My mind is filled with brickabrack

look what I remembered I had

serialbathera — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 02:52:29 GMT

I know it has been a long while since I have been on here.
I will try to update all the pictures soon since apparently Photobucket is being weird about linking to a third party now. I may have forgot my photobucket password so I will play with it later when I am up to it.
Also, hi guys.
So, in a few weeks I will be sending out Christmas cards. Just thought I would see if anyone wants one. If you do, let me know. Drop me an email at roamladybug@yahoo.com
Anyway, I miss you guys.. Will try to drop in later and actually do a real update

happy birthday Carla

serialbathera — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 13:24:07 GMT

Have a super fantastic birthday rua1412 :)

Fanfic : BTVS: First Date Redux

serialbathera — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:07:39 GMT

Title: First Date Redux
Author: Serialbathera
Characters/ Pairings: Willow Rosenberg/Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, Xander Harris/ Cordelia Chase
Rating : Pg- 13
Summary: Willow is a little nervous on going on a date now that she know he is a werewolf.
Notes: For Which_willow, prompt Willow and Oz go on their first real date after Phases.

Willow looked over her reflection again in the mirror. Why was she nervous? He was still Oz, who cared if he was a werewolf.

She straightened her hair. She wanted to look sexy for him tonight, but she felt she looked dorky. Could she ever look sexy, she pondered to her reflection. She didn’t remember trying so hard for a date in a long time. She usually wasn’t one to normally care about her appearance. She was sure anything she would wear would be fine, she shouldn’t be so nervous.

Willow bit her lip frustrated. She put her hair up, and then took it down. She brushed it quickly.

"Oz is here," her mother called from downstairs.

Willow took a deep breath, and came down the stairs quickly, she tripped on the last one but caught her balance before she took a nasty tumble.

"You okay?" Oz asked coming to her side.

She nodded.

He gave her a warm smile, and handed her a single red rose he had hidden behind his back.

She smiled back. She took from him, smelling it. It didn't smell like much of anything, but she had heard some flowers now were bred with no scents because of people's allergies. She wasn't sure if it was true or not, or if she was so excited that her senses were being weird.

Oz offered her his arm, and they strolled out of the house.

He gave her a soft smile, as he opened the van door for her. His eyes seemed to be searching hers for some clue of something wrong.

Willow gave him the sweetest smile she could muster. Could he tell she was nervous? She would hate for him to think she was doubting him. She wasn't, well not completely. She had remind herself that it was Oz, he was the same as he always had been, well besides turning into a monster once a month. Its not like she couldn’t be a bit of a bitch on her time of the month. Not where she would eat little baby rabbits, but that she could devour whole cases of chocolate bunnies.

“You sure this is okay?” He turned to her a little quizzically.

“Its fine, I told you it was fine… I am just nervous… I am not sure why… You always get butterflies around you…” She realized she was babbling again.

He leaned over and kissed her softly on the lips. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” She gave him a warm smile. She enjoyed the feelings of kissing him, it made her feel like she was filled with all kinds of happy bubbles. They barely kissed it seemed, and it was nice for him to make the initiative...Not that he didn’t always, she should probably make the initiative more, but she always felt the guy should… It shouldn’t matter much, why was she was worried about it. She was a strong, independent woman, she should be able to do what she wanted, if she wanted to kiss him, or hold his hand, she shouldn’t worry about it.

Oz touched her chin, and turned her face towards him. “You okay?”

“Oh course… I don’t know what is wrong with me.” She gave him a soft smile. She was not only babbling out loud, but inside her head as well. “So what are we going to do?”

“Surprise.” He made sure that Willow had buckled up, before he started his van, and they began to drive off.

“Is it a good surprise, or a bad surprise?” Willow asked. She was sure it was a good surprise. Why would he would give her a bad surprise, that would just seem like a dumb thing for him to do. He wouldn’t do that. She shouldn’t have asked.

“Bad.” He chuckled. “Oh course its good.”

“Yeah, why would you give me a bad surprise… I guess I shouldn’t have asked.” She giggled a little, realizing how silly the question was.

Oz laughed.

Willow could feel herself getting less nervous. She knew there was nothing to worry about, she knew everything would be fine. There was no reason for her to be nervous in the first place. Just because he was a werewolf doesn’t mean anything.

They drove for a little bit, until they came to a small section of the woods. He pulled over.

“Are you sure this is safe?” Willow asked a little nervously, she didn’t like the ideas of the woods anymore. (If she ever did) The woods were scary, evil things live in the woods. There might be vampires stalking in the woods, there could be any kind of creatures in the woods. They lived near the hellmouth, anything could happen.

“It’s safe.” He unbuckled his seat, and walked around the van to open her door.

She unbuckled her seatbelt, and got out.

He opened the side door on the van, and pulled out a picnic basket.

“This is actually kind of nice.” It seemed kind of fun to have a picnic in the woods.

“Figured since I wake up here a couple nights a month, we might want to picnic here.”

Willow found herself giggling. Her boyfriend always had such great ideas. He was not only planning something romantic, but he was able to make a joke about it, without it being a big deal.

Oz closed the van door, and took Willow’s hand. They walked a little bit away from the van, until they came to a clearing.

“Let me guess we are having raw meat to celebrate you now being a werewolf.”

He chuckled. “Didn’t think of that. We do have sandwiches though.” He took a blanket out of the basket, and placed it on the ground.

They both sat on the blanket. Oz opened the basket, and began to pull things out. He pulled out two sandwiches wrapped in cellophane, and handed one to her.

He then pulled out two cans of soda, and handed her one.

She opened her can, and took a small sip. “So did you always know you were a werewolf, and just didn’t want to tell me?” She asked curiously. Maybe now wasn’t the time, not sure if there was a proper time to ask that. “Its okay if I ask you questions… I mean if you don’t want me too, I don’t have to.. I don’t want you to think I am prying or anything. I am just a bit curious.”

“ No, its okay. I just found out. My cousin bit me, so I turned into one. What is a little biting between family.” He unwrapped his sandwich and took a bite.

She wasn't sure if she liked the idea of him being biten, but he seemed to be taking it in stride.

“Apparently it runs in my family, now.” Oz shrugs as if there is nothing he can do about it.

“I guess biting you is one way to show cousin rivalary.” She leaned over and kissed him softly on the cheek. She didn’t want to think of Oz being attacked. The thought scared her, she liked him a lot more than she had anyone in a long time, and she wanted him to stick around in her life for a long time.

Oz moved slightly closer to her on the blanket, and kissed her softly on the lips. “You are beautiful in this moonlight,” he murmured as he started to kiss her again. One of his hands began to run through her hair.

Willow kissed him back. She wondered if tonight would be the night for something more, would she be ready if it was time for something more. Did she want it to be something more? She should really stop yammering in her head, and enjoy the moment. It was kind of their first official date, so they probably shouldn’t go all the way. She would probably hate to think what Oz would think about her if she just had sex with him tonight.

He pulled away for a second, and watched her. “I hope I am not pushing too much.”

Willow found herself giggling nervously. “We were just kissing.”

“I know.”

Willow unwrapped her sandwich, and took a bite. “I didn’t think anything was going to come from just kissing,” She felt herself blushing.

“You are cute when you blush.” He kissed her softly on the lips. Oz chuckled.

Willow was about to deepen the kiss, when they both jumped from the sound of a twig being snapped sounded behind them.

They both turned to the sound, and saw a small baby deer walking near them.

Neither spoke as they watched the deer for a few minutes, not wanting to scare the deer off.

“Beautiful,” Willow whispered.

“Not as beautiful as you.” Oz said below his breath.

She turned to him. “What?”

Oz kissed her again softly on the lips.

Willow felt herself blushing again, she felt so safe and happy at the moment. It was hard to think of the last time she had felt like that. She moved closer to him, so she can deepen the kiss. She could wished she could stay in the moment forever. She wasn’t sure what to expect but this felt like their first date all over again.

serialbathera — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 04:27:54 GMT

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Tomorrow after work I am taking the bus to my grandmothers, so I won't have internet access till probably Wednesday night.
I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday ::Hugs tight::
Like I said Christmas cards will be late, so if you would still like one, email serialbathera@gmail.com with your address.

You are super fantasic, remember that :) I hope the holiday brings you all kinds of wonderful things and fun memories :)

Happy Birthday rua1412

serialbathera — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:42:05 GMT

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Happy birthday to my birthday buddy Carla, hope you have a fantastic day

30 things for 30 years

serialbathera — Sun, 03 Nov 2013 20:25:04 GMT

So I am not sure how many people knew I have depression. I am not sure it matters. Let’s just say there have been times that it takes over a lot. I am sure many people don’t realize that about on previous occasions, I was worried I wasn’t even going to make it to see 30, since I thought I was going to do something to myself. (For those concerned and didn’t know about the depression, I have never made a suicide attempt, and I don’t plan on one any time. I am doing a lot better than before, I am on a very good anti-depressant, I have a great job, a fantastic boyfriend, awesome friends, and in general while there are still struggles I am starting to feel more stable than I have in my whole life.)

Anyway, I have decided that as the days approach till I am actually 30, that I would like to celebrate my life, and the new adventures to come. So, I decided to make a list of 30 things I would like for my birthday. Obviously, no one is obligated to get me anything. It was just something I would like to do.

Also, I will probably also be making random gifts for people, whether fics, fanmixs, icons, etc. Yes, I may be celebrating my birthday, but I have so many wonderful people in my life, that there is no thanks in the world for the awesomeness they bring.

December 14th of this year is my birthday, and I am excited what shall happen.

Whether I get any of these things or not will not matter, I am very blessed with so many lovely things. Thanks for all being awesome J

-A

P.s. if you need my address let me know. As I am keeping this post public, and don’t want to put my address on a public forum. (And since I did recently move, I will try to remember to update later for Christmas card post later in the month.)

30 things for my 30th birthday

1. Pan De Pop up
http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-deco-cutter/3288-japanese-bento-lunch-sandwich-cutter-mold-stamp-panda-4989082757315.html
It is a pop up panda cutter for toast
2. Also a toaster so I can use the pan de pop up
3. World peace
4. Barnes and nobles gift certificates or shiny books
5. Also this note, bookcases to put said shiny books
6. World of warcraft game time
7. Disney world annual pass
8. Money works, won’t say no to that
9. Vintage poster from freevintageposters.com in a frame, I have a couple in mind... if you have ideas for this let me know.
10. Dollhouse Season Two
~~11. A desk~~ My roommate gave me her old desk, so yay
12. Monster High, Draculaura doll
13. This shirt in XL or XXL http://www.jinx.com/p/world_of_warcraft_i_fight_like_a_girl_womens_tee.html?exp=go
14. This shirt in XL or XXL
http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/ea08/
15. Actually if you buy me anything from think geek.com I would be happy
~~16. An alienware computer~~ this has been modified to any awesome laptop or desktop :)
17. A car
18. Driving lessons, either pay for them or take me out so I can get more practice
19. Fun pens or other stationary
20. A Godzilla toy
21. A 2014 calendar .. How about this one http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/steampunk-2014-wall-calendar-jeff-vandermeer/1113852423?ean=9781419708206 or any fun ones really
22. Haunted Mansion stuff
23. In that regards can I just have a doom buggy
24. A big comfy chair like this http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S89893426/
Not saying you have to buy it from ikea, but it looks comfy…
24. Special cocoa mix
25. A wireless printer, so I can print if I need to, and also my roommate can if she needs something printed
26. Comfy Pjs with fun things like robots, or nightmare before christmas. In XL or XXL
27. Fun watch maybe with a chesire cat
28. Fanfics, fanart, etc
29. These salt and pepper shakers http://www.amazon.com/Vampire-Ceramic-Magnetic-Pepper-Shaker/dp/B0047OWK76
30. Okay I am running out of ideas… Most of you know me, I will be happy with whatever you decide to get me for my Birthday or Christmas present, even if you don’t get me anything. I am just glad to have so many wonderful people in my life.

Edit here is it in an amazon form for anyone interested http://amzn.com/w/3HAUWPFWCE8L0

serialbathera — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 23:48:58 GMT

I have no internet at present, borrowing from roger. Will try to catch up soon

serialbathera — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 03:26:23 GMT

My mum is out of the hospital... so Yay

serialbathera — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:40:31 GMT

Happy birthday to the fantastic rua1412 You celebrate on a fantastic day, and I am glad we are birthday buddies :)

Fanfic: Coming to Light Chapter 10 and 11

serialbathera — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 01:00:59 GMT

serialbathera — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 09:13:19 GMT

Fanfic: Coming to light Part 8

serialbathera — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:55:59 GMT

I just realized it has been three months since I actually updated this.. So, I decided to try to work on it this weekend... Hopefully parts 9 and 10 will be up as well.. But we will see... Sorry I am a slacker

Title:Coming to Light
Fandom: BTVS/Angel
Rating: PG-13 at least these parts
Summary: Apparently Angel has had a crush on Willow for a long time, but he decides to reveal it now in a strange way.
Notes: For the awesome Gabrielle, for her fanfic anniversary
This is set post season 7, but has nothing to do with the comic verse, and maybe considered an AU.

Chapter 8:
Willow scowled at her laptop. The battery was very low, and she wasn’t quite sure where the charger was. She thinks one of the other slayers had borrowed it and hadn’t put it back in her room. It wouldn’t be the first time something of hers had gone missing.

Angel was sitting in a chair across the room. He had been trying to read one of the spell books she owned to help with the research, but he had been sleeping with the book over his face for about thirty minutes.

Willow thought he looked cute as he slept. She closed the laptop, and set it back on her desk. She unfolded her legs from underneath her, and stretched a little as she walked across the room.

She very softly touched his shoulder, and Angel jumped slightly.

Angel put the book down on the table next to him. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to fall asleep.”

“It’s okay. The laptop died. I don’t know where the charger is. The sun is about to rise soon. I am tired myself, do you want me to find you a spare room…” She stopped and found herself blushing, “or would you rather sleep next to me.” Sex was the farthest thing from her mind at the moment, but the thought of sleeping snuggled next to him sounded appealing. She was proud of herself for not rambling, she felt the urge to rise up.

Angel didn’t say anything. He turned off the light next to him, and stood up. He seemed to understand there was nothing sexual about the moment. Intimacy was another matter. Sometimes it was nice just to be in the same room with someone.

She gently took his hand and led him to her bed. It had been a long time since anyone had shared her bed, but it felt natural leading him to her bed.

It had actually been a long time since he had even been close to one of her beds. Though if like the first time, there were random undergarments on the bed, she would still feel embarrassed. It was a bit of a conflicting thought since a few hours ago, she wanted to rip off her undergarments, she was sure it would have still resulted in a blush spreading on her face.

Even more than a decade after high school, hell more than a decade since she was a virgin, sometimes sexual matters still cause her to blush.

After she had turned off the light near the bed, she felt his arms wrap around her. He kissed her forehead.

She snuggled close to him, burying her face a little into his chest. It seemed so natural at the moment to be next to him like this. She was about to say something to him, but before she could she drifted off sleeping.

Thank yous

serialbathera — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:22:22 GMT

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So, thank you velvetwhip for the panda on my profile page, he is adorable.

Also, thanks for whoever nominated me at the Sunny D Memorial Awards you are awesome :) I was nominated for my fic Coming to Light :)

here is the link to the award site http://sunnydawards.dragonydreams.com/

serialbathera — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 05:36:36 GMT

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When I was going through the post, I realized rua1412 made me a beautiful header. I have added it up, go look at the awesomeness

serialbathera — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:57:20 GMT

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Thanks velvetwhip for the bronze pencil on my profile :)

Fanfic: Coming to light part 7

serialbathera — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:51:12 GMT

This is probably going to end up a lot more than 8 parts, so for now on I am going to try to post them one part at a time.

Title:Coming to Light
Fandom: BTVS/Angel
Rating: PG-13 at least these parts
Summary: Apparently Angel has had a crush on Willow for a long time, but he decides to reveal it now in a strange way.
Notes: For the awesome Gabrielle, for her fanfic anniversary
This is set post season 7, but has nothing to do with the comic verse, and maybe considered an AU.

Part 7:
Lorne and Faith didn’t actually go for a walk. They went into the living room where they couldn’t be seen. They could hear every word that Angel and Willow were saying.

Faith had already shown Lorne around the complex easier.

He had said it would be more fun to eavesdrop, and Faith had agreed. So, they had found places where they could easily hide if Willow and Angel for some reason walked into the living room, or even just glanced into the living room.

Faith tried not to snicker when Willow had said she would accept Angel’s love for Xander. She put her hand over her mouth so she could block any sounds that came out of her mouth.

She and Lorne shared a smile as they thought of the image of Angel and Xander. It was if they were both trying to figure out who would be more awkward in that exchange. Faith wasn’t sure who, but she was sure it would be an interesting thing to watch. She almost wished Angel did have a crush, so she could see the awkwardness as they tried to ask each on a date, or even try to negotiate the first kiss.

All of a sudden, there was a silence from the hallway.

“What do you think they are doing?” Lorne asked, a playful gleam in his eye as if he might have known the answer.

They both crept slowly into the hallway to look, to see Angel holding Willow in a passionate kiss.

“Since you are still worried about the curse, Strudel, you donut, you probably shouldn’t be trying to have sex with Willow in the hallway.” Lorne said in a loud voice.

Willow pulled herself away from Angel reluctantly, gracefully getting out of his arms.

Faith did notice that she didn’t move very far away from Angel, so they were standing a few millimeters away from each others. There hands were almost touching, and Faith thought it was cute in a way. She actually hoped Angel might look down, and see Willow’s hand so close to his, and actually hold it.

“Umm…” Angel hesitated unsure what to say.

“That is cute that you had a crush on Will.” Faith decided to chime into to break a bit of the silence that seemed to be seeping into the room. “I am sure if you still have a curse on you, Will would be the one to get it off of you.” She was tempted to give Willow a pat on the back, but didn’t want to do it.

“Yes, I should be able to, if it is still there.” Willow says very quietly, as if she had just recovered the use to speak again. “If I don’t have the books here, I can easily find the information I need online, or through some contacts.” She scurried away.

Totally forgot I was supposed to do this

serialbathera — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:02:39 GMT

1. Reply to this post with SHAWARMA (or JAMBALAJA), and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.

This will create a never ending circle of icon glee!

The icons babyara chose for me

1
When I was doing inspired20in20 last week, I had randomly claimed stormtroopers. This is the first icon of the set I made. I just loved how the texture worked on the icon

2.
Ivy is one of my favorite characters on the dollhouse, plus the lovely kasiopeia made it, and she always does a super job

3.
Monroe is one of my favorite characters on Grimm. I also love the contrast between the color in the text and the black and white in the photo. Also, it was a gift for me during a round of whedonland by entwashian

4.
This one was made by the lovely rua1412 I wanted to try to include a Btvs or Angel icon when I got narrowed down, and I thought this was perfect since it is so awesome

5.
The only reason this is here is because I like cute vampires.

Fanfic: Coming to Light Part 5 and 6

serialbathera — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:31:20 GMT

Here are the next parts to my fic..
Title:Coming to Light
Fandom: BTVS/Angel
Rating: PG-13 at least these parts
Summary: Apparently Angel has had a crush on Willow for a long time, but he decides to reveal it now in a strange way.
Notes: For the awesome Gabrielle, for her fanfic anniversary
This is set post season 7, but has nothing to do with the comic verse, and maybe considered an AU.

Part 5:

“Hi, Donut.” Lorne greeted as he came back in the room a few minutes later. He was going to have to talk to Angel, he had deliberately set it up so Angel could be alone with Willow, and he could tell that Angel had not told Willow anything.

Lorne wasn’t really surprised. Angel really should have told her ages ago. He wasn’t sure why Willow made the vampire so nervous.

“Heya, Donut.” Faith gave Angel a hug.

“Please don’t call me that, either of you.” Angel shot Lorne a look, which caused the demon to chuckle.
“I thought you would like the name,” Lorne gave him a grin. There had been worse things he had called Angel, not that he ever called Angel anything particularly bad. He knew it was irritating Angel more this time because Faith had picked up on it. It delighted Lorne that Faith would probably to continue to call him that for awhile.

“Haha,” Angel said giving out a dry laugh. He grabbed a piece of Lorne’s robe, and dragged him into the hallway. “Excuse us ladies, we need to have a discussion.” Angel said over his shoulder.

When Angel let go, Lorne dusted off his sleeves. He didn’t really like the robe much, but he didn’t appreciate Angel roughing it up. Lorne put his hands up in a defensive motion. “You really need to learn to calm down, and you can’t really be mad at me for getting caught on this harebrain scheme. I told you I would get caught.”

“I am not mad,” Angel said in a very low whisper.

Lorne gently lifted up Angel’s chin, and looked deep into his brown eyes. “Aww, you are nervous. You really need to tell Willow.” He patted Angel’s cheek. It was kind of cute this almost high school like crush that Angel had.

“You know why…” Angel stopped, and looked down at the floor.

“Tell Willow what?” Faith asked, coming into the hallway, her arms crossed over her chest.

“What is it you need to tell me?” Willow asked.

Lorne tried not to chuckle, he should have figured that Faith would eavesdrop, and bring Willow along with her. It really was suspicious for Angel to have people to spy on them, and not talk to them when he came in. Lorne was sure that Angel hadn’t mention anything, and if he had managed to speak of anything to Willow it would have probably been neutral topics on purpose.

Angel starred at Faith and Willow nervously.

While Angel was standing there looking a bit goofy, Lorne put his arm through Faith’s. “Let’s go for a walk, sweet cheeks. We’ll let them talk, and if you want I will explain what is going on while we walk. Then at least if Donut chickens out again, then someone will know.”

Faith gave him a smile and they walked out of the hallway.

Part 6:
“Is something wrong, Angel?” Willow asked. She almost crossed her arms in front of her chest, but she didn’t think she was defiant enough to pull that stance as well as Faith could. She was starting to wonder if it had been a bad idea to listen to Faith and follow Angel and Lorne into the hallway.

Angel forced himself to take a deep breath. He could feel Willow scanning him nervously. His reaction was to swoop her up into a dramatic kiss, but that would probably be stupid. He had to think of a way to start this conversation that didn’t sound completely dorky. Angel was sure if he did kiss Willow, and she didn’t feel the same things would be awkward between them. “Would you think it was a betrayal if I realized I was in love with someone besides Buffy? Obviously she will always hold a special place in my heart, but I realized for a long time that I have been in love with someone else.”

“Umm. . . “ Willow was trying to get the racing of her thoughts to stop. One of her thoughts was saying that Angel was talking about her, but that couldn’t be right could it. “I am your friend, I want you to be happy. Are you worried about the curse is that why you came to me? I think when I restore your soul it broke the curse, so I think you are free to pursue whoever you want. I can do another spell if you are worried that the curse is still there. I should be more powerful than the people who put the curse on you…” Willow stopped talking. She was probably rambling, she shouldn’t ramble, especially since it sounded like she was bragging. She was bragging a little, but it was true she was a lot powerful than most magic nowadays.

“I am worried about the curse, but I am mainly concerned this person won’t like me.”

‘It must be Xander’ Willow thought. That is why he isn’t saying the gender. Why hadn’t she seen it before that Angel had a crush on Xander. That was kind of cute in a way, though Xander was seeing Kennedy at the moment. (For some reason, Kennedy had decided she liked men again after Los Angeles and had started to pursue Xander.) Xander and Angel would look so much cuter together, and it touched Willow’s heart that Angel was nervous about coming out of the closet.

“If you want to date Xander, you totally have my permission.” Willow said cheerfully, hoping that was the best reaction.

“What?” Angel looked utterly confused. “I-- Its not-- I don’t.” He stopped and forced himself to take a deep breath. He had to get this out, or he never will. “ Its you Willow, I realized I am in love with you.”

“Really?” Willow tilted her head slightly, and watched him. She wasn’t sure what to say. She suddenly felt light headed. She had never felt so excited, and she felt the blood rush to her head. She felt unsteady on her feet, like she might pass out.

Angel worried she was going to faint, rushed to her side and scooped her up.

“Whoa,” Willow said, enjoying the feeling of being in his arms. She really hadn’t expected that. She felt so light, and free, and it was so nice to be in his arms. Willow found that instead of actually passing out, she wrapped her arms around his neck, and pulled him into a passionate kiss.

Pimp

serialbathera — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:28:31 GMT

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Fanfic : Coming to Light Parts 3 and 4

serialbathera — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:00:47 GMT

Title:Coming to Light
Fandom: BTVS/Angel
Rating: PG-13 at least these parts
Summary: Apparently Angel has had a crush on Willow for a long time, but he decides to reveal it now in a strange way.
Notes: For the awesome Gabrielle, for her fanfic anniversary
This is set post season 7, but has nothing to do with the comic verse, and maybe considered an AU.

Part 3:

Angel found himself ringing the phone cord tightly around his hand as he talked to Lorne on the phone. He wasn’t sure why he had never thought about if Lorne had been caught spying on Willow. He should have, especially when he had asked Lorne to make sure he didn’t appear suspicious.

Though, why Lorne thought going around dressed in old clothes, and a brown robe would not be suspicious, Angel wasn’t sure. Lorne’s suits were generally loud colors though, so it would have been easier to spot. Lorne was probably trying to blend in, and that is what Angel had told him so he couldn’t just be mad at Lorne.

Angel wasn’t really mad. He actually realized he was panicking. He had been trying to figure out what to say to Willow for years, and it looked like he may actually have to speak up. It had never been hard for him to tell someone his true feelings. He wasn’t sure why Willow made him feel he had to be shy around her. He wondered if this is what people talked about when they talked of being in love. He always got a sort of happy, calm feeling when he was around Willow. The problem was he also found it hard to complete coherent sentences around her, so he tried to stick to simple sentences that would not reveal his feelings for her.

After all the had happened since he met her, He had thought the feeling would go away. Maybe then, they would be able to have a relationship. He had always been worried about the curse though. He wasn’t sure if it was still there, and he didn’t want to experience perfect bliss with Willow to only become Angelus again.

“Are you going to answer me, Strudel?” Lorne asked over the phone, the patience in his voice seeming to be slipping some.

Angel hopped that Faith or any of the other slayers were hurting him. Angel realized he had not actually been listening to Lorne. “Going to answer about what.”

Lorne sighed dramatically over the phone. “You are hopeless, Donut.” Lorne laughed as he said the last part.

“Are you running out of things to call me?” Angel had asked him one time to stop calling him pastries, and Lorne had for awhile, but he had picked it up again.

“I think I will use that one again.” Lorne giggled. He cleared his throat. “Anyway, Donut, You have at least one angry slayer, and an angry witch mad at you.”

“I am not angry, just confused, Donut.” Angel heard Faith say in the background.

“I am not angry either.” The quiet voice of Willow said in the background.

Lorne chuckled. “Well, Donut, it looks like either way you have some explaining to do.”

Angel let go of the phone cord. Wrapping it around his hand, had left angry welts in it. “So, now you have Faith calling me those ridiculous names.”

Lorne giggled for a few minutes before he answers. “The longer you take the get here, the longer I am going to let you call you that.”

“This whole thing amuses you doesn’t it.”

“It’s possible,” Angel could hear Lorne smiling through the phone.

Part 4
Willow wasn’t sure why she felt so nervous. She had been friends with Angel for a long time. Maybe not exactly friends, but they had at least a passing respect for each other. She was completely confused on why Angel would have Lorne watching them.

She knew that he didn’t think they needed protecting, unless there was some big bad that they needed to deal with. If that was the case, why wouldn’t he just call. And why would Lorne be following them for at least the last month or so.

Lorne never did anything major, he would just show up in the background every few days or so, watch them for less than an hour, and went back to whatever he was doing.

Faith had been trying to questioning Lorne before he made the phone call, but she hadn’t gotten very far. Since, neither of them saw him as a threat, Willow could tell Faith wasn’t necessarily putting in that much energy into it. Faith probably had the same notion that Willow did; that it would be easier to have Angel come over here and explain himself than anything.

Angel had said it would take at least two hours. Willow had a suspicion that he was closer than that, he just didn’t want them to know where he was.

Somewhere in the last half hour, Lorne had convinced Faith to take him on a tour., and for Willow to wait for Angel when he came in.

The other slayers were either out on patrol or sleeping. It seemed eerily quiet in the compound. Willow was sipping a cup of cocoa to try to calm her nerves, it wasn’t helping much, she kept thinking of a million reasons why Angel needed them watched.

She wasn’t liking any of the ones playing out in her head. Most of them had something to do with Angelus coming back, which she thought would be impossible after she had returned Angel his soul a few years ago. Maybe there was still a chance.

‘Willow you need to calm down.’ She found herself saying out loud. With it being so drama free in the last few days, she realized she was just expecting something to come up.

“Calm down?” Angel asked.

Willow almost dropped her cocoa, and scolded her for feeling like a school girl again.

He looked so gorgeous just standing there in her jeans, a white shirt, and a leather jacket. He looked almost like he did the first time she had met him at the Bronze. She had realized she had a crush on him then, but had been to shy to talk to him much.

Angel had seemed so quiet and reserve as well, and she wasn’t sure how to penetrate his brooding gaze. Willow had worried then that her babbling would make him not like her.

Over the years, she thought she was over the crush. Also, she had told herself after she and Kennedy had broken up that she was going to try to be single for a bit, but at the moment, Willow had the random urge to grab Angel’s hand, drag him into a room, and give him mind blowing sex.

Willow didn’t remember ever having that thought, and tried not to blush.

“I was just talking to myself, sorry.” She hoped she sounded like herself, and didn’t sound nervous. She sat her Cocoa down, and went to give him a hug.

Angel hugged her back, and Willow felt for some reason that he was holding her a bit tighter than usual.

“Please tell me Faith isn’t torturing Lorne.”

“They went on a tour of the compound.”

“Figures.”

She stared at him quizzically. “What?”

Angel shook his head softly, “Umm, nothing…I just needed to talk to him.”

Fanfic for Gabrielle

serialbathera — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:59:50 GMT

My plan soon is to one day write a real post that is much longer than the last entry I posted. Maybe later this week, as if all goes well I maybe working from my apartment later.

I will talk about that more later.

This is a bit late, since it actually is not on Velvetwhip's fanfic anniversary, but I hope she enjoys it. (I will post it in my fanfic journal later)

Because Gabrielle has done 8 years of fanfic writing, I am going to have 8 parts to the story, but I am not sure if it will be more. I may change the title later.

Here are the first two.
Title:Coming to Light
Fandom: BTVS/Angel
Rating: PG-13 at least these parts
Summary: Apparently Angel has had a crush on Willow for a long time, but he decides to reveal it now in a strange way.
Notes: For the awesome Gabrielle, for her fanfic anniversary
This is set post season 7, but has nothing to do with the comic verse, and maybe considered an AU.

Part 1:

It would be so easy to jump off the bridge. Willow wouldn't do that, but she

contemplated it as she starred down into the water. It seemed so nice and

cool down there, and it was an incredibly hot night.

The bridge had probably originally been in someone's garden, and was one of

the few she had seen that did have hand rails. It may have at one time, but

it didn't anymore.

That may seem inappropriate though. She was supposed to be on patrol. It

wasn't like much seemed to happen lately. The nights had been relatively

quiet, and if something came up there was a multitude of slayers now to help

her.

Even though she was a lot powerful than she had been with so many slayers, she

sometimes seemed obsolete. Also, even though she was maybe 5 or 10 years

older than all of the six she was supervising, she felt incredibly older than

them. It didn't help that a lot of them seemed to treat her like she was

older than mankind. Willow admitted in a way, she didn't correct them, they

seemed to respond more to Faith's teaching than her own, and no matter what

she did it always seemed that way.

It had been lonely in Chicago. It seemed weird that it had only been six

months since she, and Faith had separated from Buffy and Xander. She doesn't

even remember how it had ended up she was working with Faith, it had just

developed that way sometime after one of the Armageddons.

Buffy and Xander were working close to what had been Los Angeles. Willow did

slightly suspect that Buffy was there to find Angel, who had not been heard

from for at least a year.

He had seemed to drop out of sight, the night that they had shown up to help

him. They almost hadn't made it in time. when they showed up, there was a

dragon about to rip him to shreds. With the help, Angel and his crew were able

to win the fight, though his crew had all been injured.

Willow had been able to heal them back at Angel's hotel, and then after that

night she had heard from no on in Los Angeles. Oh, course, they had also had

to deal with several other large scale fights since then, unfortunately, and

it hadn't really crossed Willow's mind to check on them much.

She did know that Buffy had been trying to contact Angel on and off the last

few months, and hadn't heard anything back. Or maybe she had been trying to

contact Spike, Willow wasn't exactly sure, as whenever she made an attempt,

Buffy had always said no word back from Los Angeles in a sad tone, and left it

at that.

Someone touched Willow's shoulder softly, "You look like you are daydreaming,

and not watching for danger." Faith sat down next to Willow on the bridge. "I

don't blame you though, it looks like a perfect place to dive in and get away

from the heat."

"I was probably daydreaming," Willow admits, since she hadn't been scanning

for trouble in a few minutes. She wasn't sure how long she had been sitting

here.

"You okay?" Faith asks, tilting her head to watch Willow.

"Five by Five." Willow heard herself say in a joke. She had found what it

meant a few months ago, and thought it was funny.

Faith shook her head. "Doubt that, you don't sound five by five. Let's jump

into the water. No one is around and the others can handle things." Without

waiting for Willow's response, Faith dives smoothly into the water. She

doesn't even bother to take her sneakers off, just diving in with her clothes

on.

Willow slipped her feet out of her ballet flats, and sets them on the bridge,

and jumps off. It is only about 10 feet deep of water, so it is a short jump.

The water is cool, and refreshing. She allows herself to go completely under

for a few seconds, before she pulls up beside Faith.

It was odd in how the last few months, Faith had been able to read her. She

thought she had gotten better at disguising her feelings. She felt an

intimacy with Faith that she had never before. She wasn't sexually attracted

to Faith, but it was kind of a warm safeness like she had had with Oz, and

Tara, except without the sexual energy.

"Maybe I am two by five. It's hard to tell these days. Everything seems so

different, I wonder if I am not needed here."

Faith pushes some wet hair out of her face. "You are needed here, Will. I

know it may not seem it, I feel like I am not needed most of the time,

myself." Faith swims in lazy lapping motions, not really moving more than two

feet in the water. "It seems weird that I just want to give the reins to

other slayers, and maybe have a nice peaceful life, maybe a brood of

monsters."

Willow starred at her for a long time, unsure what to say. A couple years, she

could never imagine Faith saying that, but Faith had matured a lot in the last

year, and Willow could actually see her in that kind of life.

Faith laughed. "I am only mostly joking. It does seem interesting, I doubt

that would be a good life for me."

"You might be a good mother. You are good with the other slayers." Willow

offers.

Faith shakes her head. She swims closer to the bridge and pulls herself up.

Her black tee-shirt, and jeans seeming more darker as she begins to walk down

the bridge back to the compound.

Willow is tempted to get out of the water and continue her patrol, that is the

correct thing to do, but she feels like spending just a little time doing what

she is supposed to. She is sure that everything will be fine.

Part 2:
The magic she gives off can be felt even as she is innocently swimming in the

water. Lorne watches her for a few seconds.

Lorne has been keeping track of Willow for a little over a year. He mainly

just checks in when he can, to let Angel know how she is doing. He is not

sure why Angel is so intent to keep track of her. The vampire should just find

the courage himself to talk to her, and tell her his feelings.

Angel has apparently been in love with Willow for a long time, even before he

started dating Buffy. Lorne isn't sure why he never went out with her,

between her and the slayer, Willow has more beauty inside and out. He suspects

that Angel sometimes is blinded by strength, and not beauty. (Though Willow

now probably has about as much strength of character that Buffy has had since

she became the slayer.)

Lorne is sure he could try to just talk to her, but while Faith and Willow

seem to know him, he can't be sure that some of the other slayers wouldn't try

to attract him. He is surprised no one has seen him so far, it is hard to hide

when your skin is green, but usually he wears a hood.

He misses his suits though, it is weird going around looking like a Jedi, or

something to that effect. Angel had specifically said that Lorne wasn't

supposed to get near Willow, just watch her from afar.

Lorne forgot why he was doing this again. It would be much easier if Angel

would just call Willow.

Lorne started to walk back to his hotel, when he noticed a shift in the air,

and realized that two people were suspiciously near him. He could tell by the

shift in the magical field nearby that one of them was Willow.

He saw the other one was Faith as he turned around. He could have sworn the

waterlogged Slayer had started to walk back to the complex.

He waves at them, knowing the hood on his cloak is down, so they can at least

see his face. If it hadn't been, he may have already been dead. "Good

evening, Ladies." He gives them his warmest smile. He still felt a little

nervous, Faith could be a little trigger happy if she wanted, and could kill

him in an instant.

"I told you he'd been following us, lately, Will."

"Why are you following us, Lorne?" Willow looked at him with a bit of concern.

"And why are you dressed like the old man on the mountain?" Faith adds,

picking up a piece of his brown robe, and dropping it back down.

"I am researching a new --"

Faith cut him off mid sentence with a penetrating glare.

"Can't really tell you that, might want to talk to your favorite vampire." He

gives a small shrug. Angel swore him to secrecy, and he didn't like to betray

people if he didn't have to. Plus, he wasn't sure if it would be good to

reveal in front of Faith, how much of a crush Angel had on Willow. He wasn't

even sure if it would be good to tell Willow, because Lorne was sure both of

them would be shocked.

Buffy and Angel had seemed so much in love for a long time, and he knew even

after they broke up they still carried a torch for each other. Also, Lorne

knew that Buffy had recently gone to Los Angeles to look for Angel.

"And what would he tell us?" Faith managed to arch one eyebrow in a perfect

look of suspicion.

"You'd have to ask him." Lorne gave a shrug.

"We'll just have to take you back and you can call him." Faith gave him a smile.

Happy Fanfic Anniversary

serialbathera — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:26:59 GMT

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Today is the Fanfic Anniversary of the fantastic velvetwhip If you haven't read any of her fanfics you should.

Velvetwhip, I hope you have a super fantastic anniversary. Thanks for all the super fantastic fanfics that you bring into the world, you are on of the coolest writers I know :) I am working on a piece of fanfic for you, but may not be finished with it today. But I wanted to wish you a great anniversary

Amanda's friends list is the best

serialbathera — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:02:44 GMT

I am so glad to have such loving friends. I love each and everyone of you on my friends list.

I also need to send out some thank yous for all the people who made me fun stuff, you made my day a lot better. Thanks for throwing a holiday for me

Thank you m_ravensblood For the fantastic George/Rich fic which can be found here

Thank you velvetwhip for the lovely Profiler drabble Here

Also thank you empty_marrow For the wonderful fanmix Here

Also, to everyone else on my friends list. You are all awesome, and wonderful and I appreciate you so very much ::Huggles friends list tight:: Thanks for always being wonderful

Amanda is feeling conflicted today

serialbathera — Sat, 05 May 2012 14:45:08 GMT

I am both happy and sad at the moment... But I don't want to talk about why I am sad... Maybe later.

Right now, I owe an incredible thank you to all my friends... Apparently it was declared Amanda Day... I feel incredibly honored to have it, and I appreciate it.

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I will probably post another post saying a bigger thank you, since I was told things will be posted throughout the day, but I before I go back to sleep I wanted to say thank you to m_ravensblood for the beautiful fic :)

Go read it here, http://m-ravensblood.livejournal.com/171203.html

I appreciate it so much.. It was a rough night last night, I ended up getting in a fight with my mum over something, and it was such a nice way to wake up. I am so glad to know I have such incredible friends, who even on days when I don't see any of the awesomeness inside myself that you guys always remind me that I am loved, and special

::huggles everyone::

I will make another post later thanking anyone else who participates after work, and I appreciate everything you guys do. I honestly have one of the best friends list around.

serialbathera — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:32:48 GMT

Happy Birthday to the delightfully, wonderful vinniebatman. I hope your day is totally fantastic