Fic: Just Us - 6/8 - Xander/Angel
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suki_blueTitle: Just Us
Pairing: Xander/Angel
Genre: Comedy Romance
Rating: NC-17 for the whole thing
Warnings: Fluff. Het
Feedback: Yes please!!!!
Summary: Xander and Angel move their relationship to the next step.
This is the sequel to Just Begun and Just Dance
Previous parts Here
Beta'd by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kitty_poker1
Previously:
“Right. Get ready, everyone. I’m going to poke it.” Giles’ finger hovered over the tome for several very long seconds before, finally, with a small shake, it descended.
“AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!”
“Bloody hell! Quick, call 999!”
“What?! Is that some kind of kinky sex line?! This is hardly the time, Spike!”
“Xan, pet,” Spike said, with more patience than he thought he was capable of. “I meant, call an ambulance.”
“And say what? The Slayer’s Watcher just got a blast of evil mojo and now he wants to destroy the world?”
Giles raised a shaky hand from where he was lying on the floor. “May I just interject…?”
“Alright, then,” said Willow, completely ignoring Giles. “How about we call Wesley? He’ll know what to do.”
“Will he? I really hope so. Why do people leave us three alone together?! We’re not capable!” Xander shouted.
Giles raised his hand again. “Erm…”
“Yeah, we are. You’re just panicking, luv. Angel’s in LA, Buffy’s with him. Giles is on the floor. You’re bound to feel a little shaky.”
“You know, you are so right. It’s just panic, right, Wills?”
Willow nodded, her eyes huge and glassy with fear.
Spike guided Xander to sit in one of the chairs. “There you go, pet. Have a rest.”
“Thanks, Spike. I just need to calm down and think.”
This time, Giles didn’t bother to raise anything. “Excuse me!!”
“What?” Spike asked.
“I’m on the floor.”
“Yeah, and? What of it?”
“Well, would you mind helping me off the floor?!” Giles all but screeched.
“Nuh-uh,” Xander said, shaking his head vigorously. “You’re evil. Evil guys stay on the floor.”
“Is that a fact? Well, I’m not evil, so if you wouldn’t mind helping me up…”
Spike circled his new prey, ready to pounce if Giles looked like was going to start with the Armageddon. “No way. Like Xan said, you’re evil now.”
“What on earth would make you think that?!”
“Um, because…YOU’RE EVIL!” Xander yelled. “I saw you get zapped by the books. You are all eviled up.”
“I am not! And you did not see me get ‘zapped’ by those infernal books! I simply had leg cramp!”
Xander looked over at Spike for confirmation of this. Had he seen Giles get mojoed by the books?
Spike hesitated. He’d assumed by the screaming, hopping and falling over that Giles had fallen prey to the books’ power. He’d also been rather taken in by Xander pointing and repeatedly shouting ‘It got him! It got him!’
“What do think?” Xander asked. “Can we trust him? Is he evil? Should we run? Shall I hit him with something?”
“Xander, no,” Giles begged. “Please don’t do that. I can assure you that I am Rupert Giles. I have not been possessed. I simply have a touch of cramp.”
“Right, well, we’ll see about that.” Spike finally made up his mind and grabbed Giles by his ankles. “We’ll just wait and see what Wesley has to say. Xan, call him.”
Xander nodded and ran to the phone while Spike dragged Giles into the training room and tied him up. “Damn, no answer.” He tried Angel’s cell phone instead.
“Xander. Is everything okay?” Angel asked.
“Um, kinda. Not. You? How’s the siege going?”
“It went fine. We presented the E’baye demons with ten floppy disks. It appeased them and they left.”
“So, no slaying?”
“No. We’re on our way back now.”
“I don’t suppose you have Wesley with you?”
“Yes, he’s here. What’s wrong?”
“Um, Giles and I did the spell. You know, to strengthen the original barrier spell?”
“Did something go wrong? Are you okay?”
“I’m not sure. I mean, I’m okay. But…I think the spell might have gone a teeny, tiny bit wrong.”
“What happened?”
“It’s Giles. Either he got mojoed by the evil of The Books of Damnation…or…”
“Xander? Or what? What’s going on?” Angel’s voice was more urgent now, worry and fear for his lover creeping in and eating at his heart.
“Or…or he got leg cramp.”
“Oh my god, Xander, you have to get as far…leg cramp?”
“Yeah. Spike’s just tying him up in the training room now.”
“Because of his leg cramp?”
“Well, that’s just it! I don’t know! It all happened so fast!” Xander flailed.
“Okay, okay, calm down. We’re about an hour away. Just keep Giles locked away and don’t touch the books. And don’t go near Giles. If he’s infected by their power he’ll stop at nothing to get to them.”
“Okay. Right. Got it. He can’t do anything if he’s locked up, though, right? I won’t have to knock him out with his own Demon Index? ‘Cause last time I did that he made me replace it.”
“It’ll be fine as long as he can’t get to the books. Don’t worry, Xander. We’ll be there soon.” Angel paused to listen to one of car’s occupants. “Oh, and Cordelia says to say hi. And to tell Spike that she can’t wait to…I am not saying that!”
Xander grinned. He’d heard Cordelia anyway. Boy, was Spike in for a treat, when all was said and done.
**
“It’s a trick, isn’t it? “Willow asked.
Spike nodded. “Oldest trick in the book, luv.”
“But…” Xander paused and really thought about the situation. “Maybe he really does need to go to the bathroom? I know I would, what with all the being tied up and stuff. And English people always need to go to the bathroom more than American people. It’s all the tea they drink.”
“Good point, pet. And we know Giles drinks a lot of tea.”
“Yeah!” Willow sat bolt upright and had a revelation. “And he drinks that stuff that isn’t in a bag! Doesn’t that make you need to go more?!”
“This is stupid,” Xander announced. He stood and strode over to the training room door. “I’m gonna take him to the bathroom. I mean, are we men or mice?”
Willow raised her hand “I’m a girl,” she supplied helpfully.
Spike nodded and pointed at her. “Exactly. Lesbian, to be precise. And I’m a vampire.”
“So I guess it’s just me and Giles in the bathroom, huh? Great.”
Just as Xander had resigned himself that he was probably going to die a grisly death in the bathroom by the hands of a possessed Watcher with chronic leg cramp, the door to the Magic Box was flung open.
“Angel! Buffy! Cordy! Wes! Rupert Devel! Wow, the car really must have been packed!”
Angel marched forward. Well, he didn’t actually march; that would have looked stupid. “Xander? Is everything okay? Is Giles…?”
“Busting to use the bathroom? Yeah. He’s started swearing quite a lot. I don’t think he’s happy. I was just going to take him.”
“I’ll do it.”
“Thanks, Angel. Hey, I’ll watch your back. Well, it’s not like I’m gonna watch…never mind. Shall we?”
Angel raised a subtle eyebrow. “Rupert and Wes should have the Gliff’niff’stiff spell set up by the time we get back.”
“The what now?”
“Evil guy detection spell,” Buffy supplied from across the room. “Apparently. Hey, Will! Come over here and meet Rupert.”
Willow looked confused. She pointed to Giles as he was led out, cross-legged - so not gonna help the cramp - and cursing like a drunken sailor. “I know Rupert.”
The other Rupert – L.A Rupert – thrust out his hand and grinned. “I’m Rupert Devel. I run Devel Investigations in L.A.”
“Oh. Is that anything like Angel Investigations?”
“Yes, yes, actually. I guess you could say that we’re rivals. Although, I have to say I specialise more in the tracking and eliminating of vampires. Can’t *stand* the buggers.”
“You don’t like vampires? *Any* vampires?”
“Of course not! Silly girl.”
“What about a vampire…with a soul?”
“A soul?! BWAH! I’ve never heard of such a thing. Impossible!”
“But what if Gypsies…?”
“Rubbish. I’ll hear no more.”
Spike broke away from kissing Cordelia and made a cutting motion across his throat.
Willow changed the subject. “So, how did you meet Angel?”
“Oh, well, funny story. I actually met Xander first, although he said *his name* was Angel.” Rupert chuckled and sighed wistfully. “Wonderful dancer. Fantastic kisser. If only…”
“Excuse me?!” This from Buffy and Willow. “You kissed Xander? Our Xander?” Buffy added. “Xander’s not gay.”
“Oh, I can assure you that he is.”
Spike was ready, fully prepared to snap the man’s neck – or at least kick him – should he utter even a single word about Xander and Angel being together.
“Then what about…? He can’t…? Is…?” Buffy sat down with a bump. “That so explains why he hasn’t looked at my breasts all year. He’s…gay. Geez. Willow’s gay. Xander’s gay. Giles is questionable. Am I next? Will, do I look gay to you?”
“Um, no?”
“Spike, are you gay?”
Spike shrugged and waggled his hand in the air. “A bit. Not right now, though. Got my Cordy.”
Buffy had a sudden thought. “Have you been gay with Xander?! Is that why you’re so close?!”
Xander and Angel, with Giles in tow, chose this moment to re-enter the room. “Um, did I just get outed?” Xander asked.
Everybody nodded.
“Oh. Oh, well. I guess I’m surprised you guys didn’t guess sooner, what with my snappy dressing and Audrey Hepburn poster collection.”
Buffy dismissed him with a wave. “I don’t care about that. Did you or did you not have gay relations with Spike? And are there pictures?”
Xander wasn’t quite sure what to say. Wasn’t this one of those moments when the Hellmouth should traditionally open up and swallow you?
Obviously not.
TBC…
Pairing: Xander/Angel
Genre: Comedy Romance
Rating: NC-17 for the whole thing
Warnings: Fluff. Het
Feedback: Yes please!!!!
Summary: Xander and Angel move their relationship to the next step.
This is the sequel to Just Begun and Just Dance
Previous parts Here
Beta'd by
kitty_poker1Previously:
“Right. Get ready, everyone. I’m going to poke it.” Giles’ finger hovered over the tome for several very long seconds before, finally, with a small shake, it descended.
“AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!”
“Bloody hell! Quick, call 999!”
“What?! Is that some kind of kinky sex line?! This is hardly the time, Spike!”
“Xan, pet,” Spike said, with more patience than he thought he was capable of. “I meant, call an ambulance.”
“And say what? The Slayer’s Watcher just got a blast of evil mojo and now he wants to destroy the world?”
Giles raised a shaky hand from where he was lying on the floor. “May I just interject…?”
“Alright, then,” said Willow, completely ignoring Giles. “How about we call Wesley? He’ll know what to do.”
“Will he? I really hope so. Why do people leave us three alone together?! We’re not capable!” Xander shouted.
Giles raised his hand again. “Erm…”
“Yeah, we are. You’re just panicking, luv. Angel’s in LA, Buffy’s with him. Giles is on the floor. You’re bound to feel a little shaky.”
“You know, you are so right. It’s just panic, right, Wills?”
Willow nodded, her eyes huge and glassy with fear.
Spike guided Xander to sit in one of the chairs. “There you go, pet. Have a rest.”
“Thanks, Spike. I just need to calm down and think.”
This time, Giles didn’t bother to raise anything. “Excuse me!!”
“What?” Spike asked.
“I’m on the floor.”
“Yeah, and? What of it?”
“Well, would you mind helping me off the floor?!” Giles all but screeched.
“Nuh-uh,” Xander said, shaking his head vigorously. “You’re evil. Evil guys stay on the floor.”
“Is that a fact? Well, I’m not evil, so if you wouldn’t mind helping me up…”
Spike circled his new prey, ready to pounce if Giles looked like was going to start with the Armageddon. “No way. Like Xan said, you’re evil now.”
“What on earth would make you think that?!”
“Um, because…YOU’RE EVIL!” Xander yelled. “I saw you get zapped by the books. You are all eviled up.”
“I am not! And you did not see me get ‘zapped’ by those infernal books! I simply had leg cramp!”
Xander looked over at Spike for confirmation of this. Had he seen Giles get mojoed by the books?
Spike hesitated. He’d assumed by the screaming, hopping and falling over that Giles had fallen prey to the books’ power. He’d also been rather taken in by Xander pointing and repeatedly shouting ‘It got him! It got him!’
“What do think?” Xander asked. “Can we trust him? Is he evil? Should we run? Shall I hit him with something?”
“Xander, no,” Giles begged. “Please don’t do that. I can assure you that I am Rupert Giles. I have not been possessed. I simply have a touch of cramp.”
“Right, well, we’ll see about that.” Spike finally made up his mind and grabbed Giles by his ankles. “We’ll just wait and see what Wesley has to say. Xan, call him.”
Xander nodded and ran to the phone while Spike dragged Giles into the training room and tied him up. “Damn, no answer.” He tried Angel’s cell phone instead.
“Xander. Is everything okay?” Angel asked.
“Um, kinda. Not. You? How’s the siege going?”
“It went fine. We presented the E’baye demons with ten floppy disks. It appeased them and they left.”
“So, no slaying?”
“No. We’re on our way back now.”
“I don’t suppose you have Wesley with you?”
“Yes, he’s here. What’s wrong?”
“Um, Giles and I did the spell. You know, to strengthen the original barrier spell?”
“Did something go wrong? Are you okay?”
“I’m not sure. I mean, I’m okay. But…I think the spell might have gone a teeny, tiny bit wrong.”
“What happened?”
“It’s Giles. Either he got mojoed by the evil of The Books of Damnation…or…”
“Xander? Or what? What’s going on?” Angel’s voice was more urgent now, worry and fear for his lover creeping in and eating at his heart.
“Or…or he got leg cramp.”
“Oh my god, Xander, you have to get as far…leg cramp?”
“Yeah. Spike’s just tying him up in the training room now.”
“Because of his leg cramp?”
“Well, that’s just it! I don’t know! It all happened so fast!” Xander flailed.
“Okay, okay, calm down. We’re about an hour away. Just keep Giles locked away and don’t touch the books. And don’t go near Giles. If he’s infected by their power he’ll stop at nothing to get to them.”
“Okay. Right. Got it. He can’t do anything if he’s locked up, though, right? I won’t have to knock him out with his own Demon Index? ‘Cause last time I did that he made me replace it.”
“It’ll be fine as long as he can’t get to the books. Don’t worry, Xander. We’ll be there soon.” Angel paused to listen to one of car’s occupants. “Oh, and Cordelia says to say hi. And to tell Spike that she can’t wait to…I am not saying that!”
Xander grinned. He’d heard Cordelia anyway. Boy, was Spike in for a treat, when all was said and done.
**
“It’s a trick, isn’t it? “Willow asked.
Spike nodded. “Oldest trick in the book, luv.”
“But…” Xander paused and really thought about the situation. “Maybe he really does need to go to the bathroom? I know I would, what with all the being tied up and stuff. And English people always need to go to the bathroom more than American people. It’s all the tea they drink.”
“Good point, pet. And we know Giles drinks a lot of tea.”
“Yeah!” Willow sat bolt upright and had a revelation. “And he drinks that stuff that isn’t in a bag! Doesn’t that make you need to go more?!”
“This is stupid,” Xander announced. He stood and strode over to the training room door. “I’m gonna take him to the bathroom. I mean, are we men or mice?”
Willow raised her hand “I’m a girl,” she supplied helpfully.
Spike nodded and pointed at her. “Exactly. Lesbian, to be precise. And I’m a vampire.”
“So I guess it’s just me and Giles in the bathroom, huh? Great.”
Just as Xander had resigned himself that he was probably going to die a grisly death in the bathroom by the hands of a possessed Watcher with chronic leg cramp, the door to the Magic Box was flung open.
“Angel! Buffy! Cordy! Wes! Rupert Devel! Wow, the car really must have been packed!”
Angel marched forward. Well, he didn’t actually march; that would have looked stupid. “Xander? Is everything okay? Is Giles…?”
“Busting to use the bathroom? Yeah. He’s started swearing quite a lot. I don’t think he’s happy. I was just going to take him.”
“I’ll do it.”
“Thanks, Angel. Hey, I’ll watch your back. Well, it’s not like I’m gonna watch…never mind. Shall we?”
Angel raised a subtle eyebrow. “Rupert and Wes should have the Gliff’niff’stiff spell set up by the time we get back.”
“The what now?”
“Evil guy detection spell,” Buffy supplied from across the room. “Apparently. Hey, Will! Come over here and meet Rupert.”
Willow looked confused. She pointed to Giles as he was led out, cross-legged - so not gonna help the cramp - and cursing like a drunken sailor. “I know Rupert.”
The other Rupert – L.A Rupert – thrust out his hand and grinned. “I’m Rupert Devel. I run Devel Investigations in L.A.”
“Oh. Is that anything like Angel Investigations?”
“Yes, yes, actually. I guess you could say that we’re rivals. Although, I have to say I specialise more in the tracking and eliminating of vampires. Can’t *stand* the buggers.”
“You don’t like vampires? *Any* vampires?”
“Of course not! Silly girl.”
“What about a vampire…with a soul?”
“A soul?! BWAH! I’ve never heard of such a thing. Impossible!”
“But what if Gypsies…?”
“Rubbish. I’ll hear no more.”
Spike broke away from kissing Cordelia and made a cutting motion across his throat.
Willow changed the subject. “So, how did you meet Angel?”
“Oh, well, funny story. I actually met Xander first, although he said *his name* was Angel.” Rupert chuckled and sighed wistfully. “Wonderful dancer. Fantastic kisser. If only…”
“Excuse me?!” This from Buffy and Willow. “You kissed Xander? Our Xander?” Buffy added. “Xander’s not gay.”
“Oh, I can assure you that he is.”
Spike was ready, fully prepared to snap the man’s neck – or at least kick him – should he utter even a single word about Xander and Angel being together.
“Then what about…? He can’t…? Is…?” Buffy sat down with a bump. “That so explains why he hasn’t looked at my breasts all year. He’s…gay. Geez. Willow’s gay. Xander’s gay. Giles is questionable. Am I next? Will, do I look gay to you?”
“Um, no?”
“Spike, are you gay?”
Spike shrugged and waggled his hand in the air. “A bit. Not right now, though. Got my Cordy.”
Buffy had a sudden thought. “Have you been gay with Xander?! Is that why you’re so close?!”
Xander and Angel, with Giles in tow, chose this moment to re-enter the room. “Um, did I just get outed?” Xander asked.
Everybody nodded.
“Oh. Oh, well. I guess I’m surprised you guys didn’t guess sooner, what with my snappy dressing and Audrey Hepburn poster collection.”
Buffy dismissed him with a wave. “I don’t care about that. Did you or did you not have gay relations with Spike? And are there pictures?”
Xander wasn’t quite sure what to say. Wasn’t this one of those moments when the Hellmouth should traditionally open up and swallow you?
Obviously not.
TBC…
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Date: 2005-10-18 01:18 pm (UTC)That thud you just heard, that was me falling out of my chair. You should still be hearing the laughing fit that followed.
Great chapter. I can't wait for the next bit.
~ Morgaine
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Date: 2005-10-18 01:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-18 04:46 pm (UTC)~ Morgaine
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Date: 2005-10-18 01:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 12:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 12:07 pm (UTC)There are like 3000 different icons there. Some are really weird and perverted.
FUN HUH?
MWAH!
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-18 02:54 pm (UTC)'the Gliff’niff’stiff spell'!!!! *can't stop laughing*
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:02 pm (UTC)More tomorrow! ~hugs~
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Date: 2005-10-18 03:05 pm (UTC)I really like your Buffy in this. She's funny and asks all the questions we want to.
I'm looking forward to more.
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:03 pm (UTC)More tomorrow :o)
FB: Just Us - 6
Date: 2005-10-18 03:19 pm (UTC)And if there are, can I have copies?
Great chapter as always. I can hardly wait until your next update.
Re: FB: Just Us - 6
Date: 2005-10-19 12:04 pm (UTC)Thank you!! More tomorrow!
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Date: 2005-10-18 03:20 pm (UTC)Highlights:
"I won’t have to knock him out with his own Demon Index? ‘Cause last time I did that he made me replace it.”
~~~
She pointed to Giles as he was led out, cross-legged - so not gonna help the cramp.
~~~~
“Spike, are you gay?”
Spike shrugged and waggled his hand in the air. “A bit. Not right now, though.
~~~~~
Guh...love it.
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:06 pm (UTC)Sorry to make you cough, though. Feel better soon?
And thanks for quoting. I love to know which bits people enjoyed.
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Date: 2005-10-18 04:26 pm (UTC)*Smooch*
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-18 05:06 pm (UTC)lds
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:09 pm (UTC)Thank you! :o)
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Date: 2005-10-19 01:13 am (UTC)I can't wait for Buffy to learn about Angel and Xander. Why do I think it's going to be Willow that freaks out more in this one than Buffy?
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:17 pm (UTC)When it comes to writing comedy fics, I just can't help but put in silly things. I just can't resist!!!
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Date: 2005-10-19 06:49 am (UTC)He’d also been rather taken in by Xander pointing and repeatedly shouting ‘It got him! It got him!’
I can't stop giggling now. Wonderful chapter, and the other Rupert! Why do I have a feeling that things are about to get super explained?
*goes back to giggling*
~Nebula
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:18 pm (UTC)Thanks, sweetie. ~smooch~
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Date: 2005-10-19 07:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 12:22 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2005-10-19 09:22 am (UTC)I like the way you set it up so that Buffy thinks Angel still loves her and Angel still thinks Buffy loves him when both of them have moved on. A nice little conflict though I do feel sorry for Xander! LOL. Great stuff!
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Date: 2005-10-19 12:19 pm (UTC)Thanks, hon. I'm so happy that you're enjoying. More tomorrow!
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Date: 2005-10-19 11:51 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-10-19 12:22 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2005-10-19 07:31 pm (UTC)Leg cramp?!!!!!!! LOL
Buffy wants to see?!!!!!!! So do we all, babe.
Lovely update.
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Date: 2005-10-20 03:20 am (UTC)Thank you, hon. Glad you enjoyed the leg cramp. Giles' leg cramp, I mean. Not yours. Unless you do have leg cramp. Do you? If so, please feel free to enjoy it. ;o)
MWAH!!
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Date: 2005-11-15 05:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-15 11:13 am (UTC)