GREEN EYED MONSTER (1/?)
 

"Angel Investigations" Cordelia said, waiting for an answer. "Sorry.
Can't help you."
 

Willow glanced up from her desk as Cordelia hung up. "Who was it?"
 

"A heavy breather. He wanted me to yank his whistle or something equally
disgusting" Cordelia replied, staring at her best friend before giving
into the giggles.
 

Willow started to giggle. "Are you sure it wasn't Xander? Every time he
calls for me he plays some prank."
 

"It wasn't him" Cordelia said.
 

Willow heard the door open and a smile crossed her face. Cordelia rolled
her eyes wondering she looked that pathetic everytime she stared at
Angel.
 

"'ello birds." Spike said, walking into the lobby of the agency. "Me
miserable sire around?"
 

"I think he's in your office" Willow said, smiling at him. He winked at
her before going through the door that housed his and Angel's desks.
 

"Pathetic" Cordelia hissed at her roommate.
 

"Shut up" Willow said, heat covering her cheeks.
 

"Willow's got a crush..." Cordelia sang softly, not wanting Angel or
Spike to overhear her words. She really shouldn't talking. She'd been in
love with her boss since shortly after Doyle had died more than a year
and half before. Did he see it? No. He was an oblivious moron. Typical
man.
 

"You should talk" Willow said, glaring pointedly. She knew her best
friend was in love with Angel. Just like she was in love with Spike. She
sighed, thinking back over the changes in her life the last year. Spike
had been neutered by the Iniative. He had started helping them out. She
had gotten a crush that had quickly escalated to love.

She had decided to move to LA after the disaster of freshman year to
join Cordelia and Angel, whom she had grown much closer to over the
distance. She had been shocked but pleased when Spike had joined her.
But, over the last ten months that they had been in LA he treated her
like a sister. He had only come because he hated Buffy and couldn't
remain in Sunnydale without a supporter.
 

She was about to respond when a woman came into the office. "Hello. I
was wondering if y'all could be of assistance."
 

Cordelia and Willow looked at the woman, dislike filling them both. She
was gorgeous, long blonde hair that fell past her ass. Breasts that
barely were concealed in a filmy top. She had an annoying southern
accent that sounded phony as hell.
 

"What?" Cordelia snapped, not liking her at all.
 

"Muh name is Savannah. I need to speak to the investigator" she said,
smiling sweetly, her voice dripping honey.
 

"They aren't in" Willow said, glaring at the woman.
 

Suddenly, a voice was cleared. "I'm Angel. You needed me?"
 

Cordelia rolled her eyes as Angel practically drooled all over the
woman's hand. Spike came up behind him, his eyes wandering over the
woman's form. A goofy grin overtook his face.
 

Willow said, "Angel. Why don't you let Cordy and I handle this one? You
did say we could start taking some cases."
 

"Yeah...you guys deserve a rest" Cordelia said.
 

Spike and Angel ignored them completely, ushering Savannah into the
office. They closed the door and soon feminine giggles could be heard
followed by laughter from the men.
 

"They snubbed us" Cordelia said, her voice dripping poison.
 

"Completely." Willow said. "My god...we've been helping them for a god
damn year and this is how they treat us? Ignore us for the first pair of
fake boobs and honeyed accent that walks into the door!"
 

"I declare Willow" Cordelia said, imitating Savannah's accent falsely,
"We may be a bit jealous."
 

"Fuck jealous. I'm pissed" Willow said. She had spent more than sixteen
months trying to get Spike to see her as a sexual desirable creature. It
took five seconds for his tongue to be on the floor when Miss Thang came
in the door.
 

"Me too" Cordelia agreed. "So, what do we do about it? Maybe we should
just give up on them. We've wasted how many months waiting for them?"
 

"Too many." Willow said, her voice ticked off.
 

"Fine. We can move on then." Cordelia said, nodding her head with
determination.
 

"Easier said than done" Willow said softly. "But, we can do it. We can
move on to something with a future."
 

"Right. Come on. Let's go get some ice cream and talk about this more"
Cordelia said, standing at her desk.
 

"I'm with you" Willow said, glaring at the office door as she heard
giggles again. "Let the Dixie dumpling have them!"
 

"Right on" Cordelia said, holding the door open for Willow. "Let's see
how well their lives run without us to remind them to do everything."
 

Willow nodded, "I also want to take a case. The next one, 'k Delia?"
 

"Sounds like a plan" Cordelia said. "We can show them what they ignored
for so long. Damn stupid vampires."
 

"No" Willow corrected, "Damn stupid men!"
 

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