Series: Living Together
Summary: Buffy and Angel have the gang over.
Spoilers: Some references to past shows. Nothing major.
Rating: TV-14
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em so don't sue 'cause ya won't get much. Also I don't own the song 'Waterfalls'. It belongs to TLC. Same with the Spice Girls song 'Wannabe'. It belongs to the Spice Girls.
Authors Notes: This takes place in a alternate universe. Angel never lost his soul and Jenny found a spell to make him human. Buffy and gang are in collage. Kendra is still alive and she is staying Sunnydale to help Buffy with Slaying.

Buffy was standing at the kitchen counter opening a bag of chips when Angel came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. "Do they really have to come tonight?" Angel pulled her hair away from her neck and kissed down the side of it.

"Yes. It's our one month anniversary of living together." She dumped the chips into a bowl. "We have to celebrate."

"Fine," Angel sighed. "But the minute Xander gets annoying I'm kicking him out." "Honey, I know Xander's not your favorite person but he's one of my best friends. So please try to get along. Please!" Buffy picked up the bowl of chips and walked into the living room and sat it on the coffee table.

"I'll try, but I can't promise anything."

"That's all I ask." Buffy smiled. "Now kiss me."

"Now that I can do." Angel tilted her head up and kissed her on the lips.

Buffy wrapped her arms around his neck and they stumbled backwards and fell on to the couch.

"The gang's going to be here soon." Buffy said breaking the kiss.

"So?" Angel kissed her again.

There was a knock on the door.

"The gang is here." she said to Angel. "Coming!" she yelled to the Scooby Gang.

She pushed Angel off her and got up off the couch. Straightening her clothes she walked across the room and opened the door.

"What took you so long?" Xander asked annoyingly.

"It's my door and I'll take as long as I want to open it. If you don't like it you can suck it." She smiled at him.

Buffy opened the door wider and Xander, Cordy, Willow, Oz, and Amy walked in.

"Hi ya 'Dead Boy'" Xander called to Angel who was still sitting on the couch.

"Ignore him and maybe he'll go away," Angel mumbled to himself.

"Where's Giles, Jenny, and Kendra?" he asked the others.

"Giles said they were going to be late 'cause they were researching something." Willow answered.

"Hi Amy." Buffy gave the witch a hug. "I haven't seen you in ages."

"Amy's been teaching me how to float pencils," Willow said proudly.

"It's all about emotional control." Amy explained.

"I'm still working on that part," Willow admitted.

Buffy turned to face Angel. "I forgot the dip in the fridge. Can you get it, please?"

"Sure." Angel went into the kitchen.

"Thanks sweetie." Buffy called after him.

Buffy, Cordelia, Oz, Willow, and Amy walked across the living room and sat down.

"I like your hair Amy," Cordelia said. "It looks good brown."

"It's been brown for three months now." Amy said.

"Oh. I never noticed."

"That's okay."

Angel walked back into the room with the dip. He sat it on the coffee table and sat down next to Buffy on the couch.

"Did anybody notice that Xander disappeared? Where did he go?" Oz asked.

Everybody looked at Angel.

"What!?!" he exclaimed. "I don't know where he is."

"Are you sure?" Buffy asked.

"I never did anything to him. Honest!"

Suddenly, behind them, the stereo blasted an annoyingly perky Spice Girl song. Xander was singing to it at the top of his lungs.

Yo, I'll tell you what I want,
What I really, really want.
So, tell me what you want,
What you really, really want.

"But I'm about to." Angel covered his ears and got up off the couch and started toward Xander.

Buffy grabbed his shoulders to hold him back. "Honey, count to 10." She looked at Cordy. "Go get your boyfriend before I decide to let mine kill him."

Cordelia got up out of the chair she was sitting in and walked across the room. She turned off the stereo, picked up the CD case and hit Xander with it.

"Owww! What did you do that for?" he whined.

"God! Dense much?" she exclaimed. "Go sit somewhere. I advise it be somewhere far, far away from Angel if you value your life."

Xander reluctantly walked across the room and sat in the farthest chair from Angel. "You guys are no fun." He crossed his arms and pouted.

Suddenly a pencil whizzed passed his face, barely missing his nose. His eyes widened in surprise. "Jeepers!!! What the hell was that!?!"

"Oops!!!!! Sorry!" Willow cried from the corner were she and Amy had secretly been floating pencils. "Are you okay?"

"Fine, except for the fact that you nearly pierced my nose!" Xander yelled sarcastically.

"Sorry," Willow apologized again. "I told you I was still working on the emotional control part." "Maybe I should call Giles to see when they're coming." She was just about to pick up the phone when it rang. "I'll bet that's him now. Hello?... Hey Giles. I was just about to call you... Your not? Why..." Buffy pouted. "Okay. Bye."

"What did Giles want?" Angel asked.

"Giles, Jenny, and Kendra aren't coming."

"Why?" Oz asked.

"Giles made Kendra go patrol and then he mumbled something about monster trucks." Buffy answered.

"Monster Trucks!?!" Amy exclaimed.

Buffy shrugged. "I'm just his slayer. I have no idea what he does in his spare time besides read, read, and read some more."

Everything was silent for a few minutes while everybody digested the concept of Giles going to see Monster Trucks.

Xander broke the silence by suddenly yelling, "Let's play Truth or Dare!"

"OOOhhhhhhhhh!" everyone groaned.

"How do you play?" Angel asked. "I never played. I've heard about it but I never played it."

"Someone asks you a question and you have to answer it. If you don't you have to do a dare." Buffy explained. "And no, Xander, we're not playing."

"Ahh! Come on. It's fun. Please, please, please, please...." Xander whined. "If we play do you promise to stop nagging and being annoying?" Angel asked.

"I promise to try." Xander agreed.

"Okay, we'll play for a little while. Alright?" Buffy said.

"Goody! I'm going first." Xander looks around the room. "Who to ask?" he asked himself. His eyes land on Angel.

"Oh no! I knew this was a bad idea." Angel muttered.

"Okay, 'Dead Boy', you've been around for a while. How many girls have you screwed besides Buffy, Dru, and Darla?"

Buffy's mouth dropped open. She glared at Xander and sent Angel a 'you answer that question and you'll be sleeping on the couch' look.

"I am NOT answering that." Angel stated flatly.

"Good boy." Buffy commented.

"Alright, then I get to dare you to stand on the side of the road and yell 'I'm the king of the world' when a car goes by." Xander dared.

Angel looked at Xander and rolled his eyes. "Fine!" He got up and walked out the door. The others followed him.

Angel was standing at the side of the rode. The rest of the Scooby gang were standing a few feet behind him.

"Look, there's a car," Xander pointed.

"I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD," Angel yelled as it passed. The people in the car, who just happened to be Giles and Jenny, gave him a queer look.

Damn!" Xander swore. "I was hoping he wouldn't do it."

"Oh my god! That was Giles!" Buffy doubled over in laughter. "Did you see the look on his face? He must think we're freaks."

"Well that's true for some of us." Xander looked over in Angel's direction.

"Okay, Angel, your turn now. Ask anyone." Xander said sitting on the love seat with Cordy.

"Anyone?" Angel asked and sat down beside Buffy on the couch.

"Yep."

Angel smiled evilly at Xander.

"Uh oh!"

"So, Xander, how many girls have you screwed?" Angel asked mockingly.

"I... uh... I... um... I don't have to answer that." Xander stammered.

"That's 'cause you can't." Buffy laughed.

"Alright then, I dare you to..." Buffy leaned over and whispered something in his ear. Angel smirked. "I dare you to dress in drag and do the hula."

"What!?!" Xander exclaimed. "I will not do that!"

"Oh, come on Xander. It's just a game," Oz said.

"But, I don't want to do it!" he whined.

"Don't be a wuss," Angel said.

"I am not a wuss. I'll do the damn dare."

Buffy jumped up off the couch. "Good. I have just the thing you can wear." She walked into the bedroom.

"What is she getting?" Xander asked worriedly.

Angel shrugged. "I don't know."

Buffy walked back into the room holding a old grandma type dress. "I was a old lady one Halloween. Good thing I saved the dress." She smiled and handed the dress to Xander. "Here."

Xander held the dress in front of him like a dirty diaper. "I have to were this?"

"Yes, now go change," Buffy answered.

Xander went into the bathroom. A few minutes later he walked out wearing the dress.

"Hey Grandma! What are you doing here?" Amy teased. "You're supposed to be dead."

"Oh look, the witch made a funny," Xander said sarcastically. "Do I have to do this?" He asked turning to face Angel.

"Yes."

Xander walked to the center of the room. He waved his arms over his head and started to swing his hips. Everyone started laughing.

"Piece of advice, Xand? Don't quit your day job!" Willow managed to get out between giggles.

Xander's face turned beet red and he ran into the bathroom, which only made them laugh harder.

After a few minutes everyone calmed down. And Xander came back out of the bathroom wearing his normal clothes.

"Okay, I'm going to play referee and take my turn now. 'Cause we all know Xander going to pick Angel again." Amy said. "Buffy, of all the guys you kissed, who was the worst?"

"That's easy. Owen." Buffy answered.

"You kissed Owen?" Angel asked.

"Yeah. Remember, I kissed him in front of you at the Bronze, a couple years ago, to make you jealous. Anyway, horrible kisser. He slobbered and had bad breath."

"I thought you liked him." Willow said.

"Not really. Too boring for me. My turn now."

Buffy looked around the room at her friends trying to decide which one to pick. Her eyes landed on Cordy, who was quietly filing her finger nails.

"Cordy," she said cheerfully.

"What?" Cordelia whined.

"If you think we're such losers why do you hang with us?"

Cordelia sighed. "Because my so-called friends are spoiled selfish bitches, that only like me because I'm rich. And you guys like me for who I am."

"That's so sweet." Willow exclaimed.

"Cordy, your turn to ask someone." Oz said.

"Ask me, ask me." Amy cried.

"Didn't you already go?" Oz asked.

"Yeah, but I want to go again."

"Amy, how come, after everything that happened with you mother, your practicing witchcraft?" Cordy asked her.

"I don't know. One day I was going through mom's things and I found one of her old books and I just started read it, I guess. Which reminds me, Willow, what does a smidge of marnox root mixed with a virgins saliva do? 'Cause I forgot." Amy teased. "You know what it does and I ain't sayin'.

"Oh come on Willow," Amy protested.

"I ain't sayin' it and you can't make me. Resolve face." Willow pointed to her face.

"Alright then, I dare you to stand on your head and sing the chorus to TLC's song 'Waterfalls' three times."

"I can't do that!" Willow protested.

"Do what? Stand on your head?" Amy asked.

"No! Sing!"

"Oh come on Will. We promise not to laugh at you." Buffy promised.

"Okay. I'll try but if I break a window it's your fault." Willow walked over to the corner of the room and stood on her head.

She took a deep breath and started to sing, way off key. " 'Don't go chasing waterfalls, Please stick to the rivers and lakes that your used to, I know that you're gonna have it your way, or nothing at all, But I think your moving to fast. Don't go chasing waterfalls, Please stick to the rivers and lakes that your used to, I know that you're gonna have it your way, or nothing at all, But I think your moving to fast. Don't go'... Oh no! I'm gonna fall!"

With that, Willow's legs fell forward and she landed on her face. "Ouch." She got up and turned to look at the others. "Please don't make me do it over. That was enough humiliation to last me a couple lifetimes."

"We'll let you off the hook this time, baby." Oz reassured her.

"Oh good, 'cause the rooms starting to spin a little." Willow stumbled over to the chair Oz was sitting and sat on his lap. "My turn to ask you." She smiled sweetly at him.

"Be nice," Oz replied.

"You told me once that you weren't a virgin. I want to know who your first was."

"Are you sure you want me to answer that?" asked Oz.

"I think so." Willow replied.

"OK. The truth is I really know who she was. After one of the 'Dingoes' gigs, we went to a club and somebody spiked my punch. I started dancing with this girl, I don't know her name. Anyway I don't remember much after that. All I know is that I woke up in a strange bed with her, not wearing much of anything." Willow frowned. "Oh."

"Don't look like that, baby. It didn't mean anything to me."

"This was before me, right?"

"Way before you. Don't be mad." "I'm not mad." Willow said. "It was before me so I have nothing to be mad about."

"Oz, do you want to take your turn or do you guys want to watch movies or something." Buffy asked, changing the subject.

"I vote for movies," Oz answered.

"Yeah, me too," Cordy said.

"Okay, movies it is then. 'Ever After' or 'Titanic'"

"'Ever After'." Willow answered. "I haven't seen that yet."

"Ever After's good, because if I have to sit through Titanic one more time I'm gonna go crazy" Angel agreed.

"Okay." Buffy got up off the couch and slipped the tape into the VCR.

Buffy shut the door behind her friends as they left. Angel walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"About time they left." Angel kissed the top of her head.

"Oh come on. It wasn't that bad. I had fun. I wouldn't have missed Xander doing the hula for the world." Buffy stepped out of Angel's arms and stared waving her arms above her head and shaking her hips, mocking Xander.

Angel laughed. "You're right about that. It was hilarious."

"Ring, ring," the phone shrilled.

"Oh, I'll get it." Angel walked over to the stand where the phone was sitting. "Hello?"

`"Angel?" Giles asked over the phone. "Giles! Hi." Angel replied.

"I'm, uh, not sure I want to, um, know the answer to this but...."

"Answer to what?" Angel asked. "Um, why did you yell 'I'm the king of the world' when I drove by?"

"Oh, that." Angel laughed. "Well Xander made us play truth or dare. I was dared to yell 'I'm the king of the world to a passing car, which just happened to be you. Sorry. So, how were the Monster Trucks?"

"They were very, um, different."

Angel chuckled. "Probably. Was there anything else you wanted?"

"Ah, no. Bye."

"Bye." Angel hung up the phone.

"Giles think you're a freak now?" Buffy asked coming up behind him and wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Probably" Angel turned around to face her.

"Oh well. At least you're my freak." Buffy stood on her tiptoes and kissed him gently on the lips.

"So you think I'm a freak too," he teased.

"Maybe." she teased him back.

"Oh really?" He kissed her playfully.

"Really." She kissed him back.

Angel pulled her closer to him, deepening the kiss.

Buffy pulled back and looked him in the eye. "Race ya to the bedroom," she said, smiling.

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