Angel finished tying Connor's tie for him. He smiled at his son.
"You look good kid, " Angel said.
"Cordy picked out the suit," Connor said.
Angel had no words as Cordelia stepped in to the bedroom.
"You're beautiful," Connor said.
"Thank you," she said, and then she looked at Angel. His eyes speaking volumes about how he thought she looked. She couldn't help smiling.
"I'm gonna head down now," Connor said walking out of Angel's bedroom.
She walked up to Angel , turned around, and asked, "Zip me up. It seems to be stuck."
She shivered when his knuckles brushed against her skin, and then he pulled the zipper down.
"The zipper's supposed to go up, Angel," Cordy chastised.
"Huh uh," Angel said kissing her shoulder.
"We're already late," Cordy said as she reached her hand up behind his head as he kissed her neck.
Angel slipped the straps of her dress off her shoulders. Her dress falls to the floor. His hands ran over her body, and she moaned. Cordy turned around kissing him harder, all thoughts of going down to the party gone. She removed Angel's jacket and was working on his shirt. As she opened his buttons, they started moving towards Angel's bed. Then Cordelia tripped on her dress that was around her ankles. Angel caught her and then lifted her up in his arms. They were laughing and kissing as he eased her on to his bed.
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The party was in full swing. Lorne was on stage with Skip singing "Anything you can do I can do better." Fred was dancing with her father, and Gunn was whispering with Fred's mother. He was tense, and she laid a hand on his shoulder to reassure him. He looked at Fred and smiled. Connor walked into the ballroom.
Gunn went up to him and said, "Where's Barbie and Angel?"
"Upstairs," Connor said. "Cordy's ready. They should be down soon."
"Good," Gunn said anxious.
Connor looked at his watch. 'They won't see it coming.' He smiled.
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"We should be there in 30 minutes. Maybe less," Xander told Buffy.
Buffy was too full of thoughts to do anything but nod. Dawn sat in the backseat watching Xander as he drove. She thought it was weird the way he'd been so quiet the whole trip. Those words were the first out of his mouth since twenty minutes ago. Dawn wondered why he came when he seemed so tense and sad about it.
Buffy didn't notice the quiet in the car and just enjoyed it. She held the scroll in her hands tightly as if she worried someone would try to take it from her. She and Angel were finally going to be together. She couldn't wait to surprise him with her news.