspiciously like crying. She slowly
climbed the stairs and walked softly down the hallway until she was outside of
Dawn's room. Buffy being Buffy just barged straight in and saw her baby sister
lying on her bed crying, instead of being at school.
"Dawnie?"
Dawn didn't even
look up, she just said, "Go away."
Buffy ignored her
and walked over to the bed, "What's wrong?"
Dawn didn't say
anything; she simply lifted her face from her pillow and looked at Buffy. Dawn's
left eye was swelling up and a bruise starting to form; together they promised
to be one hell of a black-eye.
"Who did it?"
Buffy demanded, upset that her sister had been hit by someone.
Dawn was silent
for a moment before sighing and then saying, "Sam and Missy. Some great taste in
friends I have, huh?"
Buffy sat down
and hugged her younger sister to her, not saying a single word. Dawn lay her
head on Buffy's shoulder and used her sister's comfort to finish out her crying
until eventually there was silence.
A little while
later Dawn spoke, "Do we have to tell mom about this?"
"Somehow I don't
think we're gonna be able to hide this from her," Buffy replied as she examined
Dawn's eye more closely.
"I hate being
poor," Dawn sighed wistfully, obviously remembering a time when they were
anything but.
"Don't worry.
Everything will okay," Buffy whispered to her.
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